Originally from the UK, now based in Madrid, Cancer have always been one of the most unique and original extreme metal exports from the Albion. For the last three years, frontman/ guitarist John Walker has remained the only founding band member, with Daniel Maganto and Gabriel Valcázar joining in 2022 on bass and drums respectively..
Camel – Pressure Points (Cherry Red Records / Esoteric Recordings)
Looking back, so many prog bands either folded or went through a barren period in the 1980s. Camel were one of the few that were able to adapt to the changing times and still produce prog material that has stood the test of time. Pressure Points is a fine testament to that. The 1973-1976 period..
Benediction – Ravage Of Empires (Nuclear Blast)
Only one of the many quality exports from Birmingham, Benediction have been terrorizing our hearing since 1989, even if they’ve only put out three studio albums in the new millennium. Since the band’s trademark growler Dave Ingram rejoined the fold six years ago, they’ve been going from strength to strength on live stages, also releasing..
THE MOVE – MESSAGE FROM THE COUNTRY (Esoteric / Cherry Red)
Roy Wood's astonishing It Wasn't My Idea To Dance hypnotises with its uncompromising mood - at times almost discordant, while exuding a darkly menacing and disturbing aura. It is not only the finest song here, but to my mind perhaps the best track The Move ever recorded. The final few albums from The Move -..
Van der Graaf Generator – World Record deluxe edition (Esoteric)
If I was smiling during When She Comes, I was positively beaming by the time of A Place to Survive... Amid the beauty, poetry, anguish, ferocity, and triumphant brilliance found in the music of Van der Graaf Generator, there is often an undercurrent of creepiness; an unsettling chill and slithering premonition weaving its way around..
White Willow – Signal To Noise (Karisma Records)
The reissuing of remastered versions of the White Willow catalogue continues unabated with this being the fifth of the planned series of six. We had previously left White Willow in 2004 with Storm Season and here we forward just two years, but Signal To Noise is an example of just what a difference two years..
Caronte – Spiritvs (Ván Records)
Caronte (Italian for "Charon") is one of the most original-sounding doom/heavy/stoner bands since their inception in 2011. They’ve released four full length albums and three EPs so far, the last of which came out three years ago. Their style is characterized by a very dense atmosphere, almost-trance-like repeated melodies and a really catchy, classic heavy..
LEPROUS announce ‘The Congregation (10th Anniversary Edition)’ vinyl Re-issue
Band photo: Grzegorz Golebiowski While Norwegian Rock outfit LEPROUS continue to promote their recently released eighth studio album Melodies Of Atonement and have just returned home from an extensive tour across Latin America, it’s time to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the band’s outstanding The Congregation album with a vinyl re-press edition out 23 May..
GHOST OF THE MACHINE – Empires Must Fall (ProgRock.com’s Essentials)
A major triumph ... Put simply, if you want an album to walk up to you in the street, stop you and announce forcefully 'let me introduce myself, I'm Progressive Rock', then this is the one ... It's big, proud, in-your-face Prog Rock, red in tooth and claw and it doesn't care what you think...
SOLID BOND IN YOUR HEART: A People’s History of The Jam – Malcolm WyatT (Spenwood Books)
Few would have imagined in the late 1970’s, watching three skinny guys in black suits and pencil ties, leaping about in the studio on Top of the Pops, The Jam would still be revered and have pride of place in the memories of so many fans who were just coming of age in the late..