All these three albums are full of fine prog moments and are worthy of gracing the collection of any prog fan. Wobbler are probably best known for their 2017 opus From Silence To Somewhere, undoubtedly one of the best prog releases of that period. Their reputation was cemented further last year with the well-received Dwellers..
Kosmodome – Kosmodome (Karisma Records)
Kosmodome demonstrate straight out of the block to be mature and accomplished songwriters and musicians. Norway has always been considered a small fish in the musical world, overshadowed even in Scandinavia by its heavyweight neighbour Sweden, but there is a strong and flourishing prog scene at present ranging all the way from the heavier end..
Himmellegeme – Variola Vera (Karisma Records)
So much for the difficult sophomore album, this is a classic! What a wonderful find this one is. This is a band from Bergen that has been rather casually labelled psychedelic but that would be a potentially misleading definition. Yes, there are echoes here of the psychedelic revival of recent years, but this is mixed..