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Mark’s Quick Review: Styx – The Mission
So the album is full of great music. This is their best album since the 1991 album Edge of the Century and that album was very underrated. That tour I saw at a place called the Twitter Center where I believe John Panozzo was married on stage. This album is full of...
Mark’s Quick Review: Kepler Ten – Delta-v
This submission was the first I have heard of this band but it has scored a nice tour with Lonely Robot and has booked a festival. So I thought it time to check them out. There is not to much to say here I was pretty happy with every song but nothing really stood out...
Mark’s Quick Reviews: Art of Simplicity’s – When Fable Have a Bitter Taste
So I was sent this album back in December and I finally got around to listening to it. This Greek heavy prog band has a great sound. The problem for me is that its not always melodic enough for my taste. When they are in mellow I really like their tracks when the are...
Mark’s Quick Reviews: Fish’s 13th Star
Full disclosure here. I am more a fan of fish than Marillion. That being said I have liked most of his solo releases with the last 5 at least being above average or better. This album is no different again some wonderful crossover prog. I was lucky enough to see some...
Mark’s Quick Review: Able Ganz’s – Able Ganz
So here we are with another band I probably should have heard of before but this was my introduction to this band. This was the album was the album that got them RoSfest and Terra Incognita gigs. So this album as you might suspect is quite good. From the first note of...
Mark’s Quick Reviews: The Tangents – The Slow Rust Of Forgotten Machinery
The Tangent seem to just get better and better. Andy is one of the best prog poets of our era and I consider him a friend. His RosFest, Summers End and Terra Incognita shows were all wonderful to see. I must say that the early Tangent was not really in my niche. It...
Bad dreams teams up with PledgeMusic for the release of their new record “Chrysalis”
Argentinian progressive rock luminaries Bad Dreams and PledgeMusic have joined forces, and the band has launched their first ever crowdfunding campaign for the release of their third album entitled “Chrysalis” which will hit the shelves worldwide on November 17th,...
Sons of Apollo release debut track “Signs of the Time”
SONS OF APOLLO, the highly anticipated new project featuring former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, ex-Yngwie...
Mark’s Quick Review: Amaran’s Plight – Voice of the Light
Well I love Shadow Gallery and DC Cooper so I figured that I would love Amaran's Plight. Unfortunately that's quite how it worked out. I this albums is mostly average quality except for Incident at Haldeman's Lake which is one of the strongest songs I have heard come...
Mark’s Quick Review’s: Public Service Broadcasting’s – The Race for Space
This album is a little bit techno a little bit prog and a whole lot of fun. All tracks include mission control or other such samples that surround the space programs of the soviet Union and the US. I think ever since I heard Porcupine Tree's Last Chance to Evacuate...
Mark’s Quick Reviews: Steve Walsh’s – Black Butterfly
If you have never read the key for my ratings below please do so one time. I feel my ratings are tougher than my peers. Also Check my last.fm link to see how compatible our music tasts are. Steve Walsh, possibly the best prog rock voice of the 70's, has released a...
Mark’s Quick Reviews: Monarch Trail’s – Sand
If you have never read the key for my ratings below please do so one time. I feel my ratings are tougher than my peers. Also Check my last.fm link to see how compatible our music tasts are. Monarch Trail's sophomore release. It is a nice crossover prog album as...
Steve Hackett to perform with orchestra at UK shows
Steve Hackett has announced a brief run of 6 shows in the UK for his Genesis Revisited tour that will take place in October. The guitarist will be joined on the road by a 41-piece orchestra, led by conductor Bradley Thachuk. Hackett says: “I always hoped that the...
Mark’s Quick Reviews: paganHARVEST’s – Sacred River
If you have never read the key for my ratings below please do so one time. I feel my ratings are tougher than my peers. Also Check my last.fm link to see how compatible our music tasts are. You know how we all love the spoken word portion of Nights in White Satin?...
Mark’s Quick Reviews: Veio’s – Infinite Light // Desperate Shadows
If you have never read the key for my ratings below please do so one time. I feel my ratings are tougher than my peers. Also Check my last.fm link to see how compatible our music tasts are. This heavy prog album from Portland is packed with energy. I actually was not...
Rush’s Alex Lifeson says the band is done
The words Rush fans have hoped not to hear came from guitarist Alex Lifeson in a recent interview with The Globe And Mail: “It’s been a little over two years since Rush last toured. We have no plans to tour or record any more. We’re basically done. After 41 years, we...