Pythia – “V PT.1: Unhallowed”
2025 has been an incredible year of music, already! I am finding so many metal bands, it’s like they are growing on trees, abundantly. My…
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Tune In, Wise Up: Anthony Phillips Revisits Radio Clyde
Anthony Phillips – Radio Clyde 1978 – Remastered & Expanded Edition (Cherry Red Records, 2025) Originally recorded in July 1978, Radio Clyde 1978 captures Anthony…
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MVI Invites Listeners to Pause, Reflect, and Stay Awhile
MVI – In the Rain Shadow (self-release, 2023) On In the Rain Shadow, composer, and guitarist Mark Vickness’ third album, delivers both a musical travelogue…
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No Sound – “To the Core”
…And then…out of nowhere, NoSound is back! And with a new epic and impassioned EP, To the Core. The EP will be released June 27,…
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Storm Warning: Soft Machine Unleashed on ‘Drop’
Soft Machine – Drop (remastered) (Moonjune, 2025) In late 1971, Soft Machine entered a period of intense stylistic flux. Following the departure of founding drummer…
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Nad Sylvan Ponders Mortality on a Less-than-Monumental “Monumentata”
Nad Sylvan – Monumentata (InsideOutMusic, 2025) For those of us who’ve followed Nad Sylvan’s theatrical arc, from his captivating vampiric persona in The Vampirate Trilogy…
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Darkyra – “Life Force”
I found out about Darkyra because of their concert with one of my favorite metal bands Ammify. Ammify and Darkyra will be playing a concert…
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Fragile Times: Marco Mattei’s Age of Fragility
Marco Mattei – Age of Fragility (M.P. & Records, 2025) Italian composer and singer-songwriter Marco Mattei returns with Age of Fragility, a concept album that…
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Welcome to The Noble Shire of Progressive Discussion! Today, I have the pleasure of speaking to a band that I have been following for quite…
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Danaë Xanthe Vlasse Reimagines the Greek Gods in Mythologies II
Danaë Xanthe – Mythologies II (Studio Hall Records, 2024) Few composers working today summon the majesty of myth quite like Danaë Xanthe Vlasse. With Mythologies…
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