DarWin – Distorted Mirror (OoS/Phantom Recordings, 2025) Distorted Mirror was heralded as an album by a progressive rock supergroup called DarWin. However, that description overreached.…
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Angel Nation will return with their third album Antares, on April 8th, of this year. The album will be released by Inner Wound Recordings. Angel…
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Phantom Elite’s 2021 album Titanium was a monster metal wonder. I loved every minute of that album. Now, I finally have their first album, Wasteland,…
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Existentia – The Planet in the Universe Existentia, from Kursk, Russia, released their debut album, The Planet in the Universe, on May 9th, 2021. The…
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Imperia – The Last Horizon Imperia released their latest album, The Last Horizon on March 26, 2021. I missed the release build-up, but found the…
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Ever since Arjen Anthony Lucassen released Ayreon: The Final Experiment, in 1995, every manner of metal and progressive composer has tried to copy the formula…
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Phantom Elite – Titanium Every once in a while, a band, and an album, come to your ears, and every note is a symphony. It…
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Carptree – Emerger (Reingold Records, 2017) Carptree is a Swedish band formed by an excellent vocalist named Niclas Flinck and multi-instrumentalist Carl Westholm. The vocals,…
View More Carptree ImmersionRetrospective – Re:Search (Progressive Promotion Records, 2017) The new album by Polish rock band Retrospective should appeal to heavy metal fans. The album features a…
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