Monthly Archives: January 2016

Antimatter announce additional UK dates

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Rob

Dark Alternative Rockers, Antimatter, are playing at The Castle Hotel, Manchester, on the 26th of March and at Bristol’s Exchange on the 27th of March in support of their critically acclaimed 6th album “The Judas Table” released in October by Prophecy Productions. 5/5 … Continue reading →

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Rhine – “An Outsider”

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Rob

Seattle is home to many well known bands from Heart to Pearl Jam to Queensrÿche. It’s also home to an up and coming progressive death metal band known as Rhine. Their style is certainly comparable to older Opeth but they … Continue reading →

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N.y.X. – “The News”

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Rob

Influences are important to any band. Every band has influences, regardless of how “fresh” they claim to be. I have no issue with a band wearing their influences on their sleeve provided the songs and arrangement are all amazing. While … Continue reading →

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Monuments to join guitarist Eyai Levi’s CreativeLive “Metal Recording Bootcamp”

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Rob

SEATTLE, Wash. – CreativeLive ‘Music & Audio’ has announced an extensive heavy metal production workshop, “Metal Recording Bootcamp,” set to take place over a four week span starting March 7. Hosted by one of metal’s most in-demand producers and educators, … Continue reading →

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Hällas – “Hällas”

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Rob

The self-titled debut EP from Hällas has one foot firmly planted in classic 70s rock. Now I know what you’re thinking. A LOT of bands nowadays are doing that. What makes Hällas different is that they incorporate plenty of prog … Continue reading →

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Brand New Music on Tonight’s Radio Show!

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Rob

The Progressive Music Planet takes over Metal World Radio at 8pm Eastern US, Midnight UK once again and this time is music from 2016! It’s hard to believe that 2016 has just started and there’s already 2 full hours of … Continue reading →

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Rhine WORLD PREMIERE of “An Outsider”

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Rob

Seattle prog metallers Rhine premiere the title track from their upcoming album “An Outsider.” Rhine vocalist/ guitartist/ founder Gabe Tachell had this to say about the song: This is my favorite song on the album, and my favorite type of … Continue reading →

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Sunburst – “Fragments of Creation”

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Rob

The debut album from Greece’s Sunburst attempts to walk the line between prog metal and power metal. The problem with walking this line is that it can be a fine line and on “Fragments of Creation,” the band find it … Continue reading →

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Awake the Sun – “The Barren Sleep”

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Rob

Italy’s Awake the Sun are a combination of prog metal and doom metal. They sound like a prog metal band trying to slow down and play doom. That is the key word for this whole thing, “trying.” Even the name … Continue reading →

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Borknagar – “Winter Thrice”

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Rob

I will start off by saying I love Borknagar. They are one of those bands that, for me, can do no wrong. They have only gotten better and better over time. Their last album “Urd” was flat out incredible. I … Continue reading →

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