Category Archives: avant garde

Progressive Music Planet radio show joins Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio!

Posted on August 8, 2018 by

In addition to having my weekly radio show LIVE each Sunday at 10am Eastern on Metal World Radio, I’m pleased to be rerun each Tuesday evening at 8pm Eastern on Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio! I’ve been on Metal World … Continue reading →

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PROPHECY PRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCES U.S. EXPANSION & PROPHECY FEST USA

Posted on August 1, 2018 by

One of my favorite record labels is Prophecy Productions. The quality of their roster is extremely high. They sign truly unique and progressive acts. So I am very excited that they are expanding their operations. For more info, here’s the … Continue reading →

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Traun – “The Lilac Moon,” “The Black Metal Princess” and “Escape from Spa Nine”

Posted on May 9, 2018 by

For all intents and purposes, the trilogy of releases from Traun called “The Lilac Moon,” “The Black Metal Princess” and “Escape from Spa Nine” make up three parts of a full album. Each of them are roughly 20 minutes long … Continue reading →

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Ihsahn – “Ámr”

Posted on May 7, 2018 by

In my opinion, Ihsahn is a musical genius. I don’t use that term lightly either. The list of people that I classify as a musical genius is short. It’s much shorter when I limit it to living legends. Every album … Continue reading →

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Voices – “Frightened”

Posted on May 2, 2018 by

Concept albums can be a very slippery slope for me. Too many are bloated and corny. Darker concept records seem to appeal to me though. The last album by UK’s Voices was one of those albums. “London” was an album … Continue reading →

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Rank ‘Em: Voivod studio albums

Posted on March 28, 2018 by

Voivod is one of my all-time favorite bands. A discussion with my good friends Russ and Rod led me to decide it was time to try to rank Voivod’s studio albums. I knew this would be hard since I love … Continue reading →

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Howling Sycamore – “Howling Sycamore”

Posted on February 11, 2018 by

Just when you thought all the great band names have been taken, along comes supergroup Howling Sycamore! When I learned that the band was made up of former Watchtower vocalist Jason McMaster and ex-Obscura drummer Hannes Grossmann, I couldn’t wait … Continue reading →

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