Category Archives: cinematic metal
Traun – “The Lilac Moon,” “The Black Metal Princess” and “Escape from Spa Nine”
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 →
Orphaned Land – “Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs”
Orphaned Land are one of those bands that I keep trying with mixed success. The Israeli band are immensely talented so that’s never the problem for me. They mix their trademark “Oriental Metal” with progressive metal, symphonic metal and even … Continue reading →
Vinide – “Reveal”
Finland’s Vinide sound a bit like a lot of different bands. Influences are bound to crop up but on their album “Reveal,” I find little revealed about Vinide other than they are a mix of Epica, Therion and Avantasia. On … Continue reading →
Almanac – “Kingslayer”
Just over a year after their debut album “Tsar”, Almanac is back with their second outing, “Kingslayer.” Almanac is the project of guitarist Victor Smolski, formerly of Rage. The band have not one but THREE vocalists. That is part of … Continue reading →
PMP’s Cristina starts her own music site
It’s my pleasure to announce that my dear friend Cristina, who has been a contributor here on the Progressive Music Planet website, has started her own site: Musicality Unlimited! We’ve been friends for a while since we both started writing … Continue reading →
Tuesday The Sky – “Drift”
There are some musicians that never run out of ideas and inspiration. Jim Matheos is one of those people. Known for guiding Fates Warning as guitarist and principal songwriter since the band started, Matheos is also part of the duo … Continue reading →
An Endless Sporadic – “Magic Machine”
As much as I have always been a music guy first and foremost, I have also been a gamer. It is in my blood as much as anything else. I can distinctly remember sitting at my Xbox in 2005, and … Continue reading →
