Category Archives: metal
A-Z – “A-Z”
A-Z is the new project/band formed by former Fates Warning drummer Mark Zonder. He enlisted the services of his former bandmate the legendary Ray Alder on vocals. And that’s where the band name comes from A-Z, Alder-Zonder. The goal, according … Continue reading →
My Top 10 Albums of the first half of 2022
Here are some albums you should check out. These are in alphabetical order. Mikael Åkerfeldt – “Clark (Music from the Netflix Series)” Cave In – “Heavy Pendulum” The Dear Hunter – “Antimai” The Gathering – “Beautiful Distortion” Marillion – “An … Continue reading →
Iotunn – “Access All Worlds”
Are the days long gone when a person buys a CD or album without first hearing something from it? And I mean zero radio air-play. I bought Enchant’s Blueprint of the World in 1993 because it looked interesting plus the … Continue reading →
Restless Amoeba’s Top Albums of 2020 (albums 1-25)
And here is my part 2 of my top 50 for 2020. My absolute favorite first. These aren’t all prog but i have labeled each one as to “prog or not” so those of you looking for the strictly prog … Continue reading →
Oranssi Pazuzu – “Mestarin kynsi”
Oranssi Pazuzu are not going to be for everyone. If you aren’t into wretched black metal vocals like Ihsahn or Enslaved do, then you can skip this review. But if you do like those style of vocals and love the … Continue reading →
Dynazty – “The Dark Delight”
Gonna do something a little different and step outside the box on this one. The prog box, that is. Don’t worry, this page is still prog. But thought I would highlight a non-prog band just to show that there is … Continue reading →
Sepultura – “Quadra”
I reviewed the last Sepultura album and I know people were surprised since they aren’t really prog. That said, there was plenty of prog moments on “Machine Messiah.” The title being a reference to the Yessong. They are back on … Continue reading →
Dead Kosmonaut – “Gravitas”
I’d never heard of the Swedish band Dead Kosmonaut before getting sent this promo but I liked the description so I gave it a shot. They definitely merge Sabbath and Maiden but also have a Uriah Heep vibe going as … Continue reading →
Restless Amoeba’s Top Albums of 2019… and other things…
Last year was a real pain in the ass trying to compile a list of my top albums of 2018. So much so, that i made a concerted effort to start tracking and building my list as I went along. … Continue reading →
Rob’s Top 20 of 2019
I announced this live on the recent radio show but here it is (officially), my top 20 studio albums of 2019! No EPs, no live albums and no compilations allowed. I left off A LOT of great albums and my … Continue reading →
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