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Chase - Imbue Review by Greg Olma
Chase is band hailing from the Chicago-land area that consists of Chase Carter (guitar, vocal), Fred Matthews (drums), and Vince Buonassi (bass – from the band Vonassi).
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Billy Connally - The Silent Canvas Review by Larry Toering
Not only is Billy Connally a great modern virtuoso guitarist, but he also does his own backing tracks - and does them very well.
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Dream Aria - Fallen Angel Review by Gary Hill
The latest album from Dream Aria, this seems more polished and professional than their previous entries.
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Ether’s Edge - Return to Type Review by Gary Hill
This is quite a cool disc.
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Gamma - Gamma 3 Review by Larry Toering
Ronnie Montrose, along with Davey Pattison on vocals, Mitchell Froom on keys, Glenn Letsch on bass and Denny Carmassi on drums, made three records between 1979 and 1982.
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Gazpacho - Missa Atropos Review by Larry Toering
This is a band that’s hard to categorize, which shoots it far into prog territory for my ears. Gazpacho, is from Norway and have a very conceptual approach.
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Ian Gillan - Band – Clear Air Turbulence Review by Larry Toering
This record takes a few words to describe what’s really going on with it, and being a fan of Ian Gillan it’s appropriate to explain a few things in the process of reviewing this with as much of an unbiased approach as possible.
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Glass Wave - Glass Wave Review by Gary Hill
This might not be the most obvious choice for progressive rock, but it surely fits from my point of view.
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Trilok Gurtu - with Simon Phillips – 21 Spices Review by Gary Hill
Let’s address one thing up front, the music here is probably not progressive rock.
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Images of Eden - Rebuilding the Ruins Review by Mark Johnson
Images of Eden is a hard rock, heavy metal and progressive band founded in 1999 in the Baltimore, Maryland and York, Pennsylvania area of the USA.
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Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene Review by Larry Toering
Many critics have considered it one of the first new age albums.
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Jeremy - Glow in the Dark Review by Gary Hill
An instrumental album, Jeremy takes us through a number of moods and styles.
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Jeremy - New Day Rising Review by Gary Hill
Pulling off a fully instrumental album and having each cut feel fresh and unique is difficult.
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Jeremy - Rays of Hope Review by Gary Hill
It is difficult to create an album that’s strictly instrumental and have it play through without feeling monolithic.
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Labirinto - Anatema Review by Gary Hill
Albums of purely instrumental music are usually a hard sell.
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Lebowski - Cinematic Review by Gary Hill
This Polish outfit has created a disc that’s designed to feel like soundtrack music, hence the title.
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Geddy Lee - My Favorite Headache Review by Larry Toering
On his first and only solo album to date, Geddy Lee plays bass, keyboard, guitar, sings and did some lyric writing for the first time in many years, as well.
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Kerry Livgren - Seeds of Change Review by Scott Prinzing
The first solo outing by Kansas founder Kerry Livgren is still a rewarding listen three decades after its 1980 release.
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Phil Manzanera - Diamondhead Review by Gary Hill
This is the reissue of the 2000 reissue of Phil Manzanera’s 1976 solo album.
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The Marks Brothers - Into the Light Review by Gary Hill
The music here is related to the guitar hero music of the late 1970s. It’s got a lot of classic rock built into it along with some fusion and progressive rock.
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Nu Shooz Orchestra - Pandora’s Box Review by Gary Hill
This is the newest album from Nu Shooz Orchestra.
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Pandora - Sempre e Ovunque Oltre il Sogno Review by Gary Hill
A new release from an Italian progressive band, this disc really runs the gamut of sounds.
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Jordan Reyne - How the Dead Live Review by Gary Hill
Hailing from New Zealand, Jordan Reyne is very much a progressive artist – and yet regressive at the same time.
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The Road - Monomyth Review by Mark Johnson
This New York/Boston based band has written an epic story set to music involving a protagonist, Virgil, and his journey to rediscover his purpose in life.
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Simeon Soul Charger - Meet Me in the Afterlife Review by Gary Hill
The concept of progressive rock is an intriguing one.
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Sit Kitty Sit - The Push Review by Gary Hill
This EP is fascinating. It’s also quite entertaining.
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Syndone - Melapesante Review by Gary Hill
Syndone is an Italian progressive rock band.
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Travis and Fripp - Live at Coventry Cathedral Review by Gary Hill
This is a live album featuring Theo Travis and Robert Fripp.
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Triumvirat - Spartacus Review by Larry Toering
This is a band that blew me away when I was younger and it’s nice to have a chance to review this title.
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Han Uil - Dark in Light Review by Gary Hill
Han Uil has been the lead singer of Seven Day Hunt and Antares, both progressive rock bands.
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Various Artists - Just Like a Daydream: A Dreampop, Shoegaze Compilation Review by Gary Hill
Dreampop and shoegaze might not be what people think of traditionally as progressive rock, but really, isn’t a lot of very close to what bands like Porcupine Tree do?
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Vonassi - The Battle Of Ego Review by Greg Olma
Vonassi is a prog band from the Chicago-land area that really needs to get their “break.”
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The Watch - Timeless Review by Mark Johnson
This is one of my most anticipated new albums of the year.
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Metal/Prog Metal CD Reviews |
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Lazarus A.D. - Black River Flows Review by Mike Korn
After seeing LazarusA.D. play in front of their hometown, Kenosha, WI for the release of their sophomore album, Black River Flows, I was looking forward to reviewing it.
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Macabre - Grim Scary Tales Review by Mike Korn
Chicago's goofy goremongers Macabre have spent over twenty-five years putting the fun back into murder with their twisted tales of serial killers and human monsters.
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Stone Sour - Audio Secrecy Review by Peter Lizano
Most people who listen to metal know about Stone Sour being Corey Taylor's first band before Slipknot and coming back as more a side project, but any fan will tell you that Stone Sour is a band to stand alone on its own merit.
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Theory of a Deadman - Scars and Souvenirs Review by Peter Lizano
As Theory of a Deadman, or TOAD, as their fans call them, begin to hit the road this spring and summer, I thought I would take the opportunity to review their last album, Scars & Souvenirs.
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Twisted Sister - Come Out And Play Review by Larry Toering
In this remastered collection of re-releases, Twisted Sister are very well revitalised.
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Twisted Sister - Love Is For Suckers Review by Greg Olma
This album started out as Dee Snider solo record but back in 1987, it was thought that Twisted Sister was a better brand so the executives decided to make this a Twisted Sister record.
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Vicious Rumors - Razorback Killers Review by Mike Korn
Thirty-three years is a long time to be in any kind of business.
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Big Head Blues Club - 100 Years of Robert Johnson Review by Larry Toering
Featuring Big Head Todd and The Monsters and special guests B.B. King, Hubert Sumlin, Honeyboy Edwards, Charlie Musselwhite, Ruthie Foster, Cedric Burnside and Lighnin' Malcolm, one great line up of all stars was put together to celebrate a century of Robert Johnson and it's a spectacular performance by all, naturally.
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Ruth-Ann Brown - Ruth Single Review by Gary Hill
Ruth-Ann Brown is billed as a reggae singer and this is a single from her debut album.
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Fox Pass - Intemporel Review by Gary Hill
It would be easy to believe that this is a disc of covers by a classic rock cover band. The truth is, though, this is original music.
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Peter Green - Splinter Group – Time Traders Review by Gary Hill
Time Traders was originally released in 2001.
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The Hitchers - Tees Valley Deadbeats Review by Gary Hill
The Hitchers owe a lot to rockabilly. It’s certainly one of their biggest influences.
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The Kin - Rondo Sessions Volume I Review by Mark Johnson
Wow! I was surprised to receive this album in the mail.
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Gary Moore - The Gary Moore Band - Grinding Stone Review by Scott Prinzing
With the recent passing of guitar great Gary Moore (Feb. 6, 2011), I thought it would be fitting to review something from the myriad of works released during his over-40-year recording career.
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Pushking - The World as We Love It Review by Gary Hill
While this might be the first time you’ve heard of Pushking, it probably isn’t the first time you’ve heard of many of the musicians who guest on this release.
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The Real Nasty - Paper City Review by Mark Johnson
The Real Nasty includes bassist Ryan Lukas, guitarist Jacob Groopman, and percussionist Matthew “Smitty” Smith.
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The Real Nasty - Strangers and Friends Review by
The Real Nasty includes bassist Ryan Lukas, guitarist Jacob Groopman, and percussionist Matthew “Smitty” Smith.
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Rhino Bucket - I Got Mine Review by Gary Hill
Rhino Bucket is a decidedly AC/DC influenced act.
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Gregg Rolie - Five Days Review by Larry Toering
Re-looked, recorded, re-claimed.... Five Days is the new six track release from Gregg Rolie.
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Scott’s Garage - Soul Magnet Review by Gary Hill
Scott’s Garage is an intriguing band, at least based on this, their second album.
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Dino Valenti - Get Together Review by Larry Toering
Well known Quicksilver Messenger Service leader Dino Valenti is gone but not forgotten in this collection of lost recordings that were found and it’s really a good thing they were.
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The Varmints - Boston Cream Review by Gary Hill
The Varmints are a punk rock band with a lot of mainstream rock built into their sound.
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Clutch - Live in Chicago February, 2011 Review by Greg Olma
I’ll be honest with you, I did not know anything about Clutch before the show.
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David Hayes - Live in Rockford, Illinois, January, 2011 Review by Gary Hill One part progressive rock band, one part power trio, one part jam band and one part guitar hero – all fun, entertaining and powerful, David Hayes and his cohorts put on a killer show that covered all kinds of musical territory, but never failed to gel.
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Lazarus A.D. - Live in Kenosha, WI January, 2011 Review by Peter Lizano
Just before Lazarus A.D. hit the road to promote their new album Black River Flows, they played a hometown CD release show in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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Motörhead - Live in Chicago February, 2011 Review by Greg Olma Motorhead is more than just a heavy metal band. After recording and touring for over three decades, it’s safe to say that they are an institution.
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Stone Sour - Live in Milwaukee, WI, March, 2011 Review by Peter Lizano
As Stone Sour prepared to hit the stage for the first night of the Avalanche Tour, you could feel the energy in the venue.
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Theory of a Deadman - Live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March, 2011 Review by Peter Lizano
On the first night of the Avalanche Tour in Milwaukee, WI after cancelling the tour show in Chicago, TOAD, short name for Theory of a Deadman, opened for headliners - Stone Sour.
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Yes - Live in Chicago, Illinois, March, 2011 Review by Greg Olma
This is my first time seeing Yes with the Benoit David and Oliver Wakeman line-up.
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