And so to the second astounding tale of the day... This is another band that I had been aware of for a while but had not really checked out, despite having heard rave reviews of this their first album. Then I heard the song "Eriatarka". The power of the song left me thirsting for more and so the only option was to pick up the album from whence such majesty came. As with the Pain Of Salvation album "Remedy Lane" reviewed in my previous post, I was not disappointed. The Mars Volta make fo...

It's not every day that you encounter an album that really blows your mind. As it happens, I've just had one of those days when you find two albums that blow your mind. This is the first of them. I had been aware of this Swedish progressive rock outfit fronted by Daniel Gildenlow and his impressive vocal, lyrical and guitar playing talent for some time. In fact, I downloaded a couple of free MP3s by the band from the very useful and informative ProgArchives.com in order to hear what they...

Well, what can you say? The new release by giants of progressive metal Dream Theater hit the streets today and it hit them running. Or perhaps charging! I have followed these guys ever since I bought a copy of When Dream And Day Unite just because I read a review in which Mike Portnoy was hailed as the new Neil Peart. To me, this was a hell of an accolade as he along with Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee comprise one of the greatest bands of our time (at least as far as I am concerned) in the combi...