Muziekrecensies 🇳🇱 / Music reviews 🇬🇧
Last year, Einar Solberg (frontman of Norwegian prog metal Leprous) launched his debut solo album titled ’16’. In February 2022, he made himself very vulnerable by giving an entirely solo live stream (with an audience). This was his reinterpretation of the Leprous album ‘The Congregation’ (2015). Fortunately, recordings were made of this, which resulted in … lees verder
About a year ago, German singer/multi-instrumentalist Noel Husser launched the single ‘Footprints’. This is standalone from his new EP, which he will soon release on his own.The EP ‘Beyond’ is more or less a melange of his fantastic concept album ‘Tell Me Who I Am’ (2017) and the melodic album ‘A Little Dream’ (2020). Vocally … lees verder
Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella is a duo from Germany. They release their albums through their own label, Gray Matters. Besides their own repertoire, they also make covers. ‘The Rainbow Tree’ is their fourth cover album. Again, they make their own acoustic versions of both new and old prog rock/metal songs. They start with “old” … lees verder
Andy Lind is a multi-instrumentalist from Germany. He plays drums in ‘The Ancestry Program’ and is the man behind the avant prog band LIND. ‘The Justification Of Reality Part II- A 3rd Ear Conversation’ is the second part of a trilogy. Many well-known (prog) guest musicians collaborated on this, including guitarist Kalle Wallner. The album … lees verder
Multi-instrumentalist Ruud Dielen is the man behind studio project Glorious Wolf. The previous prog album, 2019’s ‘Zodiac’, received good reviews. The influences of 1970s symphonic and psychedelic rock, among others, can also be heard on his new album ‘Mysterious Traveler’. The album was self-released, but the promotion was done by ‘Bad Dog Promotions’. This largely … lees verder
Guitarist Marcel Coenen has played in various (tribute) bands since the ’80s. With these, he performed both in venues and at festivals, including Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium. He released CDs with some of these bands (e.g. Sun Caged and Godscum). He also launched a number of solo albums. His latest album is called ‘Resurrection’. … lees verder
Residuos Mentales (Greece) consists of Stratos Morianos (keyboards) and Alexandros Mantas (guitars, bass and flute). This instrumental studio project was founded over a decade ago. In 2018, they launched ‘Introspection’. Now ‘A Temporary State of Bliss’ is released. This prog rock album has cross -overs to metal and funk, among others.The first piece of ‘The … lees verder
Multi-instrumentalist Thomas Glönkler was (in the 1980s-90s) the leader of German prog band ICU. After that band broke up, he released some solo albums: Auszeit (2005) and Goldstadt (2010). His new album is called ‘Tiefenland’. This concept album is about a fictional world, with an origin, and intermediate world and a future world. Thomas says … lees verder
Hekz is an international prog rock/metal band, Terra Nova is their fourth album. In a nutshell, this double album is about the personal struggle regarding ambition, duality and personal development. Part one of the title track has a catchy opening. Frontman Matt Young’s voice is less heavy than you might expect in this genre, but … lees verder
Multi-instrumentalist Darrel Treece-Birch is keyboardist of TEN and Nth Ascension. He also released a number of solo instrumental albums under his own name, including ‘Healing Touch’ (2017.) Now ‘Choices’ is out, the debut album by his Melodic prog rock band ‘Atlantea’. This concept album is about situations in life, such as hope and fear. And … lees verder