Muziekrecensies
Looking at the cover of ‘The Alchemy Project’, I suppose this album by Epica will be very special again. Epica has collaborated with all kinds of singers and musicians from the broad metal scene. As a result, the songs range from melodic metal, to the more extreme metal. ‘The Great Tribulation’ has a slightly theatrical … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Brian de Graeve is known as founder/frontman of the neo-prog band Silhouette. He also founded the alternative symphonic prog rock project ‘Realisea’. In 2020, ‘Mantelpeace,’ the debut album was released. Brian and singer/songwriter Marjolein de Graeve also wrote the melodic prog rock songs for ‘Fairly Carefree’. It featured a number of guest musicians, including Ton … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Everyone knows Ugly Kid Joe’s big hit ‘Cats in the Cradle’. For those who still don’t know how the band name came about: These rockers from California would do a one-time joint performance with the then successful glam metal band ‘Pretty Boy Floyd’. To accentuate the differences, these men from California chose the band name … Read more, available in English and Dutch
‘The Black Noodle Project’ is from France. Their style ranges from shoegaze to prog rock/metal and everything in between. Their songs are mainly instrumental. This project still consists of multi-instrumentalist Sébastien Bourdeix and drummer Tommy Rizzitelli. Two guest musicians also participate.The opening of this album is slow and intriguing. Tommy plays his cymbals in a … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Multi-instrumentalist/composer Eric Bouillette founded the prog project “Imaginaerium” with Laura Piazzai. Late last year, this versatile musician was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer. In August Eric passed away, with that, bands like ‘Nine Skies’ and ‘The Room’ also lose a passionate guitarist. Eric was so proud of ‘The Rise of Medici,’ unfortunately he did not … Read more, available in English and Dutch
The super rock group ‘The Dead Daisies’ released their self-titled album in 2013. Since then they have grown considerably. The lineup changed from time to time (even now there is a different lineup) what remained is the unfading rock. ‘Face Your Fear’ has a surprising start, the rousing rock soon coming in. Bassist Glenn Hughes … Read more, available in English and Dutch
In 2019, singer/multi-instrumentalist Steve Bonino released the album ‘Stargazer 2’. He is working on the follow-up ‘Stargazer 3’. Meanwhile, he worked on ‘Pandora’, This concept album is partly inspired by mythological painting by Jean Cousin from 1550. In Greek mythology Pandora was the first human woman. She was the origin of the evil of the … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Deni Marinovic received his first electric guitar as a teenager, and taught himself to play the guitar, now he is a multi-instrumentalist. About four years ago his EP ‘Freedom Bells’ was released, this was (incl artwork) almost a one man project. Dreamland’ is a full CD, again he has played almost everything himself. Only the … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Singer/bassist Robert Berry is known from Ambrosia, Alliance, Hush and many others. Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer asked him to replace Greg Lake (of ELP). The band name became “3. After more members joined, this was changed to ‘3.2’. The live album ‘Alive at ProgStock’ features the musical history of Robert Berry. This special album … Read more, available in English and Dutch
British guitarist Nick Fletcher (a.k.a. John Hackett Band) has been active in music for over forty years. His new album is based on Dante’s Inferno, the contrasts between “light” and “dark” are much greater here than on his previous album (Cycles of Behaviour from 2021). Nick says of ‘The Cloud of Unknowing’: “Perhaps because of … Read more, available in English and Dutch