I have to admit to being a bit of a late comer with regards to Steven Wilson. His many adventures thus far have eluded me including the now legendary Porcupine Tree, who only ever recorded one album that actually caught my attention, The Sky Moves Sideways. Sadly this was an album that Wilson himself …
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Nov 12 2012
Nine Stones Close | One Eye On The Sunrise
Hot on the heels of Traces, Nine Stones Close have not let the grass grow. The bands third album One Eye On The sunrise see’s the band upping their game and finds them emerging from the their previous dark shades into semi-light. Building on his previous collaboration with Riversea duo Brendan Eyre (Keys) and …
Nov 06 2012
Alex Carpani | The Sanctuary
As you may imagine we recieve a lot of albums for review at Progmeister from all over the globe. It will not have gone un-noticed that Progmeister has been quiet of late and this is partly due to the fact that over the past couple of months few albums were either unsuitable or simply …
Oct 20 2012
Steve Hackett | Genesis Revisited II
This long awaited project from Steve Hackett is finally with us. And the guessing about which pieces would be included and the debate about which should and should not be included are now at an end. Genesis Revisited II is the sequel to 1996’s original revisited album. This offering has been a topic of …
Sep 13 2012
Fill | Harpsong EP
Those of you who attended the first Progmeister will hopefully recall Mog who played out their opera “Jack The Vicar”? damned good it was too. Mog front man Phil Swinburne has since been keeping himself busy with various drama and musical projects not least recording a new EP “Harpsong”. I received a call from …
Sep 05 2012
Big Big Train | English Electric
Big Big Train’s latest and much spoken about album “English Electric” found it’s way to Progmeister HQ last week to initially mixed feelings. Please don’t read too much into that as like many we have been waiting in great anticipation for it’s release and found that on it’s maiden voyage in the wrong environment …
Aug 26 2012
Asia | XXX (30)
Thirty years ago Asia was a dirty word to me preferring instead the pomp, excesses and eccentricities of the bands that i then believed had been betrayed and abandoned by the four elements of Asia. I thought then that Asia had sold out. It wasn’t until a few years ago that Riversea keys man …
Jul 23 2012
Rob Gould | The Broken Road
Very bizarre how things happen sometimes. I was listening to ARFM Soundscapes one rainy Sunday afternoon when on came a beautiful piece of music by and artist thus far was unknown to me, Rob Gould. Only two days later i was contacted by Rob who asked if we would review his new album “The …