Prog Reviews, Prog Music Reviews
On the strength of this, their debut album Italian band Dropshard looks as if they could in time be joining the ranks of the Italian prog cognisenti alongsides of PFM and Le Orme as a major progressive band.
For this their fist album the band have re…
Dropshard | Anywhere But Home Read MoreAt a time when so many talented artistes lean towards the prog metal edge of prog it is a breath of fresh air when something just a bit different comes along. At the present time Matt Stevens represents the antithesis of prog metal. The North Londoner …
Matt Stevens | Ghosts Read MoreThe illustrated history of prog rock by Will Romano This book is a large format full colour size guide to prog rock past and present. Most of the bands …
Mountains Come Out Of The Sky Read MoreProphets & Sages: An illustrated guide to underground and progressive rock 1967-1975 by Mark Powell.
A petfect reference book for anyone interested in this very productive and musically rich musical ers. Printed in black and white with a colour …
Prophets & Sages Book Review Read MoreA CD sized package arrived from the Netherlands recently at Progmeister Towers. Upon opening it I was presented with the latest album by Nine Stones Close for review. It was accompanied by an extra disc containing acoustic renditions f…
Nines Stones Close | Traces Read MoreTravelling North from Teesside to Gateshead wasn’t a sensible thing to do taking the horrendous weather conditions into consideration, but, it had to be done. For this I must thank Ian Kerr, Progmeister’s prolific photographer for driving us the…
Steve Hackett | The Sage, Gateshead Read MoreBraving the snow and icy roads of Friday 26th of November myself and good lady set out for Darlington to catch Retro-Genesis perform at the Darlington art centre. On arrival we were stricken by the similarity of the building to Chaterhouse which…
RetroGenesis | Darlington Arts Centre Read MoreI must confess to knowing little about Dec Burke and when we received “Destroy All Monsters” for review I was intrigued to say the least. My first impression whilst I was driving with it playing in the car was one of surprise and appreh…
Dec Burke | Destroy All Monsters Read More