The moon has always served as a source of fascination for me. Whether it’s the looming Hunter’s moon of Bloodborne, the crescent ornamentation of the chthonic witch-goddess Melinoë in Hades II,or the ...

Style: Technical thrash metal, progressive metal, death metal (harsh vocals) While Leduc’s six-string performance is consistently center stage, Boucher’s relentless double bass and unorthodox tom ...

Of course, just because Pure Reason Revolution have figured out the art of tight songwriting and heavy riffs, it’s not as if they’re about to abandon that time-honored neo-prog tradition of floaty, ...

Cold, dark damp surrounds you. Trying to move your body, you’re met with resistance no matter the direction. Disoriented. Thump. Vibrations ripple all around you, through you, each accompanied by a ...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Take one look at the gorgeous artwork adorning TodoMal ’s latest album, Graveyards of Joy, and the wisdom of such an adage becomes radiantly clear. Lluis ...

Genres: Progressive rock, synth pop, neo-progressive rock, new wave (clean vocals) Anyway, I was reviewing an album, wasn’t I? Props have to go to guitarist Joey Frevola for his John Mitchell inspired ...

I was lucky to be able to grow up next to the mighty Pacific Ocean, and naturally I have a deep personal connection to it. The Pacific has been a massive part of my life and an even more massive part ...

From its earliest days, The Progressive Subway has championed the overlooked and the underappreciated. The original premise of the blog centred around reviewing “underground” bands. The metric chosen ...

Recommended for fans of: Wolves in the Throne Room, Agalloch, Saor Stereo production allows the various string parts to interact across channels, often harmonizing one guitar with another across the ...

“Do I stand any chance of being objective? Should I let someone else cover this one? Will meticulously analyzing my favourite band’s 1 latest album detract from my enjoyment of it?” These are the ...

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Over time, many bands grow too comfortable with their own sound and descend into self-parody. Content to rely on their tried-and-tested formula, they become a bundle of songwriting tropes held ...