Progressive rock/metal Album reviews - Page 12

GenresProgressive rock/metal

Fauna

Haken

Haken - Fauna 8.8

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Fauna uses animals as a way to approach human concerns, but its most persuasive arguments are musical. Haken give the songs…

The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)

Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories) 9.0

Album review

Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Ghost stories give The Raven That Refused to Sing a reason to look backward. Its Mellotron, flute and elaborate instrumental…

Alien

Strapping Young Lad

Strapping Young Lad - Alien 8.9

Album review

Industrial Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
The move from Shitstorm into Love? explains much of Alien's appeal. One song pushes Strapping Young Lad towards almost continuous…

Coal

Leprous

Leprous - Coal 8.8

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Coal makes repetition feel unstable. A vocal phrase may return several times while the rhythm beneath it shifts, changing the…

Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional

The Dear Hunter

The Dear Hunter - Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional 8.8

Album review

Alternative Rock
Indie
Progressive rock/metal
Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional gives The Dear Hunter's theatrical rock a darker setting without reducing its melodic…

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

Weather Report - Heavy Weather 8.6

Album review

Jazz
Jazz Fusion
Progressive rock/metal
Birdland makes Heavy Weather welcoming from the start. Joe Zawinul's keyboards, Wayne Shorter's saxophone and Jaco Pastorius' bass…

Dissolution

The Pineapple Thief

The Pineapple Thief - Dissolution 8.8

Album review

Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Dissolution gives The Pineapple Thief's sadness a sharper rhythmic edge. Bruce Soord's voice remains measured, but the instruments…

Blood Mountain

Mastodon

Mastodon - Blood Mountain 9.0

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
There is very little level ground on Blood Mountain. Mastodon keep moving between fast metal, heavy grooves and stranger, more…

obZen

Meshuggah

Meshuggah - obZen 9.0

Album review

Groove Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
It is possible to follow the beat on obZen and still feel repeatedly thrown off balance. Meshuggah build guitar patterns that pull…

The Mountain

Haken

Haken - The Mountain 9.3

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Cockroach King gives The Mountain an unmistakable personality. Its close vocal patterns, uneasy humour and sharply changing…

Themata

Karnivool

Karnivool - Themata 8.7

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Ian Kenny gives Themata its most useful point of balance. His singing can rise above Karnivool's heavy, tightly patterned guitars…

Fatalism

Polaris

Polaris - Fatalism 8.6

Album review

Metal
Metalcore
Progressive rock/metal
Fatalism has a forceful guitar sound, but its most effective moments depend on what happens around that weight. Polaris gives…

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