Progressive rock/metal Album reviews - Page 4

GenresProgressive rock/metal

Nucleus

Anekdoten

Anekdoten - Nucleus 8.2

Album review

Progressive rock/metal
Psychedelic Rock
Nucleus combines a rough, forceful band sound with music that can become unexpectedly delicate. Anekdoten use distorted bass…

Metal Fatigue

Allan Holdsworth

Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue 8.8

Album review

Jazz Fusion
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Metal Fatigue combines a hard rock attack with guitar playing that moves far beyond familiar blues patterns. Allan Holdsworth's…

Distant Satellites

Anathema

Anathema - Distant Satellites 8.6

Album review

Post-Rock
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Distant Satellites changes its method partway through. Anathema first work with the open voices, piano and rising guitar…

Singularity

Northlane

Northlane - Singularity 8.4

Album review

Metal
Metalcore
Progressive rock/metal
Singularity gives its tightly repeated guitar figures room to breathe. Northlane surrounds the low rhythmic attacks with clean…

Witness

VOLA

VOLA - Witness 8.3

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Straight Lines gives Witness an immediate physical attraction. The riff keeps circling with considerable weight, but VOLA allow…

Ontological Mysterium

Horrendous

Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium 8.8

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
The bass frequently steals the spotlight on Ontological Mysterium. While the guitars jump from riff to riff, the bass holds onto a…

Magma

Gojira

Gojira - Magma 8.8

Album review

Groove Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Grief gives Magma its emotional centre. Gojira retain their precise heavy grooves, but the songs make more room for clean singing…

Imperial

Soen

Soen - Imperial 8.2

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Illusion gives Imperial its clearest emotional focus. The song allows Joel Ekelöf's measured singing and Cody Ford's melodic…

...And Justice for All

Metallica

Metallica - ...And Justice for All 9.0

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Thrash Metal
There is very little comfort in ...And Justice for All. The guitars are hard and dry, the drums sound exposed, and the almost…

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 9.2

Album review

Heavy Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
The keyboards on Seventh Son of a Seventh Son change the light around Iron Maiden's music. They give the familiar guitar harmonies…

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 9.7

Album review

Progressive rock/metal
Rock
The opening of Shine On You Crazy Diamond allows a few guitar notes to carry an extraordinary amount of feeling. Pink Floyd leave…

Bloom

Caligula's Horse

Caligula's Horse - Bloom 8.9

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Bloom makes a gentle opening feel like the start of something larger. Jim Grey sings over acoustic guitar with enough warmth to…

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