Progressive rock/metal Album reviews - Page 9

GenresProgressive rock/metal

The Joy of Motion

Animals as Leaders

Animals as Leaders - The Joy of Motion 9.0

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
The groove in Physical Education gives The Joy of Motion an immediate point of entry. Animals as Leaders make the guitar feel…

The Shape of Colour

Intervals

Intervals - The Shape of Colour 8.4

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Aaron Marshall gives the guitar a clear speaking voice on The Shape of Colour. The melodies are bright and direct, while the…

Love, Fear and the Time Machine

Riverside

Riverside - Love, Fear and the Time Machine 8.8

Album review

Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Riverside give their melodies an unusually clear view on Love, Fear and the Time Machine. The guitars retain their expressive…

Hidden History of the Human Race

Blood Incantation

Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race 9.0

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Hidden History of the Human Race fulfils its large ambitions through music that also works in smaller details. The riffs are heavy…

A Crow Left of the Murder...

Incubus

Incubus - A Crow Left of the Murder... 8.6

Album review

Alternative Rock
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Megalomaniac gives A Crow Left of the Murder... a restless opening. Its shift into a hard guitar song feels confrontational, and…

Handmade Cities

Plini

Plini - Handmade Cities 8.9

Album review

Progressive rock/metal
Rock
A short clean guitar pattern opens Electric Sunrise, and Plini quickly makes it feel like the beginning of a larger place. The…

The Gallery

Dark Tranquillity

Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery 9.4

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
The Gallery keeps changing the relationship between its melodies and its aggression. Dark Tranquillity allows a song to move…

Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory

Dream Theater

Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory 9.1

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Scenes from a Memory works best as a continuous musical drama. Dream Theater give recurring ideas different emotional settings…

Deadwing

Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing 9.2

Album review

Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Deadwing gives its quieter songs as much authority as its heavy ones. Lazarus does not feel like a pause inserted between guitar…

Amplifier

Amplifier

Amplifier - Amplifier 8.8

Album review

Alternative Rock
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Motorhead opens Amplifier with a guitar sound large enough to define the room around it. Sel Balamir's voice then gives the noise…

Friend of a Phantom

VOLA

VOLA - Friend of a Phantom 8.8

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
VOLA have a very useful ability: they can make a heavy, awkwardly shaped riff sit comfortably next to a chorus you could sing…

Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre

Periphery

Periphery - Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre 8.7

Album review

Metal
Metalcore
Progressive rock/metal
The jazz passage in Wildfire is a revealing interruption. After an intense opening of low guitar attacks and harsh singing…

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