Rock collective Intelligent Music Project recently graced their biggest stage so far, representing their home country Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest. Led by founder and chief composer and lyricist Dr Milen Vrabevski, the productive group has just put out Unconditioned - the seventh full-length album in their ten-year history. Intelligent Music Project have a … Continue reading Album Review: Intelligent Music Project – Unconditioned
Author: Pavel
Gig Review: Monuments / Kill The Lights – Islington Assembly Hall (30th April 2022)
It was only a few weeks ago that British prog-djent virtuosos Monuments released their latest album (and first as a four-piece and with new lead singer Andy Cizek) In Stasis to rave reviews. Playing their first run of shows in over two years, they descended upon London’s imposing Islington Assembly Hall as part of a … Continue reading Gig Review: Monuments / Kill The Lights – Islington Assembly Hall (30th April 2022)
Festival Review: Prognosis Festival 2022, Eindhoven (Day 2)
We all remember the string of plans that got cancelled at the beginning of the Covid outbreak - the holidays we didn’t take, the celebrations that couldn’t take place. For me, the first casualty was the Prognosis festival in Eindhoven - an emergent festival of all things prog, international borders everywhere shut down only days … Continue reading Festival Review: Prognosis Festival 2022, Eindhoven (Day 2)
Festival Review: Prognosis Festival 2022, Eindhoven (Day 1)
We all remember the string of plans that got cancelled at the beginning of the Covid outbreak - the holidays we didn’t take, the celebrations that couldn’t take place. For me, the first casualty was the Prognosis festival in Eindhoven - an emergent festival of all things prog, international borders everywhere shut down only days … Continue reading Festival Review: Prognosis Festival 2022, Eindhoven (Day 1)
Gig Review: Dark Tranquillity / Ensiferum / Nailed to Obscurity / Brunhilde – Heaven, London (5th April 2022)
It is a mild Tuesday night in early April, as we head to London’s Heaven - a venue primarily known for LGBT+ club nights, but no stranger to the occasional extreme metal gig - which pays host to the first UK stop of Dark Tranquillity and Ensiferum’s co-headline European tour. German band Brunhilde open proceedings, … Continue reading Gig Review: Dark Tranquillity / Ensiferum / Nailed to Obscurity / Brunhilde – Heaven, London (5th April 2022)