“Fearless” from Canadian duo Crown Lands wears its Rush homage high up on its vest, but retains a character that is less defined by the music of the past, and more derived from it. A captivating sonic adventure, “Fearless” picks up and runs with the classic Rush baton, but skillfully weaves other influences into the band’s contemporary tone and vision, resulting in a diverse and highly satisfying experience.
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Rock guitar virtuoso Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big, Racer X) covers a dozen amazing Ronnie James Dio tunes in a collection of guitar-driven heavy metal instrumentals. These Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and Dio classics remain sacred and nigh-untouchable, but Gilbert imbues the project with passion, energy, and his signature impeccable shredding.
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Accentuated by the timeliness of its subject matter and immersive themes of war, conflict, loneliness, despair, and the destructive obfuscation of reality, “Telepathic Minds” is a deeply compelling (yet buttkickingly rockin) prog epic.
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Nickel Creek’s most stark and cohesive album to date, “Celebrants” enthralls and entertains but emboldens itself in challenging and defying expectations.
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Murmurations from Eyeless Owl delivers a frenzied flurry of symphonic prog, math rock, ambient, avant-garde, samba, jazz… a joyful eruption of multicolored feathers in flight.
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From quiet nuance to explosive metal anger, ID.Entity bleeds emotional verisimilitude amid heavy progressive melody.
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We take a first look at (well listen to, really) “Et sted under himmelhvelvet”, a lively and darkly endearing track from Wobbler keyboardist Lars Fredrik Frøislie’s upcoming solo debut album Fire Fortellinger.
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With a tone that undulates between pastoral and progressive, “I Am Proud Of You” delivers a rich musical soundscape through a reflexive journey of redemption.
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“Dominion” skillfully suffuses intricate musicianship, compositional innovation, and jazzy idiosyncrasies along and among enthralling melodic rock content.
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“III” demonstrates a masterful command of instrumentation, lyrical construction, and thematic content, aping the conventions of vintage 70s prog rock but tempered with contemporary sensibilities and engaging Brazilian rhythms.
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