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Album review: Vulkan – Technatura 8 (Heavy Progrock)

May 31, 2020 Katha

Sometimes it’s just the fraction of a second in which our subconsciousness makes us recognize something in the current mass of informations and decides whether it could be interesting. A band called VULKAN woke up my curiousness immediately when I scrolled by, and the beautiful cover artwork did the rest, so I headed over to Bandcamp to give them a listen. […]

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WILDERUN release video for re-arranged version of Hope & Shadow

May 20, 2020 Katha

Boston based progmetal band WILDERUN got a lot of well deserved attention for their third album “Veil of Imagination”, an album as mesmerizing as its beautiful cover artwork by Adrian Cox. Now the band has recorded an alternate version of the song “Hope & Shadow”, which was originally on their second album “Sleep at the Edge of the Earth”, and published it together with a quarantine session video: […]

Album review: Obsidian Tide – Pillars of Creation 8.5 (Prog/Melo Death)

May 15, 2020 Katha

Today, I’d like to bring OBSIDIAN TIDE’s Pillars of Creation to your attention, even though it was released in August 2019. It’s a very impressive debut album and still returns to my player regularly. […]

EP Review: Ironstone – Prophecy 7.5 (Prog Metal)

May 13, 2020 Katha

IRONSTONE is a young Australian progressive metal band, which came to the Melbourne scene in 2018 and soon earned a reputation for their high energy live shows. Influenced by a range of genres, their music is heavy and percussive, with atmospheric layers and catchy choruses. […]

NOVENA release new video for “Sail Away”

May 6, 2020 Katha

Two months ago, NOVENA released their incredible debut album “Eleventh Hour”, which has melted with my player since then. The mix of styles is mind-blowing, but everything is in a natural flow. There are countless musical and emotional turns, it’s beautiful, brutal and overwhelming at the same time. […]

French proggers ALTESIA release band playthrough for “The Confined Child”

May 4, 2020 Katha

A while ago, I came across ALTESIA thanks to a recommendation on Twitter and got infected by their music. “Paragon Circus” (released in December 2019) is their debut album and a great listening pleasure. Now, they’ve published a band playthrough video. Each musician recorded his part at home due to the current well-known situation, that also caused the renaming of the song: Originally “The Prison Child”, now “The Confined Child”. […]