Articles by Chris Cope

Melted Space - Darkening Light album artwork

Melted Space - Darkening Light album review

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Ensemble cast unite for Frenchman’s third album

Between The Buried And Me - Automata I album artwork

Between The Buried And Me - Automata I album review

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Progression, yes, but with unfinished business

Nightwish - Decades album review

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Finns reflect on the last 20 years with another ‘best of’

Rich Wilson - Time Flies: the story of Porcupine Tree book artwork

Rich Wilson - Time Flies: the story of Porcupine Tree book review

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Essential reading for fans of the dormant prog-rockers

Cardiacs - Some Fairytales From The Rotten Shed DVD cover

Cardiacs - Some Fairytales From The Rotten Shed DVD review

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Better late than never from the madcap Englishmen

Roie Avin – The Prog Report: Essential Modern Prog Rock Albums book review

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US book puts modern day prog under the microscope.

Major Parkinson – Blackbox album review

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Bergen septet overcome the odds in style.

Umphrey's McGee – it's not us album review

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Diverse musical menu on US jam band’s eleventh studio album.

Toehider - Good album review

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Manic world of Michael Mills impresses again

Jordan Rudess and Steve Horelick - Intersonic album artwork

Jordan Rudess and Steve Horelick - Intersonic album review

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When Dream Theater wizard and electronic boffin unite

Lorenzo Feliciati - Elevator Man album artwork

Lorenzo Feliciati - Elevator Man album review

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Prolific bassist strikes again with album number three

Panzerballett - X-Mas Death Jazz album artwork

Panzerballett - X-Mas Death Jazz album review

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Christmas songs as you’ve never heard them before

Johannes Luley - QITARA album review

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Perfect Beings guitarist gets jazzy on second solo record

My Soliloquy - Engines Of Gravity album artwork

My Soliloquy - Engines Of Gravity album review

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Threshold departure gives guitarist new focus

And So I Watch You From Afar - Endless Shimmering album artwork

And So I Watch You From Afar - Endless Shimmering album review

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Happy‑go‑lucky Northern Irish rockers keep up form

White Moth Black Butterfly - Atone album artwork

White Moth Black Butterfly - Atone album review

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Atmospheric second record from TesseracT/Skyharbor collaboration

Threshold - Legends Of The Shires album artwork

Threshold - Legends Of The Shires album review

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British prog metallers Threshold get over Damian Wilson split in style.

How Detroit's Discipline created magic with album number five

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Detroit’s Discipline don’t have the biggest back catalogue for a band that was born in the late 1980s. But as their new shows, when the quartet hit the ‘record’ button, magic happens

Kim Seviour: "Wherever I’ve gone, I've taken singing with me"

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When singer Kim Seviour left Touchstone in 2015 as her battle against a draining fatigue condition intensified, things looked bleak. But now she’s back with her debut solo album

World Trade - Unify album review

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Billy Sherwood’s US prog rockers World Trade blow hot and cold on return

Marco Minnemann - Borrego album review

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A virtuosi-filled epic from Marco Minnemann worth taking the day off for

Discipline - Captives Of The Wine Dark Sea album artwork

Discipline - Captives Of The Wine Dark Sea album review

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Detroit proggers Discipline steer an impressive return

Orsome Welles - Rise album review

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Solid heavy prog rock from Down Under's Orsome Welles

Alpha Male Tea Party - Health album artwork

Alpha Male Tea Party - Health album review

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Instrumental trio Alpha Male Tea Party take things up a notch with superb third album

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Voyager: "We are progressive in many ways"

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With Voyager on album number six, it feels like the melodic prog metallers are now truly finding their feet in the prog world. The Aussies open up about their impressive new effort Ghost Mile…