The unstoppable rise of UK proggers Lifesigns By Chris Cope 31 May 2021 Vocalist and keyboard whizz John Young tells discusses new Lifesigns album Altitude – and why you won’t be finding the full release on Spotify anytime soon!
Dream Theater - Distant Memories: Live In London review By Chris Cope 27 November 2020 Not yet rated Prog metal icons keep to the script in fun but inessential live release.
Melted Space - Darkening Light album review By Chris Cope 01 March 2018 Not yet rated Ensemble cast unite for Frenchman’s third album
Between The Buried And Me - Automata I album review By Chris Cope 01 March 2018 Not yet rated Progression, yes, but with unfinished business
Nightwish - Decades album review By Chris Cope 25 February 2018 Not yet rated Finns reflect on the last 20 years with another ‘best of’
Rich Wilson - Time Flies: the story of Porcupine Tree book review By Chris Cope 24 February 2018 Not yet rated Essential reading for fans of the dormant prog-rockers
Cardiacs - Some Fairytales From The Rotten Shed DVD review By Chris Cope 24 February 2018 Not yet rated Better late than never from the madcap Englishmen
Roie Avin – The Prog Report: Essential Modern Prog Rock Albums book review By Chris Cope 26 January 2018 Not yet rated US book puts modern day prog under the microscope.
Major Parkinson – Blackbox album review By Chris Cope 24 January 2018 Not yet rated Bergen septet overcome the odds in style.
Umphrey's McGee – it's not us album review By Chris Cope 23 January 2018 Not yet rated Diverse musical menu on US jam band’s eleventh studio album.
Toehider - Good album review By Chris Cope 20 December 2017 Not yet rated Manic world of Michael Mills impresses again
Jordan Rudess and Steve Horelick - Intersonic album review By Chris Cope 18 December 2017 Not yet rated When Dream Theater wizard and electronic boffin unite
Lorenzo Feliciati - Elevator Man album review By Chris Cope 15 December 2017 Not yet rated Prolific bassist strikes again with album number three
Panzerballett - X-Mas Death Jazz album review By Chris Cope 14 November 2017 Not yet rated Christmas songs as you’ve never heard them before
Johannes Luley - QITARA album review By Chris Cope 14 November 2017 Not yet rated Perfect Beings guitarist gets jazzy on second solo record
My Soliloquy - Engines Of Gravity album review By Chris Cope 06 October 2017 Not yet rated Threshold departure gives guitarist new focus
And So I Watch You From Afar - Endless Shimmering album review By Chris Cope 05 October 2017 Not yet rated Happy‑go‑lucky Northern Irish rockers keep up form
White Moth Black Butterfly - Atone album review By Chris Cope 07 September 2017 Not yet rated Atmospheric second record from TesseracT/Skyharbor collaboration
Threshold - Legends Of The Shires album review By Chris Cope 06 September 2017 Not yet rated British prog metallers Threshold get over Damian Wilson split in style.
How Detroit's Discipline created magic with album number five By Chris Cope 05 September 2017 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" By Chris Cope 01 August 2017 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 By Chris Cope 27 July 2017 Not yet rated Billy Sherwood’s US prog rockers World Trade blow hot and cold on return
Marco Minnemann - Borrego album review By Chris Cope 26 July 2017 Not yet rated A virtuosi-filled epic from Marco Minnemann worth taking the day off for
Discipline - Captives Of The Wine Dark Sea album review By Chris Cope 24 July 2017 Not yet rated Detroit proggers Discipline steer an impressive return
Orsome Welles - Rise album review By Chris Cope 22 June 2017 Not yet rated Solid heavy prog rock from Down Under's Orsome Welles
