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Articles by: Joseph Stannard

Prince - Around The World In A Day

“He released the set without even bothering with a single to precede it, preferring fans to hear it as a whole entity – an archetypically progtastic move”: Prince’s Around The World In A Day

By Joseph Stannard published 28 October 23

The success of Purple Rain meant he could basically do anything he wanted with its 1985 follow-up, which he did with minimal fanfare

Insidious Disease After Death album cover

Insidious Disease’s After Death: extreme metal A-listers’ deathly old school salvo

By Joseph Stannard published 18 November 20

Napalm Death/Dimmu Borgir spin-off Insidious Disease head underground on new album After Death

Dark Buddha Rising: Mathreyata

Dark Buddha Rising’s Mathreyata is the doom-laden soundtrack to the apocalypse

By Joseph Stannard published 12 November 20

Finnish mystics Dark Buddha Rising match the immensity of the endtimes on new album Mathreyata

Toadeater’s Bit To Ewigen Daogen: where anarchist black metal meets 80s goth and post-punk

By Joseph Stannard published 5 October 20

German post-black metallers Toadeater rip up the rulebook on new album Bit To Ewigen Daogen

Napalm Death’s Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism: grind kings return triumphant

By Joseph Stannard published 17 September 20

Underground icons Napalm Death rise and grind for the 16th time on new album Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism

Brit warhorses Onslaught up their thrash game on new album Generation Antichrist

By Joseph Stannard published 11 August 20

British thrash icons Onslaught’s seventh album Generation Antichrist finds them rejuvenated and ready for the fight once more

Prince onstage

Did Prince flirt with prog on Around The World In A Day

By Joseph Stannard published 25 January 20

He certainly did, reckons Prog writer Joseph Stannard...

Archive The False Foundation cover

Archive - The False Foundation album review

By Joseph Stannard published 22 September 16

London electronica collective Archive’s bleak but bold return.

Leon Alvarado - The Future Left Behind album art

Leon Alvarado - The Future Left Behind album review

By Joseph Stannard published 17 August 16

Impressively conceptual, Yes-assisted fourth album from late-blooming US progger Leon Alvarado

TTNG - Disappointment Island album cover

TTNG - Disappointment Island album review

By Joseph Stannard published 16 August 16

Angular Oxfordians’ perplexing but rewarding third outing

Wolverine - Machina Viva album artwork

Wolverine - Machina Viva album review

By Joseph Stannard published 15 July 16

Swedish prog-metal quintet Wolverine’s stuttering return.

Kadra Estra cover artwork for Time And Stars

Karda Estra - Time And Stars album review

By Joseph Stannard published 15 July 16

Swindon jazz rock project Karda Estra keep watching the skies.

The Last Hurrah!: Mudflowers

By Joseph Stannard published 31 July 15

Norway and the highway.

Todd Rundgren/Emil Nikolaisen/Hans-Peter Lindstrøm: Runddans

By Joseph Stannard published 22 May 15

Second new work in a month from a true maverick and friends.

Anthony Phillips: The Geese And The Ghost

By Joseph Stannard published 22 May 15

Triple-disc reissue of the Genesis man’s 1977 debut.

Irmler/Liebezeit: Flut

By Joseph Stannard published 22 October 14

Teutonic twosome’s improvised adventure in rhythm and texture.

Mogwai: Rave Tapes

By Joseph Stannard published 19 March 14

Glaswegian veterans return with subliminal surprises.

Katatonia: Viva Emptiness

By Joseph Stannard published 8 January 14

Swedish miserablists revisit their mopey modern classic.

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