Promising young Scots proggers A Torn Mind have the skills to pay the virtuoso bills, but the Barriers EP suffers under its wilfully retro pallet of tones.

Accessible Aussie proggers Karnivool may sound a lot like the antipodean A Perfect Circle on Sound Awake, but that doesn’t make it a bad album by any stretch.

Follow The Never Ending Way of Orwarrior deep into the wind-swept dunes of Middle Eastern power metal with progressive Isreali dramatists Orphaned Land.

The Sections EP is the self-funded opening salvo from Young London tech-metal extremists The Safety Fire; I get a feeling it won’t be the last.

Mike Vennart of Mancunian post-prog stalwarts Oceansize takes some time out to answer a few questions about touring, releasing an “ambient” EP, and Una Stubbs.

It’s been a while, but finally there’s new music from Oceansize… though if you only like their heavy stuff, the Home & Minor EP isn’t going to do much for you.

Dividing The Line are a young British post-hardcore band, and… wait, come back! These guys are the real thing, and At Least It’s Not Light deserves a listen.

For this week at least, Albany NY’s Aficionado are the best band you’ve never heard of. The Myth Of Real Life, told in… vaudeville post-hardcore prog? SRSLY.

Woodstock proggers 3 (second prog band of the same name, apparently) have a new album of oldies called Revisions. Hey kids, can you say “contractual obligation”?

Youthful mathcore prodigies The Fall Of Troy deliver their fourth album, In the Unlikely Event – a challenging journey beyond the post-hardcore territories.