Edinburgh metallers Dead At The Scene deliver a decent chimera of technical brutality and atmospheric progressive metal styles on their Sharktopus EP.

Sleazy, sexy-saxy and saturated post-prog is the order of the day; Call Me Dragon by These Monsters is a beefed-up latter-day Court of the Crimson King. SRSLY.

Good news for fans of Oceansize and epic post-rock acts: Reading’s Heights blend virtuoso precision with melody and clarity to great effect on From Sea To Sky.

Silly name, crazy music – math-metal maniacs Dr. Slaggleberry pack more quick-change ideas into The Slagg Factory than most bands come up with in a lifetime.

Blue Sky Noise may not have the lush shoegazey production of Circa Survive‘s last album, but for goodness’ sake don’t let that put you off this gem of a record.

Stoner-rock bodhisattvas My Sleeping Karma spin the wheel of rebirth a third time on Tri, which is heavy post-rock or mellow post-metal, or something in between.

Every now and again, a band manages to deliver everything their records promise, and a little bit more besides. One such band is prog-emo outfit Circa Survive.

Gloriously gloomy post-rock posse iLiKETRAiNS aren’t moping over their lack of record label; instead, they’re asking their fans for cash, and it’s working.

Alert the historians: this is the day a band defied my ability to string genre definitions together coherently. Ladies and gents, 342 by Pin Up Went Down…

If I Am Abomination spat as hard as they shone on debut album To Our Forefathers, they’d be staggering. As it is, they’re a highly polished scenester-prog band.