Published on August 30th, 2010 by The Editor
Edinburgh metallers Dead At The Scene deliver a decent chimera of technical brutality and atmospheric progressive metal styles on their Sharktopus EP.
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Tags: Dead At The Scene, prog, progressive, Sharktopus, technical metal
Published on August 25th, 2010 by The Editor
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.
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Tags: Call Me Dragon, post-hardcore, post-rock, progressive, These Monsters, weird
Published on August 20th, 2010 by The Editor
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.
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Tags: alternative, From Sea To Sky, Heights, post-rock, prog, progressive
Published on August 13th, 2010 by The Editor
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.
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Tags: Dr Slaggleberry, extreme metal, jazz-metal, progressive, tech-metal, The Slagg Factory, weird
Published on July 30th, 2010 by The Editor
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.
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Tags: Blue Sky Noise, Circa Survive, emo, pop, post-hardcore, progressive
Published on July 28th, 2010 by The Editor
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.
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Tags: My Sleeping Karma, post-rock, progressive, psychedelic, rock, stoner rock, Tri
Published on July 20th, 2010 by The Editor
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.
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Tags: Circa Survive, emo, Halos, post-hardcore, progressive
Published on July 19th, 2010 by The Editor
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.
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Tags: alternative, crowdfunding, iLiKETRAiNS, post-rock, progressive
Published on July 2nd, 2010 by The Editor
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…
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Tags: 342, avant-garde, metal, Pin Up Went Down, progressive, weird
Published on June 24th, 2010 by The Editor
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.
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Tags: emo, haircut hardcore, I Am Abomination, metal, post-hardcore, progressive, scenester, To Our Forefathers