Progressive Metal Reviews
Although I have a somewhat conflicted relationship with the progressive metal genre, the bands that tackle the style well tend to do so exceptionally well. If you like your time signatures odd and often changing, your song structures unpredictable, your chords and harmonies sophisticated, and your songs long, make sure to check up on Kevy Metal’s progressive metal reviews from time to time. You can find all my progressive metal Album of the Week reviews right here.
However, I did not start properly tagging my reviews until a couple of years in. If you are looking for something that doesn’t show up, it might still be there. I recommend using the search bar at the bottom of the page if you are looking for something specific.
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Album of the Week 37-2015: Blind Guardian – At The Edge Of Time
Generally, ‘At The Edge Of Time’ is seen as Blind Guardian’s big return to form after ‘A Twist In The Myth’, which I personally didn’t consider as that much of a departure from the rest of their discography, but whatever. The album does however bring something back to the table…
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Album of the Week 31-2015: Symphony X – Underworld
Upon first listen, I thought ‘Underworld’ suffered from the same flaws as Symphony X’s previous album ‘Iconoclast’. While the latter was an enjoyable album, it sacrificed a lot of the band’s melodic sensibilities in favor of a heavier approach. For instance, Russell Allen, one of the best Rock singers on…
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Album of the Week 29-2015: DragonForce – Sonic Firestorm
Guilty pleasures come in all shapes in sizes. However, I don’t feel particularly guilty about enjoying artists like ABBA or DragonForce. Sure, the latter may have an abundance of Metal clichés in their songs, but they seem to be very tongue-in-cheeky about it. Also, their brand of warp speed, highly…
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Album of the Week 25-2015: Masterplan – Masterplan
When drummer Uli Kusch and guitarist Roland Grapow were simultaneously fired from Helloween, they wasted no time and started Masterplan. Since their shared tenure in Helloween is my favorite period in the German Power Metal giants’ history, I was eagerly awaiting this debut release at the time. It wasn’t quite…
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Album of the Week 21-2015: Leprous – The Congregation
Bizarre and unique. Those are the only two adjectives that describe Leprous adequately. Sure, it’s progressive Metal, but it’s nothing like the Dream Theater clones that saturate the genre. The Norwegians abandon chugging over constantly changing meters and bouncing a million riffs around in favor of an approach that is…
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Album of the Week 17-2015: Symphony X – The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
Progressive Metal has the essence to be one of the most interesting genres of music. And for many earlier releases in the genre, this was true. However, over the years, many Prog bands have limited themselves to playing as inaccessible stuff as possible whilst dwelling on Dream Theater clichés. New…
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Album of the Week 12-2015: Kenn Nardi – Dancing With The Past
Anacrusis was one of the most unique bands ever to have graced the Metal scene. Want proof? Name one band that sounds like them. See? Their one of a kind blend of Thrash Metal, Progmetal and hints of New Wave and even some suspenseful film score music made 1993’s ‘Screams…
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Album of the Week 07-2015: Secret Sphere – Portrait Of A Dying Heart
Italian progressive Power Metallers Secret Sphere were always a band I had appreciated, but for some reason, I never truly got into them. They had the melodic sensibilities and the slightly more interesting compositions than most of the other bands that followed their fellow countrymen of Labÿrinth and Rhapsody to…
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Album of the Week 04-2015: Angra – Secret Garden
Two weeks ago, in my review of Jupiter’s new album, yours truly said he’d be surprised if someone released another Power Metal that good this year. Well, it’s still only January and we’ve already gotten two amazing records in the genre. Angra’s brand new ‘Secret Garden’ is just about as…
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