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 35-2023: Edu Falaschi – Eldorado
Edu Falaschi’s 2021 album ‘Vera Cruz‘ was a comeback of sorts. It was a ridiculously ambitious undertaking, from its concept seeped in Brazilian history right down to its massive arrangements, but somehow it worked really well. ‘Vera Cruz’ contained everything a contemporary power metal album should need: memorable uptempo riffs…
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Album of the Week 27-2023: Agora – Empire
When bands who don’t traditionally sing in English release English-language material, there is always a risk involved, especially vocally. Singers may sound wildly different in another language or simply not feel as comfortable not singing in their native tongue. Also, the interaction between the music and the vocals may not…
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Album of the Week 10-2023: Sigh – Shiki
Ask anyone to describe the sound of Japanese black metal pioneers Sigh and chances are “weird” is one of the first adjectives that comes up. From the beginning, the band around frontman Mirai Kawashima has combined extreme metal with more traditional heavy metal elements, psychedelic rock and avant-garde music to…
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Album of the Week 03-2023: Onmyo-za – Ryūō Dōji
Onmyo-za usually releases a new album every year or so. ‘Ryūō Dōji’ is their first album in nearly five years, presumably largely due to health issues that affected the hearing and vocal cords of singer Kuroneko. Fortunately, she sounds incredible here, though that could also be the result of ‘Ryūō…
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Best of 2022: The Albums
Let’s start the introduction to the list of my favorite albums of the year by stating the obvious: 2022 was the greatest year for new music in a long time. It took a while before the music industry got there. For a while during the first half of the year,…
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Album of the Week 50-2022: Ashes Of Ares – Emperors And Fools
‘Emperors And Fools’ is the sound of Ashes Of Ares finally living up to its potential. It is not a masterpiece, but it is the first release of theirs that makes me somewhat confident they may have one in them. My teenage obsession with Iced Earth was at least as…
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Album of the Week 42-2022: Vorbid – A Swan By The Edge Of Mandala
What a surprising evolution… Prior to ‘A Swan By The Edge Of Mandala’, Vorbid made a combination of thrash metal riffs and distinct progressive compositions that made me see them as part of the same scene as all those proggy thrash bands whose name start with a V. You know…
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Album of the Week 41-2022: Queensrÿche – Digital Noise Alliance
Ever since Todd La Torre took over as their lead singer, Queensrÿche returned to being a good metal band. Great news for people who, like myself, think that ‘The Warning’ is the best Queensrÿche album, but there have been some grumbles about the band not being as progressive as some…
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Album of the Week 36-2022: Pentagram – Makina Elektrika
‘Makina Elektrika’ is the first album of new material by Turkish heavy metal giants Pentagram in a decade. But the band hasn’t been sitting still in the intervening years. Most notably, they have reunited with former singers Murat İlkan and Ogün Sanlısoy, as well as guitarist Demir Demirkan, to form…
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