Progressive Rock Reviews
Since I generally tend to prefer progressive rock over progressive metal – seventies-style progressive rock in particular – the style is represented relatively well on Kevy Metal. Since I tend to lean towards the more riffy, guitar-driven side of the progressive rock spectrum rather than the folky or keyboard-laden side of it, those who enjoy the bands reviewed in my progressive metal reviews and my hard rock reviews might find something to enjoy here as well. These are all my Album of the Week reviews about progressive rock releases.
Using tags effecitvely is something I didn’t do until a couple of years in. As a result, some progressive rock revies may show up here. If you are looking for something specific, I recommend using the search bar at the bottom of the page.
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Album of the Week 26-2016: Yossi Sassi Band – Roots And Roads
Ever since leaving Orphaned Land, Yossi Sassi seems to be more productive than ever. In fact, now that he only has his own band to mind, it looks like the last obstacle was broken down and he’s really not holding back anymore. How else can you explain the sound of…
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Album of the Week 25-2016: Steve Hackett – Spectral Mornings
Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett is to me one of those people who should consistently be mentioned in any list of guitar heroes, but somehow hardly ever is. Maybe it’s because he focuses on tasteful, melodically oriented leads rather than constant speedy runs, although the is perfectly capable of writing…
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Album of the Week 21-2016: Dir En Grey – Uroboros
Ever since Dir En Grey singer Kyo discovered he possessed an almost inhuman grunt, the band’s music grew increasingly heavier to accommodate this quality. Despite the presence of a couple of excellent ballads, they took it too far on ‘The Marrow Of A Bone’. Being the type of band they…
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Album of the Week 15-2016: Santana – IV
While Santana the man hasn’t ever really been away, ‘IV’ is definitely the comeback of Santana the band. The first real Santana album since their untitled third record from 1970 or maybe, if you’re being lenient, ‘Caravanserai’ (1972). What apparently started as Journey guitarist Neal Schon stalking Carlos Santana has…
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Album of the Week 10-2016: Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel 3
After two albums of progressive, yet still pretty conventional music – just how conventional an album that involves Peter Gabriel and Robert Fripp can really be is open for debate – Gabriel really immersed himself into synthesizers, African rhythms, drums without cymbals and proto-electronic music on his third self-titled record,…
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Album of the Week 09-2016: Alkaloid – The Malkuth Grimoire
Recently, I praised Obscura’s excellent new record ‘Akróasis’. It showed that frontman Steffen Kümmerer could make great albums even without the rest of the classic lineup. Last year, drummer Hannes Grossmann and guitarist Christian Münzner – along bassist Linus Klausenitzer, who is still in Obscura – proved that it’s also…
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Album of the Week 01-2016: Enslaved – Ruun
There was a time when I despised Black Metal a priori. Befriending Dystopia’s frontman Dennis Onsia in my early twenties has helped me discover quite a number of good bands affiliated with the genre. That phrase is used quite consciously, because by the time Enslaved released ‘Ruun’, the general dark…
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Album of the Week 49-2015: The Mars Volta – The Bedlam In Goliath
Progrock hasn’t been all that progressive anymore in recent years. It used to be about stretching the borders of Rock music, but recently, Prog bands have gotten a little too comfortable emulating the likes of King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Yes and early Genesis. This is exactly why it’s a shame…
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Album of the Week 40-2015: Amorphis – Under The Red Cloud
Consistency is key in Amorphis’ career. The Finnish sextet has hardly released any subpar records and although the stylistic detours of the first half of their discography are in the past, you can always depend on the band to come up with a well-crafted record. ‘Under The Red Cloud’ is…
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