Rush is never going to get a #1 album as long as they continue to release a much anticipated new album the same day someone else, who has a wider fan base, releases theirs. R40 Live has ZERO chance of going #1 against Adele’s new album and it is pretty rare for a live album […]
https://drewsreview.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/album-review-rush-r40-live-cd/
It has been five years since the release of Obscura‘s universally acclaimed Omnivium album. Now the progressive metal masters return with their strongest and most dynamic release to date. The aptly named Akróasis (Greek for “hearing” or “listening”) draws on all the various elements of Obscura‘s signature sound and combines those qualities into a cohesive…
http://www.prog-sphere.com/news/obscura-premiere-video-title-track-new-album-akroasis/
It was previously announced that Dream Theater will embark on a European tour in February 2016 where they will present their upcoming studio album “The Astonishing” in its entirety. After that, more information on the album itself followed, where the concept of the double album was explained. Dream Theater‘s website ever since the first announcement…
http://www.prog-sphere.com/news/dream-theatre-the-astonishing-act-i-track-listing-revealed/
BBT is making a new album.
A photo of the session reveals that it involves some really heavy metal…
Raw, precise, and inspiring, “Second Flight: Live at the Z7” is yet another taste of the virtuosity that Morse, Morse, Portnoy, LaRue, and McPherson provide for Flying Colors.
http://theprogmind.com/2015/11/05/flying-colors-second-flight-live-at-the-z7/
Read my thoughts on the new album from Unified Past.
http://theprogmind.com/2015/11/05/unified-past-shifting-the-equilibrium/
Canadian rock legends RUSH will release their “R40 Live” concert film later this month. A performance clip of the song “Tom Sawyer”, taken from “R40 Live”, can be seen below. All roads have led to this. Forty-one years in the making, RUSH‘s “R40 Live” tour took a very real journey back through time. Beginning with the grand design: a state-of-the-art stage set that pivots,…
http://www.prog-sphere.com/news/rush-premiere-tom-sawyer-video-r40-live-film/
22nd January will see the release of a new Steven Wilson album “4 ½”, so titled because it forms an interim release between Steven’s recently released fourth album Hand. Cannot. Erase. and the next studio album. 4 ½ comprises 6 tracks with a total running time of 37 minutes. 4 of the songs originated during…
http://www.prog-sphere.com/news/new-steven-wilson-album-4-%C2%BD-released-january/
Read my thoughts on the concept behind “BE” from Pain of Salvation.
http://theprogmind.com/2015/11/02/album-spotlight-pain-of-salvation-be/
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