Album Review : The Mute Gods – tardigrades will inherit the earth

In the government cover up age that we live in, it seems the likelihood of us being erased as a species is ever more likely. With all of us living in the constant fear that there could we be World War III we try to distract ourselves with whatever we might have to hand but not all of us! Releasing their debut last year Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me, The Mute Gods gave a voice to the voiceless. Comprised of drummer Marco Minnemann, guitarist Roger King and bass master extraordinaire Nick Beggs, we’re invited to delve even deeper into the socio economical revolutionary wormhole in tardigrades will inherit the earth. Hold onto your tin foil hats!

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Album Review : Pain Of Salvation – In The Passing Light Of Day

Giving a renewed sense of life, death can be one of the most unforgiving teachers in life. Educating both mind and body in not taking what we are given for granted. Being diagnosed with a flesh eating bacteria, Pain of Salvation‘s Daniel Gildenlöw recently had a brush with that most callous of entities. Surviving the ordeal the man and band have returned to deliver In The Passing Light of Day. Fueled by resolve from Gildenlöw’s experience the record is a self affirmation of identity.

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Album Review : Maschine – Naturalis

With many of Prog’s heavyweights well over what many would consider the term “young” many believe that the genre is an old man’s game. Challenging this statement has seen a birth of countless amounts of interesting and innovative Progressive bands. One of the latest who are no doubt set to be making waves in Prog pools are Maschine.

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Album Review : Haken – Affinity

Soon to be a relic of the past, the eighties have always been the unsung heroes of the past decades. Depending on the era you were born in the children of the nineties will never quite be on the same plain as those who were born in the eighties. Era of the cult film, possibly the most lucrative music has been and of course Sci-Fi. With this in mind we delve into Haken’s Affinity, exploring the other dark side of the moon with some slightly different Brits. Hang onto something!

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Album Review : The Mute Gods – Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me

Never the front runner in the line of soul, rhythm has always had the mundane task of keeping a beat. Unable to to shock with virtuosity or bathe in melody the likes of a lead section. Deciding to challenge the musical apartheight, Nick Beggs, Marco Minnemann and Roger King have come together to give a voice to the voiceless. The unsung heroes of the musical world unify the back bone of a band and now we see the arrival of The Mute Gods.

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Album Review : Casualties Of Cool – Casualties of Cool

None too shy of going off the beaten track Devin Townsend is a man who thrives on the experimental. A back catalogue littered with unrivalled rage in Strapping Young Lad to recent musical stylings of Ziltoid and his endless quest for coffee. Previously releasing their album digitally, Casualties of Cool saw Townsend once again toy with the metaphorical envelope. Teaming up with singer Che Aimee Dorval the two welcome you into the weird and wonderful brand of space country.

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An Interview With : Mariusz Duda (Riverside)

One of the mainstays of the Progressive genre has always been the classic calling card of the concept album. Having seen a slight resurgence in its popularity over recent years it has become a more accepted form of storytelling. Releasing their brand new album Love, Fear and The Time Machine, Riverside construct a hazy retrospective of a persons life and their decisions to change it. Last month we caught the band on their London date, prior to the performance we were able to speak with mastermind Mariusz Duda about the new album, it’s writing process and why I should be afraid of a hat?  

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