2023-06-14 07:00:47 (c) Kristian Rangnes When they were young, friends and musicians Martin Utby and Simon Bergseth vowed to one day form a band. That was 22 years ago and has actually become a reality. AVOIDANCE understand the complete range of progressive sounds and extremes, preferably focused on atmosphere. The Norwegian sextet recorded its debut … Read more
2023-06-02 07:00:18 (c) Maximilian Teufel Three years ago, three people from Amstetten landed a complex-metallic bull’s eye: with their self-titled debut they ran Hills Like White Lions open doors with a running start. Post, prog and other tasteful extremes laid the groundwork for pleasantly sophisticated soundscapes. This is now built on: „Meander“ is actually a … Read more
2023-05-15 07:00:23 (c) Sonya Siedlaczek there were Yakuza no, you would have to invent them first. The long musical dry spell of more than ten years since their last album felt correspondingly uncomfortable. And then they come back like nothing happened. The quartet’s sound continues to give a wide berth to any pigeonholes – doom, … Read more
2023-05-17 07:00:43 (c) Ernir Eyjólfsson The Icelandic mills obviously grind a little slower, and so it’s been five and a half years since the last record by Ring Of Gyges moved into the country. Nevertheless, the quintet worked diligently on their own prog sound, which moves somewhere between the 70s rock roots and more modern … Read more