Tag Archives: Prog

The Star Prairie Project’s new album Fight or Flight trumpets the fact that the world order as we know it is teetering and crumbling before our eyes. While too many remain oblivious to this fact, there’s no denying that the human civilization is facing its gravest challenges since World War II. To make …

It’s called “The New Wave of Classic Rock” and it was officially named earlier this year by music journalists and industry personnel who have tried to encapsulate the recent rise of good ‘ol rock n’ roll. It’s been building for a while now, and started about ten years ago with …

When it comes to touring, Canadian duo Crown Lands learned from a series of experts in rock n’ roll. Before the pandemic, the band spent time opening for Coheed and Cambria, Jack White, and Rival Sons, gaining crucial exposure in American music markets. Their extensive sound and complex arrangements impressed the …

Adding to their impressive collection of prog-rock madness, Canadian-based duo Crown Lands, have a new EP out today via Spinefarm Records/Universal Music Canada. Two new songs join the EP’s title track along with the 13-minute spiritual awakening, “The Oracle.” Produced by David Bottrill (Peter Gabriel, Tool, King Crimson) the White Buffalo EP …

Get ready Canada. Concerts are finally coming back and we’re getting things started with a Crown Lands headlining tour. The electrifying duo from Oshawa, Ontario will be kicking off The Big Wave Tour in Winnipeg, MB on Oct. 15th and will conclude in Montreal, QC on Dec. 4th. Rising alt-rocker …

Back in 2019, Bradley “Lailien” Shubat’s debut double LP, Ensoular, received consistently warm reception from numerous outlets upon its release. Soon after, The Toronto, Canada-based indie artist had supplemented it with several videos for the album’s singles, both in conventional and lyric form, and would eventually provide pre-release singles to …

Lailien functions as both the pseudonym and alter ego of Bradley Shubat. Based in Toronto, Canada, the composer, producer, and director initially developed his musical sensibilities through piano at age 5. Shubat’s influence scope throughout adolescence would further expand to include equal traces of alternative rock, jazz, electronica and pop, …

Anamorph…need I say more?! This North Carolina quartet is coming out with their new album on September 6th called Lucid. This is Anamorph’s third album following 2015’s album Orbis and 2014’s album Biomechanical Amalgamation. They currently have four singles out now, Reverie, Breakthrough!, Sublimate, and Overcome. Reverie starts the album off with you nodding your …

Texas instrumental outfit Huelga aims to make the best of stylistic flexibility in the world of prog metal. The one-man project’s catalyst, Austin-based Michael Fonseca, is formally trained in equal parts jazz and artful noise. His name for the project, which translates to “strike” in English, proves a telling factor …

  1. Toby Driver – They Are The Shield (Blood Music) Toby Driver is the mastermind of maudlin Of The Well and Kayo Dot, US avant-garde metal bands and “They Are The Shield” is his third solo album in thirteen years. Known for his unconventional writing, this album is based …

Zack Zalon is a multi-instrumentalist and tech visionary based in Los Angeles. While pushing innovative content and products as co-founding business developer for We See Dragons, Zalon’s tenacious passion for music worked collectively. In fact, one late work night was all it would take to lay the blueprints for his …

As the stagnation of heavy rock remains relevant, Four Trips Ahead are taking a stand. The New York quartet bolsters a ‘ReclaimRockMusic’ hashtag on social media, calling for a renewed sense of vigor and lyrical substance in the genre that had long since faded. Such an aesthetic was fully realized …