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Mindslip’s Rising Up and John 5′s The Art of Malice Streaming and Worth Checking Out

May 11, 2010

In my constant pursuit for excellent new music, I recently learned about Mindslip and John 5′s new releases.  As it turns out, both new albums are available for streaming. Mindslip Mindslip is a progressive rock band based out of Jacksonville Florida, which was established in 2005 by members Matt Boucher (vocalist) and Robert Miller (lead [...]

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Heavy Metal and Progressive Rock – Putting Bodies in the Theaters and Killing the iPod?

May 5, 2010

I recently read two interesting blog posts which made me think about how quality metal and progressive music is surviving the declining music industry and increasing its fan base. Maybe People Don’t Go to Shows Because Bands Suck Eyal Levi’s post on metalsucks.com, “Maybe People Don’t Go to Shows Because Bands Suck,” describes how progressive [...]

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Concert Review: Transatlantic – A Rare Performance by Four Musical Masters

April 25, 2010

For those of you unfamiliar with Transatlantic, it’s a progressive rock supergroup consisting of Neal Morse (ex-Spock’s Beard), Roine Stolt (Flower Kings), Pete Trewavas (Marillion), and Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater). Many of their fans feel that they are the best act in progressive music today. Their music blends the idiosyncratic styles of each bandmember into [...]

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Pain of Salvation Releases “Linoleum” Video

January 20, 2010

Today, progressive rock band Pain of Salvation released a video for the song “Linoleum”. It’s the title track off of the band’s EP released back in November 2009. Part of the reason I love Pain of Salvation is that they are constantly reinventing their sound. This song is no exception. Fans of the band may [...]

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For The Classical Music Fan – A List of Unique Masterworks

December 20, 2009

The following post was co-written with Contrapuntist. If you’re a classical music aficionado who is looking for something different, how about trying some progressive rock and metal music? Now before you run away screaming, give me a moment to explain. As mentioned in a previous post, both Contrapuntist and I are metalheads and classically trained [...]

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Album Review: “Night Is The New Day” by Katatonia

November 9, 2009

I first learned about Katatonia when their vocalist, Jonas Renkse, appeared on Ayreon’s 01011001.   The great aspect of Ayreon projects is Arjen Lucassen, arranger, producer, performer and mastermind, brings together amazing performers from around the world for each of his rock operas.  On 01011001, I found Renkse’s vocals mesmerizing and haunting, which led me to [...]

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Album Review: Notes On A Dream by Jordan Rudess

September 23, 2009

Thanks to Christopher B. at PR That Rocks, I was sent a copy of Notes on a Dream by Jordan Rudess. Rudess is best known as the keyboardist of Dream Theater, one of my all time favorite progressive metal bands.  Rudess joined Dream Theater in 1999 becoming an integral part of the band. Since then, [...]

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Mikael Åkerfeldt, Russell Allen, and Daniel Gildenlöw-Three Powerhouse Voices of Progressive Rock

September 18, 2009

As I’ve mentioned before, Dream Theater is my favorite band. I’ve used it as a jumping-off point into the world of progressive music, which has some of the most innovative music of any genre today. I’m still getting to know a lot of the bands, but what I have noticed is the virtuosity of not [...]

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The Amazing Voice of James LaBrie

September 5, 2009

As you might have read in our “About Us” page, I am a classically trained violist/violinist. I went to college at a music conservatory, where one of my teachers advised his students to listen to Puccini operas. He told us that one of our goals is to make our instruments sing like a human voice, [...]

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Concert Review: Progressive Nation 2009

August 25, 2009

On Sunday, Progressive Nation 2009 hit the Chicago Theater in downtown Chicago, IL., and my wife and I had the pleasure to go.  We have waited all summer for this show to finally arrive.  The concert was some of the best five hours of progressive rock I have heard.  I wasn’t familiar with all of [...]

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