Reviewed: October, 2021 Released: 2006, Rhino Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP The cleverly titled SCORE (with double meaning fully intended) is the bands 20th anniversary DVD. As I mentioned in a previous review, the home video 5 YEARS IN A LIVETIME sort of masqueraded as a fifth anniversary compilation despite it…
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Dream Theater-5 Years In A Livetime (DVD Review)
Reviewed: October, 2021 Released: 1998 EastWest / Reissue 2007, Rhino Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP As of time of writing, on October 22, 2022 Dream Theater are poised to release their 15th studio album entitled A VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD. Any time the band releases a new album it’s…
Dream Theater-Images And Words-Live In Tokyo (DVD Review)
Reviewed: October, 2021 Released: 1993 EastWest / Reissue 2007, Rhino Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP As of time of writing, on October 22, 2022 Dream Theater are poised to release their 15th studio album entitled A VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD. Any time the band releases a new album it’s a…
Malevolence – Antithetical
Reviewed: September 2021 Released: 2021, Firecum Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter It’s an old argument, but we revisit it here: is there much point in reviewing re-releases? On the one hand, you have the potential scenarios of having the easiest writing session of your life (“Review: see comments from [DATE]”).…
Immortal Guardian – Psychosomatic
Reviewed: December, 2020 Released: 2021, M-Theory Audio Rating: 4.5 of 5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres Immortal Guardian is a band created by Gabriel Guardiola, an incredible composer with the amazing ability to play the keyboard and guitar at the same time. Fortunately, his technical talent is also accompanied by an enormous…
DARK QUARTERER – Pompei
Reviewed: November 2020 Released: 2020, Cruz Del Sur Music Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Rossy Maguire Prog-tinged epic metal from one of Italy’s most venerable acts! A concept album detailing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, DARK QUARTERER has crafted an album of high drama and impeccable musicianship with “Pompei”!…
ELDRITCH-Livequake-The Covideo Chronicles-Day Sixteen (April 16th, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2008, Limb Rcords Rating: 4/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three seemingly…
Dead Kosmonaut – Gravitas
May 2020 January 31st, 2020 / High Roller Records Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Be prepared to be amazed! So I am sure in specific posts, I have told of my quest of 70’s prog metal bands. There seem to be many. Some of them more obscure…
Sifting – The Infinite Loop
Reviewed: September, 2019 Released: 2019, Eclipse Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Ambra Chilenwa Playing from Venezuela is progressive metal band Sifting, formed by vocalist and guitarist Eduardo Osuna Gil. Soon to be released on the 27th of September and described as their “best yet” is The Infinite Loop. It was decided…
Amorphis @ Islington Academy, London
Amorphis Islington Academy, London 23 March 2016 Review by Demitri Levantis Photography by Carina Martins