Author: Mike Huck
The Progress Report: June 2021
Welcome to the June Progress Report. A special bonus for you this month, as we have a whopping eight albums …
Helloween – Helloween Review
The new (and sixteenth overall) self-titled platter from power metal founders Helloween has to be one of the more compelling …
Flotsam and Jetsam – Blood In The Water Review
If any band has seen a career resurgence – no, actually a career resuscitation – it would be Phoenix, AZ’s …
The Progress Report: May 2021
Welcome to the May Progress Report. Things have taken a turn to the lighter side this month, with these albums …
The Progress Report: April 2021
Welcome to the April Progress Report. It’s been quite a month, led by no less than the strong reunion album …
Liquid Tension Experiment – LTE3 Review
Fans have been waiting for this one for a long time. Instrumental prog rock supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment’s last album …
The Progress Report: March 2021
Welcome to the March Progress Report. After a stellar February, there is bound to be a bit of a let-down. …
Best Queensryche Albums
It seems like Queensrÿche have been around forever, but a closer look reveals a mere 14 albums over a 33-year …
Evergrey – Escape Of The Phoenix Review
Dark prog masters Evergrey return with Escape Of The Phoenix, their twelfth album and first since their conceptual trilogy of …
The Progress Report: February 2021
Welcome to the February Progress Report. Progressive music got off to an average start in January, but this month things …
Accept – Too Mean To Die Review
It has been forty-five years since seminal German metal band Accept first came into being. Perhaps, then, it is appropriate …
The Progress Report: January 2021
Welcome to the January Progress Report, and Happy New Year to everyone out there. It’s not much of a bar …
2020 Best Progressive Metal/Rock Albums
Welcome to our fifth annual Top Progressive Albums list, where we highlight the best of the year. As with years …
The Progress Report: November 2020
Welcome to the November Progress Report – our final report of the year. Next month we will present our Best …
The Progress Report: October 2020
Welcome to the October Progress Report – our penultimate report of the year. Here we go with the usual fare …
Armored Saint – Punching The Sky Review
It seems age is no obstacle for many of the heavier bands of yore. Earlier this month, Blue Oyster Cult …
Pallbearer – Forgotten Days Review
What an auspicious start to a career: Arkansas’ Pallbearer have released three albums thus far, all of which have perched …
The Progress Report: September 2020
Welcome to the September Progress Report. Interestingly, this might be the first month in four years that we don’t have …
The Ocean – Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic Review
Certainly one of the most anticipated albums of the year would be Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic (hereafter referred to …
Stryper – Even The Devil Believes Review
Veteran metal band Stryper may be best remembered from the ’80s as the group dressed in black and yellow spandex …
The Pineapple Thief – Versions Of The Truth Review
Like many albums we are going to be hearing in the back half of 2020, Versions of the Truth comes …
The Progress Report: August 2020
Welcome to the August Progress Report, and what an August it is, with two albums that stand a better than …
High Spirits – Hard To Stop Review
These are strange times, and let’s face it, we could all use a lift now and again these days. That’s …