Author: Mike Huck
2023 Best Progressive Metal/Rock Albums
Welcome to our eighth annual Top Progressive Albums column, where we highlight the best of the year across the progressive …
The Progress Report: November 2023
Welcome to the November Progress Report – our last column of the year featuring new material. December will be our …
The Progress Report: October 2023
Welcome to the October Progress Report. The year is quickly drawing to a close, and it is almost time to …
The Progress Report: September 2023
Welcome to the September Progress Report. As always we try to bring you a variety of releases here, from established …
The Progress Report: August 2023
Welcome to the August Progress Report. We are into the dog days of summer, as they say, and that is …
The Progress Report: July 2023
Welcome to the July Progress Report. We’ve got some great variety this month, with six albums spread from post-rock to …
The Progress Report: June 2023
Welcome to the June Progress Report. A changeup this month; in May we had a lot of self-released albums, whereas …
The Progress Report: May 2023
Welcome to the May Progress Report. The themes this month are twofold: independent releases and long albums. Four of these …
The Progress Report: April 2023
Welcome to the April Progress Report. Pretty much any review roundup is going to pale in comparison to last month’s …
The Progress Report: March 2023
Welcome to the March Progress Report – possibly the best Progress Report in the column’s history. Not the writing – …
The Progress Report: February 2023
Welcome to the February Progress Report. We’ve selected a sweet variety here for you, long albums, short albums, extreme prog, …
The Progress Report: January 2023
Welcome to the January Progress Report, and Happy New Year to everyone out there. As with most Januarys, the prog …
Mares Of Thrace Interview
After a ten year absence, Canadian sludge/doom/noise duo Mares of Thrace came back with the highly-regarded The Exile. Mike Huck …
2022 Best Progressive Metal/Rock Albums
Welcome to our seventh annual Top Progressive Albums column, where we highlight the best of the year across the progressive …
The Progress Report – November 2022
Welcome to the November Progress Report – and sort of December, as well. November is always our last month featuring …
The Progress Report: October 2022
Welcome to the October Progress Report – our penultimate edition before list season starts. With that in mind, we start …
Queensryche – Digital Noise Alliance Review
The sixteenth studio album from the thinking man’s metal band, Queensrÿche, is here. Digital Noise Alliance is the band’s first …
The Progress Report: September 2022
Welcome to the September Progress Report. It felt like we struck gold last month with all the high-quality releases, and …
Lux Incerta Interview
French dark metal band Lux Incerta have been around for over twenty years. Back in April they released their second …
The Progress Report – August 2022
Welcome to the August Progress Report, and what a report it is! The quality of music is high this month …
Sigh – Shiki Review
Japan’s pre-eminent purveyors of experimental black metal, Sigh, return with their twelfth full-length release, Shiki. Once again led by the …
The Progress Report: July 2022
Welcome to the July Progress Report. We’ve got some returning acts, some debuts, some re-dos, and a pretty good overall …
The Progress Report: June 2022
Welcome to the June Progress Report. If there’s an overriding theme this month, it’s consistency with respect to the ratings. …