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Label: EMI RecordsRelease date: 2. 6. 1972Production: Pink FloydAlbum length: 40.08 minGenre: Progressive Rock/Psychadelic RockRating: 8.0/10 "Obsured by Clouds" is one of those Pink Floyd albums that doesn't come up all that often…

Label: Epic RecordsRelease date: 05.10.2010Production: Mike Fraser & Joe SatrianiAlbum length: 53.12 minGenre: Instrumental Rock / Art RockRating: 8.5 / 10 What's left for the founding father of modern guitar rock, the one and…

"Eskobars" is an album of pure alternative rock that, besides the directness this approach demands, knows nothing of hollowness, tried-and-tested formulas of recycled burnout, or any need for pushy, thoughtless blasting."

"The fact is, the crowd isn't nearly as fired up as the one we see on the "Comin' Atcha Live!" DVD. Apparently Europe has cooled on the band a bit, and of course the band has only itself to blame. Its absence from European stages was simply…

"With "Riot Squad," Paradox don't just prove that their defiance more than paid off. They also prove that you can still squeeze out a thrash metal album today that comes close to perfection in musical expression"

"This is more than a decent debut. The band is still searching for the right sound, and for now maybe still lacks a bit of creativity and ideas. The tracks are pretty similar to one another, with too much repetition of "riffs" and certain…

Album length: 43:25 Production: Drevored Release date: 2009 Label: Nika Records / Franklin Republic RecordsBuy the album!Rating: 8.0/10 Drevored, a good thirty years after they first formed, are finally putting out their studio…

"Let's just hope Riverside keep spoiling us for a long time to come, in this peak period of their own artistic creativity, just like they do with "Anno Domini High Definition.""

Label: Roadrunner RecordsRelease date: 06/23/2009Production: Mike Portnoy & John PetrucciAlbum length: 75.22 minGenre: Progressive Metal When you spin a new Dream Theater record in your CD player these days, only two questions…

"If the whole thing carries real expressive depth, a hefty essence of the very spirit of the form it creates, serving up a unique, hard-to-replicate stamp of the moment captured by the developmental step that is the album "Self Destruct…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl. Release year: 2008 Production: Tony Harnell & Magnus Karlsson Album length: 52.43 min Genre: AOR / Melodic Rock Starbreaker are the band that pleasantly surprised fans of old-school melodic hard rock with…

""The Missing Piece" as the opening act of a painful pop era, one in which Gentle Giant slowly fell apart and lost their artistic identity, doesn't come off badly as a whole, but it's way below their usual artistic standards."

"Interview" shows a few signs of vulnerability, mostly down to the breakneck pace at which it was written, but it's still a very good album with plenty to enjoy for fans of eclectic progressive rock and highly virtuosic instrumental…

"Besides the staggering range in songwriting and instrumentation, what blows you away again and again is the production, which was phenomenal for its day and makes the album sound like it was recorded yesterday. "Free Hand" gave the band…

"The Power And The Glory" ranks among the studio peaks of the legendary clowns of eclectic progressive rock. With their one-of-a-kind sonic mix and vivid philosophy, they warned about the pitfalls of absolute power and putting too much…

Label: Metal HeavenRelease date: 02/27/2009Production: Herman FrankAlbum length: 46:09 minGenre: Heavy Metal Herman Frank (ex-Accept guitarist, co-founder of bands like Victory and Moon Doc', and producer of records for the likes of…

"Moving Pictures" always holds a special place in the universe of rock music. The place of a rock masterpiece! The most important album of Rush's career."

"Times change, and so does Tesla. Luckily, they're growing upward!"

Label: EMI RecordsRelease date: September 29, 1986Producer: Martin BirchAlbum length: 51:18 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 10/10 After the groundbreaking Powerslave, the standard-bearers of British heavy metal Iron Maiden had probably…

""Brain Salad Surgery" is the crown jewel of the great trio at the peak of their artistic powers, and it belongs in the collection of every honest rock fan."

"King Crimson have every right to be proud of this album, which in many ways even outdid its far more commercially successful predecessor. Musically, stylistically and in its message. "In the Wake of Poseidon" is also another masterpiece…

""In The Court Of The Crimson King" is a legendary, now-cult record for every prog rock fan, and the very one that laid the foundations of the genre."

""Hold Your Fire" is the peak of Rush's "synth eighties" era. After it, the guys started reviving the rock-style placement of the individual instruments in the production. The keyboards began sliding into the background, and the guitar…

Label: EMI RecordsRelease date: March 1, 1973Production: Pink FloydAlbum length: 43.09 minGenre: Progressive Rock/Art RockRating: 10/10 What on earth is there left to write about "the dark side of the moon"? It's an extraordinary…

"Catharsis is a record that took the best from guitar giants like Petrucci, Vai, Satriani, Hendrix and the like, then piled a heaping helping of uniqueness and individuality on top of the masters' lessons. With this release, Grega Habič has…

Label: EMI RecordsRelease date: October 31, 1971Produced by: Pink FloydAlbum length: 46.48 minGenre: Progressive Rock/Art RockRating: 9.0/10 Steeped in esoteric atmosphere, "Meddle" may well be the most important album in the…

Label: EMI RecordsRelease date: October 2, 1970Produced by: Pink FloydAlbum length: 51.54 minGenre: Psychadelic Rock / Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 Lulubelle III, the cow on the sleeve of "Atom Heart Mother", the fifth studio album…

Label: EMI RecordsRelease date: 7. 11. 1969Production: Pink Floyd & Norman SmithAlbum length: 86.11 minGenre: Psychadelic Rock/Progressive Rock/AvantgardeRating: 8.5/10 The first years after the departure of the "crazy diamond"…

Label: EMI RecordsProduction: Martin BirchRelease date: September 3, 1984Album length: 51.12 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 10/10 Piece of Mind finally crowned Iron Maiden as legends and the biggest heavy metal band of all time. With…

Label: EMI RecordsRelease date: June 13, 1969Production: Pink FloydAlbum length: 44.57 minRating: 8.0/10Genre: Psychadelic Rock/Progressive Rock In the period after the departure of the "crazy diamond" Syd Barrett and the release of…

Label: EMI RecordsRelease date: June 29, 1968Production: Norman SmithAlbum length: 39:42 minGenre: Psychadelic Rock/Space Rock/Progressive RockRating: 8.0/10 "A Saucerful Of Secrets" is the second studio album by Pink Floyd, hands…

"The Cheerful Insanity" is first and foremost a historical document, and it'll be most interesting to King Crimson fans and anyone digging into the early roots of prog rock, while I doubt it'll draw any raves even from the biggest fans of…

Label: Charisma RecordsRelease date: 12/14/1970Production: John AnthonyAlbum length: 47:15 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.5/10 With their third album, “H To He, Who Am The Only One,” Van Der Graaf Generator wrote themselves…

Label: EMI RecordsRelease date: May 16, 1983Production: Martin BirchAlbum length: 45.28 minGenre: Heavy Metal Rating: 9.0/10 Right around the corner after The Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind was waiting in 1983. If The Number of…

""The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other" is one of those albums that was, in a way, at least ten years ahead of its time. Over the following year Hammill would push the band to the very limits of what it could do, and with the next two…

Label: Bloodfish MusicRelease date: June 21, 2007Production: Gabriel MoffatAlbum length: 66.59 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.5/10 Whenever Rudi the foxy little devil has naughty brats like Hansel and Gretel firmly under his…

Label: Roadrunner RecordsRelease date: 04.06.2007Production: John Petrucci & Mike PortnoyAlbum length: 78.45 minGenre: Progressive Metal Unbelievable! What is there even left to say about Dream Theater? Every two years like…

Label: Chrysalis RecordsRelease date: 8/29/1980Produced by: Ian Anderson & Robin BlackAlbum length: 42:30 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 8.5/10 After the end of the »Stormwatch« (1979) tour, Ian Anderson, a distant descendant…

"With "The Number of the Beast," Iron Maiden reaped worldwide fame and crowned themselves the kings of heavy metal. "The Number of the Beast" is an immortal record that, 25 years after its release, still sounds as fresh as if it had been…

""Rage For Order" is one seriously important album. It's the predecessor to "Operation: Mindcrime". Stylistically it's already closer to its successor, and on it Queensryche seriously flexed the extensors and flexors of their progressive…

""The Warning" marks the end of Queensrÿche's evolution in classic heavy metal."

"Iron Maiden is a superb showcase of the evolution of the Iron Maiden sound and a historically important release, for the band, for the genre and for music history as a whole. Up the Irons!"

Label: EMI RecordsRelease date: August 4, 1967Produced by: Norman SmithAlbum length: 41.54 minGenre: Psychedelic Rock/Space RockRating: 7.5/10 Pink Floyd went through a seriously fascinating evolution. They started out as a small…

" Heaven and Hell is a real heavy metal wrecking ball! On Heaven and Hell, Black Sabbath truly ditched the blues roots that dominated the Ozzy era for the first time in their career. Okay, I'm lying, but more on that later. Basically, with…

" "Thick As A Brick" is a timeless progressive rock masterpiece that has stood the test of time all these years later and still remains an unattainable benchmark for plenty of creative musicians who'd love to get anywhere near the lofty…

"Mary Rose return in grand, triumphant style with "Feniks". I'd go so far as to say that with the birth of "Feniks", after the slump with Martin Krpan, we're finally seeing the glory and honor of healthy melodic hard rock restored in…

""Pofrancljevanje" is a hugely pleasant surprise that also marks an important turning point and new hope for Slovenian alternative, avant-garde and progressive rock"

"Aqualung" is the pivotal album in the band's history and one of the greatest works in the story of rock music, the record that cemented Jethro Tull among the immortal giants of rock. At the same time, it pushed the band up to a higher…

Label: Bloodfish MusicRelease date: September 14, 2006Production: Gabriel MoffatAlbum length: 54.08 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 Phideaux Xavier is a hyperactive American multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and TV…

Label: Island RecordsRelease date: 20. 11. 1970Producer: Greg LakeLength: 41.13 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 When keyboard wizard Keith Emerson broke up The Nice, one of the best proto-prog bands around, because it had…

Label: Island Records / Atlantic RecordsRelease date: December 10, 1970Production: Robert Fripp & Peter SinfieldLength: 42.30 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.5/10 In mid-1970, King Crimson were still in an unenviable spot,…

" "Benefit" is not only better produced, it's a far more mature album than its predecessor. It's where the band finally shaped its signature identity. "

Label: Island RecordsRelease date: 7/25/1969Production: Terry Ellis & Ian AndersonAlbum length: 37.48 minGenre: Folk Rock / Blues Rock / Heavy Rock / JazzRating: 8.0/10 After the bluesy start of "This Was" (1968), Jethro Tull…

"Even though Jethro Tull only showed their true musical direction and full potential on later albums, "This Was" is a thoroughly likable "progressive blues" record that shines above all in its remarkable originality."

"Part II" is light-years away from "Part I," but it's also light-years away from the sadly underwhelming "Q2K" (1999) and "Tribe" (2003).

"With "Duke", a huge hit worldwide and their first "gold" album on the UK charts, Genesis made a very good record. It sails successfully between prog and pop, and it still has enough progressive elements that it doesn't water down into a…

Label: Atlantic RecordsRelease date: February 19, 1971Production: Eddie OffordAlbum length: 40.56 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 (for an English version, scroll down the bar)Aaaaaaa! Forgive me, but this review is going to…

Judas Priest were on the verge of catapulting themselves into the ranks of rock's immortals. "Killing Machine" captures the mindset of a band closing in on the peak of its powers, with incredible creative drive and the charged-up energy…

""Stained Class" now stares death dead in the face, straight through the eye sockets of the skull, and back in the day lyrics like that could genuinely cast a spell over a less grounded soul. On that front, Judas Priest truly signed a deal…

""British Steel" is the album that immortalized the name Judas Priest. Even today it's one of the most important albums in the history of heavy metal."

Label: Columbia RecordsRelease date: April 8, 1977Production: Roger Glover & Judas PriestAlbum length: 40:07 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 8.5/10 The future looked shaky for Judas Priest. After "Sad Wings Of Destiny" (1976)…

Label: Gull RecordsRelease date: 6. 9. 1974Production: Rodger BainAlbum length: 38.49 minGenre; Hard Rock/Heavy RockRating: 7.5/10 This record has very little of what we think of as classic Judas Priest. The band leaned toward…

Label: Gull RecordsRelease date: 23. 3. 1976Production: Jeffrey Calvert, Gereint "Max West" Hughes, Chris Tsangarides & Judas PriestAlbum length: 39.12 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 9.0/10 The debut 'Rocka Rolla' (1974) failed to…

Label: SPV/SteamhammerRelease date: October 16, 1997Production: Glenn TiptonAlbum length: 58.13 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 8.0/10 I was genuinely shocked and totally devastated the first time I heard this record back in 1997. Over…

Label: SPV/SteamhammerRelease date: July 16, 2001Production: Glenn TiptonAlbum length: 70.44 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 7.5/10 "Demolition" is one of the most controversial albums to hit the metal scene in 2001. Controversial…

Label: Columbia RecordsRelease date: February 26, 1981Production: Tom AllomAlbum length: 37.42 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 7.5/10 After forging their steel to a fine edge on "Killing Machine" (1978) and "British Steel" (1980),…

Label: Columbia RecordsRelease date: July 17, 1982Production: Tom AllomAlbum length: 38.42 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 9.0/10 "Screaming For Vengeance" (1982) was a 100% about-face from its predecessor "Point Of Entry" (1981). With…

Label: Columbia RecordsRelease date: January 4, 1984Production: Tom AllomAlbum length: 39:43 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 10/10 Personally, this is my favorite Judas Priest album. It's a brilliant follow-up to "Screaming For…

Label: Columbia RecordsRelease date: May 17, 1988Producer: Tom AllomAlbum length: 49:33Genre: Heavy MetalRating: 7.5/10 With a supersonic battle cry and a cannonade from the band's entire artillery, "Ram It Down" announces a return…

Label: Charisma RecordsRelease date: October 23, 1970Production: John AnthonyAlbum length: 42.56 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 With "Trespass", their first proper prog record, the band took a massive step forward from…

"With their birth, Riverside became an outstanding addition to the prog rock scene. They're marked by a completely their own voice, built on a fantastic knack for expressing emotion through a musical sermon."

"The title track Salisbury is basically a Uriah Heep manifesto of exceptional artistic ambition, instantly comparable to Pink Floyd's notorious Atom Heart Mother suite. They were a hair's breadth from breaking through into the ranks of…

Label: Columbia RecordsRelease date: April 14, 1986Production: Tom AllomLength: 40.58 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 7.5/10 Honestly, this record is hard to accept at all if you're weighed down by the Judas Priest name and the albums…

" Magic was born. "

Label: Columbia RecordsRelease date: September 3, 1990Production: Judas Priest & Chris TsangaridesAlbum length: 46:03 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 10/10 This is one of those special albums in heavy metal! The metal bible!…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl. Release year: 2005 Production: Fabrizio Grossi Album length: 52.27 min. Genre: AOR / Melodic Rock Starbreaker is an international project made up of superb musicians. I'll say it right off the bat: this…