If you’re into bands who make a conscious effort to do something different, Calling Apollo are well worth checking out. Here, vocalist Chris Neale chats about creative development, Calling Apollo’s earliest days, and new EP Hunter/Gatherer…
Your new EP Hunter/Gatherer is a real step up from your last release. What did you do to push yourselves to the next level?
We didn’t Read more…
TMMP caught up with The Sun Explodes a week ahead of the release of new EP The Calm, The Storm (reviewed on TMMP here) to talk origin stories, advice, and the band’s plans for the remainder of 2015… Read more…
Armed with an arsenal of killer riffs, slinky licks, intelligent lyrics and off-kilter rhythms, The Sun Explodes are blazing a path toward somewhere fresh and challenging. While many modern prog-metal bands continue to ride Periphery’s coattails, these guys are pushing into new territory – and the results of their efforts are very, very cool.
There is a distinct sense of transition rather than arrival on Read more…
This EP put me in two minds on the first listen under headphones. The songs were definitely great – but the sound was terrible. Waaaay too much treble. It almost gave me a migraine.
Then I tried putting it through proper speakers. It sounded sick. Then some Apple earpods. Still sick.
Basically, the Decoy (and producer Chris Coulter) showed me how shit my new Sennheiser earbuds are. Forty quid, they cost me. Forty fucking quid. Literally in the bin as I write this.
Anyway…the Decoy fill in the grey areas between Read more…
Long-form music making is a rarity in today’s no-speed-except-hyperspeed world. With iTunes cherry-picking and Spotify playlist-generating the default mode of consumption for many, even the idea of the album seems old-fashioned in some quarters. Movies, meanwhile, tend toward tedious strobe-ridden shitfests riddled with action but devoid of connective tissue.
There are few places to turn for those who crave Read more…
Although I’m normally against copying and pasting press releases, prog fans just need to hear this straight from the source:
KoMaRa:
Boundary-Breaking, Cinematic Industrial Ethno-Rock From
King Crimson’s Pat Mastelotto and Renowned Avant-Experimentalists David Kollar and Paolo Raineri
KoMaRa’s self-titled debut album is based on a dark, deviant and explicit detective story. It reflects the mysterious circumstances of an abduction and the ultimate demise of the abductee. It’s a NSFW, Rated-R release designed for the open-minded and brave. Unnerving, haunting artwork by Tool’s Adam Jones further underlines the album’s provocative vibe. Read more…
What a difference a year makes.
Fans of Arcane Roots, Coheed And Cambria, Deftones, and SikTh are guaranteed to find something to love inside this EP. Calling Apollo may make their influences obvious, but they’re playing with a wicked mix of punchy riffs, well-defined tones, and great songcraft. It’s certainly a leap forward from Read more…
Demonstrating a mastery of prog-rock technicalities and a metric fuckton of blinding musicianship on Much Sinister as well as opening shows for the already-legendary Aristocrats, Godsticks aren’t being shy in Read more…
Long-time TMMP readers will remember Marco Minnemann’s solo album EEPS, which wound up becoming TMMP’s #2 album of the year in 2014. I waxed lyrical about that album’s sheer awesomeness here, and got chatting to Marco about EEPS, happiness, and the importance of good sex here. Now, Marco is set to release a brand new album, entitled Celebration, on June 1st.
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Whenever I listen to Black Peaks, I wind up with a massive grin splitting my face like a Halloween pumpkin. Their Closer To The Sun EP has been played so many times at TMMP HQ that I’m sure the ones and zeroes are starting to wear out, and the more recent Glass Built Castles pushed things even further toward trance-inducing bliss overload.
In short, Read more…