Recent content by jingle.boy

Thank you for this - every year I look forward to it, and cap off my 2025 quest for discovering new music. Love the nod to Jacob Roberge and Tiberius - both made my Top 25 list; and I had 5 other over-lapping albums. The good news is I've now got 13 more albums to sample to round out the year...

I know I only usually come by in December for Glenn's annual Top 50, but I've got day 3/4 tickets also available. feel free to email me directly ... chadrbelcher (a) gmail.

Oh yeah ... right. Brain fart. I was conflating them being added to the roster with the loss of Hammerfall. I'm just wrapping up on Beyond the Reach of the Sun, and take away the growls, I'm getting a strong Kingcrow vibe - which is a good thing!

I spun the Albion album. Man that kicks all kind of ass. Loved it! Grand Magus was not for me (and short; btw, you inadvertently listed the first track name, not the album name). Also gave Slift a go ... also not my thing. Next up is Anciients, even though (as one that does not particularly...

I don't post here often, but I always come around for this. Every year there's a gem or two I hadn't checked out. I'll admit, there's a handful up there that were in the 'good but unmemorable' category for me already. I'll agree that the DGM album took me by (a massively pleasant) surprise -...

So far, I'm very much loving Aviations / Luminaria

Also, the Blind Man's Daughter entry is only listing a song title. The album is called "Sundressed".

Gates of the Underworld is most excellent! Other gems from this year include Fifth Angel, MAREK ARNOLD'S ARTROCK PROJECT, Mystery, Ray Alder, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, and Hekz

As always, more than a few to check out, a handful that overlap (Putin slaps that bass like it's Crimea! ... too soon? lol), and a bit that just ain't my thing. I always look forward to this list, as it's brought me to more than a couple of my Albums of the Year (M.I. God and Daydream XI come...

Back for my once-a-year post after Glenn gives his top 50. Every year, I find more than a few gems, and often I find my AOTY (M.I.GOD from a few years back comes to mind). This year, I've got 13 final 2022 releases to check out now. Couple of gems I thought I'd highlight (most are of the...

I know I don't post here much, but I'll always show up for the Top 50. As always, I find at least a dozen or so to sample that weren't on my radar. Couple of other suggestions of the Prog and Power variety: Labyrinth - Welcome to the Absurd Circus Starmen - By the Grace of Rock 'n' Roll...

Always look forward to this list. 11 of these intrigue me, and will be added to my list to check out. Really surprised Arch/Matheos didn't make the list. Nice to see Divided Multitude up there. The 'who the hell are these guys' award for me goes to Ark Ascent - the Dream Theater influence is...

This is an awesome album. The Dream Theater influence is heavy - DT wishes they could write stuff this good nowadays.

Yeah, this was hella good. I didn't even know they had a release pending. Insta-purchase!

Gotta say (for my tastes), this is a huge downgrade. Do we know if Sanctuary is going on before, or after Secret Sphere?