The second album by blog favorites Papangu finds their prog just as brutal as ever and still with plenty of jazz fusion influences. However the addition of more pronounced Brazilian sounds from both folk and pop traditions really elevates the whole sound. It’s a concept album […]
An immense and intensive debut by this thrilling Brazilian band. Avant-prog, metal, and heavy spacious psych intersect to weave a dark conceptual tale of man seeking spiritual salvation from our collective crimes against the earth. Certainly classic zeuhl and progressive metal influences are touched up on […]
Among the many collabs between Tatsuya Yoshida and Uchiashi Kazuhisa (Altered States, Ground-Zero,…), this is a particularly overlooked one released in 2022 where Yoshida plays a drum set with four snares. Definitely my favorite live recording from recent years. The whole thing is available as audio […]