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Between the Buried and Me: Coma Ecliptic

Between the Buried and Me: Coma Ecliptic

Coma Ecliptic is an exquisite masterpiece that once again proves why Between the Buried and Me is leading the progressive metal movement.
Keeping the Acclaim: The Legacy of Coheed and Cambria’s ‘Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV’

Keeping the Acclaim: The Legacy of Coheed and Cambria’s ‘Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV’

A decade after its release, Coheed and Cambria's third full-length album remains the group's highest benchmark, as well as one of the genre's best modern albums.
Genius. Doesn’t. Fade: A Conversation With Steven Wilson

Genius. Doesn’t. Fade: A Conversation With Steven Wilson

Revered English musical visionary Steven Wilson discusses the inspirations, methods, and reflections that helped create his newest solo opus, Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Miraculous Metropolis: A Reflection on Dream Theater’s ‘Scenes from a Memory’

Miraculous Metropolis: A Reflection on Dream Theater’s ‘Scenes from a Memory’

Fifteen years after its release, Dream Theater's fifth LP remains not only the quintet's truest masterpiece, but arguably the greatest progressive metal album ever made.
The Concept Album As a Performative Genre

The Concept Album As a Performative Genre

Pink Floyd’s concept album The Wall is a key example of an artwork that the studies of the musical theatre are overlooking.

San Fermin: San Fermin

San Fermin: San Fermin

San Fermin's strange mix of genres and lyrical ideas makes for an enticing and fantastic listen.

Local H: Hallelujah! I’m a Bum

7even Thirty: Heaven’s Computer

Jens Lekman: I Know What Love Isn’t

David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Cursive: I Am Gemini

Dropkick Murphys: Going Out in Style