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Review by Progressive Opera — You enter the listening of a composer using a roller coaster and finds a masterpiece's immersive
opera stage where iridescent prisms of lights compose harmonious melodies around profound voices
dancing along flying objects meanwhile the most prosaic daily philosophical questions present
themselves in a psychoanalytical myriad of chapters...

Review by Predicators — Simon Steensland's Explosion of Bad Music is a stunning achievement within modern avant-prog, transforming
familiar ingredients into something utterly unique. Built around just two expansive 27-minute compositions,
the album unfolds like a feverish suite in which the volcanic pulse of zeuhl, the somber architecture of
chamber rock and conte...

Review by Wisdom Moon — Simon Phillips' 'Protocol' outings never disappoint. He always employs the cream of the crop virtuosos to flesh out his musical vision. This time round, he has:

Ernest Tibbs / bass
Otmaro Ruiz / piano, keyboards
Alex Sill / guitar
Phillip Whack / alto saxophone

Almost the same line up as Protocol 5, just with a different saxophon...

Review by Southern Star — I am not a prog metal fan by nature but this band has enough contrast that they reel me in.
My first taste was the amazing An Ordinary Dream from a decade ago, still my vote as the greatest Aussie prog
track ever.
Clearly driven by the energetic guitar of Dean Wells and the outstanding Nathan Peachey who I could listen to
whatever he si...

Review by ProgfanJP — Swedish multi-instrumentalist Simon Steensland has spent his career channeling the heavy, pitch-black chamber rock of
Univers Zero, Present and Art Zoyd into dense one-man overdub recordings, and his 2026 album is no exception. A
veteran of both AltrOck and Transubstans Records, he now lands on Spain's aMARXE label, one of the most reliable
s...