My first question was an obvious one: Why the name ZOPP? It turns out that it doesn’t have any explicit meaning, but seemed a good fit...

This is a taster for a full article on and interview with up-and-coming progressive band ZOPP. It has always been very important to me to...

Following my recent’ sneak preview’ in which I gave my reaction to the live “Arrive Alive”, I have now managed to work my way through the...

Burning Shed has announced the release of a special edition of YES’s “Fragile” album on 28th June. This is as good an opportunity as any...

Three of the seven pieces played on 4th November, 2023 are presented in 27 minutes worth of music at a very affordable download price....

Release date: 31st May, 2024 CARMEN was formed as a septet in Los Angeles by guitarist David Clark Allen and his sister Angela in 1970....

Following my review of “The 3rd Eye” by CENSUS OF HALLUCINATIONS, I have received this message from TIM JONES: The Stone Premonitions...

“A world of frantic motion, never knowing if you’re coming or going”, unable to show our emotions ruled over by politicians who “if at...

It’s funny how ideas pop into your head, but I was thinking about the music of Ohio guitarist and songwriter extraordinaire yesterday and...

A sneak preview of a very important box set in the annals of Progressive Rock history – PALLAS – the COMPLETE recordings, and long...

Exciting news about the release of “Wounded Land”, one of my all-time favourite prog-metal albums which introduced me to the amazing...

SETLIST: My Sunday Feeling, We Used to Know, Heavy Horses, Weathercock, Roots to Branches, Holly Herald, Wolf Unchained, Mine is the...

Moving further on with Kev’s musicology artifacts from a period when CDs were falling through doors left, right and centre and prog and...

“Norn” is a rock opera based on a piece of Gothic literature written by Claudio Bonvecchio called “The Prisoner”. The word NORN refers to...

I love my Italian prog, but this is a new name to me, originating from 1986 and founded by writer Marco Galletti and drummer Gianni...

A full review of these albums will appear in the next issue of ACID DRAGON along with a comprehensive interview, a synopsis of which will...

Starting with some choppy organ chords, ‘Fat Delivered’ has so much in it I would have been pleased to stop there and listen over and...

My first exposure to Present was with the release of “Certitudes” by Cuneiform Records in 1998, reviewed in “Acid Dragon” #22. The...

It is amazing to think that Kevin Rowland and I were travelling in the same orbit as reviewers, with a link established much later as...

Ubermodo is a progressive /space rock group from Norfolk. The guitar has a touch of ANDY LATIMER of CAMEL, and MIKE OLDFIELD, and valid...