Shedding Water: Opeth

Opeth – Watershed (2008)

Opeth, another Swede band, originally formed in Stockholm in 1990, with  David Isberg & Mikael Åkerfeldt as its primary front men. During Opeth’s early years, the band had a decidedly Death Metal vein. However, after a good part of the ’90s went by, several lineup changes & almost a handful of albums [...]

Beardfish: Lessons for sleeping in traffic 101

Beardfish, the Swedish progressive rock band formed in 2001, boasts a style closer to their 1970′s genre peers. Having had two independent release, they were eventually signed up by InsideOut Music, pumping out two additional albums -the first one of which we are reviewing here: Sleeping in Traffic Part 1 

The band has received praise [...]

Marco Sfogli: There is Hope in Italy

Italy's prog-rock guitar virtuoso

Here is another interesting album I recently discovered not long ago by pure chance (google rocks!). “There is Hope” is a concoction of styles, which to me, are highly recognizable on some of my other guitar heroes. But more on that later, first lets meet the artist.

Marco [...]