Shedding Water: Opeth

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 released, Opeth started [...]

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 from [...]

Marco Sfogli: There is Hope in Italy

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 Sfogli, born in Italy in 1980 (makes [...]