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When Rick Wakeman’s inflatable farting dinosaurs started humping

18 May 2024 SB 0

Rick Wakeman is one of the greatest keyboardists in rock music, but more than that, the man is a continual source of hilarious anecdotes. Some […]

The Best Music Boxed Sets of 2023

20 January 2024 SB 0

2023 is in the books, and it’s time for the customary look at the box set releases of the past year. The amount of releases […]

The Top 100 Album Countdown of 2023 – Part 4: 25-1

18 January 2024 SB 0

We have arrived at the final part of the Rocking In the Norseland Top 100 countdown for 2023! 25) RONNIE ROMERO – Raised On Heavy […]

The Top 100 Album Countdown of 2023 – Part 3: 50-26

14 January 2024 SB 0

The Top 100 countdown continues! This time, the albums ranked between 50-26. 50) THERION – Leviathan III Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded […]

The Top 100 Album Countdown of 2023 – Part 2: 75-51

10 January 2024 SB 0

The Top 100 countdown continues! This time, the albums ranked between 75-51. 75) STEEL PANTHER – On the Prowl What can be said about Steel […]

The Top 100 Album Countdown of 2023 – Part 1: 100-76

6 January 2024 SB 0

What a massive music year 2023 was! I probably listened to more new albums in 2023 than ever before (somewhere between 250-300), fitted in between […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Hold Out Your Hand» by Chris Squire

24 June 2023 SB 0

Yes had been doing the album-tour-album-tour cycle pretty intensely for several years, and had finished the first leg of their Relayer tour when they decided […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Carry On Wayward Son» by Kansas

25 March 2023 SB 0

What to do when the song you are working on has a long, somewhat extended instrumental intro but you want to snare in the listener? […]

When Rick Wakeman ate a curry during a Yes concert

11 March 2023 SB 0

Yes performed two sold out shows at Manchester’s Free Trade Hall on the Tales From Topographic Oceans tour on 28 and 29 November 1973. It […]

STAR ONE – «Revel In Time» (2022)

7 January 2023 SB 0

Star One is a Dutch progressive metal outfit, probably most correctly referred to as a side-project for Arjen Anthony Lucassen of Ayreon fame. Some of […]

Hällas – «Isle of Wisdom» (2022)

21 October 2022 SB 0

Set the controls for the heart of the sun! The adventures continue as the retro-progtastic Swedes in Hällas are back with yet another helping of […]

D’VIRGILIO, MORSE & JENNINGS – «Troika» (2022)

11 July 2022 SB 0

This unexpected project consists of friends old and new. Neal Morse and Nick D’Virgilio are founding members of the 1990s progressive rock outfit Spock’s Beard, […]

ROSALIE CUNNINGHAM – «Two Piece Puzzle» (2022)

9 July 2022 SB 0

Rosalie Cunningham is back with her second album as a solo artist. Some may remember her as the frontwoman, songwriter and musical leader in Purson. […]

LANA LANE – «Neptune Blue» (2022)

22 June 2022 SB 0

I first became aware of Lana Lane when she provided vocals on the Ayreon album Into the Electric Castle in 1998. This wasn’t too many […]

THE VINTAGE CARAVAN – «Monuments» (2021)

21 December 2021 SB 0

It is probably about time that I stop thinking of the guys in The Vintage Caravan as “those kids from Iceland.” While they’re still very […]

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