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Friday, June 30, 2017

Amplifier "Trippin' With Dr. Faustus"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: June 30, 2017
Tracklist:
1. Rainbow Machine
2. Freakzone
3. Kosmos (Grooves Of Triumph)
4. The Commotion (Big Time Party Maker)
5. Big Daddy
6. Horse
7. Anubis
8. Supernova
9. Silvio
10. Old Blue Eyes

Line-up:
Sel Balamir - Vocals, Guitar
Steve Durose - Vocals, Guitar
Alex Redhead - Bass, Magnum
Matt Brobin - Drums, Vibes

Media/Samples
Bandcamp
Horse

Links:
Web page
Facebook
Progarchives
Proggnosis

Monday, September 8, 2014

Amplifier "Mystoria"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Superball Music
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: September 8, 2014
Tracklist:

Magic Carpet
Black Rainbow
Named After Rocky
Cat’s Cradle
Bride
Open Up
OMG
The Meaning Of If
Crystal Mountain
Crystal Anthem

Line-up:
Sel Balamir - Guitar, Vocals
Matt Brobin - Drums
Steve Durose - Guitar, Vocals
Magnum - Bass

Description/Review

The result is a real confidence that courses through the album – and a tautness and cohesion beyond any they’ve had before. There’s also the feeling that they’re getting used to their self-imposed “compact” margins, relishing the challenge of creating the most they can within three or four minute blasts. As an opening salvo, ‘Magic Carpet’ followed by ‘Black Rainbow’ encapsulates this perfectly, condensing riff upon riff so that they twist and twine round each other as though writhing at the bottom of a snake pit. Short by Amplifier’s standards at eleven songs and 45 minutes, that doesn’t mean Mystoria is truncated – it’s just that they’ve focused their dexterities into brief bursts of genre-spinning sound.