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UK, Welsh progressive rock band MAGENTA are a band who follow their own very distinctive melodic path, describing narratives through dramatic and emotional music. They create beguiling musical and lyrical canvasses. Their new album “Masters Of Illusion” is based upon the stories of six classic Horror movie stars and Magenta’s stirring widescreen music is an apt setting for these cinematic...
UK band MAGENTA has been among the more popular of the relatively recent progressive rock bands ever since they appeared with their debut CD back in 2001. Now they’ve decided to release “Magenta : Essential” a Greatest Hits album, something uncommon for prog bands. They say; “So many times we have people coming up to us to say that they...
“We Are Now” is the new album from Welsh quartet C-SIDES, a band formed by guitarist Martin Rosser and drummer Allan Mason Jones after they left the excellent prog outfit Magenta some years ago.This is C-SIDES second album, and certainly they took the time to carefully craft the material here (debut dates from 2011). Musically “We Are Now” is a...
