Australia’s progressive metal lunatics return after a six year break. Heavy and stirring in equal measures, Exul is a welcome return, but fails to pull the band forward.

Bruce Cowie reports back from another successful Damnation Festival in Leeds. Which includes a few words by Sander van den Driesche as well.

Steve Fallows went to Liverpool to see Ne Obliviscaris, Oceans of Slumber and Kusanagi. “A really good band, building an exceptional live reputation.”

Our metal editor Sander van den Driesche gives you his preview for this year’s Damnation Festival in Leeds.

If you need any evidence that genre labels are simply helpful descriptions and should not be boundaries, then immerse yourself in Citadel, the astonishingly beautiful second album from Melbourne progressive outfit Ne Obliviscaris. – By Gilbert Potts

To mark the release of their second album Citadel and the launch tour, Gilbert Potts spoke with Dan Presland of Ne Obliviscaris

In the first of a new series of ‘scene reports’ of varying foci from all around the world, our chief antipodean correspondent Gilbert Potts gives an introduction to the Melbourne live music scene and the many great new bands to be found within it…

Progfest Melbourne. Ne Obliviscaris, Red Paintings, Chaos Divine, Mushroom Giant, Quiet Child, Toehider, Alithia, Kettlespider. 8 September 2012 This year’s Progfest Melbourne showcased 22 experimental, progressive, psychedelic and art rock and metal b …

After nearly ten years playing to dedicated fans, Melbourne’s Ne Obliviscaris have released their debut record, ‘Portal of I’, which we reviewed last week here at ech(((o)))es & dust. To find out more about what makes them tick, we had a chat with …

I seem to have a habit of disagreeing with “record of the year” predictions. So far this year I’ve reviewed five albums that have been widely called just that, and thought they were a bit meh. I’ve heard some cracking records but I haven’t at any time …