Zachary Nathanson

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I’m a freelance writer/blogger that started doing reviews nine years ago. I’m a fan of Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Heavy Metal, and Jazz Rock. Also a musician for 20 years. Music has been my friend since listening to the Beatles when I was a little boy. It wasn’t until I discovered Pink Floyd 20 years ago and it changed my life. Geek also, but the Progressive genre has still kept me going from day one. And there’s no stop sign for me. I also have a blog site in which I also do reviews since 2008 entitled, Music from the Other Side of the Room.

Articles by Zachary Nathanson

Arthur Brown with Dan Smith – Nature

This is an album about searching for something deeper: the forces within us that help us find our true selves, right down to the bone.

Peter Hammill – Tears in Time

Tears in Time is not merely another chapter in his extraordinary catalogue, it’s a thoughtful meditation on memory, loss, endurance, and renewal.

Pure Reason Revolution – Terrifying Angels

Pure Reason Revolution have once again opened the door to somewhere unfamiliar. All you have to do is step through it. Just don’t expect to come back completely sane.

Pete Roth Trio – Group Chat

Rather than celebrating nostalgia, Group Chat looks firmly toward the future, proving that great musicians never stop exploring.

Travo – Wasteland

It’s a balls-out, out-of-this-world powerhouse of a record. Wasteland isn’t simply a great album; it’s the kind of album that demands repeat listens.

10,000 Years – Esox Lucifer

The trio has arrived with something heavy, strange, psychedelic, and unapologetically their own. Now I’m left wondering just how far down the cosmic rabbit hole they’ll take us next.

Green Lung – Necropolitan

This album feels like a horror movie playing inside your head, with every song opening another door into a darker room.

Raphael Weinroth-Browne – Empyrean

With Empyrean, Raphael Weinroth-Browne has created an experience that refuses to sit comfortably inside a single genre.

Stick Men – Let’s THRAK Again

They continue to push forward without forgetting where they came from, and Let’s THRAK Again is another example of that balance.

Witchcraft – A Sinner’s Child

A Sinner’s Child feels like the closing chapter of the Idag era, a final page in that particular book before Witchcraft turns the page toward whatever lies ahead.

Iron Jinn – Zeitgeist on the Run

Zeitgeist on the Run is an unpredictable journey filled with unexpected twists, sinister overtones, and wonderful dynamics.

Ozric Tentacles – Harmonic Mind

Prepare yourself to embark on the strange, synth-heavy landscapes the band has unleashed in 2026, filled with geometric patterns, cosmic textures, psychedelic grooves, and a sense of otherworldly exploration.

Sweat – In Dreams

Head bang until the crack of dawn, because there’s more where that came from. Sweat’s In Dreams is the album to be on the lookout for.

Yeah Man, It’s Bloody Heavy!! Vol. 2

Here’s hoping there are many more lost recordings waiting in the vaults for another volume, because Yeah Man, It’s Bloody Heavy!! has proven that the underground history of heavy rock still has plenty of stories left to tell.

Moloken – Moloken

Moloken has delivered an immersive, intense experience that demands to be heard. If you are new to the band, this self-titled effort serves as the ultimate introduction.

The Night Eternal – Cold Velvet

It’s an ambitious, challenging, and completely out-of-this-world album that made me want to headbang at times and reminded me that metal is more than just a five-letter word.

Early Moods – Ready For The Grave

It’s brutal, immersive, and proudly noncommercial. Early Moods aren’t here to soften their sound or slip in a Disney‑style ‘I Want’ song. They’re here to deliver the real thing.

Green Carnation – A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex

Green Carnation has brought the trilogy full circle, as it reaches a haunting peak while taking the listener into darker layers that continue to unveil themselves.

Brand X – Theory of Nothing: Recorded Live 1977

Theory of Nothing is more than an archival release, it’s a revelation. Brand X didn’t just play fusion, they detonated it.

Black Oak Arkansas – When Electricity Came to Arkansas, Vol. 1 (1971-1973)

Their fusion of country grit, blues swagger, proto‑metal energy, and theatrical bravado helped shape the future of American rock. Revisiting these albums isn’t nostalgia; it’s rediscovery.

Kevin Ayers – Where Do The Stars End: The Recordings 1974-1980

This box set doesn’t just preserve that story; it lets you live inside it.

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