Zachary Nathanson

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Camel by Brass CamelBrass Camel on the web: Website | Facebook | Release date: April 16, 2025 Label: Self-Releasedby Zachary Nathanson | June 5, 2025 | ReviewsCanada has really been hitting a homerun so far for 2025. It’s more than just the big names from the realms of Rush, Harmonium, Klaatu, VOIVOD, and Maniege. But the ones that are keeping the legacy alive.

3 weeks ago | echoesanddust.com | Zachary Nathanson

Monumentata by Nad SylvanNad Sylvan on the web: Website | Facebook | Release date: June 20, 2025 Label: InsideOut Musicby Zachary Nathanson | June 4, 2025 | ReviewsFrom the moment the alarming mellotronic noise begins, followed by guitar-layered sounds, and someone going on the brink of a nervous breakdown, the clock-ticking riffs come bursting through the doors with a hardcore sound as Nad Sylvan sings about the warning’s on being a ‘Secret Lover’.

3 weeks ago | echoesanddust.com | Zachary Nathanson

Waving at the Sky by AVKRVSTAVKRVST on the web: Website | Facebook | Release date: June 13, 2025 Label: InsideOut Musicby Zachary Nathanson | June 3, 2025 | ReviewsIt’s been two years since Norway’s own AVKRVST had unleashed their 2023 debut album The Approbation on the InsideOut label. This is a band that took admiration of progressive metal from the realms of Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Mew, and King Crimson to a whole other level of the genre that keeps the fires burning, more than ever.

1 month ago | echoesanddust.com | Zachary Nathanson

Interview: Derek Shulman Derek Shulman on the web: Website | Facebook | by Zachary Nathanson | May 19, 2025 | InterviewsWith the re-release of Gentle Giant’s 1977 live album, Playing The Fool: The Complete Live Experience, it was time to talk about the reissue with co-founder Derek Shulman. Derek has made a name for himself with the legendary progressive rock band. From his Simon Dupree days, to forming Gentle Giant from 1970 to 1980, and then being a prominent record executive.

1 month ago | echoesanddust.com | Zachary Nathanson

The Uncertainty Principle by Hats Off Gentlemen Its AdequateHats Off Gentlemen Its Adequate on the web: Website | Facebook | Label: Glass Castle Recordingsby Zachary Nathanson | May 14, 2025 | ReviewsListening to the opening track ‘Certainty’ my first reaction was Tim Bowness had a new album that just came out after he followed it up with Butterfly Mind. But this was very, very different.