After the failed attempt to rekindle the old fire during the "Get Back" sessions, the Beatles experienced a rapid process of disintegration: the cracks that had already opened up during the "White Album" became bigger and bigger. The separation in April 1970 led to chaos: The creative couple Lennon/McCartney was history, friendships were broken, but at the same time the four musicians were still contractually bound to each other. How did it continue for them? How can their solo work of the 70s be assessed from today's perspective? eclipsed tells the story of the end of the world's most famous band and a diverse new beginning.

Twenty-five years ago, on June 14, 1995, Rory Gallagher died. The passionate blues guitarist, singer and songwriter wrote rock history - first with the trio Taste, and from 1971 under his own name. The Irish man's career collapsed in the eighties because he was unable to control his health problems, caused mainly by excessive tablet consumption. When the news of Rory Gallagher's death spread, a whole nation mourned: Ireland's musicians are heroes at home and are revered far beyond their fan base, even if they do not play typical Irish music.

In just under ten years Caligula's Horse from Brisbane, Australia have played their way into the prog metal upper league. While the debut "Moments From Ephemeral City" (2011) remained largely unnoticed, the quintet's career gradually took off with the 2013 concept album "The Tide, The Thief & River's End" (at the time our "Album of the Month"). After the change to the InsideOut label, two albums with a broader impact followed with "Bloom" (2015) and "In Contact" (2017). The current work "Rise Radiant" is to be understood as a perseverance slogan - also in view of the Australian bush fires that have just been survived and the still ongoing corona epidemic. We talked to guitarist and band founder Sam Vallen (32), who works full-time as a lecturer for musicology at the University of Brisbane

The 1977 album "Point Of Know Return" is one of KANSAS' masterpieces, just like its predecessor "Leftoverture". In autumn the band plans to visit Germany as part of the "Point Of Know Return Anniversary Tour", so that local fans can experience all the songs of the album classic live for the first time. In addition, there are various hits and fan favourites as well as songs from the new album "The Absence Of Presence", which will be released at the end of June. eclipsed spoke with guitarist Rich Williams (70) and singer Ronnie Platt (58).

Last year, the US prog band Spock's Beard surprisingly formed a new formation: Pattern-Seeking Animals consists of the two Beard musicians Ted Leonard (vocals and guitar) and Dave Meros (bass) as well as ex-drummer Jimmy Keegan and John Boegehold, who up to now has mainly been a co-singer-songwriter and now acts as composer, keyboarder and producer. Musically close to the mother band, Pattern-Seeking Animals offer more AOR elements and melodies that are catchy. Mastermind John Boegehold explained to us which "stories" they have to tell and which mysterious "patterns" these new prog animals are on the trail of.

eclipsed: Can you briefly summarize how Pattern-Seeking Animals came together?

John Boegehold: It started with demos that I wanted to record professionally. Then I called people I knew well, like Ted and Jimmy. It quickly became a band.

They set out to take rock music off its hinges. But after they had succeeded in doing so during the grunge revolt, they backed down and went for total refusal. Now Pearl Jam are celebrating their 30th anniversary - with an album that is disillusioning and raises questions like: Have the Seattle heroes passed their zenith? And: How long will the quintet continue? Reason enough for a look behind the scenes.

Almost 30 years have passed since Katatonia from the Stockholm death metal underground blossomed. Founder duo Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström have continued to develop the band's music towards progressive rock and beyond. Their eleventh album "City Burials" stands for tradition as well as for the will to constantly discover new things.

After "The Fall Of Hearts" (2016) Katatonia took an official break. However, the band did not rest completely, as singer and composer Jonas Renkse admits in an interview: He also used the time off to work on the follow-up album "City Burials" without external pressure.

eclipsed: What were you guys doing during the break?

Jonas Renkse: We have written and recorded a new album with Bloodbath and played some concerts. Putting Katatonia on ice opened up another perspective for us. But I didn't really take a break, I kept on writing music for Katatonia. I simply enjoy it.