Lycania – My Kingdom Come
If you too want to get rid of all that cheap supermarket symphonic metal and nourish your ears with some healthy organic goodies, then I strongly recommend Lycania’s debut record.
Albums
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Temic – Terror Management Theory
Albums that impress me this much are rare but not unknown. This debut by Temic is outstanding and I have felt honoured to have had the chance to express my views on it. My appetite is well and truly whetted, and I am now hungry for more, so I hope that won’t be too long coming.
Sangdragon – Hierophant
There is a huge amount of diversity across this brace of albums and that makes for an interesting and enjoyable experience.
Earthside – Let the Truth Speak
With “Let the Truth Speak”, US progressive rockers Earthside set a new bar in the production and composition, creating a very diverse and unique record.
Pattern-Seeking Animals – Spooky Action at a Distance
Prog-Rock has been around for an exceedingly long time, but Pattern-Seeking Animals are doing something different with it. Some of the material on this album might be classed as modern Prog-Rock, but whatever, it is splendid anyway.
The Progspace Presents
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Madder Mortem is the second band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 2024!
We’re super excited to announce Madder Mortem as the 2nd band confirmed to play at ProgPower Europe 2024!
ProgPower Europe 2024 first band announced: IONS from Czechia!
ProgPower Europe is back! And the first band in the lineup for the 2024 edition has been announced! Welcome IONS from Czechia!
ProgPower Europe interviews: Novena
Wilderun from the USA were booked to play ProgPower Europe 2020, but we all know those were the years the world locked down, so now the americans will be headlining this year’s festival with a new album in the folds, the highly acclaimed Epigone , and we cannot be more happy to finally see them live at ProgPower Europe 2023!
ProgPower Europe interviews: Wilderun
Wilderun from the USA were booked to play ProgPower Europe 2020, but we all know those were the years the world locked down, so now the americans will be headlining this year’s festival with a new album in the folds, the highly acclaimed Epigone , and we cannot be more happy to finally see them live at ProgPower Europe 2023!
ProgPower Europe interviews: Maraton
Maraton from Norway has been on the prog radar for a while now, drawing attention for the majestic melodies and raw emotions from their music. We had the honor to have them in our first Online Festival back in 2020 and now we’re super stoked to see them live at ProgPower Europe 2023!
What's Hot?!
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Best of What’s Hot?! – August 2021
This is our monthly Best of What’s Hot?! YouTube Playlist, highlighting the best music videos of the previous month.
Best of What’s Hot?! – July 2021
This is our monthly Best of What’s Hot?! YouTube Playlist, highlighting the best music videos of the previous month.
Best of What’s Hot?! – June 2021
This is our monthly Best of What’s Hot?! YouTube Playlist, highlighting the best music videos of the previous month.
Best of What’s Hot?! – May 2021
This is our monthly Best of What’s Hot?! YouTube Playlist, highlighting the best music videos of the previous month.
Best of What’s Hot?! – April 2021
This is our monthly Best of What’s Hot?! YouTube Playlist, highlighting the best music videos of the previous month.
Releases of the Week
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November ends with 65 releases and 10 highlights!
Releases of the Week: 47/2023 with Helga, Leonov, Dreamwalkers Inc., Press To Enter, Draw Me A Sheep, Charles Soulz Project, Ben Challenger., The Cyclist Conspiracy, Weeping Silence & Dool
RotW Week 46/2023: 66 Releases. 11 Highlights. No slowing down.
Releases of the Week 46/2023 with Temic, Earthside, The Wisdom Tree, Squeaky Feet, Lupe, DGM, Eldritch, Odd Palace, Kilter, Soars & Mariusz Duda
November releases continue to show up in a wonderful variety
11 Highlights, 80 more releases: November starts with a bang!
Releases of the Week 44/2023 with Ophelia Sullivan, A Flying Fish, Toehider, Xoth, Jo Quail, Sammary, Six Days of Calm, Univers Zero, Pénitence Onirique, Osaka Rising & Lingua Ignota
66 releases, 12 highlights: keeping up the streak!
Releases of the Week 43/2023 with Violent Jasper, Ramage Inc., Sky Empire, Crossing the Rubicon, Nick DePirro, Burak Ozmucur, Vokonis, Sorcerer, Wayfarer, Three Eyes of the Void, Colin Edwin / Robert Jürjendal & Ulver
Interviews
Linus Klausenitzer, Germany’s busiest fretless bassist in Metal, on his bands & new solo record “Tulpa”
With the solo album “Tulpa” coming out his latest endeavor, bassist Linus Klausenitzer (Alkaloid, Ex-Obscura, Obsidious) talks about his musical upbringing, past and present bands, and life as a working bassist.
Interview with Riverside’s Mariusz Duda: “I wanted to write music about being together, about community.”
More than eight months since the release of Riverside’s newest album, “ID.Entity” and in the midst of their ongoing near-global tour, we grab the chance to sit down with the band’s mastermind and frontman Mariusz Duda for a wonderfully insightful chat, right before their electric performance in Bucharest.
Interview with Soen’s Joel Ekelöf: “We feel better than ever.”
While visiting Istanbul to catch the second-to-last show on Soen’s mesmerizing “Atlantis” orchestra-backed tour, we seize the opportunity to catch up with frontman Joel Ekelöf right as the band’s latest record, “Memorial”, has been released to the public.
Dean Lamb of Archspire on the band’s past, present and future
The Progspace got to sit down with Archspire’s guitar wizard Dean Lamb to talk about the band’s past, present, and future.
Gleb Kolyadin on the making of The Outland, influences and new opportunities
iamthemorning piano virtuoso Gleb Kolyadin on the making of his third solo album The Outland, some of his major influences and new opportunities
Premieres
Deorbit premieres Instrumental Space Prog Metal Debut Album “Retrogradient”
Instrumental, progressive, and technical metal fans take note as US based Deorbit are now streaming their debut album “Retrogradient”!
DISSONA Sets Eyes And Fingers Ablaze With Performance Video For “Renaissance”
Avant-garde progressive metal band Dissona premieres guitar & bass playthrough of ‘Renaissance’, the third single off of upcoming EP “Dreadfully Distinct”.
Opaque: Rage of Light premiere new EP
Swiss based Trance Metal trio Rage of Light are celebrating the release of their brand new 4-track EP “Opaque” today with the premiere of a video for the epic title track.
Italian Krautrockers Oslo Tapes return with new single Deja Neu
Italian Krautrockers Oslo Tapes premiere brand new video for ‘Deja Neu’, first glimpse of upcoming fourth album “Staring at the Sun Before Goin’ Blind”
Framing Skeletons premiere mysterious, witchy new video for The Vault
Texan Prog Metal chameleons Framing Skeletons tease massive new album “Misery Prelude: The Prince Eternal” for an early 2024 release with the premiere of their latest music video for their single, “The Vault”!
Concert Reviews
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Midsummer Prog. 23 – 24 June 2023. Valkenburg Open Air Theater, The Netherlands
Midsummer Prog Festival 2023 was an event not to be missed and The Progspace was there. We thorougly enjoyed the fine selection of bands, offering excellent shows in one of the most beautiful venues in The Netherlands: Valkenburg Open Air Theater with Riverside, Haken, Frost, Airbag, Meer, Kingcrow, Von Hertzen Brothers, The Dear Hunter, Cobra the Impaler and The Windmill
Ayreon: 01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves. 15-17 September 2023. Tilburg, The Netherlands
During the third week of September, the Dutch city of Tilburg became Ayreon city. It welcomed around 15,000 guests from over 60 countries, all there to enjoy “Ayreon 01011001 Live Beneath the Waves”. The Progspace was there! Some of our team members experienced it from the camping grounds to the main events. Here you will find a recount from the different members of our team who witnessed the massive event on different places and days.
Diablo Swing Orchestra live in Quantic (Bucharest, Romania) – September 15th, 2023
Diablo Swing Orchestra is one of the absolute best musical acts I’ve witnessed, ever. This includes all of my favorite bands, groups and artists of legendary renown I’ve had the honor of experiencing live, essentially anyone I’ve ever seen performing any kind of music on any kind of stage.
Haugaland Prog & Rock Festival 2023
A relatively unknown festival, but a classic one in the prolific Norwegian Progressive Rock Scene, Haugaland Prog & Rock Festival 2022 – in Haugesund, Norway, with only 6 bands but with the caliber of Meer, Gösta Berlings Saga, Seven Impale among others surprised us and made a mark in our proggy hearts. Read on to discover how this small festival captivated us and left its mark in our progressive rock and metal journey!
UK Tech-Fest 2023
It is the end of an era; festivals come and go but there has never been one quite like this one. I would like to thank Simon and all the Tech-Fest team for all their hard work, it has been an honour to be a small part of it. Au revoir Tech-Fest.
Progtalks
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An Abstract Disillusion – Different Kinds of Hiveminds
For this year’s End of the Year episode, we assembled an illustrious round again: Karl Westerlund, Robert Stenvall & Christian Berglönn (An Abstract Illusion), Andy Schmidt (Disillusion), Colin MacAndrew (Ashbreather) & Rioghan Darcy.
Bach & silent movies: Dirt Poor Robins mastermind Neil DeGraide talks about Queen of the Night
There must have been something in the water in Providence, Rhode Island around 2004: Dirt Poor Robins emerged and started their artistic journey, culminating in their latest record and silent film, “Queen of the Night”. Mastermind Neil DeGraide told us everything about it!
String arrangements and Slipknot covers: Soen goes to Atlantis
Lars Enok Åhlund, multi-instrumentalist and arranger of Swedish prog masters Soen, called mid-tour from Quebec to talk about their current and future live activities, choosing a certain cover version and everything about their new album “Atlantis”.
Bloodshot Dawn’s Morgan Reid goes solo with all instrumental guitar banger Terran
Pondering the similarities of Hip Hop and Psychedelic Rock while talking about Progressive Metal: Canadian-born, Leipzig-based guitarist Morgan Reid presents his very first solo album Terran.
Writing pop songs with a prog producer next time: ÆRIES present their debut Arcanum!
Calling from Cologne, ÆRIES guitarist Julian Suhr talked to us about the ÆRIES sound, working in the studio vs. recording at home and everything else there is to know about the band’s debut album, “Arcanum”.
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