An Abstract Illusion – Woe
The creative effort, challenging topic and gargantuan scale of the delivery can only secure a place for “Woe” as one of the strongest contenders for the 2022 album of the year.
Albums
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Revocation – Netherheaven
Revocation sounds super inspired and energetic on “Netherheaven”, so I happily recommend the album to anyone who loves extreme melodic metal.
Blind Guardian – The God Machine
“The God Machine” is a definite must-have for Blind Guardian fans and certainly an interesting album for anyone who likes progressive power metal.
Dreadnought – The Endless
As a whole, “The Endless” can best be defined as compelling, hypnotic and cathartic.
Ardarith – Home
There is a hint of album no. 2 and if the quality of future material is up to the standard of “Home” it will be worth waiting for.
Progtalks
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Saved by Mom’s power generator: Avandra bring Prog from Puerto Rico
Avandra Mastermind Christian Ayala called from Puerto Rico shortly before boarding the plane to ProgPower Europe to talk about power blackouts after hurricanes, the new album “Prodigal” coming in November and more upcoming Avandra plans.
Abraham Sarache: You don’t get that organic band sound unless you play the songs and feel the pain!
“You don’t get that organic band sound unless you play the songs and feel the pain!” Abraham Sarache and Tristan Turner talk about how to play the famous Melkweg in Amsterdam for the first time three times, the upcoming ProgPower Europe Pre-Party and more…
No Bossa Nova: Feather Mountain on their way To Exit A Maelstrom!
Danish prog newcomers Feather Mountain return with a very personal sophomore album in the form of “To Exit A Maelstrom”. We talked to vocalist Mikkel Lohmann and drummer Andreas Dahl-Blumenberg about increasing the heaviness and why they don’t play Bossa Nova.
Memories, Patreons & Ronnie James Dio: Toehider is back with a 47-minute epic!
The Progtalks are back after the summer break, and we have Australian multi-instrumentalist Mike Mills, sole (musician) member of Toehider calling and talking about his new album “I Have Little To No Memory of These Memories”.
Population Three in Porcupine Tree land: Richard Barbieri on Closure/Continuation, sound design and attention spans
One last Progtalks episode before our summer break: Porcupine Tree’s Richard Barbieri talks about different approaches to composing, sound design and of course the most anticipated album of the year in the Prog world: “Closure/Continuation”.
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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50 new releases, no time for mini reviews…
2 duos, a quartet, portuguese black metal & 39 releases in total!
Releases of the Week 38/2022 with Gematria, Spheres, Frayle & Gaerea
46 releases, 7 highlights: this week is packed!
Releases of the Week 37/2022 with Somehow Jo, Æries, Reliqa, Titans to Tachyons, Sundrowned, James Norbert Ivanyi & Creature
An Abstract Illusion, Toehider & Fallujah: 3 highlights of the week, if not the year!
Releases of the Week 36/2022 with An Abstract Illusion, Toehider & Fallujah
France, Denmark (x2), Norway & Iceland meet Liechtenstein
Releases of the Week 35/2022 with Étrange, Feather Mountain, Våde, Tuhaf, Vögel & Black Reuss
TPS Presents
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Gematria streams Gematria II: The Spindle of Necessity
US duo Gematria present exclusive advance stream of their new album “Gematria II: The Spindle Of Necessity”.
Eternal Closure stream new album At the Center of it All
Montreal’s Eternal Closure has a shiny new album “At the Center of It All – Chapter I” ready for your ears.
Warr-Guitarist Jason Blake premieres A Certain Balance
Warr-Guitarist Jason Blake premieres A Certain Balance ahead of the release of his new album The Compromise Rationale.
Seventh Station premieres shocking new single and video The Heart of a Nation
International progressive metal band Seventh Station premieres shocking new single and video The Heart of a Nation.
Philosophobia premiere new music video for I Am
International progressive metal quintet Philosophobia, formed by current and former members of Kamelot, Pain Of Salvation, Wastefall premiere new video for I Am, taken from their eponymous debut album, out now on Sensory Records.
The Progfiles
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The Progfiles Archives: June 2021
A forgotten gem of Israeli prog rock from the ’70s, a triad of connected, excellent Norwegian progressive metal albums, Syrian and Mexican prog-death, ambient, drony progressive doom from France, modern prog-rock from Italy and the Netherlands, and more! Should be something for just about everyone in this month’s edition of The Progfiles Archives.
The Progfiles Archives: May 2021
Vietnamese traditional progressive metal, French djent, progressive/technical death-metal and cinematic post-rock, American 70’s inspired prog-rock, a lesser-known true gem of British early prog, some Swedish doomy prog and much more in this month’s Progfiles Archives.
The Progfiles Archives – Promotour April 2021
This month Progfiles Archives is here for your reading and listening pleasure. This time it’s a “Promotour” edition, put together by The Progspace writer, and Progfiles host Cees, focusing on brand new progressive music releases of all styles and sub-genres. So if you are up for discovering a diverse selection of new music released over the last few months, this is the place you want to be.
The Progfiles Archives: March 2021
Grievously overlooked progressive artrock by Olivia & the Random, powerprog by Dakesis, modern progressive folk by James Lindsay, prog-thrash by Paranorm and a look back to the seventies with classic band Gryphon.
There should be something for absolutely everyone in this edition of Rune’s Progfiles Archives.
The Progfiles Archives: February 2021
A new song by UK band Konom, great Italian Prog by Logos and feel-good music by Norway’s MEER are just some of the highlights of the February edition of Rune’s Progfiles!
Concert Reviews
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Green Carnation – Acoustic Tour – Nochtspeicher, Hamburg – 06.09.2022
Green Carnation is one of those bands any prog fan should see at least once in their lives. We had the pleasure to witness their “Acoustic Tour” show at the Nochtspeicher club in Hamburg on 06.09.2022. A show full of magic!
Prognosis Festival 2022 – Day 2
Prognosis Festival was postponed for 2 years during the pandemic, finally it happened on April 15th and 16th. Here is the review and the photo galleries of day 2 of Prognosis Festival 2022!
Prognosis Festival 2022 – Day 1
Prognosis Festival was postponed for 2 years during the pandemic, finally it happened on April 15th and 16th. Here is the review and the photo galleries of the first day of Prognosis Festival 2022
UK Tech-Fest 2022
Day 1 – Thursday 30th June 2022 The pandemic robbed us all of two years and the things we looked forward to gradually became diminished. After this interminable hiatus where we saw the best little festival in the land pushed back not once but twice, there was finally...
Midsummer Prog Festival 2022 (Valkenburg/NL, 25 June)
Review – Midsummer Prog Festival 2022: Great weather, food stands, normal and special beers and of course a lot of friends that haven’t seen each other for a long time, with these ingredients the festival and its lineup could not disappoint.
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