The Stranger – Kaleidoscope
I hope these guys are planning their next album. They have bags of potential and I can’t wait to see what else they have in their locker.
Albums
LatestRPWL – God Has Failed – Live and Personal
This is a valid addition to the RPWL catalogue. Time and experience has allowed the original ideas to mature, and the subtle changes made only go to enhance what was a worthy debut album all those years ago.
Caligonaut – Magnified as Giants
This album, whilst complex in its segments remains overall accessible to the listener as it weaves between classic prog, whilst maintaining a modern feel which together never ages or dates this release. It’s much like meeting a long-lost friend you haven’t seen for years, but they have come of age in the intervening years and are all the better for it.
Odd Dimension – The Blue Dawn
This is an absorbing 63 minutes and a little bit different from what you might expect from progressive metal.
Michael Whalen – Future Shock
To sum everything up, the album is fantastic, you have to get a taste of that “Future Shock” yourself to truly see the picture I’m trying to paint in this short review!
Progtalks
LatestProgtalks Interviews Subterranean Masquerade
Vidi and Tomer from Israeli prog-veterans Subterranean Masquerade join Uncle Prog on the Progtalks this week. We discuss their upcoming album “Mountain Fever”, due for release on May 14th, as well as music, philosophy and life in general.
Progtalks Interviews Perfect Storm
Dutch musicians Gert-Jan Schurer and Hiske Oosterwijk from Perfect Storm are the guests of Uncle Prog this week on the Progtalks. Together they discuss the band’s much-praised debut album “No Air”, and give an insight into the birth of the band.
Progtalks Interviews Suburban Savages (Trond Gjellum)
On the PROGTALKS this week we have Norwegian musician Trond Gjellum talking about the recently released Suburban Savages album “Demagogue Days”, as well as his involvement in a plethora of other bands and musical projects.
Progtalks Interviews Laughing Stock
This week on the PROGTALKS we are talking to the musicians from the Norwegian band Laughing Stock about their recent album “Zero, acts 1&2”. We speak a little about the highly relevant concept of the album, and what the future holds for the band.
Progtalks Interviews Caligonaut (Ole Michael Bjørndal)
This week on the PROGTALKS, Uncle Prog (Rune Belsvik Reinås) talks to Ole Michael Bjørndal, known from Oak and Airbag, about his new solo album, under the name “Caligonaut”. Among other things, we discuss how “Magnified as Giants” has been an album long in the making,...
What's Hot?!
LatestBest 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.
Best of What’s Hot?! – March 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 – 05 March 2021
Every Friday: Releases of the Week series 2021! Subscribe now to our rotating playlist to keep up to date with all the newest Prog Releases!
Best of What’s Hot?! – February 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 – 26 February 2021
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Releases of the Week
LatestThree prog metal albums that couldn’t be more different!
4 albums not to miss in this loaded yet diverse week
Our Prog Releases of the Week 16/2021 with Aphexia, Blackbriar, Ciccada, Crypts of Despair, and more.
Three albums to rock your Friday!
This is our new Releases of the Week format where we’ll highlight a few editorial picks with mini-reviews. Check back every Friday to get your weekly fix of new prog releases!
This double strike from Russia will save your weekend!
This is our new Releases of the Week format where we’ll highlight a few editorial picks with mini-reviews. Check back every Friday to get your weekly fix of new prog releases!
Three albums that make good friday even better!
This is our new Releases of the Week format where we’ll highlight a few editorial picks with mini-reviews. Check back every Friday to get your weekly fix of new prog releases!
TPS Presents
Latest
Framing Skeletons premiere video for I. The Pariah
Texan prog metal trio Framing Skeletons are premiering their official video for ‘I. The Pariah’ exclusively today via The Progspace.
Grant The Sun premiere drumcam video for Arrivée dangereuse
Norwegian post metal trio Grant The Sun premiere drumcam video for Arrivée dangereuse (feat. Fredrik Thordendahl) on The Progspace!
Keor exclusively premieres Underworld
Keor exclusively premieres ‘Underworld’ on the Progspace, the second single from his highly anticipated new album “Tearoom”.
Lucid Awakening exclusively premiere Epiphany
Oklahoma modern prog metal 6-piece Lucid Awakening premiere their new single ‘Epiphany’ exclusively at The Progspace.
Urvi premieres new single Pantomime
Talented vocalist Urvi, equally at home in both India and the UK, is presenting her brand new second single ‘Pantomime’.
The Progfiles
LatestThe 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
Latest
Scardust – Breaking The Ice – Live Stream Show
Israeli progressive metal band Scardust have recently gone through a line-up change and what better way can there be to welcome the new members to the group if not through a live show?
Leprous – Malina & Pitfalls Weekend (Feb 20-21)
After watching these 2 showss, is clear that Leprous is at their best stage form. Despite the halt in concerts worldwide, they have not really stopped playing together and have kept rocking every studio or stage they enter. Be sure to catch their next Weekend streaming for “Coal and Bilateral” albums!
Fleshgod Apocalypse – Live at Bloom Studio
We have watched a few of these online events, and I thought this was the best one so far. At roughly 75 minutes long, there was a feeling of real quality about this one.
UK Tech-Fest at Home 2020
In these unusual times, live gigs are on hold, festivals postponed for a year, but a new alternative has emerged.
Live Report: Fleshgod Apocalypse at Rebellion Manchester, 16 February 2020
Once in a while, a band comes along that stands out from the crowd. Fleshgod Apocalypse are such a band, and until recently they had slipped under our radar. Bloodshot Dawn announced dates supporting the Italians and after checking out FA’s 2019 album "Veleno", we...
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