
Mask of Prospero – Hiraeth
This album has been three years in the making but is well worth the wait. I hope we don’t have to wait another three years for the next release, because this is another great Greek story.
This album has been three years in the making but is well worth the wait. I hope we don’t have to wait another three years for the next release, because this is another great Greek story.
Riverside from Poland have been around for over 20 years. Although they are not a household name, they are known and respected by many. They describe their music as “too heavy for art-rock and too delicate for progressive metal.” So, they have stamped out their own...
Having reviewed the previous album by The Wring, their new album “Spectra” brought no surprises. Main man Don Dewulf has though, employed a new set of musicians to join him on this latest project. One name that instantly stands out is Marco Minnemann, who must be one...
I’ve no doubt that the band will be keen to follow up on this excellent debut as soon as possible.
This new release is certainly a progression, they are obviously not afraid to experiment, so it will be interesting to know what’s in the pipeline.
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.
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!
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”.
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.
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”.
This is our monthly Best of What’s Hot?! YouTube Playlist, highlighting the best music videos of the previous month.
This is our monthly Best of What’s Hot?! YouTube Playlist, highlighting the best music videos of the previous month.
This is our monthly Best of What’s Hot?! YouTube Playlist, highlighting the best music videos of the previous month.
This is our monthly Best of What’s Hot?! YouTube Playlist, highlighting the best music videos of the previous month.
This is our monthly Best of What’s Hot?! YouTube Playlist, highlighting the best music videos of the previous month.
Releases of the Week 04/2023 with BRUIT ≤, Merethe Soltveldt & Moe Espinosa, The World Is Quiet Here, Bizarrekult, Rain & Artificial Waves
Releases of the Week 02/2023 with Che Aimée Dorval, Atsuko Chiba, Turbid North, Riverside & Katatonia
Releases of the Week 02/2023 with Framing Skeletons, BAK, Mariusz Duda, Iván Torrent, Until Rain, Frostbitt, Sunchild & Volkor X
Releases of the Week 50/51 with Accompanist, Lodz, The Arc of Light, Magma, Floating, Geminii & Johan Reinholdz
Releases of the Week 49/2022 with Sinoptik, Rioghan, End of Scream, Stefan Altzar & Rvntvh
Bergen, Norway based prog project Ozul presents video for third single Lønahorgi
Danish proggers Isbjörg return with new singer and single Ornament, a first taste of their upcoming second album, expected toward the end of 2023.
Filippo Rosati & Simen Sandnes premiere new single Eclipse, packed with metric modulations, catchy melodies and a good amount of progressive witchcraft.
French avant-garde metal outfit HYPNO5E unveil expansive new single Sheol with a cinematic video clip!
Martin Gonzalez & Elizabeth Hull (Atomic Guava) exclusively premiere new exuberant single From The Ground Up feat. John Benoit (Resilia).
As a passionate concert goer and a fan of the extreme arts, this evening was one I couldn’t miss. The legendary tech-death group Obscura recently had a tour through Europe with support acts Disillusion and Persefone, the latter being a beloved favourite of mine. It is a tour that had been announced before the pandemic only to be repeatedly postponed until it finally happened. During this time both frustration and anticipation were left to boil, so when the riffs finally unleashed, it was catharsis time.
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 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 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
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...