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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

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!

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.

RotW_17Nov2023

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

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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.

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.

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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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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!

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RotW_27Oct2023

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

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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.

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. 

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!

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.

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”.

Photo Galleries

Displaced Reality

ProgRockFest 2023 in Legionowo, Poland

ProgRock Fest in Legionowo (a Polish city near Warsaw) is since 2015 an annual indoor festival for prog rock lovers. The festival is not of an order of magnitude to attract the big (foreign) names. But in previous editions names such as Galahad, Collin bass, Mystery and the David Cross Band were on the list. This year it was a complete Polish affair.

Ino-Rock Festival 2023. Inowrocław, Poland

Jaak visited INO-ROCK Festival 2023 in Poland and captured the best moments on his camera. The international and varied lineup this year included Soen - With Orchestra (Sweden), David Cross Band (United Kingdom), Collage (Poland), Long Distance Calling (Germany), Here on Earth (Poland)

UK Tech-Fest Day 4

UK Tech-Fest Photo Gallery Day 4 - 10th and last edition of the festival. Photos by Bob Smith