Ihsahn talks about his newest, self-titled masterpiece, the challenges of producing a Metal and an Orchestral version simultaneously and how he managed to preserve his excitement and enthusiasm by always raising the bar and fighting back imposter syndrome in the process.
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The Progspace Editors List 2023. The Top 5 from our editors plus a selection of Honourable Mentions. Here’s the first part of the Top 5 lists, starting with Alina, Colin and Lykle presenting already a wide range of releases as their best in 2023
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Fresh after the release of TEMIC’s highly anticipated debut album, Terror Management Theory, and as an exciting new chapter is opening up for the incredible group of musicians behind this groundbreaking project, we have an in-depth chat with co-founder, keyboardist, and sound designer Diego Tejeida about what TEMIC is, what it isn’t, and how it came to grace our music listening platforms with a sound that is nothing short of astounding.
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Photo Gallery: Riverside live in Quantic (Bucharest, Romania) – September 26th, 2023
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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.
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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.
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Photo Gallery: Diablo Swing Orchestra live in Quantic (Bucharest, Romania) – September 15th, 2023
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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.
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Is The Flower Kings genre-defining now? In terms of reinvention, I’d say most likely not. But was it genre-defining then? Ab-so-prog-rock-lutely would be my answer! And while “Look At You Now” was released now instead of then, I strongly believe it is very much worth (at least) a listen.
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Photo Gallery: ARTmania 2023 Day 3 featuring Port Noir, Roadkill soda, Haken, Sirenia and Wardruna
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Photo Gallery: ARTmania 2023 Day 2 featuring Vulture Industries, Koi Koi, Tesseract and Porcupine Tree
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Photo Gallery: ARTmania 2023 Day 1 featuring Samael, Emperor and Pain of Salvation
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A review of the 2023 edition of Romanian prog festival ARTmania that brought together bands such as Porcupine Tree, Wardruna, Emperor, Pain of Salvation, Haken, TesseracT, Vulture Industries, Port Noir, or Samael in probably its best lineup to date.
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“Fearless in Love” is a skillfully well-balanced album, especially at this specific point in Voyager’s evolution. It is neither a departure from what their loyal fans know and love (especially using their more recent work as baseline), nor is it restrictive for newer fans who don’t necessarily stem from a metal background. It is listenable, explorable, palatable, but in no way does it take away from what the band stands for. Not an easy balance to strike, in my opinion. If music could be seen in colors, this album—and I’d say Voyager in general—would span the whole rainbow. And I think prog needs that in the mix.
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“Atlantis”［…］gives insight into everything Soen stands for – both musically and thematically – from a completely fresh angle. One that gives a majestic touch to an already highly perfected sound.
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