With their second album, Danish metal band Danefae have dished up a fusion of progressive metal and traditional Nordic musical traditions. In short, it’s progressive metal with Danish lyrics. The album has a title of “Trøst” which translates as Solace and the songs are personal stories inspired by folk legends.
Distant’s latest release is pretty much what you’d expect from a down-tempo deathcore album, but it does it more interestingly than the norm.
“Hush” displays a lot of compositional variety, and offers a strong throwback to prog metal classics while also keeping a unique sound and mixing in unexpected elements.
Their sound is exploring the grey area between modern technical death metal and deathcore, and they’re also throwing in hints of djent and black metal, just to make the concoction of extremity as wild as it gets.
Power metal isn’t exactly my go-to genre. But something clicked for me when I was watching the video to ‘War Hearts’ and all of a sudden, instead of coming across as “power metal”, I felt like I was just witnessing some brilliant songwriting.
Car Bomb, one of the major names in progmetal is joining ProgStorm Festival 2026 to headline the Saturday night at Club Soda, Montreal.
ProgStorm 2026 will host something truly special. local Québécois Sky Passage will take their project to the stage for the very first time!
Intricate yet emotional, progressive death with elements of jazz. Introspection, philosophical but grounded. Exist to bring all that and more to ProgStorm Festival 2026!
Bringing Sci Fi to the Canadian Progmetal space, Fractal Sun from Costa Rica is the second band confirmed at ProgStorm Festival 2026!
After a successful first edition, ProgStorm Festival is back! Aug 21-23, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. Straight from Sweden, An Abstract Illusion is the first band confirmed!
Releases of the Week 33/2024 with The Aphelion, Framing Skeletons, The War Yaks, Ritual, Vile Rites, The Mantle, Vanitas, Capermote, i Häxa, Echoes and Signals, Turning Virtue, Utopianisti, Cime & IONS
Releases of the Weeks: 28 June & 05/12/19/26 July 2024 with Kaipa, Aeons, Hail Spirit Noir, Ethos, Atavistia, AxamentA, Three Dead Fingers, Ever Forthright, Antoine Fafard & Gavin Harrison, Million Moons, Manes, Paeon, Octoploid, Piah Mater, Violence System, Thrailkill, ZaKrahe, Pijn, State Faults, Circle of Sighs, Sylvan,& Twelve Foot Ninja
Releases of the Week 22 and 23/2024 with !Gerald!, Hippotraktor, Richard Henshall, Barock Project, The Omnific, Marjana Semkina, Laughing Stock, Shrapnel, Sykofant & Mountainscape
Releases of the Week 21/2024 with Azure, Reegonetti Band, Karfagen, Lamentari, Vale of Pnath, Defects, Toehider, Across Oceans & Ice Sealed Eyes & Maudits
Norwegian prog newcomers Sungoose bring the melancholy with second single The Burial, exlusively streaming on The Progspace now!
Tumbleweed Dealer take listeners onto a rich auditory adventure on new album Dark Green: listen to the exclusive streaming premiere on The Progspace.
Swiss Post Prog phenomenon NevBorn reveal epic Greek mythology inspired new single Knossos leading up to new album Alkaios · Part II · The Peacock slated for release late March.
International prog collective Fomalhaut premieres new single Hourglass I, combining Prog Metal & Chinese ethnic music with a tribute to jazz legend Chick Corea.
Take a cinematic climb over The Mountain with new video from The Mourning
Recently The Progspace was lucky enough to sit down for a nice talk with Tommy Sebastian Halseth, Edvin Matthieson and Rune Eriksen of up and coming band Matterhorn. Where we discussed the recording process, the formation of the band, and the bleakness of humanity.
Here is a new episode of our series The Progspace Interviews: Q&A with GAZPACHO (Thomas Andersen and Jan Henrik Ohme). Thomas and Jan Henrik talked with us about the creative process behind Gazpacho’s latest opus: “Soyuz”, the music industry, interesting soundscapes, using different sounds to create music.
The Progspace had a nice long distance call with Plini during a break before the last show of his tour supporting TesseracT in the USA and Canada. Plini talked with us about constant touring, writing new music and the Australian secret to so many good musicians and bands down under.
Q&A with Lazuli (Dominique Leonetti and Romain Thorel. Dominique and Romain talk about Lazuli’s most recent European tour and about their most recent album “Saison 8”, its writing process, the uniqueness of Lazuli sound and instruments, and some more.
Q&A with Kim Olesen from Anubis Gate. Presented by The Progspace. Fueled with coffee, Kim talked about Anubis Gate most recent album “Covered in Black” writing process, the band’s history, touring, life, work, and about the progressive and metal scene in Denmark and Europe among other interesting stuff.
F.K.Ü. live at Prog Metal Mania in Munich! 2nd May 2025
Vulkan live at Prog Metal Mania in Munich! 2nd May 2025
Loch Vostok live at Prog Metal Mania in Munich! 2nd May 2025
Ihlo live at Prog Metal Mania in Munich! 2nd May 2025
Jester’s Tears had the honor of opening the first ever Prog Metal Mania in Munich! 2nd May 2025
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Pure Reason Revolution closing friday show at ProgPower Europe 2024
Brazilian Progmetal masters Maestrick had the honor to open ProgPower Europe 2024!
ProgPower Europe 2024 started with the PreParty with A Kew’s Tag!
Arena’s 30th Anniversary Tour lit up Zik-Zak with a powerful retrospective of three decades of progressive rock. With Damian Wilson at the helm, the band delivered not just music, but an unforgettable connection with the audience.
Zeal & Ardor live at Theaterfabrik, Munich 30 April 2025
Konvent live at Theaterfabrik, Munich 30 April 2025
Messa live at Feierwerk, Munich 15 April 2025
Hazeshuttle live at Feierwerk, Munich 15 April 2025
Easter Sunday afternoon in Weert. While most people outside are gathered around family dinners, quiet contemplation or cycling festivities surrounding the Amstel Gold Race, a different kind of gathering has taken place inside De Bosuil – a celebration of musical...
52 years after the legendary Genesis Live tour, The Musical Box presented a meticulously reconstructed version of this iconic performance. The band, internationally acclaimed for their historical precision, brought the concert back to life in all its facets. From the...
Ozric Tentacles remains a name that resonates with many fans of progressive and psychedelic music. Since the 1980s, the band has been bridging the gap between prog rock, psychedelia and electronic music, constantly evolving along the way. On this evening in the...
The Pineapple Thief captivated HA Concerts in Ghent with a dynamic, emotive set blending new and old material. Highlights included *The Frost*, *Rubicon*, and a powerful encore featuring *The Final Thing on My Mind*. Their performance proved that progressive rock thrives on precision, emotion, and collective brilliance.
