Entheos – An End to Everything
Could this be the most emotionally relevant technical death metal release I’ve heard to date? I’m not sure, but it’s certainly close to the top.
Albums
Latest
Iotunn – Kinship
This is a band that have a passion for what they write and seem to strive to produce something different. It’s still relatively early days in their career and there is lots of potential for evolution. Hopefully they have a hunger for it, and we will see another release before too long.
Perfect Storm – Stairs
Perfect Storm carefully crafted “Stairs” prioritizing quality and integrating new members, resulting in a strong successor to their debut. With more powerful drums, adventurous keyboards, and expanded guitar solos, the album blends progressive rock with heavier elements and hints of progressive metal. Their thoughtful approach has enhanced their unique sound while avoiding a mere repetition of their first album. 9/10
Fleshgod Apocalypse – Opera
I know technical death metal is not for everyone, but beyond the death metal element, there’s a dimension of theater, poetry and drama, and a message of power and standing against all odds, that I think will inspire almost anyone.
Simone Simons – Vermillion
“Vermillion” is an unexpected surprise, and a very welcome addition to the endlessly growing culture of symphonic and progressive metal that the Dutch are so good at.
The Progspace Presents
Latest
Kingcrow comes back as the 10th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary!
Italian progmetal masters Kingcrow comes back as the 10th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary!
Extol is the 9th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary!
Legendary norwegian band Extol is the 9th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary edition!
Major Parkinson is the 8th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary!
Major Parkinson is the 8th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary edition!
Tiberius is the 7th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary edition!
Tiberius is the 7th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary edition!
Mayfire is the 6th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary edition!
Mayfire is the 6th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary edition!
Releases of the Week
March starts with quality over quantity: 5 Highlights for this Release Week!
Releases of the Week 09/2024 with Suldusk, Magoria, Cloud People, Convulsing & Leviathan
February 2024 bids farewell with an exceptionally strong release week: 70 releases, 9 highlights!
Releases of the Week 08/2024 with Monkey3, Fragment Soul, Sleepytime Gorilla Musuem, Chronicles of Father Robin, Borknagar, Job for a Cowboy, Triton Project, Bird Problems & Counting Hours
After the awards is during the awards is before the awards: 6 highlights, 58 releases
Releases of the Week 07/2024 with Ihsahn, Thy Shining Curse, Syncatto, Toehider, Illumishade & Einar Solberg
Halfway through February 2024, the stream of new releases keeps flowing
Releases of the Week 07/2024 with Kristoffer Gildenlöw, The Pineapple Thief, Theophonos, Criterium, Chelsea Wolfe, F.K.Ü., Hannes Grossmann, Devcord & Ihlo
February starts in dancey and brutal fashion equally
Releases of the Week 05/2024 with Kyros, plantoid, Theraphosa, Persefone, Bipolar Architecture, Utopia, Enterprise Earth & Voidchaser
Premieres
Jason Blake presents Rift and Reckoning feat. Raphael Weinroth-Browne
Get a first glimpse into Chicago-based Warr guitarist Jason Blake’s upcoming “Candles Burn” EP featuring Canadian Prog-Cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne (Leprous, Musk Ox, The Visit…)
ALMO premieres Winterhound from upcoming debut Reconciliation
Swedish modern prog metal solo artist ALMO premieres playthrough video of his brand new single ‘Winterhound’. Full length debut album “Reconciliation” out March 15th.
Omnivide present crushing playthrough video for “Opulence”
Canadian Progressive Death Metal newcomers Omnivide present crushing band playthrough video for ‘Opulence’, the second single leading up to the release of their debut album “A Tale of Fire” on March 22nd.
No Terror in the Bang presents cinematic video for “Monster”
No Terror in the Bang presents cinematic new video for ‘Monster’, off of their second album “Heal”, out now via Klonosphere!
KYROS premiere colourful video for Ghosts of You
UK prog-synth-rockers Kyros invite you to dance alongside the ‘Ghosts Of You’, the latest single leading up to their 4th studio album “Mannequin”!
Interviews
the_maximalist (Art Against Agony) about “The Forgotten Story”, tour plans and that certain “twang”
In the wake of their newest release, an EP entitled "The Forgotten Story", I had the opportunity to talk with the newest member of german based 'international art collective' Art Against Agony. Good afternoon, please introduce yourself and your position in the...
Q&A with Ayreon’s Arjen Lucassen
How to start a new video interview series? Of course with none other than the multi-instrumentalist and mastermind behind Ayreon, dutch genius Arjen Anthony Lucassen! We proudly present the first episode of Q&A with! We'll be publishing new Q&A with as soon as...
Interview with Brutai
Alex Lorimer of UK newcomers Brutai talks about the band’s musical roots and how those went into their debut release “Born”.
Interview with Simen Sandnes
Young drummer Simen Sandnes of Arkentype from Norway talks about his experience as a guest drummer for VOLA, touring Europe with Katatonia and Agent Fresco and his plans for the future.
Concert Reviews
UK Tech-Fest 2023
It is the end of an era; festivals come and go but there has never been one quite like this one. I would like to thank Simon and all the Tech-Fest team for all their hard work, it has been an honour to be a small part of it. Au revoir Tech-Fest.
ARTmania 2023 – Festival Review
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.
Obscura – Persefone – Disillusion – Live at Doornroosje, Nijmegen – 28 Sept 2022
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 – Acoustic Tour – Nochtspeicher, Hamburg – 06.09.2022
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 2022 – Day 2
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!
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