The barrage of blasting on the drums and running nature of the guitar riffs is technical enough to have the nerds satisfied, while the hostile, corrosive sound and evil chord progressions always keep the portals to hell open for those more ritualistically inclined.
I think what makes this album interesting is the way it manages to combine what may seem as pretty generic symphonic metal tropes with a modern djent and metalcore blend of sounds and heavy electronic effects.
With a new release, Norwegians MEER has written another chapter in their emotional music journey. “Wheels Within Wheels” deserves a good listen.
Fans of prog metal of the 70s-influenced flavour, complemented with a guttural edge, ornate instrumentation and a south American touch, should look no further than Piah Mater’s latest release “Under the Shadow of a Foreign Sun”!
This is album number eight for Kingcrow, who knows where album number nine will take them. Maybe into darker and stranger realms.
Legendary dutch progmetal band Elegy is the 5th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary edition!
We’re stoked to announce that VoidChaser, is the fourth confirmed band for ProgPower Europe’s 25th Anniversary!
We’re thrilled to announce that Kyros will be performing for the first time at the 25th Anniversary of ProgPower Europe!
We’re beyond excited to share that Threshold will be headlining ProgPower Europe 2025, marking the festival’s 25th anniversary.
Nospūn is the first band announced for the 25th Anniversary edition of PROGPOWER EUROPE!
Releases of the Week 37/2023 with The Chronicles of Father Robin, Zhorhann, Psygnosis, Alkaloid, Night Verses, Deadly Carnage, TesseracT & Steve Hackett
Releases of the Week 33/2023 with Fall of the Albatross, The God Particle, Atria, Horrendous, The Circle, Godthrymm, Sargassus & Ashbreather
Texan Prog Metal chameleons Framing Skeletons tease massive new album “Misery Prelude: The Prince Eternal” for an early 2024 release with the premiere of their latest music video for their single, “The Vault”!
Ukrainian Rock ambassadors Sinoptik return with heartfelt new single “Again 19”.
International progressive metal powerhouse Seventh Station premiere live video of epic “All Hail The Moustache” from sophomore album “Heal the Unhealed”.
Technical complexity and flamboyant fun in equal measures: New York’s Frogg premiere brand new music video for their new single “Wake Up”!
Dordeduh, has announced a very special show with the renown artist Costin Chioreanu live painting on stage during their performance at ProgPower Europe on Saturday 7 October!
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...
Review – Midsummer Prog Festival 2022: Great weather, food stands, normal and special beers and of course a lot of friends that haven’t seen each other for a long time, with these ingredients the festival and its lineup could not disappoint.
Concert Review: Novena Album (Re-)Launch Show – Sat, 30 Oct 2021 with Novena, Countless Skies, IHLO and Azure.
The sound is as crystal clear as it’s bone-crushingly heavy when it needs to be. The light show and camera work is mesmerizing. And VOLA are playing hit after hit. What a show!
A voyage in 5 jackets and 7 albums: Voyager managed to capture the immense fun of their live shows for audiences around the world – and leave us craving for more.
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The Dear Hunter live at Midsummer Prog Festival – June 24rd, 2023
Kingcrow live at Midsummer Prog Festival – June 24rd, 2023
The Windmill live at Midsummer Prog Festival – June 24rd, 2023
Haken headlining Midsummer Prog Festival – June 23rd, 2023
Frost*- live at Midsummer Prog Festival – June 23rd, 2023
MEER – live at Midsummer Prog Festival – June 23rd, 2023
Cobra The Impaler – live at Midsummer Prog Festival – June 23rd, 2023
Photo gallery: Steve Rothery Band Weekend in Warsaw/Poland 29-30 September 2023.
Photo Gallery: Riverside live in Quantic (Bucharest, Romania) – September 26th, 2023
Ayreon 01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves. Saturday Sept. 16 2023, Tilburg – The Netherlands. What a breathtaking show! Arjen Lucassen and his team once again delivered a massive show in all proportions! Even with surround sound! The Progspace was there, and here is the very extended photo gallery Van and Matt took, processed and curated for all our readers!
Photo Gallery: Diablo Swing Orchestra live in Quantic (Bucharest, Romania) – September 15th, 2023
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.
