This album is definitely going to be in my album of the year contenders list as I cannot fault it in any way. I don’t dish out full marks very often, but I have no option but to do so in this case. I have a new band to follow, and they have a new fan.
With the new album, “Melodies of Atonement”, the band from Norway offers an unmistakable Leprous experience – and it’s the one you want to dive into.
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.
Italian progmetal masters Kingcrow comes back as the 10th 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 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!
Releases of the Week 39/2023 with Feather, Obsidian Tide, The Hirsch Effekt, Wizards of Wiznan , Shan, Haunt the Woods, Mankind, The Sound of Things Fallen, Earupt, Blackbriar, Steven Wilson & Collapse Under The Empire
Releases of the Week 38/2023 with Bear Ghost, Myth of I, Nine Skies, Subsignal, Spurv, Bruce Soord, Hexvessel, The Emerald Dawn, That Joe Payne, Flummox & Tulip
Releases of the Week 37/2023 with The Chronicles of Father Robin, Zhorhann, Psygnosis, Alkaloid, Night Verses, Deadly Carnage, TesseracT & Steve Hackett
Avant-garde progressive metal band Dissona premieres guitar & bass playthrough of ‘Renaissance’, the third single off of upcoming EP “Dreadfully Distinct”.
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.
Italian Krautrockers Oslo Tapes premiere brand new video for ‘Deja Neu’, first glimpse of upcoming fourth album “Staring at the Sun Before Goin’ Blind”
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”.
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 the first day of Prognosis Festival 2022
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!
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Photo Gallery: Jo Quail playing live at Hafenklang in Hamburg, 27 November 2023 (Support: Corecass)
Riverside headlining Midsummer Prog Festival – June 24rd, 2023
Airbag live at Midsummer Prog Festival – June 24rd, 2023
Von Hertzen Brothers live at Midsummer Prog Festival – June 24rd, 2023
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.
