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The Progspace 10th Anniversary Show
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From exuberant to depressive, from delicate to brutal: 20 Highlights for the first part of June!

Releases of the Week 23/2026 with Ok Goodnight, A.A. Williams, Artificial Silence, Sleeping Pulse, Artificial Astronaut, Tonnen von Hall, Oliver Zisko, Demichron, SLIFT, Smallman, Big Space, Dissentient, Maneating Orchid, Xenosis, Fires In The Distance, Gandalf’s Fist, Oh Hiroshima, Mono, Voivod & Ayreon

ProgPower Europe 2026 kicks off massively with Heavy Hoempa at the PreParty at The Chapel – Kasteel DeBerckt!

ProgPower Europe 2026 kicks off on Oct. 1st with Heavy Hoempa at The Chapel (Kasteel De Berckt)! Fully Unplugged EARPLUGS NOT OPTIONAL!

Green Carnation – A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex

The band have set themselves a very high bar to maintain. What will they take on next? Whatever it is, I’m sure it won’t be a disappointment. We wait with great expectations.

Down The Hill Festival 2026 – Saturday 22 August

Down The Hill Festival 2026 – Saturday 22 August Rillaar, Belgium (We had consciously chosen to attend only the Saturday) Review & photography by Jaak GeebelenThis coverage would not have been possible without the invaluable assistance of Ela Williamson.  ...

Gender Reveal Atomic Bomb & Bikini Beach – Down The Hill Festival, Rillaar, Belgium – 22 August 2026

  At first listen, Gender Reveal Atomic Bomb and Bikini Beach sounded surprisingly similar. Both bands draw from a raw, direct kind of rock energy, with punk as an important foundation, heavy guitars and very little interest in musical politeness. Yet their...

The Guru Guru – Down The Hill Festival, Rillaar, Belgium – 22 August 2026

  The Guru Guru was one of those bands on the Down The Hill bill that, at first glance, seemed to sit somewhat outside the traditional spectrum of progressive rock. The Belgian group is usually filed under art rock, noise rock and math rock, but during this...

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Cypecore – Make me Real

This band probably should be better known, they have a cool image and an interesting concept, almost a brand. By all accounts their live shows are something to behold. Whether I get to witness that remains to be seen, maybe not. Regardless, there is a back catalogue to investigate and possible future episodes of Cypecore to look forward to.

Dark Oath – Ages of Man

The fresh take on heavy orchestration in death metal is very exciting. They nailed an incredible sound and brought forth some fantastic melodies and epic moments.

Apogean – Cyberstrictive

This album does a great job of bringing some fresh and inventive ideas to death metal, without sacrificing any of the expected tropes of the genre.

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Leprous – Malina & Pitfalls Weekend (Feb 20-21)

After watching these 2 showss, is clear that Leprous is at their best stage form. Despite the halt in concerts worldwide, they have not really stopped playing together and have kept rocking every studio or stage they enter. Be sure to catch their next Weekend streaming for “Coal and Bilateral” albums!

Fleshgod Apocalypse - Live at Bloom Studio

Fleshgod Apocalypse – Live at Bloom Studio

We have watched a few of these online events, and I thought this was the best one so far.  At roughly 75 minutes long, there was a feeling of real quality about this one.

UK Tech-Fest at Home 2020

In these unusual times, live gigs are on hold, festivals postponed for a year, but a new alternative has emerged.

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Avandra live at ProgPower Europe 2022

Avandra from Puerto Rico brought their progmetal across the Atlantic Ocean to ProgPower Europe 2022! With special guest renowned keyboardist Vikram Shankar, The Puerto Ricans rocked the ProgPower Europe stage!

Meer live at ProgPower Europe 2022

Meer from Norway was the big surprise for many at ProgPower Europe 2022. The melodic prog rock band with 2 viola players and the sibling singers simple stunned everyone! Tears flowing from die-hard metal fans, something only Meer could do!