Gaerea – Coma
When done right, I feel like black metal can evoke some abstract and unspecified emotions of a primal nature, and that’s probably the strongest takeaway from Gaerea’s latest album!
Albums
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Mother of Millions – Magna Mater
“Magna Mater” is a very immersive and atmospheric album, but that does not mean it’s not heavy. Rather, all the heavy riff elements have a different purpose than you’d expect.
Charlotte Wessels – The Obsession
I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Charlotte has like 3 masters and a PhD in the aesthetics of emotional vulnerability.
Atomic Guava – Beach Episode
What bands like Atomic Guava have taught me is that a hook is best served with technical complexities on the side.
Wintersun – Time II
The music becomes a vehicle for imaginative escapism, taking the listener into a both sensory and symbolic trance, which, despite its otherworldly aesthetics, becomes brutally and viscerally real by the time the album is over.
The Progspace Presents
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Elegy is the 5th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary edition!
Legendary dutch progmetal band Elegy is the 5th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary edition!
Voidchaser is the 4th 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!
KYROS is the 3rd band to play at ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary!
We’re thrilled to announce that Kyros will be performing for the first time at the 25th Anniversary of ProgPower Europe!
THRESHOLD is the second band and first headliner announced for PROGPOWER EUROPE 25th Anniversary!
We’re beyond excited to share that Threshold will be headlining ProgPower Europe 2025, marking the festival’s 25th anniversary.
PROGPOWER EUROPE 25th Anniversary! First band announced!
Nospūn is the first band announced for the 25th Anniversary edition of PROGPOWER EUROPE!
What's Hot?!
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Best of What’s Hot?! – March 2021
This is our monthly Best of What’s Hot?! YouTube Playlist, highlighting the best music videos of the previous month.
Releases of the Week – 05 March 2021
Every Friday: Releases of the Week series 2021! Subscribe now to our rotating playlist to keep up to date with all the newest Prog Releases!
Best of What’s Hot?! – February 2021
This is our monthly Best of What’s Hot?! YouTube Playlist, highlighting the best music videos of the previous month.
Releases of the Week – 26 February 2021
Every Friday: Releases of the Week series 2021! Subscribe now to our rotating playlist to keep up to date with all the newest Prog Releases!
Releases of the Week – 19 February 2021
Every Friday: Releases of the Week series 2021! Subscribe now to our rotating playlist to keep up to date with all the newest Prog Releases!
Releases of the Week
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16 highlights this week, as diverse as they come: Release Week 41/2024
Releases of the Week 41/2024 with Laudare, Oranssi Pazuzu, Andy Gillion, Kozoria, Maitreya, Neacal, Oddleaf, Ad Infinitum, envy, Unethical Dogma, Fixation, No Oath, Sandveiss, Cemetery Skyline, Lucid Haze (Solar Fields/Krister Linder) & Ihlo
Perhaps our most brutal week yet: October started with 4 extreme prog gems and more
Releases of the Week 40/2024 with Mother of Millions, Lowen, Blood Incantation, Devenial Verdict, Cosmic Putrefaction, Krosis, Chain Code, Geordie Greep & Somne
September closes with a huge blast!
Releases of the Week 39/2024 with Delta, Sungazer, Aksarven, The Last Cell, Ascend the Helix, Interloper, Cyborg Octopus, Gladiolus, The Wring, Frant1c, Weather Systems, Ingurgitating Oblivion, The Black Dahlia Murder, Infirmum, Invernoir & High Parasite
10 Highlights, 62 Releases in total: that’s the Release Week 38/2024
Releases of the Week 38/2024 with Haven of Echoes, Avneya, Crimson Veil, Giant Walker, Atheris, At Night I Fly, Dilemma, Lesoir, Dreamless Veil & Deathless Void
Release week of September 13 came along hot, blowing away the first autumn chill
Releases of the Week 37/2024 with Ubiquity, Oceans of Slumber, Kalandra, Consider the Source, Manuel Barbará, Forever in Transit, Sunder, Timeless Fairytale, Firtan, Helevorn, Tony Levin & Nightwraith
Interviews
Keyboard Wizard Jordan Rudess talks about his new solo album “Permission to Fly”, influences, “that set-list job” and more
Keyboard Wizard Jordan Rudess talks about his new solo album “Permission to Fly”, influences, “that set-list job” and more
Interview with The Hirsch Effekt’s Nils Wittrock
Always pushing boundaries of their eclectic genre fusion, The Hirsch Effekt‘s founding members Nils Wittrock (vocals, guitar) and Ilja John Lappin (vocals, bass) had met at Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media in 2008 to form the band, with 6 EPs and 6 full...
Interview with Exist’s Max Phelps and Alex Weber: Hijacking the Zeitgeist today
Hailing out of Baltimore, USA, Progressive Metal outfit Exist is looking back at a track record of three full-length albums across a 14 year career. On the eve of the release of their latest album “Hijacking the Zeitgeist”, Max Phelps (guitars and vocals) and Alex...
Interview with Ihsahn: “I always kind of stay with one foot in the safe zone and with one foot in chaos”
Ihsahn talks about his newest, self-titled masterpiece, the challenges of producing a Metal and an Orchestral version simultaneously and how he managed to preserve his excitement and enthusiasm by always raising the bar and fighting back imposter syndrome in the process.
ROKK – The streaming revolution! Interview with Alex Landenburg
ROKK is coming to revolutionize the music streaming business! We checked in with one of the main forces behind it, Alex Landenburg, to find out more. Read the full interview now!
Premieres
Haarp premiere a somewhat jazzy Percussive Maintenance
Austrian Jazz Fusion Trio Haarp is ready to reveal ‘Percussive Maintenance’, putting a feeling we probably all know too well to music.
Omnerod present crushing re-interpretation of epic Panspermia
Belgian progressive death metal prodigies Omnerod present crushing re-interpretation of epic Panspermia for the 10th anniversary of their debut album Ivory Dunes
The Wring arrive in their 4th round with brand new album Nemesis
Canadian prog trio The Wring returns with new line-up and “Nemesis”, their 4th full length offering.
Enma premiere new single Obsidian ahead of their ProgPower Europe performance
Dutch grunge proggers Enma are back with brand new single “Obsidian”, right in time for their highly anticipated appearance at ProgPower Europe 2024.
Manuel Barbará presents new EP “Whisper in a Storm”
Manuel Barbará presents adventurous, Blade Runner inspired new EP “Whisper in a Storm” feat. Jake Howsam Lowe (Plini) & more…
Concert Reviews
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Hamburg Prog Night. 23 February 2024. MarX, Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg Prog Night took place in MarX, Hamburg, as part of Yuval Ron Trio’s tour in Germany with support from local bands Ignes Nova and Civic Soma.
Midsummer Prog. 23 – 24 June 2023. Valkenburg Open Air Theater, The Netherlands
Midsummer Prog Festival 2023 was an event not to be missed and The Progspace was there. We thorougly enjoyed the fine selection of bands, offering excellent shows in one of the most beautiful venues in The Netherlands: Valkenburg Open Air Theater with Riverside, Haken, Frost, Airbag, Meer, Kingcrow, Von Hertzen Brothers, The Dear Hunter, Cobra the Impaler and The Windmill
Ayreon: 01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves. 15-17 September 2023. Tilburg, The Netherlands
During the third week of September, the Dutch city of Tilburg became Ayreon city. It welcomed around 15,000 guests from over 60 countries, all there to enjoy “Ayreon 01011001 Live Beneath the Waves”. The Progspace was there! Some of our team members experienced it from the camping grounds to the main events. Here you will find a recount from the different members of our team who witnessed the massive event on different places and days.
Diablo Swing Orchestra live in Quantic (Bucharest, Romania) – September 15th, 2023
Diablo Swing Orchestra is one of the absolute best musical acts I’ve witnessed, ever. This includes all of my favorite bands, groups and artists of legendary renown I’ve had the honor of experiencing live, essentially anyone I’ve ever seen performing any kind of music on any kind of stage.
Haugaland Prog & Rock Festival 2023
A relatively unknown festival, but a classic one in the prolific Norwegian Progressive Rock Scene, Haugaland Prog & Rock Festival 2022 – in Haugesund, Norway, with only 6 bands but with the caliber of Meer, Gösta Berlings Saga, Seven Impale among others surprised us and made a mark in our proggy hearts. Read on to discover how this small festival captivated us and left its mark in our progressive rock and metal journey!
Progtalks
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Not a math rock band: Poly-Math are exploring the broad church of Prog on Zenith!
Joe Branton, bassist and designated mic-duty guy of London/Brighton instrumental proggers Poly-Math talks standard Fripp tuning, the very broad church of prog and of course “Zenith”, Poly-Math’s brand new album, out Nov. 18 on Nice Weather For Airstrikes!
Adding more vibrant colors to your life: the musical schizophrenia of Apeiron Bound
Andrew Stout, initiator, composer and guitarist of schizo prog metal upstarts Apeiron Bound talks about their debut album “Multiplicity”, crazy music video shoots and upcoming plans.
Seventh Station attempt to Heal the Unhealed and metal up Shostakovich in the process
The artistic core trio of international prog metal band Seventh Station, Dmitri Alperovich, Eren Başbuğ & Davidavi Dolev called from their respective corners of the world to tell us everything about their second album, “Heal the Unhealed”.
Violin prog metal from Montreal: Canadian genre-benders give in to “The Descent”
Violinist Olivier Allard of Canadian genre-benders Cydemind talks about composing instrumental music, making the classical influence interesting in a metal context and of course their new sophomore album, “The Descent”.
“We really enjoy good pop music and we really hate bad pop music”: Major Parkinson go 80s!
5/7 of Major Parkinson called in from Bergen and Oslo respectively to talk about the creation of “Valesa – Chapter I: Velvet Prison” (with hints to Chapters II and III), good and bad pop music and upcoming live plans.
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