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Picking my favourite tracks was difficult because there isn’t a bad one amongst them. Influences are inevitable and sometimes obvious here and there but that doesn’t diminish the fact that this is a great album.
Easy to digest without compromising on the rich, diverse taste. And the fact that the public ate it up proves the hunger for authenticity in our current culture…
This is essentially half an album’s worth, and I am really hoping that there is much more to come. I’m also hoping I get to see the band again someday. These five tracks will keep me satisfied for a while, but I have a hunger for more from this excellent band.
Norway has produced many excellent prog bands, and I see no reason why this group shouldn’t join that list.
I find the diverse unpredictability of the material appeals to me a lot, despite the shortness of the tracks. These 10 songs are predominately melodic but with an aggressive edge.
Playgrounded joins ProgPower Europe 2026 already awesome lineup!
The Progspace 10th Anniversary Show introducing The Aurora Project from The Netherlands. The sextet is one of the most consistent dutch progressive outfits on the scene. We’re proud to have them on our stage on the 28th of November, at Cpunt, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands.
The Progspace 10th Anniversary Show introducing Soulsplitter from Germany. The quintet is a force to be reckoned with. We’re proud to have them on our stage on the 28th of November, at Cpunt, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands.
The Progspace 10th Anniversary Show introducing Feather Mountain from Denmark. We can’t wait to see them presenting their latest album “A Liminal Step” on our stage on the 28th of November, at Cpunt, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands.
Changeling embarks on their first EU tour, Tour? What Tour? alongside Obsidian Tide and local guests!
Releases of the Week 13/2026 with Only Human, THOUGHTS, Chonky Dogg, Ram-Zet, Gutvoid, Dystopia, Angell, Star Of Ash, Narayan, Johan Niemann, Lili Refrain, Trion, Finely Tuned Elephant, Gaerea, Flea & Maromaro
Releases of the Week 11/2026 with Our Oceans, Major Parkinson, Monosphere, Nordic Giants, Angerer, Soft Machine, Gong, Last Scene Alive, Jack Gardiner, Black Idol, Miserere Luminis, Xenobiotic, Lesotho, Vikram Shankar, Orna, Blending Borders, Floating Nest, Coffret de Bijoux, Rosa Faenskap, Feversea & Pymlico
Releases of the Week 09/2026 with Worm, Tigran Hamasyan, Karnivool, Wolverine, Laughing Stock, Echoes and Signals, Primaluce, Kabasse, Phendrana, Abstracted, Thistle Sifter, Archive, Cryptic Shift, Ingrina, Mount Palatine, Predatory Void, German García, Manuel Barbará, The Scien7ist, Divided by Design & Kalandra
Releases of the Month Januar 2026 with The Hirsch Effekt, Zu, HamaSaari, Cold Night for Alligators, Textures, Enshine, Frore 5 Four, Yoni the Bassist, Sloen, Widek, Karambolage, Ascend the Helix, Juodvarnis, Alkaloid, Kostas Sampanis & IOTUNN
Releases of the Week 52/2025 with Lychgate, Fleshvessel, Void Paradigm, Sidian, Sinnarch, Sun Of The Suns, JRNY-X, L.O.E. & Raj Santos
Canadian instrumental trio Big Space wants you to Check Upstairs! New single leading up to sophomore album The Pendulum Effect out now!
Brazilian Post/Prog Metal quintet Loneshore unveil powerful and pensive new single To Stride the Black Earth leading up to sophomore album Nothing Left to Deconstruct
Jake Rosenberg’s experimental collective Double Mute watches Ducks in a Row headed by Davidavi Dolev’s impressive stunt vocals!
Colorado progressive metal outfit Entropist has officially announced their debut full‑length album, “The Vision” with the release of their first single, “Creation”.
Hungarian drummer Oliver Zisko shares Fake 5, the first single from his upcoming solo album PLAN[e]T-based
From rebellious high school jokes to a powerful debut album, Unhallowed Deliverance blends technical death metal with raw storytelling, unflinching themes, and an unstoppable passion for the genre.
Today, we had the pleasure to ask some questions to a Danish 6-piece progressive rock band Isbjörg, who is about to release their sophomore album “Falter, Endure”. We discussed how the band came to be, and what to expect from the new album. You have released...
The Progspace sits with Entheos’s Chaney Crabb on their latest EP “An End to Everything”, their origins as a band and her roots as an artist.
On the eve of his debut solo album “Road to I” release, Obsidian Tide’s Oz Avneya talks about his musical origins and destinations.
Pulterkammer Progressiv Musikkfestival is a Norwegian festival dedicated to the Scandinavian Prog Rock scene. Organized by members of the acclaimed norwegian band MEER and Hamar Theater, it will be held on 20-21 September in Hamar, Norway. Read our interview to know more about this young festival!
Some bands need an hour to work their way through ten or twelve songs. Temple Fang needed only three. At Down The Hill, their set consisted of “Harvest Angel”, “The River” and “Flood” – three long-form compositions that felt far less like separate songs than one...
Naxatras – Between Cosmic Precision and Free Psychedelia Naxatras are one of those bands whose evolution becomes perhaps even clearer on stage than on record. Anyone who mainly knows them from their early, sprawling psychedelic jams might be surprised by how far their...
Atomic Rooster – A Past That Can Still Move Forward There are bands whose past becomes so significant that it eventually threatens to overshadow their present. With Atomic Rooster, that danger is certainly there. Formed in 1969 around keyboardist Vincent Crane, with...
Sometimes a festival introduces you to a band you already expected to enjoy, only for the live experience to reveal just how much depth and character there really is in the music. Needlepoint was exactly that kind of band for me. Their set at Down The Hill became one...
Ozric Tentacles at Down The Hill – The Eternal Wheel Keeps Turning Down The Hill is not the kind of festival you simply stumble upon by chance. The 2026 edition was sold out and brought roughly a thousand visitors together down the hill. Anyone still hoping to buy a...
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Amarok – A New Face of Polish Progressive Rock Midsummer Prog Festival – Maastricht Anyone who had been immersed in Quidam’s melancholic symphonic progressive rock the previous day was treated to a very different perspective on Polish progressive music on Sunday....
As a concert photographer, I always hope to capture an image that stays with me. A photograph that does not simply disappear into an archive but earns a permanent place among my favourites. That happened during Night of the Prog 2017, when I took a photograph of...
BEAT – Not a Museum Piece, but a Living Machine King Crimson has never been one fixed memory for me. I saw the later incarnation with three drummers in Antwerp: an impressive, almost ceremonial machine in which the repertoire unfolded as a broad musical landscape. I...
After URSA had opened the second day of Midsummer Prog with an energetic dose of modern progressive metal, the atmosphere shifted dramatically. Dublin's Overhead, The Albatross approached intensity from a completely different angle. Rather than relying on technical...
OK Goodnight – From a Promising Discovery to One of Progressive Music's Most Exciting Young Bands Midsummer Prog Festival – Maastricht (NL) One of the great strengths of Midsummer Prog is that it doesn't merely celebrate the history of progressive music; it also...
Some albums stand the test of time. Others become defining milestones that shape an entire musical genre. Queensrÿche's Operation: Mindcrime unquestionably belongs to the latter category. When the concept album was released in 1988, it proved that heavy metal could be...
Some concerts are experienced with your ears. Others are experienced just as much through your memories. Quidam’s performance at Midsummer Prog undoubtedly belonged to the latter category. My history with the band goes back almost twenty years. Ever since its release...
Einar Solberg – Cinematic Progressive Rock Between Introspection and Intensity Following Quidam's melodic brand of neo-progressive rock, Midsummer Prog Festival took a striking stylistic turn. Einar Solberg did not arrive with a conventional progressive metal band,...
Airbag – melancholy, atmosphere and controlled intensity at 013 Next Summary In a well-filled 013 Next, Airbag delivered an intensely atmospheric performance built around melancholy, slow-burning tension and musical refinement. Following a strong opening set by Lesoir...
Lesoir reveals renewed power in a packed 013 Next As support act for Airbag, Lesoir was given roughly forty minutes on stage in a packed 013 Next, but that proved more than enough to leave a remarkably strong impression. The band from Maastricht presented itself in...
The Gathering – Mandylion 30th Anniversary Tour Rockhal, Esch-sur-Alzette Summary Thirty years after the release of Mandylion, The Gathering proved in a nearly sold-out Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette why the band still holds such a unique place within the European...
Overhead, Live at On the Rocks Helsinki | 06 May 2026
