Devil’s Reef – The Droste Observer
This album is all over the place in terms of technicality, complexity, genre mashups and weird song structures but despite that, it is quite engaging.
Albums
Latest
Lycania – My Kingdom Come
If you too want to get rid of all that cheap supermarket symphonic metal and nourish your ears with some healthy organic goodies, then I strongly recommend Lycania’s debut record.
Temic – Terror Management Theory
Albums that impress me this much are rare but not unknown. This debut by Temic is outstanding and I have felt honoured to have had the chance to express my views on it. My appetite is well and truly whetted, and I am now hungry for more, so I hope that won’t be too long coming.
Sangdragon – Hierophant
There is a huge amount of diversity across this brace of albums and that makes for an interesting and enjoyable experience.
Earthside – Let the Truth Speak
With “Let the Truth Speak”, US progressive rockers Earthside set a new bar in the production and composition, creating a very diverse and unique record.
The Progspace Presents
Latest
Final band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 2023: Earthside!
The final band announced for this years superb lineup for ProgPower Europe 2023 is Earthside! The americans are highly regarded in the prog community and we can’t wait to see them live at the Sjiwa stage!
Welcome Hackberry as the 13th band at ProgPower Europe 2023!
The 13th band at ProgPower Europe 2023 is Hackberry from the Netherlands! An instrumental mix of stoner, metal, prog and psychedelic rock. The traditional choice to the open Saturday shows!
The 12th band to play at ProgPower Europe 2023 is Dordeduh
12th band to play at ProgPower Europe 2023 is Romanian band Dordeduh. Mixing diverse elements of Black Metal, Folk, Electronic and Progressive sounds, we’re sure this is a band that will surprise many!
Naryan present heartfelt new song “A Place Where Even Angels Lose Faith”
Finnish septet Naryan present lyric video to heartfelt new song “A Place Where Even Angels Lose Faith”, where melancholy and prog combine
11th band at ProgPower Europe 2023 announced: WILDERUN
11th band announced to play at ProgPower Europe 2023 is Wilderun! After being announced for the festival in 2020 and then moved to 2021 but also cancelled due to the pandemic, finally the Americans will grace us with their epic symphonic progressive folk metal in Baarlo with a Dutch exclusive show!
Releases of the Week
November 2022 closes with another strong and diverse release week
Releases of the Week 47/2022 with Alexandra Zerner, David Maxim Micic, Verbal Delirium, Nehl Aëlin, In The Woods… & Morgan Reid
Grab yourself a warm blanket and listen to those 8 highlights!
Releases of the Week 46/2022 with Dirt Poor Robins, Poly-Math, Retrospective, Avandra, Astrosaur, Soen, Antimatter & Tallah
7 Highlights, 40 more Releases: 11/11/2022 is stacked!
Releases of the Week 45/2022 with Seventh Station, Onségen Ensemble, Ashbreather, Constellation, Glaston, Jambinai & Martin Gonzalez
Canada, France & Germany kick off November 2022 with a blast!
Releases of the Week 44/2022 with Reigan-Do, Disillusion, Cydemind, Osyron, Devin Townsend & Kauan
9 diverse highlights, 50 releases overall: October 2022 ends with a bang!
Releases of the Week 43/2022 with Axiom, Behind Closed Doors, Enma, Galahad, Psychonaut, Obsidious, Anna Pest & Colin MacAndrew, Worm, Ricky Patel
Premieres
Soulsplitter exclusively premiere video for Disconnected
Watch the exclusive video premiere for german prog prodigies Soulsplitter’s brand new single, ‘Disconnected’!
Framing Skeletons premiere lyric video for The Progression
Framing Skeletons premiere their new lyric video for II. The Progression exclusively here on The Progspace.
Messora exclusively premiere new single Forever As I Beg
Canadian progressive death metal trio Messora present their epic new single ‘Forever as I Beg’ exclusively here on The Progspace one day ahead of its general digital release.
Varius premiere lyric video for Lament of Dissonance
Varius are a Canadian band inspired by a diversity of heavy music. Their powerful sound features an experimental fusion of aggressive guitar and vocals along with deep rhythms and exotic atmospheres. Unable to be defined by a single genre, Varius’ take on heavy music...
Rage of Light premiere new video for ‘2.0’
Swiss based trance metal shooting stars Rage of Light premiere their brand new single 2.0 one day ahead of the release of their sophomore album “Redemption”.
Concert Reviews
MidSummer Prog Festival, Valkenburg, NL, June 23rd 2018
On Saturday 23rd of June, we headed to Valkenburg Openlucht Amphitheater in South Holland for the second edition of MidSummer Prog Festival. With a capacity of 850, the two editions of this festival have been sold out. Not much surprise when you consider the great...
Persefone, Oddland & Defecto Tour Review
Persefone are one of the best live bands out there these days. Their unique combination of mind-blowing complexity, a sheer abundance of energy and power mixed with melodies from outer space and some philosophical spirituality is highly contagious.
Poem, Damnations Day and White Walls Tour Review
Poem has the professionalism, stage presence, talent, and songwriting skills of a much bigger act, and I can only hope that festival organizers and the progressive community will give them the attention they deserve in the future. On the way out of the venue there were a lot of smiling faces and happy audience members, all in all, a night to remember.
Blind Ego & Lesoir in Freising, February 25 2018
Postponed or not - Blind Ego playing their hometown of Freising always promises to be a special party. After the original tour dates had to be cancelled due to a severe case of laryngitis of singer Scott Balaban, they were quite lucky to be able to reschedule most of...
Orphaned Land in Arnhem, February 24 2018
On a cold winter day in the Netherlands, Orphaned Land could not have wished for a better start of their “Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs” tour: In Arnhem’s small Willemeen club, they were welcomed by a frenetic audience - for the first time an Orphaned Land show...
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