There’s always a list of things to get right in order to make good music, to have a complete “product”. But beyond all those, Scardust’s music is an experience. And just like any real life experience, it’s hard to contain it within boundaries.
This is the sort of album where one play though is not enough, each subsequent listen reveals something else. You can head bang to it, brandish an air guitar or just lie down in a darkened room and listen.
Three years ago, I was thoroughly impressed by “The Machine is burning and now everyone knows it could happen again”, so I was wondering, how are they going to surpass their strong debut. But to my pleasant surprise, they did! The machine is still burning and it brought us to the Age of Ephemerality.
Here’s hoping that it’s not another five years before we hear from these guys again. My album of the year shortlist is getting longer, and this is another band on my watch list. Their material is quite often near the soft end of my taste in music, but talent like this cannot be ignored
This is an automatic inclusion into my album of the year short list. It’s very easy to get into this material and subsequent listens doesn’t diminish the enjoyment at all.
Fractal Sun from Costa Rica join ProgPower Europe 2026 Lineup!
Newcomers Hyla from the Netherlands are the next band announced to play at ProgPower Europe for the 2026 edition!
The Progspace 10th Anniversary Show second headliner: Ihlo. The Scots will grace our stage on the 28th of November, at Cpunt, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands.
The Progspace introduces each of the 6 bands at our 10th Anniversary Show, on 28th of November, at Cpunt, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands. Starting with the main headliner, Progressive death metal masters Persefone from Andorra
The Progspace 10th Anniversary show is now even bigger! 6 bands with the addition of Feather Mountain and An Abstract Illusion! Go to the crowdfunding and grab your early-bird ticket now!
Releases of the Week 44/2025 with An Abstract Illusion, Coroner, FLIGHT CNCLLD, A Flying Fish, Mars Red Sky & Monkey 3 (Monkeys on Mars), Psychonaut, Dawnwalker, Our Oceans, Conjurer, Now I’ve Done It, Mattias IA Eklundh, Blackshape, Alta Forma, Zeitgeber, Defecto, Gazpacho, Kalandra, Remina, Anna von Hausswolff, The Orchestra (For Now), Rolo Tomassi, Bianca, Thron, Sunken & Leprous
Week 41/2025 with Raphael Weinroth-Browne, Khan, Kali, Dissona, Syrek, Gorycz, Omnivide, Squeaky Feet, Author & Punisher, Esthesis, Lychlake, Ring Van Möbius, Smalltape, Hedras, Blindfolded and Led to the Woods, Frayle, Mriodom, Thrice, Sturle Dagsland, Goat & human language
Releases of the Week 39/2025 with Royal Sorrow, Esoterica, Bakelit, Sammary, Lucenthia, Sindar, Korypheus, Revocation, Vittra, Tempus Cucumis, German García, Luo, Glass Museum, Jason Bieler & Beat
Releases of the Weke 37/2025 with Connor Kaminski, Traversus, Green Carnation, Between the Buried and Me, Cea Serin, Proghma-C, Faetooth, Pēlikel, Solshade, vianova, Hence Confetti, Tulip, Matt Miller, Anika Nilles, Glutton, Maruja, Crippling Alcoholism, Armadi Tsayn, Jo Quail, Marcela Bovio, Iamthemorning, Marjana Semkina & Gleb Kolyadin
Releases of the Week 35/2025 with Ihlo, Dialectical Materialism, Jack The Joker, Thought Chamber, Panzerpappa, Asymmetric Universe, Nicolas Meier Infinity Group, In Mourning, Visitant, Farseer, Old Machines, Blackbriar, Vanitas, Kallias, Spire of Lazarus & Rioghan
Cyprus-based prog metal band Joakem is ready to release ‘Origins’, the first single from the band’s upcoming second album
Greek Prog Metal band Hypostasis offers a glimpse into the ‘Mirror’ with the second single leading up to their debut album “Birth of a Mask”.
Chicago progressive trio Aziola Cry presents their fourth album, "Dysphoria Ritual", nearing release on 7D Media, the label founded by former King Crimson member Trey Gunn. Aziola Cry is an instrumental progressive rock trio featuring Warr guitarist Jason Blake,...
Brighton/London based UK Math/Prog Rockers Poly-Math premiere their fifth album Something Deeply Hidden exclusively here at The Progspace!
Exile born Post Proggers with Venezuelan roots Changing Places In The Fire share debut single The Fury and the Sound
Keyboard Wizard Jordan Rudess talks about his new solo album “Permission to Fly”, influences, “that set-list job” and more
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...
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...
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 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!
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...
Leprous Live at Backstage Munich, November 09, 2025
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