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21 Highlights? First half of March delivers as much as the whole of February!

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

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Canadian Avantgarde Prog Metal quartet Maitreya premieres epic new single Utopian Plague

Canadian Avantgarde Prog Metal quartet Maitreya premieres epic new single Utopian Plague, exploring the paradox of technological progress.

Amaranthe – Arcane Dimensions Tour @ COS Torwar, Warsaw (17.03.2026)

AmarantheHybrid metal and maximum impact After the atmospheric opening set by Charlotte Wessels, the evening at COS Torwar effortlessly shifts into a higher gear. As part of the Arcane Dimensions Tour, Amaranthe take the second slot on the bill — a position that suits...

Epica – Arcane Dimensions Tour @ COS Torwar, Warsaw (17.03.2026)

Epica – Arcane Dimensions Tour @ COS Torwar, Warsaw Epica’s performance at COS Torwar in Warsaw marked the closing chapter of an evening that was opened by Charlotte Wessels and Amaranthe — two sets that are covered separately elsewhere on this website. Some bands you...

Charlotte Wessels – Arcane Dimensions Tour @ COS Torwar, Warsaw (17.03.2026)

Charlotte Wessels – Arcane Dimensions Tour @ COS Torwar, Warsaw (17.03.2026) The Arcane Dimensions Tour brings together three distinct faces of modern metal. At Warsaw’s COS Torwar arena, Epica and Amaranthe lead the bill, while Charlotte Wessels takes on the role of...

Terravia – A New World

Norway has produced many excellent prog bands, and I see no reason why this group shouldn’t join that list.

Albums

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For I Am King – Crown

This album manages to build some massive momentum and tons of energy as well as compositional and expressive variety!

Mask of Prospero – Hiraeth

This album has been three years in the making but is well worth the wait. I hope we don’t have to wait another three years for the next release, because this is another great Greek story.

Riverside – ID.Entity

Riverside from Poland have been around for over 20 years. Although they are not a household name, they are known and respected by many. They describe their music as “too heavy for art-rock and too delicate for progressive metal.” So, they have stamped out their own...

The Progspace Presents

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Progcast 095: Plini

Australian guitar innovator Plini talks about his second full-length album “Impulse Voices” and more on Episode 095 of the Progcast.

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Progcast 093: Jonas Renkse (Katatonia)

Katatonia velvet voice Jonas Renkse called to talk about the band’s 12th studio album “City Burials” that was released earlier this year, as well as about their brand new live-in-studio album “Dead Air”. All of that and more, only on Episode 083 of the Progcast. The...

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Progcast 092: Eugene Abdukhanov (Jinjer)

Bass monster Eugene Abdukhanov from Ukrainian sensation Jinjer returns for this episode of the Progcast to tell us about their recent September shows in Germany and Switzerland, their ongoing quest of honoring each song from their latest studio album "Macro" with an...

Releases of the Week

Premieres

Methodica premieres new video!

The Progspace is proud to present the brand new video and single release by the Italian Progrmetallers of Methodica.  ‘A Trick’ dwells with rich atmospheres, odd signatures and a progression of melodies delivering a real progmetal banger! 

svynx – Live at Euroblast (Exclusive Video Premiere)

2019 was a busy year for Cologne based trio svynx, with a definitive highlight being the performance opening the Ignite Night of this year's Euroblast Festival in their hometown. One year after their debut EP "Énouement", their motto is still the same: having fun...

Ascend the Hollow – Swarms Within (Exclusive Video Premiere)

ack in June, our very own Sander wrote in his review about "Echoes of Existence", the debut album of  Ascend the Hollow: »Their various influences have come together to form a solid cyber-tech metal debut. (...) "Echoes of Existence" raises some...

Interviews

Concert Reviews

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Epica – Arcane Dimensions Tour @ COS Torwar, Warsaw (17.03.2026)

Epica – Arcane Dimensions Tour @ COS Torwar, Warsaw Epica’s performance at COS Torwar in Warsaw marked the closing chapter of an evening that was opened by Charlotte Wessels and Amaranthe — two sets that are covered separately elsewhere on this website. Some bands...

SPACE Quartet in Tienen – Progressive Spirit, Pure Improvisation

At first glance, SPACE Quartet might not seem like an obvious feature for an international progressive rock platform. A Belgian improvisation collective built around an electric sitar does not fit neatly into the conventional prog canon. Yet that is precisely why...