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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.
“With Legacy, Ihlo have taken a bold step into the upper echelons of modern progressive metal. Legacy is not just an album, but an emotional journey through bleak atmospheres, soaring melodies and unsettlingly relevant themes of control, consumerism and decay. Echoes of well known bands may resonate, but Ihlo’s voice is unmistakably their own: dramatic, immersive and deeply human.”
entirely instrumental. Taking up almost 20% of the album it is the most varied and pleasing track for me.
This is a band I haven’t come across before, but I’m glad I have now. I’m going to investigate their other albums because I feel that I might have missed out. It will be interesting to see what comes next because they have a penchant for telling stories in detail both lyrically and musically.
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!
THE PROGSPACE 10th ANNIVERSARY SHOW is here!!!
Sweden’s PreHistoric Animals are coming back to ProgPower Europe for the 2026 edition!
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
Releases of the Week 32/2025 with A.C.T, Cobalt Wave, Discipline, Centuries of Decay, Sallow Moth, MALARIII, Technologist, Moths, Harrison/Johnston, Josh Debreceni, Challenger Deep, FearTheBear, Obvurt, Car Bomb, Kayo Dot & Anchor and Burden
Releases of the Week 30/2025 with Phantom Spell, Agropelter, prdr, Grayceon, Storchi, Gus Hurteau, Haxprocess, Hypomanic Daydream, Effuse, Brutta, Abigail Williams, Ba’al, Hemelbestormer, Big Iron, Cryptodira, Olivia & Costin Chioreanu
Releases of the Week 28/2025 with Leonov, Thrailkill, Impureza, Philosophobia, Floating, Calva Louise, Monochromatic Black, Whispers of Granite, Ben Levin, Oceanica, We Lost The Sea, Thumos, Markus Reuter & Stephan Thelen, Nular, Steve Hackett & The Ocean
Exile born Post Proggers with Venezuelan roots Changing Places In The Fire share debut single The Fury and the Sound
Canadian Avantgarde Prog Metal quartet Maitreya premieres epic new single Utopian Plague, exploring the paradox of technological progress.
Danish Prog Metal Quintet Advocacy shares The Tide, the second single on the road towards their second album.
International Avantgarde Prog specialists Seventh Station present new video for “Faust Cantata”, their take on Alfred Schnittke’s haunting work.
French Melancholic Art Proggers Esthesis present a brand new live session of “Out of Step”, the title track of their latest studio album.
Fresh after the release of TEMIC’s highly anticipated debut album, Terror Management Theory, and as an exciting new chapter is opening up for the incredible group of musicians behind this groundbreaking project, we have an in-depth chat with co-founder, keyboardist, and sound designer Diego Tejeida about what TEMIC is, what it isn’t, and how it came to grace our music listening platforms with a sound that is nothing short of astounding.
The Progspace got to sit down with Rivers of Nihil’s vocalist and bassist Adam Biggs to discuss the latest developments in the band.
With the solo album “Tulpa” coming out his latest endeavor, bassist Linus Klausenitzer (Alkaloid, Ex-Obscura, Obsidious) talks about his musical upbringing, past and present bands, and life as a working bassist.
More than eight months since the release of Riverside’s newest album, “ID.Entity” and in the midst of their ongoing near-global tour, we grab the chance to sit down with the band’s mastermind and frontman Mariusz Duda for a wonderfully insightful chat, right before their electric performance in Bucharest.
While visiting Istanbul to catch the second-to-last show on Soen’s mesmerizing “Atlantis” orchestra-backed tour, we seize the opportunity to catch up with frontman Joel Ekelöf right as the band’s latest record, “Memorial”, has been released to the public.
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...
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