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From exuberant to depressive, from delicate to brutal: 20 Highlights for the first part of June!

Releases of the Week 23/2026 with Ok Goodnight, A.A. Williams, Artificial Silence, Sleeping Pulse, Artificial Astronaut, Tonnen von Hall, Oliver Zisko, Demichron, SLIFT, Smallman, Big Space, Dissentient, Maneating Orchid, Xenosis, Fires In The Distance, Gandalf’s Fist, Oh Hiroshima, Mono, Voivod & Ayreon

ProgPower Europe 2026 kicks off massively with Heavy Hoempa at the PreParty at The Chapel – Kasteel DeBerckt!

ProgPower Europe 2026 kicks off on Oct. 1st with Heavy Hoempa at The Chapel (Kasteel De Berckt)! Fully Unplugged EARPLUGS NOT OPTIONAL!

Green Carnation – A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex

The band have set themselves a very high bar to maintain. What will they take on next? Whatever it is, I’m sure it won’t be a disappointment. We wait with great expectations.

Down The Hill Festival 2026 – Saturday 22 August

Down The Hill Festival 2026 – Saturday 22 August Rillaar, Belgium (We had consciously chosen to attend only the Saturday) Review & photography by Jaak GeebelenThis coverage would not have been possible without the invaluable assistance of Ela Williamson.  ...

Gender Reveal Atomic Bomb & Bikini Beach – Down The Hill Festival, Rillaar, Belgium – 22 August 2026

  At first listen, Gender Reveal Atomic Bomb and Bikini Beach sounded surprisingly similar. Both bands draw from a raw, direct kind of rock energy, with punk as an important foundation, heavy guitars and very little interest in musical politeness. Yet their...

The Guru Guru – Down The Hill Festival, Rillaar, Belgium – 22 August 2026

  The Guru Guru was one of those bands on the Down The Hill bill that, at first glance, seemed to sit somewhat outside the traditional spectrum of progressive rock. The Belgian group is usually filed under art rock, noise rock and math rock, but during this...

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Connor Kaminski & KEYAN – Kinetic

These three tracks are a great introduction to this talented pair but after a few plays it’s not enough. I find myself wanting more, and hopefully it won’t be too long before more arrives.

Edensong - Our Road To Dust

Edensong – Our Road to Dust

This band has been around for over 20 years and there have been multiple band members come and go. So, with just 3 albums and 1 EP during that time, I’m not expecting anything else from them anytime soon. This latest album will have to do for now, and that’s just fine by me.

Empyrean Sanctum – Detachment from Reality

I have no doubt that this album will be popular given enough exposure/publicity. Which of course is what we at the Progspace strive to do, especially for these relatively unknown bands. There is plenty of creativity, resulting in a mixture of styles from progressive metal to funk and much more, with a generous sprinkle of modern metal.

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Fractal Universe – The Great Filters

“The Great Filters” is a great exploration of a question that has been inspiring astronomers, physicians, philosophers and conspiracy theorists alike. The album dives well into the matter, both lyrically and sonically.

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Releases of the Week

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16 Highlights from the first half of April 2025

Releases of the Weeks 04 & 11 April 2025 with: Fractal Universe, Messa, Benthos, Intrascendence, Tómarúm, Samtar, Sons of Ra, In The Woods…, Cytotoxin, Limbo, Flummox, Soliloquium, rýr, Snooze, Blood Abscission & Angell

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25 highlights in an intense second half of March

Releases of the Weeks 21 & 28 March 2025 with Ipomonia, Dissocia, Tiberius, Deafheaven, Within Fractals, NevBorn, Derev, O.R.k., The Orchestra (For Now), Calyces, Nospūn, Fracktura, Sarmat, Imperial Triumphant, Yelena Eckemoff, IQ, The Split, Spellling, Photon Flux, Pravitas, Alien Weaponry, Sometime in February, Sykofant, Black yet Full of Stars & Johan Niemann

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The first half of March 2025 brought us 17 Highlights!

Releases of the Week 12/2025 with Sadist, Dawn of Ouroboros, Voidchaser, Karfagen, Karmakanic, Myriad Drone, Smiqra, Dessiderium, Midnight Jazz Club, Flame Drop, Ciconia, Ursa, Hanging Garden, Lights of Skadi, Tiktaalika, Deathless Legacy & Lacrimosa

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36 highlights for the month of February: certainly a new record!

Releases of the Month February 2025 with Primrose Path, Everon, Seventh Station, Rioghan, Dim Gray, Paul Sadler, Gleb Kolyadin, The Aurora Project, Pothamus, Shepherds of Cassini, Unreqvited, Xavernah, Maxime Even, Liquid Bear, Jason Bieler And The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra, Across Oceans, German García, Naxatras, Astreyane, Gilmore Trail feat. Jo Quail, One Hundred Thousand, Jinjer, Retromorphosis, Celestial Scourge, Decline of the I, Apocalypse Orchestra, Ereb Altor, Saor, Maud the Moth, KOLLAP\SE, Dominic Sanderson, Dropbear Lodge, Cammie Beverly, Dobber Beverly, Håbrand & Mitochondrial Sun

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A massive start to the Release Year 2025!

Releases of the Month January 2025 with Danefae, Jonathan Hultén, Bumblefoot, Ckraft, Obscure Sphinx, Avatarium, The Eternal Journey Project, Lunar, Subterranean Lava Dragon, The Great Old Ones, Beriedir, Hologram Earth, Vertex, The Obsidian Resurrection, A.M.E.N., Mirar, Tonnen von Hall, Jacob Roberge, Camahueto, Children of the Sün, Medusian, Sleepbomb, Riverside, Nicolas de Renty, Zéro Absolu

Premieres

Interviews

Zeal & Ardor’s Manuel Gagneux on Mike Patton and Finding Nemo

Last month the self-titled third album by Zeal & Ardor saw the light of day. This musical tour de force combines black metal, delta blues, industrial and Motown soul to wuthering heights. Reason enough to have a friendly chat with Manuel Gagneux, the sole creative...

Q&A with Arjen Lucassen

Arjen Lucassen welcomed us to his home via webcams and we had a lovely conversation with the dutch hippie about his new album as Ayreon: “Transitus”. Love, horror and betrayals instead of Sci-Fi, finding Tom Baker (legendary “Dr. Who”) as the narrator and Mike Mills taking over his heart… all this and more on this new Q&A here in The Progspace!

Q&A with Rendezvous Point

Q&A with Rendezvous Point

The Progspace had a fun chat with Rendezvous Point fresh off from the stage at PROGPOWER EUROPE 2019 in Baarlo, The Netherlands. Watch the full interview right here! 

Q&A with PreHistoric Animals

Q&A with PreHistoric Animals

Q&A with PreHistoric Animals! What a band! We had an awesome time chatting with the guys of the Swedish band PreHistoric Animals at ProgPower Europe 2019

Concert Reviews

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Summer Breeze Open Air 2025

A full review of a Mainstream Metal Festival, here on The Progspace you might ask? Well, sparked by the idea of one of our new photographers who joined our team this year, Giacomo Astorri, I felt inspired to return to Summer Breeze, six years after my last visit there...

Soen @ Midsummer Prog Festival 2025 – day 2 (May 24)

Soen @ Midsummer Progfestival 2025 – A Finale of Power and Charisma Swedish band Soen had the honor of closing the Midsummer Prog Festival on Saturday night and they proved that you don’t need to stick to pure prog to leave a lasting impact. Their music strikes a...

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IQ @ Prog Dreams – Boerderij (Zoetermeer, 23.08.2025)

IQ closed this year’s Prog Dreams Festival at De Boerderij with a set that balanced theatrical flair and musical consistency. Performing their 2009 album Frequency in full alongside highlights from their catalogue, the British prog veterans combined atmospheric soundscapes with carefully crafted visuals and Peter Nicholls’ signature stage presence. While the show didn’t bring many surprises, it reaffirmed IQ’s reputation as a reliable and enduring force in progressive rock, warmly received by a devoted audience in their familiar Dutch stronghold.

Neal Morse & the Resonance + The Flower Kings @ 013 Tilburg (NL)

Neal Morse & the Resonance + The Flower Kings Across Europe 2025 – Tilburg 013Two worlds, one universe of prog Jaak Geebelen - with thanks to Ela Williamson for her help with the review. When Neal Morse and The Flower Kings share the stage, it feels as if two...

Haunt the Woods at Midsummer Prog Festival 2025 – day 2 (May 24)

Haunt The Woods – Intimate and Intense Above the Crowd Halfway through the second day of the festival while  rain was pouring down on the roof, the performance by Haunt The Woods offered a welcome indoor break. Instead of a traditional stage, the four band members...

Heath @ Midsummer Prog Festival – day 2 (May 24)

From Birdie to Whipping Post: Heath Light the Fire at Midsummer The second day of the Midsummer Prog Festival 2025 kicked off with a performance by Heath, a five-piece psychedelic rock band from The Hague. Founded in 2022, the band consists of Mees Vullings (vocals,...

Wheel @ Midsummer Prog Festival 2025 – day 2 (May 24)

Wheel @ Midsummer Prog Festival 2025 – Dark Beauty Beneath a Rainy Sky On day two of the Midsummer Prog Festival 2025, Finnish prog-metal outfit Wheel took the stage following the abruptly cut-short performance by Sylvan. Unfortunately, their set was accompanied by...

Alex Henry Foster @ Midsummer Prog Festival- day 2 (May 24)

Alex Henry Foster – Trance and Intensity at Midsummer Prog During the second day of the Midsummer Prog Festival, Alex Henry Foster delivered one of the most intense and emotionally stirring performances of the weekend. Over the course of just four expansive tracks,...

Weather Systems @ Midsummer Prog Festival 2025 – day 2 (May 24)

Weather Systems Between Past and Future at Midsummer Prog On the second day of the Midsummer Prog Festival, Weather Systems, the new band led by Anathema founder Daniel Cavanagh, delivered a performance steeped in melancholy, memory and new beginnings. Though...