Vola – Friend of a Phantom
Anyone who’s familiar with the band’s previous work should know what to expect. They’re loyal to their sound and not exactly reinventing themselves with this album.
Albums
Latest
Gaerea – Coma
When done right, I feel like black metal can evoke some abstract and unspecified emotions of a primal nature, and that’s probably the strongest takeaway from Gaerea’s latest album!
Mother of Millions – Magna Mater
“Magna Mater” is a very immersive and atmospheric album, but that does not mean it’s not heavy. Rather, all the heavy riff elements have a different purpose than you’d expect.
Charlotte Wessels – The Obsession
I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Charlotte has like 3 masters and a PhD in the aesthetics of emotional vulnerability.
Atomic Guava – Beach Episode
What bands like Atomic Guava have taught me is that a hook is best served with technical complexities on the side.
The Progspace Presents
Latest
ProgStorm Festival Expands: An Extra Day of Prog Metal storming Canada!
ProgStorm Festival Expands: An Extra Day of Prog Metal storming Canada! The overwhelming positive reception to the first progmetal festival in Canada made the organizers add an extra day!
Montreal prog icons KARCIUS will headline ProgStorm Festival 2025
Canada’s premier progmetal band and local icons Karcius will headline Montreal’s ProgStorm Festival!
Omnivide to bring progressive death metal fury to ProgStorm Festival
Omnivide to bring progressive death metal fury to ProgStorm Festival
ASHBREATHER to bring progressive sludge onslaught to ProgStorm Festival 2025
ASHBREATHER to bring progressive sludge onslaught to ProgStorm Festival 2025
IMMINENT SONIC DESTRUCTION to unleash progressive super metal at ProgStorm Festival 2025
IMMINENT SONIC DESTRUCTION to unleash progressive super metal at ProgStorm Festival 2025
Releases of the Week
The end of June and the whole month of July bore a couple of excellent releases you shouldn’t miss!
Releases of the Weeks: 28 June & 05/12/19/26 July 2024 with Kaipa, Aeons, Hail Spirit Noir, Ethos, Atavistia, AxamentA, Three Dead Fingers, Ever Forthright, Antoine Fafard & Gavin Harrison, Million Moons, Manes, Paeon, Octoploid, Piah Mater, Violence System, Thrailkill, ZaKrahe, Pijn, State Faults, Circle of Sighs, Sylvan,& Twelve Foot Ninja
How about some mesmerizing, Scandinavian Prog during Midsummer?
A broad summary of May’s last and June’s first release week
Releases of the Week 22 and 23/2024 with !Gerald!, Hippotraktor, Richard Henshall, Barock Project, The Omnific, Marjana Semkina, Laughing Stock, Shrapnel, Sykofant & Mountainscape
10 more highlights out of 68 releases overall: week 21/2024!
Releases of the Week 21/2024 with Azure, Reegonetti Band, Karfagen, Lamentari, Vale of Pnath, Defects, Toehider, Across Oceans & Ice Sealed Eyes & Maudits
16 highlights out of 55 releases in total: Week 20/2024 delivered big time!
Releases of the Week 20/2024 with PreHistoric Animals, Öz Ürügülü, i Häxa, Vitskär Süden, Lucidity, Shokran, Intervals, Sithu Aye, Soften the Glare, Parabellum, Olim, Pallbearer, Matrass, Inner Landscape, Jinjer & Ayreon
Premieres
Lunar premiere second single Weakening Winter Touch
Canadian Prog collective Lunar share new lyric video for Weakening Winter Touch ahead of new album Tempora Mutantur!
Italian Djent brigade premieres video for Scars
Italian Djent brigade Riptides premieres explosive video for brand new single Scars.
Atomic Guava premieres the new EP “Beach Episode”
Atomic Guava premieres the new EP “Beach Episode”. Exclusive here at The Progspace!
Haarp premiere a somewhat jazzy Percussive Maintenance
Austrian Jazz Fusion Trio Haarp is ready to reveal ‘Percussive Maintenance’, putting a feeling we probably all know too well to music.
Omnerod present crushing re-interpretation of epic Panspermia
Belgian progressive death metal prodigies Omnerod present crushing re-interpretation of epic Panspermia for the 10th anniversary of their debut album Ivory Dunes
Interviews
Behind the scenes: Interview with sound engineer Ronnie Young
At The Progspace, we look behind the scenes and talk to technicians like Ronnie Young, sound engineer for Animals as Leaders, TesseracT and Plini. What Plini said about Ronnie : ” At this point, having Ronnie at front of house is as important to our live show as the musicians on stage. You could be the greatest band in the world, but without a front of house engineer that understands your music and how it should be presented to the audience sonically, the effect can be anything from underwhelming to disastrous. ” Click here to read more about him !
Behind the scenes of Prog: Interviewing digital artist Wayne Joyner
Take a sneak peek behind the scenes of our most loved bands ! We at The Progspace are interviewing the talented artists who allow the bands we love to sound and look so good. We will explore different fields (sound, light, management, technician, promotion …) in a series of interviews over this year. Wayne Joyner, digital artist / light and visual wizard opens this series. Enjoy!
Voices from the Fuselage – Interview with Ashe O’Hara
Interview with Ashe O’Hara (Voices from the Fuselage)
Julien Deyres talks about Gorod’s new album ÆTHRA
We were lucky to have a nice chat with frontman Julien Deyres from French progressive/technical death metal band Gorod and discuss the process behind their upcoming album “ÆTHRA”, from concept to recording and mixing, as well as a few words about their upcoming European tour with Beyond Creation, Entheos and Brought By Pain.
Manes: on death and rebirth.
Interview with Manes: on death and rebirth. Rune and Pauline sat down with Eivind Fjøseide, Torstein Parelius and contributing Chilean vocalist Ana Carolina Ojeda and had a long talk about the album, live shows, working as collective and much more. Read ahead for an insight on the process of this norwegian collective. /Rune & Pauline.
Concert Reviews
Pure Reason Revolution closing friday show at ProgPower Europe 2024
Pure Reason Revolution closing friday show at ProgPower Europe 2024
Maestrick opening show at ProgPower Europe 2024
Brazilian Progmetal masters Maestrick had the honor to open ProgPower Europe 2024!
ProgPower Europe 2024 – PreParty with A Kew’s Tag!
ProgPower Europe 2024 started with the PreParty with A Kew’s Tag!
The 17th and final edition of the Night of the Prog Festival.
The final edition of the legendary Progressive Festival Night of the Prog was a success! With a wide range of progressive rock styles, the festival said goodbye to the Loreley Amphitheater with a bang! Read the complete review by our collaborator Jaak Geebelen and be sure to check the galleries of each of the 3 days of the festival!.
Ino-Rock Festival 2024: Two Days of Rock with a Focus on the Scandinavian Music Scene
Ino-Rock Festival 2024: 2 amazing days full of progressive rock and prog folk with Paatos, The Amazing, Gazpacho, Eivør, Łysa Góra, Antimatter, Sivert Høyem, Michał Łapaj and Ray Wilson. Don’t miss the photo galleries!
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