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With their second album, Danish metal band Danefae have dished up a fusion of progressive metal and traditional Nordic musical traditions. In short, it’s progressive metal with Danish lyrics. The album has a title of “Trøst” which translates as Solace and the songs are personal stories inspired by folk legends.
Distant’s latest release is pretty much what you’d expect from a down-tempo deathcore album, but it does it more interestingly than the norm.
“Hush” displays a lot of compositional variety, and offers a strong throwback to prog metal classics while also keeping a unique sound and mixing in unexpected elements.
Their sound is exploring the grey area between modern technical death metal and deathcore, and they’re also throwing in hints of djent and black metal, just to make the concoction of extremity as wild as it gets.
Power metal isn’t exactly my go-to genre. But something clicked for me when I was watching the video to ‘War Hearts’ and all of a sudden, instead of coming across as “power metal”, I felt like I was just witnessing some brilliant songwriting.
Intricate yet emotional, progressive death with elements of jazz. Introspection, philosophical but grounded. Exist to bring all that and more to ProgStorm Festival 2026!
Bringing Sci Fi to the Canadian Progmetal space, Fractal Sun from Costa Rica is the second band confirmed at ProgStorm Festival 2026!
After a successful first edition, ProgStorm Festival is back! Aug 21-23, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. Straight from Sweden, An Abstract Illusion is the first band confirmed!
Sister May is the 5th band announced to play ProgPower Europe 2026.
Quantum from Sweden is the 4th band announced for ProgPower Europe 2026!
Releases of the Week 36/2024 with Jordan Rudess, A Swarm of the Sun, Echotide, God is an Astronaut, Anubis, Pure Reason Revolution, Voidchaser & Oneironaut
Releases of the Week 34 & 35/2024 with Meer, Aquae Furtivae, Kingcrow, Leprous, Tigran Hamasyan, Bent Knee, Paralydium, Antichambre, Anciients, Moonloop, Amiensus, Nile, Sur Austru, Norna, Dawn Treader, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Anna Pest, Föhn, Anchor and Burden, Decadence Dust, Tusmørke, delving, Lone Cairn, Zeal & Ardor, Johan Niemann & Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks
Releases of the Week 33/2024 with The Aphelion, Framing Skeletons, The War Yaks, Ritual, Vile Rites, The Mantle, Vanitas, Capermote, i Häxa, Echoes and Signals, Turning Virtue, Utopianisti, Cime & IONS
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
Swiss Post Prog phenomenon NevBorn reveal epic Greek mythology inspired new single Knossos leading up to new album Alkaios · Part II · The Peacock slated for release late March.
International prog collective Fomalhaut premieres new single Hourglass I, combining Prog Metal & Chinese ethnic music with a tribute to jazz legend Chick Corea.
Take a cinematic climb over The Mountain with new video from The Mourning
Canadian Prog collective Lunar share new lyric video for Weakening Winter Touch ahead of new album Tempora Mutantur!
Italian Djent brigade Riptides premieres explosive video for brand new single Scars.
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 !
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!
Interview with Ashe O’Hara (Voices from the Fuselage)
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.
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.
Soulsplitter live at Prog Metal Mania in Munich! 3rd May 2025
John Macaluso live at Prog Metal Mania in Munich! 3rd May 2025
Disillusion live at Prog Metal Mania in Munich! 2nd May 2025
Obsidious live at Prog Metal Mania in Munich! 2nd May 2025
F.K.Ü. live at Prog Metal Mania in Munich! 2nd May 2025
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Ions live at ProgPower Europe 2024
Ursa opening Sunday at ProgPower Europe 2024
Sadist second Saturday Headliner at ProgPower Europe 2024
Madder Mortem, first headliner on Saturday at ProgPower Europe 2024
Apotheus live at ProgPower Europe 2024
Terra from Italy bringing tribal flair, worldmusic sounds to ProgPower Europe 2024
No Terror In The Bang electrifying show at ProgPower Europe 2024
Dutch proggrers Enma opening the Saturday lineup at ProgPower Europe 2024
Pure Reason Revolution closing friday show at ProgPower Europe 2024
Brazilian Progmetal masters Maestrick had the honor to open ProgPower Europe 2024!
ProgPower Europe 2024 started with the PreParty with A Kew’s Tag!
Arena’s 30th Anniversary Tour lit up Zik-Zak with a powerful retrospective of three decades of progressive rock. With Damian Wilson at the helm, the band delivered not just music, but an unforgettable connection with the audience.
