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!
Albums
Latest
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.
Wintersun – Time II
The music becomes a vehicle for imaginative escapism, taking the listener into a both sensory and symbolic trance, which, despite its otherworldly aesthetics, becomes brutally and viscerally real by the time the album is over.
The Progspace Presents
Latest
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
PROG METAL MANIA FESTIVAL announces day splits
PROG METAL MANIA online: Website | Instagram | Facebook | Linktree Offering an exciting mix of established greats as well as emerging, young bands, Prog Metal Mania Festival is making its event debut on May 2nd and 3rd in Munich, Germany at the world-famous Backstage,...
THE ANCHORET returns to Montreal, next band announced for Progstorm Festival 2025!
THE ANCHORET returns to Montreal, next band announced for Progstorm Festival 2025!
Releases of the Week
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
7 highlights, 80 more releases: that’s the release week around May 10
Releases of the Week 19/2024 with syk, El Moono, Oathswan, AÝAR, Progosaurus, The Tangent & Cynic
Premieres
The Wring arrive in their 4th round with brand new album Nemesis
Canadian prog trio The Wring returns with new line-up and “Nemesis”, their 4th full length offering.
Enma premiere new single Obsidian ahead of their ProgPower Europe performance
Dutch grunge proggers Enma are back with brand new single “Obsidian”, right in time for their highly anticipated appearance at ProgPower Europe 2024.
Manuel Barbará presents new EP “Whisper in a Storm”
Manuel Barbará presents adventurous, Blade Runner inspired new EP “Whisper in a Storm” feat. Jake Howsam Lowe (Plini) & more…
Forever in Transit premiere new album A Coming To Terms
US based progressive metal quartet Forever in Transit presents an exclusive advance stream of their second album, “A Coming to Terms”.
Denver’s NightWraith presents video for newest single Perpetual Night
NightWraith injects black metal into melodic death with progressive new single ‘Perpetual Night’ from upcoming album “Divergence”.
Interviews
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.
Matterhorn: on the upcoming album, and the bleakness of the human condition
Recently The Progspace was lucky enough to sit down for a nice talk with Tommy Sebastian Halseth, Edvin Matthieson and Rune Eriksen of up and coming band Matterhorn. Where we discussed the recording process, the formation of the band, and the bleakness of humanity.
Concert Reviews
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!
Pelagic Fest goes to Maastricht for 15th label anniversary
Berlin post metal specialists Pelagic Records celebrates its 15th anniversary at Pelagic Fest 2024 with a stacked line-up at Muziekgieterij in Maastricht (NL) featuring The Ocean, Ihsahn, And So I Watch You From Afar, Psychonaut & more…
A final farewell: The last Night of the Prog
Festival Preview: The final edition of Night of the Prog (Loreley, Germany)
Live review: Pendragon in Ittre, Belgium on 20 May 2024
Live review: Pendragon playing in Ittre, Belgium on 20 May 2024, support: Rog Patterson
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