Tag: progressive metal
REVIEW: Defecto – Duality
When I discovered the band DEFECTO four years ago, I was very impressed by the energy in their music and their technical skills. “Excluded”...
REVIEW: White Walls – Grandeur
Romania may not be the most metal country in the world, but there are still many bands that play variations of this type of...
Interview with White Walls — “We feel like this is the...
With the release of their new album, “Grandeur,” which comes after a few long years of radio silence, the time has come to catch...
Delving into Ayreon’s “Transitus”: an essay.
Can love transcend space and time? Can it go beyond the concepts of right or wrong? Can it be above society’s standards of what...
REVIEW: Black Fate – Ithaca
Greek melodic progressive power metal outfit BLACK FATE have been around since the early 1990s but have released only three full-length albums and a...
Finnish metal band External releases new single
Finnish progressive metal collective EXTERNAL has released a new single, "Against The Wind.”
This is the second single from the band’s upcoming EP, "Stillness,” and a...
REVIEW: Obsidian Kingdom – Meat Machine
OBSIDIAN KINGDOM is a progressive metal outfit hailing from Barcelona, Spain. Their previous release, “A Year With No Summer” (were they predicting 2020?), dates...
REVIEW: The Ocean – Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic
In 2018, the multi-national collective of post-metal eccentrics, THE OCEAN, released the first half of a sprawling palaeontology concept album, ”Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic.” It...
REVIEW: Ayreon – Transitus
Arjen Anthony Lucassen has been very busy in the last couple of years: the "Ayreon Universe" shows and a festival appearance, the anniversary shows...
Finnish External bends genres on their futuristic new single “Inertia.”
Finnish progressive metal collective EXTERNAL have released a new single, "Inertia." It’s the follow-up to their previous single “Distant” (mixed by Asger Mygind of VOLA), released last...
REVIEW: Cult of Lilith – Mara
Sounding like the illegitimate bastard of Italy’s FLASHGOD APOCALYPSE and America’s THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, Icelandic death metal band CULT OF LILITH will surely...
REVIEW: Pyramid Theorem – Beyond the Exosphere
The musical journey of Canadian progmetal act PYRAMID THEOREM started around 2007, in a basement full of RUSH memorabilia. Connected by the passion for...
Interview with Oceans of Slumber — “As the songs came to...
After the release of "The Banished Heart," OCEANS OF SLUMBER tackled a drastic change in lineup. With fresh members, the band worked and came...
REVIEW: Manticora – To Live To Kill To Live
Two years after their acclaimed release “To Kill To Live To Kill,” Danish prog/thrash/power metallers MANTICORA come back with “To Live To Kill To...
REVIEW: Oceans of Slumber – Oceans of Slumber
Nothing is more powerful than a band naming an album after themselves. In the case of the American progressive metal act OCEANS OF SLUMBER,...
Interview with Humavoid — “Our band is driven by curiosity.”
On 21 August 2020, HUMAVOID is releasing their debut album, "Lidless." We met up with vocalist/keytarist Suvimarja Halmetoja and guitarist Niko Kalliojärvi to talk...
REVIEW: Black Crown Initiate – Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape (Musicalypse...
One of the most beautiful things about progressive metal is simply how many forms it can take, from a sound that verges on rock...
REVIEW: Humavoid – Lidless
While Finland is mostly known for its variety of melodic death metal acts, new winds are on the horizon. An example of that is...
FEATURED SINGLE: Keoma – Gaia
Finnish progressive metal band KEOMA has recently released a new single, “Gaia.” This song serves a double purpose – to get fans excited about...
Progressive metal act Keoma release new single “Gaia.”
Deriving inspiration from the mysteries of the universe and from unknown worlds, KEOMA releases their long-awaited new single "Gaia" on 17 July 2020. Their new lead...