Tag: progressive metal
REVIEW: Soen – Imperial
Swedish progressive metal band SOEN are releasing their newest opus, “Imperial,” on January 29, 2021, via Silver Lining Music. SOEN is one of those...
REVIEW: Phantom Elite – Titanium
After a wonderful debut in 2017 with “Wasteland” and landing a multi-album deal with Frontiers Music in 2019, PHANTOM ELITE are getting ready to...
Finnish progressive metal act Keoma release new single, “Mirror Symmetry.”
Finnish progressive metal act KEOMA have released their new single titled “Mirror Symmetry.” The track is the third single off their upcoming new record. The single...
My Quarantine Albums
Despite being an awful year with restrictions, quarantines, cancellations, and all types of health care regulations that have deeply affected the touring schedule of...
REVIEW: Onsegén Ensemble – Fear
It is not an everyday occurrence that a genuinely unique prog-oddity from the far north of Finland manages to challenge the weirdness factor of...
REVIEW: Pyramaze – Epitaph
There’s a common saying that bands have to prove themselves with their third release, to see whether they’ll find their place in the music...
FEATURED SINGLE: Simulacrum – Nothing Remains
Fans of prog and power metal may already know the name SIMULACRUM, while fans of Finnish pianists/keyboardists may be familiar with Christian "Chrism" Pulkkinen....
REVIEW: Jinjer – Alive in Melbourne
Anno Domini 2020 will be remembered as the year that pressed pause on the live music scene. But before everything came to a halt,...
Finnish progressive metal group Keoma release new single, “Haven in the...
Finnish progressive metal act KEOMA have released their new single titled "Haven in the Abyss." The track is their second single in 2020 and...
Interview with Jinjer — “We were starving for concerts.”
Progressive metal act JINJER was one of the last bands to be on tour before the pandemic shut down most countries around the globe...
REVIEW: Antipope – Apostle of Infinite Joy
With a name like ANTIPOPE, you'd expect maybe something like BEHEMOTH – blasphemous black-metal ripping holy books to shreds either literally on stage or,...
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...