Norwegian progressive metal visionaries RAM-ZET have revealed ‘Zerocane’, the first sonic and visual statement from their long-awaited return album ‘Sapien’, out in March via ViciSolum Productions!
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News Posts
Alternative prog quartet Holosoil shared their new single ‘Spirals’ with a stunning music video, a track which will be part of their upcoming debut EP, set for release in April via InsideOutMusic!
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Genre-defying guitarist and innovator Tim Henson released ‘Original Sin’, his debut solo track, out with Rise Records!
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Finnish prog outfit Canvas Of Silence unveils their new vocalist Aino Vuorenmaa with the new official video for ‘The Great Unknown’, a new version of the track that was featured on last year’s released debut album ‘As The World Tree Fell’, out with Rockshots Records!
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Finnish progressive outfit Frozen Factory shared their new single ‘The Nothing I Want More’, a track from their highly anticipated upcoming album ‘Apocalypse Inc.’, set for release in January 2026 via their recently signed new label Wormholedeath!
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A couple of friends of the site are bringing something quite new to Finland with Ankea Festival, to take place next summer in Tampere, giving a space for music that isn’t as much represented at festivals overall with a focus on alternative rock and progressive metal! The first dozen of names confirmed is already pretty impressive with Ihsahn, God Is An Astronaut, Oranssi Pazuzu, Kaelan Mikla, Green Carnation, Circle, A.A. Williams, Bruce Soord, Earthside, Ihlo, Vermilia and Virta!
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The galaxy’s favorite metal band Galactic Empire announced their new album ‘Cinemetal’ for release in October via Pure Noise Records and shared the single ‘Superman’!
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Green Carnation is setting sail on an epic voyage with ‘The Shores of Melancholia’, the start of the first part of their ‘A Dark Poem’ trilogy, set for release in September via Season of Mist, and share a first taste with the single ‘In Your Paradise’!
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Prog titans Dream Theater released new song and video ‘Midnight Messiah’ about 2 weeks ahead of the official release of their new album ‘Parasomnia’, out via Inside Out Music/Sony Music!
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The prog rockers of Velocranes shared the official video for their single ‘Afterlife Pt. 2’ from their album ‘What If I Die’! Fans of Porcupine Tree, Riverside and Pain of Salvation might want to check this out!
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Photo Reports
By now, the Leprous European Tour 2025 came to an end… Luckily we got to attend one of their last shows of this tour at Trix in Antwerp! And with the support of the Nordic folk rock magicians of Gåte and Finnish promises Royal Sorrow, it was a great night for lovers of exceptional music!
Ne Obliviscaris and Persefone on tour in Europe, supported by openers Asymmetric Universe, providing us with an evening of the finest progressive metal out there! We caught them at their stop in Belgium, at Trix in Antwerp!
Soen with support of the bands LizZard and Oceanhoarse brought some metal magic to the stage of Backstage Munich. A simply perfect heavy metal night!
Danish prog outfit VOLA came to a stage nearby to play their new music and brought along their friends of Port Noir and Atlas!
Igorrr is on tour in Europe and the USA. We were there on their show in Lille, France.
Pictures of one of the 30th anniversary shows by Amorphis, a great trip back into time with one of Finland’s top bands!
The pictures of the first day of SaariHelvetti, one of the only festivals in Finland during the summer of 2020! Check it out!
Finally! The Belgian lock down period is over and little by little we’re able to attend gigs again. be it small ones, but it’s something… My first show sure was something though!
Pictures of a proggy night in Helsinki with Monuments, Heart of a Coward and I Built The Sky! Check it out!
Opeth came to amaze us in Helsinki with a progressive show that had heaps of atmosphere and chill vibes. Not a bad way to spend your Wednesday night! See the pics here!
Album Reviews
Katatonia’s thirteenth album ‘Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State’ picks up where ‘Sky Void of Stars’ left off after the departure of Anders Nyström and sounds both very familiar with a few gems and a curveball tucked away at the end . Out on Napalm records.
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Italy’s prog death metal quartet Bedsore paints an obscure and mystical tapestry in the sophomore album “Dreaming the Strife for Love”. The music delves deeper into the dark spectrum of prog rock and death metal. Out now via 20 Buck Spin since November 29.
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Out of this world musicianship, a journey through musical subgenres delivered with a groovy sauce on top of it. Parrhesia of Animals As Leaders has it all.
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Pure Voivod, that is what ‘Syncro Anarchy’ is all about. Dark, wacky songs. This sonic monster takes you on an unusual ride.
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After last year’s impressive fictional compilation album “Killection”, Lordi is back with an even more mind-blowing release as they unleash a back catalogue of 7 albums with “Lordiversity”!
Great rock by the talented guys from Beyond The Labyrinth, both seated in history and contemporary sounds!
With Vengeance, Twelve Foot Ninja continues to build on their path to becoming one of the more crazy hard-to-define bands within the metal genre.
With seemingly effortless vocal transitions and musicianship that surprises at every turn, Jinjer is back with the new heavy album “Wallflowers”!
Liquid Tension Experiment 3 delivers once again what they are known for. Super music food for the more nerdy musical progressive lovers out there.
Rise Radiant is the Caligula’s Horse sound pushed to its extremes: at once its most ferocious and its most touching, its most expansive and its most condensed, its most poetic and its most vicious. A mist have for the prog rockers deep inside of us.
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