Ukrainian collective Waidelotte is gearing up for the release of their debut album ‘Celestial Shrine’ via Debemur Morti Productions in some weeks by sharing the title track as a second taster!
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News Posts
For the prog fans under us who somehow missed this exciting news… Wheel is back with their third studio album ‘Charismatic Leaders’ in May via InsideOutMusic and launched a first single with ‘Empire’ a while ago!
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Chinese progressive metal band OU is set to unleash their mesmerizing sound once again on their upcoming new album ‘蘇醒 II:Frailty’, out in April via InsideOutMusic and unveiled the title track as the first single with a captivating music video!
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US progressive metal outfit Exist shares first single ‘Blue Light Infinite’ from their upcoming album ‘Hijacking The Zeitgeist’, set for release in April via Prosthetic Records!
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Extreme prog merchants Voidgazer unleashed the track ‘Jesus Take The Needle’ from their upcoming debut album ‘Dance Of The Undesirables’, set for release in April via Reigning Phoenix Music!
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Finnish-Australian metal quartet The Eternal signed to Reigning Phoenix Music for the release of ‘Skinwalker’, their first new album in 6 years. Pre-save their upcoming single ‘Death Like Silence’ now!
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Finnish melancholic progressive metal outfit Lucidity released their second single ‘Threads To Follow’ from upcoming album ‘Escherian’, set for release later this year via Inverse Records!
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The doomsday clock advances with Kelevra’s progressive single ‘Cleanse With Fire’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Oneiric’ set for independent release in a couple of weeks!
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The Norwegian progsters of Vicinity shared ‘Distance’, the 2nd track from their upcoming album ‘VIII’ for prog fans to feast on. The album is set for release in a couple of weeks via Uprising Records!
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Ukrainian progressive extreme metal ensemble Waidelotte, featuring members of White Ward and Soen, unveiled with ‘The Era Of Stagnant Gods’ the first track from upcoming debut album ‘Celestial Shrine’, to be released this year via Debemur Morti Productions!
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Interviews
Because these belgian progressive metallers released a brand new album we thought it would be great to ask them some questions about it. check it out.
Check out what Johannes Andersson had to say about Tribulation’s new album Down Below here!
Check out what Johannes Andersson had to say about Tribulation’s new album Down Below here!
A short talk with Scott about Alex leaving the band, writing music and touring in Europe!
We talked with vocalist Jake about the upcoming album and how they keep getting along after 10 years!
A lovely chat at Graspop with guitarist Isaac Delahaye about their music, friends, lyrics and festival!
Gig Reports
The kickoff of the European tour of Kataklysm came in a package of some old school Canadian death metal mixed with the Swedish melodic death metal of Soilwork topped with a sauce of the progressive antics of Wilderun. Quite a lot of variation which satisfied a lot of people. Make sure you catch this tour whenever it comes to a venue near you!
After 7 long years, the Swedish prog masters Soen were back in Belgium with an exciting show at Trix in Antwerp, Belgium. Support came from the French outfit Lizzard and the Finnish heavy metallers Oceanhoarse!
Gojira took over Europe on their massive ‘Fortitude’ tour with support from up-and-comers Alien Weaponry and Employed To Serve and we caught them at their show at a sold out Jäähalli in Helsinki, Finland in front of a crowd that was absolutely hungry for some good live show!
The Mighty Meshuggah showed us that the grey foxes hasn’t lost their tricks. The godfathers of djent are still an exceptional band.
After an impressive release last year, VOLA came to our neighborhood to bring their intricate music live, with the support of Port Noir and Atlas!
Before the grounds of “The Island of Hell” was taken over by SaariHelvetti festival, we got to welcome Apocalyptica, Wheel and Cyan Kicks for an amazing night!
Green Carnation streamed a release show for ‘Leaves of Yesteryear’ and just like the album itself, it was a night of musical bliss.
Monuments came back to Finland after seven long years, so we just had to be there to enjoy the proggy metalcore greats from the UK!
Finnish melodic metal outfit Crimson Sun released their latest album ‘Fates’, What better than a release show in a dark cellar to celebrate?
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!
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The French band Aephanemer dropped by On The Rocks in Helsinki to turn the heat up and make a pretty much crammed venue go wild to their symphonic/melodic death metal tunes! Support came from locals Numento.
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!
US power metal legendary band Kamelot came, saw and conquered all of our hearts at Vanha Ylioppilastalo in Helsinki, with the help of Myrath, Eleine and League of Distortion back at the end of March!
Belgian radio channel Studio Brussel threw a big party in VIERNULVIER for their 40th birthday with only headliners: Psychonaut, STAKE and Brutus!
Leprous always stand for an exceptional live show and musical experience. Add to that Monuments and Kalandra, and we were in for a fantastic night at Helsinki’s Vanha Ylioppilastalo!
Nem Agency brought Kamelot along with Myrath, Eleine and League of Distortion back to Tampere. The show was not as crowed as maybe expected, but a lot of fun with excellent music of all 4 bands!
Wheel, Epica and Apocalyptica came together in Munich to bring a dream night for lovers of expectedly crafted music from the hand of excellent artists
Progressive metal masters Dream Theater are touring the world with their “Top of the World” tour showing they are true masters at what they do. We got to see them at 013 Poppodium in Tilburg, Netherlands with the Finnish progressive/symphonic power metallers of Arion opening!
The North-American metalcore stars Atreyu and modern metallers on the rise Jinjer warmed up for Bullet for My Valentine at Zenith in Munich, Germany!
Amorphis came to show why they are one of Finland’s favorites and with them the folk metal legends Eluveitie ripped up the stage at Jäähalli in Helsinki, right after Dark Tranquillity and Nailed To Obscurity warmed up the crowd!
