God Is An Astronaut released second single ‘Embers’, the title track of their upcoming album, set for release in September via Napalm Records!
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News Posts
Proggers Kingcrow unveiled their upcoming new album ‘Hopium’ to be set for release in August via Season of Mist and shared a first single with ‘Kintsugi’!
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Progressive rock sensation Shumaun is gearing up to release their fourth album ‘Opposing Mirrors’ at the end of June, and shared a drum playthrough by guest drummer Marco Minnemann from The Aristocrats of the songe ‘Some Memories…’!
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Finnish outfit Octoploid, bassist Olli-Pekka “Oppu” Laine’s latest new project shared the single & video for ‘The Dawns In Nothingness’, the opening track of upcoming album ‘Beyond The Aeons’, set for release in July via Reigning Phoenix Music!
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Leprous is finally entering a new chapter, and announced their upcoming new album ‘Melodies Of Atonement’ to be released in August via InsideOut Music and following North American tour with Monuments and Fight The Fight!
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Australian dual bass prog trio The Omnific announced their new album ‘The Law Of Augmenting Returns’ to be released in June via Wild Thing Records and shared the new single ‘Base Camp’!
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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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The by Amorphis’ bassist Olli-Pekka newly formed outfit Octoploid is set to release their debut album ‘Beyond The Aeons’ in July via Reigning Phoenix Music! Pre-save their upcoming single set for release in April now!
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Electro-prog duo Zombi return with their new album ‘Direct Inject’ in March, released via Relapse Records and shared a first track with ‘The Post-Atomic Horror’!
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Scottish progressive post-rock trio Midas Fall debuted their new single ‘Monsters’, a track from their upcoming 5th album ‘Cold Waves Divide Us’, set for release in March via Monotreme Records!
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Photo Reports
Music lovers were transported into a trance during King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s psychedelic rock adventure at Vorst Nationaal in Brussels. The Australian band, notorious for their energetic live shows and experimental sounds, took the audience on a whirlwind tour of genres, from garage rock to metal and funk. Support came from their countrymates of Grace Cummings.
Pictures of the first night of Fall Fest 2023 with Blackwater Holylight and Iron Jinn!
Pictures of Bloodred Hourglass, I Am Morbid, Leprous and Emperor performing on one of the outdoor stages at Hellsinki Metal Festival!
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!
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
A mix and explosion of different sounds from post-metal and post-rock to hardcore and sludge and everything in between, presented by Heriot, Holy Fawn and Rolo Tomassi at Feierwerk in Munich, Germany!
Pictures of an exciting first day of Hellsinki Metal Horizons 2022 with Oddland, Vulture Industries, Manticora, Humanity’s Last Breath, MyGrain and SHINING!
Second edition of Prognosis festival in Eindhoven, The Netherlands finally could take place and we were there! Check out the pictures!
Pictures of an amazing night of quality Finnish music with Apocalyptica, Wheel and Cyan Kicks on the Viikinsaari island in Tampere!
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!
Interviews
Back in 2023, when Leprous was last in Helsinki, we met up with Simen from Leprous to have a fun chat about touring, his highlights when being on tour and supporting your local live and cultural scene!
Since they’re playing in Finland again this coming week, we wanted to share this fun little bit from our archives, so enjoy and don’t miss out on their shows!
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A chat with the Finnish progressive outfit Wheel about their upcoming sophomore full-length ‘Resident Human’!
The video of the talk we had with Wheel about their quick rise in 2019, some of their highlights of the year and what they think of the new Tool album…
Nick DiSalvo of Elder about their music: “Maybe it’s just the way I see it, but I feel the music world is still very compartmentalized. You can’t really go out and say “I’m in a rock band””
