News Posts

Finland’s celebrated Von Hertzen Brothers announced a new European run for 2025 in support of their recently released album ‘In Murmuration’!

Finnish progressive heavy psychedelic rockers Craneium signed with Majestic Mountain Records for their upcoming releases and shared the new single/video ‘Empty Palaces’ to celebrate!

Tremonti releases cinematic music video for the album opener ‘The Mother, The Earth And I’ from the upcoming new album ‘The End Will Show Us How’, set for release early 2025 via Napalm Records and available for pre-order now!

Season of Mist announces that HELGA is set to enchant with an ethereal performance at the ‘Rising Metal Talent Showcase’ during the International Festival Forum in London this year!

Swedish prog titans Opeth will be releasing their 14th studio album ‘The Last Will & Testament’ on October 11th via Reigning Phoenix Music and just shared a second offering from the record with “§3”!

HevyDevy fans rejoice! Devin Townsend announced his new studio album ‘PowerNerd’ to be released via InsideOutMusic in October and unveiled a hilarious music video for the title track!

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’!

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…’!

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!

Album Reviews

The fourteenth studio album “The Last Will and Testament” from the Swedish masters of progressive metal Opeth captures engaging dynamic riffs with dark keyboards texture. Out via Reigning Phoenix Music since November 22nd.

With their message of hope in their conceptual debut album ‘What Lies Ahead Of Us’, the Brazilians of Pentral offers a a nice groovy progessive rock metal experience.

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.

With Virus, Haken created once again a very enjoyable progressive album with a conceptually link to Vector.

Wheel brings you a sound that is very much inspired by Tool, but with a great personality and great songwriting skills!

Riverside’s Wasteland is a must have for all progressive rock/metal fans who are into more emotional raw sounding songs , think of Pink Floyd and Porcupine Tree. Wasteland will take you by the throat , check them out !!!

Toundra is back with another token of progressive post-rock creativity. A must for fans of Ohgod and Russian Circles… But mostly of Toundra!

With Malina , Norwegian progrockers Leprous delivers once again an outstanding piece of fine complex progressive music

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 the 2024 edition of Desert Hel, with Heezer, Orbiter, Polymoon, Kaire; IRSE! and Messa!

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

Pictures of an exciting first day of Hellsinki Metal Horizons 2022 with Oddland, Vulture Industries, Manticora, Humanity’s Last Breath, MyGrain and SHINING!

Katatonia

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!