Of course, just because Pure Reason Revolution have figured out the art of tight songwriting and heavy riffs, it’s not as if they’re about to abandon that time-honored neo-prog tradition of floaty, ...

Cold, dark damp surrounds you. Trying to move your body, you’re met with resistance no matter the direction. Disoriented. Thump. Vibrations ripple all around you, through you, each accompanied by a ...

The title of Agonanist’s second full-length record, The Spirit of Gravity, sent me into a spiraling book-report-due-at-midnight scramble to explain what the hell the Spirit of Gravity actually is.

Mystery is baked throughout, from the opening woodwind on “Molho Agridoce Psicadélico” that sounds like an Armenian duduk to the closing seconds of “Pérolas e Ouro” where fado-style guitar abruptly ...

A well-received debut is surely a wonderful feeling, but it leaves a band with a lot to lose. Having put your best foot forward, there’s always a risk of stumbling on the follow-up. ‘Sophomore slump’ ...

Artwork by: NAPAN studio (concept & art direction), Chris Kasimidis (3D modeling and design), Kostas Konstantinidis (flag design), Panagiotis Tsalavrettas (graphic design) Style: Progressive metal, ...

Many are the tales of the tortured creative, and the attached belief by some that an artist can only create (good) art when given over to unfortunate circumstances or vices. My own views on the matter ...

Plenty of albums that shaped my taste fall into this category, some of the earlier, more universal ones being The Number of the Beast and Rust in Peace, followed by Death ’s Symbolic and Opeth ’s ...

Some bands resonate so strongly in the progressive underground that it’s shocking they’re still down here with us. For years, Subway darlings SUBMASQ (formerly known as Subterranean Masquerade) have ...

Ah, the year 1993. Seinfeld was in its prime, the internet had hardly reached the public, CDs had just begun to outsell cassettes, yours truly was sporting a diaper, and Swiss metal legends Coroner ...

Beyond the standard meat, potatoes, and cheese of their chosen genre, however, Jupiter are notable in that they pack in a good deal more trad-metal muscle than usual—indeed, well more than they ever ...

I feel like the live album exists in an odd space within the progressive metal scene. The majority of bands seem to take the opportunity to show off how tight they are, how much stamina they have, or ...