The Latest and Greatest in the Progressive Music Scene
Thy Catafalque (or Thy Catflap in very specific and limited circles), the brainchild of Hungarian musical prodigy Tamás Kátai and an increasing cast of friends and lovers has set upon the world another particularly bespoke...
If you’ve listened to metal for more than five seconds, you’re at least fleetingly aware of the name Devin Townsend. The man, the myth, the legend, has had one of the most storied careers in...
Swallow the Sun have long been a shining beacon of high-intensity gloom among the dirging, droning ranks of death-doom metal bands, but never so literally as with their latest record Shining – the ninth in their extensive...
Oranssi Pazuzu, man. The name might evoke in you, as it does me, images of The Lion King’s famous parrot, but they certainly don’t parrot any other band here. This is the Finnish stalwarts’...
A combination of scarcity and quality means that each new Frost* album feels like an event in the progressive scene, even for listeners like myself who are familiar with the band’s work but are...
The disbandment of a group can be a tough pill to swallow, especially if their time is short-lived. Such is the case with black midi. Hailing from London, they put out three incredible albums...
Sylosis have gone from strength to strength since their return in 2019. Last year’s A Sign of Things to Come was a rare example of a band delivering on the promise of their heaviest...
I’m a bit of an odd one when it comes to music – sometimes I like to be challenged and have my face ripped off, sometimes I like to be carried blissfully and calmly...
In 2021, the prog scene witnessed a relative rarity. An actually new breakthrough act that came in the form of Norwegian octet Meer. They’ve been on the minds of many prog rock enjoyers since Playing...
Leprous are back, again. And I think by this point if you follow even a slither of the modern progressive music scene, you know who we’re talking about here. A song, a record, seen...
