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Progspot #5: Car Bomb, Enigmatic Explosions Evolving Effortlessly, Endlessly (Interview)

Car Bomb guitarist Greg Kubacki talks “Mordial,” the band’s absolutely radical fourth album (out next Friday), while we dissect the history, meaning, and purpose behind it all in this extensive special feature.

Progspot #4: Creature, the Otherworldy Progression of Black Metal

Digging deep into the underground French prog and black metal phenomenon — we chart their discography and interview project mastermind Raphael Fournier.

Progspot #3: Dreadnought, Intrepid Alchemy on the Front Range

Multi-instrumentalist Kelly Schilling dissects the evolution of Dreadnought’s enigmatic brand of blackened prog-doom and then delves into the concepts woven into “Emergence,” released last Friday via Profound Lore.

Progspot #2: Rivers of Nihil, Ever-Weaving and Effortlessly Enigmatic

For this edition of Thomas’s column, founding Rivers of Nihil members Brody Uttley and Adam Biggs discuss the band’s past, present, and future — this is our extensive interview feature plus show photos from the band’s latest tour (which even featured a live saxophonist).

Progspot #1: Irreversible Mechanism, an Irreplicable Machine

IO Staff Writer Thomas Hinds unveils an exegetical new column where he dissects then reassembles the complexities and contortions of progressive metal; the Belarusan tech-death duo-turned-force fit the inaugural bill perfectly.