progressive metal

Focusing on albums from the month before that may not have gotten their just dues, the first edition of this column looks at a blackened progressive metal band who released a new EP a week ago– plus, we premiere the wonderfully fractal music video for “And We Are Already At Sea.”

Two decades following the release of their final album “Death’s Design,” Anders “Blakkheim” Nyström and Dan “The Spirits” Swanö reflect on their time as progressive black metal band Diabolical Masquerade.

Ted and Jon dig into two musical curiosities: Elder and Beyond Dawn, chameleons whose sound adapted to their changing creativity over time.

Time brings nothing but death, but, in Spire’s case, time brings change. Read a review of the New Zealand act’s sophomore album “Temple of Khronos.”

Langdon Hickman dives deep into the progressive metal landscape that Haken developed from and sent shockwaves through, focusing on two of their standout albums which have recently been re-issued (and that we’ve got exclusive, limited edition vinyl variants of in our shop).

Check out who the prog metal band’s guitarist was listening to in 2020, and pick up the new Haken vinyl variants in our store.

A change of venue revealed a new, more creative Spire. Listen to an early stream of “Hymn III – Harbinger.”

The black metal world was gifted with a surprise new Krallice album last week — after about one billion listens over the weekend, here’s where we arrived with our thoughts.

The Chicago prog troupe looks to an obscure 1980s band for inspiration in their new cover single.

Two titans bring their own brands of psychedelic and progressive rock to Chicago’s Riviera.