HAKEN have announced a headlining European tour! Set for September this year, the tour will see the English progressive metal band touring across mainland Europe, and two dates in the UK, in support of their latest studio album, Fauna, which was released in March last year. The tour will see the band perform Fauna in its entirety alongside other tracks from across their discography. Speaking about the tour, the band says, “we’ve been wanting to give the European fans a full-length show for a while now, so we are really excited to be bringing An Evening with HAKEN to the continent in ..read more

INTERVALS have released a brand new song! The new song, titled nootropic, is taken from the progressive instrumental rock artist’s upcoming new album, memory palace (the follow-up to 2020’s Circadian), which is scheduled to be released in May this year, via self-release. The new song is the third single to be released from the upcoming album, following on from neurogenesis and mnemonic. Speaking about the new song, band mastermind Aaron Marshall says, “nootropic is the first tune that came out of the brain/hands when I started writing for the new record, and ..read more

OCEANS OF SLUMBER have released a new music video! The new music video, for the track Where Gods Fear To Speak, is the brand new single from the Texas-based progressive metal band and follows on from their previous single, Poem Of Fire, which was released in December last year. “Dark cinematic metal,” says drummer Dobber Beverly. “We’ve taken the raw and heavier direction of our last two albums and elevated it to the scale of a blockbuster IMAX movie.” “I’ve always wanted to do death growls,” vocalist Cammie Beverly says. “Where Gods Fear To Speak presented the perfect opportuni ..read more

LESOIR have announced a new album! Titled Push Back The Horizon, the upcoming album from the Dutch art rock band is the follow-up to 2020’s Mosaic, and is scheduled to be released in September this year, via V2 Records. The new album includes 10 songs, composed by the band’s guitarist Ingo Dassen, and lyrics and vocal lines written by singer and multi-instrumentalist Maartje Meessen. The album is produced by John Cornfield, known for his work with MUSE, KASHMIR, RAZORLIGHT, SUPERGRASS, ROBERT PLANT, NEW MODEL ARMY & BEN HOWARD, among others. In addition, dedicated ..read more

DREAM THEATER have announced a headlining European tour! Set for October and November this year, the tour will see the progressive metal band touring across mainland Europe, and one date in the UK at The O2 in London, to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Tickets for the tour are available now and can be purchased here. Speaking about the tour, band shares, “this tour is going to be incredibly special for all of us! Each show will surely be filled with anticipation and a variety of emotions. We can’t wait to step on stage together once again and begin this historic celebration of ..read more

Few fields of rock music host as many people full of colour and character as progressive rock, who aren’t afraid to let their imaginations – both musical and conceptual – run wild. Such is the case in the TRIFECTA project – a band consisting of three luxury prog musicians – bassist Nick Beggs (KAJAGOOGOO, THE MUTE GODS), prominent jazz keyboardist Adam Holzman (once of MILES DAVIS’ live band) and drummer Craig Blundell (FROST*, KINO), all of whom are frequent recording and touring collaborators of STEVEN WILSON. With their second full-length The New Normal, they present another tasty concoctio ..read more

SLEEPMAKESWAVES are not your usual instrumental band. For a start, they managed to crack the Top 100 in Kazakhstan. The Sydney-based quartet also, however, have achieved two ARIA Top 40 albums, earned moderate commercial success, and played live performances across multiple continents, including the countries of China and India. A collection of accolades that many outfits would be proud of, certainly, but for an instrumental group, this is impressive; instrumental rock music, especially that which brings in progressive and math rock influences, isn’t known for being the most accessible to list ..read more

Music is strange. While that’s the sort of blanket statement that might earn you a half-lidded nod of approval from the more herb enthusiastic audio lover and a barely disguised eye roll from the rest, it really doesn’t get more true than when you consider the sphere of rock and metal. Norway has more black metal heritage per square inch than snow, but it’s also the stronghold of the mid-to-late years of progressive rock as the genre twisted and reformed. WHITE WILLOW have toyed with plenty of genres in their time, but they firmly call the second camp home. Ex Tenebris, their 1998 sophomore al ..read more

GIANT WALKER have released a new music video! The new music video, for the track Make Me, is the brand new single from the Newcastle-based heavy progressive band and marks their first new music since their last album, All In Good Time, which was released back in May 2022. The new song was produced by Chris Coulter (Arcane Roots, Jamie Lenman) and gives the first glimpse into their as-of-yet unannounced second album, which is anticipated to be released later this year via Church Road Records. Speaking about the new song, vocalist Steff Fish says, “the song is about witnessing som ..read more

GODSTICKS have announced a headlining UK tour! Set for June and September this year, the tour will see the progressive rock band touring across the UK to support their latest studio album, This Is What A Winner Looks Like, which was released in May last year. Tickets for the tour are available now and can be purchased here. Speaking about the tour, frontman/guitarist Darran Charles says, “our last few tours have easily been our most successful to date. Upon reading some of the reviews of those shows, it’s heartening to see that we’ve become recognised as a high-energy live ..read more