(((O))) Tag: Progressive metal

Tom Stevens and Seth Detrick from Weston Super Maim

Gavin Brown caught up with Tom Stevens and Seth Detrick from Weston Super Maim to hear all about their new album See You Tomorrow Baby and how the band create their wonderfully intense music.

TesseracT

TesseracT • UnprocessedO2 Forum, Kentish Town, 23.02.2024Photos by Gavin Brown

Rick Habeeb from Grey Skies Fallen

Gavin Brown caught up with Grey Skies Fallen founding guitarist/vocalist Rick Habeeb to hear all about their new album ‘Molded By Broken Hands’ as well as delving deep into the history of the band and more.

Ihsahn

Gavin Brown had the pleasure of talking to Ihsahn about this latest release and its creation as well as delving into his vast career as a musician including his time with Emperor and how excited he is to be still doing what he loves.

Ohmwork – Fractions (EP)

What happens when a band that made a name for itself (however big or small) within the metal/prog genre goes ‘soft’?

Baroness • KenMode • Hoaxed

Baroness • KenMode • HoaxedThe Crocodile, Seattle WA, 3.11.2023Photos by John Donovan Malley

Voivod – Morgöth Tales

Morgöth Tales is a celebration of the band and their incredible music and long career. An absolute must for progressive metal and metal fans alike. 

Voyager – Fearless in Love

To be real this is easily their best album and this writer will argue that it’s one of the best Australian heavy releases of the year.

Robin Staps from The Ocean

Robin Staps dives back in time to discuss the early days of Fogdiver, the slow, steady growth of the band, the present and the future.

Inherus – Beholden

Instead of trying to compete in battles of heaviness Inherus have developed an expansive sound that will only gain in strength as they develop.

The Ocean – Holocene

With a switch up in the writing process for Holocene, The Ocean have reached back into their history to produce their most diverse album in 19 years.

Black Oak – Egolution

Egolution is a slightly raw first step from a band with immense promise.

Kayo Dot • Maud the moth – Signature Brew, London

Kayo Dot triumph as they celebrated the 20th anniversary of their daring, influential debut album, Choirs of the Eye’.

Harboured – Harboured

Four friends flit from progressive metal into black, death, and the mercurial post- territories to scratch an itch.

Periphery – Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre

This might be the crowning moment for the band who helped coin the term “Djent” and now rebuke its labelling as a genre. Call it what you will.

Rolo Tomassi, Holy Fawn, Heriot – Electric Ballroom, Camden

As the quintet navigate through their maze-like mathy, progressive rock/metal melange, one could visibly see the joy ping-ponging between the band and their appreciative, entranced audience.

In Photos: Leprous • Monuments • Kalandra

Leprous • Monuments • KalandraO2 Shepherds Bush Empire 07-02-2023Photos by Talie Rose Eigeland

Oceans of Slumber – Starlight and Ash

Oceans of Slumber have brought in all of the ingredients to the kitchen table with strong sense of flavours that are impossible to ignore.

Dave Palenske from Volcandra

Gavin Brown caught up with Volcandra vocalist Dave Palenske, who tells us all about their new EP Border World and its lyrical themes as well as the band’s vast video games, science fiction and black metal inspirations.

Charlie Griffiths – Tiktaalika

Charlie Griffiths has delivered the goods on his solo debut.

Exclusive Track Premiere: Light Creates Shadow – ‘Post Truth’

Light Creates Shadow is the musical project of Marc Changnon, Adam Young and Jered Johnson. Based in Portland Oregon, LCS has developed a distinct style that bends genres and creates a reinterpretation of the loud-quiet-loud dynamic.

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