Canadian progressive rockers Mirrelia have honed an intriguingly diverse brand of rock meets metal meets R&B, which jumps between laid-back melody and intense heaviness.
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New Band of the Week: Kaiber Koi
Manchester's Kaiber Koi are far from your run-of-the-mill progressive metal band, promising an ethos of 'breaking down the boundaries that lie between the generic and oversaturated.'
Introducing: Sertraline
"Exhilarating and effervescent." These are the words that scintillating progressive metal quintet Sertraline use to summarise their tantalisingly heavy yet catchy sound. The Stoke-on-Trent five-piece fuse raw intensity with soothing melody - in their words, "big naughty riffage" meets "groovy, heavy but hella melodic." The band, who share a name with an anti-depressant drug that's... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Shattered Skies
When Shattered Skies describe their music to us as "bombastic" we suspect we're onto something pretty special. And thankfully, the quartet's progressive metal fuelled with cinematic atmosphere - which they summarise as "a lot of groove, a lot of melody, and a real commitment to conveying emotion and power through focused songwriting" - succeeds in... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Shading
Italian prog metallers Shading are proof that anyone who puts their mind to it can transform themselves into a rockstar. The band first formed ten years ago, with all five of them - then 13 or 14 years old - totally incapable of playing an instrument, yet they've evolved into masters of the art of prog... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Hyvmine
All the way from Los Angeles we bring you a delicious prog rock project that allows its highly talented members to unleash their anger, gratitude, anguish and triumphs. In doing so, they've created a mesmerising combination of prog, rock and metal, with funky electronica thrown in for good measure, that, in their words, is 'plain... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: VNDTA
Hertfordshire hardcore newcomers VNDTA are on a mission to bring a fresh, modern sound to the UK's metal scene. Led by the impressive clean and screamed vocals of Megan Targett, the band have honed a raw, aggressive, powerful sound dominated by huge progressive riffs and booming low-tuned metal chords. And they're out to set peoples'... Continue Reading →
Gig Review: ProgMetalMadness @ New Cross Inn
We were treated to a feast of exciting up-and-coming bands from across the metal spectrum at all-day celebration of fringe metal music ProgMetalMadness at New Cross Inn on Sunday (25 February). Ten awesome bands took to the stage across nine hours of live music, from supremely talented instrumental bands through to the heaviest of heavy... Continue Reading →
Introducing: The Dead Centuries
When Canadian instrumental metal trio The Dead Centuries describe their approach as "futuristic and dangerous," it's safe to say our interest was piqued. Were they going all Keanu on us and delving into The Matrix, or joining John Connor in taking on Skynet? Unfortunately neither, but what they are doing is concocting pure guitar shredaliciousness... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Toska
Instrumental trio Toska have honed a fantastic progressive metal sound that has most recently been labelled "cinematic prog," and earned them a tour across Europe alongside Arcane Roots. The trio of childhood friends Rabea Massaad (guitar), Dave Hollingworth (bass) and Ben Minal (drums) came together over shared growing frustration at not being able to create the kind... Continue Reading →
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