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Car Bomb to headline ProgStorm Festival 2026!

Car Bomb, one of the major names in progmetal is joining ProgStorm Festival 2026 to headline the Saturday night at Club Soda, Montreal.

Moron Police – Pachinko

Moron Police’s Pachinko takes listeners on a surreal, emotionally charged journey, blending grief, absurdity, and hope with their signature mix of progressive rock, metal, and unexpected melodic twists. The album spins from introspective melancholy to playful chaos, leaving a lasting impression of skillful, unpredictable brilliance.

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Sky Passage joining the ProgStorm 2026 lineup!

ProgStorm 2026 will host something truly special. local Québécois Sky Passage will take their project to the stage for the very first time!

Progressive death metal band Exist to join ProgStorm Festival 2026

Intricate yet emotional, progressive death with elements of jazz. Introspection, philosophical but grounded. Exist to bring all that and more to ProgStorm Festival 2026!

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20 Highlights for the first two weeks of October 2025!

Week 41/2025 with Raphael Weinroth-Browne, Khan, Kali, Dissona, Syrek, Gorycz, Omnivide, Squeaky Feet, Author & Punisher, Esthesis, Lychlake, Ring Van Möbius, Smalltape, Hedras, Blindfolded and Led to the Woods, Frayle, Mriodom, Thrice, Sturle Dagsland, Goat & human language

Moon Safari – Live at The Spirit of 66, Verviers (BE) – 20 November 2025

  Seventeen years ago, Moon Safari took me completely by surprise at The Spirit of 66 — their performance filled me with a kind of glowing, emotional warmth that lingered long after the show was over. Since then, I’ve played their beautiful albums countless times,...

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Moron Police – Pachinko

Moron Police’s Pachinko takes listeners on a surreal, emotionally charged journey, blending grief, absurdity, and hope with their signature mix of progressive rock, metal, and unexpected melodic twists. The album spins from introspective melancholy to playful chaos, leaving a lasting impression of skillful, unpredictable brilliance.

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The Reticent – please

I cannot fault this latest release in any way. Five years has been a long time to wait for it but it’s well worth that wait. I and many others now need to wait with bated breath for whatever Chris comes up with next. It’s guaranteed to be excellent; his track record ensures that.

Scardust – Souls

There’s always a list of things to get right in order to make good music, to have a complete “product”. But beyond all those, Scardust’s music is an experience. And just like any real life experience, it’s hard to contain it within boundaries.

An Abstract Illusion – The Sleeping City

This is the sort of album where one play though is not enough, each subsequent listen reveals something else. You can head bang to it, brandish an air guitar or just lie down in a darkened room and listen.

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20 Highlights for the first two weeks of October 2025!

Week 41/2025 with Raphael Weinroth-Browne, Khan, Kali, Dissona, Syrek, Gorycz, Omnivide, Squeaky Feet, Author & Punisher, Esthesis, Lychlake, Ring Van Möbius, Smalltape, Hedras, Blindfolded and Led to the Woods, Frayle, Mriodom, Thrice, Sturle Dagsland, Goat & human language

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First half of September – 23 Highlights – Autumn picking up the speed!

Releases of the Weke 37/2025 with Connor Kaminski, Traversus, Green Carnation, Between the Buried and Me, Cea Serin, Proghma-C, Faetooth, Pēlikel, Solshade, vianova, Hence Confetti, Tulip, Matt Miller, Anika Nilles, Glutton, Maruja, Crippling Alcoholism, Armadi Tsayn, Jo Quail, Marcela Bovio, Iamthemorning, Marjana Semkina & Gleb Kolyadin

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16 more highlights for the second half of August!

Releases of the Week 35/2025 with Ihlo, Dialectical Materialism, Jack The Joker, Thought Chamber, Panzerpappa, Asymmetric Universe, Nicolas Meier Infinity Group, In Mourning, Visitant, Farseer, Old Machines, Blackbriar, Vanitas, Kallias, Spire of Lazarus & Rioghan

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16 Highlights for the first two release weeks of August!

Releases of the Week 32/2025 with A.C.T, Cobalt Wave, Discipline, Centuries of Decay, Sallow Moth, MALARIII, Technologist, Moths, Harrison/Johnston, Josh Debreceni, Challenger Deep, FearTheBear, Obvurt, Car Bomb, Kayo Dot & Anchor and Burden

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Phaeton Neurogenesis

Phaeton set foot on Saturn’s moon with Tethys Rising

Formed from a fusion of four seasoned musicians, Colin Righton, Daniel Airth, Kevin Thiessen, and Ferdy Belland, Phaeton was born from a hunch and a history. Righton had played with each member in separate bands and sensed that combining their talents would spark...

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Summer Breeze Open Air 2025

A full review of a Mainstream Metal Festival, here on The Progspace you might ask? Well, sparked by the idea of one of our new photographers who joined our team this year, Giacomo Astorri, I felt inspired to return to Summer Breeze, six years after my last visit there...

Soen @ Midsummer Prog Festival 2025 – day 2 (May 24)

Soen @ Midsummer Progfestival 2025 – A Finale of Power and Charisma Swedish band Soen had the honor of closing the Midsummer Prog Festival on Saturday night and they proved that you don’t need to stick to pure prog to leave a lasting impact. Their music strikes a...

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Pendragon @ Zik-Zak, Ittre (BE) – 09.09.2025

Fifteen months after their previous visit, we once again made our way to Zik-Zak, the charming music club in the Belgian countryside south of Brussels. The trip through winding roads and dark fields ended at a packed parking lot, and inside we found the venue...

SYLVAN @ ProgDreams – Poppodium Boerderij (Zoetermeer, 23.08.2025)

(With thanks to Ela Williamson for her assistance with this review) A few months ago, we saw Sylvan at the Midsummer Prog Festival. Back then, the band performed six songs, starting strong but ending abruptly due to a power failure. At Progdreams, however, not only...

IQ @ Prog Dreams – Boerderij (Zoetermeer, 23.08.2025)

IQ closed this year’s Prog Dreams Festival at De Boerderij with a set that balanced theatrical flair and musical consistency. Performing their 2009 album Frequency in full alongside highlights from their catalogue, the British prog veterans combined atmospheric soundscapes with carefully crafted visuals and Peter Nicholls’ signature stage presence. While the show didn’t bring many surprises, it reaffirmed IQ’s reputation as a reliable and enduring force in progressive rock, warmly received by a devoted audience in their familiar Dutch stronghold.

Neal Morse & the Resonance + The Flower Kings @ 013 Tilburg (NL)

Neal Morse & the Resonance + The Flower Kings Across Europe 2025 – Tilburg 013Two worlds, one universe of prog Jaak Geebelen - with thanks to Ela Williamson for her help with the review. When Neal Morse and The Flower Kings share the stage, it feels as if two...

Haunt the Woods at Midsummer Prog Festival 2025 – day 2 (May 24)

Haunt The Woods – Intimate and Intense Above the Crowd Halfway through the second day of the festival while  rain was pouring down on the roof, the performance by Haunt The Woods offered a welcome indoor break. Instead of a traditional stage, the four band members...

Heath @ Midsummer Prog Festival – day 2 (May 24)

From Birdie to Whipping Post: Heath Light the Fire at Midsummer The second day of the Midsummer Prog Festival 2025 kicked off with a performance by Heath, a five-piece psychedelic rock band from The Hague. Founded in 2022, the band consists of Mees Vullings...

Wheel @ Midsummer Prog Festival 2025 – day 2 (May 24)

Wheel @ Midsummer Prog Festival 2025 – Dark Beauty Beneath a Rainy Sky On day two of the Midsummer Prog Festival 2025, Finnish prog-metal outfit Wheel took the stage following the abruptly cut-short performance by Sylvan. Unfortunately, their set was accompanied by...

Alex Henry Foster @ Midsummer Prog Festival- day 2 (May 24)

Alex Henry Foster – Trance and Intensity at Midsummer Prog During the second day of the Midsummer Prog Festival, Alex Henry Foster delivered one of the most intense and emotionally stirring performances of the weekend. Over the course of just four expansive tracks,...

Weather Systems @ Midsummer Prog Festival 2025 – day 2 (May 24)

Weather Systems Between Past and Future at Midsummer Prog On the second day of the Midsummer Prog Festival, Weather Systems, the new band led by Anathema founder Daniel Cavanagh, delivered a performance steeped in melancholy, memory and new beginnings. Though...

Soen @ Midsummer Prog Festival 2025 – day 2 (May 24)

Soen @ Midsummer Progfestival 2025 – A Finale of Power and Charisma Swedish band Soen had the honor of closing the Midsummer Prog Festival on Saturday night and they proved that you don’t need to stick to pure prog to leave a lasting impact. Their music strikes a...