North America is taking prog seriously with an amazing new fest: A review of Progstorm 2026 Progstorm Festival held its second edition at Club Soda in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Friday, Aug 21 – Sunday, Aug 23, 2026. I was unable to attend the inaugural edition in 2025 even though I wanted to, and all the […]
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Brutally heavy atmospheric blackened sludge that will destroy you! I remember the first time I saw Nott live. I was very familiar with Julia Geaman, the amazing drummer for gothic death doom band Tribunal, but then was a bit surprised to see only one other person on stage, frontman and 8-string guitarist Tyler Campbell. I
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Seattle’s newest metal festival is on fire in its second year: A review of Soldiers of Steel 2026 Soldiers of Steel, Seattle’s newest metal festival, just held its second edition at Substation in Seattle, WA, August 13 – 16, 2026. I sadly missed the inaugural edition last year and was quite excited to attend this
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Community, camping, Yeti games, and a metric ton of metal: A review of Armstrong Metal Fest 2026 Armstrong Metal Fest, which takes place in Armstrong, BC, Canada, has legendary status. An hour north/northeast of Kelowna, Armstrong is a small town that feels like it is in the middle of nowhere. And yet it has bred
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Fast, furious, brutal, and technical progressive tech death that will melt your face off! I enjoy discovering and supporting new bands, and it never ceases to amaze me the sheer amount of undiscovered talent just waiting to be consumed. It is also interesting how searching for information on a band can help you learn about
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Dark, eerie, and moody doom / post metal from Spain! Black holes have always been a fascinating topic, at least to me. They are powerful constructs that seem to have the ability to suck away everything in their path, even light, holding it all in a natural maximum security prison with no possibility of escape.
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Intricate, orchestral and heavy: fabulous cinematic symphonic death metal from Italy! I have always been a believer that symphonic music is a perfect match for metal when executed well. The gravitas and cinematic qualities it brings has the ability to make the compositions so much grander. Symphonic metal can take a variety of forms, though
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Ludicrous speed and heavy brutality! Vancouver, BC, ludicrously speedy technical death metal band Archspire recently released their new full length, “Too Fast To Die” and have been headlining the Long Roads Big Loads Tour across North America. They live in my PNW zone, and normally I would have seen them in either Seattle or Vancouver.
Technical and melodic, this is the fastest most insane death metal around! Who is the world’s fastest band? It something I have never really thought about, but I would have to believe it rests somewhere in the death/black/grind world. There are clearly plenty of people who love fast and furious given the sheer number of
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A terrific festival goes on indefinite, but hopefully not permanant, hiatus, with a killer lineup for the seventh edition! Hyperspace Metal Festival has been a great power/prog/symphonic/melodeath festival in the Pacific Northwest since 2018, based in beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada. I went for the first time last year and discovered so many new bands that
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