Origin stories, album deep dives, behind the scenes stories, and Progstorm: A super fun conversation with An Abstract Illusion! The second edition of Progstorm is coming very soon, taking place across 3 days, August 21 – 23, 2026, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. As part of the lead up to the Fest, 4 of the 5 […]
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The album that almost broke Sarah, thoughts on metal, touring, and the live scene, and so much more: a super fun and insightful conversation with Lucas and Sarah from Solarus! Canadian symphonic metal band Solarus is releasing their brand new album, “Of Sin and Ruin,” on July 10, 2026, and I had the chance to
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A progressive soundscape of symphonic, folk, melodeath, and black metal flavors that is enchanting! It is always interesting being first exposed to a band via an EP, particularly when they have a couple full lengths under their belt already. It is even more interesting when this EP only has two songs, with the first being
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Origin stories, fun facts, cool stories, and Progstorm: An intriguing and fun conversation with Anciients! The second edition of Progstorm is coming very soon, taking place across 3 days, August 21 – 23, 2026, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. As part of the lead up to the Fest, 3 of the 4 members from Vancouver, BC,
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A fun conversation with Madison, WI, symphonic power metal band Queen of Dreams, including a deeper look at their latest album “Subnivium” and a cool Mad with Power Fest connection! Mad with Power 9 was this past weekend, and while at the fest, I had the amazing opportunity to interview 2/3 of the local Madison,
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Artistic, creative, passionate, melodic, and heavy, this is prog rock/metal at its finest! I love it when bands meld various musical styles together, particularly when they are bold in their choices. Many things on paper sound like they should not work, but when both amazing song writing and excellent execution converge, the opportunity for something
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A terrific metal festival in Chicago! I attended my first Legions of Metal at Reggies in Chicago, Illinois, the weekend of May 1 & 2, 2026. In general, I tend to bias more toward smaller indoor festivals, and I had been curious about this one for a few years. The focus tends to be on
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The art of writing a unique concept album and excitement to attend and perform at Mad with Power Fest: An engaging conversation with Ok Goodnight! Mad with Power 9 is fast approaching, taking place June 5 & 6, 2026, in Madison, WI. As part of the lead up to the Fest, the band Ok Goodnight
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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.
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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