Progressive Metal

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Epica / Aspiral – Album Review

Theatrical, cinematic & bombastic symphonic metal colliding with power, progressive, and melodeath! I absolutely love Epica. Their brand of theatrical, orchestral symphonic metal is captivating, and I have been eagerly awaiting a follow-up to 2021’s amazing “Omega.” Earlier this month, Epica released their latest opus, “Aspiral,” and it has been difficult to stop listening to […]

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Lunar / Tempora Mutantur – Album Review

Progressive metal for the thinker that is technical, heavy, and melodic! Sacramento, California, based Lunar is another new band for me who is playing Hyperspace. They recently released their latest full length, “Tempora Mutantur,” and I have been eating it up. It took a few times to settle in for me, but the more I

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Labyrinth / In the Vanishing Echoes of Goodbye – Album Review

Killer melodic progressive power metal from Italy! Italy’s Labyrinth has been around for a long time, but I wasn’t familiar with them until a single late last year for their January 2025 release, “In the Vanishing Echoes of Goodbye.” I was hooked after listening to the single and am quite enamored with this album. This

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Dawn of Ouroboros / Bioluminescence – Album Review

Beautiful Brutality at its finest! Bay Area extreme metallers Dawn of Ouroboros released their latest album last weekend, “Bioluminescence,” and I absolutely LOVE it. I take my extreme metal in smaller doses and prefer it to have great melodies and unique qualities, and this does both in spades. This is blackened death metal with heavy

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