As you might have notice this blog plays around the progressive word, The main objective is to help on the promotion of metal and trying to change the perspective metal=noise.
However, Expect the unexpected. Mainly focussed on progressive metal or rock, but easily going to catch some good stuff to bands with only some progressive elements. And sometimes also going totally out of the progressive genre and of metal. Help you discovering what has been done of value around the world in my opinion.
I don't remember the last time I posted a post-Rock/metal band but the time returned Hearing Labirinto makes me remember of God is an Astronaut and that must be a good thing to say to anyone. They seem darker in several moments though which I really enjoy. The first song Ia m sharing with you is called "Demiurge"
The second song is the Title track and is called "Divino Afflante Spiritu"
Once in a while I stumble upon bands I've never heard about, This is another one of those bands, from France, Seems France bands are more and more present in myu life recently. The first song I head seems to have a nothern African vibe to it, the song is called "On Marchera" at some points made me remember of Myrath
the second song is more folky with less influences from northern Africa, but still a nice once to hear. The song is called "No One is Innocent"
This post today, serves to inform I updated all 2014 posts where videos and images were offline and whenever possible updated the videos. I will futurely do it for other years.
But as I don't want an empty post, music wise, I will share with you a recent discovery. Paratra, from India a psychadelic rock band.
The band is originated from Mumbay, a city close to where I once was. Paratra at the moment are Samron Jude in Guitars and Akshat Deora on Sitar
Testament came out in 2018, I knew from Gentle Storm's project that a Sitar could accompany Rock and metal really well. Let me share with you "Crazy Dream". A good mix of oriental vibes with electornic. I enjoyed it a lot, hope you will too. Cheers.
For some unknown reason I wasn't aware that a new ablum from Ihsahn was around after 2016's Arktis, but thinking a bit it makes sense. I really enjoyed the song presented for us to hear, seems to follow part fo the path of Arktis focusing a lot on Ihsahn's clean vocals, which is what I like the most I leave you with "Arcana Imperii"
First and foremost, sorry for not posting last week, but in fact I didn't have nothing worth posting in that week that would be unique or something really interesting, so I decided to post nothing. This week started with me stumbling upon this amazing song from Thy Catafalque "Tenger, Tenger" is an ambient folky sound in the sound,really not heavy. The album already came around last May, but only this week crossed my eyes.
Hope you enjoy. See you next week
Today I am showing you a band I found recently, Season of Mist is impossible to get assured on what we will hear before we do so. This band is most of time instrumental, with some samples but it surely has a lot of progressive elements on its sound.
The first song I heard was "Civil War Pt 1" a fast one to keep on track with the band
Than the biggest one, "Times, They Are A'raging" with vocals on it, starts slowly and steady and blows up in the end
The third one, "Slow Motion Breakdown" also starts calmly than exploed to return to its origin point
And the last one,"You Brought It Upon Yourselves" where the samples are used, make me for sure remember something that would come out of Shoegaze or experimental.
I really enjoyed far more than I expected, and this kind of surprises I really enjoy
I am so glad to hear the Sandager Brothers are back in doing music together. Now with Morten on drums and producing instead of the keyboards he used us to. I enjoyed this song to be sincere. I missed hear Mikkel Sandager's voice, I love his voice since Mercenary time, and this is no exception
Here I leave you "Stay on Top"
Second song is way calmer, more on the rock side of the spectre for me "Thunder in Paradise"
The third one revealed is "Angry Love", has a stronger beat, seems more in the way of the old Grunge/stoner rock ways in my opinion
and the final one is "Calling" this is faster and more in line to what is the first song and what they used us to in old times. This and the first one are by far my favorites.
I had already two other posts prepared, but something came about that made me delay both of the publications. Antimaterr releades the first single from the new album, coming out in November for what I remember. The track revealed "The Third Arm", made me search for the new album to preorder right away, and made me also order an older one I didn't have and have been hearing it on repeat since yesterday October the 5th .
The dark atmosphere so tipycal of Antimatter is present yet again and the crescendo of the music, oh my god. Hope you enjoy it, and mad eme glad I bought the Under The Doom festival ticket.
Next two weeks be prepared for the return of two brother I love to ear in metal, and some new stuff I foun recently. Cheers
Recently it was revealed the first song of the album Warrel Dane was preparing and recording before dying. Hearing it still makes it harder to accept his death as he still had a lot to give to metal genre. In my opinion in this song "Disconnection System" we can hear a lot of the atmosphere we heard in obsidian conspiracy(last Nevermore Album). I enjoy it a lot, dark atmosphere, hunting lyrics, if you like me enjoy Nevermore you will enjoy this one. The new album is out in October 26th later this year.
Here is just a quick post to let you know a new song was revealed recently for the new album wasteland from the Polish band Riverside. The song is called "River Down Below" while the other song Vale of Tears was heavier more connected to older Riverside moments, this one made me remember the Love Fear and the Time Machine album from 2015(the album which brought me to Riverside) and for that I really enjoy this song. I love when bands don't follow a single path but decide to explore a few in the same album, lets see when the album comes out what we can expect. And of Course the album is already pre-ordered here, I did it with Cardhouse and wasn't disappointed lets see how this works now.
In the end of August I stumbled upon the new song form Brainstorm, is one of those bands that never disappoint. despite of being Power metal is not those generic new bands from power metal that are equal to one another.
the song they present is called "Ravenous Minds" and will be present in the album Midnight Ghost which comes out in 28th September
For those who don't know Brainstorm I leave you also one
of my favourite songs from them from the album "On The Spur Of The
Moment" from 2011, "In these Walls". I don't see myself doing a new post just for this song in the future. I think it fits better right now.
Today I bring you a band in a interesting fusion between rock/alternative rock and electronic music. Even inside that registry they presents different sonorities. On "Interchanger" it is a heavier riff,
While in Black Space it is the syntesyzers and electronic bits that have predominance
For last Come Back Down, has a more rocky sound to it, with parts remembering the vibes of industrial. I think it is for sure a band to keep track on.
Just another quick post to show you an Australian band I just found on a channel. The song that was revealed "Baby, Please" is a generic rock song, not so much fitting in the progression or metal genre here in my blog, but is a cool band to keep track of in my opinion, sometime sis good to know what is being done in the more mainstream sonorities.
Today I was dwelling on YouTube and came across this band, I really enjoy it, it is only the only song I've heard from them, I'm curious to hear more, but so far vocalist makes me remember of TesseracT voice and sonority from Anubis gate in Andromeda Unchained phase. I really enjoy it, progression and powerful and melodic voice, curious to hear more soon. Hope you also enjoy this USA band, here with the song Sirens
Today is a quick post for a new single from Allamedah band, metal band from Lisbon, Portugal
They seem to be closer and closer to a more progressive sound than their first materials. This is their new song, "A um Homem Novo" it is in Portuguese once again, the percussion I enjoy so much, are something we can find in Portuguese folklore like Gaiteiros and similar, that remind our Mediterranean/northern Africa matrix in our culture, mainly the centre/southern culture of Portugal. The percussion all over reminds me mainly of a song called Keeper of Shangri-la from Aeternam, that song is transported to a northern Africa vibe of the band, here the remainder instruments just reminds us of our cultural heritage. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do
Finally my people we are presented with the new album from Riverside Wasteland, It was already announced there would be a tour to promote the new album, the first of Pos-Piotr Era. Maybe the last Piotr era was indeed Love, Fear and The Time Machine but in reality was Eye of the Soundscape the last one he is credited in. This new song is clearly heavier than the last two resists while still keeping their identity. Well this is what is possible to get from the music released on past 27th July, I waited until now to see if something else would be released, but then here it is: I leave you for now with the recent revealed song:
"Vale of Tears"
The song gave me Anathema Vibes, not that I am saying it doesn't sound like Riverside, I am saying the vibe the song transmits remembers me of songs like "Can't let go" from Anathema. As I love Aanthema I love to feel those vibe sin the song
As soon as something else is released stay tuned for a second part of this post
Cheers. Today I was passing through my youtube subscriptions and stumbled upon new Saltatio Mortis song. Saltatio Mortis are usually a folk metal band, with way more folk elements than the traditional metal ones. On this track already the fusion is way more balanced, it almost get a song more agressive and powerful. The song is called "Dorn im Ohr" and wil lbe presented on their new album, «Brot und Spiele» coming out next 17th August
Greetings people, sorry for my absence but this year keeps on being hard to me, seems I can't find the right path in between the problems... well that is not the reason i am here today.
On of these days I stumble upon something that put me in absolute awe. I was seeing a react channel caught A&P Reacts(I totally recommend them for finding cool stuff) and heard something I really didn't expect to. I already knew from Ava Inferi how the Portuguese matrix works so well in metal, mainly the atmospherically darkest metal, more connected to darkness of mind and being.
But Ava is a style more connected to gothic metal, and I was still to see if it would work in another style. Than the said channel showed a band called Allamedah with a Fado singer called Valeria Carvalho. I didn't knew any of them, neither the band or the girl. But as the songs starts I became in awe, is starts with strength, in Portuguese(something kind of rare) and all of a sudden the song has a break and it starts a Fado time, then it evolves with conjunction of fado and a more heavy/prog sound of the band. From the break on the presence of the Portuguese Guitar is simply majestic. The song is called "Algema", and it should be shared for more people to know, and then maybe we will more and more fusions of each country style with metal.
The second song "Perspective" is more a typical heavy metal song, but I still enjoy it, that kind of sound is not the most common in Portugal, where black and thrash metal prevails. For me a progressive fan I lack more solid bands on the genre to follow.
Hope you enjoy both songs as much as I do. Cheers and see you soon.
Cheers my friends, today I will bring a really fast post, to announce the new video by Candlemass, I love Candlemass even more since Mats Leven entered the band, on 25th May they will release the EP House of Doom, hope you enjoy the song they just revealed with the exact same name "House of Doom". Hope you enjoy it as much as me.
For those who don't know Candlemass that well, I bring you the other song of them with Mats Leven, from the EP Death Thy Lover from 2016. I can't say my favourite from this songs.
Does who enjoyed these songs please listen to all their works from pre-Mats Leven era.
Its right on 18th May when there will be a new album release by Amorphis, this is one of those bands I keep on comeback once and again cause I really liked their song.
I will be honest The Bee is a good song, but I am not that fond of growling myself in an extent this song has. But for those who do, this is a must hear:
The second song "Wrong Direction"they released... well that one is amazing for me makes me remember the dark feelings and emotions of The Wanderer, one of my favorite Amorphis song, I get myself hearing this one once and again and I will hear it much more times in next days. Here you still can expect growling in specific points where it makes the difference for me.
