Category Archives: Progressive Rock

Feed Your Brain III: Maiden Prog

Iron Maiden are indisputably one of the most influential heavy metal bands in the history of rock music. While not considered a progressive metal band as such, they have always been progressively oriented due to Steve Harris’ love for early … Continue reading

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Feed Your Brain II: Instrumentals

Instrumentals is not a unique thing to progressive metal; they pop up virtually in every single subgenre, but in progressive metal, with all its bombast, high concepts, and technically and structurally complexities, prog metal instrumentals typically take the listener on … Continue reading

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From the Hörse’s Mouth IV: Interviews

Here’s the last bunch of interviews posted in 2012 at the MMA. Krokmitën (Canada) Interview posted September 30, 2012. Genre: experimental death metal Topics discussed: the album Alpha–Beta, the album Omicron–Omega, the term “experimental death metal”, religion. Krokmitën on the … Continue reading

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From the Hörse’s Mouth III: Interviews 2012

Here’s the third part of my list of MMA interviews with metal artists, taking you behind and into the music.   Last Chance to Reason (USA) Interview posted August 2, 2012. Genre: progressive metalcore / djent Topics discussed: the band’s … Continue reading

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Touchstone Reissues

Touchstone is probably one of the hottest names in modern progressive rock and, with their style that blends the artistic sensibility of lush progressive rock with the edge and power of metal music, they received praise upon praise from both … Continue reading

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