After some successful articles about metal from 2019, I decided to gather the best progressive metal from 2020 in this blog post. I hope I can help you find some new favorites. Please comment or contact me if I’m missing some quality progressive metal from 2019. If you want to Read more…
Progressive rock is one of my favorite genres and there so many good bands. This is my list of the 50 best progressive rock bands in alphabetical order. Some of them are borderline metal and some of them are borderline other genres, like alternative rock and post rock. These sub-genres Read more…
VOLA Origin: Denmark Active since: 2006 Label: Mascot Records Genre(s): Djent, progressive metal, progressive rock For fans of: Meshuggah, Skyharbor, Leprous, Agent Fresco This review is also available at rateyourmusic.com “Applause of a Distant Crowd” VOLA is a band I shouldn’t like on paper. I’m glad music isn’t on paper. Read more…
Throes of Dawn Origin: Finland Active since: 1994 Label: Argonauta Records Genre(s): Progressive metal, progressive rock For fans of: Amorphis, Anathema, Hanging Garden, Thence “Our Voices Shall Remain” I’ve reviewed and written about many underappreciated bands, but Throes of Dawn is extreme. The Finnish band has been active since the Read more…
Just as the metal bands per capita map indicates, Finland is the home of a crapload of good metal bands. These are my 50 favorites. I’m going to exclude some gateway metal essentials like Children of Bodom and Nightwish, simply because I don’t personally enjoy them anymore . I’m also Read more…
Finland is an export leader in dark metal and rock music. Thence is yet another quality band that proves it. The music style is somewhere in the borderline of metal and rock where other Finnish bands like Hanging Garden and Throes of Dawn also operate. Merging styles in this way Read more…
This my extensive and surprisingly varied list of bands that sound like Katatonia. Being a big Katatonia fan, I often find myself looking for bands with a similarities. I’m gonna divide them up in a few different groups to make it slightly less confusing. Hopefully a bit more pretty as Read more…
This my list of the 30 best progressive metal bands, I hope you can find something interesting. The progressive metal genre classification is pretty difficult to narrow down so I’ve done my best to include the bands I deem progressive metal. It will include everything from extreme metal to bands Read more…
What are the best Katatonia albums? Ranking Katatonia albums is hard: the band have covered many different styles (from death/doom metal to progressive and goth rock), and since they’re all very good. I’m pretty sure about the top three, as well as # 10, but it gets pretty damn tricky Read more…
Which 20 Amorphis songs are the best? Amorphis is a long-running band with many different eras, so there are a lot of songs to choose from; everything from old school death metal and doom metal to accessible folk and progressive. Here you can find my two cents, hopefully an interesting Read more…
