Today (Feb. 16, 2024) sees the official unveiling of "Ihsahn," the eponymous eighth full-length studio offering from the Norwegian progressive metal visionary, via Candlelight Records. Order and listen to the album here. "From the first core ideas around making a dual-layered conceptual album," Ihsahn said, "this project has expanded into far more sonic and visual areas... Continue Reading →
Progressive metalcore band Erra will hit the road for a spring 2024 North American headline tour, with Make Them Suffer, Void of Vision and Novelists as support. Tickets go on sale here at 10 a.m. local time Friday, Feb. 9. News of the tour comes on the heels of the announcement of Erra's new album, "Cure,"... Continue Reading →
In March and April 2024, progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me will embark on "The Colors Experience" tour, a unique U.S. concert series that promises a journey through two of its most revered albums. In a showcase of its musical evolution, the band will perform its albums "Colors" and "Colors II" in their entirety,... Continue Reading →
New vinyl represses of progressive metal band Periphery's back catalog are available, exclusively through the band's webstore. The variants and the quantities pressed for each release are as follows: "Periphery I" - Sky blue with white splatter (500) "Periphery II" - Apple with black splatter (500) "Periphery III" - Canary yellow with black splatter (500) "Periphery... Continue Reading →
More than 13 years after leaving, drummer Mike Portnoy has rejoined Dream Theater, the band he co-founded in 1985 with guitarist John Petrucci and bassist John Myung at the Berklee College of Music. Along with vocalist James LaBrie and keyboardist Jordan Rudess, they are set to enter the studio to start working on Dream Theater's... Continue Reading →
Periphery, which recently announced the first pair of headlining dates in support of its new album, "Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre " (Nov. 4 at House of Blues in Anaheim, California, and Nov. 18 at The Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts), has expanded the outing, adding several performances and dubbing the trek “The Wildfire Tour.” “This tour... Continue Reading →
With the inaugural run of its Dreamsonic 2023 tour about to commence, progressive metal band Dream Theater has released an official music video for another song from its 15th studio album "A View from the Top of the World." “Answering the Call” is the fifth video released and another CGI spectacle created by longtime collaborator Wayne Joyner. The track has... Continue Reading →
Progressive metal quartet After the Burial has released its first new music in four years with the double single "Embrace the Infinity," featuring new tracks "Nothing Gold" and "Death Keeps Us from Living." Watch the music video for "Nothing Gold" below, and stream both songs here. "These songs were written during a hard time in... Continue Reading →
By Greg Maki Djent schment. Never one for subgenre labels, I’ve always thought of Periphery as a progressive metal band—and one of the leading progressive metal bands in the world at that. So while the members of Periphery take a stand—with their tongues at least somewhat in their cheeks—against the label with the title of... Continue Reading →
Periphery, which recently announced the March 10, 2023, arrival of its sixth album, "Periphery V: Djent is Not a Genre," has partnered with Los Angeles-based creative agency, Race Service, for an A.I.-generated video for the song “Atropos.” “The feel of ‘Atropos’ features a push and pull between pretty/melodic and dark/chaotic sections,” vocalist Spencer Sotelo said. “That... Continue Reading →
