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AMAs

Date Artist Featured
-- 2024 --
4/29 Dvne Band
2/2 Caligula's Horse Band
-- 2023 --
10/20 Earthside Band
-- 2021 --
4/23 VOLA Band
-- 2020 --
11/28 Plini Himself
8/19 The Ocean Band
6/18 Protest The Hero Rody, Michael
4/11 Caligula's Horse Jim, Sam
-- 2019 --
10/26 Voyager Band
9/7 Richard Henshall Himself
6/14 Paul Masvidal Himself
-- 2018 --
12/18 Sithu Aye Himself
12/5 Ben Levin Himself
10/11 The Ocean Band
10/6 Skyharbor Band
9/21 Toby Driver Himself
9/9 Plini Himself
9/1 Distorted Harmony Band
5/9 Rivers of Nihil Adam, Brody
3/23 Caligula's Horse Jim, Sam
-- 2017 --
4/20 Disperse Band
3/30 Disillusion Andy, Seb
-- 2016 --
12/24 A Sense of Gravity Band
7/28 Black Crown Initiate Band
5/28 Textures Band
5/11 Adagio Stéphan Forté
4/23 Wings Denied Band
3/18 Caligula's Horse Jim, Sam, Zac
3/10 Polyphia Band
-- 2015 --
10/21 Protest the Hero Band
5/26 Leprous Band
5/15 Sigh Mirai Kawashima
5/5 Intronaut Sacha
4/28 Native Construct Band
3/3 Plini Himself
1/20 Protest the Hero Luke Hoskin
-- 2014 --
12/9 Rishloo Band
11/1 Ne Obliviscaris Band
9/23 Between the Buried and Me Band
9/18 Cynic Paul Masvidal
9/15 Devin Townsend DEVIN TOWNSEND
9/13 Periphery Adam "Nolly" Getgood
9/12 The Contortionist Band
9/4 Polyphia Band
8/31 The Aristocrats Band
7/31 Mandroid Echostar Band
7/17 Cloudkicker Himself (Ben Sharp)
7/10 Tesseract Amos Williams
6/7 Periphery Jake Bowen
6/2 David Maxim Micic Himself
5/26 Haken Rich, Charles, Conner
5/10 Periphery Mark Holcomb
5/4 The Safety Fire Band
5/2 Matt Halpern Periphery
4/27 Intervals Band
2/9 Ron Jarzombek Himself
2/2 Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) Himself
1/26 Sithu Aye Himself
1/19 Periphery Misha Mansoor
1/10 Ne Obliviscaris Dan Presland
-- 2013 --
1/30 Thank You Scientist Band

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Katatonia - July

0 Comments
2024/12/18
02:05 UTC

39

Wilderun

I FUCKING LOVE THIS BAND!!! All 4 of their albums are complete masterpieces!!! Anybody else feel this way? I cannot wait for their next project

9 Comments
2024/12/18
00:50 UTC

16

Disillusion - Don't Go Any Further

5 Comments
2024/12/17
22:04 UTC

1

Assailant - Wicked Dream

0 Comments
2024/12/17
19:36 UTC

0

Three Dead Fingers - Five 0 Zero (FFO Witchgrinder, Lamb of God, As I Lay Dying, Tool)

0 Comments
2024/12/17
15:36 UTC

84

Riverside released « Out Of Myself » 21 years ago today [Riverside - The Curtain Falls]

10 Comments
2024/12/17
12:13 UTC

8

Pin-Up Went Down - My Never Heard

4 Comments
2024/12/17
12:10 UTC

0

Axiom Astray - Home

FFO Cog, Karnivool, Fair to Midland

0 Comments
2024/12/17
11:11 UTC

2

Off grid- These Wars (I Don’t Want To) (ffo: vola)

0 Comments
2024/12/17
07:09 UTC

15

Artificial Language - Stranded [Guitar Playthrough]

1 Comment
2024/12/17
04:25 UTC

26

Orgone - Valley of the Locust

6 Comments
2024/12/17
00:52 UTC

28

Epic crescendos needed

Hi, I'm looking for recommendations where the song builds to an incredible climax

Most of Ne Obliviscaris fit the bill, but specifically things like Phyrric and Eyrie etc

Arriving somewhere

Unbreak my heart

Unchained melody

Lapetous

Valley

All genres welcome, but because NeO really scratches that itch, I've come here for the goods

46 Comments
2024/12/16
23:43 UTC

69

DVNE - Abode of the Perfect Soul

8 Comments
2024/12/16
21:32 UTC

88

Opeth - All Things Will Pass (featuring probably the most epic climax they've ever composed)

21 Comments
2024/12/16
20:10 UTC

2

Song Help

Sorry, I have little information. Looking for a song that came out around 2 years ago. IIRC it was a mix of clean and harsh vocals, I think it started out with acoustic guitar, but could be wrong. I want to say the song name, band, or album had something to do with mountain and/or void, again I could be wrong. I do remember the music video featured 2 or so guys in hooded robes wondering around a house/barn and it was very snowy outside. It wasn't a very well know band, Any help is greatly appreciated. It is not Haken, they kept popping up in my google searches. Thank you.

8 Comments
2024/12/16
19:58 UTC

30

Danny Carey playing “Indiscipline” by King Crimson

1 Comment
2024/12/16
19:42 UTC

44

What’s your favorite “ride the riff” track?

The beauty of prog is that so many technical riffs and sounds come together to create an awesome song. Some tracks, though, let a riff or two ride throughout and it creates an awesome buildup of sound and tension.

What are some of your favorite tracks that let a riff play itself out, whether it’s a feature or is played beneath other layers of music?

Edit: for myself and those interested in listening to these tracks, I’ve made a Spotify playlist with your recommendations!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/47rHqOAFNbHJcZ26c6xhsr?si=VTBXIlhUT9eJsBi01n074Q&pi=u-mBqQR2STRx2W

96 Comments
2024/12/16
19:41 UTC

1

Elegy - Force Majeure

0 Comments
2024/12/16
19:29 UTC

18

I’m stuck trying to find bands like Novembre

Novembre has band a band I feel like is not talked about anymore. I know this band gets lumped in to the likes of Opeth, Katatonia, Agalloch, Daylight Dies, etc but I’ve always felt like there was so much more and something so different about them.

Actually, like 15-18 years ago, I felt like the closest band was maybe Rapture but without the progressive elements. It’s another band that seems to have been wiped away from existence.

Any fans left of these guys or recommendations of something similar?

19 Comments
2024/12/16
17:50 UTC

2

Recommendations

I’m new to this sub and looking for some other prog bands to get into. I really enjoy Cynic and Atheist, but haven’t ventured out into other bands past those. I want to get into some Opeth as I’ve heard promising things about them but haven’t heard much of their stuff yet. I do like death metal vocals as well as operatic style vocals (think Warrel Dane or Geoff Tate).

What bands would you recommend, and what songs would you start with from those bands?

16 Comments
2024/12/16
17:05 UTC

2

Opus Pocus - Jason Becker

0 Comments
2024/12/16
15:12 UTC

64

What albums of 2025 are you looking forward to the most?

For me it's a tie between Devin Townsend's The Moth TesseracT and Haken.

161 Comments
2024/12/16
14:01 UTC

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Recommendation Thread: What have you discovered this week?

Running out of music to listen to? Discover something recently that you want to share? You've come to the right place.

This is the weekly recommendation thread here at r/progmetal, a place to discuss, recommend, and find new music of any kind.

Simple rules:

  • Don't just drop a link, but provide the Artist name (and album/song name as relevant)
  • When recommending a band please leave some information about them and why you recommend them

Looking for further music discussion? We talk about music and other things all day everyday on Images & Words: The Prog Discord. We also host weekly listening parties for new album releases every Friday starting at 3pm EST / 8pm UTC.

For some music you may have missed this year, check out the Album Release Spreadsheet.

Previous weekly threads.

5 Comments
2024/12/16
13:00 UTC

1

Esprit d'Escalier - The Struggle Pt. II (Fiending for New Worlds) (FFO Altesia, Alcest, the current French prog movement)

0 Comments
2024/12/16
11:31 UTC

80

Symphony X - Iconoclast

14 Comments
2024/12/16
11:22 UTC

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