Progressive Metal Music

I swear I hear one of the songs from Raven (Holy Drinker?) in the beginning of “You are the Sky”, the riffing at the beginning of World Maker reminds me of some Ptree but can’t place it.

I recorded a prog metal concept album. It's meant to be the story of a D&D party campaign. I played all the guitar parts and programmed the drums, synth, strings, and random sounds. A friend of mine says he wants to do some vocals for it. So, for now it's an instrumental album I think it's pretty neat. If you partake in THC of any variety it sounds way cooler while you're high.

Boss Keloid - Family the smiling thrush

“Odd” is the word that always comes to my mind when I listen to Boss Keloid. I envision a bunch of woodland gnomes making strange and stubbornly original prog metal. And I mean this very respectfully.

Hard to describe post-something , but very good.

https://tidal.com/browse/album/178749644?u

1980s meditative shit. That's all.

Strong “Time” vibes in here, it even has Chinese-sounding scales and instrumentation. Symphonic as hell, bombastic, and a heck of a ride.

How we liking the new jam?

I'm on listen #2. I really like it so far. Easily their best since P2. The Blue Nowhere is seriously one of the best songs they've ever written. God Terror, Door #3, Slow Paranoia are amazing as well.

Like that one review on metal archives "Death metal riffs in prog packaging". Anyway, this actually sounds pretty good, got me headbanging through the whole thing. The vocal style is just, is, like it doesn't change. Just standard vocals, but oh well.

Highlights

• Obsidian Mantra - The Demon-Haunted World
• Obsidian Mantra - False Spirituality
• Obsidian Mantra - The First Disbeliever [Btw does the vocalist say "The truth I shall seek, I shall not believe"] Because I couldn't find any lyrics.

I'd love something like this, not Opeth though, I've been liking Katatonia's early stuff quite a lot, so something along this and early Katatonia.

New single from the new album “The Blue Nowhere”, out on September 12th, 2025 via InsideOutMusic.

Really good show, and probably the only time you’ll see the Aussies state-side. Played a good mix of the albums.

I just saw Between The Buried And Me in concert for the first time a few moments ago. Yeah the photo is blurry and shitty but still I'm still sharing it cause they've been my favorite band since 2011 (I'm a late bloomer), after I only finally gave them a chance (after many recommendations in the 2000's) because Tommy was one of the guests on a Devin Townsend album, among the greatest guests possible (Ihsahn, Akerfeldt, Duplantier, Masvidal, Thordendal, ...). But I immediately fell "in love" and had no opportunity to see them live till now.

If you like prog metal but you've never gave them a chance because they're listed as "metalcore", I suggest you don't be a dumb-dumb like me and not waste years before finally listening to one of their albums (or even better, live albums)

I know, I know an oldie but a goodie. I love this album. I even cried when I reached "Scent of Blood". For some reason I can't help but hear Iced Earth at some points, could be the piano or some weird synth in there.

Favorite tracks are "Undertow" (Which was the first track that introduced me to it), "Ending Theme" (Which hits you at the start of the album, kinda cool), "Fandango" (This one at points feels a lot like a track from Iced Earth, specifically the album "Horror Show"), "Chain Sling", and that weird thing at the intro of "Beyond The Pale".

This is a really cool cover of Undertow by Uri Nieto, also the obscure but lovely cover by Undeon using a flute.

All in all the album is an experience, I can't listen almost not listen to its tracks separately, it would would just feel wrong.

One of my faves.

Great track from their upcoming EP. Really looking forward to it. CW: Video is AI gen 🙄

Last track of Frost*'s Day and Age album. Really the whole thing should be listened to front to back, but this song is stellar on its own.

I like the Genesis vibe, and BTBAM never disappoint anyway

From their An Evening With Haken tour, which was incredible! Recently picked up the album for this tour too. Haken is my GOAT pick for prog metal these days.

Highly anticipated album for me with Fountainhead on the guitar, who played and wrote large parts of Obscura's Akroasis and is a very unique player using fretless guitar. Also vocals by Morean (Alkaloid, Dark Fortress). I somehow missed that the album came out a week ago, from listening so far it is really cool and quite out there.

Jazz Metal rearrangement of Meshuggah's well known Bleed. They do some weird stuff with the tempo, which makes it pretty mind bending.

Just got into them about a week ago. Many people seem to consider Years Past Matter to be the definite album to start with, but Psychagogue grapped me more - I'd say it has a proggier vibe, in parts touching some Gorguts ish and in places even Progrock tones.

It's also one of their shorter releases, making it a bit more digestible

Got these recommended by the algorithm recently and really liked it. Rhythm side bit like earlier Meshuggah and the Jazz elements are really nice. Much prog such wow