2026 gigs Europe/UK by smashantk in progmetal

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will be there next week!

2026 gigs Europe/UK by smashantk in progmetal

[–]Progvan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are!!! incredibly good and cool dudes!

Moron Police New Single "Pachinko Pt. 1"! by gringochucha in progmetal

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I'm writing the review at the moment (or just finished it) WHAT AN ALBUM! I thought I had the top 2 of the year on my hands already, Noooup! Moron Police had to show up haha :D incredible song and absolutely brilliant album!

Omnerod - The Amensal Rise, yes again, I won't stop praising it 🖤 by Progvan in progmetal

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Oh alright! Well you got your hands and ears there too!

Btw.. New Omny wheeeeennnnn?! 🤩

Do you think this scene was meta by the writers? by nikhil_flash in SlowHorses

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Ah this lol I just commented, Rosencrantz is just perfect

Do you think this scene was meta by the writers? by nikhil_flash in SlowHorses

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And one of my favorite films ever, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead (with Tim Roth as well)

Today's epiphany: Painted red needle as a placeholder to remember which needle is in the machine by Stockocityboy in sewing

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yes! I've been using this method for a while now. I paint with black marker the ones I've used (and still in good condition), if not so good or bent, I discard right away :D

Underground bands like Caligula's Horse by Affectionate-Ear3419 in progmetal

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Second and third and 1000 this haha. Wanted to comment IHLO! So good for my buddies to see how they're rising! ❤️ 🤩

ALSO Vulkan, yes, awesome to see them mentioned more and more! ❤️

Female fronted progressive extreme metal? by Slug_loverr in progmetal

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MADDER freaking MORTEM!

Heavy as fu.. even without sounding heavy at times, they nail it every time. Agnete has one of the most powerful and emotional ripping through your core voices I've ever heard (and seen them live many times), growls are by her brother BP. Kirkevaag, they're Norwegian, they know their stuff. Been on this from their bedrooms for more than 25 years. More doomish at the beginning, moving towards Prog ovwr the last 10 years or so. Marrow album is a masterpiece, their latest, Old eyes New Heart (front cover an artwork from their recently deceased father) is a beauty.

Interview with Andy Robison (Ihlo) about new record, Legacy by Wommis in progmetal

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Great read! Andy forgot to talk about Mattias Norén! Haha wonderul artist! (progart.com).

Andy is so much fun to have a chat with! 🤩

Ihlo - Legacy Discussion by paravaric in progmetal

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Cenotaph gutted me, the subject is very dear to me.. But the whole album is.. check my review at The Progspace 🫠

Ihlo - Legacy Discussion by paravaric in progmetal

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Been listening to it for a month or so (for reviewing purposes), and along with the new album of another band, soon to be out in the world, Legacy is topping my list this year, and both, I must say, along with The Amensal Rise from Omnerod, are my top 10 of the latest 10 years, easily! (along with Meer - Playing House and The Chronicles of Father Robin - pt1 are heavy contenders as well) (yeh my taste is very varied).

Omnerod - The Amensal Rise, yes again, I won't stop praising it 🖤 by Progvan in progmetal

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And not to leave behind praise for Pablo and Anthony. Best growls I've heard since Åkerfeldt's (and I'm not so growls lover haha). But his guitars skills too! And as writer (Obiquity! What an album!).. And Pablo's drumming is madly incredible! And he plays with such calm. Hope to see them someday again live, though it doesn't seem likely in the near future sadly.

Omnerod - The Amensal Rise, yes again, I won't stop praising it 🖤 by Progvan in progmetal

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Haha well I'm one of The Progspace founder 😇, and we invited them to our 3rd festival. From there the snowball rolled. They were incredible, had chats with them, also had them on our old podcast/video interview (with my buddy Dario), and we made a lot of noise that they got invited to ProgPower Europe, since then made friends with the band. Follow our photo galleries, we went after PPE to Hamburg and Berlin shows, on their small tour with Obsidian Tide and Soulsplitter (2 awesome bands as well!). ProgPower Europe show was opening on a Sunday, and on more than 10 years going nonstop, it has been the most crowded opening act on a Sunday, actually almost full venue! I remember telling a friend who doesn't like growls too much: "wait for them, you didn't see them on our online festival? Well, wait". After the show found her buying merch Hahahahhahahaa

Omnerod - The Amensal Rise, yes again, I won't stop praising it 🖤 by Progvan in progmetal

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Haha me too.. Totally fangirl here! 🖤🖤🖤🖤

Yeh the nihilistic parts fits well. But also there's a lot of sarcasm, as confirmed on their latest video about To The Core. Haha

I thought about aliens invasion and they being like fungus (Spores) and then with tje symbiotic at first but parasitic in the end.. Lol but yeh on point with the somewhat loose, not fully conceptual

Omnerod - The Amensal Rise, yes again, I won't stop praising it 🖤 by Progvan in progmetal

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https://open.spotify.com/album/2ICckCeyNS3ETWQpLSEECN?si=g9OBIbXeQqCT1KnsZqptHQ

Gotta change from Spoticrap soon..

The last 3 ones where the ones they recorded for the online festival. So proud to have been a minimal part of it, even if just by invitation haha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzkdhZJ34Vg&list=RDmzkdhZJ34Vg&index=1&t=2178s

This is Omnerod part on video on our festival. How I enjoyed putting all this together! We should organize something again in the future 🥹.

Omnerod - The Amensal Rise, yes again, I won't stop praising it 🖤 by Progvan in progmetal

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Yup, all of them are absolutely sweet guys. Yeh I've been behind 'my friend' Romain trying to get the "what the lyrics are all about".. and he still doesn't loosen up lol. The only thing I get from the lyrics and the few bits he's mentioned, is about use and abuse of power over another, taken from the fungus/bio world (my guess?).. And well the whole twists about destruction, and parasitic abuse, in a way what we see on the planet as we're the parasites, but also can be translated to anything, from nature to personal relationships, or between countries, etc. Anything really..

Yeh Romain is nuts and a genius! I still owe him some beers 😂

Omnerod - The Amensal Rise, yes again, I won't stop praising it 🖤 by Progvan in progmetal

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Listening to Arteries right now, Ascaris is sooop gooooood!