French progressive metal unit Hypno5e have premiered a new track from their upcoming album, Shores of the Abstract Line, at Metal Sucks. Titled “East Shore – In Our Deaf Lands”, the nearly 13-minute track combines complex, groove heavy metallic attacks with lengthy sections of sprawling cinematics and post-rock sensibilities. Check out the behemoth tune after the break.
Shores of the Abstract Line will be released on February 19 via Pelagic Records.
Prog metal titans The Contortionist have released a reworked version of their latest record Language and they have released a music video to go alongside it. Four to be honest. Well, this post is about one. “Language.” You can check out the video for this beautiful, reimagined track below. Continue reading
Texas progressive death metal outfit Fall have announced the release of their debut full-length record. The new record will be titled The Insatiable Weakness and will be released on January 22 through the band themselves. The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Robert Beltran at Precision Studios and will feature session drumming from Soilwork’s Dirk Verbeuren. The album’s artwork and track listing can be found after the break along with a stream of two new tracks, “Harvester” and “Soul Ignition”.
UK-based progressive metal outfit Latitudes have announced the release of their third full-length album and follow-up to 2012’s Individuation. The new record will be titled Old Sunlight (artwork above) and will be released on January 22 via Debemur Morti Productions. The album was produced by Chris Fielding (Primordial, Electric Wizard, etc) and was mastered by James Plotkin (Isis, Jesu, etc). The track listing can be found after the break along with a stream of Individuation.
Pre-orders for the record can be found here.
The aggressive, proggy new project called Moon Tooth will release their debut album Chromaparagon in February. This album is already garnering buzz and it is definitely going to be something to keep your eye on. The band has just released a new track titled “Queen Wolf,” which you can stream below. It’s really cool and I recommend sitting back and enjoying it. Continue reading
Netherlands-based progressive rock outfit Our Oceans are currently streaming their recently released self-titled album on their official Bandcamp. The album collects former members of Cynic and current members of Exivious and Dodecahedron for a dreamlike, post-rock adjacent take on modern progressive rock. Check out the full album after the break.
Austaras are an interesting act. The Chicago three-piece have crafted some insanely good proggy post-metal radness. The band will unleash Prisoner Of Sunlight on Friday and if you want to see some seriously awesome tunes before then, then look no further! New Noise Magazine is hosting a stream of the album right now. Check it out below and enjoy the hell out of it. Continue reading
So yeah, as if anyone suspected different, I’m loving the new Coheed And Cambria album and since the album is available now, the band have released a new music video. The video is for the albums first track “Island,” which is rad. The video involves a lot of subway action and lots of Claudio. Check out the video below. Continue reading
Connecticut progressive metal outfit Earthside have premiered their upcoming full-length, A Dream in Static, at MetalHammer. The album will officially be released on October 23 can be purchased here. A Dream in Static combines modern progressive metal nuances with elements of post-metal and pop arrangements and features guest contributions from The Moscow Studio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Tompkins (TesseracT, ex-Skyharbor), Lajon Witherspoon (Sevendust) among others. The album is a must listen for fans of Katatonia, Dream Theater and TesseracT. Stream it after the break.
Haunted Shores, which is made up of Periphery‘s Misha Mansoor and Mark Holcomb, released a track off of their debut release over the weekend. The track is titled “Norway Jose” and it’s fucking phenomenal. The band is a little heavier than Periphery with orchestral vocals laid under the music. It’s really rad. You can check out “Norway Jose” below. Enjoy. Continue reading
New York prog metal weirdos Pseudo/Sentai have premiered their upcoming album, Bansheeface, at Metal Sucks. The album will officially be released on October 16 and can be purchased here. The record is an eccentric, sci-fi-inspired take on progressive rock that fans of Mr. Bungle or The Mars Volta will most surely dig. Check it out now.
One of my favorite bands, Coheed And Cambria will release their highly anticipated new album The Color Before The Sun this Friday and this shit is dope. The band is currently streaming the album in full for those who have been awaiting it and/or those of little faith. In one of the strangest feats by a band to stream an album, you can check out The Color Before The Sun over on Pandora. Yeah. You read that right.
Progcore act Born Of Osiris, whose new record Soul Sphere will see release in a few weeks, have unleashed another new track titled “Free Fall.” This track is really rad with a lot of strange sounds. You can stream the bad boy after the jump. Do it or get left behind. Continue reading
Born Of Osiris will release their new album Soul Sphere at the end of the month. There is still plenty of time for those of you who are sleeping on this band or this album to turn around and take notice. Take the bands new track “Goddess Of The Dawn.” It’s an amazingly heavy new track that absolutely kills. You can check that song out below and get a nice dose of Soul Sphere. Check it. Continue reading
Make Me A Donut, who have possibly the best name in deathcore, have just unleashed a new track from their upcoming album Bright Side. The new track is titled “Erratic” and it’s a grooving, proggy, pretty rad track. This is my first listen to the band and I’m digging it. Make Me A Donut will release Bright side next week and you can hear “Erratic” below. Continue reading
