ThisIsNotAScene found Mathias “Warlord” Nygård of celebrated painted horde Turisas comfortably ensconced in a press room arm chair, where he waxed lyrical about doing it the Turisas way, ill fitting Viking helmets, Hollywood classics; fantastic UK crowds the importance of not being an armchair hero....

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Two years after “Snowfall On Judgement Day,” American progressive metal band Redemption are back with their new studio album “This Mortal Coil”. Since other prog metal bands like Dream Theater or Arch/Matheos have set the bar up high with new albums already this year, let’s...

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The UK’s best new metal band Furyon, feat. vocalist Matt Mitchell, guitarist Chris Green, guitarist Pat Heath, bass guitarist Alex “Nickel” Bowen and drummer Lee Farmery have signed a management deal with Germany’s Rock N Growl!

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Well-known as Porcupine Tree’s mastermind, one half of Blackfield, Opeth producer, King Crimson and Jethro Tull remixer, Steven Wilson has become one of the central figures of today’s progressive rock. His second solo album “Grace For Drowning”, announced as his “biggest project to date” with...

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Royal Weddings. Pomp and Circumstance. Wet Bank Holiday Mondays. There are some things that the English do much better than anyone else. Let’s add eccentric, self deprecating progressive rock to that list. The 40th anniversary reissue of Caravan‘s “In the Land of Grey and Pink”,...

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Prior to the release of his latest album “Keith Emerson Band feat. Marc Bonilla” Emerson toured in Eastern Europe in 2008 with Tony Pia on drums, Travis Davis on bass and backing vocals and Marc Bonilla on guitar and vocals. Finally a recording of his...

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Yes are known as one of the most important bands of progressive rock, defining the genre in the early 70’s with such albums as “Fragile” or “Close To The Edge” and even selling out stadiums at that time. But by the end of the decade...

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Brighton’s Furyon are making quite a name for themselves at the moment in the underground metal community with their unique and contemporary sound. They have been criss-crossing the country bringing their live shows to as many people as they can and with forthcoming shows at...

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Captive Audience, the debut release from Glasgow Prog Metal outfit Secondskin, on Union Black records, is nothing short of stunning. The tone is set immediately with the haunting intro ‘If you knew…’, which almost hypnotizes you before the raw brutality of ‘Pawned Life’ bursts through...

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