Bo Hansen
Hi, I am Bo Hansen, one of the webmasters of Progzilla.com. My role focuses on maintaining the website, ensuring its usability, and providing a seamless experience for users to explore and engage with the world of progressive rock.
Crisálida
Bo Hansen February 10, 2025Drawing on their historical and cultural heritage, the Chilean prog metallers fuse old and new for the here and now. “I really think we found our sound with our third album, //Solar//,” says guitarist Damián Agurto as he considers the development of Crisálida. Based in Santiago, the prog-metal band was formed in 1997 by singer […]
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Third Quadrant
Bo Hansen February 10, 2025Keyboard-orientated proggers discuss their second life and fifth studio album “We’ve always been fiercely independent and that’s one thing we did carry over from the punk scene.” //Prog// is discussing the early years of Northwest-based band Third Quadrant with drummer Chris Hare, which also acts as a reminder of the DIY aesthetic that informed a […]
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Múr
Bo Hansen February 10, 2025Dynamic Icelandic quintet looks to blur the lines between sound and vision Kári Haraldsson spends his daytime soundtracking Icelandic films and TV shows. At night, he turns to his categorise-it-if-you-dare passion project, Múr. Grounded by the emotionally driven ambient textures that define his scores, the band uses extreme dynamic changes as pawns for their Machiavellian […]
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Henge
Bo Hansen February 10, 2025HENGE are not like other bands. HENGE are from outer space. A disparate band of space travelling eccentrics, they have been steadily making their alien presence felt with music that combines mischievous, Cardiacs-like electro-punk with mind-expanding space rock grandeur and the frantic textures of ‘90s rave. Their new album, //Journey To Voltus B//, is destined […]
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Kanaan & Ævestaden
Bo Hansen February 10, 2025A spectacular collision of contrasting worlds, //Langt, Langt Vekk// (//Far, Far Away//) sees psychedelic drone-rockers Kanaan teamed with sometimes trad, sometimes trippy folk act Ævestaden on their joint debut LP. “At first it was like a joke,” smiles Kenneth Lien, one of Ævestaden’s three multi-instrumentalists. “What if these very different bands joined forces?” As Kanaan guitarist Ask […]
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We Are Bodies
Bo Hansen January 9, 2025Dave Pen and Robin Foster first met through MySpace more than 15 years ago. It was the nascent algorithms that brought them together, with the bots frequently suggesting fans of Pen’s band Archive might like the music of Foster, and vice versa. “So we started spying on each other,” remembers Foster, an English musician who’s […]
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Overhead, The Albatross
Bo Hansen January 9, 2025Irishmen pull on the heartstrings with dynamic post-rock “We’re all quite private people, so to be putting so much of your feelings was a bit nerve-wracking.” Body//The ears if Pink Floyd fans will prick up at the sound of Overhead, The Albatross’ band name – given that the moniker is grabbed from the opening line […]
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Tom Penaguin
Bo Hansen January 9, 2025The Canterbury Scene extends well beyond the usual geographical boundaries and it seems, is also exerting an influence amongst an increasingly younger generation of musicians. France’s Tom Penaguin is one such example. The multi-instrumentalist’s self-titled album of original compositions while being clearly influenced by the tone and timbre of the likes Egg, National Health, and […]
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Oddleaf
Bo Hansen January 9, 2025French proggers create a flutter with eco-themed debut album “Many people ask why we are called Oddleaf, and we could not really explain – so we thought we would do a song about it,” says Carina Taurer, the band’s composer and keyboards player. The explanation comes in the hauntingly intricate //Ethereal Melodies//, signature song from […]
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Kronstad 23
Bo Hansen November 20, 2024Spread over Norway, the jazz-prog quintet reunite sporadically to create stunning music against the clock. Getting the band back together one more time has been the dream for many wearing rose-tinted spectacles, but for Norwegians Kronstad 23 – that’s Øyvind Vie Berg (keyboards), Aleksander Tøsdal Tveit (guitar), Eirik Rømcke (bass) and Hans Christian Dalgaard (drums) […]