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.
Psychework
Bo Hansen February 25, 2024If anything has come to define Finnish prog-metallers Psychework, then it has to be the undercurrent of optimism battling against the odds that runs through their music. Across three albums – //The Dragon’s Year// (2016), //Karelian Hills// (2018) and 2023’s //Spark Of Hope// – the sextet of singer Antony Parviainen, guitarists J-V Hintikka and Juha Takanen, Otto […]
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Dirty Sound Magnet
Bo Hansen February 3, 2024Swiss rockers run high on psychedelic journey with latest release “I grew up listening to bands such as The Doors, Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd, but when my mother asked me to listen to //Led Zeppelin IV//, that day changed my life. I listened to that record and thought it was music made by the […]
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Temic
Bo Hansen February 3, 2024Prog metal alumni band together for pulse-driven project with a little help from Mike Portnoy They’re a new multi-national prog metal project driven by the principles of electronic music and boasting established names within their ranks, but if it wasn’t for Mike Portnoy, they simply wouldn’t exist. Whilst touring with The Shattered Fortress in 2017, […]
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Hilary Woods
Bo Hansen February 3, 2024The Irish artist has evolved into a creator of totally immersive states. “When I listen to drones, I feel I listen with all my being,” says Hilary Woods as she considers her voyage into the far more esoteric waters than has ever been hinted at during her career. “It moves through me, but it also […]
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Hands of the Heron
Bo Hansen February 3, 2024Multi-layered instrumental and vocal trio find that they are prog, much to their surprise. Being labelled prog is still something of a novelty for Bristol-based trio Hands Of The Heron. But following a scene-stealing appearance at October’s Summer’s End Festival, they are starting to adjust. “I really enjoyed how shocked some of the audience members […]
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Petra Hermanova
Bo Hansen February 1, 2024Transplanted to Berlin, the Czech musician rediscovered her mojo after an injury forced her to change instrument. “I had some issues with my hand,” sighs Petra Hermanova. “I had to stop playing guitar 12 years ago, so when I started thinking about what instrument could I have in my private life. There weren’t that many […]
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Mitsune
Bo Hansen December 19, 2023Japanese folk reimagined for the 21st Century with classic prog influences. “Our new EP is heavily influenced by //Close To The Edge// by Yes”. This comment leaves //Prog// momentarily speechless. Australian Youka Snell is discussing the forthcoming release by her Berlin-based group Mitsune. Given the band’s love of Japanese folk, which includes dressing in traditional […]
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Storm Deva
Bo Hansen December 19, 2023The composer-astroscientist duo that are cloudbusting in mythical, eclectic style. In Hinduism, a Deva (pronounced dayva) is a god; someone supernatural who shines and is literally dev-ine. Add extreme weather, and emotion, and there’s a substantial concept manifesting. So when Leeds-via-Hertfordshire composer, vocalist and pianist Carollyn Eden chose this name for her work she was […]
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Gabriel Kahane
Bo Hansen December 19, 2023Meet the forward-thinking singer-songwriter and composer who juggles catchiness and complexity “I try to make things that people have a reason to return to over and over again.” Gabriel Kahane has been furrowing his own path in folk, singer-songwriter and compositional circles for years, but he quips – mainly by virtue of his many, many […]
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Closure In Moscow
Bo Hansen December 19, 2023Outlandish Aussies battle overcome mental health battles to make show-stopping return Body//As vocalist Christopher de Cinque delicately puts it, Closure In Moscow’s story went from the cliché tale of high school kids jamming, to “a fucking whirlwind” in the blink of an eye. Their 2008 debut EP, //The Penance And The Patience//, quickly earned the […]