Drawing 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 […]
Keyboard-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 […]
Dynamic 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 […]
HENGE 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 […]
A 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 […]