Dystopia, progressive metal, and fun facts about Voidchaser! Over Hyperspace Metal Festival weekend in Vancouver, BC, in mid April, I had the privilege of interviewing the band Voidchaser, easily one of my most anticipated sets of the entire Fest! It was a gorgeous day, so we decided to do the interview outside at Dr. Sun […]
Silky atmospheric melodic post metal with just enough aggression! Domhain hails from Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, and they recently released their debut full length, “In Perfect Stillness.” Full length may give you pause when you only see 5 tracks, particularly when the first song is under 2 minutes. But with a run time
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Fantasy loving cinematic atmospheric melodic black metal from Australia! Imagine lyrics deeply based in the world of fantasy, heavily influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien (Lord of the Rings) or George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire). Add in inspiration from the fantasy video game world of Diablo. Melodies are abundant and inspire a world
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Crushing atmospheric melodeath from Greece! Greek melodic death metal band AmongRuins recently released their fourth full length album, “Advent of Chaos.” I will admit that prior to listening to this album, I was completely unfamiliar with the band. Like many genres, melodeath can cover a lot of ground, and I was curious where exactly AmongRuins
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An incredible and defining progressive metal dystopian concept album! I love a great concept album. Add some dystopia and sci-fi, and I can be easily hooked. But much like writing a great novel, great concept albums don’t just happen, and I have listened to a handful released in 2026 that I really wanted to love
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Fun facts about Sam and her band Nocteris! When I attended the show featuring 4 different black metal bands at The High Water Mark in Portland, Oregon, on April 3, I did a short impromptu video interview with Sam, lead vocalist / bassist of Portland-based symphonic black metal band Nocteris. We are just hanging outside
Deep diving with The Lord of the Logos into creating logos for bands and mymetaloftheday! mymetaloftheday is officially adding video interviews to its content offering, and our first interview features Christophe Szpajdel, aka “The Lord of the Logos.” We thought this would be a great way to kick off this new content category since he
A melting pot of European melodic death and progressive metal, live in Portland, Oregon! Back in October, Dark Tranquillity and Soen did the Ultima Ratio Fest tour across Europe together, with support from Iotunn and Equilibrium. For this tour, Dark Tranquillity was playing a special set, celebrating 30 years of “The Gallery” and 20 years
Uplifting progressive metal that is powerful and insanely technical! Metal is excellent in conveying emotion and connecting to your soul. So often it explores the darker textures of life, both lyrically and musically, and prog does this as well as any subgenre. There is nothing like a crushing djent breakdown or eerie polymetric keyboard and
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Four flavors of black metal providing plenty of atmosphere, intensity, and brutality, for a great show in Portland! I was in Portland for the weekend with plans to see the Dark Tranquillity / Soen / Persefone show on Saturday. Since I had Friday night available, I was curious to see if there was another show
