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progressive metal | The Metal Observer https://themetalobserver.com Your guide through metal! Mon, 17 Jul 2023 06:10:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://themetalobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Metal-Observer-Icon-45x45.png progressive metal | The Metal Observer https://themetalobserver.com 32 32 Shredding Enslaved https://themetalobserver.com/shredding-enslaved/ https://themetalobserver.com/shredding-enslaved/#respond Sat, 15 Jul 2023 19:49:49 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=48775 Enslaved is a special band, they cross so many genre boundaries and have redefined what black metal is and can be. Whether they were setting the standards for second wave black metal in 1993, or setting the standards for psychedelic black metal in 2000 Enslaved has been a major trail blazer in metal. I’ve spoken […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/shredding-enslaved/feed/ 0 48775 Swamp Suicide – An Interview with Manos Six and The Muddy Devil https://themetalobserver.com/swamp-suicide-an-interview-with-manos-six-and-the-muddy-devil/ https://themetalobserver.com/swamp-suicide-an-interview-with-manos-six-and-the-muddy-devil/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:21:00 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=47898 Thank you for taking the time for this interview.Can you give us some quick background on how the project came to be?Manos Six + the muddy devil is my personal project along with Stamos Abatis. The two of us have been playing music together since 1999 in various projects. Our current main band is: Skull& […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/swamp-suicide-an-interview-with-manos-six-and-the-muddy-devil/feed/ 0 47898 Shredding Evergrey https://themetalobserver.com/shredding-evergrey/ https://themetalobserver.com/shredding-evergrey/#respond Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:00:49 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=44782 Evergrey set the standard in the early 2000s for what progressive power metal would look like for decades to come. Rather than focusing on shredding and neoclassical elements Evergrey went right for the feels with incredibly catchy music, crushing riffs (most of the time), and a certain emotion that only Thomas Englund can achieve with […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/shredding-evergrey/feed/ 0 44782 TMO’s Debut Albums of the Year https://themetalobserver.com/debut-albums-of-the-year/ https://themetalobserver.com/debut-albums-of-the-year/#respond Tue, 22 Dec 2020 10:24:48 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=43888 Welcome to a special edition TMO year end list, a warm-up to our final top 30, and what you can consider our Christmas present to you, our fellow readers. In the giving spirit of the holiday season, we thought to give a well earned shout-out to the special elite of up and coming bands that […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/debut-albums-of-the-year/feed/ 0 43888 Interview with Persefone https://themetalobserver.com/interview-with-persefone/ https://themetalobserver.com/interview-with-persefone/#respond Sun, 20 Dec 2020 15:35:00 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=43873 Guitarist Carlos Lozano of Persefone joins me to discuss the re-issue of the band’s debut album “Truth Inside the Shades”. Read on to learn all the fun details! George: When did the idea to re-make the new album first come about? Carlos: I actually remember exactly the day. We played at Karmøygeddon fest in Norway. […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/interview-with-persefone/feed/ 0 43873 Shredding: Ayreon https://themetalobserver.com/shredding-ayreon/ https://themetalobserver.com/shredding-ayreon/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2020 11:57:13 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=43720 Today we venture into the deep unknown of the outer cosmos. Unknown races, long forgotten human ancestors and unrealized dimensions shall unfold before us as we open the doors to a whole world of sci-fi fantasy, adventures and best of all, prog. Ayreon is a unique musical project worldwide. Ever since I first came across […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/shredding-anathema/feed/ 7 43538 Interviewing Scardust vocalist Noa Gruman and drummer Yoav Weinberg https://themetalobserver.com/interviewing-scardust-vocalist-noa-gruman-and-drummer-yoav-weinberg/ https://themetalobserver.com/interviewing-scardust-vocalist-noa-gruman-and-drummer-yoav-weinberg/#respond Tue, 03 Nov 2020 15:58:00 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=43226 Israeli symphonic progressive metal masters Scardust have just released their highly anticipated second album Strangers. Vocalist Noa Gruman and drummer Yoav Weinberg were kind enough to welcome me into their world for an in-depth conversation about the album, the creative process and of course, a lot of stories that came along with that! Here is […]

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]]> https://themetalobserver.com/interviewing-scardust-vocalist-noa-gruman-and-drummer-yoav-weinberg/feed/ 0 43226 TMO Albums Of The Month – October 2020 https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-of-the-month-october-2020/ https://themetalobserver.com/tmo-albums-of-the-month-october-2020/#respond Sun, 01 Nov 2020 11:03:26 +0000 http://www.metal-observer.com/3.o/?p=43201 Spooktober culminates with another set of incredible releases Benediction – Scriptures Both the return of the band after a long hiatus, and the return of their main vocalist throughout their run, the masterful Dave Ingram, Scriptures doesn’t just restate Benediction’s relevance as an old school death metal act, it basically carpetbombs the entire scene. This […]

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