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For this year’s End of the Year episode, we assembled an illustrious round again: Karl Westerlund, Robert Stenvall & Christian Berglönn (An Abstract Illusion), Andy Schmidt (Disillusion), Colin MacAndrew (Ashbreather) & Rioghan Darcy, talking about all of their own 2022 records as well as our favorite albums of the year. 

Chapters:

01:00 An Abstract Illusion

05:30 Disillusion

10:00 Ashbreather

18:00 Rioghan

22:20 Favorite Albums of 2022

39:12 Expectations and plans for 2023

🎵 An Abstract Illusion is:

Karl Westerlund - guitars, bass

Robert Stenvall - keyboards, vocals

Christian Berglönn - vocals

💿 An Abstract Illusion Discography:

Atonement is Nigh EP (2014)

Illuminate the Path (2016)

Woe (2022)

✔️ Follow An Abstract Illusion:

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/aai_swe/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@anabstractillusion/

Bandcamp: https://anabstractillusion.bandcamp.com/

Spotify: https://bit.ly/3YgZXlC

🎵 Disillusion is:

Andy Schmidt - vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards

Ben Haugg - guitars

Robby Kranz - bass

Martin Schulz - drums

💿 Disillusion Discography:

Back to Times of Splendor (2004)

Gloria (2006)

The Liberation (2019)

Ayam (2022)

✔️ Follow Disillusion:

Website: https://disillusion.de/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disillusionBand/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disillusion_band/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DisillusionBand/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DisillusionBand/

Bandcamp: https://disillusion-official.bandcamp.com/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/disillusion/

Spotify: https://bit.ly/3uEEUfc

🎵 Ashbreather is:

Mackay Agellon: guitars, vocals, percussion, saxophone

Charles Richards: bass, vocals, percussion, drones

Colin MacAndrew: drums, vocals, percussion

💿 Ashbreather Discography:

Ashbreather (2020)

Ow, My Eye! EP (2021)

Hivemind (2022)

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashbreather/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ashbreatherofficial8986

Bandcamp: https://ashbreather.bandcamp.com/

Spotify: https://bit.ly/3W4TRD6

🎵 Rioghan is:

Rioghan Darcy - vocals, lyrics

Teemu Liekkala - guitars, bass, keys, production

Valtteri Revonkorpi - drums

💿 Rioghan Discography:

Blackened Sky EP (2021)

Different Kinds of Losses (2022)

✔️ Follow Rioghan:

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Bandcamp: https://rioghan.bandcamp.com/

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There must have been something in the water in Providence, Rhode Island around 2004: Dirt Poor Robins emerged parallel to The Dear Hunter to go on a separate, but similarly artistic journey, culminating in their latest record and silent film, “Queen of the Night”. Mastermind Neil DeGraide told us everything about it!

Chapters:

03:30 A brief history of Dirt Poor Robins

13:18 Making a movie as an extension of the album

15:58 The Dear Hunter connection

17:40 Queen of the Night: Soundtrack vs. Score

22:30 The hybrid approach to orchestration

25:33 Komm Jesu: layering choral arrangements and adapting Bach

30:45 The average prog fan

32:00 Making a DIY low budget movie

37:04 The entire timespan until completion of Queen of the Night

42:28 The Patreon Community and upcoming plans

🎵 Dirt Poor Robins is:

Neil DeGraide

Kate DeGraide

💿 Discography:

The Cage (2007)

Last Days of Leviathan (2010)

The Raven Locks (Act 1) (2013)

The Raven Locks (Act 2) (2014)

The Raven Locks (Act 3) (2017)

The Raven Locks (Complete Record) (2019)

Dead Horse, Alaska (RED) (2019)

Dead Horse, Alaska (Gold) (2019)

Dead Horse, Alaska (Onyx) (2020)

Deadhorse (Deluxe Edition) (2020)

Anthems to the Edge of the Earth (Compilation) (2021)

Queen of the Night (Soundtrack) (2022)

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dirtpoorrobins/

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Lars Enok Åhlund, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, moustache man and all around secret weapon of Swedish prog masters Soen, called mid-tour from Quebec, Canada to talk about their current and future live activities, choosing a certain cover version and of course everything about their new album “Atlantis”.

Chapters:

01:44 Soen goes North America

03:40 The origins of and approach to Atlantis

05:28 Arranging Soen songs for Atlantis

06:18 The song selection on Atlantis

08:12 Trials

09:25 Bringing the Atlantis show on tour

10:00 Snuff

12:55 Songwriting for the new album

15:00 Coming back to the stage after the pandemic years

16:15 Improving the live show

🎵 Soen is:

Joel Ekelöf – Vocals

Martin Lopez – Drums

Lars Enok Åhlund – Keyboards & Guitar

Cody Lee Ford – Guitar

Oleksii “Zlatoyar” Kobel – Bass

💿 Discography:

Cognitive (2012)

Tellurian (2014)

Lykaia (2017)

Lotus (2019)

Imperial (2021)

Atlantis (2022)

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Pondering the similarities of Hip Hop and Psychedelic Rock while talking about Progressive Metal: Canadian-born, Leipzig-based guitarist Morgan Reid presents his very first solo album Terran. We covered a lot of ground including sight reading sheet music, his admiration for Philip Glass, creating a dance choreography to David Maxim Micic’s music and not to forget the #ibanezgiveaway! Hop on board!

LINK TO GIVEAWAY: https://youtu.be/DV64EUnl3Dk

Chapters:

02:15 Is Terran a child of the pandemic?

05:10 Phase Zero Productions

06:00 Composing for different outlets 

17:35 Guitar influences

30:55 Guitar giveaway #IbanezGiveaway

🎵 Morgan Reid is:

Morgan Reid - everything

💿 Discography:

Terran (2022)

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Bandcamp: https://morganreid.bandcamp.com/

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Calling from Cologne, ÆRIES guitarist Julian Suhr talked to us about the ÆRIES sound, working in the studio vs. recording at home and everything else there is to know about the band’s debut album, “Arcanum”.

Chapters:

02:40 Releasing Arcanum and presenting it at Euroblast

05:05 Why ‘Waves’ didn’t make the cut for the album

06:32 What’s the ÆRIES sound?

08:36 Recording at home vs. booking a proper studio

10:30 Working with Christoph Wieczorek (Annisokay)

13:25 Infusing more old school guitar shred into an overall modern sound

16:22 Playing live without a bassist for the time being

18:10 Gear talk

19:25 Upcoming live plans and continuing the journey of ÆRIES

21:38 What’s in your Walkman?

🎵 ÆRIES is:

Laura Kiddo - Vox

Julian Suhr - Guitars, Programming

Dominik Zester - Drums

💿 Discography:

Arcanum (2022)

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Joe Branton, bassist and designated mic-duty guy of London/Brighton instrumental proggers Poly-Math talks standard Fripp tuning, the very broad church of prog, full-on bass gear nerdery and of course “Zenith”, Poly-Math’s brand new album, out Nov. 18 on Nice Weather For Airstrikes!

Chapters:

01:55 Discovering Poly-Math at Radar Festival

06:04 Discovering Poly-Math with House of Wisdom

07:10 Going from House of Wisdom to Zenith via The Cadaver Tombs

11:30 Expanding the line-up while condensing the songwriting

15:50 Bass/guitar gear nerd out

19:15 The big question: pick or fingers?

22:40 Post-Zenith Poly-Math: which way?

🎵Poly-Math is:

Branton, Joe Leigh

Gesner, Joshua A

Olsen, Christopher Daniel 

Walters, Timothy William 

Woollison, Christopher James 

💿 Discography:

Reptiles EP (2015)

Live at Old Mill Studios EP (2016)

Melencolia EP (2016)

House of Wisdom / We Are The Devil (2018)

The Cadaver Tomb Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 (2021)

Zenith (2022)

✔️ Follow Poly-Math:

Website: https://www.poly-math.net/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearepolymath

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearepolymath/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/polymathrock

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PolyMathBand

Bandcamp: https://wearepolymath.bandcamp.com/

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Andrew Stout, initiator, composer and guitarist of schizo prog metal upstarts Apeiron Bound talks about the conception of the band, the initial reception of their debut album “Multiplicity” (released Aug. 26 through Layered Reality Productions), crazy music video shoots and upcoming plans.

Chapters:

02:00 The conception of the band and origins of the name Apeiron Bound

06:00 The organized musical chaos of Apeiron Bound

10:45 The initial reception to Multiplicity

11:57 Putting together a crazy music video like Absent Familiarity

17:12 Working together with Costin Chioreanu for the My Sweet Stockholm video

23:10 The next steps for Apeiron Bound

🎵 Apeiron Bound is:

Michael Calza - vocals/lyricist

Andrew Stout - composer/guitars

Phillip Colacecchi - guitars

Kyle Sokol - electric bass & upright bass

Kristopher Huffman - drums/percussion

💿 Discography:

Multiplicity (2022)

✔️ Follow Apeiron Bound:

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The artistic core trio of international prog metal band Seventh Station, Dmitri Alperovich, Eren Başbuğ & Davidavi Dolev called from their respective corners of the world to talk about arranging Shostakovich for a prog metal ensemble, channeling and translating the artistic vision of a song into a music video and of course everything else about their second album, “Heal the Unhealed”, out Nov. 7th!

Chapters:

01:10 Introducing Seventh Station

02:40 Getting the elephant out of the room: the origins of the soviet style artwork and parts of the concept

06:30 Fleshing out a Progressive Metal arrangement of Shostakovich

09:15 Being the vocalist in Seventh Station: lots of space to go crazy

14:40 The artistic process behind the music videos

20:14 Working together as a multi-national band

24:32 Enhancing the live experience with an orchestra or other things

29:45 The reaction to the three singles from the Heal the Unhealed so far

🎵 Seventh Station is:

Dmitri Alperovich - Guitar

Eren Başbuğ - Keyboards

Davidavi Dolev - Vocals

Jure Lopatic - Bass

Grega Plamberger - Drums and Percussion

💿 Discography:

Between Life And Dreams (2016)

Heal the Unhealed (2022)

✔️ Follow Seventh Station:

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Violinist Olivier Allard of Canadian genre-benders Cydemind talks about composing instrumental music, making the classical influence interesting in a metal context and of course their new sophomore album, “The Descent”.

Chapters:

02:45 Erosion to The Descent: Cydemind 1 to 2

06:00 Composing instrumental music

07:34 Composing for Cydemind

09:35 Shooting the video for Hoax

12:30 Applying classical music to a metal context

18:20 Getting back on stage after a long time

23:35 Which bands would you like to support with Cydemind?

24:40 Instrumental bands that are not guitar driven

🎵 Cydemind is:

Olivier Allard – Violin

Alexandre Dagenais – Drums

Nico Damoulianos – Bass

Camille Delage – Piano & Keyboards

Kevin Paquet – Guitars

💿 Discography:

Through Mists and Ages EP (2014)

Erosion (2017)

The Descent (2022)

✔️ Follow Cydemind:

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Jon, Øystein, Lars, Claudia and Sondre from Major Parkinson called in from Bergen and Oslo respectively to talk about the creation of “Valesa - Chapter I: Velvet Prison” (with hints to Chapters II and III), good and bad pop music and upcoming live plans. 

Chapters:

01:10 Introducing Major Parkinson

03:55 The initial response to Valesa - Chapter I: Velvet Prison

05:10 Good pop music - bad pop music

08:50 Finding the new direction for Major Parkinson

11:30 The usual writing process in Major Parkinson

15:15 Writing the lyrics for Valesa

17:59 Writing shorter songs vs. writing longer songs

21:26 Upcoming live plans

🎵 Major Parkinson is:

Jon Ivar Kollbotn / lead vocals, synths

Sondre Skollevoll / guitars

Øystein Bech-Eriksen / guitars

Lars Christian Bjørknes / synths, piano, backing vocals

Peri Winkle (Claudia Cox) / violins, co-lead vocals

Eivind Gammersvik / bass, synths

Sondre Veland / drums

💿 Discography:

Major Parkinson (2008)

Songs from a Solitary Home (2010)

Twilight Cinema (2014)

Blackbox (2017)

Valesa - Chapter I: Velvet Prison (2022)

✔️ Follow Major Parkinson:

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