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Fitting in nicely with the relatively young tradition of stellar Greek prog bands, Thessaloniki based 5-piece Within Progress is the current rising star in that scene. So we sat down with keyboarder/guitarist Tasos Platanionis to talk about their debut album “INNER”, influences from outside the Prog world and more on our first Progtalks episode of 2022.

🎵 Within Progress is:

Giorgos Charalambidis - Bass

Polydoros Dardogiannos - Drums, Percussion

Vangelis Iliopoulos - Guitar

Efthimis Papadopoulos - Vocals

Tasos Plataniotis - Piano/Synths, Guitar

💿 Discography:

Oceans of Time EP (2018)

Inner (2021)

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Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3q58Qjo

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For our End of the Year Episode, Progtalks hosts “Uncle Prog” Rune Belsvik Reinås and Dario Albrecht talk through some of their favorite interview moments of the year, a couple of the best 2021 releases from both up and coming underground artists as well as more established bands, reminisce a bit about our favorite musical moments of the year and finally we also have a quick look at some of the most anticipated releases for 2022.

Uncle Prog’s Top 3 Underground releases:

Beautiful Bedlam – Beautiful Bedlam (May 01)

https://www.facebook.com/beautifulbedlamband

https://beautifulbedlam.bandcamp.com/

Head With Wings – Comfort in Illusion (July 16)

https://www.facebook.com/HeadWithWingsband/

https://headwithwings.bandcamp.com/

Musk Ox – Inheritance (July 09)

https://www.facebook.com/MuskOxOfficial/

https://muskoxofficial.bandcamp.com/

Dario’s Top 3 Underground releases:

BAK - Crater (June 18)

https://www.facebook.com/baklandia

https://bakmusic.bandcamp.com/

Lions'den - Ekayana I & II (Feb. 03/May 19)

https://www.facebook.com/rhydongju

https://rhydongju.bandcamp.com/

Pleximents - The Maze Within (April 09)

https://www.facebook.com/PleximentsProg

https://pleximents.bandcamp.com/

Uncle Prog’s Top 3 label releases:

Cynic - Ascension Codes (Nov 26, Season of Mist)

https://www.facebook.com/Cynicofficialpage

https://cyniconline.bandcamp.com/

Kayo Dot - Moss Grew On Swords And Plowshares Alike (Oct 29th, Prophecy Productions)

https://www.facebook.com/kayodotofficial/

https://kayodot.bandcamp.com/

Kauan - Ice Fleet (April 9th, Artoffact Records)

https://www.facebook.com/kauanmusic/

https://kauan.bandcamp.com/

Dario’s Top 3 label releases:

Leprous - Aphelion (Aug. 27, Inside Out Music)

https://www.facebook.com/leprousband

Fractal Universe - The Impassable Horizon (June 25, Metal Blade Records)

https://www.facebook.com/fractaluniverseband

https://fractaluniverseband.bandcamp.com/

The Omnific - Escapades (Oct. 08, Wild Thing Records)

https://www.facebook.com/theomnific/

https://theomnific.bandcamp.com/

Expectations for 2022: Voivod, Zero Hour, Laughing Stock, Wilderun, The Flower Kings, Marillion, Animals As Leaders, Cult of Luna, Amorphis, Star One, Allegaeon, Persefone, Jethro Tull, Big Big Train, Flummox, Karcius, PreHistoric Animals, Playgrounded, Soledad, Rendezvous Point, Arkentype, Maraton, Head With Wings, RO1 (Rohan Sharma), Threshold, Pain of Salvation, TesseracT, Ne Obliviscaris, Voyager, Earthside, Ostura, The Gathering, Fleshvessel, Oddland, Soulsplitter

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For the last interview episode of the year, we called Franklin Zoo frontman Rasmus Revsbech in the countryside of Denmark to talk about the origins of the band, the development over the years and of course their brand new album “The Dandelion Child”. We also nerd out a lot about grunge influences, the danish heavy music scene and the question whether the Franklin Zoo sound is more rock or more metal!

🎵 Franklin Zoo is:

Rasmus Revsbech, Leadvocals, Lyrics, keys, percussion 

Daniel Hecht, Guitars backup vocals 

Søren Dabros, Guitars, backup vocals 

Anders Rune Hansen, Bass

Lars Bahr, Drums 

💿 Discography:

Untamed (2013)

Franklin Zoo EP (2015)

Red Skies (2016)

The Dandelion Child (2021)

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Swiss based Trance Metal outfit Rage of Light are the guests on this new episode of the Progtalks. We talk about the change in the lead vocal department, DIY music video production and everything about their new album “Redemption”. We also touch on the subject of how the term ‘female fronted metal’ can be both a blessing and a curse.

🎵 Rage of Light is:

Lead vocals: Martyna Halas

Synthesizers and vocals: Jonathan Pellet

Guitars and bass: Noé Schüpbach

💿 Discography:

Imploder (2019)

Redemption (2021)

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Calling from Montreal, Canada, prog/death/sludge trio of Ashbreather are the guests of this new episode of the Progtalks, discussing influences outside of the prog world, cover artworks and everything about their new EP “Ow, My Eye!”, how all three of them came to share vocal duties and Hip Hop in Prog.

🎵 Ashbreather is:

Mackay Agellon: Guitars, vocals, saxophone, percussion, engineering, artwork

Charles Richards: Bass, vocals, trumpet

Colin MacAndrew: Drums, vocals, percussion

💿 Discography:

Ashbreather (2020)

Ow, My Eye! EP (2021)

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Solo artist Alex Pilkevych called from Wroclaw, Poland to have a nice Progtalk with host Dario about how far he has come since recording his first album at the age of 9 on a simple tape recorder with his acoustic guitar and his collaboration with Katie Thompson and Adam Janzi on his new EP “That Way Lies Madness”.

💿 Discography:

Explanatory Gap (2014)

Within The Brain Drainery EP (2017)

Jar of Joy EP (2018)

That Way Lies Madness EP (2021)

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Bandcamp: https://alexpilkevych.bandcamp.com/

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

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

Website: https://alexpilkevych.com/

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Uncle Progs’ guest this time on the Progtalks is none other than vocalist Kjetil Nordhus of Green Carnation. We discuss the upcoming 15th anniversary of the re-release of their seminal album “Acoustic Verses” from 2006, how the album came to be, and the related tour for 2022. Also, we touch on their last album, the fantastic “Leaves of Yesteryear” from 2020, their last single “A World Without a View”, and of course plans going forward for the Norwegians!

🎵 Green Carnation is:

Kjetil Nordhus - Vocals

Terje Vik Schei - Guitars

Stein Roger Sordal - Bass

Bjørn Harstad - Guitars

Kenneth Silden - Keyboards

Jonathan A. Perez - Drums

💿 Discography:

Journey to the End of the Night - 2000

Light of Day, Day of Darkness - 2001

A Blessing in Disguise - 2003

The Quiet Offspring - 2005

Acoustic Verses - 2006

Leaves of Yesteryear - 2020

✔️ Follow Green Carnation:

Website: http://www.greencarnationmusic.com

Webshop: https://officialgreencarnation.bigcartel.com

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

Bandcamp: https://greencarnation1.bandcamp.com

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2vfEaTADayEniT7xbG-XCA

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/green2carnation/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/green2carnation

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Romain Jeuniaux, vocalist, guitarist and founding member of Belgian prog metal talents Omnerod joins host Dario for this new episode of the Progtalks for a chat about the past, present and future of Omnerod, what we can expect from their appearance at The Progspace Online Festival 2021 and the heavy music scene in Belgium.

🎵 Omnerod is:

Romain Jeuniaux – Vocals, guitars

Anthony Deneyer – Vocals, guitars

Pablo Schwilden Diaz – Drums

André Six – Bass guitars

💿 Discography:

Ivory Dune (2014)

Arteries (2019)

✔️ Follow Omnerod:

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

Bandcamp: https://omnerod.bandcamp.com/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/omnerod

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

Spotify: https://bit.ly/Omnerod

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Omnerod

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None other than the legendary composer and multi-instrumentalist Toby Driver is the guest of Uncle Prog on this episode of the Progtalks. We explore his past with maudlin of the Well, his recent rediscovery of the European metal scene, his plethora of musical projects, and of course the new Kayo Dot album “Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares alike”. We also discuss the challenges of creating music that resides on the fringes of even more obscure subgenres and Drivers’ plans going forward for several of his projects, like Bloodmist, Alora Crucible and as a solo artist.  

🎵 Kayo Dot is:

Toby Driver - Guitars, vocals, keyboards, and everything else

Greg Massi - Guitar

Jason Byron - Lyrics

💿 Discography:

Choirs of the Eye -2003

Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tounge - 2006

Blue Lambency Downward - 2008

Coyote - 2010

Gamma Knife - 2012

Hubardo - 2013

Coffins on Io - 2014

Plastic House on Base of Sky - 2016

Blasphemy - 2019

Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike - 2021

✔️ Follow Kayo Dot:

Website: http://www.kayodot.net

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

Bandcamp: https://kayodot.bandcamp.com

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kayodotofficial

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ArchivesKey

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7g2BjyhRe6aKONYuCdt7zI?si=QzoyvR0HSXCZUGrJ_PCoGw

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The Progtalks is guested by Rivers of Nihil bassist and vocalist Adam Biggs, fresh off the band’s US tour. Join us for a brief journey through the history of these progressive tech-death luminaries, as well as a deep dive into the themes, philosophy and music on their new monumental release “The Work”. 

🎵 Rivers of Nihil is:

Adam Biggs - Bass, Vocals

Brody Uttley - Guitar

Jake Dieffenbach - Vocals

Jon Topore - Guitars

Jared Klein - Drums

💿 Discography:

Hierarchy EP - 2010

Temporality Unbound EP - 2011

The Conscious Seed of Light - 2013

Monarchy - 2015

Where Owls Know My Name - 2018

The Work - 2021

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Bandcamp: https://riversofnihil.bandcamp.com

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Riversofnihilpa

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/riversofnihil

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