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The Best Progressive Rock/Metal of 2018

This year provided introspective appreciation for creators and listeners alike for the sights and sounds of progressive music, as well as the more universal yet personal hardships and growths we all face.

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Sigh's 'Heir to Despair' Is a Stylistically Diverse Exploration of Madness

Japanese black metal stalwarts Sigh explore madness through folklore and experiment with new sounds on Heir to Despair.

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Steven Wilson: Home Invasion Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Recorded during a three-night residency at London's most prestigious music venue, Home Invasion captures everything you need to know about seeing Steven Wilson live.

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The Longevity Option: An Interview with Steven Wilson

Home Invasion celebrates Steven Wilson's victory lap after the chart success of 2017's To the Bone. Still, he says, there are more places to plant his flag, mountains to climb.

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Coheed and Cambria Focus on Their Core Sound on 'The Unheavenly Creatures'

Coheed and Cambria get back to basics on The Unheavenly Creatures and drill down into exactly what makes Coheed and Cambria work best as a band.

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Skyharbor Show Their Inner Linkin Park on New Album 'Sunshine Dust'

The good stuff on Sunshine Dust makes it a generally decent listening experience. Skyharbor knows what they're doing as far as playing their instruments.

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'The Wake' Proves Voivod Can Still Pack an Animalistic Intellectual Punch

Voivod may be veterans at this point, but with The Wake, they're still providing one-of-a-kind genre-shifting vivaciousness.

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Between the Buried and Me's 'Automata II' Is an Epic, Emotional, and Eccentric Masterpiece

Exploding with captivating melodies, genre-splicing resourcefulness, and remarkable cohesion, Automata II exemplifies what makes Between the Buried and Me so skillful, striving, and singular.

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The Antichrist Imperium Push Against Their Stylistic Confinements on New Album

On their second album, the Antichrist Imperium make an attempt to extend their progressive death/black metal sound by embracing thrash elements.

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Nevermore's 'The Complete Collection' Does a Superb Job in Capturing the Metal Band's Career

Nevermore's The Complete Collection does an excellent job of gathering what we do have from a band that had much more to give.

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Kontinuum Announce New Album With Single That Inspires "Shivers" (premiere)

With nearly a decade of live performances and LPs behind them, Icelandic collective Kontinuum appear poised to release their best work yet.

Jedd Beaudoin

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King Witch Head in a Progressive Metal Direction with 'Under the Mountain'

King Witch arrive at something like genuine progressive doom metal - atmospheric, heaving, dynamic doom riffs powered by strikingly sonorous vocals.

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Between the Buried and Me's 'Automata I' Is No Misdirect

While a tad too familiar and safe, Automata I further cements Between the Buried and Me as the superlative act in modern progressive metal.

Jordan Blum

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The PopMatters Progcast Discusses Highs of 2017 and Hopes for 2018

In this episode of the PopMatters Progcast, we reflect on our top albums of 2017, as well as discuss some of the major releases arriving this year.

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Lines in the Sky Merge Progressive Metal with Pop on "Nereus" (premiere)

Nashville's Lines in the Sky overcomes adversity and releases a video for a song that speaks to the outfit's perseverance ahead of brand-new album.

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The 2018 Progressive Rock/Metal Preview

The next 12 months offer superb new releases from several genre heavyweights.

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