Weβre also nominated in the Metal Storm Awards 2025, in the categories Extreme Progressive Metal and Best Album Artwork. Voting open until 28th February.
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STOCKHOLM! We are playing at The Node 2nd May together with Disillusion and Quantum. Weβre finally returning after 6 years.
Tickets on sale now.
Thank you!
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Weβre nominated in five (5!) categories in The Progspace Awards 2025! What a huge honor to be alongside such fine bands and musicians. Voting open until 28th February.
theprogspace.com/tpsawards2025/
Awesome, see you there!
18.02.2026 12:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thrilled to be catching @anabstractillusion.bsky.social live for the first time months head of when I initially thought I'd be able to! Show happens to coincide with the day I was planning to be stopping through Oslo en route to Svalbard. Happy birthday to me!!
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09.02.2026 11:08 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And here's the 2025 AOTY grid, as is tradition:
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TOUR DATES 2026
30/4 π³π΄ Trondheim - Rockheim
1/5 π³π΄ Oslo - Salt Langhuset*
3/5 π©π° Copenhagen - Spillestedet Stengade*
7/5 π¦πΉ Vienna - Viper Room*
8/5 π©πͺ Munich - Backstage*
9/5 π©πͺ Hamburg - Headcrash*
22/8 π¨π¦ MontrΓ©al - Progstorm Festival
* w/ Disillusion
More dates TBA
First rehearsal of 2026, getting to know some new tunes and new gear. What songs do you want to hear live this year?
07.02.2026 17:26 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1Next album is 100% synth pop
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Same brother, same.
In other news, we made Angry Metal Guyβs aggregate AOTY list!
Preach. Collabing with other humans is what makes the process of producing a record so much fun.
08.01.2026 12:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Damn, miffed it. Should've guessed you wouldn't include your #1 in the thumbnail, you usually don't. But great, great choice, I spin this record frequently.
08.01.2026 12:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So itβs either Haken or Cult of Lunaβ¦ and Iβve never heard you speak about post metal (except Kauan?) before, so Iβm going with Affinity
07.01.2026 20:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd8t...
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"Easily one of the best modern bands in this genre."
Honored to be on this list, featured alongside Rivers Of Nihil, Alkaloid, Hath, Archspire, Persefone and many more great bands.
Thanks Forgemaster for featuring "Woe"!
Is it a prog/prog-adjacent list? Then it's semi-easy. Seeing as you have Alcest there, probably not purely prog-based?
07.01.2026 15:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
πMY ALBUMS OF 2025β‘οΈ
Here is my complete top 50. 2025 was fantastic, and 2026 is already shaping up to be exceptional. In 2026, as in 2025, follow @kmanriffs.bsky.social and all the wonderful people who make this community the best place to find great music.
Re-visiting my Top 10 of 2025.
#1: An Abstract Illusion - "The Sleeping City" released October 17th #Sweden #progmetal #atmosphericmetal #progrock #blackmetal #deathmetal #nowplaying
Thanks!
07.01.2026 15:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 02/2 cont'd: Γlafur Arnalds - Island Songs (study music that helped me through university), Trees of Eternity, Stam1na, 1900, Moonsorrow, Cult of Luna x Julie Christmas - Mariner, Zhrine, Haken, Gorguts, Astronoid, Fleshgod Apocalypse - King (!!!), Obscura, Oranssi Pazuzu. List could be even longer.
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If our debut isn't on there we riot.
No but seriously, really good year for music. Some of our favs are Insomnium - Winter's Gate (GOATed album), Be'Lakor - Vessels, Aurora - AMDGMAAF, Mikko Joensuu - Amen 1&2, Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition, 1/2 cont'd
Karl is featured here as one of the best guitarists of 2025!
theprogmind.com/2026/01/06/t...
@alexeckmanlawn.bsky.social with the Artwork of the Year for his work on 'The Sleeping City'. Well deserved!
theprogmind.com/2026/01/05/t...
Nice, weβre glad you did!
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