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)

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

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🎵 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)

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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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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)

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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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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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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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What does “epic” mean? What is “progressive”? Roy Khan and Tore Østby of Norwegian Prog Metal Legends Conception ponder the big questions while reminiscing about their 4 classic albums that just got a proper Deluxe Reissue treatment. We also talked about the successful reunion, future plans and the “Conception Camp” they just returned from.

Chapters:

01:20 Introducing Roy Khan and Tore Østby of Conception

02:14 The beginning of Conception and The Last Sunset

05:44 The Last Sunset to Parallel Minds

11:30 Introducing a classical timbre into metal

14:25 Tore’s & Roy’s favorite song on The Last Sunset

18:02 Tore’s & Roy’s favorite song on Parallel Minds

21:15 Bonus demo tracks on the new Deluxe Editions

25:36 Growing up as a (Prog) Metal band in the 90s

29:30 In Your Multitude

34:43 Tore’s & Roy’s favorite song on In Your Multitude

36:20 Flow(ing into grooviness)

43:18 My Dark Symphony & State of Deception: the most diverse Conception releases to date!?

47:05 The spark for the reunion

50:35 Upcoming plans in Camp Conception

🎵 Conception is:

Roy Khan - vocals

Tore Østby - guitars

Ingar Amlien - bass

Arve Heimdal - drums

💿 Discography:

The Last Sunset (1991)

Parallel Minds (1993)

In Your Multitude (1995)

Flow (1997)

My Dark Symphony EP (2018)

State of Deception (2020)

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The chances of a huge social media platform re-naming itself after your album vs. a brain appearing out of nowhere: big Boltzmann Brain times with Simen Hundere Ruud & Magnus Johansen of Norwegian prog shooting stars Maraton talking about their impending sophomore album “Unseen Color” and more.

Chapters:

02:55 A quick history of Maraton

07:30 The difference between Meta and Meta+

11:30 Choosing the singles for Unseen Color

14:25 What is a Boltzmann Brain?

17:50 Going from Meta to Unseen Color: letting go of songwriting constraints

24:50 Vocal melodies and arrangements

27:20 Putting together the string arrangement on A Body of Your Own

30:00 Upcoming live plans

🎵 Maraton is:

Fredrik Bergersen Klemp – Vocals

Simen Hundere Ruud – Guitar

Frank Nordeng Røe - Drums 

Magnus Johansen – Keys 

Ruben Aksnes – Bass 

💿 Discography:

Meta (2019)

Unseen Color (2022)

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Avandra Mastermind Christian Ayala called from Puerto Rico shortly before boarding the plane to ProgPower Europe to talk about power blackouts after hurricanes, the magic of discovering bands live first before diving into their studio recordings, the new album “Prodigal” coming in November and more upcoming Avandra plans.

Chapters:

01:00 Welcoming Christian Ayala

03:00 How does Avandra sound

06:50 Avandra’s progression from album to album

10:40 Putting together a band

22:55 The difference between the live feel and studio recordings

🎵 Avandra is:

Christian Ayala - Guitars/Vocals/Synths

José Miguel Vázaquez - Bass

Luis Javier Rivera - Guitars

Adrián Arroyo - Drums

Recurring Guest Synths - Vikram Shankar

💿 Discography:

Tymora (2017)

Descender (2022)

Skylighting (2020)

Prodigal (2022)

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“You don’t get that organic band sound unless you play the songs and feel the pain!” Electric Cuatro player Abraham Sarache and bassist Tristan Turner talk about how to play the famous Melkweg in Amsterdam for the first time three times, fast moving chats at The Progspace Online Festival, the upcoming ProgPower Europe Pre-Party and more…

Chapters:

00:55 Welcome Abraham & Tristan

02:15 Abraham Sarache: the band and the sounds

06:10 From the Gardener to Kaleidoscope of Fears & Dreams

13:10 Completing the trio: Jan Kohrt on drums

14:30 Participating in The Progspace Online Festival

17:15 Finally playing Melkweg in Amsterdam

20:10 Preparing for the ProgPower Pre-Party presented by The Progspace

22:25 The new custom-made electro-acoustic Cuatro

26:35 Upcoming plans

🎵 Abraham Sarache is:

Abraham Sarache - Electric and Acoustic Cuatro, Guitars

Tristan Turner - Bass

Jan Kohrt - Drums

💿 Discography:

The Gardener (2016)

Kaleidoscope of Fears EP (2018)

Kaleidoscope of Dreams (2020)

Live at the Progspace Online Festival EP (2021)

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Danish prog newcomers return with a very. personal sophomore album in the form of “To Exit A Maelstrom”. We talked to vocalist Mikkel A. Lohmann and drummer Christian Dahl-Blumenberg about increasing the heaviness, why they don’t play Bossa Nova and the challenges of playing emotionally heavy music live. Don’t miss out on their performance at ProgPower Europe in the Netherlands on Oct. 1st!

Chapters:

01:00 Welcome (back) Feather Mountain

02:25 Making “To Exit A Maelstrom”

04:45 Composing “To Exit A Maelstrom”

07:35 Increasing the heaviness

09:20 Going instrumental in ‘Air Hunger’

10:25 What is it with prog bands and long songs at the end of albums?

12:30 The music video for ‘Sincere’

15:00 Picking the singles

17:55 Presenting the new songs live

18:30 Finally going to ProgPower Europe!

20:00 Playing emotionally challenging music in a live setting

🎵 Feather Mountain is:

Andreas Dahl-Blumenberg - Bass, Vocals

Christian Dahl-Blumenberg - Drums

Jens Baalkilde Andersen - Guitar, Vocals

Mikkel Aaen Lohmann - Lead Vocals

💿 Discography:

Nidus (2019)

To Exit A Maelstrom (2022)

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The Progtalks are back after the summer break, and we have Australian multi-instrumentalist Mike Mills, sole (musician) member of Toehider calling and talking about his new album “I Have Little To No Memory of These Memories”, adequately rated artists and advantages and disadvantages of being a one man band.

Chapters:

01:30 Recalling some memories recording “I Have Little To No Memory of These Memories”

06:30 Solo project vs. full band: advantages and disadvantages

09:30 The importance of the Patreon community during the pandemic downtime

11:00 Streaming shows: prepared or spontaneous?

13:30 Which artist is adequately rated?

16:20 New merch!

17:50 Live plans?

22:10 The Australian Prog scene

🎵 Toehider is:

Mike Mills - all instruments and vocals

Andrew Saltmarsh - illustrations

💿 Discography:

To Hide Her (2011)

What Kind Of Creature Am I? (2014)

Good (2017)

I Like It! (2020)

I Have Little To No Memory of these Memories (2022)

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One last Progtalks episode before our summer break: Porcupine Tree’s Richard Barbieri talks about different approaches to composing, sound design and of course the most anticipated album of the year in the Prog world: “Closure/Continuation”. Don’t miss out on the last Progtalks episode before our summer break!

Chapters:

00:55 Porcupine Tree’s growing popularity during the hiatus

02:15 Closure/Continuation: the songwriting origins and process

05:25 exploring ambient sound design worlds in a more metal environment

09:25 combining electronics & acoustics

11:00 combining the melancholic pop era with the abrasive metal riffs: is “Closure/Continuation the definite Porcupine Tree album?

14:25 upcoming live plans

17:30 RIchard’s favourite Porcupine Tree songs

18:48 more Closure? Or more Continuation?

🎵 Porcupine Tree is:

Steven Wilson - guitars, bass, vocals

Richard Barbieri - keyboards, sound design

Gavin Harrison - drums

💿 Discography:

On The Sunday of Life (1992)

Up the Downstair (1993)

The Sky Moves Sideways (1995)

Signify (1996)

Stupid Dream (1999)

Lightbulb Sun (2000)

In Absentia (2002)

Deadwing (2005)

Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)

The Incident (2009)

Closure/Continuation (2022)

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Tim Smolens & Chris Bogen, the driving duo behind the newly founded High Castle Teleorkestra, talk about the creation of “The Egg That Never Opened”, the first part of a planned trilogy based on Philip K. Dick’s novel “Radio Free Albemuth”, out July 17 on Art As Catharsis.

Chapters:

02:45 the spark that initiated the creation of High Castle Teleorkestra

07:30 dissecting the first chapter of Philip K. Dick’s Radio Free Albemuth 

11:00 mashing up genres that don’t seem to fit together on paper

16:35 Estradasphere and HCT: integrating folk music from around the world into heavy music in an interesting way

19:30 playing Metal while not being a Metal band

23:30 live plans with High Castle Teleorkestra?

26:40 the all-star Teleorkestra line-up on The Egg that Never Opened

🎵 High Castle Teleorkestra is:

Tim Smolens (Estradasphere, I.S.S., Don Salsa, Secret Chiefs 3 etc.) (Colorado): bass, chief producer, keyboards, cello, vox

Chris Bogen (Doc Booger) (New Orleans): guitars, co-producer, analog synths, noise collages

Bär McKinnon (Umlaut, Mr. Bungle) (Australia): tenor sax, flute, keyboards, clarinet, vox

Dave Murray (Estradasphere, Traun) (California): drums, resident polyrhythmic metal specialist

Stian Carstensen (Farmers Market) (Norway) accordions, pedal steel guitar, our resident Bulgarian music specialist, virtuosic multi-instrumentalist

Timba Harris (Estradasphere, Secret Chiefs 3, Probosci) (France): violin, viola, string arrangements

💿 Discography:

The Egg That Never Opened - Radio Free Albemuth Part 1 (2022)

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The Aristocrats drumming powerhouse and resident master of polyrhythmic insanity, Marco Minnemann, talks working with an orchestra (namely the Primuz Chamber Orchestra), his current main projects besides The Aristocrats and (self-)releasing music in the age of streaming services.

Chapters:

05:00 The Aristocrats teaming up with the Primuz Chamber Orchestra

10:00 Picking songs and re-arranging them

13:00 playing with an Orchestra

15:00 growing out of a competitive playing style, finding balance

18:50 main Marco Minnemann projects

27:50 (self-)releasing music in the age of streaming services

🎵 The Aristocrats is:

Bryan Beller - bass

Marco Minnemann - drums

Guthrie Govan - guitar

💿 Discography:

The Aristocrats (2011)

Culture Clash (2013)

Tres Caballeros (2015)

You Know What…? (2019)

The Aristocrats with the Primuz Chamber Orchestra (2021)

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

Bandcamp: https://the-aristocrats-band.bandcamp.com/

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Bandcamp 2: https://marco-minnemann.bandcamp.com/

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Sometimes, musical innovation is simply born out of a desire to listen to a specific mash-up of styles that you’ve never heard mixed together - or at least not in the way you’re imagining it. French band Ckraft, led by accordionist Charles Kieny did exactly that. Their debut album “Epic Discordant Vision” is out on June 3rd.

Chapters:

01:45 Accidental Innovation

06:00 The Ckraft band line-up

08:30 building the enhanced accordion

10:45 songwriting for Ckraft

12:40 playing Ckraft music live

18:40 dream bands to play with

21:45 never enough Jazz Metal!

🎵 Ckraft is:

Charles Kieny – augmented accordion, composition

Théo Nguyen Duc Long – tenor saxophone

Antoine Morisot – electric guitar

Marc Karapetian – electric bass

William Bur – drums

💿 Discography:

Epic Discordant Vision (2022)

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