Today, we shall take a trek through Prog Rock and adjacent genres. Be prepared for way too many way too long guitar solos, cause that's what we're in for this week of Mallcore Massacre!
Photo of Claudio Sanchez from Coheed and Cambria during Welcome Home, playing his double neck guitar. Show at The Greek, Berkeley, September 2025
Playlist
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My Heart Is Of The North by Ihsahn on Artkis. (Candlelight) -
Water & Time by Rivers of Nihil on Rivers of Nihil (Metal Blade) -
Spiral by Sithu Aye on Set course For Andromeda (Self-Released) - Break
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I Love Louis Cole by Thundercat feat. Louis Cole on It Is What It Is (Brainfeeder) -
Magenta Mountain by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard on Omnium Gatherum (KGLW) -
Feast Your Eyes by Mastodon on Once More 'Round The Sun (Reprise) -
Mata Zyklek by Angine de Poitrine on Vol. II (Spectacles Bonzai) -
An Infinite Regression by Animals as Leaders on Weightless (Prosthetic) -
Playing God by Polyphia on Remember That You Will Die (Rise) -
Moment Marauder by Intervals on A Voice Within (Basick) -
Last Song Before the Fade by Katatonia on The Fall of Hearts (Chaos Reigns) -
Cusp of Eternity by Opeth on Pale Communion (Roadrunner) -
Anaheim by toconoma on TENT (WONDER HIKE JUNONSAISAI) -
Dash Out by Ando San feat. Spiro on OH KAY (Self-Released) -
Silently Walking Alone by Leprous on Melodies of Atonement (Sony Inside Out) -
Grace by Devin Townsend Project on Epicloud (Inside Out) -
Neo Seoul by After the Burial on Wolves Within (Sumerian) -
A Home by Rivers of Nihil on Where Owls Know My Name (Metal Blade) -
Segmentation Fault by The Algorithm on Data Renaissance (FiXT) -
Karma Wheel by Night Verses on Every Sound Has a Color in the Valley of Night (Equal Vision) -
Ruby Pool by VOLA on Applause of a Distant Crowd (Mascot) -
O.D. by Polyphia on New Levels New Devils (Equal Vision)