10 Bold Predictions For Heavy Metal In 2018
6. London’s Progressive Scene Will Reach New Heights
Exist Immortal, Brutai, Abhorrent Decimation, Sleep Token, Bad Sign, Vodun, Harbinger, A Trust Unclean, Haken, SikTh… all these names and more are under-heard yet masterful bands that are currently pumping out some of the best experimental rock/metal in the entire world.
All of them hail from London.
For years now, the UK’s capital has been a hotbed for heavy, progressive music, silently pumping out trailblazer after trailblazer. And with the vast majority of the bands listed above either hot off a brand new album or expected to drop one in 2018, now has truly never been a better time to wrap your head around this ever-expanding and truly amazing scene.
Unlike other city-based or nationwide aural phenomena, London’s progressive underground is one that transcends subgenre, ideology and approach. While Temples on Mars and Brutai pump out melodic hard rock anthems wrapped in a lovingly techy sheen, Abhorrent Decimation are a full-on death metal extravaganza complete with gorgeously symphonic interludes. Nordic Giants are a visually enrapturing post-rock duo of talented instrumentalists, and Haken have the intelligent and lengthy lunacy of Dream Theater and Rush.
It may be a cliché, but there’s truly something for everybody in London’s indomitable prog rock movement; it’s only a matter of time before it overflows into more popular pastures.