August 2025 "The Infinite" Playlist - Progressive Metal Constellations
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Wtb5QsNObO9w62f7ThQNF?si=5d9c51342a514f8f
1. Adamantra – Hypocrites (2024)
2. Amiensus – Sólfariö (2024)
3. Avalanch – Alborada (2003)
4. Axioma – Divine Ruin (2024)
5. Big|Brave – Sound (2017)
6. Calva Louise – W.T.F. (2025)
7. Cynic – Sentiment (1993)
8. Deha – I Am Mine to Break (2019)
9. Mekong Delta – The Heroic Gate (1996)
10. Ocoai – Breatherman (2008)
11. Scale the Summit – Mass (2017)
12. Sea in the Sky – Dingus (2014)
13. Seventh Wonder – Tiara’s Song (Farewell Pt. 1) (2018)
14. Shylmagoghmar – I Am the Abyss (2014)
15. Slice the Cake – The Exile Pt. 2 (2023 Remaster)
16. Sons of a Wanted Man – Black Days Black Dust (2017)
17. Tomarum – Shallow Ecstasy (2025)
18. Waidelotte – Opulent Mirage (2024)
19. Watchtower – M-Theory Overture (2016)
Here are my thoughts on some tracks (still going strong in this clan):
Calva Louise – W.T.F. (2025)
4/5. A great track to start my commenting run, frantic progressiveness with a punky pace.
Cynic – Sentiment (1993)
4.5/5. This might just be the best track of this Cynic album, maybe one of the best of prog-metal! The best part of it all is the ethereal midsection bridge.
Scale the Summit – Mass (2017)
5/5. A killer masterpiece of beauty, with lovely acoustic guitarwork by Yvette Young.
Sea in the Sky – Dingus (2014)
4.5/5. An amazing unique song for one with an amusing insult as its title.
Seventh Wonder – Tiara’s Song (Farewell Pt. 1) (2018)
5/5. Now we head back to the non-instrumental songs. As always, the vocal power by Tommy Karevik and the basswork by Andreas Blomqvist shine the most. The lyrics rule as well, "With you, Tiara, we crown the skies, unlike Aniara you won't fly to your demise." Even though Tommy is out of Seventh Wonder now, he's still with Kamelot.
Shylmagoghmar – I Am the Abyss (2014)
4.5/5. In this 9-minute instrumental, everything shines in beautiful melancholy! And while the rest of that Shylmagoghmar album isn't progressive enough for The Infinite, that highlight alone certainly is.
Waidelotte – Opulent Mirage (2024)
4/5. This one is another progressive highlight, mixing the mid-2000s eras of Enslaved, Leprous, and Opeth.
Watchtower – M-Theory Overture (2016)
4.5/5. Concluding with Watchtower's prog-thrash sound still stable is this EP's under 4-minute overture.. It goes beyond overture levels by getting listeners geared up for the thrashy riffing and time changes coming up in the EP's pther 4 tracks. They continue to give their longtime fans delight!