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## AMAs
| Date | Artist | Featured |
|:----:|:------:|:-----------:|
| -- | **2023** | -- |
| 10/20 | [Earthside](/17zxin7) | Band |
| -- | **2021** | -- |
| 4/23 | [VOLA](/mx029m) | Band |
| -- | **2020** | -- |
| 11/28 | [Plini](/k2yt99) | Himself |
| 8/19 | [The Ocean](/icrzzh) | Band |
| 6/18 | [Protest The Hero](/hbiqnx) | Rody, Michael |
| 4/11 | [Caligula's Horse](/fzm0mw) | Jim, Sam |
| -- | **2019** | -- |
| 10/26 | [Voyager](/dnncvt) | Band |
| 9/7 | [Richard Henshall](/d0wjys) | Himself |
| 6/14 | [Paul Masvidal](/c0pz85) | Himself |
| -- | **2018** | -- |
| 12/18 | [Sithu Aye](/a7dh45) | Himself |
| 12/5 | [Ben Levin](/a3fyjf) | Himself |
| 10/11 | [The Ocean](/9nbrgh) | Band |
| 10/6 | [Skyharbor](/9ly3yh) | Band |
| 9/21 | [Toby Driver](/9hsdht) | Himself |
| 9/9 | [Plini](/9ehh2l) | Himself |
| 9/1 | [Distorted Harmony](/9c51od) | Band |
| 5/9 | [Rivers of Nihil](/8ianhc) | Adam, Brody |
| 3/23 | [Caligula's Horse](/86p56s) | Jim, Sam |
| -- | **2017** | -- |
| 4/20 | [Disperse](/66is7i) | Band |
| 3/30 | [Disillusion](/62gp43) | Andy, Seb |
| -- | **2016** | -- |
| 12/24 | [A Sense of Gravity](/5k3x6f) | Band |
| 7/28 | [Black Crown Initiate](/4v3i3n) | Band |
| 5/28 | [Textures](/4lgcqf) | Band |
| 5/11 | [Adagio](/4iw74x) | Stéphan Forté |
| 4/23 | [Wings Denied](/4g430p) | Band |
| 3/18 | [Caligula's Horse](/4b0n9c) | Jim, Sam, Zac |
| 3/10 | [Polyphia](/49we3j) | Band |
| -- | **2015** | -- |
| 10/21 | [Protest the Hero](/3pnb64) | Band |
| 5/26 | [Leprous](/37d19f) | Band |
| 5/15 | [Sigh](/3647p2) | Mirai Kawashima |
| 5/5 | [Intronaut](/3502xu) | Sacha |
| 4/28 | [Native Construct](/347e3e) | Band |
| 3/3 | [Plini](/2z67v4) | Himself |
| 1/20 | [Protest the Hero](/2t2v0l) | Luke Hoskin |
| -- | **2014** | -- |
| 12/9 | [Rishloo](/2ot985) | Band |
| 11/1 | [Ne Obliviscaris](/2l0bqz) | Band
| 9/23 | [Between the Buried and Me](/2h8of2) | Band
| 9/18 | [Cynic](/2gsxkr) | Paul Masvidal
| 9/15 | [Devin Townsend](/2ghf55) | DEVIN TOWNSEND
| 9/13 | [Periphery](/2gbl38) | Adam "Nolly" Getgood
| 9/12 | [The Contortionist](/2g7p5v) | Band
| 9/4 |  [Polyphia](/2fhnj7) | Band
| 8/31 | [The Aristocrats](/2f383f) | Band
| 7/31 | [Mandroid Echostar](/2caf6j) | Band
| 7/17 | [Cloudkicker](/2azfiz) | Himself (Ben Sharp)
| 7/10 | [Tesseract](/2acztt) | Amos Williams
| 6/7 |  [Periphery](/27kn8g) | Jake Bowen
| 6/2 |  [David Maxim Micic](/274yci) | Himself
| 5/26 | [Haken](/26ji3m) | Rich, Charles, Conner
| 5/10 | [Periphery](/258dqf) | Mark Holcomb
| 5/4 |  [The Safety Fire](/24psoh) | Band
| 5/2 |  [Matt Halpern](/24klrj) | Periphery
| 4/27 | [Intervals](/244vjj) | Band
| 2/9 |  [Ron Jarzombek](/1xg1wx) | Himself
| 2/2 |  [Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon)](/1wt4mc) | Himself
| 1/26 | [Sithu Aye](/1w7rw5) | Himself
| 1/19 | [Periphery](/1vlxjd) | Misha Mansoor
| 1/10 | [Ne Obliviscaris](/1utx0y) | Dan Presland
| -- | **2013** | -- |
| 1/30 | [Thank You Scientist](/17kuc6) | Band

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<h2>AMAs</h2>

<table><thead>
<tr>
<th align="center">Date</th>
<th align="center">Artist</th>
<th align="center">Featured</th>
</tr>
</thead><tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center">--</td>
<td align="center"><strong>2023</strong></td>
<td align="center">--</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">10/20</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/17zxin7">Earthside</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">--</td>
<td align="center"><strong>2021</strong></td>
<td align="center">--</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">4/23</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/mx029m">VOLA</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">--</td>
<td align="center"><strong>2020</strong></td>
<td align="center">--</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">11/28</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/k2yt99">Plini</a></td>
<td align="center">Himself</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">8/19</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/icrzzh">The Ocean</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">6/18</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/hbiqnx">Protest The Hero</a></td>
<td align="center">Rody, Michael</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">4/11</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/fzm0mw">Caligula&#39;s Horse</a></td>
<td align="center">Jim, Sam</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">--</td>
<td align="center"><strong>2019</strong></td>
<td align="center">--</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">10/26</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/dnncvt">Voyager</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">9/7</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/d0wjys">Richard Henshall</a></td>
<td align="center">Himself</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">6/14</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/c0pz85">Paul Masvidal</a></td>
<td align="center">Himself</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">--</td>
<td align="center"><strong>2018</strong></td>
<td align="center">--</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">12/18</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/a7dh45">Sithu Aye</a></td>
<td align="center">Himself</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">12/5</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/a3fyjf">Ben Levin</a></td>
<td align="center">Himself</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">10/11</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/9nbrgh">The Ocean</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">10/6</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/9ly3yh">Skyharbor</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">9/21</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/9hsdht">Toby Driver</a></td>
<td align="center">Himself</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">9/9</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/9ehh2l">Plini</a></td>
<td align="center">Himself</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">9/1</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/9c51od">Distorted Harmony</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">5/9</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/8ianhc">Rivers of Nihil</a></td>
<td align="center">Adam, Brody</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">3/23</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/86p56s">Caligula&#39;s Horse</a></td>
<td align="center">Jim, Sam</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">--</td>
<td align="center"><strong>2017</strong></td>
<td align="center">--</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">4/20</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/66is7i">Disperse</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">3/30</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/62gp43">Disillusion</a></td>
<td align="center">Andy, Seb</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">--</td>
<td align="center"><strong>2016</strong></td>
<td align="center">--</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">12/24</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/5k3x6f">A Sense of Gravity</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">7/28</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/4v3i3n">Black Crown Initiate</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">5/28</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/4lgcqf">Textures</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">5/11</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/4iw74x">Adagio</a></td>
<td align="center">Stéphan Forté</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">4/23</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/4g430p">Wings Denied</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">3/18</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/4b0n9c">Caligula&#39;s Horse</a></td>
<td align="center">Jim, Sam, Zac</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">3/10</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/49we3j">Polyphia</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">--</td>
<td align="center"><strong>2015</strong></td>
<td align="center">--</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">10/21</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/3pnb64">Protest the Hero</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">5/26</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/37d19f">Leprous</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">5/15</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/3647p2">Sigh</a></td>
<td align="center">Mirai Kawashima</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">5/5</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/3502xu">Intronaut</a></td>
<td align="center">Sacha</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">4/28</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/347e3e">Native Construct</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">3/3</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/2z67v4">Plini</a></td>
<td align="center">Himself</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">1/20</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/2t2v0l">Protest the Hero</a></td>
<td align="center">Luke Hoskin</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">--</td>
<td align="center"><strong>2014</strong></td>
<td align="center">--</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">12/9</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/2ot985">Rishloo</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">11/1</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/2l0bqz">Ne Obliviscaris</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">9/23</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/2h8of2">Between the Buried and Me</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">9/18</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/2gsxkr">Cynic</a></td>
<td align="center">Paul Masvidal</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">9/15</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/2ghf55">Devin Townsend</a></td>
<td align="center">DEVIN TOWNSEND</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">9/13</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/2gbl38">Periphery</a></td>
<td align="center">Adam &quot;Nolly&quot; Getgood</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">9/12</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/2g7p5v">The Contortionist</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">9/4</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/2fhnj7">Polyphia</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">8/31</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/2f383f">The Aristocrats</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">7/31</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/2caf6j">Mandroid Echostar</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">7/17</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/2azfiz">Cloudkicker</a></td>
<td align="center">Himself (Ben Sharp)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">7/10</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/2acztt">Tesseract</a></td>
<td align="center">Amos Williams</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">6/7</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/27kn8g">Periphery</a></td>
<td align="center">Jake Bowen</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">6/2</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/274yci">David Maxim Micic</a></td>
<td align="center">Himself</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">5/26</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/26ji3m">Haken</a></td>
<td align="center">Rich, Charles, Conner</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">5/10</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/258dqf">Periphery</a></td>
<td align="center">Mark Holcomb</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">5/4</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/24psoh">The Safety Fire</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">5/2</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/24klrj">Matt Halpern</a></td>
<td align="center">Periphery</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">4/27</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/244vjj">Intervals</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">2/9</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/1xg1wx">Ron Jarzombek</a></td>
<td align="center">Himself</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">2/2</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/1wt4mc">Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon)</a></td>
<td align="center">Himself</td>
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<td align="center">1/26</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/1w7rw5">Sithu Aye</a></td>
<td align="center">Himself</td>
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<td align="center">1/19</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/1vlxjd">Periphery</a></td>
<td align="center">Misha Mansoor</td>
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<td align="center">1/10</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/1utx0y">Ne Obliviscaris</a></td>
<td align="center">Dan Presland</td>
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<td align="center"><strong>2013</strong></td>
<td align="center">--</td>
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<td align="center">1/30</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/17kuc6">Thank You Scientist</a></td>
<td align="center">Band</td>
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t5_2s3pe

A place to discuss music and anything else related to progressive metal.

<div class="md"><p>A place to discuss music and anything else related to progressive metal.</p>
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## Please refrain from posting:
* Posts without ***Band - Song*** in title.
* Songs submitted in the **last 6 months** (any variation). Use search!
* Songs in the **[Hall of Fame](http://www.reddit.com/r/progmetal/wiki/halloffame/mastersonglist)**.
* [**Images & memes**](http://reddit.com/r/metalmemes).
* **Full albums**. (Individual songs encourage discussion and allow for easier listening.) Exceptions for promotional streams of new releases. [(what's a promotional stream?)](http://www.reddit.com/r/progmetal/comments/215o8z/in_two_a_peculate_progressive_experimental_death/cgat2m8)
* **Secondary news sources.** (news must come from the original source) 
* **Illegal Torrents and Downloads**, or comments asking for or directing people to such things.
* **Anything that [breaks reddiquette,](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette#wiki_please__don.27t)** or otherwise violates the spirit of our community.
* **Self-promotion** in more than one out of every ten posts you make to /r/progmetal.

<div class="md"><h2>Please refrain from posting:</h2>

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<li>Posts without <strong><em>Band - Song</em></strong> in title.</li>
<li>Songs submitted in the <strong>last 6 months</strong> (any variation). Use search!</li>
<li>Songs in the <strong><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/progmetal/wiki/halloffame/mastersonglist">Hall of Fame</a></strong>.</li>
<li><a href="http://reddit.com/r/metalmemes"><strong>Images &amp; memes</strong></a>.</li>
<li><strong>Full albums</strong>. (Individual songs encourage discussion and allow for easier listening.) Exceptions for promotional streams of new releases. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/progmetal/comments/215o8z/in_two_a_peculate_progressive_experimental_death/cgat2m8">(what&#39;s a promotional stream?)</a></li>
<li><strong>Secondary news sources.</strong> (news must come from the original source) </li>
<li><strong>Illegal Torrents and Downloads</strong>, or comments asking for or directing people to such things.</li>
<li><strong>Anything that <a href="https://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette#wiki_please__don.27t">breaks reddiquette,</a></strong> or otherwise violates the spirit of our community.</li>
<li><strong>Self-promotion</strong> in more than one out of every ten posts you make to <a href="/r/progmetal">/r/progmetal</a>.</li>
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Favorite song to play on a new sound system?