Chord Progression Podcast: The Gateway to New Rock and Metal Music

Hot Milk is an enigma of a band like Sleep Token or Bring Me The Horizon. They are not comfortable being put in a box in regards to their music or their art. No matter what genre or classification yo…

We all saw the emergence of Kasey Karlsen as an up-and-coming vocal powerhouse in the metal scene with her covers of Zombified by Falling in Reverse and To The Hellfire by Lorna Shore in early 2022. …

Hardcore music is easily a genre on the rise in the heavy music scene, and in pop culture as well. Alpha Wolf, Kublai Khan TX, and thrown have all made their mark in 2024 becoming mainstays in the he…

Dry Kill Logic has been away from music for 20 years. After releasing their most recent album back in 2006, the band has released 2 singles between then and now. You would think that a band that hasn…

Writing a progressive death metal album might not be the easiest thing. But what might even be harder is when you join the band as the vocalist in the middle of the writing process, doing what you ca…

Why has heavy music been on a massive resurrgence in cultural relevance and popularity over the past 5 years? We could easily boil it down to a large number of reasons from changing preferences in th…

A large pilar of the Chord Progression Podcast has been to give as many artists in the rock and metal space a chance to be discovered by the largest audience posssible. It is something that helps kee…

Everyone knows that is is harder than ever to make it in the music industry as a band in 2025, and the likelihood of it getting any easier is rather grim for the future. With more music readily avail…

3 years ago, Steven from Wolves At The Gate joined us on the Chord Progression Podcast to talk about the band's 5th album, Eulogies, and we dove deep into the album's meaning with faith in the Gospel…

A hallmark of musicians, bands, and artists getting popular in the 2020's is having a song used for Tik Tok or on Instagram reels. Yes it is great when a piece of a song goes viral on those platforms…

The last time Senna came to the Chord Progression Podcast, they were just starting out on Sharptone records, finally cutting their teeth in the rock music world. Since that time 2 years ago, they hav…

It is only human that songwriting evolves over time, regardless of the genre. Rock music, metal music, any kind of heavy music really undergoes an evolution in songwriting as life, culture, and histo…

When any band changes vocalists, naturally fans are going to be rather vocally opinionated regarding the change whether they like it or not. But when that vocalist transition is from a male vocalist …

There are many musicians out there that start in one sound or genre, and then move to the next. It is not anything uncommon. But one of the hardest decisions artists have to make is if taking a step …

Rock and metal music is for everyone, truthfully. It always has been from the authenticity of the sound, to the connection each song has to us, all the way to the impactful live shows that never die …

Doesn't it seem like NERV is on every tour that you see come to your town in the past few years? Doesn't it seem like they don't slow down and will continue to push forward in order to make their mus…

Imagine this scenario. You are in a band and are itching to release new music. So you travel to Michigan for only 4 weeks to record an album with one of the greatest minds in modern metal today. And …

With the amount of data and analytics tools available to every artist and band in the music industry, a focus on data is necessary to ensure the best growth of your music in the digital age. We are t…

Becoming one of the most desired entertainment photographers in the music industry, Nathan James to try something different. And if you are reading this description on the Chord Progression Podcast, …

Where has Framing Hanley been since the release of their 2020 album Envy & what have they been up to lately? That either has you asking yourself 1 of 2 questions. First is “Yeah, I love them. What ha…