I got into the habit of prog research somewhere around 2004, after being exposed initially to classic rock and heavy metal and eventually progressive metal, which came as a natural development. It took me a few years to start exploring sounds that stretched further the imagination - both in style (from canterbury to extreme progressive metal) and time (from the 60's to now, excluding the seldom visits to classical music).

Residing currently in the UK, I also write for ProgArchives.com as a Special Collaborator for the Prog Metal and Heavy Prog teams, and here I present the "Prog-gnostics" show, focusing on the heavy side of this remarkable musical movement. My ultimate prog goal is (as the nickname that has been assigned to me reveals) to become "caliph in the place of the caliph"... (for those who are familiar with the legendary comic!)

Join us every Saturday at 20.00 UK time (22.00 Greece time) and for two hours on the "Prog-gnostics" show.

ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2016

1. The Dear Hunter – Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional
2. Fates Warning – Theories of Flight
3. Verbal Delirium – The Imprisoned Words of Fear
4. iamthemorning – Lighthouse
5. Vulkan – Observants
6. Frost* - Falling Satellites
7. Seven Impale – Contrapasso
8. Patchwork Cacophony – Five of Cups
9. Headspace – All that you Fear is Gone
10. Ihsahn – Arktis

"ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2014"

1. Seven Impale – City Of The Sun
2. Randone – Ultreia
3. Phoenix Again – Look Out
4. Opeth – Pale Communion
5. IQ – The Road Of Bones
6. Telepathy – 12 Areas
7. iamthemorning – Belighted
8. Happy Family – Minimal Gods
9. Distorted Harmony – Chain Reaction
10. Motorpsycho – Behind The Sun