Florian Zepf, guitarist and the driving force behind The Progressive Souls Collective has gathered international prog musicians Aquiles Priester (ex-Angra & Tony MacAlpine) on drums, Conner Green (Haken) on bass, Kevin Moore (ex-Dream Theater, O.S.I., Chroma Key) creating loops and programming, Vladimir Lalic (Organized Chaos) aptly handling all vocals and Luis Conte (Phil Collins) on percussion to come together on the album Sonic Berth.
As a very special guest keyboard maestro Derek Sherinian (Sons of Apollo, ex-Dream Theater, and many more) recorded all keyboard parts on the album, giving the songs a very special touch of virtuosity, sound design and of course character. Metal Express Radio’s Bryce Van Patten caught up with Florian to talk about the new release, what it was like working with Ex Dream Theater members and what the future has in store for The Progressive Souls Collective.
Bryce is an audio engineer and a graphic designer here at Metal Express Radio. From the day he purchased his first album (Machine Head by Deep Purple), he has had a passion for heavy music, which has influenced his whole life. Bryce is from the great Pacific Northwest in USA, and has played in metal bands like Babylon, Holy Terror, The Wild Dogs, Warhead and Egypt through the 80s. He had his first interview for the Portland, Oregon publication The Rock Rag with guitarist Paul Gilbert in his Racer X days. Then he was honored to get to have drinks, and talk for an hour with the legendary Dan McCafferty of Nazareth for his second interview. In 2013, he spent an amazing hour talking to Andi Deris of Helloween, which was the high point of his heavy metal journalism.
In the year 2001, he formed Man in Black Music Publishing. They released recordings by several local bands, and in the spirit of the old Metal Massacre compilations, he created a 2-album series called The Defenders of Metal. The albums featured classic styled Metal bands from all around the world, with bands from Australia to England, and from Argentina to Russia. Currently, he is the producer/creator/vocalist of the Metal band The Black Tuesdays.
8.5/10 THE PROGRESSIVE SOULS COLLECTIVE – Sonic Birth – 8.5/10 8.5/10 Summary Metalville Records Release date: September 11, 2020 Sending User Review 8.5/10 (1 vote) Sonic Birth is the debut record from The Progressive Souls …READ MORE
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