MOTHER OF MILLIONS

Album: Magna Mater

Genre: Prog / Post Rock

Release Date: October 4th, 2024

Country: Greece

Label: Vicisolum Records

Band-Links: WEBSITE / FACEBOOK / INSTAGRAM

Right back from this year’s wonderful ProgPower Europe weekend, we got accompanied on the drive by MOTHER OF MILLIONS’ newest opus, who also had played a marvelous show pretty exactly two years ago in Baarlo. While their previous work was already magnificent, the Greek Post / Prog band managed to slightly change without losing their unique sound, with “Magna Mater” turning out heavier – musically and emotionally.

Everything seems to be a bit more now, from the fat, dark riffs that alternate with mesmerizing piano / synth parts, over the hard-hitting bass and great, versatile percussion, to some well-placed, cinematic orchestration. On these dense soundscapes, singer George Prokopiou lays his outstanding vocal lines, again incredibly expressive in his performance, and responsible for several goosebump moments.

According to the band, “it's a record in which all emotions become unexplored lands, become rituals before we accept them as our own. Magna Mater is an album about loss, but it is ultimately about life,” and I can totally relate to that while diving into their music. Not an easy listen emotionally, but really touching, and absolutely brilliant.

Written by Katha (originally for The Progspace)