Christian progressive metal may not seem like the most likely subgenre a website full of swear words and cynicism about heavy metal would cover, but when it comes to Extol, we’ll make an exception.

Each Extol album is invariably questioned at some time: “This is Extol?” Few artists have driven their music in as non-linear a trajectory as have the Norwegian progressive metallers. Despite the band ...

Mesmerized. The title of progressive black metal band Extol’s new disc describes the first time I heard Extol. They are unrivaled masters of their genre, specializing in lightning-fast guitar riffs ...

To put it simply, Extol are a legendary progressive metal act that, while somehow staying out of the limelight, pioneered a lot of progressive ideas in the genre of extreme metal from their debut in ...