Benthos

Happy birthday, From Nothing 🎂

One year ago, a new chapter began for Benthos. We released our sophomore album From Nothing, and from that moment on, our lives shifted into a new dimension.

From Nothing is definitely the most courageous work we've released so far and it taught us an important lesson: do whatever you want. Be yourself in your art. The more personal your art is, the more valuable it becomes. Don't be afraid of others' judgment, do it for yourself, always!

Happy birthday, From Nothing. Now it's time for the next chapter ❤️‍🔥

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This June, we're kicking off our debut in the Netherlands at Hedon in Zwolle before heading to Midsummer Prog Festival! Sharing the stage with our peers Ok Goodnight and URSA, it's sure to be a blast ❤️‍🔥 Don't miss it.

Tickets are on sale now

🌪️ EU/UK Summer 2026
June 19 – Zwolle, NL – Hedon
June 20 – Maastricht, NL – Midsummer Prog Festival
July 31 – London, UK – The Grace
August 1 – Nottingham, UK – The Carousel
August 2 – Manchester, UK – RADAR Festival
August 20 – Bristol, UK – ArcTanGent Festival

Glassville Music / Hedon Zwaar

We’re bringing you a stonking progressive lineup to light up The Grace on the 31st July!

Italian outfit Benthos hop across the continent to play RADAR Festival, so we thought we’d bring a taste of that to London. Fusing progressive metal, mathcore, post-hardcore, and psychedelia, their electrifying live shows have won over crowds across Europe, from supporting Between The Buried And Me on their 2025 summer tour to Euroblast Festival.

FFO: The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Mars Volta, Arcane Roots

Joining them are Bristol’s Maebe, who also grace the RADAR Festival stage this year. Post-rock, math, prog, shred: Maebe celebrates instrumental rock in all its forms, with a triple-guitar wall of sound and hooks that will rattle round your skull for days.

FFO: And So I Watch You From Afar, Plini, Thrice

THIS BE THE VERSE are an alternative progressive industrial rock band from London. The brainchild of vocalist, guitarist and producer Cyrus King. The band released their debut album in 2016 and have played shows with the likes of Idles, Tigercub, Employed To Serve and Palm Reader.

FFO: NIN, Deftones, Tool

🔥 TICKETS ON SALE NOW 🔥
http://www.portalsrock.com/tickets

We're thrilled to announce our first UK shows in London and Nottingham, alongside RADAR Festival in Manchester and ArcTanGent in Bristol.

This will be our UK debut, and you really can't imagine how excited we are. British music has always been a major influence on us. We grew up on rock 'n' roll, and it's incredible to finally play where so many of our idols and favourite bands made, and are still making, their mark.

We're also excited to be joined by some incredible British bands! Make sure to check them out if they're new to you.

July 31 – London – The Grace °
August 01 – Nottingham – The Carousel *
August 02 – Manchester – RADAR Festival
August 20 – Bristol – ArcTanGent

° w/ Maebe & THIS BE THE VERSE
* w/ To The Wall & Beastmarket Hill

Save the dates and see you this summer, gov'nor 🇬🇧

Tickets on sale now, link in the comments

🌞 Midsummer Prog Festival 2026 will take place on June 20 & 21 in Maastricht and preparations are well underway! 🛠

We’ve once again secured an outstanding selection of artists:

🎸 Saturday — June 20
• Geoff Tate, performing Operation: Mindcrime in its entirety (& more)
• Einar Solberg w. band
• Quidam
• Blowbeat
• Benthos
• Ok Goodnight

🔥 Sunday — June 21
• Tesseract
• Amarok
• Cyan
• Overhead, The Albatross
• Ursa

All in all, a richly varied menu within the genre we love — ✨ classic Midsummer Prog, guaranteed to be a celebration! ✨

🎫 Tickets still available, link in comments 👇

We spoke with Metal Hammer about From Nothing and how the album works through humanity's chaos, letting rage, reflection, and moments of unexpected beauty come through.

Read the full feature in the printed March issue.

“Sprightly progressive metal for your next existential crisis”

Massive thanks for the feature!

✍🏻 Bryan Rolli / 📸 Amalia Cicala

Milano, grazie ❤️‍🔥 It was special to support Vower on their very first show in Italy - cheers to them on such a killer debut. Great to see familiar faces and new ones alike. It was a blast!

Next up: headline show in Bologna on March 6 at Alchemica Music Club. We're excited to bring you a longer and special set.

See you very soon.

Ringraziamo Hub Music Factory x LM Productions x La Cripta Club

📸 Amalia Cicala

We're honoured to have been nominated for Progressive Metal Album of the Year at the 🏆 Progspace Awards 🏆 by the The Progspace team, and very proud of Alberto and Alessandro, who have also been recognised with nominations for Performance of the Year for their bass and drum work on From Nothing!

Being shortlisted among the 12 finalists already means a great deal to us. We know we're not the most obvious choice in a lineup like this, but if you'd like to show your support, we'd truly appreciate your vote 🖤

Voting is open until February 28th at midnight - link in the comments