Tag: Psychonaut

2025 Best of Metal: #2 Psychonaut-World Maker

Release date: October 24, 2025
Origin: Antwerp, Belgium
Personnel: Stefan de Graef-guitar/vox, Thomas Michiels-bass/vox, Harm Peters-drums

Psychonaut are another relatively new band that is really producing some inspired metal. I guess you would throw these guys in the post-metal camp musically. Strong instrumentals and creative song structures. Nice balance of harsh and harmonized clean vocals. This is another one of these little bands that I can’t champion enough. I feel the ceiling is very high for them.

The list so far:
2. Psychonaut-World Maker
3. Pelican-Flickering Resonance
4. Rivers of Nihil-Rivers of Nihil
5. Paradise Lost-Ascension
6. Baest-Colossal
7. Messa-The Spin
8. Kadavar-I Just Want To Be A Sound
9. Harakiri For The Sky-Scorched Earth
10. 16-Guides For The Misguided
11. Lo-Pan-Get Well Soon
12. Hooded Menace-Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration
13. Byzantine-Harbingers
14. Wretched-Decay
15. Green Carnation-A Dark Poem Part I: The Shores of Melancholia
16. Scorpion Child-I Saw The End As It Passed Right Through Me
17. Benediction-Ravage of Empires
18. Testament-Para Bellum
19. In Mourning-The Immortal
20. Allegaeon-The Ossuary Lens

2022 Best of Metal: #8 Psychonaut-Violate Consensus Reality

Release date: 10/28/2022

Origin: Antwerp, Belgium

Personnel: Stefan de Graef-guitar/vox, Thomas Michiels-bass/vox, Harm Peters-drums

The Belgium metal scene really stepped up in 2022. This is the second Belgian entry on the list so far. Psychonaut has made a very significant statement in the post-metal world with their second album. This three piece has crafted an interesting sound scape with Violate Consensus Reality. You’ve got the trademark long non-linear song structure and a combo of clean harmonizing and harsh vocals. These guys remind me quite a bit of the other “Naut” band, Intronaut. It’s gotta be just a matter of time before these two bands end up on a tour together.

4.5 flip flops out of 5

The list so far:

8. Psychonaut-Violate Consensus Reality
9. Eric Wagner-In The Lonely Light of Mourning
10. SpiritWorld-Deathwestern
11. Psycroptic-Divine Council
12. My Diligence-The Shape, Matter and Power
13. Blind Guardian-The God Machine
14. Ghost-Impera
15. Jungle Rot-A Call To Arms
16. High Command-Eclipse of the Dual Moons
17. Soilwork-Overgivenheten
18. Messa-Close
19. Ty Tabor-Shades
20. Lamb of God-Omens