While focusing on progressive metal, jazz metal, instrumental metal, and "djent", The Collective will feature a wide variety of metal sub-genres that showcase the musicianship and composition of modern-day artists and bands. Guests may include artists, students, and industry professionals who will talk about what makes progressive metal successful today. The Collective will appeal to not only the classic metalhead, but also music nerds that appreciate the subtleties of contemporary music composition.
Blackest Eyes
Porcupine Tree
Faust
The Human Abstract
Accelerated Evolution
The Faceless
WAVES
Guthrie Govan
Sumeria
The Devin Townsend Project
Dimman från lützen
Vildhjarta
Eriatarka
The Mars Volta
I Will Return
The Black Dahlia Murder