ProgPower Europe - Sjiwa Baarlo, 2-4 October 2026

The 26th edition of Progpower was for me the most different ever. Never before did I know so few bands in advance. In order to give everyone an open chance I hardly prepared myself for the unknown names, so I had lots to discover over the weekend. What I can say is that hardly any band on this year's edition would fit well on the 1999 first line-up. At the time the festival was having proper 90's progmetal bands only and in 2026 they seemed to have disappeared from the bill alltogether. Well Progressive means the opposite of staying the same all the time. Nowadays we go either much heavier than 99, or much softer. Also post rock and alternative influences are welcomed at the moment. Actually at the first PPE I attended in 2000 Opeth already brought the grunts along. So I needed an open mind for this year's edition and moods of the day would decide for me, how well I would manage. 

Staying over also became a bit more complicated the last three years, as the bold criminal, still did not get his act together and the campsite de Berckt remains closed until further notice. So back to de Heldense Bossen it was, with a healthy 7 km bicycle ride through dark forests as a bonus. This year some of us almost had deer collissions twice while cycling, so we were in open nature. Should I mean the bockbiers and knakworstjes again?, yes as in spite of the progressiveness of the festival, I do like some traditions to stay in place.

So Friday night arriving at Sjiwa and seeing all the same faces again I was excited. This mainly because the Reticent would open the festival and not all  festivals have the guts to let the best band on the line-up open the three days. I go back with The Reticent some ten years when I discovered On the Eve of a Goodbye. I loved it, got the album, the Tee and the previous album as well. Ah those days when postage costs did not need to kill any orders from the USA. Now The Reticent are a heavy lot, not only musically, but lyrically even more so. With the last three albums dealing with suicide, alzheimer and depression we were not in for a happy metal show. But we were in for a set that I can only describe as astonishing. The band stood as a house and the msuic was all great. But what made the experience even more gripping were the images shown  on the background. I guess anyone in can relate directly or via-via to any of the three topics mentioned above and seeing the lyrics come alive up close did make an impact.The hall understood the times when they needed to be silent too and we all entered a zone of discomfort, yet to our liking. They proved indeed why their bandcamp page calls them Prog's most emotionally gutwrenching band. Chris Hathcock showed that he can not only write gripping music, but also holds a very impressive voice, where he touched several styles appparently with ease. As this was the longest Reticent set ever, we were also treated on surprises like Opeth's Sorceress halfway. The closing song was also a cover, but as I have that on CD by them Losing My Religion was less of a surprise. It all ended when Chris spoke some truly heartfelt words to us, Anyone not feeling emotional at the end of this performance has long lost his/her soul, or maybe the Reticent was just not for them. I saw on and off the stage several people with tears in their eyes. Best PPE opener ever? probably a yes to me. I only had one wish at the end of the set. Alex on drums did a great job tonight, so let him come back next year with Lunar please.

The Friday headliners were Rendezvous Point, also playing their longest set in their careeer. Now my usual festival problem already kicked in at day one, band two. After an absolute highlight I have problems staying interested if the next band can not come near the band before them. Rendezvous Point I did see several times before already (at PPE and touring with both Vola and Temic once). What I remembered most was the long legged, short skirted female bassist being very prominent on stage. She was not here tonight (or turned into a bearded he meanwhile?) so now the attention was drawn by the white haired vocalist. Now Progpower is all about the music, so what about that. Well the previous times I saw them play I did not go out and buy their albums. I do like them enough, but 90 minutes is a bit too much for me. So somewhere halfway I went outside to catch up with some people I had not seen for a while. Friday ended well and with the bicycle ride waiting for us still I decided not to afterparty in the basement this evening.

Saturday kicked of with the traditional Dutch band. Hyla just  recorded their first CD and do not have a lot of mileage on stage I guess. They did perform pretty well, but I preferred when the female vocalist was screaming at us over her singing to the masses. The style was djenty heavy and they went down ok with most.I did go outside after a while to enjoy the sun, knowing that in November they come to my home venue Musicon anyway supporting the Changeling and Obsidian Tide.

Playgrounded at a certain stage almost could be called a Dutch band too, but I believe they returned to Greece now. I have one EP by them and saw them earlier this year at Midjonno. That day they suffered to follow up on Exist Immortal’s high energy set. Today with me more open, their show did not fully land with me. At times they remind me of Wolverine with their slow moody progmetal. Unfortunately they do not have the great voice of Stefan Zell and the guitarist forgot to treat us on spicy melodic solos. So all played well, yet it passed for me a bit flat

I did say that this year’s line-up had no bands that would fir in the first edition in 1999, Well maybe Terravia could. They played progmetal of the more traditional sound. For this first show outside Norway they missed one of their guitarists, who just became father so due to a good reason. As a result I had the impression that the tall guitarist decided to overcompensate for this miss. That annoyed a few people as I heard, but the band themselves were rather entertaining. In order to make up for the showing off/ happy egg a bit, I did like his impression of Gary Moore during the instrumental opening of one of their songs. No need for me to get their CD, but keeping an eye on them for the future.

Those who decided to use the dinner break for a long dinner and arriving late back missed out. This as Hippotraktor were treating us on the most energetic set of the weekend. I saw them before and did like this set equally good again. A vocalist who shouts to his bandmates instead to us is funny to see. A welcome heavy set they gave us and their T-shirts sold well within our group. Not sure if this works at home for me, but on stage definitely worthwhile 

Prehistoric Animals surprised me some editions of PPE back. Not hearing one note in advance at the time, they were an eye-opener. Thereafter I bought their first 3 CD’s through the years and stopped after that. Just like many of the modern progmetal bands three albums is enough for me. Live I can still enjoy their show and for me they were my favourite band of the Saturday.  A sympathetic presentation with at times nice images on the background too. By now I know what I get from them, but when delivered this fine I have no issues with that.

Headliners of the day were The Dear Hunter, the band splitting most opinions this edition. I think everyone agreed they can play and sing very well. The question was do they belong at Progpower?. For me a definite no, but for half the audience a definte yes, so whom am I to judge or know better? I missed the power and the prog really, but with a diverse line-up like the 2026 edition you can’t expect all bands to be up your alley.

I had to stay till the end at The Dear Hunter as tonights after-party would hold the return of the karaoke. If Mr train exodus himself states that me singing would be  the highlight of the festival I felt an obligation to perform again. Than finding out Marcel long left the building, so was he just taking the piss? Anyway a nice evening it was, with the annoying can I touch your tralala not leaving my head on the bicycle ride home. 

Sunday opened with another sunny morning and Royal Sorrow on the stage. They are from Finland and looking by the tens of T-shirts showing Lonely Finn they seem to feel lonely even in large groups. Luckily the band did not to suffer from any introvert attitudes. I did grow up in metal during the eighties. In those days bands looked fierce, evil, demonic or simple (untill Hair Metal started). Today Royal Sorrow opted for apparent torn apart black dresses over orange shirts and mascare. Well I am getting old after all. Musically the first truly nice surprise. Another nice surprise was that Sounddog royalty Pim and Willeke came to attend the Sunday especially to see this band. A nice start of the final day.

Next band were Sister May who were a whole different breed. They have strong industrial and alternative influences in their rock. At the start I was a bit reminded of The Banishment the project with George Lynch (Dokken and many other bands) going industrial. After a few songs the tempo reduced further instead of increased. When the vocalist than asked in Dutch if we all wanted to step forward many people stepped outside. I stayed in throughout their set, as I quite liked it overall. I was part of a minority here. Is the progressive PPE audience not that open minded really?, or do industrial and alternative bands better stay far from Baarlo?

The next band were Quantum and they brought back the modern progmetal. I did like this band and all dressed in black, they showed more of thought through presentation than the musically not very dissimilar Terravia the day before. Maybe I compare these bands, since it seems that young Scandinavian progmetal bands do attend the same barber as the floffy hair was back too. A nice band they were, but I felt they do need a bit more touring before they can draw me to their merch stand. 

I decided to skip a proper dinner and just went for a broodje kroket and a broodje gezond from the snackwall of death. This not because I could not afford to miss a single second from Fractal Sun, just  I did not feel for long waiting times. Fractal Sun are from Costa Rica and that is their main selling point I guess. I saw them at Progstorm in August, and we got a similar yet slightly longer set. Point for me is that The Netherlands is the home of female fronted bands were operatic vocals spoil  for me good music. So no Epica, Delain, After Forever or any of the sort in my collection. So neither Fractal Sun works for me, even if the band do play nice bordering tech prog metal at times.  Finally a drum solo with camera man on stage? fok instagram said the old man..

It always is a surprise to me, when I never heard of any of the bands high on the line-up. So Esoterica got 75 minutes on the Sunday and I knew nothing of them in advance. A full stage in numbers, even if the vocalist left the same for quite a while too. Crawling on the floor, heading for the balcony, but also stopping next to the brancard with the last wish friend of all volunteers. A nice gesture that was. Musically the band were OK to me, but the vocals could not be heard all the time, the empty bottle could be seen though. A different band, whom I stayed on the fence with throughout. I liked bits and pieces, but not all.

And than it came to an end already when Einar Solberg hit the stage. A large crowd joined him with two cello's and one violin too. Starting off hooded in red, he quickly changed to vest and shirt.Now let me set my ballpark. I loved Bilateral days Leprous, still do  like their shows who go for me from OK to very good depending on their and my form of the day. Einar solo I never listened to on album, so I was not sure what to expect. I needed the first few songs to get in the mood, but after half an hour or so I understood we were watching something special again. Switching from calm and beautiful to loud outbursts of rage was impressive. Einar was very open on his emotions and demons. Pity that not all understood that this reserved some respect. A very good show and it turned out that for me ProgPower 2026 was saved by the two bookend emotional shows on Friday first and Sunday last. 

And than it was over and we all felt more like cycling home over staying in the basement. So I missed talking to many people again, but there were enough laughs and drinks to be had for another great weekend. This definitely was for me line-up wise not one of the best years ever, But I can understand the struggle. For next year I would suggest the return of one band blending the death metal with the prog and another on mixing up thrash and prog/tech. I did miss one more high energy truly metal show on both days. Still counting on organziers to know best, so a huge thank you going out to them again, together with the many volunteers making everything work so smooth for us.

Coroner, Tar Pond & Schizophrenia - Nobel Leiden, 1 October 2026

Progpower is held every year in Baarlo, but the proper warm-up show was this year in Leiden. 1 October means that the city is building up for their annual 2/3 October party, when the city celebrates the liberation from Spain during the 80 year war. So arriving at Nobel by car or bus became a bit more challenging. Me coming by train, so arriving on time and during the supports you saw people slowly dropping in.

Two supports we had and they could not be more opposite of each other. First we got Tar Pond the band of former Coroner drummer Marky Edelmann. They play doom metal of the very slow and heavy kind. The vocals over this all have some gothic feel to them. Interesting it was, but 30 minutes was enough for me. Hereafter the Belgian Death/Thrash formation Schizophrenia hit the stage. Their music was fast and furious and they ran across the stage all the time. They did get several pits as a reward and went down pretty well with the crowd.

Looking at the many old Coroner T-shirts in tonight, the real headliner were Coroner. Their album Dissonance Theory was last year's comeback album of the year. After a hiatus of 32 (!) years, they pleasantly surprised fans old and new. In a way I am among the new fans. In the period 1987-1993 I did not get any of their five albums. I did see them live at the time, when in 1990 they opened for Watchtower, who just released one of my favourite albums Control and Resistence. I probably focussed too much on Watchtower that night, as I do like the style Coroner moves in Technical Thrash Metal. Ten years ago they released a DVD package with career overviews, live recordings and a story of disc. I was more up to date now and got the box and loved it. So when Coroner released a new album last year I did get it fast and it made my top ten of the year. So long intro short I was looking forward to an evening with Coroner. They opened the set with some new songs and thereafter they visited all their albums. The band was tight, the songs good and they even invited a keyboardist on stage whose role was limited. Another great evening in already fantastic gig year 2026. Before going to Leiden I received from several PPE fans the comment that Coroner should play ProgPower this year. Musically I do agree, even if the reactions tonight were far wilder than Progpower can bring. At the same time looking at their merch prices I can understand that they might be too expansive for the festival. Technical Thrash Metal does belong at Progpower, so if not Coroner I can recommend several other options from Europe.

Fen - Mastodon - Miscreance - Nefarious - North Sea Echoes - Todomal

Herewith some more CD tips of albums I bought over the past weeks (months).

Fen: Elemental Part One: Mourning Earth

The atmospheric blackmetal band Fen are back with a part one of Elemental. I had a few of their albums, missed a few and than saw them live again last year at Samhain festival This made me realize I should follow them more closely, as they were great. Now they are back with six songs spanning just over 45 minutes, which in Fen's world means short songs. While the music is their usual dark self I believe the vocals are more on the background this time. Only when clean sung they are clear in the mix. The album does manage to bring you back to swampy fen areas and for me they could return to The Netherlands soonest.

Mastodon: Marrow Deep

Now here is an album many people were curious to hear. After first the departure and shortly thereafter the death of Brett Hinds, how would Mastodon sound and recover. Well upon first listening I could hear that the typical Mastodon sound is still very present. Bretts voice is not here, but in the lyrics many times he is remembered (even if the album is also dedicated to  Michele J. Lawrence). I think this one is pretty accessible again, but maybe a bit less so than Hushed and Grim, which came before. The line-up now also holds a permanent Keyboardist in Joao from Pernambuco. That should result in some mood addings on stage. Later I can better compare where this album stands in the Mastodon discography, but first impressions ar every positive for me.

Miscreance: Reminiscence

In Canada Christian picked up the free magazine Absolute Underground, which held an interview with this band. Next steps were checking them out online and ordering the album and while at it, pick up their debut Convergence too. Reminiscence musically is the best tech metal album made so far this year. So fans of Watchtower, should take note. The strange language song titles and lyrics in one case, mean that Cynic also is never too far away I guess. So musically absolutely top, I can imagine the vocals are not for everyone. I believe they fiit well with the music though. With this very intense music a total lenght of 37 minutes is just fine Funny how a coincidental interview encounter, can lead to a new favourite band. 

Nefarious: Addicted to Power

Nefarious are this all star thrash metal line-up band. Last year this album was released with Katon W, de Pena on vcals. I missed it at the time,and got this album now after seeing the band with Sean Rivera on vocals. The band re-released the album with Sean singing and that is the one I got. Now I love Hirax live and Katon is a brilliant showman, but here the mix of thrash metal with more Heavy Metal vocals is what makes this album so good. Well the line-up also helps as when you can name drop Exodus, Death Angel, Blind Iluusion and Heathen as past bands of members, something must be right. Here I saw the live show first and than got to know the album later, highly recommended.

North Sea Echoes: How to Cast a Shadow

The second album of this band, which is mainly Jim Matheos and Ray Alder of Fates Warning fame. This is their second album and it again is far aaway from anything Fates Warning. Jim's project Tuesday the Sky at times comes closer and also Chroma Key can be mentioned. Yet, when Ray Alder sings on any album my interest is risen. This time a bit more guitars compared with their debut album Really Good Terrible Things. Still it is no metal and better suited for waking up slowly or nice eveing background music. And man how I would love a Fates Warning farewell tour still.

Todomal: Graveyards of Joy

Now here is a strong candidate for my Doom Metal album of the year. As the name suggests Todomal (All bad) are from Spain and these graveyards do bring tremendous amounts of joy indeed. This is epuic doom, which at times reminds me of Anathema during their best period (Judgement) Some Gothic references too appear at times. The songs are fairly to the point for doom metal with 9 songs clocking in at 43 minutes. The band only consists of two men Wildman and Mile. Still sorry I attended a birthday party the very afternoon they played Baroeg.

Into the Void - de Neushoorn Leeuwarden, 26 September 2026

Into the Void is mainly a stoner and doom festival which is the reason I never attended before. Mind you, I do like both genres, especially live, but won't travel too far for either and Leeuwarden is bloody far (whoever said The Netherlands are tiny?). I actually thought I once visited the festival in the same venue, when I went mainly to see Bell Witch playing Mirror Reaper in full. Turned out that festival was called Into Darkness and it held also more Black metal in the line-up. Actually I do travel for some doom, but than more bands like Sorcerer who mix their doom with Heavy Metal. Today there were two bands whom I would love to see live and that made me train some hours up north: Anciients and Ponte Del Diavolo. I decided not to sleep over in Leeuwarden and last trains already told me I could not see 1000 Mods , Tankzilla and Kryptograf anyway. Pity as what I heard online, these all might have been interesting.

So before going to my two reasons to go, let me quickly share some thoughts of what I did see further. Upon arrival El Altar Del Holocausto were on stage. These Spaniards play instrumental post-rock and what I saw sounded pretty good. Dressed all in white, including covered faces with only eyes out resulted in a nice presentation too. Still shaping your hands in a heartform towards the crowd is not a very mertal. doom or stoner thing to do. Herefater I saw a bit of Komatsu, whom I saw before I believe. This heavy trio from Eindhoven delivered, but I was not standing all that comfortable in the smaller Arena hall. Like more festivals, entering the small hall after a band started and most people arriving from the larger hall want to have a peek, resultsin traffic jammed entrances. Not as bad as de Effenaar, where I saw people being banned from the small hall in the past, still not overly comfy either. I anyway left in time to go see Ponte Del Diavolo.

At 15:00 hours Ponte Del Diavolo hit the stage. The intro was a song sounding fifties and sung in Italian. Tells you something about their not standard presentation and we were in for a treat indeed. The female vocalist calls herself Erba del Diavolo and she does know how to attract attention. Some might not like her presentation when she can play arrogant, bored or cocky at times. I loved her presentation and her voice went from clean to possesed at times, sounding like she had crossed the devil's bridge indeed. In advance I thought I could brush up my rusty hardly existing Italian, but that was impossible sung this fast  or angry. But it is not just Erba who draws attention. In times when bass players suffer and at times disappear (especially among our djenty brothers) Ponte brings along two bassists. This guarantees a heavy sound. The program told us that the band call their music Blackened Post Punk. The cover they played was a Bauhaus song. So very differnet they are and I loved this set. They often played The Netherlands before, glad I finally managed to see them too. Got the Tee in appreciation.

I discovered Anciients only after they released their sensational album Beyond the Reach of the Sun in 2024. They soon became yet another Canadian band among my absolute favourites. They play extreme progmetal,where the balance between clean and fierce vocals should make them acceptable for fans of both styles. Musically they are a fortress, with great double guitar work and at times some keyboards on the background. Today they did fit in the festival (just) as there is some sludge in their progmetal too. Well looking at the reactions in the hall I was not the only one loving this set. Opening with Forbidden Sanctuary and closing with the epic Buried in Sand (thanks Kenny) we got 45 minutes flying by. I never take notes, nor can I name songtitles immediately, but we got a focus on the last two albums and it was great. When not at a festival they get another half hour or so. So I checked options this tour, but that won't work out for me unfortunately. So I shall be back seeing them, when they return on a next tour to The Netherlands. They actuall come back playing Nijmegen at Soulcrusher 10 October, but I have Metal Exeperience Fest obligations that day. If you are free, do go see them. Not often you get to see a band this good from front row, yet with an audience loving their show too. If they than also bring along nice Tees and a beer cooler at the merch stand. it becomes easy to show your appreciation to the band.

After my two highlights of the day I did loose interest a bit. I often suffer from this at a festival so bands better play before my highlights. I did see very little of Coltaine, which surprised on the vocal front. Many female vocalists today and luckily not of the operatic kind, but proper singing and shrieking. At the main stage I did see Belzebong and their instrumental stoner doom sounded very nice. Still after a few songs I went to see if Anciients were at their merch stand and I could speak a bit with Kenny and Brock. I saw a tiny bit from  Spirit Mother's set and liked the doom off Daevar. Still I decided to call it quits soon and went off to the station and train home, arriving at a decent enough time home. One fine day was had and thanks goes out to organizers. If next year they manage to give me two new highlights., I probably shall be back.

Demon & Steelover - Musicon The Hague, 18 September 2026

Demon coming to town. Not something we could say often, I guess never. Even The Netherlands are not all that often visited by the band., As support they brought along Steelover from Liege. A place they are playing both today at the great Golden Age of Rock Festival, which I unfortunately could not attend this year. So a mid road stop in Musicon it was for Demon and if upon entering I feared a very empty venue, it later filled up better. Many people in I knew not from Musicon, but from other  old skool metal parties. My post on our gig app group resulted in Peter and Rene showing up and Hans already confirmed before that Demon was a good excuse for some beers in Musicon.

So Steelover could open the evening for us. Thier first run was from 1982-1986when they released the LP Glove Me. I don't remember ever having heard their name in the eighties. Reformed in 2016 I saw their name appearing on festival posters, but I never saw them live before. Their music is strongly footed in the eighties and their straightforward Hard Rock/ Heavy Metal went down well. They just released a new album Devil's Highway and most songs came form that album. All new to me that did not impact. A nice enough opener that brought what I expected, but did not make me run to the merch stand really.

Demon opened with the expected Night of the Demon and closed with the equally expected (Guest?) One Helluva Night. Inbetween thsoe two classics we got a ride through their now 47 year career from first single Liar until a song from their last 2024 album Invincible. It soon became clear that Demon were in good shape and a very tight band was headed by vocalist and only original band member Dave Hill. He deserves a special mention as I don't see him being mentioned often on discussions of vocalists of respectable age who still did not loose any of their power. Apart from a great performer he also delivers the classics as if we are still in the eighties. Many highlights throughout the set, for me the best came when they reached my favourite album The Plague, which for this evening was turned into The Hague. Title track and Nowhere to Run both stood firm and who does not like shouting along with The Hague?. A very entertaining set by Demon it was and one fine evening in Musicon yet again. 

Raven & Vortex - Musicon The Hague, 8 September 2026

Tuesday night and it was raining cats and dogs. So I was worried about turnout for the great Raven tonight, turned out I was wrong again. A nicely packed Musicon was filled with even different generations all ready for some eighties metal by Raven and Vortex. 

Vortex opened the evening as Vortex, not Metal Bats even if teh merch said Metal Bats.Not sure how their loss of Martjo influences the name under which they perform, but for me Vortex means Open the Gate. They managed to produce one of the cult underground metal clips of the eigties and I believe we even got to see it at Sky TV Monsters of Rock at the time (the show with Amanda Reddington and Mick Wall). So in a way I was this evening waiting for Open the Gate, while knowing they would close their set with this hit. Eighties hard rock/metal we got before and the off the wall presentation made it a nice enough show. Pieter arrived as per his tradition way too late, but just in time to see Open the Gate.

Raven always deliver a good show, giving it their all. As they said today they have been coming to The Netherlands for 45(!) years now and shall keep on returning as long as we want that. Looking at tonight's audience and reactions that shall last a while as in my memory it was more busy now than eight years ago on a Friday night. The band keeps on releasing new albums too, so the set consisted of songs from many different albums. Of course we rocked until we dropped and did so all for onne, but some songs I did not know were nice surprises too (Pick Your Window). The band did give their usual energy with the attitude off what you hear is what is played. They also seemed genuinely pleased that in spite of the awful weather outside it seemed pretty packed on a Tuesday. Anyone watching them running across teh stage, must sympathize with the band and I have no problem seeing them return every few years to Musicon (or elsewhere). Tonight they play Little Devil, so anyone not depending on striking public transport enjoy.

Nefarious & Defazer - Musicon The Hague, 6 September 2026

Nefarious playing Musicon, meant metal royalty was coming to town. This because of the 18 Nefariouses on metal archives we got the one from the USA playing thrash/heavy metal. So introducing the band on drums we have Will Caroll (Death Angel), On bass Tom Gears who played with Blind Illusion. The guitar double means Rick Hunolt (Exodus throughout teh 80's) and Doug Piercy (Heathen among many others). What made the package complete is Sean Rivera on vocals, who adds the heavy metal touch and just released with Coffin Hunters one fine album in Cosmic Dawn. So Sunday afternoon meant Musicon and again it was a pity that the youth of today does not appreciate proper metal.

So it was 15:30 when Defazer hit the stage for an audience mostly off my generation. Defazer are The Hague's leading thrash metal band. I had not seen them for a while and again loved their energetic set, which did include some songs not released yet. It seems a new album is in the writing stages and what we heard so far did sound very promising. A good warm-up for Nefarious they were and yes originally Grindpad were supposed to open the evening, but circumstances forced them to cancel.

After a fairly long break, which was no problem with many usual suspects in this afternoon Nefarious hit the stage. It did not take long for me to realize we would be in for a treat. This is one fine band and their songs were easy on the ears at first hearing for me. Sean Rivera's voice makes them stand out from others, and their full debut album was played (whose new version I picked up with Sean's vocals). Given the band members we also got some covers and Goblin's Blade (Heathen) and Metal Command  from Bonded by Blood seemed good choices. Everyone I spoke with after the show agreed that we got one fine afternoon of prime metal delivered to us. To see a band of this level play Musicon always makeds me smile. Cheers to anyone putting this afternoon together for us.