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Saturday, December 31, 2016

Omniavatar "Ego Death"


Country: Finland
Genre(s): Symphonic Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 30, 2016
Tracklist
1. Alive, Asleep (12:40)
2. Lucid (5:27)
3. Rapport (5:09)
4. Cursed Ignorance (5:14)
5. Ego Death (4:46)
6. Abuse (7:08)
7. Global Matters (9:25)

Total time 49:49

Line-up
Timo Komulainen: orchestration, guitar, vocals
Kimmo Pitkänen: bass guitar
Harri Moilanen: guitar
Pauliina Renholm: vocals

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Friday, December 30, 2016

Trauma Forward "Scars"


Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Electronica
Label: LM European Music        
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 30, 2016
Tracklist
1. Into The Labyrinth (2:40)
2. Red Shadow (4:38)
3. Sundown Living Puppet (3:30)
4. Cloud In A Bottle (3:32)
5. Sometimes I Feel (3:28)
6. Waiting's Four Seasons (2:32)
7. Scars (3:18)
8. Sense Of Consciousness (2:30)
9. Foggy Hills (4:12)
10. Behind The Line (3:47)
11. A Rusty Piece Of Mind (4:14)
12. Woman With Parasol (3:12)

Total Time 41:33

Line-up
Davide Lucioli - keyboards, voice
Jacopo Bucciantini - drums, voice
   With
Francesco Zuppello - guitar
Michael De Palma - bass

Description/Reviews
A fascinating crossroads inspired by classic-symphonic and modern remarks.
"Scars" is a concept album, imaginary journey on mostly instrumental coordinates, full of atmospheres and ambient suggestions (even gothic in "Into the Labyrinth"), between polyrhythmic incursions and moments of ecstatic breathing as in the delicate melodies of "Red Shadow " and "Waiting's four seasons". Variable, evocatively poetic expression.

Media/Samples 
Progstreaming
Into the labyrinth

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Thursday, December 29, 2016

Space Unicorn On Fire "Gallop Through The Stars"


Country: Slovenia
Genre(s): Progressive Power Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 29, 2016
Tracklist
1. Kozmodrom (1:03)
2. Let's Go To Space (3:08)
3. Double Helix (3:50)
4. Dreamers (5:17)
5. Blizu Vecnosti (4:31)
6. Shooting Star (5:38)
7. Mr. Romantic (3:56)
8. August Blues (4:58)
9. Commander (5:25)
10. Ne Vzame Nihce (3:15)
11. Broken Loose (4:31)
12. Medzvezdna Mačkica (5:21)

Total Time 50:53

Line-up
Rok 'Tavta' Tavčar - Lead vocal
Matej Osredkar - Guitar
Matjaž Ličar - Keyboards
Grega Stamenovič - Bass guitar
Top Secret - Drums

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Bandcamp (name your price)

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City of the Lost "Bridges to Nothing"


Country: Russia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Post Rock/Metal 
Format: digital
Release date: December 28, 2016
Tracklist
1. Altai I (New Born) (2:47)
2. At The Gates (3:32)
3. Great Wall Of China (5:51)
4. Dreamcatcher (4:11)
5. Восток-1 (3:22)
6. Fire Storm (4:11)
7. Altai II (Second Chance) (3:19)
8. Colors Fade In Me (4:00)
9. The Key (3:33)
10. Last Wave (4:39)
11. In The Depth Of Mire (4:16)
12. Jotunn Falls (3:20)

Total time 47:01

Line-up
Grigoriy Kolokutin - guitars, keys, drums
Evgeniy Popovkin - bass

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

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Ascorbic Acid "People"


Country: Russia
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: ArtBeat (AB-CD-12-2016-111)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 28, 2016
Tracklist
1. Vasily Shukshin (7:46)
2. Spider (6:34)
3. Maiden (4:48)
4. El Capo (6:39)
5. Window (2016 Version) (4:10)
6. DOB Dream (8:53)
7. The Return Of Odysseus (9:48)

Total time 48:38

Line-up
Dmitry 'JackBrown' Shishkin - Electric Violin
Krishna Radogor - Saxophone
Sergey Lobzhanidze - Bass
Dmitry Losev - Drums

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Bandcamp

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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Xan Campos "ESD"


Country: Spain
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock, Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: December 28, 2016
Tracklist
1. Perspectiva (6:12)
2. Gama de Grises (6:07)
3. Cando Fun Planta (8:01)
4. Extremos (4:57)
5. Gama de Cálidas (3:00)
6. Isto é Berlin (4:32)
7. Gama de Negros (2:45)
8. Memorias de Berlin (1:30)
9. Nada Que Engadir (3:46)

Total time 40:50

Line-up
Xan Campos - keyboards
Virxilio Da Silva - guitar
Wilfried Wilde - guitar (except 2, 5, 7)
Iago Fernández - drums (except 2, 5, 7)
Yoel Molina - guitar (2, 5, 7)

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Bandcamp

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Last Union "Most Beautiful Day"


Country: Multinational
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 28, 2016
Tracklist
01. Most Beautiful Day
02. President Evil
03. Hardest Way
04. Purple Angels
05. The Best of Magic
06. Taken [Radio Edit]
07. 18 Euphoria
08. A Place in Heaven
09. Ghostwriter
10. Limousine
11. Back in the Shadow
12. Taken


Line-up
Uli Kusch (Helloween) - Drums
Mike LePond (Symphony X) - Bass
Cristiano Tiberi - Guitars
Elisa Scarpeccio - Vocals
   With
James LaBrie (Dream Theater) - Vocals (2, 6, 8, 12)

Media/Samples 
Most Beautiful Day
President Evil

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Kinesic "For the Nth Time"


Country: Spain
Genre(s): Alternative, Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: digital
Release date: December 28, 2016
Tracklist
1. Confetti (5:55)
2. Campers (6:09)
3. Outer Voice (5:12)
4. The Blot (6:46)
5. Beholder (5:29)
6. My Owner (6:23)
7. For The Nth Time (9:05)

Total time 44:59

Line-up
Raúl Molina - Lead guitar, vocals
Jose López - Vocals, acoustic guitars
Juan Carlos Ramos - Drums
Miguel Barrientos - Keyboards, guitar
Andrés Gabarrón - Bass

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Samples

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Midnight Sounds "Chapter I"


Country: Spain
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: December 27, 2016
Tracklist
1. Intro (0:41)
2. Sounds Of Midnight (5:30)
3. Break The Spell (4:40)
4. Addiction (5:52)
5. Legend (6:19)
6. Crash Of Comets (3:56)
7. Part Of Me (6:18)
8. Redeem My Life (7:17)
9. The Wishing Well (7:11)

Total Time 47:44

Line-up
Carlos López: guitars, keys
Ramón Barba: vocals
Andrés Castro: bass
Anxo Silveira: drums

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Samples

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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Pravda "The Rising Mediocrity"


Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Sonus West Records
Format: digital 
Release date: December 27, 2016
Tracklist
1. Futile (3:44)
2. End Credits (4:43)
3. Two Paths (4:36)
4. Irradiate (4:49)
5. This Life (5:10)
6. Random Access Funk (3:52)
7. Burning Down (6:03)
8. Pandering To The Pinheads (4:20)
9. The Long Goodbye (5:55)

Total Time 43:12

Line-up
KC Thomsen - Keyboards, Vocals
Dave Thomas - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
John Redfield - Guitars, Lead Vocals
Ben Elliott - Bass, Backing and Lead Vocals

Media/Samples 
End Credits

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V2 "Showdown"


Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: digital
Release date: December 2016
Tracklist
1. Night Revelers And Night Hags (4:15)
2. Hunt In Packs (4:30)
3. Judas Figure (5:56)
4. Fist Over Hand (5:28)
5. Revelation Day (6:06)
6. Tears Run Dry (4:37)
7. The Servant Caelum Et Terras Miscere (3:52)
8. Showdown (5:58)
9. Sundance (8:17)

Total time 48:59

Line-up
Martin van Gulik: keyboards, midi programming
Bert Ettema:guitar, bass
Ernst Honingman: vocals
   With:
Jochem van Rijn: drums
Robert Voogt: vocals (7)

Description/Reviews
I first compare V2 to Sylvan because they offer a similar mix of heavy, melodic, (sometimes aggressive) Prog that could interest music fans ranging from Marillion to Metallica. On a couple of songs they come near to doing a power ballad and in these instances Poor Genetic Material comes to my mind, in good part because lead singer Ernst Honingman's voice can be pretty close to the excellent Philip Grifiths'.
Read the full review by Marc at proggnosis.com

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Samples 

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Monday, December 26, 2016

Origens "Origens"


Country: Brazil
Genre(s)Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic
Format: digital
Release date: December 26, 2016
Tracklist
1. Origens - Parte I (4:24)
2. Origens - Parte II (13:57)
3. Origens - Parte III (11:09)
4. Origens - Parte IV (8:25)
5. Origens - Parte V (5:39)
6. Origens - Parte VI (5:31)

Total Time 49:05

Line-up
Alessandro Aru
   With
Rogério Cavalcante
Fred Hollanda
Hélio Pisca
João Paulo
Ney Guedes
Leonardo Luiz
Michell Campos
Daniel Gontijo
Phillipe Hollanda
Eduardo Bahia
Pedro Salvador
Thiago Alef
Fernando Coelho
Lillian Lessa
Renan Carvalho
Daniel Queiroz

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Bandcamp

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Sunday, December 25, 2016

Matt Chanway "Matt Chanway"


Country: Canada
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal
Format: digital
Release date: December 25, 2016
Tracklist
1. Evidence Of The Arcane (6:22)
2. The Receiver Of Wisdom (6:58)
3. Harbinger 2.1 (8:24)
4. 271114 (6:48)
5. Eyes In The Sky (5:48)
6. Lucidity (6:26)

Total time 40:46

Line-up
Matt Chanway

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

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Solar Wind "Mind Glow"


Country: Israel
Genre(s): Instrumental Psychedelic, Progressive/Post Rock, Fusion
Format: digital
Release date: December 24, 2016
Tracklist
1. Waves (5:55)
2. Mind Glow (4:05)
3. Space Jump (8:20)
4. Voyage (7:03)
5. Cruise (2:06)
6. New Energies (6:39)
7. Seek Love (6:37)
8. Loose Control (7:29)
9. Humanoid Shifting (6:35)
10. Nebula (4:57)

Total time 59:46

Line-up
Matan Gilat - Guitar
Dor Biran - Drums
Iggy Jackson-Cohen - Bass

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Saturday, December 24, 2016

Rodrigo San Martin "The Veil is Broken III: Coming of Age"


Country: Argentina
Genre(s)Progressive Rock
Formatdigital 
Release date: December 24, 2016
Tracklist
1. The Veil is Broken (11:40)
2. My Time is Gone (3:53)
1. The Time Has Come (2:06)
2. Sellout! (4:08)
2. Absolutely No Commercial Potential (9:27)

Total Time 31:06

Line-up
Rodrigo San Martín: electric and acoustic guitars, flute, bass, keyboards, recorder, percussion
    With:
Mike Buenaventura Lima: drums and percussion
Fernando Refay: keyboards
Charlie Giardina: lead and backing vocals
Osvaldo Mellace: lead and backing vocals
Craig Kerley: lead and backing vocals
Canela Sol: backing vocals

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp  (name your price)

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Thursday, December 22, 2016

Red Sand "1759"


Country: Canada
Genre(s): Neo-Prog
Format: CD
Release date: December 22, 2016
Tracklist
1. Soldiers
2. My Mind
3. The Last Farewell
     Part I The Beginning
     Part II The Meeting
     Part III The Final Punishment

Line-up
Simon Caron - guitars
Pennsylia Caron - piano, keyboards
André Godbout - bass
Luc Colletta - drums
Steff - vocals

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Secret Saucer "The Reset"


Country: USA
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Space Rock
Label: Salad Farm Studio Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 22, 2016
Tracklist
1. Mercury (2:36)
2. Roaming Shores (6:32)
3. Silver Tethers (7:24)
4. We're Waiting (3:25)
5. Surfing on Saturn (6:13)
6. Treading on Crystal Light (6:48)
7. The Reset (4:06)
8. Orbital Perturbation (6:37)
9. Burning Colors (6:02)
10. Beaten Path (5:12)
11. Dripping Metal (1:51)

Total Time (56:46)

Line-up
Steve Hayes - Synth, Guitar
Bill Spear - Bass
Dave Hess - Synth, Gliss Guitar
James Dunn - Drums

Media/Samples
Roaming Shores

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The Infinite Trip "All Aboard The Mothership"


Country: UK
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Space Rock
Format: digital
Release date: December 21, 2016
Tracklist
1. We Burned Yesterday (7:31)
2. The Mothership (8:07)
3. Children Of Infinity (7:54)
4. Cinders Of Stars (6:34)
5. Mind Eaters (7:34)
6. Tomorrow's World (8:31)
7. The Illustrated Man (8:12)
8. Clouds In My Head (5:53)
9. Enigma Vibration (7:40)
10. Aghori (7:30)

Total time 75:26

Line-up
Pete - Lead Guitars, Synths, Samples, Drum Programming
Jules - Vocals, Bass, Rhythm Guitars

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Dw. Dunphy "The First Thing That Came To Mind"


Country: USA
Genre(s) Progressive Rock/Pop
Formatdigital, CD, cassette
Release date: December 20, 2016 (digital), April 2017 (CD, cassette)
Tracklist
1. Please Listen Carefully To The Following As Our Menu Options Have Changed (2:15)
2. Commercial One (3:43)
3. Those Who Exalt Themselves Will Be Humbled (Galloping Hooves Of Eternal Hellfire) (3:31)
4. No Lite (2:19)
5. Ancients (4:09)
6. I Get That From You (2:39)
7. The First Thing That Came To Mind (4:03)
8. Aspidistra (The Birds Are Circling) (5:31)
9. Cut You Loose (5:48)
10. Transcendental Mathematics (Improvisation) (1:24)
11. Your Call Is Important To Us! Please Stay On The Line And A Representative Will Be With You Momentarily (2:13)

Total time 37:35

Line-up
Dw. Dunphy - everything

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Baba Gris "Bhava"


Country: Puerto Rico
Genre(s): Eclectic Progressive Rock, Fusion
Format: digital
Release date: December 20, 2016
Tracklist
1. Inseminación (1:15)
2. Payasito (4:57)
3. Gestación (0:46)
4. Ritual De Los Últimos (3:52)
5. Guatemala (3:48)
6. Fragilidad (5:16)
7. Ecos Y Sombras (5:48)
8. De La Tierra Hacia El Mar (5:30)
9. Tiernos Tropiezos (4:22)

Total time 35:34

Line-up
Juan Mata Calle - Vocals, Guitar, Kazoo
Manuel ‘Kike’ Rodríguez - Bass, Vocals
Carlos Dimas Martínez - Guitar, Vocals
Jayson Jordan - Drums, Percussion, Vocals

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Bandcamp

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Thessa "Arcus"


Country: France
Genre(s): Ambient, Progressive Metal, Post Rock
Label: Thessa Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 19, 2016
Tracklist
1. Arise (1:19)
2. Arcus (3:50)
3. Stroyza (6:14)
4. Khera (6:58)
5. Interlude (1:37)
6. Rigel (4:43)
7. Encanis Part I (4:43)
8. Encanis Part II (5:18)
9. Encanis Part III (5:25)
10. Sifhalla (Bonus) (7:28)

Total time 47:35

Line-up
Alistair Bigareault - everything

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Burnclear "Lost for Life"


Country: Finland
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: digital
Release date: December 19, 2016
Tracklist
1. Rattle The Cage (4:05)
2. Eventide (3:50)
3. Lost For Life (6:09)
4. Phantom Pain (5:37)
5. Destination Death (9:39)
6. Destruction Mode (4:26)
7. Give Up The Ghost (6:10)
8. Haven (5:59)
9. The Past (3:10)
10. The Present (5:31)

Total time 54:36

Line-up
Olli Puranen - Bass
Jukka Koistinen - Drums
Karri Shemeikka - Guitars
Tomi Virtanen - Guitars
Tony Turunen - Vocals
Petri Koistinen - Keyboards, Backing Vocals

Media/Samples 
4 tracks

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Monday, December 19, 2016

Tohpati Ethnomission "Mata Hati"


Country: Indonesia
Genre(s): Instrumental Ethnic Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: Moonjune Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 19, 2016 (digital), January 1, 2017 (CD)
Tracklist
1. Janger (6:29)
2. Tanah Emas (5:17)
3. Pelog Rock (5:27)
4. Mata Hati (6:36)
5. Berburu (6:42)
6. Rancak (4:33)
7. Reog (6:51)
8. Pangkur (4:32)
9. Amarah (5:01)

Total time 51:28

Line-up
Tohpati (SimakDialog) - guitar
Indro Hardjodikoro - bass
Diki Suwarjiki - suling bamboo flute, tarompet
Endang Ramdan - kendang percussion
Demas Narwangsa - drums
Czech Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michaela Ruzickova (1)

Description/Reviews
High-octane Indonesian progressive ethno-jazz-rock-fusion of the highest caliber.
Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

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Progarchives  (Tohpati Bertiga)
Proggnosis

Ty Steele Band "Double Exposure"


Country: USA
Genre(s)Instrumental Progressive Metal, Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 19, 2016 (digital), January 10, 2017 (CD)
Tracklist
1. I Suddenly Forgot (6:02)
2. Oh, I Remember Now (6:09)
3. Double Blood Moon (3:37)
4. A Sedentary Lifestyle (6:04)
5. A Long Conversation (5:09)
6. Heavy RLS (5:11)
7. Melowtonin (5:53)
8. Basiphobia (5:26)
9. Merengue Pie (And The Smell Of Tequila) (6:00)

Total Time 49:31

Line-up
Ty Steele - Drums
Vitali Tkachenka - Guitar
Bill Hart - Guitar
Lorenzo Price - Guitar
Lewis Texidor - Guitar
Anthony East - Bass
Bjorn Anderson - Bass
Adam Nitti - Bass
Randy Hoexter (the Great) - Piano
Christopher Reeves - Organ
Jay Frigoletto - Keys
Lee King - Trumpet and Flugelhorn

Description/Reviews
High energy metal/jazz/latin Fusion and progressive instrumental rock. No limits, no boxes, no confined ideas - just energetic, interesting and intelligent music & ultra talented musicians.
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Bandcamp

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Necro "Adiante"


Country: Brasil
Genre(s): Hard Rock, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock
Label: Abraxas Records
Format: digital
Release date: December 19, 2016
Tracklist
1. Orbes (6:01)
2. Adiante (4:33)
3. Azul Profundo (7:07)
4. Viajor (4:20)
5. Entropia (4:18)
6. Espelhos E Sombras (5:30)
7. Deuses Suicidas (5:07)

Total Time 36:56

Line-up
Lillian Lessa: bass, vocals
Pedro Salvador: electric and acoustic guitar, cavacasso, keyboards, vocals
Thiago Alef: drums
   With
Diogo Oliveira: vocals (3, 5)

Description/Reviews
...the seven-track/37-minute outing .... effectively captures a live-feeling chemistry between them that only feeds into both the energy within songs like the organ-laced “Espelhos e Sombras” and the earlier slide-meets-cowbell rocking title-track themselves and the momentum they’re able to build between them. At the same time Necro don’t make a move that’s out of place either in instrumentation or in Lessa and Salvador‘s vocal arrangements — Diogo Oliveira also guests in righteous form on “Azul Profundo” and “Entropia” — neither do they come across at any point as overblown. It’s a difficult balance to strike, but likewise, their take on familiar boogie rock tenets is presented with an entirely clearheaded take, and the results should catch the ears of even those jaded with ’70s worship or who think there’s nowhere left to go with a shuffling groove but in the same circles over and again.

Read the full review at theobelisk.net

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AeoS "Memories Of A Dead Man"


Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 18, 2016 (digital)
Tracklist
1. III. (7:27)
2. II. (5:58)
3. I. (20:37)

Total time 34:02

Line-up
Jakob Ghasemian - Vocals
Justin Hombach - Guitar
Julian Styles - Bass and Growls
Nicolas Emig - Keyboard and Synthesizer
Malte Schmidt - Drums

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Bandcamp

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Sons of Ra "Anthropology"


Country: USA
Genre(s)Instrumental Post Rock/Metal, Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 18, 2016
Tracklist
1. AntiFragile (6:50)
2. A Minor (6:08)
3. Intrepidation (7:36)
4. Xenoglossia (4:10)
5. Persona Non Grata (9:48)

Total time 34:32

Line-up
Erik Oldman - Guitars
Keith Wakefield - Bass
Marc D. - Drums

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Bandcamp

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Sunday, December 18, 2016

Farwatch "Transmigrated"


Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal/Rock
Format: digital
Release date: December 18, 2016
Tracklist
1. Library Of Empyreus (11:58)
2. Water Turns The Wheel (7:07)
3. Viridian Pearl (8:42)
4. Behold The New (12:33)

Total Time 40:20

Line-up
Mary Flowe: Lead and Background Vocals
Martin Bowman: Guitars, Background Vocals, Additional Keyboards
Daniel Geurs: Keyboards
Alex "Chucho" Barrios: Bass, Background Vocals
Paul Uhrina: Drums and Percussion

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Saturday, December 17, 2016

Free Salamander Exhibit "Undestroyed"


Country: USA
Genre(s): Experimental Progressive Rock
Label: Web of Mimicry
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 16, 2016
Tracklist
1. Unreliable Narrator (5:23)
2. The Keep (5:42)
3. The Gift (9:56)
4. Time Master (5:21)
5. Undestroyed (10:11)
6. Atheists' Potluck (4:28)
7. Oxen Of The Sun (9:20)

Total time 50:21

Line-up
Nils Frykdahl (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) – vocals, guitar, flute
Dan Rathbun (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) – bass, various homemade instruments
Michael Mellender (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) – guitar, trumpet, percussion, percussion-guitar
David Shamrock (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) – drums, glockenspiel
Drew Wheeler – guitar, glockenspiel, Theremin

Description/Reviews
Undestroyed delivers a genre-damning assault of clarity, confusion, tottering riffage and apocalyptic joy to the listener. What is probably most distinguishing is that, Lo and Behold, Free Salamander Exhibit is a band in the truest sense of the word. A very real, well-honed, cared-about and labored-over band that builds upon its ancient and true chemistries with their new ideas. Forgoing any suggestion of cheap imaginary elaborations into digital simulacra, we are rewarded with Free Salamander Exhibit's preference for their arsenal of imaginative homemade musical instruments (in addition to their guitars, basses, and drums). Though it's difficult-as-ever to characterize much about this collective with any accuracy, Undestroyed sees them embracing their true art-prog-rock (in opposition) calling as never before. Both initiates and newcomers are better off abandoning all expectation as they step into their new curatorial realm.
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Bandcamp

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Anticlockwise "Raise Your Head"


Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Revalve Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 16, 2016
Tracklist
1. Slave (1:26)
2. Raise Your Head (4:54)
3. The Gutenberg Plague (3:37)
4. Mothertongue (5:30)
5. The Wire (5:10)
6. The Broken Mirror (5:03)
7. The Blue Screen Of Death (4:19)
8. Into The R.A.M. (7:05)
9. Dystopia MMXVI (3:35)

Total time 40:39

Line-up
Claudio Brembati - Vocals
Pietro "Pacio" Baggi - Guitars
Michele Locatelli - Bass
Daniele "Bubu" Gotti - Drums
   With
Simone Mularoni (DGM, Empyrios) - Guitar Solo (8)

Media/Samples 
Samples
The Blue Screen Of Death 

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Trusties "Untouchable"


Country: Finland
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Sound Of Wood Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 16, 2016
Tracklist
1. Arrival From Within (2:14)
2. Slave Of The Song (3:29)
3. Quicksand (2:45)
4. Loner In The Lonely Land (2:43)
5. There's Nothing Out There (3:18)
6. Children Of The Machine (5:50)
7. A Grave Inside Me (1:26)
8. Outside Of Place And Time (4:23)
9. A Dream I Never Had (5:21)
10. Return To The Surface Of The Earth (6:35)
   - Empty Minds United
   - Human Hater
   - Talking to Myself
11. Exposed To Light (2:49)
12. Room Of New Life (1:30)
13. The Last Wish (10:53)

Total time 53:16

Line-up
Matti Ylilauri - Vocals
Oikku - Guitars
Ville Veijalainen - Bass
Janne Ervelius - Drums

Description/Reviews
As for the music, Trusties continues to dabble in neo-classical progressive rock, yet stirring modern sounds from Dream Theater to System Of A Down to Pain Of Salvation. The core of the songs seem to revolve around the guitar structure which offers crisp and sharp riffage and solos. Actually when first spinning Untouchable, I found the Trusties' music, particularly in the first half, to be more heavy and harsh than with the previous album Human Wheel. I'll admit, I was a bit put off with the albums development. However, I think some of that early sound reflects the dark character of the story. Alternatively, the latter third of the album was much more interesting with Trusties juxtaposing lighter, almost melancholy moments, with the edgier darker side.
Read the full review by Craig Hartranft at dangerdog.com

Media/Samples 
Outside of Place and Time
A Dream I Never Had

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Gösta Berlings Saga "Sersophane"


Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Label: Icosahedron Music
Format: CD, vinyl
Release date: December 16, 2016
Tracklist
1. Konstruktion (2:59)
2. Sersophane (8:04)
3. Fort Europa (8:06)
4. Dekonstruktion (3:33)
5. Channeling The Sixth Extinction (15:15)
6. Naturum (1:04)

Total time 39:01

Line-up
Einar Baldursson - guitars, synthesizers
David Lundberg - Fender Rhodes, Mellotron, synthesizers
Alexander Skepp - drums, percussion, synthesizers
Gabriel Tapper - bass guitar, Moog Taurus pedals

Media/Samples 
Sersophane

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Universal Totem Orchestra "Mathematical Mother"


Country: Italy
Genre(s)Progressive Rock
LabelBlack Widow Records
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: December 16, 2016
Tracklist
1. Terra Cava (14:06)
2. Codice Y16 (5:21)
3. Elogio Del Dubbio (7:54)
4. Architettura Dell'acqua (11:27)
5. Citta' Infinite (6:19)
6. Mare Verticale (7:38)

Total Time 52:45

Line-up
Ana Torres Fraile: Voice
Antonio Fedeli: Saxophone
Daniele Valle: Guitar
Fabrizio Mattuzzi: Keyboards and Piano
UTO G. Golin: Drums
Yanik Lorenzo Andreatta: Bass
   With
Adriano Vianini: Voice
Alessandro Andreatta: Guitar (4)
Francesco Festi: Voice
Gianni Nicolini: Tabla (3)
Mirko Pedrotti: Vibes (5)
Oscar Cordioli: Voice
Samia Charbel: Voice (3)

Media/Samples 
Codice Y16
Stream 

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Friday, December 16, 2016

Morality's Asylum "Morality's Asylum"


Country: Brazil
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: digital
Release date: December 16, 2016
Tracklist
1. Hello There... Crazy People! (2:28)
2. Laws Don't Matter (4:12)
3. Disregarded Morality (5:39)
4. City Of Mirrors (Broken Glass 2) (6:00)
5. Hi There... Crazy People! (2:26)
6. The Clockwork Paradigm (11:52)
7. Honor Among Thieves (5:43)
8. Hey There... Crazy People! (2:39)
9. The Pledge (4:38)
10. The Turn (4:51)
11. The Prestige (10:34)

Total time 61:02

Line-up
Heitor del Ciel - Bass, Keyboards
Daniel Moretti - Drums
Ricardo Domingues - Guitars
Riq Therrys - Vocals

Media/Samples 
City Of Mirrors(Broken Glass II) 
Honor Among Thieves

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Sedulous Rouse "The Valley Beyond"


Country: Australia
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 16, 2016
Tracklist
1. Brutal By Nature (5:39)
2. For Crimes Unpunished (3:49)
3. Enriched By Demons (9:50)
4. The Day We Disappeared (5:57)
5. Blood Of The Human Spirit (4:42)
6. Relentless Oppression (4:17)
7. The Valley Beyond (6:10)
8. Robbed Of Solitude (2:44)
9. Leviticus (part 1) (9:01)
10. Killed By Hate (2:16)

Total Time 54:25

Line-up
Dani - Drums
Brendan - Bass, Vocals
Roly - Guitars, Vocals

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

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Aramid "Shallow Dialects"


Country: USA
Genre(s): Post Rock
Format: digital
Release date: December 15, 2016
Tracklist
1. Reverent (2:30)
2. All Inversions (7:46)
3. Words Of Silt & Stone (4:33)
4. Melancholic (1:51)
5. Tides Of Time (5:22)
6. Hemispheres (4:34)
7. I Only Dream Alone (4:52)
8. Standing On Wires (7:40)
9. Fervent (3:07)
10. Fume (5:19)
11. Only Space (5:49)
12. For The Mountains (7:29)

Total Time 60:52

Line-up
Aramid
   With
Dylan Faltisco - Additional instruments and vocals

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp (name your price)

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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Glasgow Coma Scale "Enter Oblivion"


Country: Germany
Genre(s): Instrumental Post Rock
Label: Fluttery Records
Format: CD, digital  
Release date: December 12, 2016
Tracklist
1. Sonda (05:15)
2. Southern Crosses (05:48)
3. Northern Wastes (06:41)
4. Venice Calling (04:41)
5. Ghost Not Found (05:12)
6. Silent Bird (08:49)
7. Birthland (08:05)

Total Time: 44:35

Line-up
Piotr Kowalski – Guitars, Programming
Marek Kowalski – Bass
Helmes Bode – Drums

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Bandcamp

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Monday, December 12, 2016

Atomic Simao "Echo"


Country: Ukraine
Genre(s): Instrumental Space Rock, Psychedelic, Jazz
Format: digital
Release date: December 12, 2016
Tracklist
1. Intro (1:46)
2. The Mask (6:11)
3. Around The Sun (8:29)
4. The Fox (5:01)
5. I'm Your Eyes Here (7:47)
6. Liquid Shadows (6:00)
7. Space Veils (7:15)
8. Outro (1:40)

Total time 44:09

Line-up
Georgiy Valchuk - drums, percussion
Nikita Gavrilenko - bass
Andriy Volkov - keys, samples, fx
Evhen Sofiychuk - guitar
Dima Dudko - sax
Andrey 'Bart' Dvoryashin - percussion, vocals (5)
Victor Zhukov - guitar (2, 4)

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Sunday, December 11, 2016

Visual Insanity "Virtual Escape"


Country: Germany
Genre(s)Instrumental Progressive Metal, Electronica
Format: digital
Release date: December 10, 2016
Tracklist
1. Reanimation (0:48)
2. Moment Of The Arrival (5:13)
3. Virtual Escape (5:25)
4. Force Of The Unknown (5:05)
5. Midnight Explosion (3:39)
6. Indistinct White Shadow (3:21)
7. Challenge Accepted! (5:03)
8. The Other Side (1:46)
9. The Weak Shadow (7:12)
10. Final Storm (8:12)

Total time 45:44

Line-up
Julian Seiler

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Saturday, December 10, 2016

Helmut Róbot "Kowloon .​.​.​Ciudad amurallada"


Country: Argentina
Genre(s): Avant Garde Progressive Rock
Label: Viajero Inmovil Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 10, 2016
Tracklist
1. Permuta Su Alma (2:05)
2. P.I.S.O. (3:44)
3. Contramano (3:34)
4. El Criterio Del Crímen (3:45)
5. 5 Pánico En La Ducha (3:55)
6. La Gran Explosion (6:44)
7. Aragán (3:39)
8. Los Cobardes De Kent (3:16)
9. Infernum (3:43)
10. Jamon Fetichista (4:17)
11. Bufón (3:19)
12. Lubbert Das (6:53)

Total Time 48:54

Line-up
Luz Total - drums, glockenspiel (2), percussion (4,5, 6, 10, 11), synths (6), jaw harp (10)
Sir Pasto - piano, hammond organ, keyboards and synths
Un Conocido Ruso - electric bass and double bass
Hemoga Femeba - electric & classic guitar, mandoline (7), glockenspiel (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12), synths (3), vocals
    With
David Fernández - trombone and trumpet (1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11)
Federico Kersner - tenor & alto sax (1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11)
Daniel Quintas - viola (1, 3, 6)
Ches Smith - drums (12), percussion (9)
María Eugenia Romera - orchestra timbales (2, 8), gong (1)
Marianela Cuzzani - chorus (1, 10)
Nicolás Leonoff - bandoneón (9)
Majo Leiva - chorus (1)

Description/Reviews
This bizarre group presents its second conceptual work, based on a futuristic story very much in the style of "B" movies from the fifties and the 60’s. Their music is delirious: a rare mixture between extreme Rock In Opposition (such as Sleepytime Gorillas Museum), the circus-craziness of Mr. Bungle and the typical "B" Movies' music from those years.
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