Oxhole "Ocean Of Colours"

Country: Czechia 
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 31, 2022
Tracklist

1. D.E.M. (5:27) 

2. Broken Wings (7:55) 

3. Eyes Of All Colours (4:43) 

4. Full House (5:23) 

5. Forever Terrified (9:36) 

6. Refused (12:07) 

7. Talking Ocean (5:40) 

Total Time 50:51

Line-up

Jindřich 'Jundrix' Michalik - vocals, keyboards, piano

Tomáš Štěpánek - guitars, violin

Tomáš Machát - bass guitar

Jiří Michalik - drums

   With

Damian Wilson, Heri Joensen, Jan Čermák, Karel Fridrich, Zdeňka Němcová, Viktor Fridrich, Vítězslav Adamec, Jiří Šlégr, Eva Dang, Tomáš Roučka

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Trailer

Eyes of All Colours

Refused
Deezer

Spotify

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MRW "妖怪"

Country: Poland
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Post Rock
Format: digital
Release date: January 30, 2022
Tracklist

1. 精神が世界を吹き飛ばしている (01:10)

2. 手なしの医者 (00:16)

3. 鬼遣 (00:33)

4. 鬼はそと！福は内 (00:49)

5. 鬼 (00:46)

6. 妖怪 (00:32)

7. 化け物 (01:35)

8. 私が死にかけている今、あなたは私の魂を捕まえることができます (01:26)

9. 魔物 (01:12)

10. 第三の目 (00:46)

11. 医者の切断された手 (02:28)

12. 第三の目、セカンドノーズ (01:12)

13. 医者の死 (00:26)

14. お化け (05:57)

15. 鬼2 (01:09)

16. 河童 (00:26)

17. 天邪鬼 (00:40)

18. 網剪 (01:40)

19. 御霊 (00:41)

20. ぬうりひょん (01:56)

21. 恐怖には4つの目があります (00:45)

22. 座敷童/座敷童子 (01:17)

23. 送り雀 (03:58)

24. 海坊主 (03:29)

25. 死に神 (01:17)

26. 尻目 (00:26)

27. 鬼3 (02:40)

28. 死の踊り (03:49)

29. 狐 (04:54)

Line-up
Marcin Waszczak: guitar, bass, kaossilator, synths, vocal, piano, recordings, drums programming, alto saxophone, clarinet, glass, dictaphone

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Czyszy "UwU Slaughter"

Country: Poland
Genre(s): Symphonic
Format: digital
Release date: January 29, 2022
Tracklist

1. Cosmic Campfire Story (7:06) 

2. Wavery Slide (7:35) 

3. Roller Coaster No. 5 (26:13) 

Total Time 40:54

Line-up
Czyszy - MIDI programming, guitars, bass, vocals

Media/Samples
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Scott Woods "Interstellar Dream"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Space Rock
Format: digital
Release date: January 29, 2022
Tracklist

1. Fly Away (5:23) 

2. Star Queen (5:16) 

3. Journey (4:53) 

4. Descent (6:38) 

5. Stars Interlude (4:14) 

6. Night In The City (3:55) 

7. Rise (4:38) 

8. Musical Heart (7:43) 

Total Time 42:40

Line-up

Scott Woods – Voice, Guitars, Bass, Synthesizer, Clavinet (4), Vocoder (4, 7), Hammond Organ (7)

Nick Woods - Drums (1, 2, 5, 6, 7)

Justus Dobrin - Hammond Organ, Keyboards and Synthesizers

Chris Lee - Lead Guitar (2, 4, 8), Backing vocals (2, 7)

Samantha Sylvers - Voice (4, 6, 7), Backing vocals (2, 3) 

Ciara Woods - Voice (5, 8), Backing Vocals (3, 7)

Ron DiSilvestro - Drums (3)

Monique St Walker - Voice (5)

The Woods Family - Spoken words (8) 

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Home Brewed Universe "Triah"

Country: India
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Post Rock/Metal
Format: digital
Release date: January 28, 2022
Tracklist

1. Eternal Atom (6:58) 

2. Blood Moon (6:35) 

3. Long Dead Star (5:51) 

4. Hidden Knowledge (7:45) 

5. Gravity Assist (4:42) 

6. Alignment Of The Voyager (4:54) 

7. Paradoxes (4:41) 

8. Mathematic Dreams (4:15) 

9. Cosmic Bedlam (5:34) 

Total Time 51:15

Line-up
Arka Sengupta - everything

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Abel Marton Nagy's Cosmos Band "Spacing Out..."

Country: Austria 
Genre(s): Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Format: digital
Release date: January 28, 2022
Tracklist

1. Your Highness (8:04) 

2. Cosmos (7:39) 

3. Mike (7:08) 

4. Icebreaker (5:29) 

5. I Like Your Actitube (8:41) 

6. Arachnid (9:34) 

7. I'm A Rockstar, Leave Me Alone (6:22) 

Total Time 52:57

Line-up

Emma Nagy - Vocals

Adam Nagy - Guitars

Vuk Vasilic - Bass

Abel Marton Nagy - Keyboards

Martin Scheran - Alto Sax

Dominik Kosztolanszky - Tenor Sax

Adonis Fabry - Drums

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Bresk "A Journey Through The Life Of Peder Balke 1804-1887"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Instrumental Symphonic, Retro Prog
Label: Drabant Music - DM149LP
Format: vinyl, digital
Release date: January 28, 2022 
Tracklist

1. Awakening (1:32) 

2. Napoleonic Wartime Overture (5:00) 

3. The Mountain (5:12) 

4. Sailing The Northern Coast (4:38) 

5. North Cape Arrival (2:43) 

6. Hangin' Out With The King (3:04) 

7. The Revolution Of 1848 (5:37) 

8. Balkeby (4:08) 

9. The Fire (5:01) 

10. The End (5:10) 

Total Time 42:05 

Line-up

Lars Christian Narum - keyboards, organ 

Jon Anders Narum - bass

Peder Narum - drums

Description/Review

What better backdrop for an album inspired by the likes of Rick Wakeman’s The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Bo Hansson’s Lord of the Rings? ... 

The result is unashamedly retro, harking back to Prog’s ‘Golden Age’ but with a contemporary edge – and it’s much better than the inspirations noted above. An impressionistic tour de force, at times it’s tightly arranged but with space for looser flights of fancy to describe Balke’s wandering through rural Norway, his journey to the French court, political upheavals in Europe and his altruistic development of the Balkeby area near Oslo, which was devastated by fire in 1879.

Read the full review by Jez Rowden at theprogressiveaspect.net

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t "Pareidoliving"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: GEP
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January ​28, 2021 (CD)
Tracklist

1. The Same Old Everything

2. The Light At The End Of The Light

3. How Now To Speak

4. The Idiots Prayer

5. The Scars Of The Sky

6. Behind This Pale Face

7. Tell The Neighbours We're Fine

Line-up
Thomas Thielen (Scythe) - all instruments

Media/Samples
Tell The Neighbours We Re Fine
Sampler

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Steamboat Switzerland "Terrifying Sunset"

Country: Switzerland 
Genre(s): Instrumental Avant Prog
Label: Trost Records
Format: vinyl, digital
Release date: January 28, 2022
Tracklist

1. Chimborazo=South=Face (22:02) 

2. Tiger=East=Face (23:43) 

Total Time 45:45

Line-up

Dominik Blum - hammond organ, voice

Marino Pliakas - e-bass

Lucas Niggli - drums

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Bandcamp

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Aran Prog Project "EVO: A Progressive Journey"

Country: Spain
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 28, 2022
Tracklist

1. Origin (5:18) 

2. The Expansion Of Matter (4:54) 

3. Cambrian (5:08) 

4. Reptile Era (5:32) 

5. Human Coming Darkness (5:03) 

6. Modern Era (7:11) 

Total Time 33:06

Line-up

Massimiliano “MarFi” Gentilini - Bass

Silvia Anton - Vocals, Piano

Xavi Alomar - Lead Vocals, Guitars

Rafa Rodriguez - Keyboards, Vocals and Arrangement

Francesc Fontanet Juan - Drums

   With

Cameron Fleury - Drums

Abel Sequera - Drums

Arnau Alonso Montane - Drums

Ernesto Garcia Pagavino - Drums

Mario Jovic - Guitar

Eric Grau Benitez - Guitar

Quim Fernandez Bowen - Guitar

Ramiro Alva - Guitar

Daniel Valladares - Guitar

Miguius Magnificus - Guitar

Eimel Nisrain Trejo Lobo - Guitar

Rodrigo Gracia Pagavino - Guitar

Celia Del Barco Canales - Voice

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Bandcamp

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Zolar Czack "Where silence lives"

Country: Ukraine
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion, Funk
Format: digital
Release date: January 28, 2022
Tracklist

1. 7:00 a.m. (3:58) 

2. Chicken Wants To Be A Cow (3:11) 

3. Coconut Groove (3:39) 

4. Voice Inside (2:07) 

5. Ghost (4:25) 

6. Redneck Godzilla (4:52) 

7. Worm Hole (4:25) 

8. Where Silence Lives (3:05) 

Total Time 29:42

Line-up
Dennis Fursov (Quiet Observer) - everything 

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Big Big Train "Welcome To The Planet"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: English Electric -  EERCD0029 (CD), Plane Groovy - PLG105(vinyl)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: January 28, 2022
Tracklist

Part One

1. Made From Sunshine

2. The Connection Plan

3. Lanterna

4. Capitoline Venus

5. A Room With No Ceiling

 Part Two

6. Proper Jack Froster

7. Bats In The Belfry

8. Oak And Stone

9. Welcome To The Planet

Line-up

David Longdon – Lead Vocals

Greg Spawton – Bass

Nick D’Virgilio – Drums, Vocals

Rikard Sjoblim - Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals

Carly Bryant - Keyboards, Vocals

Dave Foster – Guitars

Clare Lindley – Violin, Vocals

Description/Reviews:

As with Common Ground, Welcome To The Planet sees Big Big Train retain their progressive roots, but also take influence from all spheres of music. The album’s opener Made From Sunshine, co-written by guitarist Dave Foster and singer David Longdon, has guitar lines redolent of Johnny Marr and vocal harmonies reminiscent of the Finn Brothers/Crowded House, with violinist Clare Lindley sharing lead vocals with Longdon.

Elsewhere on the album, keyboard player Carly Bryant gets her first Big Big Train writing credit and lead vocal on the captivating title track. The two recent singles The Connection Plan and Lanterna are included along with a winter themed song, Proper Jack Froster, a bittersweet tale of childhood. The album is completed by the delicate acoustic Capitoline Venus, the beautiful Oak And Stone, and a pair of dazzling instrumentals, A Room With No Ceiling and Bats In The Belfry, written by guitarist/keyboardist Rikard Sjöblom and drummer Nick D’Virgilio, respectively.

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3 tracks

Proper Jack Froster

Bats in the Belfry

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Jethro Tull "The Zealot Gene"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Prog Folk
Label: InsideOut Music/Sony Music 
Format: CD, digital, vinyl, Blu-ray
Release date: January 28, 2022
Tracklist

1. Mrs. Tibbets (5:54)

2. Jacob's Tales (2:13)

3. Mine Is the Mountain (5:40)

4. The Zealot Gene (3:54)

5. Shoshana Sleeping (3:41)

6. Sad City Sisters (3:40)

7. Barren Beth, Wild Desert John (3:37)

8. The Betrayal of Joshua Kynde (4:06)

9. Where Did Saturday Go? (3:53)

10. Three Loves, Three (3:30)

11. In Brief Visitation (3:00)

12. The Fisherman of Ephesus (3:41)

Total Time 46:49

Line-up
Ian Anderson - flute, acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocals

Joe Parrish-James - guitar

Scott Hammond - drums

John O’Hara - piano, keyboards, accordion

David Goodier - bass

Florian Opahle - guitar

Media/Samples
The Zealot Gene

Shoshana Sleeping

Sad City Sisters

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Theicon "Beyond The Universe - Act 1"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Metal/Rock
Format: digital
Release date: January 27, 2022
Tracklist

1. 13 North End Avenue (1:49) 

2. A Different Sky (9:20) 

3. Anthem (5:37) 

4. No Unicorns (6:22) 

5. She Is The One (7:03) 

6. Plastic Sunsets (3:57) 

7. Reset Day (6:09) 

8. End Of The Line (6:10) 

Total Time 46:27

Line-up

Daria Simonetti: Lead Vocals

Margherita Palladino: Lead Vocals

Tiziano Bernardini: Lead Vocals

Massimiliano Liburdi: Acoustic and Electric Guitars

Adriano Taccoli: Piano, Keyboards, Bass, Sfx

Luca Fareri: Acoustic and Electric Drums and Percussions

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Xavier Boscher "Skyscapes"

Country: France
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 24, 2022
Tracklist

1. Seen From Space (4:10) 

2. The Sky Is Sometimes Grey (3:35) 

3. Caelestis (4:54) 

4. Sky Diving (4:52) 

5. Solitude Interstellaire (9:18) 

6. The Seventh Sky (4:35) 

7. Clouds (5:56) 

8. Métronomie Des Cieux (3:11) 

9. Rainbow (4:22) 

10. Cathartic (4:06) 

Total Time 48:59

Line-up
Xavier Boscher - all instruments

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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Theo Young "Tales from the Inland Sea"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: January 22, 2022
Tracklist

1. Dear Psyche (3:02) 

2. A Spectre Comes To Visit (6:58) 

3. Chamomile Mountain (3:59) 

4. Anicca (5:19) 

5. In Sanity (4:49) 

6. Little Creations (5:03) 

7. Never Worry (4:07) 

8. F.M.P. (3:46) 

9. Mwnt Bay (6:21) 

10. Moontown (5:28) 

11. Give Me My Money Back (6:40) 

12. Sea Of Souls (5:12) 

Total Time 60:44

Line-up

Theo Young - All instruments

   Except

The Severn Duo - Strings (1)

Oli Parker - Trumpets

James Knoerl - Drums (4)

Oscarsoundscape - Flute

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Glistening Leotard "Alter Ego"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 22, 2022
Tracklist

1. Vascular Access (5:17) 

2. Gloria (5:05) 

3. New Dawn (7:32) 

4. Parabolic Antenna (5:25) 

5. I Know You Know (5:16) 

6. Altered Ego (4:25) 

7. What If (5:20) 

8. Related Reflections (5:15) 

9. The Balance (5:35) 

Total Time 49:10

Line-up

Andrej Henze - Guitar

Ralf Gemein - Guitar

Björn Müschen - Bass

Arthur Theuring - Drums

   With

Marcus Dittrich - Vocals (3, 6, 7, 9)

Manuel Franken - Vocals (2, 5)

Tom Johannsen - Vocals (2, 7, 8, 9)

Kai Steckmann - Vocals (1, 4, 6, 9)

Annika Gemein, Lea Lenhart, Noelia Pohl Jimeno - Voices (2)

Description/Reviews:

Glistening Leotard is a creature that is moving it's very own way for sure, and while none of the landscapes explored are all that novel individually, it is the combinations of these different landscapes that presents itself as something that is at least a bit on the alternative side. A band and an album worth a check by those who tend to enjoy progressive rock explored in a bit more of a non-conformative manner.

Read the full review by Olav M Björnsen at progressor-net.blogspot.com

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Timelock "Sygn Yn"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Symphonic, Neo-Prog
Label: FREIA Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 21, 2022
Tracklist

1. Moving Landscapes (4:56)

2. Stay Awake (6:09)

3. Everlasting (7:20)

4. The Devils Hour (9:12)

5. Heart of Mine (5:39)

6. The Great Cover-Up Story (18:59) :

- Pt. 1: Time Slips Away

- Pt. 2: War of Words

- Pt. 3: Revolution

- Pt. 4: The Glimpse

- Pt. 5: Footprints in the Sand

- Pt. 6: Sole Survivor

Total Time 52:15

Line-up

Ruud Stoker (The Last Detail) - lead & backing vocals

Martin Hendriks - lead & rhythm guitars

Julian Driessen  (Ywis, The Last Detail) - keyboards, synthesizers

David Guurink - bass

Rob Boshuijzen (Maryson) - drums

Arjen van den Bosch - orchestral keyboards

Coby van Oorschot - backing vocals

Laura Eradus - backing vocals

   With:

Eline Ossevoort - vocals (3)

Nino Thomas - grunts (4)

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Grombira "Desert Warp"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Instrumental Oriental Psychedelic, Space Rock
Label: Tonzonen Records – TON112
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: January 21, 2022
Tracklist

1. So Far Goddess (5:46) 

2. Alien Communication (8:51) 

3. Desert Warp (8:18) 

4. Per Aspera Ad Astra (21:20) 

   I.Gravity

   II. Interstellar Gaze

   III. Gargantua

Total Time 44:15

Line-up

sheyk rAleph aka Ralph Nebl: Saz, Sitar, Oud, Percussion, Flutes, Voice

Ahmed la Funk aka Achim Schmidt: Bass

Fredh al Fezer aka Fred Feser - Lampe: Drums and samples

Habib L1 aka Andy Leins: Keys and synth

Description/Reviews:

The record starts with an ode to an Indian Goddess through So Far Goddess, a track riddled with spacey Sitar sounds and ambient oriental musings. It gets a lot weirder next with the extra terrestrial space funk song Alien Communication, which lets in some of those sweet Funkadelic influences and is deliciously larded with weirdo synths and reverb trickery. It is followed by the album’s title track Desert Warp, which is a heavier rocking, desert style jam that has an extremely cool and laid back camel riding vibe through it all. It is also the first track to feature some chanted vocals, although Grombira mostly keeps their jams 100% instrumental. The album closes with the ambitiously conducted Per Aspera Ad Astra, a twenty minute space odyssey that is cut into three separate chapters. It is a long jam, starting out funky, turning more into all out space rock through the middle, then getting very spooky and minimalistic for a while building up to a great crescendo that hurls us all in a desert warp around the milky way again.

Read more at weirdoshrine.wordpress.com

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Tommy Talamanca "Atopia"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Nadir Music
Format: digital
Release date: January 21, 2022
Tracklist

1. Atopia (3:01) 

2. Darkling Glades (4:03) 

3. Get In, Get Through (3:17) 

4. The Flow (3:18) 

5. The Crack (3:50) 

6. Narrowing World (3:03) 

7. Grace In Heaven (3:21) 

8. Anapestic Dimeter (3:58) 

9. Fog (3:16) 

10. The Floating Space (2:59) 

11. Holy (3:07) 

Total Time 37:13

Line-up
Tommy Talamanca (Sadist) - all instruments

    With:

Gloria Rossi - vocals (2, 3, 4, 6, 7)

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SOM "The Shape of Everything"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Post Metal/Rock
Label: Pelagic Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: January 21, 2022
Tracklist

1. Moment (4:26) 

2. Animals (4:30) 

3. Center (4:02) 

4. Shape (3:57) 

5. Clocks (4:16) 

6. Wrong (3:58) 

7. Heart Attack (4:20) 

8. Son Of Winter (4:41) 

Total Time 34:10

Credits
Will Benoit - Vocals, Guitar, Synths
Duncan Rich - Drums
Justin Forrest - Bass
Mike Repasch-Nieves - Guitar
Joel M. Reynolds - Guitar

Description/Reviews:

All in all, The Shape of Everything is an album that offers tranquility within its confined space and one that elicits a sense of nirvana you don’t get from most albums. It’s difficult to categorize this album as metal, given the lack of heavy, driven instrumentation and harsh vocals one is more familiar with, but then again, shoegaze is metal-adjacent and this album has beauty in spades.

Read the full review by Hera at Nine Circles

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Retreat From Moscow "The World As We Know It"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Neo-Prog
Label: Gravity Dream
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 21, 2022
Tracklist

1. The One You Left Behind (7:52) 

2. Radiation (4:51) 

3. Henrietta (7:00) 

4. I'm Alive (6:39) 

5. Constantinople (6:17) 

6. Home (11:37) 

7. Armed Combat (5:59) 

8. Moving Down (5:13) 

9. Perception (4:57) 

10. Mandragora (6:40) 

11. Don't Look Back (6:37) 

Total Time 73:42

Line-up

Andrew Raymond - Keyboards, Guitars, Backing Vocals

John Harris - Vocals, Guitars, Flute, Keyboards

Greg Haver - Drums, Percussion, Synth, Backing Vocals

Tony Lewis - Bass, Bass pedals, Backing Vocals

Description/Reviews:

Retreat from Moscow originally hail from Cardiff, Wales, UK and gigged extensively from 1979-1981. Fast forward 40 years and the band of core members reformed in 2019 to start recording old and new material for a new album. The roots of their music is influenced by the progressive giants of the 70s but their sound nods more to the 80s new wave of progressive music with strong melody, big keyboards and choruses, and soaring vocals.

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Don't Look Back

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Lalu "Paint The Sky"

Country: France
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Frontiers Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 21, 2022
Tracklist

1. Reset To Preset

2. Won't Rest Until The Heat Of The Earth Burns The Soles Of Our Feet Down To The Bone

3. Emotionalised

4. Paint The Sky

5. Witness To The World

6. Lost In Conversation

7. Standing At The Gates Of Hell

8. The Chosen Ones

9. Sweet Asylum

10. We Are Strong

11. All Of The Lights

12. Paint The Sky

Line-up

Vivien Lalu - Keyboards

Damian Wilson (Arena, Headspace, Threshold) - Vocals

Jelly Cardarelli - Drums

Joop Wolters - Guitars, Bass 

   With

Jens Johansson (Stratovarius) - Keyboards (2, 4, 6)

Steve Walsh (Kansas) - Keyboards (4)

Tony Franklin (Roy Harper, Derek Sherinian, Lana Lane) - Bass (4, 12)

Alessandro Del Vecchio (Jørn Lande) - Keyboards (4)

Gary Wehrkamp (Shadow Gallery) - Guitar (4)

Marco Sfogli (James LaBrie) - Guitar (5)

Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater) - Keyboards (8)

Simone Mularoni (DGM) - Guitar (8)

Vikram Shankar - Keyboards (11)

Simon Phillips (Roxy Music, Toto, Mike Oldfield, Derek Sherinian) - Drums (12)

Alex Argento - Keyboards (12)

Media/Samples

Stream & buy

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J.R.B. Symphony "Inception"

Country: Spain
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: digital
Release date: January 20, 2022
Tracklist

1. New Life (8:10) 

2. Come And Save Me (6:13) 

3. Eternal Lost (6:11) 

4. Among Thieves (8:37) 

5. Path To Victory (6:24) 

6. Worst Nightmare (12:34) 

7. Parallel Worlds (5:44) 

8. Global Threat (7:02) 

9. Reasons To Fight (6:34) 

Total Time 67:29

Line-up
Joan Roman - guitars, bass

Jaume Bacardit - drums

   With
Eric Gillette (Neal Morse Band) - vocals, keyboards

Media/Samples
Path To Victory 

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Genie Cries "The Limits of Deviation"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: January 18, 2022
Tracklist

1. Stand Your Ground (4:55) 

2. Sink (4:01) 

3. Light That Splits The Cloud (5:15) 

4. Take The Time (5:25) 

5. Seven Boats (7:23) 

6. Verbrennen (5:36) 

7. Windows (5:17) 

8. Palace In The Sky (12:06) 

9. Landslide (4:23) 

Total Time 54:21

Line-up

Ian Gordon - vocals, guitars, drums

Neil Gordon - keyboards, backing vocals

Gary Gordon (Magrathea) - bass, backing vocals, drums, additional lead guitar (3, 4, 5, 8, 9)

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François Thollot "Infinite"

Country: France
Genre(s): Instrumental Canterbury, Avant Prog, Zeuhl
Format: digital
Release date: January 17, 2022
Tracklist

1. Wolf (5:22) 

2. Infinite (5:56) 

3. Time Lag (9:14) 

4. Leak (2:26) 

5. Fourth Dimention (9:12) 

6. Doubt (4:10) 

7. Rebound (9:36) 

Total Time 45:56

Line-up
François Thollot (Scherzoo) - everything

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Elysian Fields "Nine Tomorrows"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: January 17, 2022
Tracklist

1. Prologue (2:36) 

2. Profession (5:29) 

3. The Feeling Of Power (2:07) 

4. The Dying Night (4:06) 

5. I'm In Marsport Without Hilda (2:27) 

6. The Gentle Vultures (3:39) 

7. All The Troubles In The World (2:21) 

8. Spell My Name With An S (4:05) 

9. The Last Question (5:08) 

10. The Ugly Little Boy (4:12) 

11. Epilogue (6:19) 

Total Time 42:29

Line-up
Mark Jeffrey Dye - vocals, all instruments

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Naxatras "IV"

Country: Greece
Genre(s): Psychedelic
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: February 25, 2022
Tracklist

1. Reflection (Birth) - 04:36

2. Omega Madness - 06:50

3. Journey to Narahmon - 06:06

4. The Answer - 05:44

5. Ride with Time - 03:03

6. Radiant Stars - 03:15

7. Horizon - 06:54

8. The Battle of Crystal Fields - 08:46

9. Reflection (Death & Rebirth) - 02:38

10. Shape of the Evening - 03:47

Line-up

John Delias - Guitar

John Vagenas - Bass, Vocals

Kostas Charizanis - Drums

Pantelis Kargas - Synthesizers

   With

Evi Seitanidou - Vocals

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Giant Hedgehog "Im Siel"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: January 17, 2022
Tracklist

1. Gemurmel Aus Dem Brunnen 07:47)

2. Im Siel (23:49)

3. Lunas Bank 02:42)

4. Damals Am Teiche 07:12)

5. Einkehr 06:37)

Total Time 46:07

Line-up

Niklas Tieke - guitar

Moritz Nixdorf - drums

Patrick Aguilar - bass

Thomas Mrosek - saxophone

   With

Stella Polaris - vocals (4)

Description/Reviews:

The prologue "Gemurmel Aus Dem Brunnen" (murmur from the well in English) is a pretty promising one. The audience can be absorbed by their slowtempo, chamber-y atmosphere launched especially via precision techniques by the rhythm section - Patrick and Moritz. And such offensive King Crimson-like sound anchors are crucial really. Magnificent developments of guitar and saxophone are tremendous too. The last long queue of instrumental bigbangs notifies us what they want to do and what they should do for the current progressive rock scene.

Read the full review by DamoXt7942 at progarchives.com

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Kris Gietkowski "Anomalous Materials"

Country: UK/Poland
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: January 17, 2022
Tracklist

1. The Purest And Most Unstable (15:11) 

2. You'll Just Have To Wait Until After The Test (9:15) 

3. Resonance Cascade (5:22) 

4. To And From The Borderworld (6:16) 

5. Creators Of Portals (12:55) 

Total Time 48:59

Line-up

Kris Gietkowski - keyboards, bass, guitar

Jake Naugle - drums

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Alberto Rigoni with Jordan Rudess, Jennifer Batten, Mark Zonder and many more "Songs for Souls"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Instrumental Fusion, Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 15, 2022
Tracklist

1. The Miracle 

2. L'origin du Monde 

3. Youth

4. Talking with My Demons 

5. Suddenly

6. The Battle

7. Silence

8. Keep on Fighting

9. Peaceful Acceptance

10. Souls never die

Line-up
Alberto Rigoni

   with 

Jordan Rudess (2)

Jennifer Batten (3)

Mark Zonder (2-6, 8, 10)
Alessandro Bertoni (4, 5, 10)

Tommaso Ermolli (6)

Edoardo Taddei (8)

Fabrizio Leo (10)

Marco Sfogli (10)

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Rémi Orts Project "Reverse the Universe"

Country: France
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Pop
Format: digital
Release date: January 15, 2022
Tracklist

1. Let Me Breath Your Air (4:31) 

2. The Swell (3:53) 

3. My Tower (5:11) 

4. The Maze (5:04) 

5. Friends Of The Night (5:19) 

6. Reverse The Earth (4:08) 

7. Babel (3:47) 

Total Time 31:53

Credits

Lyrics : Laurie Fromont

Music : Rémi Orts

Description/Reviews:

It is an album full of lovely vocalised sentiments wrapped up in a beautifully woven framework of the melodic musical delight of enchanting keyboards and beautifully arranged guitar. Music of course is well known for being the vehicle for transporting emotions and engaging the playback of those past and treasured memories. ‘Reverse the Universe’ is, absolutely, an album that evokes a warm glow throughout. Also, each of the seven songs on this album has its own identity and is quite different in structure that is despite all of the material being of a relative adagio tempo.

Read the full review by Geoff Penn at houseofprog.com

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Glenn C. Victor "It´s Getting Nowhere"

Country: Belgium
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock,Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: January 14, 2022
Tracklist

1.It´s Getting Nowhere (4:56)

2.Rock Encounters (6:04)

3.Northsea Sunset (4:23)

4.City Festival (6:09)

5.Daydream (5:24)

6.Mixolydian Moon Signals (6:31)

7.Chaotic Procession/Oceans of Trappist (5:52)

Total time: 39:23

Credits

Glenn C. Victor : Guitars, Bass, Drum programming, Percussion, Talkbox, Keys

Tracks 1,2,3,4 & 6,7 written by Glenn C. Victor. Track 5 by David MacKay, Raymond Vincent, Sylvain Vanholme

Recorded and produced by Glenn C. Victor

Mastered at dk studio Ghent (Destelbergen) Belgium

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Luca Di Gennaro "The 2nd Coming"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Label: Lion Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 14, 2022
Tracklist

1) Chasing Next

2) The Spiteful Lair

3) Shannon Tree

4) Into the Rainfall 

5) Route 24

6) Climb

7) A Rose in the Sand

8) The 2nd Coming

Line-up
Luca Di Gennaro (Soul Secret)
   With

Alfonso Mocerino (Temperance, Starbynary, Virtual Simmetry) - acoustic drums

David Wise - sax solo (4)

Maria Barbieri, Stefano Festinese and Frank Cavezza - guitar solos (8)

Description/Reviews:

The 2nd Coming, which is the name of his first instrumental solo album about to be released, is a journey between classical progressive rock, psychedelic soundscapes, electronic music, metal, orchestral, trance, latin, ambient and much more. 

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Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, AOR
Label: Omega Entertainment
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: January 14, 2022
Tracklist
1. La Nella Casa Dell'Angelo (3:59) 

2. Chi mi Puo Capire (4:00) 

3. Annalisa (3:25) 

4. Quella Musica (2:04) 

5. Let It Be Me (3:10) 

6. Et Maintenant (3:55) 

7. Fuori di Qua (5:29) 

8. La Mia Musica (4:06) 

9. Porte Aperte 2.0 (4:43) 

10. Il Poeta (5:17) 

11. L'Inferno (3:53) 

12. Il Tuo Viaggio (4:15) 

13. Disagio (3:11) 

14. Paura e Violenza (4:42) 

15. La Faccia della Luna (4:27) 

16. Sogni (4:17) 

17. Bluebird (4:28) 

 Total Time 69:21

 
Line-up

Nico Di Palo - vocals, keyboards

Mamo Belleno - guitar, vocals, keyboards

Gianni Belleno - drums, vocals

Nando Corradini - bass, vocals

Stefano Genti - keyboards, saxophone, flute, vocals

Matteo Calza - guitar

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Lighthouse Sparrows "Aerials"

Country: Finland
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Samsara Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: January 14, 2022 (CD, digital), February 1, 2022 (vinyl) 
Tracklist

1. Bates (2:39)

2. Assimilate (6:05)

3. Moodswings (5:26)

4. Kibitzer (5:12)

5. No Still Moment (8:29)

6. Elephant (5:28)

7. Like Blood (5:29)

8. Itinerant (6:39)

9. Percolator (6:27)

10. Safe and Sound (5:07)

11. Youth (8:35)

Total Time 65:36

Line-up

Olli Huhtanen - vocals, keyboards

Sami Sarhamaa (Pax Romana, Kataya, Liquid Wolf) - vocals, bass, guitar

  With:

Miri Miettinen - drums

Ella Eriksson - backing vocals

Description/Reviews:

The roughly 66-minute album opens with an instrumental piece 'Bates'. The electric guitar and keys carry the melodies reminiscent of IQ for instance. 'Assimilate' is a good example of the band's general style which I consider to be fairly comparable to Pax Romana and other projects of my namesake Matti Kervinen, with whom Sarhamaa has collaborated a lot. That is, a slightly melancholic song in an unhurried tempo, some Pink Floyd vibes and a nice balance between vocal orientation and a sophisticated soundscape painting with instrumental sections. All in all not very complex, meandering compositions full of odd time signatures, but I've never demanded those things from good prog anyway. Another thing to enjoy with Lighthouse Sparrows is the alteration of two different vocals, both being fairly good. Whereas Olli Huhtanen's voice reminds me of Guy Manning, Sami Sarhamaa has a bit smokier voice with an occasional David Sylvian feel in the delivery. 

Read the full review by Matti at progarchives.com

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Papir "7"

Country: Denmark
Genre(s): Instrumental Psychedelic, Krautrock
Label: Stickman Records (Psychobabble 107)
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: January 14, 2022
Tracklist

1. 7.1 (part I-III)

2. 7.2 

3. 7.3

4. 7.4

Line-up

Nicklas Sørensen - guitar

Christian Becher Clausen - bass

Christoffer Brøchmann Christensen - drums

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Markus Reuter "Truce 2"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Instrumental Experimental, Fusion, Avant Prog
Label: MoonJune Records - MJR120
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 12, 2022
Tracklist

1. The Rake (8:42) 

2. Rounds Of Love (5:59) 

3. Barren (5:14) 

4. Melomania (10:09) 

5. Consolation (7:13) 

6. River Of Things (4:28) 

7. One Cut Suffices (8:13) 

Total Time 49:58

Line-up

Markus Reuter: touch guitars AU8, soundscapes, synthesizers, treatments

Fabio Trentini: fretless bass, fretted bass, electric upright bass, synth bass

Asaf Sirkis: acoustic drums, percussion

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Blue Ruble "Blue Rumble"

Country: Switzerland
Genre(s): Instrumental Retro Prog, Hard Rock, Psychedelic
Format: digital
Release date: January 12, 2022
Tracklist

1. God Knows I Shoulda Been Gone (5:10) 

2. Cosmopolitan Landscape (5:02) 

3. Cup O' Rosie (Just Another Groovy Thing) (5:20) 

4. Sunset Fire Opal (5:30) 

5. The Snake (4:43) 

6. Think For Yourself (6:13) 

7. Linda (2:33) 

8. Hangman (4:19) 

9. Occhio E Croce (5:07) 

Total Time 43:57

Line-up

Andrea Gelardini - Guitars

Ronaldo Rodrigues - Keyboards

Harry Silvers - Drums, Percussions

Sébastien Métens - Bass

   With

Leandro Oliveira - Flute (7) 

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Liam Morrison "Portals"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: digital
Release date: January 12, 2022
Tracklist

1. The Calling (3:32) 

2. Silva Aeternum (6:15) 

3. Movement In The Trees (4:58) 

4. Land Of The Sun (6:43) 

5. Dune Rider (7:46) 

6. Interstellar Eclipse (12:54) 

7. The Keeper (5:47) 

8. Shadow Hand (7:54) 

9. The Forest Black (7:22) 

10. The Dreaming Eye (8:08) 

11. The Blackness Of Eternal Night (10:28) 

12. The Corpse Shore (4:24) 

13. Watcher At The Gates (4:48) 

14. AD Astra (19:47) 

Total Time 110:46

Line-up
Liam Morrison - everything

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Us "Stars In Broad Daylight"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: January 11, 2022
Tracklist

1. Stars In Broad Daylight (18:06) 

2. Carousel (11:56) 

3. Song For Koen (19:37) 

Total Time 49:39

Line-up
Marijke Wernars - vocals

Paul van Velzen - drums, percussion, vocals

Peter-Jan Kleevens - Hammond B3, Moog synthesizer, additional keys

Jos Wernars - all other instruments, vocals

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Martin Worster "Speak Don't Speak"

Country: Netherlands/UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: digital
Format: January 9, 2022
Tracklist

1. All The Time (3:52) 

2. Throwing Stones (5:31) 

3. Words (4:49) 

4. Speak (3:18) 

5. Move (5:37) 

6. Half The Sky (3:40) 

7. Don't Speak (without Thinking) (5:26) 

8. Fake News (3:43) 

9. Affirmation (3:56) 

10. Here's Something (3:15) 

11. Your Guitar (4:21) 

12. Fable (2:38) 

Total Time 50:06 

Line-up

Martin Worster - acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, bass, drums and percussion.

Chris Arnold - additional guitars and twiddly bits (5)

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Flavien Le Bailly "Dreaming About Space"

Country: France
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: digital
Release date: January 9, 2022
Tracklist

1. Black Box (2:31) 

2. Welcome To Xenion 500 (5:21) 

3. Tour Bus (3:08) 

4. First Regret (1:49) 

5. Ghost Train (3:38) 

6. Meeting With DJ Scratch (5:06) 

7. Alone In Space (2:33) 

8. Back Home (4:35) 

9. End Of The Story (2:49) 

Total Time 31:30

Line-up

Flavien Le Bailly - Guitars 

Thomas Derouineau "La Skouinch" - Drums  

Antoine Hervé - Bass  

Sullivane Albertini - Keyboards  

Alexis Normand - Additional Effects  

Ayden Scarpa, Alexis Normand, Eliott Larat - Voices 

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Sintesi del viaggio di Es "Gli alberi di Stavropol"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Lizard Records - LDV019
Format: CD
Release date: January 7, 2021
Tracklist

1. Come le Foglie (Parte 1) (2:54)

2. Gli Alberi di Stavropol (5:26)

3. Regina in Lacrime (6:39)

4. L'eta d'Oro (4:39)

5. Adria (Instrumentale) (2:15)

6. Una Nuova Passeggiata (6:46)

7. Come le Foglie (Parte 2) (2:53)

8. Strade di Fango (3:54)

9. Grazie per Gli Anni e per i Giorni (Instrumentale) (3:22)

10. Il Viaggio di Es (14:08)

Total Time 52:56

Line-up

Valerio Roda (Sithonia) - bass

Marco Giovannini (Sithonia) - vocals

Sauro Musi (Sithonia) - guitar

Eleonora Montenegro - transverse flute

Nicola Alberghini - drums

Maurizio Pezzoli - keyboards

   With

Barbara Rubin - violin (5)

Maria Grazia Ponziani - diatonic accordion (9)

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Riverwood "Shadows And Flames"

Country: Egypt
Genre(s): Progressive Folk Metal
Format: CD, digital 
Release date: January 7, 2022
Tracklist

01. The Dragonborn Comes (Dovahkiin) (04:11)

02. A Haunting Lullaby (01:05)

03. Blood And Wine (12:33)

04. The Shadow (01:03)

05. Sands Of Time (10:34)

06. Queen Of The Dark (07:12)

07. Babylon (بَابِل) (01:14)

08. Dying Light (09:03)

09. Lustful Temptation (10:14)

10. Another World (01:20)

11. Rise Of The Fallen (08:18)

12. The Flame (02:52)

13. Solitude (05:20)

Line-up

Mahmoud Nader - Vocals, Guitars

Seif Elsokkary - Guitars

Omar Salem - Keyboards

Mohannad Ahmed - Bass

Abdallah Hesham - Drums

   With

Hüseyin Pulant - Flute (12) 

Annie Rie - Hurdy Gurdy (6)

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