Fortress Under Siege "Atlantis"

Country: Greece
Genre(s): Progressive Power Metal
Label: Rock of Angels Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: October 9, 2020
Tracklist: 
1. Love Enforcer (3:59)
2. Lords Of Death (4:43)
3. Atlantis (5:56)
4. Holding A Breath (0:58)
5. Silence Of Our Words (4:29)
6. Vengeance (4:16)
7. Seventh Son (4:07)
8. Lethe (1:30)
9. Spartacus (5:45)
10. Hector’s Last Fight (4:42)
11. Time For Rage (4:24)
12. The Road Unknown (5:55)

Total Time 50:44

Line-up: 
Tasos Lazaris - Vocals
Fotis Sotiropoulos - Lead Guitars
Themis Gourlis - Rhythm Guitars
George Georgiou - Keyboards
Alex Stavrakas - Bass
Dimitris Kapoukakis - Drums

Media/Samples 
Streams 
Love Enforcer
Atlantis 
 
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Course Of Fate "Mindweaver"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Rock of Angels Records - ROAR2005
Format: CD, digital,  vinyl
Release date: May 15, 2020
Tracklist: 
1. There Is Someone Watching (1:32)
2. The Faceless Men, Pt. I (5:11)
3. Endgame (7:01)
4. Utopia (6:58)
5. The Walls Are Closing In (1:17)
6. Wolves (6:06)
7. Drifting Away (6:56)
8. The Faceless Men, Pt. II (9:23)

Total Time 44:24

Line-up: 
Eivind Gunnesen – Vocals
Kenneth Henriksen – Guitar
Marcus Lorentzen – Guitar
Carl Marius Saugstad – Keyboards
Daniel Nygaard – Bass
Per-Morten Bergseth – Drums

Description/Reviews: 

Listing influences along the lines of Dream Theater, Queensryche, Devin Townsend and Evergrey, the band approaches a more emotive and melody focused take on the realms of the prog. The bright album art very well depicts the hopeful feeling that comes from the music, one that also seems to embody a narrative component. Dream Theater’s softer tracks such as “Another Day” or “The Bigger Picture” are as close as you’ll get to Course of Fate’s sound on this record. 

Read the full review by George Dan at  metal-observer.com

Also read the review by Santiago Puyol at metal-temple.com

Media/Samples 
Deezer
Endgame
Utopia
Drifting Away 

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SL Theory "Cipher"

Country: Greece
Genre(s): AOR, Progressive Rock
Label: Rock Of Angels Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 6, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. The Life and Death of Mr. Ess (13:31) :
- Part I : New Light
- Part II : Colors
- Part III : A World Of Grey
- Part IV : He
- Part V : She
- Part VI : Restless
- Part VII : Blackness
- Part VIII : Reborn
- Part IX : The Truth
- Part X : Departure
2. You Never Happened (4:25)
3. Devil's Suites (3:59)
4. Table's Turned (3:40)
5. Grave Danger (3:25)
6. If It Wasn't for You (2:30)
7. Anyone, Anymore (6:23)
8. If You Saw Me Dead (5:13)
9. Silence and Loneliness (3:29)
10. A Song About Nothing (4:09)
11. Happy (3:05)
12. If You Saw Me Dead (Alternative) (4:54)

Total Time 58:43

Line-up: 
Mike Karasoulis – Lead Vocals
Alex Flouros – Guitars
Yiannis Nigdelis – Guitars & Backing Vocals
Chris Kollias – Bass
Manos Gavalas – Keyboards & Backing Vocals
Sotiris Lagonikas – Drums & Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals (1-Part I & X, 6)
Christina Alexiou – Backing Vocals
Kandia Bouzioti – Backing Vocals
Alexandros Louziotis – Backing Vocals
Margarita Papadimitriou – Backing Vocals
Anna T. TaRba – Backing Vocals
   With
Manolis Tsigkos – Guitar (3)
Costas Kefalas – Trumpet (11)
Giannis Arvanitakis – Trombone (11)
Lefteris Pouliou – Sax (11)

Description/Reviews: 

"Cipher" mixes elements from Progressive Rock and AOR with a couple of touches of Hair Metal and Synth Rock.
The nine-part, 13-minute "Life and Death of Mr. Ess" opens the album in full-on Prog mode. The listener is introduced to the sound of the record via a QUEEN-esque first section, with jaunty piano and extravagant guitar lines. Through several time signature shifts and tempo changes, the band shows a myriad of influences among which KANSAS, JOURNEY, STYX and RUSH seem to appear the most. Towards the end, beautiful acoustics and atmospheric keys take the track to a euphoric finale.

Read the full review by Santiago Puyol at metal-temple.com

Media/Samples 
Stream 1
Stream 2
Deezer

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