Acolyte "Entropy"

Country: Australia
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Wild Thing Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 14, 2021
Tracklist

1. Prelude

2. Entropy

3. Resentment

4. Clarity

5. Resilience

6. Idiosyncrasy

7. Solitude

8. Recovery

9. Acceptance

Line-up

Morgan-Leigh Brown - Vocals

Jason Grondman - Bass

Ben Cameron - Guitars

David Van Pelt - Keys & Synths

   With

Ben Rechter (Circles) - Vocals (4)

Oscar Neyland - Double Bass (4, 6)

Edward Wang - Oboe (5) 

Greg Sher - Clarinet (5, 6) 

Erica Tucceri - Flute (5, 6, 8)

Jonty Cameron & Max Cameron - Additional percussion (6)

Media/Samples
Clarity

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The Stranger "Kaleidoscope"

Country: Australia
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Octane Records/Wild Thing Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: April 9, 2021
Tracklist

1. Eleventh Hour (5:34) 

2. The Gemini (4:53) 

3. Jungles (5:59) 

4. Jester (6:41) 

5. Coming Home (1:58) 

6. Siren (5:22) 

7. Creatures In The Canopy (4:50) 

8. The Devil You Dont (6:18) 

9. Kaleidoscope (6:39) 

Total Time 48:14

Line-up

Tom Frayne - Vocals

Kalen Austin - Guitars, Vocals

Andrew Taylor - Guitars

Daniel O'Brien - Drums

Linc Morse - Bass

Description/Reviews:

The Stranger possess a unique blending of progressive metal, djent, and funk that combines beautifully together to create a swirling and powerful wall of sound that is both easily accessible and robustly apprehensive at the same time.

Their sound is very deliberate at times – which it needs to be to fully encapsulate it’s grandiose nature – but is also an eclectic mish-mash of layers and textures that draw you into an almost immersive listening experience.

Read the full review by Kris Peters at heavymag.com.au

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Bandcamp
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Ebonivory "The Long Dream I"

Country: Australia
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Wild Thing Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: June 5, 2020
Tracklist: 
1. Introduction
2. Hanmer Street
3. Persist
4. Patting the Black Dog
5. Cats
6. A Colour I'm Blind To
7. Sea Sons
8. In Reverie
9. Window Man
10. Explosions After Dark
11. Tales of Termina
12. The Bluegums
13. Introvection

Line-up: 
Charlie Powlett - Lead Vocals
Jake Ewings - Guitar
Louis Edwards - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Connor McMillan - Bass, Backing Vocals
Dave Parkes - Drums, Percussion

Description/Reviews: 

Ebonivory’s 'The Long Dream I' is the first of a two-part concept album, delivering a vision that is pure and unrestrained by musical conformity, often leaving the listener nostalgic, enraged, and paralysed within the span of seconds. Entirely-self produced, mastered by Forrester Savell (Karnivool), and led by singer Charlie Powlett’s emotionally powerful delivery, every song presents a completely unique reimagining of what progressive music is capable of; shifting from the punk-inspired moments of 'Hanmer Street' into the gritty, futuristic soundscapes of 'Explosions After Dark', and transcendental riffs and passages of 'Introvection'. All the while effortlessly maintaining cohesive melodic bonds, resembling a sequence of dreams.

Media/Samples 
Stream
Explosions After Dark 
Tales of Termina 
Patting the Black Dog
Introvection

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The Ocean "Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Metal Blade Records (CD, digital), Pelagic Records (vinyl), Wild Thing Records (AUS & NZ)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 2, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. The Cambrian Explosion (1:54)
2. Cambrian II: Eternal Recurrence (7:51)
3. Ordovicium: The Glaciation Of Gondwana (4:49)
4. Silurian: Age Of Sea Scorpions (9:36)
5. Devonian: Nascent (11:05)
6. The Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse (3:08)
7. Permian: The Great Dying (9:22)

Total Time 47:45

Line-up: 
Robin Staps - Guitars
Loïc Rossetti - Vocals
Paul Seidel - Drums
Mattias Hagerstrand - Bass
Peter Voigtmann
   With
Vincent Membrez - Piano
Dalai Theofilopoulou - Cello
Jonas Renkse (Katatonia) - Vocals (5)

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

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