New Prog Releases

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Haten Kohro "Ushiwaka"

Country: Japan
Genre(s): Progressive Folk Rock/Metal
Label: Wisterience
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 3, 2018 (CD), April 28, 2018 (digital)
Tracklist:
1. Prologue Of Ushiwaka (2:43)
2. Morning Star (3:38)
3. Katana (4:26)
4. Raimei (2:40)
5. DA (4:47)
6. Ume Wa Saitaka (3:48)
7. Kenkon Itteki (4:41)
8. Over The Bridge (4:16)
9. Kamimai (4:29)
10. Kumadori (2:38)
11. Ushiwaka (4:25)

Total Time 42:31

Line-up:
Yoshie Kajiwara - Violin
Zenya Sakata - Guitar
Katsuhiko Endo - Drums
SADA - Bass
With
Izki - Vocal (6)
Shamisen Izki - Vocal (6,11)
Akihiro Kasuga - Piano (5)

Description/Reviews:

Hatenkohro is an outstanding artisan group (a combination of a band and a performance troupe) that performs all around the world. While inheriting Japanese culture and taking a step forward from the norm, they perform theatrics and music that makes people want to “watch one more time”. They strive to perform domestically and overseas, exhilaratingglobal audiences with “authenticity” in each field of art while crossing boundaries of language and cultures.
Hatenkohro gathers authenticity from various fields of performance. Backed by deep low-end
sounds created by guitar and bass, outstanding beats, glittering flourish of violins and other instruments, they demonstrate Japanese and Western stage combat.

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Haten Kohro "Ushiwaka"

Hatenkohro is an outstanding artisan group (a combination of a band and a performance troupe) that performs all around the world. While inheriting Japanese culture and taking a step forward from the norm, they perform theatrics and music that makes people want to “watch one more time”. They strive to perform domestically and overseas, exhilaratingglobal audiences with “authenticity” in each field of art while crossing boundaries of language and cultures.
Hatenkohro gathers authenticity from various fields of performance. Backed by deep low-end
sounds created by guitar and bass, outstanding beats, glittering flourish of violins and other instruments, they demonstrate Japanese and Western stage combat.

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Aesthesys "Achromata"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Post Rock, Neo-Classical
Label: Narshardaa Records (vinyl)
Format: vinyl, digital
Release date: April 3, 2018 (digital), July 7, 2018 (vinyl)
Tracklist:
1. Grauer Wald (5:17)
2. Filis Aureis (4:26)
3. Marea (5:16)
4. Himmelbarn (7:10)
5. Melanocardia (6:33)
6. Sapatha (5:39)
7. Apogeion (6:22)
8. Eosfyllon (5:44)

Total Time 46:27

Line-up:
Sasha Coudray — bass guitar
Victor Krabovich — electric guitar, keys
Eldar Ferzaliev — electric guitar
Nik Koniwzski — violin, keys
With:
Maximilian Maxotsky — drums
Jamie Ward — mellotron, additional synths

Description/Reviews:

The musical style is a bit hard to nail down accurately. The album has this modern progressive rock feel to it, though prog rock is far from the primary genre here, if present much at all. While prog rock is obviously an influence to some degree, the album is primarily driven by keys and especially by violin, giving it an overall neoclassical atmosphere. The voluptuous drumming and somewhat shoegazey guitars also provide the album with a post-rock vibe, especially through the band’s climactic style of song writing. On top of that, there is a hefty helping of electronic music here. It’s like this great big mix of genres that feels both classical and modern at the same time, impressing even further because of the emotions that all of this produces.

Read the full review at theprogmind.com

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Aesthesys "Achromata"

The musical style is a bit hard to nail down accurately. The album has this modern progressive rock feel to it, though prog rock is far from the primary genre here, if present much at all. While prog rock is obviously an influence to some degree, the album is primarily driven by keys and especially by violin, giving it an overall neoclassical atmosphere. The voluptuous drumming and somewhat shoegazey guitars also provide the album with a post-rock vibe, especially through the band’s climactic style of song writing. On top of that, there is a hefty helping of electronic music here. It’s like this great big mix of genres that feels both classical and modern at the same time, impressing even further because of the emotions that all of this produces.

Read the full review at theprogmind.com

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Sunday, April 1, 2018

Twin Speak "Soulss"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Eclectic Progressive Rock, Psychedelic
Format: digital
Release date: April 1, 2018
Tracklist:
1. Soulss (8:28)
2. Black On Biscay (7:38)
3. Dilettantes (5:52)
4. Moonbathing (8:54)
5. Mantras & Monsters (11:30)

Total Time 42:22

Line-up:
Brandon Battles - guitars
Brett Rhymestine - guitars
Ian Bellassai - drums

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Twin Speak "Soulss"

Portal "The Unconscious World"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 31, 2018
Tracklist:
1. Awaken (7:10)
2. Forest (5:09)
3. The Realization (2:04)
4. Facing The Paradigm (4:34)
5. Mountain (7:37)
6. Dragon (10:15)
7. Fleeting Equilibrium (4:19)
8. Advance (7:10)
9. Chasm (3:25)
10. The Unconscious World (12:31)
11. Returning To The Path (4:15)

Total Time 68:29

Line-up:
Alex Nowysz - guitar
Thomas Grothe - drums
Bennett Aldridge - bass

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Portal "The Unconscious World"

Calliope "Chapel Perilous"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Retro Prog
Label: Romanus Records
Format: vinyl, digital
Release date: March 31, 2018
Tracklist:
1. Astral Hand (3:38)
2. Carry Me Home (4:24)
3. Sands Of July (4:42)
4. The Dunes (3:33)
5. Creep No More (5:07)
6. Sea Of Red (3:30)
7. Chapel Perilous (4:34)
8. Evil As You (4:10)
9. Brujo (4:47)
10. Little Smoke (3:38)

Total Time 42:03

Line-up:
Al Kraemer: Vocals, Organ
Victor Buell IV: Vocals, Guitar
Anthony Smith: Bass
Dan Dahl: Percussion

Description/Reviews:

Early on in Chapel Perilous, the third psyched-out full-length album from Milwaukee’s Calliope, things slow down. “The Dunes” is a three-minute-plus drone of noise and feedback, with wisps of riffs and hints of rhythm fading in and out of the ether. Not that the album up to that point has been a breakneck dash—the tempo throughout skews heavily towards “lumbering”—but it’s a remarkable rest stop nonetheless. Forget what you’re doing, Calliope says, put on a pair of headphones, dim the lights, and let Chapel wash over you. Some further mood enhancers wouldn’t hurt, either.

Read the full review by Matt Wild at milwaukeerecord.com

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Calliope "Chapel Perilous"

Early on in Chapel Perilous, the third psyched-out full-length album from Milwaukee’s Calliope, things slow down. “The Dunes” is a three-minute-plus drone of noise and feedback, with wisps of riffs and hints of rhythm fading in and out of the ether. Not that the album up to that point has been a breakneck dash—the tempo throughout skews heavily towards “lumbering”—but it’s a remarkable rest stop nonetheless. Forget what you’re doing, Calliope says, put on a pair of headphones, dim the lights, and let Chapel wash over you. Some further mood enhancers wouldn’t hurt, either.

Read the full review by Matt Wild at milwaukeerecord.com

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