Loading

Thursday, October 10, 2024

The Snozzberries "The Snozzberries"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Psychedelic,Funk
Format: CD,digital,vinyl
Release date: October 11, 2024
Tracklist
  1. Darkness
  2. Return
  3. Grundle
  4. Living Without You
  5. Circling the Drain
  6. Guepardo Morado
  7. Hide
  8. The Storm
  9. Biting Through
Credits
Ethan Heller – Vocals, Guitar
Ian Taylor – Vocals, Keyboards, Synth
Josh Clark – Vocals, Bass
Paul Gladstone – Vocals, Drums

Description/Reviews:
Combining hi-energy psychedelia, progressive rock, and deep-fried funk, The Snozzberries deliver a powerhouse, genre-bending sonic journey.
The Snozzberries  is an emotional cosmic journey, channeling dark psych rock, thrash metal, funk and soul to weave a tapestry of love, loss and redemption.  This progressive yet cohesive release encapsulates the new era of the Snozz.

Media/Samples
Hide

Links:
Facebook

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Ethan Janais "Ultralight"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Art Rock
Label: Absolute Probability
Format: CD,digital,vinyl
Release date: October 3, 2024
Tracklist
1. Ultralight (5:41) 
2. What I Am 2U (6:55) 
3. White Paper Elephant (1:56) 
4. Parity (5:30) 
5. My Sparrows (7:11) 
6. Parasol (10:01) 

Total Time 37:14

Credits
Ethan Janais Matthews (Echo Us) - vocals, all instruments

Produced and mixed by Ethan Janais Matthews 
Mastered for CD and LP by Dana White (Specialized mastering, Portland, OR)
LP lacquer by Gus Elg (Sky Onion mastering)

Description/Reviews:
 It is an accessible and distinctly atmospheric laden variety of the form we get here, and one that probably is closer to the neo-progressive tradition than anything else. We get a liberal amount of careful and elegant synthesizer and keyboard parts here that flow along in a manner not too dissimilar to an artist such as Vangelis. These exist as standalone interludes as well as combined with rhythms, a firm bass and carefully wandering guitars that combine into a flowing and atmospheric laden landscape of the kind that fans of neo-progressive rock will find to be strikingly familiar sounding. Occasionally with darker toned electric guitars added to the bottom end for a more impact-oriented and striking type of arrangement. Janais used to release music under the project name Echo Us, and those familiar with and that enjoy those albums should find themselves right at home with this first production released under the artist name Ethan Janais too. Otherwise this will be an album to seek out by those fond of accessible and atmospheric laden neo-progressive rock. (Olav M. Bjornsen at progressor.net's facebook)
Media/Samples
Bandcamp
Ultralight

Links:
Web page
Facebook

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Alphataurus "2084. Viaggio nel nulla"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Symphonic
Label: AMS Records
Format: CD,digital,vinyl
Release date: October 4, 2024
Tracklist
1.Pista 6 (8:56)
2.Viaggio nel nulla (4:59)
3.Flashback (apocalisse) (5:50)
4.Wormhole (10:15)
5.Meta e metà (6:36)
6.E=mc2 (5:05)

Credits
Guido Wassermann - electric & acoustic guitars, synths, backing vocals
Andrea Guizzetti - piano, synths, backing vocals
Pietro Pellegrini - ogran, Hammond, synths
Tony Alemanno - bass
Diego Mariani - drums, backing vocals
Franco Giaffreda - lead vocals, classical guitar, flute

Description/Reviews:
“2084: Viaggio nel Nulla” (2084: Journey into Nowhere) is a 100% Alphataurus record, starting from its beautiful and futuristic three-panel cover illustrated by the band’s new drummer, recalling the paintings of the magnificent debut album. Musically, the sound is more modern and catchy, but also delivers a complex and ever interesting song construction, as shown in the long tracks “Pista 6” and “Wormhole”. As the title suggests, “2084: Viaggio nel Nulla” is a dystopian, sci-fi concept full of philosophical and existential insights.
Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Chain Code "Synthetic Outcomes"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: October 1, 2024 
Tracklist
1. Human(kind of) (8:12)
2. A New Face (4:42)
3. They’re NOT Mad Scientists (4:16)
4. Unlearn (6:18)
5. My Buddy (3:54)
6. Inadequate (4:27)
7. Junk Piles and Their Lonely Owners (5:16)
8. Reaching Out (7:02)
9. In Line (8:00)

Credits
MuRphry - all instruments and vocals
Lewis - drums

Mastering and additional mixing by Dan Klein at Iron Hand Audio in 2024.
Artwork help by Matt Altieri and Arby

Description/Reviews:
Although the project/album changed over the course of writing the second album to include a wider range of influences, Synthetic Outcomes was written with the intention of combining the tremendously under appreciated Adrian Belew with the themes and general oddness of Canada's Voivod.
Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Links:
Facebook
Proggnosis

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Days Between Stations "Perpetual Motion Machines (Music for a Film)"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
FormatCD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 29, 2024
Tracklist
1. Waltz for the Dead
2. Proof of Life
3. Seeds
4. Unearth
5. Intermission 3
6. Stone Faces
7. Paradigm Lost
8. Ascend
9. Being

Credits
Sepand Samzadeh: guitars
Oscar Fuentes  Bills: keyboards, backing vocals (9)
   With
Durga McBroom (Pink Floyd, Steve Hackett, Dave Kerzner): vocals (9)
Scott Connor: drums (9)
Navon Weisberg: drum programming (1, 2, 6, 7)

Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Navon Weisberg
Mastered by David Gardner
Executive Producers: Sam and Parvin Samzadeh
Manager: Erik Nielsen
Art direction, layout, and band photo: Erik Nielsen
Photo of Jean-Paul Bourdier by Alex Dorriz
Featuring the artwork of Jean-Paul Bourdier.

Written and performed by Days Between Stations
Produced by Navon Weisberg and Days Between Stations

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Links:
Web page
Facebook
Progarchives
Proggnosis

Thursday, September 26, 2024

The Old Dead Tree "Second Thoughts"

Country: France
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Season of Mist
Format: CD,digital,vinyl
Release date: December 6, 2024
Tracklist
1. Unpredictable (3:33)
2. Don't Waste Your Time (3:41)
3. The Lightest Straw (4:32)
4. Better Off Dead (1:54)
5. Without A Second Thought (3:39)
6. Luke (4:41)
7. Story Of My Life (3:42)
8. Fresh Start (4:33)
9. I Wish I Could (3:58)
10. The Trap (3:15)
11. Solastalgia (3:51)
12. OK (3:53)
13. The Worst Is Yet To Come (5:50)
14. Terrified (LP Bonus Track) (3:54)
Total time: 51:04

Credits
Manuel Munoz - Vocals
Nicolas Chevrollier - Guitars & Backing Vocals
Nicolas Cornolo - Guitars & Countings
Gilles Moinet - Bass Guitar
Raphaël Antheaume - Drums
   With
T.C. (Regarde Les Hommes Tomber) - Vocals
Ludovic Loez (S.U.P.) - Vocals
Raphaël Verguin (Psygnosis) - Cello

Drums Recorded at Vamacara Studio, France
Bass Guitar, Guitars & Vocals at home
T.C. Vocals at 8Gods Studio, France
Ludovic Loez vocals at S.H. Studio, France

Drums produced & engineered by HK
Manuel Munoz & Nicolas Chevrollier vocals produced & engineered by The Old Dead Tree
Bass & guitars produced & engineered by The Old Dead Tree
T.C Vocals produced & engineered by Philippe Tulleau
Ludovic Loez vocals produced & engineered by Fabrice Loez
Mixed & mastered by HK at Vamacara Studio, France

Cover Art by Henri Lejeune

Media/Samples
Bandcamp
Stream & buy

Links:
Facebook


Monday, September 23, 2024

Teodicea "Il Mondo Esausto"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Instrumental Symphonic
Label: M.P. & Records
Format: CD
Release date: September 23 , 2024
Tracklist
1) 777(5:35)
2) Gioia e Risoluzione (6:33)
3) L'Ineluttabile (5:43)
4) Weltschmerz (5:44)
5) Ripresa di Coscienza (4:42)
6) Intro 442 (4:42)
7) Lofoten (3:38)
8) Punto di Fusione (3:18)
9) Il Viaggio del Moro (6:32)

Credits
Enrico Filippi (Aliante) - keyboards 
Giacomo Putrino - drums and percussions
Jacopo Morandi - bass

Produced by Teodicea and Vannuccio Zanella
Publisher: Micio Poldo
Cover painting by Luca di Pietro
Artwork and graphic layout by OndemediE

Description/Reviews:
The album "Il mondo esausto" (The Exhausted World), as the title suggests, is the group's vision of the contemporary world that tends to give, deprive and engulf emotions to the human being, making the latter afflicted by the feeling of powerlessness in the face of the impossibility of being able to realize in reality what the mind conceives or desires.
What characterises the songs is a cinematic breath. A series of "soundtracks" for every juncture of a typical day nowadays. No matter in what order you listen to the record, each of us from the moment we wake up to the moment we fall asleep (then passing through the dreamlike) will touch in a completely personal way the emotion and sensation that each track suggests; frenzy, delicacy, frustration, resignation, hope, joy. The listener is accompanied in this emotional vortex that no one can deny experiencing from time to time.

Media/Samples
Preview

Links:
Facebook

Sunday, September 22, 2024

Yobrepus "Rhizome Revolution - Part 2"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Progressive Rock Opera
Label: Apollon Records
Format: CD,digital,vinyl
Release date: October 18, 2024
Tracklist
1. The Road (4:34) 
2. All Hope’s Gone (7:41) 
3. Ballad For The 21st Century (7:04) 
4. A Rhizome Revolution (9:52) 
5. Genesis (2:55) 
6. Birds (5:22) 

Total Time 37:28

Credits
Mats Jørgen Sivertsen – vocals, keys, guitars and loops 
Vegard Weyergang Vartdal – vocals, bass, synth, guitar 
Øyvind Rognerud – guitars and synth 
Paal Urdal – drums
   With
Leon Muraglia - Additional guitars, synths and loops

Cover-art by Ted Parsons.

Description/Reviews:
On this second part, the moods are darker and the sounds more electronic – veering into synth-rock and even ambient. Still, there is an overarching progressive structure to the music, complete with Yobrepus' bent for catchy alt-rock riffs and melancholy ballads.
Media/Samples
The Road

Links:
Web page
Facebook
Progarchives
Proggnosis

Saturday, September 21, 2024

Thy Catafalque "XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek"

Country: Hungary
Genre(s)Progressive Avant Folk Metal
Label: Season of Mist
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 15, 2024
Tracklist
1. Piros Kocsi, Fekete Éj (4:12)
2. Mindenevö (6:35)
3. Vasgyár (6:18)
4. Világnak Világa (6:28)
5. Nyárfa, Nyírfa (2:53)
6. Lydiához (3:05)
7. Vakond (4:29)
8. Ködkiraly (7:58)
9. Aláhullás (3:48)
10. A Gyönyörü Álmok Ezután Jönnek (3:14) 
11. Babylon (Bonus Track - Omega Cover) (3:42)
Total runtime: 49:02

Credits
Tamás Kátai – guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards, programming
   With
Martina Veronika Horváth – vocals on Track 1, 6
Ivett Dudás – vocals on Track 8
Helga Kreiter – vocals on Track 4, 10
Gábor Dudás – vocals on Track 2, 5, 6, 10
Bálint Bokodi – vocals on Track 2, 4, 9
Gábor Veres – vocals on Track 3, 8
Attila Bakos – vocals on Track 1
Zoltán Kónya – vocals on Track 3
András Vörös – vocals on Track 4
Breno Machado – lead guitar on Track 2
Zoltán Vigh – lead guitar on Track 3
Krisztián Varga – lead guitar on Track 4
Daniele Belli – acoustic guitar on Track 2
Miguel Velasquez Matija – fretless bass on Track 2, 6
Edu Giró – oud, bouzouki, baglama on Track 2,7
Grigoris Mitropoulos – bouzouki, mpaglamas on Track 7
Sanja Smileska – violin on Track 3
Jo Quail – electric cello on Track 8
Issar Shulman – contrabass on Track 2
Cal Rustad – French horn on Track 2, 8
Manuel Domenech – cor anglais on Track 8
Khachatrian Lernik – clarinet on Track 2
Gergő Bille – flugelhorn, trumpet on Track 7
Joakim Toftgaard – trombone, trumpet on Track 7
Fabian Hernandez – saxophone on Track 5
Viktória Varga – narration on Track 3
Annamari Sánta – narration on Track 7, 8

Recorded in various countries: Hungary, United Kingdom, Romania, Ukraine, Italy, Spain, Greece, North Macedonia, Israel, U.S.A., Colombia, Brazil. 

Producer & Sound Engineer: Tamás Kátai, Gábor Vári

Mixed and mastered by Gábor Vári at Miracle Sound Szeged, Hungary. 

Front cover by Dániel Szécsényi and Tamás Kátai 
Illustrations by Orsolya Pintér. 

Description/Reviews:
With each album, Thy Catafalque has pushed the envelope of extreme metal a step further, bringing the world's most vile art form into conversation with the avant-garde.  
Thy Catafalque's twelfth album is even more expansive, but XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek ties both to its mastermind's past and the history of his native Hungary.  Keeping in line with his prolific pace, XII arrives just one year after his previous album. Named after the stretch of land where the producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist was born in southeast Hungary,  Alföld returned to the heaviness from which Thy Catafalque took root during the late '90s. Once again, Kátai set out to make a straightforward metal record, but while there's plenty of cause for chest-pounding, A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek ended up taking him on another surreal headtrip.
Still, A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek can be a hard road — especially during its crushing middle section. Despite the gentle opening plucks, "Mindenevő" crashes down like a boulder, hurtling ahead at terrifying speed behind doomy operatic backing vocals, mechanized blast beats and the eerie fires of tremolo picking that forged Thy Catafalque's debut Sublunary Tragedies. 
Ultimately, the progressive flair that has come to define Thy Catafalque shines through the darkness on album twelve. Only this time around, in order to reach the light at the end of the tunnel, Kátai needed some guidance.  XII marks the first time in the project's history that he worked with an outside producer. 
As a result, "A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek" stands out as one of Thy Catafalque's biggest crowd pleasers, uplifted by hand claps and catchy, fist-pumping riffs. Even the dark waves of synth glow with the reassurance of the dawn. "At the end, there's still hope for a future that might offer warmer days after the darkness has ceded".
Media/Samples
Bandcamp
Stream & buy
A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek

Links:
Web page
Facebook
Progarchives

The Flying Norsemen "The Flying Norsemen"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Retro Prog, Psychedelic, Hard Rock
Label: Apollon Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: September 20, 2024
Tracklist
1. Norseide (10:44) 
2. Lystens Begjær II (8:38) 
3. PoseidJohn (12:03) 
4. Lystens Begjær (9:07) 

Total Time 40:32

Credits
Anders Sprauten - Guitars & vocals
Tommy Ingebrigtsen - Guitar  
John Wærnes - Lead Guitar & vocals
Terje Nyhus - Bass
Øyvind Grønn - Drums

Produced by Jostein Smeby

Description/Reviews:
The music draws inspiration from 1970s rock, with elements of stoner, doom, and psychedelia. Woven throughout are vocal harmonies and melodic gems that sparkle like diamonds in the rough. The album takes the listener on a sonic journey, a hazy exploration of the depths of emotion and consciousness. From the thunderous riffs that shake the earth to the melodies that float on the astral plane, the band has crafted a sound that is their own. With their first release, The flying Norsemen have declared their presence in the dynamic realm of heavy music, emerging as a formidable entity. Prepare for a sound voyage that promises to take you on a heavy journey.
Media/Samples
PoseidJohn
Bandcamp

Links:
Facebook
Proggnosis