Pinkroom "Unloved Toy"

Country: Poland
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock
Release date: April 30, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Blow - 06:34 
2. Tides in eye - 04:38 
3. I confess - 06:41 
4. Seven levels - 07:08 
5. Moodroom v.3 - 06:00 
6. Enslaved - 06:01 
7. Flash - 04:55 
8. In train - 05:25 
9. Unwanted toys - 06:10 
10. Apology - 06:18

Line-up: 

Mariusz Boniecki – guitars, vocals, keys, samples
Marcin Kledzik – drums, percussion
Grzegorz Korybalski – bass guitar
Karol Szolz – guitar
   With
Elena Isakova – vocal on “In train”
Anna Szczygieł – cello on “Moodroom v.3”, “Seven levels”
Ewa Witczak – cello on “Moodroom v.3”, “Tides in eye”, “Blow”

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Pied Piper "Pied Piper"

Country: Argentina
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock
Release date: April 30, 2014
Tracklist:  

1. Calíope 02:56
2. Misterio de Ámbar 04:03
3. Mera Nimia del Desierto 04:50
4. Florece 04:42
5. Jeux Fractal 04:30
6. Color Humano 02:43
7. Luego Existo 05:46
8. Notas de un Augur 07:16
9. Imagen Cierta (al comienzo del día) 09:37

Line-up: 
Díaz Federico: Vocals, Guitars
Meilán Gastón: Bass
Procopio Darío: Drums
Tejada Marcos: Guitars

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Hidden Forces Trio "Crows Are Council"

Country: Spain
Sub Genre: Instrumental, Experimental, Jazz, Fusion, Chamber
Label: Knockturne Records / Clamshell Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: April 2014
Tracklist: 
1. Invocation – Crows are Council (11:15)
2. Chalybs (02:46)
3. El ejecutor (07:03)
4. Thimble Capp (06:54)
5. Gĉod (08:05)
6. Tender Fisting Blues (05:40)

Line-up: 
Gustavo Domínguez: Bass Clarinet, Clarinet & Didgeridoo
Marco Serrato (Orthodox): Double Bass
Borja Díaz (Orthodox): Drums

Description/Reviews: 

An album where all their different experiences (from heavy metal to symphonic music, from street standards to free experimentation) collides connecting within themselves for then to start all over again. Because, in order to preserve something, it is necessary to go forward in circles but always looking backwards. Abstract searching (“Gĉod”) or unbridled rage (“Crows are Council”) always go hand in hand with keynotes and the right tempo (“Thimble Capp”, “Chalybs”), even if they are not to be played.
A record co-released by Knockturne Records and Clamshell which makes it clear that there is life beyond Orthodox, and where improvisation and structured dark chaos are created mixing elements from free jazz instrumentation with extractions from heavy metal and contemporary music.

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Monarch Trail “Skye”

Country: Canada
Sub Genre: Symphonic
Label: Perpetual Tree Music
Release date: April 2014
Tracklist: 
1. Luminescence (11:15)
2. Silent World (8:21)
3. East of Fifty (6:11)
4. Sky Above the Sun (20:15)

Line-up: 
Ken Baird - keyboards, vocals
Chris Lamont - drums
Dino Verginella - bass
   With
John Mamone - guitars on tracks 1,2 and 4
Kelly Kereliuk - guitar on track 3
Steve Cochrane - classical and 12-string guitar on track 4

Description/Reviews: 

Music from a "dark green world in places never seen", this debut album features four lengthy compositions that should appeal to anyone looking for something imaginative.

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Lowercase Noises "This Is For Our Sins"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Instrumental, Ambient, Post Rock
Release date: April 30, 2014
Tracklist: 
1. Death in a Garden (5:39)
2. Silence of Siberia (7:26)
3. The Hungry Years (4:40)
4. Famine and the Death of a Mother (5:02)
5. A Chance Grain of Rye (6:53)
6. This is For Our Sins (4:57)
7. Death of a Quiet Man (5:28)
8. Death of a Harsh Man (2:50)
9. Death of a Godmother (1:00)
10. Requiem (5:22)
11. What Would There Be Out Here to Hurt Me (4:27)
12. Prepare to Die, But Sow the Rye (5:20)
13. The Timekeeper's Theme (3:59)

Line-up: 
Andy Othling - Guitar
Tank Lisenbe - Drums/percussion on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12 and 13
Andrew Tasselmyer - Bass on tracks 1, 3, 5, 10, 12 and 13
Kristen Daugherty - Cello on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 10
Shannon Harden - Cello on tracks 6, 7 and 11
Jenny Thomas - Vocals on tracks 1, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 12
Alex Harden - Vocals on tracks 1 and 7
Matt Thomas - Vocals on tracks 1 and 8
Alex Sugg - Additional percussion on track 12

Description/Reviews: 

This album follows the story of the Lykov family, who lived isolated in the Russian wilderness for over 40 years before their discovery by geologists in 1978.

The album opens with lovely choral vocals, there are cellos, percussion, even banjos! Of course it soars with lots of emotional welling and release, building up into great volume before easing into quieter sections led by piano or cello. But great care is taken to make the melody and force of each track match the chapter of the story. The story is not told in the traditional lyrical method but by the music. Thus one has to read a bit about the family's story and then the song titles and the music make sense. "Silence of Siberia" is a slow piano meditation that would fit onto an Eno album. "The Hungry Years" introduces the banjo which works surprisingly well in his style, imparting the rural challenged of the family's struggle against the elements, as well as the rustic beauty.

 Read the full review at progarchives.com

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Cinderella Search "The Suite "Next World"

Country: Japan
Sub Genre: Neo-Prog
Label: Fuefuki Record
Release date: April 30, 2014
Tracklist: 
1.   Circle Of Life
2.   Internet Killed Cinema Star
3.   Parasite X
     (i) The Possession
     (ii) The Revenge
4.   D.N.A.
5.   Crazy Chiasman
6.   Mouse Cage
7.   The End Of The Ruin
8.   After The Rain
9.   Brilliant Circle
10. Next World
    (i) The Pray
    (ii) Into The Labyrinth
    (iii) Confusion And Tangle
    (iv) Against The Wind
    (v) The Revelation
    (vi) The New Departure
    (vii) Awaken

Line-up: 
Shigeru Ishimori : Drums
Osamu Kato: Bass Guitar
Tatsuo Inoue : Guitars, Vocals
Akihisa Nakamura : Lead Vocals, Effects
Yoshihide “KAME” Akiyama : Keyboards, Vocals, Effects
Eichi Mitsumoto : Vocals, Arts
   With
Misako: Vocals (2)
Yutaka “Captain Ahab” Masuda: Vocals (9)
Cinderella Search, Ryu : “Chiazman” call

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Grey Skies Fallen "The Many Sides Of Truth"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Progressive Doom Death Metal
Release date: April 29, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Ritual of the Exiter 09:45 
2. Unroot Transparent Being 02:53 
3. The Flame 07:10 
4. Of the Ancients 06:32 
5. Isolation Point 02:43 
6. End of My Rope 07:16 
7. Winter Hand 01:23 

Line-up: 
Rick Habeeb – Guitar, Vocals
Joe Sanci – Guitar, Vocals
Tom Anderer – Bass, Vocals
Craig Rossi – Keyboards
Sal Gregory – Drums
     With
Joseph Higgins - Cello
Audrey Selph - Viola
Johnny Grill - Vocals

Description/Reviews: 

Grey Skies Fallen can be anything they want, whether it be post-prog, experimental black metal, doom/death or even funeral doom. They even attempted a more modern sound here, which doesn’t work so well for me as I’ve mentioned. Regardless of all that, the band show that they’ve got an incredible amount of talent and enough experience to pull off something groundbreaking. As long as they leave the modern stuff alone. If you can find this album, definitely give these guys a shot. You might really be surprised and that’s enough for me to recommend it.

Read the full review at thegrimtower.com

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Stork "Broken Pieces"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Muso Entertainment
Release date: April 29, 2014
Tracklist: 
1. Stork (4:06)
2. Pillow Person (3:59)
3. Bat (5:00)
4. Heretic (5:41)
5. Paper Angels (4:44)
6. Chainsaw Serenade (3:57)
7. Delusional (4:28)
8. Given Away (5:16)
9. Mine (6:10)
10. U (2:42)
11. Overflow (6:16)
12. How Old Are You (4:53)
13. Broken Pieces (3:17)

Line-up: 
Shane Gibson - guitars, vocals (8)
Thomas Lang - drums
VK Lynne - vocals

Kelly LeMieux - bass

Description/Reviews: 

The album kicks off with ‘StOrk’ and instantly VK gets to show off her impressive vocal talents! It’s a catchy song with some great phrasing and as you would expect some impressive playing from all members of the band.
The second track, ‘Pillow Person’, has a slightly darker vibe to it and a tom groove from Thomas interspersed with some fast bass drum flurries. The interplay halfway through between the three instrumentalists is fantastic!
The next track is one of my favourites on the album, called ‘Bat’.
It features a really great guitar riff and the drums instantly reminded me of the first section of Thomas’ book/DVD combo ‘Creative Coordination & Advanced Foot Technique’. I think it’s also one of the more ‘commercial sounding’ tracks on the album as well.

 Read the full review by Rob Crisp at mikedolbear.co.uk

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Jeremy Irons & the Ratgang Malibus "Spirit Knife"

Country: Sweden
Sub Genre: Space Rock/Stoner/Psychedelic
Label: Small Stone Records
Release date: April 29, 2014
Tracklist: 
1. Fog by the Steep
2. Wind Seized
3. Sworn Collision
4. Once Levitated
5. Clang
6. Deep Hardened Woods
7. Point Growth
8. Spirit Knife

Line-up: 
Karl Apelmo: vocals, guitar
Micke Pettersson: guitar
Viktor Källgren: bass
Henke Persson: drums
    With
Patrik Kolar: organs

Description/Reviews: 

Imagine, if you will, Jeff Buckley jamming with Can, and you’ll have a fair gist of the fantastic voyage that awaits the armies of the Spirit Knife: an album that finds JIRM rekindling their time-traveling communion with vintage psychedelia and Krautrock, while expanding on the sonic palette revealed by the ensemble’s past full-lengths, Elefanta and Bloom.

Once again, but more powerfully than ever before, JIRM, deliver imposing passages of torrential guitars that rattle and roll, shimmy and soar with oceanic reverb and sweaty rock and roll, partnering with thrumming keys and mesmerizing Motorik drums to incite cyclical hypnosis for protracted song-suites, ever teetering between tight instrumental control and loose vibes to achieve optimal tantric tension and release through music. 

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Bridges Of Königsberg "Close To Everything And Nothing"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Post Rock
Label: Endless Field Studios
Release date: April 29, 2014
Tracklist: 
01. Midori 05:02
02. You Feed On Poison 03:46
03. Truth In Pain 05:35
04. Time Capsule 04:50
05. Requiems 03:15
06. Gateless 06:04
07. T-Girl 04:17
08. Panthea 06:36
09. The Final Request 03:27

Line-up: 
Matthew Brakel - Guitars, Keyboards
Paul Petrosyan - Bass, Vocals
Beth Hoffman - Keyboards, Vocals
Aaron Krause - Percussion

Description/Reviews: 

Post-rock meets progressive meets alternative meets indie meets Dream Pop.

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Super Massive Black Holes "Calculations of the Ancients"

Country: Canada
Sub Genre: Progressive/Avant/Jazz/Death Metal
Label: Minotauro Records
Release date: April 29, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. (Sub-molecular) Transmogrification of the Oriphy 03:56
2. Dyatlov Pass Incident 05:13
3. ∞÷µ 00:40
4. Distance to the Great Attractor 05:15
5. Holographic Principle 03:41
6. Mathematics of Emotion 03:00
7. Refracted Kaleidoscopic Photons 03:16
8. Ghosts of Bhopal 06:34
9. Lift the Veils 03:29

Line-up: 
Jake Reimer - Guitars/Vocals
Denver Bergreen - Guitars
Tristan Peterson - Bass/Vocals
Clay Steadman - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

SMBH brand themselves as ‘progressive death metal’, though that’s a far too limiting label, since over the course of the album, they showcase a hugely diverse array of genres and influences on their creative palate. Although they have a distinctly avant-garde feel to their music, with elements of jazz, blues, folk, space rock, djent and way more, the songs aren’t lost in pretense or over-ambitiousness; they just rock, and do it well. The album has a total ‘fuck yeah!’ quality to it, packed with thrashy percussion, triumphant and kick-ass riffs, and even a vocalist that sounds as if Jamey Jasta fronted a techdeath band. The technical skill on display is remarkable, well-rehearsed, and though a little sloppy, each musician shares great chemistry and each brings one their own influences to the record.

 Read the full review at metalblast.net

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ArrJam "Session One"

Country: Italy
Sub Genre: Progressive Hard Rock, Funk
Release date: April 29, 2014
Tracklist: 
01. Ali 05:01
02. Highway 49 05:06
03. Out Of Control 09:22
04. Dark Fusion 05:57
05. Very Nice 05:58
06. "Vorrei" 01:38
07. Welcome To The Cocaine 04:21
08. Smashing On The Wall 05:43
09. Incomplete 05:13
10. Screaming For 03:25
Bonus Track:
11. Very Nice (Orchestrated Version) 04:11
12. Very Nice (Radio Edit) 03:35

Line-up: 
Got - Vocals
Mauroman - Guitars
Il Daz - Bass
Moretti Butcher - Drums

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LoreWeaveR "Italic"

Country: Italy
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Musea
Release date: April 28, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Rigor Mortis (7:34)
2. My Freedom (11:58)
3. Lionheart (7:18)
4. Angry Tears (8:55)
5. Vae Victis (6:17)
6. The River Suit (15:57)

Line-up: 
Claudio Cavalli (drums) 
Daniele Focante (bass) 
Francesco Salvadeo (guitars)
Lorenzo Marcenaro (keyboards)
Barbara Rubin (vocals)

Description/Reviews: 

Musically the album is heavy, angular at times but retains a very good sensibility of melody which is an important factor. The soundstage and production, which was done in house by Francesco Salvadeo, is outstanding where every contribution is heard with full clarity, no ego tripping, every musical nuance playing out with precision. The more you play Italic the more you get from it, each layer stripping itself back, revealing itself for you to absorb. The album is akimbo with stunning time signatures that keep you guessing, grabbing you by the scruff of the neck and taking you along on its journey.  

Read the full review by John O'Boyle at dprp.net

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Mundozero "Memoria"

Country: Spain
Sub Genre: Instrumental Progressive Rock/Post Rock
Label: The Bloody Dirty Sanchez Records
Release date: April 28, 2014
Tracklist: 
1.La Luz de la memoria 05:45
2.El constructor de recuerdos 05:43
3.La cuerda del futuro 06:30
4.Memento Mori 03:47
5.Moldeando la realidad 04:48
6.El niño que soñó ser mayor 04:48
7.Vida 07:15

Line-up: 
Kike - guitar
Xisco - guitar
Manolo - bass
David - drums

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Sontaag "Sontaag"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Space Rock, Rock opera
Label: Esoteric Antenna
Release date: April 28, 2014
Tracklist: 
1. Empyrean
2. The Great Harmodulator
3. Spaceshifter
4. Harmodulation
5. The Minor Keys of Anguished Weeping
6. Serena Serenarum (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
7. Syn and Phonic
8. Interstellar Genocide
9. Chokuto
10. Glissandor
11. The Skull-Scraping Caterwaul
12. Aftershock Cacophony
13. Memoria Tenere

Line-up: 
Richard Sontaag - various instruments
Ian Fortnam - voice
  With
Milo Venter - drums
Amanda Cross - vocals

Description/Reviews: 

In the grand tradition of high concept progressive rock comes an epic cross-media hybrid where cerebral science fiction meets visceral rock ‘n’ roll. Sontaag’s eponymous debut album has been described as ‘the rock opera that Pink Floyd never wrote’, ‘a modern-day Tubular Bells’, ‘a prog-rock War Of The Worlds’, but no reference point or sound-bite nails its seamless combination of space rock, narrative spoken word, and evocative ambience quite as neatly as ‘sonic cinema’. Recorded in New York City and London, co-produced and mixed by Youth for Big Life Management, ‘Sontaag’ is a stunning and immersive listening experience. An evolutionary progression combining cutting edge sounds with classic dynamics, adapting the rock experience for today’s digital environment.
Arriving in a landscape where music, books and movies often co-exist on a single handheld device, ‘Sontaag’ represents a seamless fusion of the finest elements of all three. 

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Nick Magnus "N'monix"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Symphonic
Label: Esoteric Antenna
Release date: April 28, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Time (6:23)
2. Memory (5:24)
3. Kombat Kid (6:28)
4. Headcase (3:49)
5. Eminent Victorians (7:01)
6. Broken (8:05)
7. Shadowland (2:51)
8. Entropy (6:46)

Line-up: 
Nick Magnus - keyboards, percussion, vocals on 4, voice of Richard of York (aged 6) on 3
    With
Tony Patterson - vocals on 1, 3
Tim Bowness - vocals on 7
Kate Faber - soprano voice on 2
Pete Hicks - vocals on 5
James Reeves - vocals on 8

Steve Hackett - guitar on 5, 6, 7
Andy Neve - backing vocals on 5, 8
Rob Townsend - soprano saxophone and flute on 7

Description/Reviews: 

Nick Magnus makes a magnificent brand of melodic symphonic rock and together with lyricist Dick Foster, the pair craft top-notch Progressive styled songs that run the gamut of dynamics, from powerful and rocky to ethereal and grandiose, incorporating magical moments of sublime beauty and pure melancholy, touches of Celtic music and even some tongue in cheek humour along the way.
‘N’monix’ contains 8 brand new tracks, all with something different to offer a wide spectrum of music fans. It starts and ends in pure Prog Rock territory, and in between delivers a variety of quality tracks and instrumental stylings that touch on the edge of the main genre with the feel of his Prog past is never far away.

Read the full review by at cd-services.com

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A Presença Das Formigas "Pé de Vento"

Country: Portugal
Sub Genre: Prog Folk
Label: Careto
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 28, 2014
Tracklist: 
01. Ai Que Ricas Orelhinhas (04:26)
02. Bolinhas de Sabão (02:40)
03. Dá-me o Amanhã (02:57)
04. Largar, Partir (03:24)
05. O Aprendiz de Feiticeiro (03:48)
06. O Pulo do Lobo (04:20)
07. Assim Como Quem não Quer (02:26)
08. Orla dos Malditos (04:29)
09. Planície (03:25)
10. Que Serei? (02:37)
11. Senhora do Almortão (04:23)
12. Vai Tão Sozinho (03:58)

Line-up: 
André Cardoso - Acoustic/classical/Portuguese guitars
Miguel Cardoso - Electric bass, double bass
Manuel Maio - Violin, mandolin, vocals
Sara Vidal - Vocals
Nuno Silva - Accordion
Rui Lúcio - Drums, percussion
   With
António Silva - Electric Guitar [5,10]
Filipa Meneses - Piano [11]
Hélder Costa - “Braguesa” Guitar, Acoustic Guitar [7,10]
João Afonso - Lead Vocal [7]
João Paulo Esteves da Silva - Piano [9]
Luciano Cuviello - Percussion [10]
Luis Arrigo - Glockenspiel, Vibraphone [7,11]
Luis Pastor - Lead Vocal [10]
Rui Ferreira (Caps) - “Cavaquinho”, Fretless Bass, Percussion, Keyboard [1,[2,4,5,6,8,10,11]
Teresa Campos - Lead Vocal [7,11]
Danylo Gertsev, Jean-Marc Charmier, Katariin Raska, Luciano Cuviello, Manu Sabaté, Nikolaos Tsantanis, Silvia Petrosino - Texts [8]

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Give Us Barabba "Penis Barbecue"

Country: Italy
Sub Genre: Progressive Avant-Garde Metal
Release date: April 28, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. My Band Sax 4:07 
2. Devin Townsend 6:11 
3. Happy! 3:44 
4. Io e te senza di lei 5:14 
5. Everything That I've Learned 8:27 
6. Penis Barbecue  5:02 
7. A per venditta 3:56 
8. La riflessione riflessa 3:26 

Line-up: 
Alessandro Numa - vocals, sax and sitar
Andrea Tiengo - rhythm and lead guitar
Mirco Brunello - rhythm and lead guitar
Osvaldo Indriolo - piano and synthesizer
Ivan Squarcina - bass
Girolamo Bennici - drums

Trombone recorded by Davide Costantini.
Trumpet recorded by Alessandro Fabbro.
Background vocals on “Everything That I’ve Learned” by Jacopo Semenzato

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Maxxess "Green Fairy"

Country: Germany
Sub Genre: Instrumental Progressive Rock
Release date: April 28, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Distilled reality - 6:02
2. Thujone incantation - 6:44
3. Green fairy - 10:36
4. Melting ritual - 6:17
5. Absinthe desolation - 10:52
6. Narcotic - 7:46
7. Green hour - 6:45

Line-up: 

Max Schiefele - all instruments

Description/Reviews: 

A German guitarist, that makes instrumental guitar-dominated prog / rock with additional elements of Ozric Tentacles-like spacerock and electronic music in Tangerine Dream vein. Inspired by ultralong runs through the swiss and french mountains, driven by the fascination about a green drink and his history. The mystic green fairy was an inspiration to make a concept-album like this.

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Mechanical Organic "This Global Hive: Part Two"

Country: Australia
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Release date: April 28, 2014
Tracklist: 
01. Show Me Oblivion - 06:19
02. The Guiding Lie - 05:26
03. Of Leprous Minds - 04:09
04. Hate Remembers/Love Forgot - 06:48
05. Empty Shell - 05:10
06. Through The Lens - 04:18
07. The Drifting Part - 07:03
08. An Architect’s Farewell - 04:39
09. To Be King - 06:31

Line-up: 
David Bellion - Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars
Conny Dee - Guitars
Evan Harris - Bass
Eddie Katz - Keyboards
Andrew Hurst - Drums

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Harvs "Curiosities"

Country: Australia
Sub Genre: Instrumental Progressive Metal
Release date: April 27, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Awaken 07:25 
2. Perplexity 05:13 
3. Disappear 06:22 
4. Seeking Solitude 06:15 
5. Revelations 05:08 
6. Enlightenment 08:05 

Line-up: 
Harvey Shepherdson-Beck : All instruments
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Jake Howsam Lowe: Drum Programming
Plini: First Solo on Seeking Solitude
Mikey Moxon: Electronic Sections on Awaken, Disappear, Seeking Solitude

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Jazzcomputer.org "Many Sides Of Music"

Country: France
Sub Genre: Electronica, Ambient, Jazz
Release date: April 27, 2014
Tracklist: 
CD 1: The Jazzy way

1. Warp - 07:58
2. Sherkaner - 05:30
3. No Joe - 06:57
4. Ivanova - 07:51
5. The Gravity Well Part 1 - 05:00
6. Terrace of Clouds - 08:20
7. Three to Beam Up - 04:54
8. Transponder 1037 - 04:16

CD 2: The Ambient Way

1. The Gravity Well Part 2 - 11:44
2. Chew Z - 07:45
3. Gokna - 09:11
4. The Gravity Well Part 3 - 10:36
5. Soavre - 11:49

Line-up: 
Yves Potin

Description/Reviews: 

Electronic music is a whole universe, with its cities, landscapes and oceans. This double album catches glimpses of this vastness, building jazzy improvisations at the heart of the first album's tracks, and lingering on soundscapes and atmospheres on the next one, with incursions into progressive rock, berlin school sequences, abstract minimalism, oriental instrumentations with the koto and the electronic Udu, even some reggae, and many more.

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Rich Gordon "Progstrumetal: The Annals of 2014"

Country: UK
Sub Genre:  Instrumental, Progressive Rock
Label: self-released
Release date: April 26, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Vulcan - 04:49 
2. The Soul's Obituary - 05:24 
3. Red Tree - 04:38 
4. Whistle - 05:32 
5. The Observer - 06:01 
6. Gone - 05:30 
7. Rumour Has It - 04:33 
8. Second Wind - 04:39 
9. Paddy Be Forever Easy - 02:19 
10. Little Edinburgh - 05:10 

Line-up: 
Rich Gordon: Everything, except drums on "Rumour Has It"
Niall Hutchison: drums on "Rumour Has It"

Description/Reviews: 

‘Progstrumetal: The Annals of 2014’ ... speaks of a musician who has matured, and who wants to share what those three or four years have given to him... Ten tracks – the album is only 48.41 minutes in length.  And again, Gordon’s skills as a multi-instrumentalist are to be heard. .. ‘Progstrumetal’ overall is fresh; it doesn’t outstay its welcome; it doesn’t show off (needlessly); it doesn’t get self-indulgent.  It’s short, sharp, sometimes bitter and sweet, like a fine cocktail.  And, like all good cocktails, it is over too soon and lingers in the right way.

 Read the full review at darklightisland.blogspot.com

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Flor de Loto "Nuevo Mesías"

Country: Peru
Sub Genre: Prog Folk
Label: Azafran Media
Release date: April 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Nuevo Mesías
2. La Tabla Esmeralda
3. Espejo Del Alma
4. Cumbemayo
5. En Otro Lugar
6. Caleidoscopio
7. Hipnotizame
8. Creados Del Fuego
9. Rumbo A La Eternidad

Line-up: 
Alonso Herrera - Guitar, Vocals
Alejandro Jarrin - Bass
Junior Pacora - Wind Instruments
Alvaro Escobar - Drums
Ignacio Flores - Guitar
Daniel López Guiterrez  - Keyboards

Agustina Gonzalez Gracia - Backing vocals

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Nuevo mesías
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Hope to Find "Our Story About You"

Country: Turkey
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Mireille Music
Release date: April 25, 2014
Tracklist: 
1. Exile (3:00)
2. Suddenly (5:20)
3. Yesterday,Today,Tomorrow (3:56)
4. Gently Broken (6:14)
5. Through The Window (1:00)
6. Instructional Inspirations (5:15)
7. Kaleidoscope (4:32)
8. Worth To Remember (5:46)
9. Memories (1:39)
10. Alienation (9:50)
   i. Is That You?
   ii. or me?
   iii. None Of Us

Line-up: 
Mert Erdem - Vocals
Alper Dagalp - Keyboards, accordion, back vocals
Zafer Yuksel - Guitars, back vocals
Koray Ergunay - Bass
Yavuz Sozkan - Drums, back vocals

Description/Reviews: 

Telling you an ordinary story from an unordinary point of view with their genuine musical style elaborated with fierce technicality and sensuous musicality they have distilled through their musical journey.

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Presto Vivace "Periferia Vital"

Country: Argentina
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Release date: April 25, 2014
Tracklist: 
1. Cada Emoción (8:12)
2. Corazones Iluminando (6:26)
3. Constructoras de Primaveras (5:53)
4. Tres Niños (6:57)
5. Tomado de tu Mano (6:39)
6. Azul O Rojo (8:11)

Line-up: 
Gabriel Chaperon -  voice
Pablo Hernan - guitars
Marcelo Perez Schneider - bass & keyboards
Federico Mele - drums

Description/Review

It's one of those rare prog metal gems that don't abuse the "metal" part of their monicker without losing any of their edge.
That's not to say it lacks distortion: far from it. It doesn't even include atypical instruments: just the four classic rock instruments with a singer. But the arrangement variation is so rich, especially on the bass section that - without trying to undermine the work of the other instrumentalists - this is an album that every prog metal bass player should listen. This should be no surprise, since both lyrics and music are credited to bassist Marcelo Pérez Schneider, who also handles the keyboards.
On that note, I should also highlight the poetry contained within the lyrics. A lot of prog metal is based around complex, grandiose stories, and in most cases it's OK, but nothing more. There's none of that here, every track takes on a different theme with very rich metaphors. I don't usually mention the words in my reviews because the music frequently takes all the praise (or the critique). Unfortunately, those that don't have a good grasp of Spanish will miss out on this, which is a shame. 

Read the full review by Diego Crescini at dprp.net

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Cada Emoción
Azul o Rojo

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False Coda "Closer To The Edge"

Country: Greece
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Steel Gallery Records
Release date: April 25, 2014
Tracklist: 
1. Simple Rules
2. Code of Kindness
3. Picture
4. Closer to the Edge
5. Room of Pain
6. Respect
7. Blood on Eyes

Line-up: 
Manos Xanthakis - Vocals
Bill Milios - Guitars
Andrew Milios - Drums
Nick Pogkas - Bass
Lefteris Kapetanios - Keyboars

Description/Reviews: 

False Coda’s trademarks are heavy, harmonically inventive chords, knockout jazz fusion-inspired guitar lines, inventive rhythms and, in what maybe sets this band apart from other progressive style bands, some pretty goddamn great melodic hooks. CLOSER TO THE EDGE’s got its own musical identity and is the result of the progressive evolution that Dream Theater Psychotic Waltz and Fates Warning have been undertaken since over two decades and ever after.
Let’s take a closer look at the album’s content and context. The album is very well thought out – with just the right mixture of heaviness and lightness. Clean vocals and heavy guitar riffs and melodic tunes everywhere. The middle of the album has a large portion of powerful “near power metal” touches. There are also quiet reflective moments throughout the entire album that might be kind of risky in less skilled hands but to me are the perfect offset to the heavier and more intense parts. I have to say that I do like very much the Deep Purple-laden parts in keyboards “Room of Panic” and the great “Paranoid’s” riff in “Blood On Eyes”.

 Read the full review by Helias Papadopoulos at metal-rules.com

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Astrolabio "L'Isolamento Dei Numeri Pari"

Country: Italy
Sub Genre: Symphonic
Label: Andromeda Relix
Release date: April 25, 2014
Tracklist: 
1. E' stato detto tutto
3. 31 Aprile
5. Bie-Collage
7. Aurora
9. Fotografie
11. Sono io o sono te? (Parquet)
13. Corso di Eurostima
15. Servito
17. Non ricordo
19. Un minuto di silenzio per il Sistema Bancario Internazionale (Bancomat)
21. Pugni Chiusi (featuring Raffaello Regoli)

Line-up: 
Michele Antonelli - voices, electric and acoustic guitars, flute
Alessandro Pontone - drums
Massimo Babbi - keyboards
Paolo Iemmi - voices, bass

Description/Reviews: 

The Astrolabio's sound it's an original '70s Italian Rock, very close to the classic Progressive Italian Rock themes and patterns, with some personal and political post-modern hypocricy and vanity.

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Brückner & Everling "Sparrows"

Country: Germany
Sub Genre: Electronica, Ambient
Label: SynGate/Luna
Release date: April 25, 2014
Tracklist: 
1. The Sparrow (Vocal Version) (13:26)
2. Trees And Wires (4:08)
3. Crossing The Bridge (9:38)
4. Gathering (6:32)
5. On A Quiet Night (12:22)
6. Flying North (8:40)
7. The Sparrow (Ambient Version) (10:30)
8. The Sparrow (Instrumental Version) (13:20)

Line-up: 
Michael Brückner - All electronics, synth and effects
Detlev Everling - French horn, synth
   With
Cäcilia Brückner - Vocals (1,7)

Description/Reviews: 

Brückner/Everling duet, with the complicity of Cäcilia Brückner on voices, offers an album which caresses all the spheres of a modern EM with a lively music, sometimes very near the IDM and electronica with just what it needs of ambiences to draw some fascinating cinematographic faces. A surprising sonic journey that will leave you more than perplex.

 Read the full review by Sylvain Lupari at synthsequences.blogspot.com

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Psycrence "A Frail Deception"

Country: Greece
Sub Genre: Progressive Power Metal
Release date: April 25, 2014
Tracklist: 
1. A Losing Game (06:06)
2. Convergence (05:28)
3. Forced Evolution (06:10)
4. Moral Decay (05:35)
5. Subconscious Eyes (05:12)
6. Insiced Path (05:13)
7. Distance (07:37)
8. Reflection (07:55)
9. Hold Close the Flame (07:07)
10. Lights (Bonus Track) (04:36)

Line-up: 
Takis Nikolakakis - Vocals
Thomas Kouris - Bass Guitar
Michael Aggelos Kouropoulos - Guitars
Kimon Zeliotis - Guitars
Timoleon Valsamakis - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

Through their music Psycrence attempt to combine the aggressiveness and heavy sound of 7 string guitars with melody and atmosphere. Influenced as they are by Dream Theater, Symphony X and Pink Floyd, they write music infused with progressive elements but which, at the same time, remains focused and direct.
Let’s concentrate on the album now, the first track is A Losing Game and begins with a melodic metal staple of piano and synth overlaying a light guitar, very nice and measured, then a crashing but calculated riff hoves into view to give some meat on the bones. The vocals kick in and, my, what impressive vocals they are, powerful and full of heart and soul, the guitars carry on riffing the hell out of everything and the drums are mean and moody, add in a suitably catchy chorus and we have some archetypal melodic power metal going on here, perhaps with a bit more added decorum. There is nothing out of the ordinary here but, there is definitely something hiding just out of reach that gives you pause and, as opening tracks on a debut album go, this leaves you wanting and expecting more!   

Read the full review by Martin Hutchinson at ladyobscure.com

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PDFOP "Pandimensional Federation of Planets"

Country: USA
Sub Genre:  Instrumental Jazz, Fusion
Release date: April 25, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Spectres - 5:56
2. Bursting in Boils - 7:04
3. Ode to Elkton - 7:16
4. Intar - 5:48
5. Lambs - 6:54
6. Sunstorm - 5:06
7. Maelstrom - 8:53
8. Diaspora - 3:50
9. Ride On a Windy Day - 4:48
10. Ocean's Heart - 9:23

Line-up: 
Ernie Barnes - Bass
Ori Boker - Keyboard
Nick Costa - Drums
Jason Denkevitz - Guitar

Description/Reviews: 

The group plays original Jazz Fusion instrumentals that mix elements of Jazz, Rock, and Prog. Ten original tracks range in style from aggressive fusion to more melodic open numbers. From fiery to pastoral, funky to progressive.

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Mobius Project "Ra Me Nivar"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Ra Ne Nivar 06:58
2. Scorci di vita su nastro di Möbius 07:06
3. Entanglementalistically Speaking 05:30
4. In fuga dal destino 03:20
5. L' equilibrista 09:12

Line-up: 
Massimiliano Amato - guitars, vocals
Lucio Filizola - guitars, vocals, keyboards, sitar
Tony Guerrieri - bass
Francesco Magaldi - drums, percussion
   With
Brunella Gianni - vocals
Gino d'Ignazio - flute

Description/Reviews: 

The opener "Ra Me Nivar" starts softly, with spacey ambient sounds. Then the rhythm takes off and the music swings from hard rock and funky to a soft, jazzy finale while the lyrics conjure up images and colours from the outer space such as stardust falling upon silent altars, strange spectral synthesis based upon celestial mechanics, threatening black holes devouring everything around them, colliding worlds breaking through the doors of perception...

 Read the full review by Andrea Parentin at italianprogmap.blogspot.it

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The Healing Road "Birdbrain's Travels"

Country: Germany
Sub Genre: Instrumental Symphonic/Neo-Prog
Label: Musea
Release date: April 2014 
Tracklist: 

1. Birdbrain's Travels Part 1
2. Birdbrain's Travels Part 2

Line-up: 
Hanspeter Hess - keyboards, Roland V-Drums
   With
Chris Grundmann - keyboards
Thommy Frank  - guitars
Axel Zabel - guitars
Kai Heyrock - bass guitar
Stefan Dittmar - drums
Markus Roth - Hammond L-122 organ

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Mekong Delta "In A Mirror Darkly"

Country: Germany
Sub Genre: Progressive Thrash Metal
Label: Steamhammer/SPV
Release date: April 25, 2014 (Germany); April 28, 2014 (UK);  April 29, 2014 (US)
Tracklist: 
01. Introduction
02. Ouverture
03. The Armageddon Machine
04. The Sliver in Gods Eye
05. Janus
06. Inside the Outside of the Inside
07. Hindsight Bias
08. Mutant Messiah

Line-up: 
Ralph Hubert - bass
Benedikt Zimniak - guitars
Erik Adam H. - guitars
Alex Landenburg - drums
Martin LeMar - vocals

Description/Reviews: 

For almost thirty years, Mekong Delta have enjoyed an excellent reputation as an independent and exceptionally creative band in the world of progressive metal sounds. Albums such as The Music Of Eric Zann (1988) and Pictures At An Exhibition (1997) are considered classics of their kind. With their blend of prog metal, classical elements and thrash, the musicians are considered pioneers of a stylistic mix which has been emulated by a considerable number of epigones. Now the German quartet is set to unleash its latest recording:
The band has recorded a total of eight songs for In A Mirror Darkly, among them three instrumental numbers like the ingenious Inside The Outside Of The Inside with its diverse arrangements. Typically Mekong Delta, the new numbers all have a playing time of between five and seven minutes. As far as I am concerned, that s just the right time frame to gain sufficient stylistic depth without pushing the envelope or creating artistic ambiguities, band founder Ralf Hubert explains the initial parameters of the new album. I feel that we ve once again found the right mix of complexity and uninterrupted leitmotiv.
Thematically, the new recording will pick up where our 2010 release Wanderer On The Edge Of Time left off, although the new material is more loosely connected and only occasionally linked by little interludes. (from amazon)

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