Schooltree "Heterotopia"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Art Rock Opera
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 31, 2017
Tracklist: 
CD1
1. Overture (6:01)
2. Rocksinger (2:28)
3. The Big Slide (3:50)
4. Cat Centipede (7:48)
5. The Abyss (5:37)
6. Radio (2:42)
7. Walk You Through (2:32)
8. Edge of a Dream (4:48)
9. The Leitmaiden (3:22)
10. The Legend of Enantiodromia (3:36)
11. Specter Lyfe (4:52)

CD2
12. Dead Girl (4:55)
13. Turning into the Strange (3:13)
14. The Edge Annihilate (2:52)
15. Power of the Ghost (3:25)
16. You and I (3:33)
17. Into Tomorrow (3:29)
18. The River (4:26)
19. Bottom of the River (1:53)
20. Enantiodromia Awakens (6:29)
21. Zombie Connection (4:49)
22. Keep Your Head (1:25)
23. Day of the Rogue (6:07)
24. Utopia (4:25)

Total Time 98:37

Line-up: 
Lainey Schootree - vocals, pianos, synths
Brendan Burns - guitar
Derek Van Wormer - bass
Tom/Tod/Tad Collins - drums
Peter Danilchuk - organs, synths
Peter Moore - nylon guitar, additional vocals, keys, programming

Description/Reviews: 

The leader’s keyboards and vocals are the dominant factor in a style that’s best characterized as Art Rock. Which in this case means that while the overall idea may be high-concept, the music is fairly down-to-earth, with individual songs that work perfectly well on their own and don’t venture much longer than five minutes each. I may be imagining things here, but one way I could characterize the music is Elton John at his most sophisticated (say Goodbye Yellow Brick Road) infused with a bit of Tori Amos (Boys for Pele) or Kate Bush (Never for Ever) and some semi-progressive rock like Saga in their early days.

Read the full review by Jon Davis at expose.org

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Glasswork "Fear And Trembling"

Country: Spain
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Fear (The Paradox) (6:13)
2. Oceans (Unite The Earth) (6:41)
3. Desert Shapes (The Son's Enigma) (5:37)
4. Desert Shapes (Coda) (5:09)
5. A Song For Sarah (About Silence And Virtue) (8:01)
6. A Conundrum (For The Existence) (5:12)
7. The Road (Infinite Resignation) (1:30)
8. Trembling (The Weight Of Golden Crowns) (6:07)

Total time 44:30

Line-up: 
Alvaro Sabin - guitar, vocals
César Rodríguez - keys, flute, vocals
Miguel Ángel Rey - drums, vocals
Fernando Domínguez - bass

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Progstreaming
A Conundrum (For the Existence)
Trembling (The Weight of Golden Crowns)

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SkiZma "360rb"

Country: Finland
Genre(s): Technical Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 31, 2017
Tracklist: 
01. 360rb
02. Skin Deep
03. Electron Generated Observer
04. +E
05. Levity
06. Visual Angle
07. Orbitears
08. Blank
09. Synoptics

Line-up: 
Juho Kilponen: guitar, vocals
Olli Haverinen: guitar
Panu Piirainen: bass
Juuso Tikka: drums

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Kinky Wizzards "Quirky Musings"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 31, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Caffeine Overdose (5:04)
2. Done With This Place (4:22)
3. Chocolate Teapot (4:18)
4. Kinky Joe From Mexico's Burritos (3:06)
5. Door Dancing Penny Collector (5:09)
6. The Snake (4:47)
7. A Poltergeist In Glenmore (6:01)
8. Stomp Foot Syndrome (4:33)
9. Free Spirit (6:06)

Total time 43:26

Line-up: 
Ryan ‘Riffy’ Elliott (Eden Shadow) - Guitars, Moog
Jonathan ‘Jiffy’ Griffiths (Magenta) - Drums
Mathew ‘Mify’ Griffiths - Bass Guitar
    With
Terry Quinney - Tenor Saxophone (5)

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Panther & C."il Giusto Equilibrio"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Symphonic
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 2017 (CD)
Tracklist: 
01 -  … e continua ad essere …..
02 - Giusto equilibrio
03 - Oric
04 - Fuga dal Lago
05 - L’occhio del gabbiano

Line-up: 
Riccardo Mazzarini - guitar
Mauro Serpe - flute, vocals
Alessandro La Corte  - keyboards
Giorgio Boleto  - bass
Folco Fedele -  drums

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Il giusto equilibrio (live)

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Kamya "Soma"

Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Progressive Rock / Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 31, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Moon (7:09)
2. Ties That Bind, Pt. I - Slipping (4:30)
3. Ties That Bind, Pt. II - Interlude (0:42)
4. Ties That Bind, Pt. III - In Your Heart Shall Burn (6:22)
5. Inferno (4:40)
6. Always Old Ways (6:22)
7. Drought (8:01)

Total Time 37:46

Line-up: 
Jakob Carlander - guitar & vocals
Oskar Jansson - guitar & vocals
Julius Willén - drums
Kalle Trenter - bass

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Inferno
In Your Heart Shall Burn
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Mouth "Vortex"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Blu Noise Records
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: March 31, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Vortex (16:36)
   a. - To The Centre
   b. - Turbulence
   c. - Silence
   d. - Vortex
   e. - Floating
2. March Of The Cyclopes [Pt.1 & Pt. 2] (6:01)
3. Parade (4:01)
4. Mountain (3:42)
5. Into The Light (7:06)
6. Soon After ... (3:17)
7. Epilogue (16:02)
- Hidden Track 1: Pedalboattrip
- Hidden Track 2: Floating - End Theme (Sitar Reprise)

Total time: 56:45

Line-up: 
Christian Koller - guitars, bass, vocals, hammond, mellotron, casiotone, piano, clavinett, moog, theremin
Jan Wendler - electric bass (1b), moog (1b)
Nick Mavridis - drums, bass (2/Pt.1)

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Vortex (part 1 - "to the centre")
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Mastodon "Emperor Of Sand"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Reprise Records
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: March 31, 2017
Tracklist: 

1. Sultan's Curse 
2. Show Yourself 
3. Precious Stones
4. Steambreather 
5. Roots Remain 
6. Word to the Wise
7. Ancient Kingdom 
8. Clandestiny 
9. Andromeda 
10. Scorpion Breath 
11. Jaguar God

Line-up: 
Brann Dailor - Drums and Vocals
Brent Hinds - Guitar and Vocals
Bill Kelliher - Guitar
Troy Sanders - Bass and Vocals

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Sultan's Curse
Show Yourself

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White Willow "Future Hopes"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Symphonic
Label: The Laser's Edge
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 31, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Future Hopes
2. Silver And Gold
3. In Dim Days
4. Where There Was Sea There Is Abyss
5. A Scarred View
6. Animal Magnetism (CD/digital bonus track)
7. Damnation Valley (CD/digital bonus track)

Line-up: 
Jacob Holm-Lupo (The Opium Cartel) - guitars, synthesizers, keyboards, backing vocals
Lars Fredrik Frøislie (Wobbler, Tusmørke) - synthesizers, keyboards
Venke Knutson (The Opium Cartel) - vocals
Mattias Olsson (Änglagård) - drums, percussion, e-bow, sounds & noises
Ketil Vestrum Einarsen  (Jaga Jazzist, Motorpsycho) - wind controller, ute
Ellen Andrea Wang (Pixel, Manu Katché Quartet) - bass
   With
David Krakauer - clarinet (6)
Hedvig Mollestad - guitar
Ole Øvstedal - guitar
Kjersti Løken - trumpet

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Kafod "Pasos"

Country: Chile
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Cada vez
2. Respirar Bajo El Agua
3. Buscando Felicidad
4. Story Of Our Lives
5. Consciente
6. Pasos
7. Ventana
8. Alas
9. Por Ti
10. Toki

Line-up: 
Carlos Cruz - vocals, guitars, bass, loop machines
Paula Demarco - vocals, keyboards
Lucas Carrasco - electric guitars
Esteban Silva - drums, percussion
Juan Salvador Cruz Demarco - drums

Description/Reviews: 

Kafod has two drummers: Esteban Silva, another young musician who recently joined this promising musical project, and Juan Salvador Cruz Demarco, son of Carlos and Paula, who is barely seven years old and has been the band’s drummer since he was only five years old. It is impossible to ignore the exceptional abilities of young Juan Salvador on the drums, His skill has caught the attention of many viewers. Even Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason shared a video of the band playing ‘Another Brick in the Wall‘, which catapulted him into international recognition.

Read the full review by David Hernández at  worldprognation.com (English version by Alfredo Irahetaat)

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Big Hogg "Gargoyles"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Canterbury, Psychedelic, Folk
Label: Bad Elephant Music (BEM038)
Format: vinyl, CD, digital
Release date: March 31, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Solitary Way
2. Vegan Mother’s Day
3. Augogo
4. Laudation
5. Star Of The Show
6. Drunk On A Boat
7. Waiting For Luigi
8. The Beast
9. Gold And Silver
10. Mercy
11. My Banana
12. Devil’s Egg
13. Little Bear

Line-up: 
Justin Lumsden - guitar, vocals, bass guitar (1)
Richard Merchant - trumpet, cornet, tenor horn
Ross McCrae - trombone, Wurlitzer electric piano
Sophie Sexon - flute, vocals
Nick Gaughan - drums and percussion, electric piano, bass guitar and synthesizers (4)
Tom Davis - bass guitar
   With
Lavinia Blackwall - vocals (3, 12)
Sybren Renema - saxophone (12)

Description/Reviews: 

Big Hogg return with their second album, stuffed to the gills with their beguiling blend of rock, blues, brass-fuelled jazz and the ‘rough and smooth’ vocal pairing of Justin Lumsden and Sophie Sexon.

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Offramp "The Rising"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Electronica, Ambient
Format: digital
Release date: March 31, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. The Rising (9:37)
2. Taking A Ride (2:42)
3. Storm Surge (7:03)
4. Sunshower (5:59)
5. The Search (7:50)
6. Blue Light (8:14)
7. New Beginnings (6:39)
8. A Cast Of Shadows (6:06)
9. Floydian Slip (4:12)
10. The Lonely Road (4:38)
11. How Long (5:29)
12. Finding The Way (11:06)

Total Time 79:35

Line-up: 
Christopher Messina

Description/Reviews: 

'The Rising' features twelve new instrumental songs that reflect a range of life experiences captured in the improvisation and composition of the tracks. Along with a mix of straight-forward piano-and-organ-based songs, 'The Rising' includes tracks that feature electronic sonic landscapes reflective of Vangelis with Sade-like rhythms. In its usual eclectic manner, Offramp provides a palette of sounds and music for the listener to enjoy either through dreamy escape or moving down the road of life with a panorama of visuals to witness.

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From The Dust Returned "Homecoming"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Sliptrick Records
Format: digital
Release date: March 30, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Harlequeen (8:09)
2. Homecoming (1:34)
3. Echoes Of Faces (6:10)
4. Glare (5:13)
5. Wipe Away The Rain (8:10)
6. Sleepless (0:54)

Total Time 30:10

Line-up: 
Alex De Angelis - vocals, guitars
Marco Del Bufalo - vocals
Miki Leandro Nini - bass
Danilo Petrelli - keyboards
Cristiano Ruggiero - drums

Description/Reviews: 

Trying to blend the musical personality of each member of the band, the EP showcases the combination of elements such as heavy metal, hard rock, progressive and psychedelic music through the six songs that recall 70’ sounds from dark atmospheres to acoustic melodies.

Read the full review at eatthismetal.blogspot.it

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Arago "The Flying Dutchman"

Country: Austria
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 30, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Leaving (4:47)
2. Crossing (3:45)
3. Through The Storm (3:19)
4. Sunrise (1:20)
5. Brand New Day (3:59)
6. A Sailor’s Song (1:25)
7. A Ship On The Shore (5:51)
8. Primeval (4:38)
9. The Treasure Chest (4:25)
10. Disturbed (3:36)
11. Cursed (7:08)
12. This Something (6:09)
13. Hope (6:14)
14. Decision (3:37)
15. Forever As One (4:52)
16. The Funeral (2:48)
17. Sunset (1:17)
18. Lost And Lonely (4:50)
19. Light Of My Life (3:23)

Total time 77:23

Line-up: 
Wolfgang Köppel - drums
Andreas Senkl - keyboards
Thomas Kleinander - bass
Jürgen Dvoracek - guitar
Jürgen Ebner - vocals
Sandra Kleinander - vocals
Andy B. Barna - vocals

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Through The Storm
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Heylel "Shades of Time"

Country: Portugal
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Interstellar Cloud
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 30, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Lost Childhood (5:25)
2. Shades Of Time (feat. Ky Fifer) (5:28)
3. The Big Runaway (feat. Erik Laan) (9:04)
4. Fallen Angel (5:43)
5. Lost And Found (4:22)
6. You Should Have Known (3:06)
7. Ghosts (4:54)
8. Rollercoaster (feat. Francisca Ribeiro) (5:30)
9. On My Deathbed (feat. Kristoffer Gildenlow) (4:21)
10. Le Dernier Troubadour (2:25)

Total time 50:18

Line-up: 
Ana Batista - Vocals
Narciso Monteiro - Guitars, Keyboard
Ricardo Teixeira - Drums
João Amorim - Bass
Ana Clérigo - Violin
   With
Kristoffer Gildenlow (ex Pain of Salvation) - Vocals (9)
Ky Fifer (Philelmon) - Vocals (2)
Erik Laan (Silhouette)  - Vocals (3)
Francisca Ribeiro (Malaboos) - Vocals (8)

Description/Reviews: 

Shades of Time, is the highly anticipated third studio album from Heylel, an alternative progressive rock band from Porto, Portugal. With a range from classic to hard rock with a bit of symphonic rock tossed in the mix to create a dark atmospheric sound, there is a little something for everyone to enjoy on this latest creation.

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Echoes And Signals "Monodrama"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Instrumental Post Rock, Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: March 30, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Saltwater (5:33)
2. Ocean (6:52)
3. Station Horizon (4:37)
4. Lead Astray (6:49)
5. Farewell Centauri (1:45)
6. Veins (4:15)
7. Magnolia (5:43)
8. Skymap (5:17)
9. To The Lighthouse (9:22)

Total time 50:13

Line-up: 
Fedor Kivokurtsev - Guitar
Alexey Zaytsev - Bass
Yaroslav Egorov - Drums
   With
Marjana Semkina (Iamthemorning) - Vocals (4)

Description/Reviews: 

Displaying conceptual and progressive elements, Monodrama is a singular work, more visceral and compelling than usual post rock albums. With somewhat “aggressive”, outstanding and audacious harmonies, unlike many other albums in the genre, there is literally no room for monotony here. Echoes and Signals’ melodies are captivatingly vibrating, dynamic, inclusive, interactive and incisive. One of the most fascinating post rock albums that I have heard, their style is simply fantastic, extraordinary and unbelievable. A genuine and formidable work, that really introduces a marvelous level of artistic grace and poetic innovations into the genre. 

Read the full review at merchantsofair.com

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Möbius Strip "Möbius Strip"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: Musea Paralèlle (MP 3330)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 29, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Bloo (9:41)
2. Déjà Vu (8:28)
3. First Impressions (7:52)
4. Call It A Day (2:46)
5. Andalucía(8:34)
6. Möbius Strip (8:49)

Total time 46:10

Line-up: 
Lorenzo Cellupica - Keyboards
Nico Fabrizi - Saxophone, Flute
Eros Capoccitti - Bass
Davide Rufo - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

A young Italian Progressive jazz-rock band finds its inspiration in the object of the same name: since a Möbius strip geometrically connects the two sides of the same surface by starting a path on one of them, this also became the purpose of the musicians to combine different styles and influences. Here are five long tracks full of freshness and inventivity, completed by the short composition "Call It A Day".

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Nick Prol & the Proletarians "Loon Attic"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Avant Prog, Art Rock, Pop
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 28, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Main Titles (0:59)
2. Welcome (0:27)
3. Carvings On The Wall (4:08)
4. 8th Wonder (2:02)
5. Treacle (2:27)
6. Shiny And Round (2:12)
7. Box Of Flies (3:04)
8. Marry Annette (1:58)
9. Thumbs (3:02)
10. Madame Spider (3:14)
11. Reprise (0:49)
12. Bubble And Squeak (2:28)
13. A Myriad (1:37)
14. Nameless (1:42)
15. Under The Bed (0:18)
16. Magazine Reader (3:09)
17. Cheesecake (1:32)
18. Another Groan (1:39)
19. Wastebin (2:07)
20. It Bodes Well (2:47)
21. Saturnine Showers (1:49)
22. Beekeeper's Suit (4:10)
23. O Merry Land (2:17)

Total time 49:57

Line-up: 
Nick Prol - Vocals, Guitar, Misc. Cacophonous Calamity
Ben Spees - Bass, Misc. Aural Alchemy
Connor Reilly - Drums
Dave Newhouse - Woodwinds
   With
Evyenia Karapolous - Lead Vocals (2), Backing Vocals (3, 14)
Charlie Cawood - Bass, Guitar (3)
Moe Staiano - Glockenspiel, Marimba (3), Percussion(5)
Dave Willey - Accordion, Bass, "Cruddy Mandolin" (4)
Paul Sears - Drums (4), Percussion(10)
Bob Drake - Lead Vocals, Voice of "Filligrew"(7)
Mohadev - Guitar Solo (4, 7)
Thymme Jones - Drums, Trumpet, Moog (6)
Oliver Grant Campbell - Bass  (6), Screams (20)
Michael Dawson - Flute (8)
Carla Diratz - Lead Vocals (10)
Matt Lebofsky - Keyboard (15), Mellotron & Piano (17)
Dominique D'Avanzo - Backing Vocals, Bass Clarinet (13)
Emanuele Sterbini - Backing Vocals (13)
Nathan James - Backing Vocals (3)
Gavin Wallace-Ailsworth - Drums (18)
Anthony Garone - Guitar Solo (18)
Rob Crow - Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar (22)
R Stevie Moore - Acoustic Guitar (Chords by Tim Burgess), Humming, Sad Trumpet, Harpsichord, Scatting (22)

Description/Reviews: 

Blending the catchy hooks of pop with the experimental sounds of avant-prog and "RIO", Nick Prol & The Proletarians serve to you their own psychedelic bowl of art rock soup they call "Pop in Opposition".

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Frutería Toñi "Tengo Mis Días Buenos"

Country: Spain
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 12, 2017 (CD), May 17, 2017 (digital)
Tracklist: 
1. Tengo Mis Días Buenos (7:16)
2. La Tostá (7:41)
3. Hablar Con las Estuas (6:29)
4. La Órbita de Venus (5:06)
5. Más de Black (7:31)
6. El Monstruo de la Pantalla Final (5:35)
7. Maullidos de Gigante (2:19)
8. FTV - 1 Elevado a Ñ (15:52)

Total time 57:49

Line-up: 
Salva Marina: Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Guitar
Jesus Sanchez: Clarinet, Tenor Sax, Backing Vocals
Curro Garcia: Bass, Guitar, Backing Vocals
Yeimi De Prado: Drums
Victor Rodríguez: Violin
   With
Manolo Toro: Percussion
Carlos Moratalla: Backing Vocals
Eva Montiel: Backing Vocals, Heel-Clicking
Miguel Olmedo Aparicio: Guitar
Ramon Aranda Quintana: Guitar
Nicholas Harcourt-Smith: Oboe

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Korekyojinn Acoustic "Kaleidoscope"

Country: Japan
Genre(s): Instrumental Acoustic Avant Prog
Label: Magaibutsu (MGC−53)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 27, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Four Holes In The Sky (4:48)
2. Kaleidoscope (7:35)
3. Arabesque (5:10)
4. Lebanon (7:16)
5. Careless Heart (6:04)
6. Island Man (7:54)
7. Watershed (9:27)
8. Poet And Peasant (7:28)
9. Quicksilver (5:44)
10. Swan Dive (8:07)

Total time 69:33

Line-up: 
Yoshida Tatsuya : percussion
Kido Natsuki : acoustic guitar
Nasuno Mitsuru : fretless bass
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Miyamoto Rei : violin (2,4,6,8,10)

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The Ryszard Kramarski Project "Music inspired by The Little Prince"

Country: Poland
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Lynx Music (LM 126 CD)
Format: CD
Release date: March 27, 2017
Tracklist: 
    somewhere in the universe
1. Android B-612 (4:15)
2. The Little Prince (5:09)
3. The Rose With Four Thorns (6:22)
4. Galaxy Freaks (6:34)
    somewhere on the earth
5. Snake From The Desert (4:57)
6. Fox's Secret (6:56)
7. In The Garden (4:02)
8. Five Hundred Million Little Bells (7:44)

Total time 45:59

Line-up: 
Ryszard Kramarski (Millenium) - keyboards, acoustic guitars.
Marcin Kruczek (Moonrise, Nemesis, Hipgnosis) - guitars
Grzegorz Fieber (Loonypark, Padre) - drums, percussion
Paweł Pyzik (Another Pink Floyd) - bass
Karolina Leszko - vocals

Description/Reviews: 

The album will be a typical, classical, progressive, melodic concept album inspired by the wonderful book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery  - "The Little Prince" You will not hear on this album crazy fast tracks, complicated broken time signatures and progmetal guitar riffs. You'll hear the melodious vocals, vocalizations and guitar solos, keyboards and orchestral movie atmosphere. This music should appeal to fans of artists like Camel, The Alan Parsons Project, Pink Floyd and Marillion.

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Lorenzo Venza "Liquid Sky"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Instrumental Fusion
Format: digital
Release date: March 27, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. In (1:15)
2. Seven Words (7:08)
3. Vignano (5:25)
4. Venza's Time (6:19)
5. The Door And The River (6:44)
6. Lightfalls (7:20)
7. Lucid Bastard (5:18)
8. After Silence (5:49)
9. Liquid Sky (6:29)
10. Out (2:05)

Total time 53:52
Line-up: 
Lorenzo Venza - Guitars
Alessandro Patti - Bass
Valerio Lucantoni - Drums
   With
Umberto Fiorentino
Brett Garsed

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Giant Step "Life's Not The Same"

Country: Indonesia
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Retro Prog
Label: Rockpod Records, Aural Records (USA)
Format: CD, cassette, vinyl
Release date: March 26, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Lady with a knife
2. Humble Sorrow Man
3. Fly Away
4. Life's not the same
5. Thoughts
6. Alam Tersiksa
7. Evil War

Line-up: 
Benny Soebardja - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Johannes Jordan - Guitar, Flute, Back Vocals
Audi Adhikara - Bass
Debby Nasution - Keyboard, Hammond
Rhama Nalendra - Drums

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Life's not the same

Kalisantrope "Brinicle"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 25, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Dawn On Hiroshima Skies (4:30)
2. Placebo Effect (6:42)
3. Canis Majoris (4:17)
4. Notturno (5:23)
5. Morgendämmerung (4:07)
6. Cordyceps (4:51)
7. Seeking Harmony (4:37)
8. Genisteae (8:50)

Total time 43:17

Line-up: 
Noemi Bolis - Bass guitar
Alex Carsetti - Drums
Davide Freguglia - Keyboards

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Duncan MacKay & Georg Voros "The Bletchley Park Project"

Country: UK/South Africa
Genre(s): Symphonic
Label: Belle Antique (BELLE 172704)
Format: CD
Release date: March 25, 2017
Tracklist:
1. Bletchley Park (8:58)
2. Syndactyly (4:06)
3. Let Go (4:55)
4. Finding The One (6:30)
5. The One With The Child In Her Eyes (4:44)
6. City Of Sleep (6:14)
7. Fanfare For An Uncommon Man (6:43)

Total Time 42:10

Line-up: 
Duncan Mackay - Hammond B3, Roland JD-XA and FP80
Georg Voros - Mapex Drums, Sabian cymbals and Vatar sticks
   With
Jim Cregan - Guitar solo

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For Johann

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The Universe By Ear "The Universe By Ear"

Country: Switzerland
Genre(s): Psychedelic 
Label: Czar of Crickets Productions
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 24, 2017 (CD, digital), April 7, 2017 (vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. Seven Pounds (8:23)
2. Repeat Until Muscle Failure (2:57)
3. Slam Your Head Against The Wall (Carefully) (6:03)
4. Dead End Town (5:39)
5. Idaho (5:27)
6. Make It Look Like An Accident (2:53)
7. High On The Hynek Scale (4:54)
8. Ocean/Clouds/Prism (9:54)
9. Dead Again (1:26)

Total Time 47:36

Line-up: 
Beni Bürgin
Pascal Grünenfelder
Stef Strittmatter

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Ape Shifter "Ape Shifter"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Stoner
Label: Brainstorm Records (BS0401639)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Uhluhtc (3:33)
2. Revolution Summer (3:10)
3. Desert Rock (3:27)
4. Dopamatic (4:27)
5. Hot Rod (2:34)
6. Verdammt (3:54)
7. Dead Tuna Boogie (2:58)
8. Ratchet Attack (5:08)
9. Sakrotani (3:13)
10. Brain-O-Mat (3:47)
11. Superhero Helden (2:30)

Total time 38:41

Line-up: 
Jeff Aug: guitar
Florian Walter: bass
Kurty Münch: drums

Description/Reviews: 

Hard hitting instrumental progressive rock that wears all the influences of the last 40 years of rock hell raising proudly on it's sleeve. Merrily taking you from hell to heaven, this power trio just plain isn't here to screw around. A crew of proven chopmeisters, this is where the real underground begins. Simply killer stuff. (Midwest Record)

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Simone Sessa "See the Zen Key"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Experimental, Avant Prog
Label: Zeit Interference / Moving Records (ZEIT CD 007)
Format: CD
Release date: March 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1) Mulholland Empire
2) Bill Kill
3) The Hater
4) Escape from Michael Myers
5) Brazil
6) Even small started dwarfs
7) Little wednesday
8) Video drome

Line-up: 
Simone Sessa - electric guitars, effects, loops

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Progstreaming
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Struttura & Forma "One of Us"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Electromantic Music ‎(EMC 1703)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Worms (4:26)
2. Symphony (6:14)
3. Lucky Man (Cover Version) (5:52)
4. Kepler (4:18)
5. One Of Us (4:09)
6. Kyoko’S Groove (2:01)
7. Indios Dream (4:55)
8. Fasting Soul (3:51)
9. Amsterdam (5:45)
10. Acoustic Waves (3:07)
11. Il Digiuno Dell'anima (3:59)

Total time 48:37

Line-up: 
Marco Porritiello - Drums
Stefano Gatti - Electric Bass
Giacomo Caiolo - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
Franco Frassinetti - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Claudio Sisto - Lead Vocals
    With
Beppe Crovella (Arti & Mestieri) - Mellotron

Description/Reviews: 

Inside “One of Us” there is their original sound of the 70’s, with some new tracks, perfectly matching with the style of the band. Among these tracks there is an homage to Greg Lake - a cover of the classic “Lucky Man”, here in an “extended” version with new parts, a new structure, arranged and produced by Beppe Crovella and Franco Frassinetti.  The CD begins with “Vintage Worms”, the opening of the original track “Vermi”, recorded in the 1972, as a reminder of their own roots. In the sound of “Struttura & Forma” is clear the presence of 70’s’ free outside the box creative research, with a strong fresh personality of who wants to bring on his creative dimension to our days. (Ma.Ra.Cash Records)

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Stream

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Soft Power "In A Brown Study"

Country: Finland
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Fusion 
Label: Huuru Osasto Records
Format: digital, vinyl
Release date: March 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Aavaa # 1/ MF (5:26)
2. Mitä On Kätketty Meiltä (3:49)
3. Ääntä Wallista (4:25)
4. Kulma Klubi (5:22)
5. Sisämetsä (6:06)
6. All In All (7:18)
7. Afterglow (6:17)
8. Aavaa # 2 (2:59)

Total Time 41:42

Line-up: 
Mikael Jurmu - guitar, flute, buzuki, kantele
Staffan Södergård - drums
Otto Kyrklund - guitar, bass
Lauri Vertanen - saxophone
Sampo Seppänen - acoustic guitar, synth
Iiro Tulkki - bass
Max Salonen - vocals
    With:
Jaire Pätäri - special effects
Seidi Guzejev - violin
Ilkka Hautala - spoken word
Minna Lampioja - backing vocals
Ludwig Allen - trumpet
Etienne Follen - trombone

Description/Reviews: 

Soft Power's music could related psychedelia that found its origins in late-'60s and early '70s freakouts, mind-melts and heavy swaggering psych by the likes of Pärson Sound, Fläsket Brinner but includes also melodic grooves like Wigwam, Bo Hanson, Ragnarök and Can.

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The Vicious Head Society "Abject Tomorrow"

Country: Ireland
Genre(s): Technical Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. The Sycophants (8:37)
2. Abject Tomorrrow (8:10)
3. Downfall (8:31)
4. Agenda (I) Cryptograms (II) A Digital Self (10:51)
5. The 11th Hour (8:24)
6. Psychedelic Torture Trip (3:55)
7. Gods Of The New Age (6:26)
8. Analogue Spectre (I) Reflection (II) Thought Data Stream (III) The Passing (IV) Amaranthine (V) Ghost In The Machine (VI) Love (18:40)

Total Time 73:34

Line-up: 
Graham Keane -  guitars, bass, keyboards
   With
Derek Sherinan (Dream Theater, Planet X) - keyboards (6)
Pat Byrne - bass
Kevin Talley - drums
Klemen Markel - drums
Wilmer Waarbroek (Ayreon) - vocals
Nathan Pickering - vocals (2)

Description/Reviews: 

As with most progressive records Abject Tomorrow is no different in the sense that it is a concept album. The story is based in a dystopian future in which all humans are required to have emotion inhibiting implants implanted from birth. One man’s implant fails and it chronicles his journey of discovery and reconnection with his humanity. Musically, it draws from a huge range of influences; from classic prog acts that influenced Keane growing up, such as Yes, Genesis, ELP and Rush to metal acts such as Death, Meshuggah and Megadeth.

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Psychedelic Torture Trip

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Steve Hackett "The Night Siren"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: InsideOut
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: March 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Behind the Smoke
2. Martian Sea
3. Fifty Miles from the North Pole
4. El Niño
5. Other Side of the Wall
6. Anything but Love
7. Inca Terra
8. In Another Life
9. In the Skeleton Gallery
10. West to East
11. The Gift

Line-up: 
Steve Hackett (Genesis): guitars, vocals
    With:
Roger King: keyboards & programming
Nad Sylvan: vocals (7)
Rob Townsend: wind instruments
Amanda Lehmann: vocals
Gary O'Toole: drums
Benedict Fenner: additional keyboards & programming
    Also featured:
Kobi: vocals
Mira: vocals
Nick D'Virgilio: drums
Malik Mansurov: Tar
Gulli Breim: drums & percussion
Christine Townsend: violin & viola
Dick Driver: double bass
Troy Donockley: Celtic Uilleann
Leslie Bennett: keyboards (11)

Description/Reviews: 

The Night Siren showcases Steve's incredible guitar playing as strongly as ever, along with regular Hackett collaborators and also musicians from several different countries who Steve invited to join him in celebrating multicultural diversity and unity. This includes singers from Israel and Palestine, who both actively campaign to bring Jewish and Arabic people together. There are also instrumentals from the USA and Iraq and a multiplicity of sounds, including the exotic strains of Indian sitar and Middle Eastern tar and oud, the ethnic beauty of the Peruvian charango and the haunting Celtic Uilleann pipes.

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In The Skeleton Gallery
Behind The Smoke

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Golden Caves "Collision"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: FREIA Music ( THOR37)
Format: CD
Release date: March 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Child Of Mine (4:31)
2. Doctor’s Prescription (4:43)
3. Mother (5:37)
4. Bring Me To The Water (5:02)
5. Maze (4:33)
6. Paradox (4:42)
7. My Demon’s Hunt (4:56)
8. Keep Running (5:14)
9. When The Rain Falls (5:19)

Total time 44:37

Line-up: 
Alex Ouwehand: guitar
Romy Ouwerkerk: vocals
Elise Polman: keyboards
Erik Stein: drums
Tim Wensink: bass

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Keep Running

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sleepmakeswaves "Made Of Breath Only"

Country: Australia
Genre(s): Instrumental Post Rock
Label: Bird’s Robe Records
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: March 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
01. Our Days Were Polar
02. Worlds Away
03. To Light And / Then Return
04. Tundra
05. The Edge Of Everything
06. Made Of Breath Only
07. Into The Arms Of Ghosts
08. Midnight Sun
09. Glacial
10. Hailstones

Line-up: 
Alex Wilson - bass, keys, electronics
Otto Wicks-Green - guitar, vocals
Daniel Oreskovic - guitar
Tim Adderley - drums

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Miserium "Ascension"

Country: Hungary
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Nail Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Origin (9:49)
2. Fear (4:24)
3. A Day To Remember (4:51)
4. Beyond The Walls (5:51)
5. The Rising (7:52)
6. Incomprehensible Act (10:17)
7. Cast To Waves (3:33)
8. A Silent Prayer (6:14)
9. Ascension (2:19)

Total Time 55:10

Line-up: 
Almos Ivanyi - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
Szabolcs Tari - Vocals, Guitars
Zsolt Renge - Bass
Peter Toth - Drums

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Pat Mastelotto & Markus Reuter "Face"

Country: Germany, USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Tempus Fugit ‎(TF VÖ 41)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Face - 35:11

Line-up: 
Markus Reuter (Stick Men, Crimson ProjeKct, Tuner): Touch Guitars, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitars, Melodica, Grand Piano, Banjo, Bulbul Tarang, Omnichord, Synthesizer
Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson, Stick Men, Mr. Mister): Acoustic and Electronic Drums and Percussives
   With
Fabio Trentini: Electric Guitars, Guitar Synth, Fretless Bass
Tim Motzer: Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Ukulele
Mark Williams: Mandocello, Fretless Bass, Cello, Voice
Monica Champion: Clarinet, Saxophone, Voice
Steven Wilson: Vocal Chords
Annette Franzen: Violin
Adrian Benavides: Electric Guitar
Michael Mordecai: Trombone
Marcus Graf: Trumpet
Chrysta Bell: Voice
Brad Houser: Bass Clarinet
Luca Calabrese: Flügelhorn
Michael Bernier: Bowed Stick
Danny Wilde: Voice
Yoshi Hampl: Voice
Renée Stieger: Voice

Description/Reviews: 

With echoes of Mike Oldfield’s melodicism, Crimsonesque complexities, churning bass that wouldn’t be out of place in classic-era Yes and even languid Floyd-like soloing, the link to a progressive rock vocabulary is unmistakable.
Incorporating several different moods and personas during its intricately orchestrated duration, FACE is designed as a harmonic palindrome, looking both forward and backward. Ending as it begins with the ambient sound of an outdoors field recording, the listener is taken on a dramatic expedition in structure, rhythm, melody and harmony and then returned to the point of their departure.
Consisting of 385 bars of music, FACE is variously filled with tumbling percussives;radiant vocal harmonies; words intoned as if in some secret ritual; shimmering fuzzed guitars; waspish flights of stinging brass darting across fusillades of thunderous drums; surging keyboards whose lines ripple in spirals and mesh like gears into the rhythm tracks.
In the same way that an optical illusion challenges our perception, there are times when what appeared initially as intimate acoustic spaces suddenly empties out into arena-sized ambience, altering our impression of melody and aural space. Playful, exotic and diverse, it’s a piece that despite its relative brevity is as ambitious as it is capacious.

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