Squintaloo "Uber Bord!"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Label: Hänsel & Gretel (M.I.G. Music)
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: June 30, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Animal Privateer (9:50)
2. Nigeraurak's Dream (6:54)
3. Kara Buran (8:02)
4. Zirrostratus (The Fog Wonders) (7:55)
5. Elmsfeuer (2:03)
6. Uber Bord (8:23)
7. 3 Kraken (3:33)
8. Fakir Don Pipone (9:59)
9. Peg Leg Copperjaws (8:24)

Total Time 65:03

Line-up: 
Enrico Antico - Guitars
Heinrich Schiffers - Guitars
Klemens Klarhorst - Bass
Daniel Eichholz - Drums


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Animal Privateer
Kara Buran
Über Bord

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In The Presence Of Wolves "Of Two Minds, Stages 1-2 - The Ape And The Cage"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Alternative Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 30, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. As We Speak, Pt. 1 (3:40)
2. The One Who Fell To Earth (4:46)
3. White Noise (6:43)
4. The Ape And The Cage (9:43)
5. M.U.A. (Manipulation Under Anesthesia) (7:56)

Total Time 32:48

Line-up: 
Chris Capitanio - Guitars, Vocals
Jim Ellis - Guitars
Vini Stamato - Bass, Vocals
Mason Ingling - Drums, Vocals

Description/Reviews: 

IN THE PRESENCE OF WOLVES further improves upon their addictive auditory blend with their upcoming EP, Of Two Minds, Stages 1-2: The Ape and The Cage, a conceptual offering all its own. The EP’s auditory assault reaches far beyond the confines of ITPOW’s experimental predecessors—plainly inspired by the piercing vocal attacks, tasteful theatricality and frantic musical kaleidoscopes pioneered by artists like Rush, Coheed and Cambria, Queen, The Mars Volta and Between The Buried And Me—leaving the listener with something overtly inspired yet fresh and uncharted.
...Of Two Minds, Stages 1-2: The Ape and The Cage stretches the musical confines of cognitive dissonance personified—chaotic, disturbed, enlightened and energized. Kicking off with a stripped-down, dramatic, retro-inspired introduction track, Of Two Minds… wastes no time soaring into an experimental rock adventure—shifting gracefully from dynamic, emotional passages to borderline aggressive turbulence.

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Jet Black Sea "Absorbtion Lines"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Ambient
Label: FREIA Music (THOR40)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 30, 2017
Tracklist: 

1. Wrong Turn
2. The Sixth Wheel
3. Jumping To A Conclusion (part 1)
4. Absorption Lines
5. Cathedral
6. Hours Slip Into Days
7. 133 Hours

Line-up: 
Adrian Jones (Nine Stones Close)
Michel Simons
    With
Pieter van Hoorn (Knight Area, Nine Stones Close)
Brendan Eyre (Riversea, Nine Stones Close)
Adrian 'Aio' O'Shaughnessy (Nine Stones Close)
Paul van Zeeland
Tony Patterson (ReGenesis)

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Trailer

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Tuesday The Sky "Drift"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Ambient, Progressive Rock
Label: Inside Out Music
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: June 30, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Today The Sky (4:15)
2. Kite (5:10)
3. Vortex Street (4:46)
4. It Comes In Waves (4:30)
5. Dyatlov Pass (7:29)
6. Far And Away (4:19)
7. Westerlies (5:28)
8. Roger, Gordo (4:06)
9. The Rowing Endeth (4:31)
10. Drift (4:09)

Total Time 48:43

Line-up: 
Jim Matheos (Fates Warning, OSI) - guitar, bass
  With
Lloyd Hanney (God Is An Astronaut) - drums
Kevin Moore (Dream Theater, OSI) - keys (4, 10)
Anna-Lynne Williams (Trespassers William, Lotte Kestner) - ethereal vocals (3, 7)

Description/Reviews: 

The album can then be best described as atmospheric, ambient, prog-tinged rock, with only occasional moments of metal coming through. The music and style of composition is very similar to the quieter songs of his OSI project.

Read the full review by Jonathon Rose at metalwani.com

Media/Samples 
deezer
Today The Sky   

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Altair "Descending: A Devilish Comedy"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Power Metal
Label: Sleaszy Rider Records (SR-0212)
Format: CD, digital 
Release date: June 30, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Descending (1:05)
2. Path Of Worms (4:05)
3. Limbo (4:18)
4. Seven (6:31)
5. Godless (4:00)
6. Seed Of Violence (4:28)
7. Flame Of Knowledge (5:46)
8. Frozen Graves (4:40)
9. A Lesson Before Ascending (6:11)

Total Time 41:04

Line-up: 
Simone Mala – Vocals
Gianmarco Bambini – Guitars
Albert Marshall – Guitars
Luca Scalabrin – Bass, Vocals
Enrico Datta – Keyboards
Simone Caparrucci – Drums

Description/Reviews: 

... this is definitely a much heavier, more guitar-driven album, and while there are moments where the keyboards stand out, such as on the chorus of “Flame of Knowledge”, it’s definitely the guitars that lead the way most of the time. While the power metal elements from their debut are fully intact and there’s certainly plenty of speedy sections throughout, this time around the band has gone for a much more progressive sound, in the vein of a band like Symphony X, especially with how some of the lead riffs and solos sound. 

Read the full review by  Travis Green at myglobalmind.com

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Seed of Violence

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Amplifier "Trippin' With Dr. Faustus"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: June 30, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Rainbow Machine
2. Freakzone
3. Kosmos (Grooves Of Triumph)
4. The Commotion (Big Time Party Maker)
5. Big Daddy
6. Horse
7. Anubis
8. Supernova
9. Silvio
10. Old Blue Eyes

Line-up: 
Sel Balamir - Vocals, Guitar
Steve Durose - Vocals, Guitar
Alex Redhead - Bass, Magnum
Matt Brobin - Drums, Vibes

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Horse

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The Soundbyte "Solitary IV"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Ambient Progressive Post Rock/Metal
Label: Temple Of Torturous
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: June 30, 2017 (CD, digital), Autumn 2017 (vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. Fanfare (4:33)
2. Descending (5:30)
3. North (4:01)
4. Lamentations (7:08)
5. Floating (7:04)
6. Estranged (3:26)
7. Solitary (5:51)

Total Time 37:33

Line-up: 
Trond Engum (The 3rd and The Mortal) - guitars, electronics
Rune Hoemsnes (The 3rd and The Mortal) - drums
   With
Carl Haakon Waadeland - percussion (4)
Daniel Buner Formo - organ (4)

Kirsti Huke - vocals (6)
Tone Åse - vocals (2, 3, 5, 7), electronics (2)
Sturla Hauge Nilsen - trumpet (1)
Sigurd Saue - trombone (1)
Amund Ulvestad - cello (1)

Description/Reviews: 

If you told me that someone had tried to combine metal, progressive rock, post-rock, dark folk, ambient, and electroacoustics all with symphonic and avant-garde stylings, I would have been interested.

Read the full review by at avantmusicnews.com

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KingBathmat "Dark Days"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Stereohead Records
Format: digital
Release date: June 30, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Dark Days (3:12)
2. 'Tis Pity She's A Whore (5:14)
3. Magnet To Pain (6:50)
4. Feathers (8:53)
5. Nihilist (7:47)

Total Time 31:56
 
Line-up: 
John Bassett - instruments, vocals
Bernie Smirnoff - drums

Media/Samples 
Preview
Magnet To Pain

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Plenilunio "Vivo Controvento"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 30, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Via Da Te (4:02)
2. Vivo Controvento (3:45)
3. Coppie Simili (4:25)
4. L'appuntamento (4:36)
5. Senza Fiato (4:48)
6. Mille Km Da Te (4:07)
7. La Scelta (4:03)
8. Genesi (3:59)
9. Non Ti Aspettavo (4:46)
10. Un Natale Fa (4:42)
11. E Nuvole Cancellano Il Sole (2:14)
12. Io (2:34)

Total Time 48:01

Line-up: 
Roberto Maggiotto: vocals, drums
Valter Camparo: keyboards
Davide Pronzato: electric and acoustic guitars, 12-string guitar
Roberto Camparo: bass

Media/Samples 
4 tracks

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Electric Orange Peel "Seed"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Jamband, Funk, Fusion, Psychedelic
Format: digital
Release date: June 30, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Pocket Knife (6:17)
2. The Death Of Koschei The Deathless (11:33)
3. Crimson Crowns (4:18)
4. Slide (6:16)
5. Intergalactic Acrobatics (5:13)
6. Inside Your Head (5:28)
7. Dr. Shocker (4:10)
8. Grow A Brain (5:12)
9. Revelations (8:52)
10. Great Expanse (4:31)
11. Psychedelic Easter Egg (3:33)
12. Sir Heady Nelson And The Four Seasons (8:25)

Total Time 73:48

Line-up: 
Austin Crumrine- Lead Guitar, Vocals
Nate Labine- Bass Guitar, Vocals
Marko Manastyrskyj- Keys, Vocals
Dylan Aughe- Drums, Vocals

Description/Reviews: 

Electric Orange Peel freely creates elaborate, completely spontaneous suites of music every set, giving the audience a unique and intimate experience based on the risk-taking of live thematic improv.
 Sworn enemies of musical sameness and hell bent on getting outside the box, EOP draws on an ever-growing catalog of original tunes that is quickly establishing them as a Midwestern progressive rock juggernaut. Replete with musical chops, impeccable ears, and amusing facial expressions, Electric Orange Peel is on a mission to show a new way to jam.

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Transpanda "Goats Against Humanity"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: June 28, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Thunder Panda (6:53)
2. Undercover Alien Lover (7:31)
3. Ew, It's Everywhere (9:09)
4. Danger Renegade Snake (7:01)

Total Time 30:34

Line-up: 
Michel Bonath - Guitar
Ole Fischer - Drums
Ludwig Kitschke - Guitar
Sebastian Reinhold - Bass Guitar

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Euphoria Station "One Heart"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 28, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Golden Threads (5:33)
2. Once And Forever (4:22)
3. Waiting For The Moon (4:36)
4. One Heart (7:03)
5. Dream With Me (3:54)
6. Unforgiving (5:09)
7. Hideaway (4:38)
8. Not Today (3:57)
9. Small Town (6:08)

Total Time 45:20

Line-up: 
Saskia Binder - vocals
Hoyt Binder - guitars
Chris Quirarte - drums
Paulo Gustavo - bass
Mike Farrell - keyboards
Bobby Albright - drums/ percussion
Ronald Van Deurzen - keyboards
Trevor Lloyd - violin

Description/Reviews: 

Euphoria Station was formed by vocalist/ lyricist Saskia Binder and guitarist/songwriter Hoyt Binder who share a passion for progressive music with commercial hooks. Saskia brings a powerhouse voice that recalls a time when radio was king while still sounding fresh. Hoyt equally brings a hard rock edge that nods to progressive guitar heroes of yesteryear while maintaining a modern feel.
Their debut album One Heart contains a sound written boldly around the voice of Saskia whose soaring melodies are at the center of each song. With a musical mix of everything under the sun from pop, rock, jazz and classical, Saskia's voice helps to ground the songs with lyrics about past experiences, the beauty and pain of love and an insatiable passion for life.
Whether you like catchy choruses or exciting instrumentals, One Heart will captivate you with heart, dreams and euphoria as you travel through passages, roads and stations.

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Andrea Gonzalez "Progresivo Instrumental"

Country: Argentina
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 27, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Bajo Las Aguas (2:44)
2. Otoño (4:05)
3. Ritual (3:35)
4. Septimo Misterio (3:32)
5. Sombras (3:03)
6. Vientos (5:06)
7. Dulces Sueños (3:42)
8. El Balcon De Benita (3:04)
9. Changes (4:23)

Total Time 33:14

Line-up: 
Aandrea González - keyboards
Juan Cuneo - guitars
Raúl “Machy Madco” Lococo - bass
Emmanuel Castañeira - drums
   With
Tomás Price - vocals (9)
Marcelo Vaccaro - bass (9)
Andrea Álvarez - drums(9)

Media/Samples 
Stream
Deezer

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Glasswing "Univariate"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 27, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. The Villanelle (Intro) (3:58)
2. Subject To Change (11:33)
3. Amygdala (20:19)
4. Astrophe (6:16)
5. Coruscate (4:33)
6. Abstract Thoughts (6:33)
7. Voltas (8:19)
8. Samas (15:54)

Total Time 77:25

Line-up: 
Kyle Myers - Vocals, Synthesizers
Aidan Sloppy - Guitars
Nick Vollbrecht - Guitars
Chris Fohner - Bass
Ryan Javens - Drums, Percussion

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Drowning Steps "The Comfort of an Endless Pain"

Country: Brazil
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: June 27, 2017 
Tracklist: 
1. Cold Dew Drips (3:23)
2. Even If... (9:04)
3. A Perfect Day To Cry (6:20)
4. Morning Prelude (1:40)
5. A Perfect Day To Cry, Pt. II (7:29)
6. The Darkest Morning (10:13)
7. The Wonderful Life We Never Had (3:17)

Total Time 41:26

Line-up: 
Caio Claro: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Sound Manipulation
   With
Israel Lopes: Flute (2)
Fabricio Mendonça: Drums, Percussion, Shaker
Leonardo Gonçalves: Bass Guitar
Ricardo Fogo: Bass Guitar (2)
Tiago Pierucci: Keyboards, Effects, Organ, Piano, Electric Piano, Sound Manipulation
Vinicius Batista: Electric Guitar

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Drowning Steps "The Comfort of an Endless Pain"

Country: Brazil
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: June 27, 2017 
Tracklist: 
1. Cold Dew Drips (3:23)
2. Even If... (9:04)
3. A Perfect Day To Cry (6:20)
4. Morning Prelude (1:40)
5. A Perfect Day To Cry, Pt. II (7:29)
6. The Darkest Morning (10:13)
7. The Wonderful Life We Never Had (3:17)

Total Time 41:26

Line-up: 
Caio Claro: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Sound Manipulation
   With
Israel Lopes: Flute (2)
Fabricio Mendonça: Drums, Percussion, Shaker
Leonardo Gonçalves: Bass Guitar
Ricardo Fogo: Bass Guitar (2)
Tiago Pierucci: Keyboards, Effects, Organ, Piano, Electric Piano, Sound Manipulation
Vinicius Batista: Electric Guitar

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Five-Storey Ensemble "Night en Face"

Country: Belarus
Genre(s): Avant Prog, Classical, Chamber
Label:  AltrOck (ALT053)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 27, 2017
Tracklist: 

1. Night Across The Street (4:43)
2. The Respectable Booksellers (4:39)
3. Makaò (2:10)
4. Postmonition (3:33)
5. Rearrive (5:57)
6. The Road Away From... (6:12)
7. Woods Are Worried From Boredom (6:31)
8. Jupiter (5:06)

Total Time 38:51

Line-up: 
Vitaly Appow (Rational Diet) — bassoon, soprano sax, bass guitar
Olga Podgaiskaya (Rational Diet) — piano
Olga Polakova — flute
Anastasiya Mosse — violin
Ilona Ies’ — cello
Vyacheslav Plesko — doublebass
Nikolay Siamitka (Rational Diet) — percussion (4)
Aliona Sukliyan — oboe (5)
Vladimir Pashkevich — clarinet (7)
Andrey Verishka — marimba, vibraphone (1,2,6,7)
Ekaterina Maretskaya — piano (3)

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Five-Storey Ensemble "Night en Face"

Country: Belarus
Genre(s): Avant Prog, Classical, Chamber
Label:  AltrOck (ALT053)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 27, 2017
Tracklist: 

1. Night Across The Street (4:43)
2. The Respectable Booksellers (4:39)
3. Makaò (2:10)
4. Postmonition (3:33)
5. Rearrive (5:57)
6. The Road Away From... (6:12)
7. Woods Are Worried From Boredom (6:31)
8. Jupiter (5:06)

Total Time 38:51

Line-up: 
Vitaly Appow (Rational Diet) — bassoon, soprano sax, bass guitar
Olga Podgaiskaya (Rational Diet) — piano
Olga Polakova — flute
Anastasiya Mosse — violin
Ilona Ies’ — cello
Vyacheslav Plesko — doublebass
Nikolay Siamitka (Rational Diet) — percussion (4)
Aliona Sukliyan — oboe (5)
Vladimir Pashkevich — clarinet (7)
Andrey Verishka — marimba, vibraphone (1,2,6,7)
Ekaterina Maretskaya — piano (3)

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Machines Of Man "Dreamstates"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 27, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Dreamstates (2:12)
2. Symbiosis (7:16)
3. Days Later (4:21)
4. Cryogenesis (4:01)
5. Bones Of The Sky (3:58)
6. I Am The Colossus (6:18)
7. Fractals (4:16)

Total Time 32:22

Line-up: 
Austin Bentley - Vocals
Aaron Loredo - Guitar
Chris Aguilar - Guitar
Rocky Schofield - Bass
Jonathan Ramanujam - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

Machines of Man's musical traits parallel the style of Between the Buried and Me quite a good amount. Certainly, there are other influences shown and some unique moments as well, but the similarities become clear early on.

Read the full review by Riley Rowe at metalinjection.net

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Machines Of Man "Dreamstates"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 27, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Dreamstates (2:12)
2. Symbiosis (7:16)
3. Days Later (4:21)
4. Cryogenesis (4:01)
5. Bones Of The Sky (3:58)
6. I Am The Colossus (6:18)
7. Fractals (4:16)

Total Time 32:22

Line-up: 
Austin Bentley - Vocals
Aaron Loredo - Guitar
Chris Aguilar - Guitar
Rocky Schofield - Bass
Jonathan Ramanujam - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

Machines of Man's musical traits parallel the style of Between the Buried and Me quite a good amount. Certainly, there are other influences shown and some unique moments as well, but the similarities become clear early on.

Read the full review by Riley Rowe at metalinjection.net

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Dante Roberto "The Circle"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 27, 2017 (CD), July 6, 2017 (digital)
Tracklist: 
1. Dante Suite: Preludio (1:53)
2. Dante Suite: Processionale (3:18)
3. Dante Suite: Speedy (2:03)
4. All Change (5:36)
5. Tra Fuoco E Fiamme (10:16)
6. Open Your Heart (5:06)
7. Lisea (4:53)
8. Funky Disco (5:38)
9. Toccata (4:13)

Total Time 42:56
Line-up: 
Dante Roberto: piano & keyboards
Salvatore Amati: bass guitar
Alessandro Napolitano: drums & percussion
  With
Luca Nappo: guitars (3, 5, 6, 7, 9)
Salvatore Russo: guitars (1, 2)
Alex Milella: guitars (4, 8)

Description/Reviews: 

"This is The Circle: the past that lives in the present and that reveales itself in the future». These few but important words of Dante Roberto try to introduce the listener in the music-travel of The Circle: an amazing instrumental concept-album about time, dedicated to the meeting of prog-rock and prog-metal.

The seven tracks of The Circle, opened by the grandeur of Dante Suite, feature a symphonic rock in ELP and Banco del Mutuo Soccorso vein, with neoclassical and prog-metal high-technically elements.

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Cosmic Triggers "Homo Fractaliens"

Country: Russia  
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Space Rock
Label: Adansonia Records (AR018)
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: June 26, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Introduction (3:31)
2. Homo Fractaliens (7:16)
3. Undermind (9:32)
4. Syndicate (9:05)
5. Quant Um (4:20)
6. Shutsuryoku (6:13)

Total time: 39:57

Line-up: 
Anastasia Skabelkina: vocal, analog synth
Vladimir Skabelkin: guitar, ethnic, synth
Vladimir Kolbin: guitar
Russel Petrov: drums
Tagir Khisamov: bass

Description/Reviews: 

Shamanic psychedelic/space rock combined with liquid guitar work, repetitive, circular rhythms and hypnotizing overlaying vocals.

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Cosmic Triggers "Homo Fractaliens"

Country: Russia  
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Space Rock
Label: Adansonia Records (AR018)
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: June 26, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Introduction (3:31)
2. Homo Fractaliens (7:16)
3. Undermind (9:32)
4. Syndicate (9:05)
5. Quant Um (4:20)
6. Shutsuryoku (6:13)

Total time: 39:57

Line-up: 
Anastasia Skabelkina: vocal, analog synth
Vladimir Skabelkin: guitar, ethnic, synth
Vladimir Kolbin: guitar
Russel Petrov: drums
Tagir Khisamov: bass

Description/Reviews: 

Shamanic psychedelic/space rock combined with liquid guitar work, repetitive, circular rhythms and hypnotizing overlaying vocals.

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Tezza F. "A Shelter From Existence"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Power Metal
Format: digital
Release date: June 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. The Dawn Of Deliverance (intro) (2:22)
2. Nailed To My Dreams (5:21)
3. A New Dimension (8:20)
4. Gates To Worlds Unknown (6:37)
5. Gleams Of Glory (5:00)
6. Across The Sky (7:27)
7. The Shelter (6:11)
8. Rise And Fall (4:52)
9. Of Life And Death Opera (15:15)

Total Time 61:25

Line-up: 
Filippo Tezza – Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Keyboards, Programming.
   With
Davide Baldelli (Chronosfear, Just a Dreamare) – Keyboard solos (2, 5, 6).
Michele Olmi (Chronosfear, Spellblast, Just a Dreamare) – Drums

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Tezza F. "A Shelter From Existence"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Power Metal
Format: digital
Release date: June 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. The Dawn Of Deliverance (intro) (2:22)
2. Nailed To My Dreams (5:21)
3. A New Dimension (8:20)
4. Gates To Worlds Unknown (6:37)
5. Gleams Of Glory (5:00)
6. Across The Sky (7:27)
7. The Shelter (6:11)
8. Rise And Fall (4:52)
9. Of Life And Death Opera (15:15)

Total Time 61:25

Line-up: 
Filippo Tezza – Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Keyboards, Programming.
   With
Davide Baldelli (Chronosfear, Just a Dreamare) – Keyboard solos (2, 5, 6).
Michele Olmi (Chronosfear, Spellblast, Just a Dreamare) – Drums

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Circle "Terminal"

Country: Finland
Genre(s): Krautrock, Eclectic Rock/Metal
Label: Southern Lord ‎(LORD 235)
Format: CD, Digital, Vinyl
Release date: June 23, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Rakkautta Al Dente (12:53)
2. Terminal (8:16)
3. Saxo (5:52)
4. Imperiumi (4:16)
5. Kill City (6:13)
6. Sick Child (5:49)

Total Time 43:19

Line-up: 
Julius Jääskeläinen – guitar
Pekka Jääskeläinen – guitar
Jussi Lehtisalo – bass, vocals
Mika Rättö – keyboards, vocals
Tomi Leppänen – drums
Janne Westerlund – guitar, vocals

Description/Reviews: 

Well there's certainly nothing predictable about Terminal, an interesting topsy-turvy, hotchpotch of an album that hints at Prog, Metal, Sludge Metal, Psychedelia, Post-Rock, Hard Rock, pretty much every guitar genre under the sun, without settling into a comfortable malaise at any particular one. It's unsurprisingly inconsistent but definitely brave and a welcome distraction from the one-dimensional monotony of a lot of artists.

Read the full review by Steve Rhodes at soundblab.com

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Circle "Terminal"

Country: Finland
Genre(s): Krautrock, Eclectic Rock/Metal
Label: Southern Lord ‎(LORD 235)
Format: CD, Digital, Vinyl
Release date: June 23, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Rakkautta Al Dente (12:53)
2. Terminal (8:16)
3. Saxo (5:52)
4. Imperiumi (4:16)
5. Kill City (6:13)
6. Sick Child (5:49)

Total Time 43:19

Line-up: 
Julius Jääskeläinen – guitar
Pekka Jääskeläinen – guitar
Jussi Lehtisalo – bass, vocals
Mika Rättö – keyboards, vocals
Tomi Leppänen – drums
Janne Westerlund – guitar, vocals

Description/Reviews: 

Well there's certainly nothing predictable about Terminal, an interesting topsy-turvy, hotchpotch of an album that hints at Prog, Metal, Sludge Metal, Psychedelia, Post-Rock, Hard Rock, pretty much every guitar genre under the sun, without settling into a comfortable malaise at any particular one. It's unsurprisingly inconsistent but definitely brave and a welcome distraction from the one-dimensional monotony of a lot of artists.

Read the full review by Steve Rhodes at soundblab.com

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Soul Enema "Of Clans and Clones and Clowns"

Country: Israel
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 23, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Omon Ra
2. Cannibalissimo Ltd.
3. Spymania
4. Breaking the Waves
5. The Age of Cosmic Baboon
6. In Bed With an Enemy
7. Last Days of Rome
8. Dear Bollock (Was a Sensitive Man)
9. Aral Sea I - Feeding Hand
10. Aral Sea II - Dustbin of History
11. Aral Sea III - Epilogue
12. Octopus Song
13. Eternal Child
14. Of Clans and Clones and Clowns

Line-up: 
Noa Gruman - lead and backing vocals, choir
Yoel Genin - guitars
Constantin Glantz - keyboards, programming, vocals (2,4,5,7,8,13,14), shamisen, percussion
Michael Rosenfeld - bass guitar, sitar, violin
Dor Levin - drums
   With
Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) - lead guitar (13)
Yossi Sassi (ex-Orphaned Land) - bouzoukitara (10)
Sergey Kalugin (Orgia Pravednikov) - acoustic guitar (6, 11)
Yuri Ruslanov (Orgia Pravednikov) - flute (6)
Vladimir Migutin - flute (4)
Gennady Birenberg - vocals, backing vocals (1-3, 6)
Lior Ozeri - bass (9)
Michael Glantz - child's scream (13)

Description/Reviews: 

A creative and diverse Rock/Metal album, exploring vast melodic and rhythmic territories - from ABBA to Zappa, from King Crimson to King Diamond, between East and West and way beyond - in true progressive fashion. Like any reflection of the world we live in, it takes a wild ride over a wide emotional spectrum: sad, funny, perfectly sane, totally insane, very direct, quite obscure, and everything in between.

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Soul Enema "Of Clans and Clones and Clowns"

Country: Israel
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 23, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Omon Ra
2. Cannibalissimo Ltd.
3. Spymania
4. Breaking the Waves
5. The Age of Cosmic Baboon
6. In Bed With an Enemy
7. Last Days of Rome
8. Dear Bollock (Was a Sensitive Man)
9. Aral Sea I - Feeding Hand
10. Aral Sea II - Dustbin of History
11. Aral Sea III - Epilogue
12. Octopus Song
13. Eternal Child
14. Of Clans and Clones and Clowns

Line-up: 
Noa Gruman - lead and backing vocals, choir
Yoel Genin - guitars
Constantin Glantz - keyboards, programming, vocals (2,4,5,7,8,13,14), shamisen, percussion
Michael Rosenfeld - bass guitar, sitar, violin
Dor Levin - drums
   With
Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) - lead guitar (13)
Yossi Sassi (ex-Orphaned Land) - bouzoukitara (10)
Sergey Kalugin (Orgia Pravednikov) - acoustic guitar (6, 11)
Yuri Ruslanov (Orgia Pravednikov) - flute (6)
Vladimir Migutin - flute (4)
Gennady Birenberg - vocals, backing vocals (1-3, 6)
Lior Ozeri - bass (9)
Michael Glantz - child's scream (13)

Description/Reviews: 

A creative and diverse Rock/Metal album, exploring vast melodic and rhythmic territories - from ABBA to Zappa, from King Crimson to King Diamond, between East and West and way beyond - in true progressive fashion. Like any reflection of the world we live in, it takes a wild ride over a wide emotional spectrum: sad, funny, perfectly sane, totally insane, very direct, quite obscure, and everything in between.

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Pixie Ninja "Ultrasound"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Electronica
Label: Apollon Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: June 23, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Auditory Hallucinations (9:13)
2. Elusive The Wind Vane (6:44)
3. Une Promenade (2:37)
4. Polysomnographic (5:29)
5. Personal Improvement Cult (11:19)
6. Ultrasound (2:56)

Total Time 38:18

Line-up: 
Marius Leirånes - guitars, bass, keyboards
Jostein Haugen - guitars, bass, keyboards
Mattias Olsson  (Necromonkey, ex Änglagård) - drums, Melloton M400
Johan Hals Jørgensen - organ
   With
Ketil Vestrum Einarsen (Waserbergland, White Willow, Wobbler, Motorpsycho) - flute (2)

Description/Reviews: 

The music is a mix of atmospheric electronic soundscapes and prog rock. The opening track Auditory Hallucinations throws the listener right in with over four minutes of electronic beeps and washes. ... There is a Magma like jazz swagger to Elusive The Wind Vane with its syncopated drums, swathes of Mellotron and Waserbergland's Ketil Vestrum Einarsen's flute fills. ... The best track is Polysomnographic, it gets everything right compared to opening track. The slow, atmospheric electric piano chords give way to full band, as Pixie Ninja subtly change the pace and the dynamics, leading to some lovely synth work. The longest track Personal Improvement Cult, is a multi-part work that has a terrific arrangement, making use of all sorts of instrumental colours and none of the sections outstay their welcome.

Read the full review by Martin Burns at dprp.net

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Pixie Ninja "Ultrasound"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Electronica
Label: Apollon Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: June 23, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Auditory Hallucinations (9:13)
2. Elusive The Wind Vane (6:44)
3. Une Promenade (2:37)
4. Polysomnographic (5:29)
5. Personal Improvement Cult (11:19)
6. Ultrasound (2:56)

Total Time 38:18

Line-up: 
Marius Leirånes - guitars, bass, keyboards
Jostein Haugen - guitars, bass, keyboards
Mattias Olsson  (Necromonkey, ex Änglagård) - drums, Melloton M400
Johan Hals Jørgensen - organ
   With
Ketil Vestrum Einarsen (Waserbergland, White Willow, Wobbler, Motorpsycho) - flute (2)

Description/Reviews: 

The music is a mix of atmospheric electronic soundscapes and prog rock. The opening track Auditory Hallucinations throws the listener right in with over four minutes of electronic beeps and washes. ... There is a Magma like jazz swagger to Elusive The Wind Vane with its syncopated drums, swathes of Mellotron and Waserbergland's Ketil Vestrum Einarsen's flute fills. ... The best track is Polysomnographic, it gets everything right compared to opening track. The slow, atmospheric electric piano chords give way to full band, as Pixie Ninja subtly change the pace and the dynamics, leading to some lovely synth work. The longest track Personal Improvement Cult, is a multi-part work that has a terrific arrangement, making use of all sorts of instrumental colours and none of the sections outstay their welcome.

Read the full review by Martin Burns at dprp.net

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Final Coil "Persistence Of Memory"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Post Metal, Grunge
Label: WormHoleDeath Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 23, 2017 (digital)
Tracklist: 
1. Corruption (5:09)
2. Dying (5:08)
3. Alone (5:57)
4. You Waste My Time (5:05)
5. Myopic (5:04)
6. Failed Light (10:03)
7. Spider Feet (5:55)
8. Lost Hope (6:34)
9. Moths To The Flame (5:34)
10. In Silent Reproach (4:50)
11. Alienation (6:19)

Total Time 65:38

Line-up: 
Phil Stiles - Vocals, Guitars, Synthesizers, Programming
Richard Awdry - Guitars, Vocals, Programming
Jola Stiles - Bass, Flute
Tony "Ches" Hughes - Drums, Programming

Description/Reviews: 

Final Coil has a healthy appreciation for Tool, which they marry with a large grunge influence and a steady stream of post-metal and alt-rock ideas. 

Read the full review at angrymetalguy.com

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Corruption
You waste My Time

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Final Coil "Persistence Of Memory"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Post Metal, Grunge
Label: WormHoleDeath Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 23, 2017 (digital)
Tracklist: 
1. Corruption (5:09)
2. Dying (5:08)
3. Alone (5:57)
4. You Waste My Time (5:05)
5. Myopic (5:04)
6. Failed Light (10:03)
7. Spider Feet (5:55)
8. Lost Hope (6:34)
9. Moths To The Flame (5:34)
10. In Silent Reproach (4:50)
11. Alienation (6:19)

Total Time 65:38

Line-up: 
Phil Stiles - Vocals, Guitars, Synthesizers, Programming
Richard Awdry - Guitars, Vocals, Programming
Jola Stiles - Bass, Flute
Tony "Ches" Hughes - Drums, Programming

Description/Reviews: 

Final Coil has a healthy appreciation for Tool, which they marry with a large grunge influence and a steady stream of post-metal and alt-rock ideas. 

Read the full review at angrymetalguy.com

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Corruption
You waste My Time

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Big Big Train "The Second Brightest Star"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Symphonic
Label: Plane Groovy (PLG056) (vinyl)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: June 23, 2017 
Tracklist: 
1. The Second Brightest Star (7:17)
2. Haymaking (3:23)
3. Skylon (6:44)
4. London Stone (2:01)
5. The Passing Widow (5:33)
6. The Leaden Stour (7:19)
7. Terra Australis Incognita (4:16)
    Grimlore (bonus tracks) :
8. Brooklands Sequence (17:33)
(i) On The Racing Line
(ii) Brooklands
9. London Plane Sequence (13:14)
(i) Turner On The Thames
(ii) London Plane
10. The Gentlemen's Reprise (3:03)

Total time 70:23

Line-up: 
Nick D’Virgilio: drums, percussion and backing vocals
Danny Manners: keyboards and double bass
Rikard Sjöblom: guitars, keyboards (1) and backing vocals
Rachel Hall: violin, viola, cello and backing vocals
Greg Spawton: bass guitar, bass pedals and backing vocals
David Longdon: lead and backing vocals, flute, electric guitar, synthesisers, percussion
Dave Gregory: electric 6 and 12 string guitars
Andy Poole: acoustic guitar, keyboards and backing vocals
    With
Dave Desmond: trombone
Ben Godfrey: trumpet and cornet
Nick Stones: French horn
John Storey: euphonium
Jon Truscott: tuba
Lucy Curnow: violin
Keith Hobday: viola
Evie Anderson: cello
Philip Trzebiatowski: cello

Description/Reviews: 

A companion album to Grimspound, The Second Brightest Star features 40 minutes of brand new songs and instrumentals.
Alongside these new tracks, the CD contains an additional 30 minutes of music presenting songs from Folklore (2016) and Grimspound (2017) in extended arrangements.

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