7 Ocean "Last Level" / 7 Океан "Последний уровень"

Country: Belarus
Genre(s): Art Rock, Symphonic
Format: digital
Release date: November 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Миссия / Mission (9:58)
2. Маг / Mage (8:54)
3. Изменения / Changes (6:56)
4. Хитрец / Sly (10:33)
5. Воин / Warrior (7:43)
6. Миссия (продолжение) / Mission (Continuation) (8:41)
7. Чудесная страна / Wonderful Country (12:25)

Total time: 65:10

Line-up: 
Alexander Eletsky - keyboard, voices
Sergey Starosotsky - synthesizer, voices
Oleg Grinevich - acoustic and electric guitars, bass, voices
Alexander Sophiex - drums

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7 Ocean "Last Level" / 7 Океан "Последний уровень"

Country: Belarus
Genre(s): Art Rock, Symphonic
Format: digital
Release date: November 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Миссия / Mission (9:58)
2. Маг / Mage (8:54)
3. Изменения / Changes (6:56)
4. Хитрец / Sly (10:33)
5. Воин / Warrior (7:43)
6. Миссия (продолжение) / Mission (Continuation) (8:41)
7. Чудесная страна / Wonderful Country (12:25)

Total time: 65:10

Line-up: 
Alexander Eletsky - keyboard, voices
Sergey Starosotsky - synthesizer, voices
Oleg Grinevich - acoustic and electric guitars, bass, voices
Alexander Sophiex - drums

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Caravela Escarlate "Caravela Escarlate"

Country: Brazil
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Karisma Records (2019)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 30, 2017 (CD, digital), March 1, 2019 (vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. Um Brilho Frágil No Infinito (5:11)
2. Caravela Escarlate (4:38)
3. Atmosfera (6:28)
4. Gigantes Da Destruição (6:52)
5. Toque As Constelações (5:21)
6. Futuro Passado (4:45)
7. Cosmos (8:33)
8. Planeta-Estrela (11:33)

Total Time 53:21

Line-up: 
Ronaldo Rodrigues - keyboards
David Paiva - bass, guitars, vocals
Elcio Cáfaro - drums

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PuzzleWood "Gates Of Loki"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Eclectic Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: November 30, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Intro (Gates Of Loki) (3:39)
2. Remember My Name (4:29)
3. Obsessed (5:36)
4. Come Back Home (3:18)
5. Tyrant Who Fall In Love (5:44)
6. Твой Дом (Your House) (5:28)
7. To The Void (5:57)
8. Hollow (6:51)
9. Jerusaelem (7:20)
10. Road Will Lead (6:46)

Total Time 55:08

Line-up: 
Tony Legatov - electric guitars, acoustic guitars, vocals
Nikita Lipatov - bass, keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals
Eugen Semenov - drums
   With
Kirill Rossolimo - percussion
Dmitry Ignatov - bouzuki (7)
Basem Al-Ashkar - arabic oud (10), violin (9)
Olga Scotland - flute (3)
Anastasia Lipatova - backing vocals

Description/Reviews: 

After the Floydian/Porcupinish first part of the album, the musicians offer us a large pallette of musical styles. Three melodic songs separate a number of  intense tracks offering alternative rock (do I hear some Simple Minds?), metal prog (...hints of Tool), jazz fusion and even a little bit of blues rock. They do all this while always keeping some prog elements in their music and a mood link between the songs.

Read the full review by Marc Roy at proggnosis.com

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Cisne Elocuente "Leda"

Country: Argentina
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 29, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Cid (10:00)
2. Ninfas (0:44)
3. Gema (8:45)
4. Cae Hasta Mí (6:13)
5. Sola (4:41)
6. Iluminado (4:28)
7. 49 Días (5:31)
8. Cantos De Rapsodas (1:11)
9. Tierra De Nardos (12:40)
10. Equidae (4:58)
11. Las Enseñanzas (17:00)

Total Time 76:11

Line-up: 
Julio César Lucero: Electric guitar, synthesizer, lead & backing vocals
Andrés Vidal: Bass, flute, backing vocals
Fernando Bernstein: Drums, Handpan, bandoneón

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Echo Us "To Wake a Dream in Moving Water"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Prog Folk, World Music, New Age
Label: Absolute Probability Recordings
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 29, 2017 (USA), December 6, 2017 (Europe)
Tracklist: 
1. Awakening Current (7:42)
2. Aeriel (Satre Dance) (4:40)
3. Begin to Remember V1 (4:55)
4. Begin to Remember V2 (6:11)
5. May Morning Dew (4:17)
6. From the Highlands (15:27)
7. Doina (5:25)
8.To Wake a Dream in Moving Water (14:59)

Total ime 62:16

Line-up: 
Ethan Matthews - Guitars, Vocals, Hammered Dulcimer, Glockenspiel, Bodhran, Spoons, Synthesizers, Sound Programming
Teri Untalan - Viola (3,6,8), Violin (3)
Chris Smith - Flute (3,6), Piccolo Flute (3), Contrabass Flute (1)

Description/Reviews: 

Although Celtic influenced and comprised of a number of re-workings of Irish folk tunes and Breton aires, the album is still in large part new and original Echo Us music that fits right in the Echo Us ‘canon’. “Wake” is a natural progression from  “A Priori Memoriae”, which was released to critical acclaim in Europe in 2014.

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Cambrian "Point Of Origin"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 29, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Stone Cold (9:52)
2. To Ashes (5:29)
3. Secret Place (11:08)
4. Omniverse (9:11)
5. White (11:46)
6. Breathe (3:05)

Total Time 50:31

Line-up: 
Alex: Drums
Freek: Vocals
Lennart: Keyboard
Ronald: Guitar
Roy: Bass

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Mezz Gacano & Self-Standing Ovation Boskàuz Ensemble "Kinderheim"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Instrumental Avant Prog, Classical
Label: Almendra Music (AM0032), Lizard Records (Lizard CD 0131)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 28, 2017 
Tracklist: 
1. Okóis Plaicja (1:44)
2. Rop Lady Guast (3:01)
3. Obbligando #1 (1:48)
4. Lioschi VIII (3:09)
5. Stitik (1:40)
6. Apefo Pafo (4:35)
7. Lajaska Fukkja (1:16)
8. K Sojalienju (2:56)
9. Opsedale Spichiatrico (N'Hash Remix) (2:17)
10. Counterpeel (3:00)
11. Cerchio Di Permita Gravemente (2:34)
12. Pic-Nic #1 (1:14)
13. Miss Hill Mary (2:40)
14. Pic-Nic #2 (1:08)
15. Pic-Nic #3 (1:27)
16. Diamanda Galaxy (3:05)
17. Bitter(n) Stormy Over Vesuvio (2:31)

Total Time 40:05

Line-up: 
Davide Mezzatesta a.k.a. Mezz Gacano: conductor; electric guitar (2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13, 17), classical guitar (6, 12), synths (4, 12), triangle (5), cowbell (4), drums (17)

Self-Standing Ovation Boskàuz Ensemble:
- Lavinia Garlisi: flute, piccolo (3, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Dario Compagna: clarinet, bass clarinet (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13)
- Beppe Viola: soprano sax (1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 15), clarinet (4,6)
- Roberta Miano: violin (3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10)
- Mauro Greco: cello (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10), conductor (13)
- Ornella Cerniglia: piano (3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Gianmartino della Delizia: hammond, synth, harpsichord, keyboards, xylophone (2, 4, 10)
- Davide Pendino: cymbals (9), glockenspiel (13)
- Luca La Russa: electric bass (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10)
- Simone Sfameli: drums (2, 5, 6, 7)
- Francesco Tavormina: drums (4, 10, 15)

With:
- Tommaso Leddi: mandolin (6, 12, 14, 15), electric bass (17)
- Gianni Gebbia: soprano sax (12, 14, 17)
- Giovanni Di Giandomenico: piano (1)
- Giorgio Trombino: alto sax (2)
- Ruhi Nokoda: electric guitar (2, 6)
- Luca Di Vizio: trombone (6)
- Yu Suwon: voice (11, 12) body percussion (12) gu-zheng, carillons (11)
- Valerio Mirone: doublebass (7, 11)
- Simone Giuffrida: classical guitar (6)
- Danilo Romancino: drums (12)
- N'Hash: electronics and remix (9)
- Naiupoche: electronics (11)

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Lee Abraham "Colours"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, AOR
Label: Festival Music (201711)
Format: CD
Release date: November 27, 2017
Tracklist:

1. Colours 
2. Broken Dreams 
3. Always Yours
4. Find Another Way
5. Warning Sign
6. Survive
7. The Mirror Falls

Line-up: 
Lee Abraham: guitars, keyboards
  With
Alistair Begg: bass
Rob Arnold: piano
Gerald Mulligan (Credo): drums
Dec Burke (Darwin's Radio, Frost*, Audioplastik): vocals
Marc Atkinson (Riversea, Nine Stones Close, Mandalaband): vocals
Gary Chandler (Jadis): vocals
Simon Godfrey (Tinyfish, Shineback, Valdez): vocals
Robin Armstrong (Cosmograf): vocals
Steve Overland: vocals

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Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella "The Oblivion Tales"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Acoustic Progressive Folk Rock/Pop
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 27, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. The Spire And The Old Bridge (5:19)
2. Treasured Memories (Album Version) (6:09)
3. Words Become A Song (4:35)
4. Close To The Heart (5:04)
5. The Horseshoe (7:54)
6. Wild West (5:43)
7. My Dear Children (6:57)
8. Die Zwerge Vom Iberg (8:16)
9. The Dwarfs King (6:04)
10. Erinnerungen (5:40)
11. Melanie's Theme (5:39)

Total Time 67:20

Line-up: 
Melanie Mau (Frequency Drift): Lead- & Backing Vocals
Martin Schnella (Flaming Row, Frequency Drift, Seven Steps To The Green Door): Lead- & Backing Vocals, Acoustic- & Electric Guitars, Baritone Guitar, Mandoline, Shaker
Niklas Kahl: Cajon, Bongos, Yambu, Djembe, Shaker, Percussion, Drums
Fabian Gödecke: Drums
Lars Lehmann: Bass, Fretless Bass, Vocals
   With:
Jens Kommnick: Tin Whistles, Low Whistles, Uilleann Pipes, Cello
Stephan Wegner: Vocals (1, 2, 3, 10)
Jimmy Keegan (Spock's Beard): Drums (7, 8, 9)
Dave Meros (Spock's Beard): Bass (9)
Eric Brenton: Violin & Viola (2)
Nathan Brenton: Cello & String Arrangements (2)
Rachel Hall (Big Big Train): Violin & String Arrangements (7)
Tobias Reiss: Piano (6)
Martin Huch: Dobro (6)
Jan Reinartz: Spoken Words (8)

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Ælementi "Una questione di principio"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Andromeda Relix / Lizard Records‎ (AND65)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 27, 2017 (CD), December 22, 2017 (digital)
Tracklist: 
1. Principio (0:33)
2. Lontananza (7:03)
3. Vuoto (6:42)
4. Straniero (8:38)
5. Delirio (5:24)
6. Voce (8:55)
7. Addio (7:03)

Total Time 44:18

Line-up: 
Daniele Lulli - Guitar
Francesca Piazza - Vocals
Manuele D'Anastasio - Drums
Angelo Celani - Bass
    With
Dario Pierini - Keyboards
Giordana Sanfilippo - Backing vocals
Carlotta Sanfilippo - Backing vocals

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Another World "Human Nature"

Country: Switzerland
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Metalguitar Music
Format: digital
Release date: November 27, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Human Nature (8:00)
2. Fate Warning (6:12)
3. Humanity (6:55)
4. Damage (5:49)
5. Peace Of Mind (6:23)
6. The Fall (8:37)
7. Renaissance (9:21)
8. City Of Lights 1115 (4:21)

Total Time 55:38

Line-up: 
Michel Rollier
Christophe Pagès
Antoine Flautre

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Gentleland "Once Upon A Time"

Country: Mexico
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: November 27, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. The Prince (9:12)
2. Fantasy (10:34)
3. The Unexpected Way Of Life, Pt. 1 (1:30)
4. Our Story (1:48)
5. Through My Window (0:40)
6. After 20 Years (0:31)
7. Cosmic Owl (1:34)
8. Heroe (2:24)
9. The Unexpected Way Of Life, Pt. 2 (2:09)
10. Men Without Faces (17:12)

Total Time 47:34

Line-up: 
Perry Storms
Juan Pablo Storms

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Edgar's Hair "Jonathan's Dive"

Country: Netherlands/Czechia
Genre(s): Experimental Psychedelic, Ambient, Progressive Rock
Label: Hoor'75 Records
Format: CD, vinyl, digital, cassette
Release date: November 25, 2017
Tracklist: 
- Awareness
1. Glittering Heights (12:44)
2. Black Ocean (5:55)
3. Vanished Into Empty Air (6:07)
- Conflict
4. The New Sun Sparkled Gold (4:27)
5. The Gull Sees Farthest Who Flies Highest (4:30)
6. Through Solid Air (3:41)
7. Speed Of Life (8:45)
- Succeeding
8. Banished To A Solitary Life On The Far Cliffs (2:38)
9. Floating Time (5:33)
10. Jonathan's Dive (8:51)
11. The Messenger (7:35)
- Emptiness
12. God's Plan (1:51)
13. Stratosphere Part I, II, III & IV (20:21)

Total time: 92:58

Line-up: 
Hans Brussee - guitar, vocals, trumpet, moog taurus, stylophone, sitar, sweep generator, theramin, space echo, piano, tone generator
Leon van der Leer - drums, percussion, sitar, xylophon, backing vocals, moog prodigy, moog taurus, handclaps, echo drums and voices
Leo Zwaan - bass, backing vocals
   With
Mike de Leeuw - Tibetan long horn (1), small Balinese gong (1), tabla (2, 6, 13), Chinese wind gong (2,6,9,13), klankschalen (4), backing vocals (5), Japanese and Yunnan singing bowls (13), small Chinese opera gongs (13), thin Vietnamese alarm gongs (13)
Rone - French voice (1)
Riet Brussee - Dutch voices (1)
Pip van der Leer - Dutch voices (1)
Durba - Bengali voice (1)
Noah de Graaf - Chzech voice (1)
Danja Overduin - choir (1,4,9)
Florine de Graaf - violin (2, 6, 13)
Rens de Graaf - violin (2, 6, 13)
Odette van der Hoven - handclaps (4, 12), backing vocals (5), vocals (9)
Ravian & Levin Brussee - voice (6)
Petra Blansjaar - Spanish voice (7)
Marcus Graff - piano (13)
Milan Ćirić - backing vocals (13)
Tsjalling de Leeuw - Japanese and Yunnan singing bowls (13), Chinese wind gong (13), small Chinese opera gongs (13), thin Vietnamese alarm gongs (13)
Dorba Telkamp - Bengali voice (13)

Description/Reviews: 

'Jonathan's Dive' is a 100-minute concept record based on Richard Bach's novel 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull', the famous fable about the seagull who is banned by his peers for wanting to make ying an art form. A symbol of the universal desire for unlimited freedom. In 1974 the book was made into a motion picture, famously adorned with a soundtrack by Neil Diamond,
but with 'Jonathan's Dive', Dutch band Edgar's Hair (ex-I$I$, ex-Oak members) transforms the story into a much darker and more erratic epic.
An analog musical adventure full of ethnic acoustic instruments and introduced by a multi-colored voice palette in multiple languages.
An exploration into an inner bleakness and a "higher plane of existence" which turns to the most magical aural trip. 

Also read the review by Simon at psychinsightmusic.com

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Armed Cloud "Master Device & Slave Machines"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Freya Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 25, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Save Yourself (4:47)
2. The Crack (4:55)
3. Withered White (4:17)
4. Mobocracy (4:22)
5. Mirror Mirage (4:21)
6. Warhead (8:16)
7. The Cycle (5:06)
8. King Lear (5:52)
9. Dancing Spirit (10:10)
10. Ascension (4:45)

Total Time 56:51

Line-up: 
Daan Dekker (Earth Pulse) - Vocals
Wouter Van Der Veen - Guitars
Boris Suvee - Bass
Remco Van Der Veen - Keyboards
Rico Noijen (Earth Pulse) - Drums

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Hangover Paradise "Out of sight"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Neo-Prog
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 25, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Who Do You Think You Are (6:33)
2. Don't Wake Me Up (6:10)
3. What Lies Beneath (6:28)
4. Out Of Sight (7:37)
5. Not Worried (4:43)
6. Wrong (4:29)
7. Life Is To Short (7:25)
8. Flowers In The Rain (7:59)

Total Time 51:24

Line-up: 
Henk Brugge - lead vocals
Peter Zwerus - keyboard
Henk Zwerus - keyboard
Daniel Brans - drums
Richard Saimima - guitar
Cynthio Ooms - bass
MacDrikus - backing vocals

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Xavier Boscher "Embryogenesis"

Country: France
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Cornucopia (5:18)
2. Illumination  (3:51)
3. Female Architecture (7:12)
4. Timelessness Kingdom (6:41)
5. Hybrid (4:02)
6. Blastocyst (8:07)
7. Cells (4:47)
8. O Negative (9:30)
9. Embryogenesis (19:39)

Total Time 69:07

Line-up: 
Xavier Boscher - all instruments
     Except
Benjamin Masson (Nebuleyes) - lead guitar solo (1)
Loïc Manuello (Darktribe, Unchained) - lead guitar solo (2)
Jean-Jacques Moréac (Misanthrope) - bass (7)
Antoine Monsch - piano & synth (9)

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The Omnific "Kismet"

Country: Australia
Genre(s): Instrumental Experimental Technical Progressive Rock, Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Proem (4:33)
2. Objets De Vertu (3:31)
3. Bugbear (4:06)
4. Kismet (4:59)
5. That's All She Wrote (2:41)
6. Condemned (3:16)
7. Ersatz (2:13)
8. Sonorous Pt.2 (4:48)

Total Time 30:07

Line-up: 
Matthew Fackrell - Bass
Toby Peterson-Stewart - Bass
Jerome Lematua - Drums
   With
Jamie Marinos - Additional Programming

Description/Reviews: 

“Proem”s beautiful intro gently kicks things off, eventually unveiling the song’s  melodic, funky and rather soothing personality.There is no shortage of groove from the get-go; strong, down tuned bass lines proving to be an extremely fulfilling sound along with an airy, atmospheric vibe that is not to be missed. A brief, moment of silence before the track breaks into another cheeky musical jive of sorts, setting the tone for the rest of the album. Now, the beautiful thing about this three-piece? It’s all bASS! Drums too of course. 

Read the full review by Prarthana Venunathan at heavymag.com.au

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Karfagen "Messages from Afar: First Contact"

Country: Ukraine
Genre(s): Symphonic
Label: Caerllysi Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. First Contact (7:14)
2. Foreign Land (7:23)
3. Curious Talk (3:30)
4. Volcano Rabbit & The Frog (5:33)
5. Faces In The Clouds (3:08)
6. Vale Of Dreams (8:34)
7. Golden Fields Of Rye (2:15)
8. Riding On A Rainbow (2:53)
9. Constant Flow (15:45)

Total Time 56:15

Line-up: 
Antony Kalugin - keys, vocals, percussion
Max Velychko - electric and acoustic guitars
Kostya Shepelenko - drums
Oleg Prokhorov - bass
Olha Rostovska - vocals, additional keys
Michail Sidorenko - alto saxophone

Description/Reviews: 

«Messages from Afar» is a special concept album, that`s divided into 2 chapters – 1st by Karfagen and 2nd by Sunchild (part 2 to follow in 2018).        
It`s band's hommage to the Art Rock as we know it from the heart of  the 20th  century. The main difference between the 2 albums as usual Karfagen is primarily instrumental work whilst Sunchild is song oriented.          

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Sea Goat "Tata"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Swan Lake Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Book Of Liberty (4:21)
2. Morning Glory (5:05)
3. Friends (4:47)
4. Seasons (5:06)
5. Fire Wheels (6:42)
6. Cloud (2:11)
7. Water Pictures (6:52)
8. The Nearness Of You (3:32)
9. You'll Never Know (3:28)
10. Lachrimae (5:32)

Total Time 47:36

Line-up: 
Torsten Hartmann - Vocals, Guitars
Klaus Schulz - Guitars, Keyboards, Grand Piano, Mellotron
Matthias Wolfgarten - Keyboards, Grand Piano, Mellotron
Thomas Gotz - Drums, Percussion, Acoustic Guitar
   With
Walter Bauer - Electric Solo Guitar (10)
Harald  Englert - Choir Voices (10)
Sandra Hartmann - Solo Voice (10)
Gisela Daebel - Flute (1)
Andreas Pennekamp - Bass (3)
Michael "Blacky" Schwarz - Bass (7)

Description/Reviews: 

Now here’s a strange and interesting story. Imagine forming your band in 1973, naming yourself after a Pete Sinfield song from his Still album. Imagine working on your first album for forty-three years. Imagine playing and writing for nine years, then sleeping for two dozen. And imagine recording the songs you’ve been writing for all these years over a number of sessions scattered across eight years and five different locales. Clearly, time moves at a different speed for German progressive rockers Sea Goat. Can an album, the songs for which began to be conceived back in 1975, be in any way relevant in 2017? I don’t know, but when I get a promo for a band named after “The Song of the Sea Goat,” and half the band are wearing King Crimson t-shirts in the promo photos, and citing Gentle Giant amongst other bands as influences, I’m going to grab it and cross my fingers.

Read the full review at angrymetalguy.com

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Dustin Behm "The Beyond"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Technical Progressive Metal
Label: Rockshots Records
Format: CD, digital 
Release date: November 24, 2017 (EU), January 19, 2018 (NA)
Tracklist: 
1. Mechanization (4:04)
2. Poltergeist (3:11)
3. Alien Voodoo (4:20)
4. Interdimensional Traveler (3:45)
5. The Beyond (4:10)
6. Genesis (4:20)
7. Rituals (4:01)
8. Descent Into The Unkown (3:44)
9. Haunted Labyrinth (3:34)
10. Obelisk (3:29)
11. Last Resort (3:42)
12. Awakening (3:54)
13. Towers Of Glass (2:33)

Total Time 48:47

Line-up: 
Dustin Behm - guitar, E-Bow, bass, keys, programming

Description/Reviews: 

The Beyond is a darkly progressive voyage through strange paranormal worlds. The album begins with some very technical and dissonant sounding songs. Each track builds on the journey as the songs evolve through the course of the album. The album strikes a balance between melody and oddity and contains some innovative ideas, even for a progressive metal album. The Beyond is characterized by extended range guitar, bass, and synths paired with monstrous drumming in a heavy progressive context. Dustin uses an E-Bow (Electronic Bow) to solo on a couple tracks for a unique harmonic guitar sound. The Beyond is inspired by early 90's progressive death metal such as Spheres era Pestilence combined with a modern metal influence from Meshuggah. Chris Poland's Return to Metalopolis was also an influence. The album is heavy, progressive, dissonant, and showcases some very fast guitar playing.
 The album is inspired by Dustin's love of classic horror movies, especially European horror of the 70's and 80's. The album artwork, skillfully painted by Mark Cooper, represents figures from a series of nightmares Dustin had as a child (of which Mark was unaware when he painted the piece). 

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Hollow Earth "Out Of Atlantis"

Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Retro Prog, Psychedelic
Label: Kommun 2 KOMMUN2-43 (vinyl), Sound Effect SERC046 (CD)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 24, 2017 (digital, vinyl), December 8, 2017 (CD)
Tracklist: 
1. Electric Eden (4:00)
2. Riders On The Vapour Trail (5:17)
3. Out Of Atlantis (4:43)
4. Incantation (5:23)
5. Behind The Ivory Gate (16:49)
6. Ave Satánas Or Tea-Time With Lucifer (3:53)

Total Time 40:05

Line-up: 
Cristóbal Nemo — Hammond B3 Organ, Wurlitzer Piano, Grand Piano, Mellotron, Modular Synthesizer, Ribbon Synthesizer, Spinet, Vibraphone, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Percussion & Vocals
Don Pharaoh — Bass Guitar & Vocals
Rod Handel V — Drums, Tambourine
   With
Pescador - Additional Electric and Acoustic Guitar
Quintette Terre Creuse - Strings (1)

Description/Reviews: 

Ken at the Laser's Edge says: "...One thing for certain is the band is clearly in love with the sounds of the 70s. They cite early Deep Purple and Pink Floyd as influences. You can clearly hear Pink Floyd sounds. Deep Purple a bit but you'll also hear Iron Butterfly and a bunch of late 60s, early 70s organ driven bands. Plenty of wicked guitarwork as well. Canterbury sounds are here as well. Overall it shoots for a certain vibe, basically British proto-prog and hits the mark. You could easily be fooled into thinking this is an album released in 1971. It's a hell of a lot of fun."
"Very excellent keyboard trio retro-prog from Sweden. [---] This is psychedelic infused progressive rock that channels the heritage of 1970-era Pink Floyd mixed with the Hammond work of Jon Lord with early Deep Purple; they are aiming for and hitting the UK 1970/71 'proto-prog sound - a pretty good place to be!" - Wayside

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LEF "Hypersomniac"

Country: Multinational
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Soundtrack
Label: RareNoise Records (RNR070)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 24, 2017 (digital), December 8, 2017 (CD, vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. Opening (2:17)
2. Parallel Powers (6:35)
3. Surgery (1:47)
4. Aran Has Changed (5:33)
5. It's Alright (4:46)
6. Quarrel (0:29)
7. First Day Of Work (4:55)
8. A Glimpse Of Emma (5:04)
9. Pale Skin (0:57)
10. Therapy (5:36)
11. First Step (7:12)
12. Let The Sun Fall Apart (7:14)

Total Time 52:25

Line-up: 
Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari (O.R.k) - Vocals
   With
Eivind Aarset - Guitars, Electronics
Bill Laswell - Bass
Ståle Storløkken (Motorpsycho) - Hammond Organ, Keyboards
Nils Petter Molvaer - Trumpet
Rebecca Sneddon - Saxophones
Kenneth Kapstad (Motorpsycho) - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

LEF’s music serves as the companion soundtrack for a breathtaking online interactive graphic novel based on dystopian tale written by LEF himself. While LEF’s visionary project might recall similarly ambitious dystopian tales like The Who’s Tommy or Pink Floyd’s The Wall, Hypersomniac has a wholly fresh spin on the multi-media process. 

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Parallel Powers
Aran has changed

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Dialects "Because Your Path Is Unlike Any Other"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Post Math Rock/Metal
Label: Through Love Records
Format: vinyl, digital
Release date: November 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Superluminal (5:23)
2. Light Echo (3:07)
3. Lorentzian (4:26)
4. Illusory (3:41)
5. When You Die, You're Truly Alone (5:40)
6. I'm Not A Comedian (3:47)
7. Escape Velocity (5:38)
8. It's Not A Ghost... It's Gravity (5:26)
9. Because Your Path Is Unlike Any Other (4:39)
10. Mountainous (6:19)

Total Time 48:06

Line-up: 
Conor Anderson - Guitar & Vocals
Steven Gillies - Guitar & Vocals
Ali Walker - Bass & Vocals
Liam McAteer - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

The first half of the album takes an unrelenting, math-heavy stance. Infectious hooks and shredding guitars abound. Little warning is given as songs take repeated, rapid-fire changes in direction, but somehow these twists and turns never feel too abrupt. Many of the songs on this album have something of the old school about them, Russian Circles meets hardcore band Hopesfall. There’s also room – on funk-heavy, ‘Illusory’ for instance – for some fun.

Read the full review by Jenny Gardiner at echoesanddust.com

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Nova Spei "Nova Spei"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Intro (1:27)
2. Dernier Repere (5:08)
3. L'abime (3:58)
4. Les Vivants-Morts (2:55)
5. Realite (4:31)
6. Ma Muse (4:14)
7. Delivrance (4:17)
8. La Verite Est Ailleurs (3:20)
9. Jugement Dernier (4:52)
10. Outro (2:01)
11. Memoires (4:54)
12. Les Vivants Pas Si Morts Que Ca (Remix) (3:10)

Total Time 44:47

Line-up: 
Dany Duplessis: Vocals
Dany Soucy: Guitars
Nicolas Dumais Brouillette: Bass
Normand Geneau: Drums

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Arilyn "#eraser"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Neo-Prog
Label: QuiXote Music (qxt cd 75)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Eraser (6:03)
2. The Temple (3:16)
3. Resist (5:41)
4. Coming Back To Life (6:16)
5. Sadness (6:28)
6. Special (3:44)
7. The Last Of Us (6:58)
8. Shattered Pieces (6:47)
9. Moon (5:54)
10. Jungle (4:00)
11. With Love (4:05)

Total Time 59:12

Line-up: 
Christian Külbs - Vocals, Bass
Jürgen Moßgraber - Keyboards
Jürgen Kaletta - Guitar
Christof Doll - Drums, Percussion

Description/Reviews: 

Arilyn from Ludwigshafen present their sixth album titled "Eraser". Cleverly, they connect hard rock guitars with electronic elements and thus achieve a sound that is familiar from bands like Archive. They continue to be loyal to their typical signature, refrains with a high recognition value. 

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The Temple

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Lucifer Was "Morning Star"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Retro Prog, Hard Rock
Label: Transubstans Records (TRANS146, TRANSV44BLU)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. As It Comes (5:36)
2. A Forest Of Zaqqum Trees (3:50)
3. Tube Music (4:51)
4. Cold Up Here In The North (4:22)
5. Sea Of Sleep (4:47)
6. Sunday Morning Griever (6:02)
7. Pure (15:25)

Total Time 44:53

Line-up: 
Jon Ruder - Lead vocals
Thore Engen - Lead guitar, acoustic guitars, zither, vocals
Dag Stenseng - Flute, vocals
Anders Sevaldson - Flute
Einar Bruu - Bass
Kai Frilseth - Drums, percussion
Arild Brøter (Pymlico) - Drums, percussion
Andreas Sjo - Engen Guitar, cigar-box slide guitar, vocals
Arne Martinussen - Organ, piano, Mellotron, harpsichord

Description/Reviews: 

The complete 1972-1974 Lucifer Was line-up that recorded Underground And Beyond and the year 2000 second album In Anadi’s Bower, is all featured throughout the album. Look out for the two-drummer kick on several numbers.
Morning Star contains seven tracks. Two of these, Tube Music and Sunday Morning Griever, are based on songs from Thore Engen’s 70’s tape-find in a box in his basement in 2015, which sort of got this album initially started. Another track, Sea Of Sleep, the only ever song co-written by Thore Engen and flautist/singer Dag Stenseng, were, in a simpler form, featured regularly in the band’s live-set during the early 70’s. And then there is the 15:25 long Heavy Prog/Space blues mammoth composition Pure, a year in the writing and arranging by Jon Ruder and Thore Engen.

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A Forest Of Zaqqum Trees

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Ring Of Gyges "Beyond the Night Sky"

Country: Iceland
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: November 22, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Ascend (2:24)
2. Andvaka (5:05)
3. Aluminum God (3:47)
4. Dusk (13:46)
5. Death's Door (6:44)
6. (Instru)Mentality (4:25)
7. Not This Time (5:19)
8. Dawn (9:53)
9. Descend (4:18)

Total Time 55:41

Line-up: 
Helgi Jónsson: Vocals, guitar, bass (8), drums (7)
Guðjón Sveinsson: Vocals, guitar
Einar Merlin Cortes: Drums, percussion
Gísli Þór Ingólfsson: Piano, organ, synths, vocals (5)
Þorsteinn Ýmir Ásgeirsson: Bass
   With:
Sigríður Kristjana Ingimarsdóttir: Cello
Sólrún Ylfa Ingimarsdóttir: Violin, viola
Andri Ívarsson: Guitar solo (8)
Pétur Örn Jónsson: Saxophone
Joseph Mattos-Hall: Flute
Frank Nieuwenhuis: Flute
Ívar Baldvin Júlíusson: Clarinet & bass clarinet

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Autumn Moonlight "Passengers"

Country: Argentina
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Post Rock
Label: Viajero Inmovil Records (AM072VIR)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 21, 2017 (digital), December 30, 2017 (CD)
Tracklist: 
1. Breathe (1:08)
2. Passengers (7:55)
3. Outlast (6:34)
4. Transcend (4:42)
5. Where We Belong (5:25)
6. Way Out Of Here (10:34)
7. Last Stand (6:21)
8. Dying Light (3:01)

Total Time 45:40

Line-up: 
Mariano Spadafora - Bass, pianos, VSTi , vocals
Tomás Barrionuevo - Guitar, pianos, VSTi, vocals
    With
Esmeralda Llanos - Vocals

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Lithium Dawn "Tearing Back the Veil II: Awakening"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal/Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 21, 2017 (digital), January 5, 2018 (CD)
Tracklist: 
1. Loose Ends (6:49)
2. Pantheon (6:57)
3. Star Driven Machine (5:33)
4. Prominence (5:58)
5. Dreadnought (7:35)
6. Waves Of White (3:39)
7. Inverse (5:06)
8. Repression (6:50)
9. Sight Before The Sound (6:39)
10. Entheon (3:37)
11. Awakening (6:01)
12. Edge Of The Sky (5:04)

Total Time 69:48

Line-up: 
Ondrej Tvarozek - Lead and backing vocals, guitars, synths, programming
Matt Benoit - Drums, percussion, synths, guitars, programming
Jens Marcelis - Bass, guitars, soundscapes
Aaron Gage - Lead and backing vocals, flute, strings, piano
    With:
Mike Odabashian - Hand percussion (4, 8)
Garrett Gleason - Guitar solo  (4)
Plini - Guitar solo (9)

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Tiger Moth Tales "The Depths Of Winter"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Symphonic
Label: White Knight Records (CD), Plane Groovy (vinyl )
Format: CD, digital, vinyl 
Release date: November 20, 2017 (CD), November 24, 2017 (vinyl )
Tracklist:
1. Winter Is Coming (0:31)
2. Winter Maker (10:50)
3. Exposure (13:34)
4. The Ballad Of Longshanks John (6:58)
5. Migration (2:58)
6. Take The Memory (7:10)
7. Sleigh Ride (6:40)
8. The Tears Of Frigga (11:42)
9. Hygge (9:12)
10. Winter's End (1:32)

Total Time 71:07

Line-up: 
Peter Jones (Camel, Francis Dunnery, CTP) - Vocals, instruments
   With
Luke Machin (The Tangent, Maschine) - Guitar

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The Ballad Of Longshanks John (Single Edit)
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Korzo "Supremacy"

Country: Ukraine
Genre(s): Progressive Post Rock/Metal
Label: Massive Sound Recordings
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 20, 2017
Tracklist: 

1. Empty
2. Beauty
3. Reflections
4. Supreme
5. Embrace
6. Monad
7. We

Line-up: 
Dimitriy Pavlovskiy aka DP - guitars, vocals
Anna Shmilyak - vocals
Johaness - keyboards
Liam Dee - drums

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Beauty
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Staring Into Nothing "Power"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Pop
Label: Antares Records
Format: digital
Release date: November 20, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Puritans (4:39)
2. School Daze (4:34)
3. Obey (5:09)
4. The Program (5:14)
5. Heads Or Tails (5:00)
6. Information Crime (9:40)
7. Towers (18:13)
8. Big Brother (5:36)
9. Freedom (4:11)
10. Gates Of Hell (6:29)

Total Time 68:45

Line-up: 
Savannah Rogers - Vocals, Guitars
Kurt Barabas - Guitars, Bass
Steve Rogers - Vocals, Piano, Keyboards
   With
David Levita - Guitars
Jamie Muhoberac - Keyboards
Pop Levi - Backing Vocals
Andrea Meli - Backing Vocals
Matt Chamberlain - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

Musically, they remind me a bit of a mix of Steven Wilson and Roger Waters. The Waters comparison comes from the overall message in the album “Power” and lead vocalist Steven Rogers, who’s delivery is a LOT like Waters.... The music for the most part is mid-tempo progressive pop rock with mostly solid hooks which is fine but gets a little repetitive after a while.

Read the full review by Rob Pociluk at progressivemusicplanet.com

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Starsoup "Castles Of Sand"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Metalism Records (MR 026-17)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 20, 2017 (digital), December 1, 2017 (CD)
Tracklist: 
1. The Catcher In The Lie (4:00)
2. Into The Woods (3:52)
3. Brother's Plea (5:53)
4. Your World Is Dead (5:56)
5. Rumors Of Better Love (3:37)
6. Escapist (3:44)
7. Winter In Shire (2:15)
8. Castle (6:42)
9. The World That Has Moved On (1:36)
10. Moon On The Shore (4:56)

Total Time 42:31

Line-up: 
Alexey Markov - guitars, vocals, sound effects
   With
Mike Sorokin - drums (1,4,6)
Ivan Izotov (Epidemia, Garage Dayz) - bass (1, 3, 4, 7), orchestra (1), keyboards (3,4,7)
Dmitry Ignatiev (Tantal) - guitar solo (1,4)
Kirill Babiev (Timesquare) - vocals (1)
Sergey Serebrennikov (ex-Paul di Anno/Blaze Bayley) - drums (2,3,7)
Oleg Mishin - flute (3, 4)
Vladimir Shevyakov - guitars (6), guitar solos (8, 10)
Evgeny Nesterov - bass (6)
Rustam Akhmatgaraev - keyboards (1, 6), piano (9, 11, 12)
Artem Molodtsov (Distant Sun) - bass (8, 10), guitars (8)
Anton Yalovchuk (The Barber) - drums (8)
Vladimir Shulepin (Solar Wind) - keyboards (8, 10)
Daria Naumenko vocals (9)
Alex Dyachenko (Solar Wind) - drums (10)

Description/Reviews: 

Markov traverses diverse genres, like progressive metal to AOR melodic rock to classical music, with inventive creativity and sublime ease.

Read the full review by Craig Hartranft at dangerdog.com

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