Hedvig Mollestad Trio "Smells Funny"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: Rune Grammofon - RCD2203/RLP3203
Format: CD, vinyl
Release date: November 30, 2018
Tracklist: 
1     Beastie, Beastie    
2     First Thing To Pop Is The Eye    
3     Jurášek    
4     Sugar Rush Mountain    
5     Bewitched, Dwarfed And Defeathered    
6     Lucidness

Line-up: 
Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen - guitar
Ivar Loe Bjørnstad - drums
Ellen Brekken - bass

Description/Reviews: 

...with Smells Funny the trio are venturing into the more free and open landscapes explored on their previous album, Black Stabat Mater.
Jazz or rock? Stonerswing? Or doomjazz maybe? For every new record by Hedvig Mollestad Trio, critics try to invent an adequate genre name for their spellbinding, uncompromising and visceral music. Classic Rock Magazine came closest: Jazz Sabbath. The band's eclectic mix of influences ranges from Black Sabbath and Jimi Hendrix to John Coltrane and contemporary jazz and metal music. (broadwayworld.com)

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Beastie, Beastie

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Lapis Lazuli "Brain"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Instrumental Eclectic Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 30, 2018
Tracklist: 

1. Low Key (11:13)
2. Falling Line (11:49)
3. And Stay Long (7:30)
4. The Slug (8:27)
5. Hired Soul (11:25)

Line-up: 
Adam Brodigan
Luke Mennis
Dan Lander
Neil Sullivan

Description/Reviews: 

Stylistically, Brain manages to straddle an exciting path decorated with signposts to bands such as, National Health, Gong, and King Crimson. The path is also subtly coloured, by a wide plethora of other influences. These include for good measure, rock, reggae, space rock, bossa nova, dub, ska, math rock, psychedelia and hints of various forms of dance music.

Read the full review by Owen Davies at dprp.net

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Low Key
Hired Soul 

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A Restless Mind "Where the Gold Grows"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: digital
Release date: November 30, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Century (3:42)
2. The Imposter Syndrome (4:23)
3. Granite (4:34)
4. Sleepless (5:03)
5. Ambrosia (5:09)
6. Socrates (5:20)
7. Charred (4:36)
8. Lyra's Song (4:49)
9. Fleeting (4:16)
10. Where The Gold Grows (4:27)
11. Hiraeth (7:49)

Total Time 54:08

Line-up: 
Don O'Boyle - Instruments, Vocals
George Pidvysotski - Vocals
   With
Akash Lakhia - Harsh Vocals (4)
Richard Ellsworth - Violin (2, 11)

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Illumine "Maiden Voyage"

Country: New Zealand
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal
Format: digital
Release date: November 30, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Departure (2:05)
2. Emanate (4:00)
3. Blue Joy (4:58)
4. Orion (5:39)
5. Reference (7:32)
6. Hospital Bed (2:35)
7. The Docks (1:45)
8. Sunrise (6:57)
9. Zenosyne (2:24)
10. Solitary (4:11)
11. Stuck On Play (5:58)
12. Maiden Voyage (7:00)

Total Time 55:04

Line-up: 
Liam Dodge - everything
   Except
Joel Sangster - guitar solo (3)

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Bandcamp

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PreHistoric Animals "Consider it a work of art"

Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Alternative/Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 30, 2018 (digital)
Tracklist: 
1. Run Stranger, Run! (5:59)
2. Burn The Ground (5:34)
3. Before The End (6:46)
4. March For Ignorance (4:09)
5. Still Feels Like Magic (7:10)
6. Would You Crack The Sky? (4:23)
7. A Ghost Came One Day (6:02)
8. Never Thought I Was A Monster (6:56)
9. Consider It A Work Of Art (6:47)
10. Welcome To My Shrinking Universe (6:17)

Total Time 60:03

Line-up: 
Samuel Granath - Drums, keyboards
Stefan Altzar - Guitar, bass, vocals
Jakob Granath - Keyboards (10)

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The Intersphere "The Grand Delusion"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Alternative Progressive Rock
Label: Long Branch Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 30, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Don't Think Twice   
2. Mind Over Matter   
3. Man On The Moon   
4. Overflow   
5. Secret Place   
6. Antitype   
7. Smoke Screen   
8. The Grand Delusion   
9. New Maxim   
10. Linger   
11. You Feel Better When I Feel Bad   
12. Shipwreck

Line-up: 
Christoph Hessler - Guitars, Vocals
Thomas Zipner - Guitars, Vocals
Daniel Weber - Bass
Moritz Müller - Drums

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Bandcamp

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Jakob Skøtt "Instrumentality"

Country: Denmark
Genre(s): Instrumental Psychedelic, Krautrock, Electronica
Label: El Paraiso Records
Format: digital, vinyl
Release date: November 30, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. The Dura Plane (4:52)
2. 2nd Foundation (5:51)
3. Altered State (4:32)
4. Purple Visage (4:57)
5. Tapping The Source With The Lords Of Instrumentality (14:29)

Total Time 34:41

Line-up: 
Jakob Skøtt (Causa Sui)

Description/Reviews: 

The opener, ‘The Dura Plane’, gets the album of to a strong start with its slightly off-kilter repeato-rhythms. As you would expect the drums are high in the mix and getting a proper pounding before Skøtt leads us off into a dreamlike mid-section which feels detached and disorientated before hitting the beat again to take it home.

Read the full review by Simon at psychinsightmusic.com

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The Dura Plane

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Mirror "No Man's Tale"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Housemaster Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 28, 2018 (CD), December 4, 2018 (digital), April 2019 (vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. Prologue (1:03)
2. No Man's Land (8:09)
3. Another World (The Other Side Of The Mirror) (1:39)
4. Who Can Hear Me? (Another World II) (5:14)
5. The Earth Watcher (3:53)
6. The End Of Silence (2:55)
7. The Birth (A New Life) (4:13)
8. When Silence Turns To Thunder (7:24)
9. Not Too Late (2:06)
10. The Power Of Tears (5:45)

Total Time 42:21

Line-up: 
Uwe Kitza - Vocals, Percussions
Stefan Bugal - Guitars
Michael Flynn Filipiak - Drums, Percussions
Günter Köhler - Bass Guitars
Roland Weidenheimer - Keyboards

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No Man's Land (Radio Edit)
Deezer

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Alan Walks "Life Of Fireflies Vol. I"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: November 25, 2018
Tracklist: 
01. Side A: Into The Night (Pre-Intro) (00:28)
02. a. Luminesce, Part 1 (13:31)
03. b. IC Stars (03:19)
04. c. Sailing/Into The Night (04:45)
05. d. Elegy (06:05)
06. Side B: The Firefly (Pre-Intro) (00:12)
07. a. The Firefly (14:15)
08. b. Wormhole (01:28)
09. c. Crickets (10:49)
10. Luminesce, Part 1 (Single Version) (06:10)

Total Time 61:02

Line-up: 
Alan Walks - Vocals, All Instruments (guitars, basses, keyboards, percussion, cello, horns, etc)
   Except
Jody Brumell: Drums on "Luminesce", "IC Stars", "Elegy", "The Firefly"
Mike Fitzgibbon: Drums on "Into the Night", "Crickets"
Geoff Martel: Keyboard solo on "Luminesce part 1", Flute on "Elegy" and "The Firefly"
Mark Aspinall: Tenor Saxophone on "Into the Night"
Theo and Ooma: Violins on "Sailing"

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KDB3 "I Fill My Days With Noise"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: 3 in 1 Records
Format: digital
Release date: November 25, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Pitfall & Snare (7:32)
2. Time From Time (5:25)
3. Brand New Day (9:20)
4. Lear Jet Gospel (11:12)
5. Troll (4:54)
6. Far Away (13:56)

Total Time 52:19

Line-up: 
Doug Bowers (Ad Astra) - vocals, all instruments
  With
Chuck Tidwell - guitar
Billy Holmes - guitar
Mark Thompson - guitar
Mike Burstein - guitar
Ellen Sheppard - guitar
Kieran McNight - reading from Hebrews

Description/Reviews: 

This album is a great break from the typical modern progressive rock circulating throughout the world and it stands tall with unique keyboard sounds that bring back memories of the past.

Read the full review by Professor Mark at theprogressiveaspect.net

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Poldur's Gate Project "Human Nature"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: digital
Release date: November 24, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Introspection (6:23)
2. It's Not My Dream (4:27)
3. Lies (4:33)
4. The Beast (4:34)
5. At All (4:37)
6. I Keep The Distance (3:22)
7. All The More (4:14)
8. Human Nature (6:36)

Total Time 38:46

Line-up: 
Luca Bussolini

Description/Reviews: 

Poldur's Gate Project is an experiment: rock/metal songs whose music and voices are synthesized via software... played and sung artificially.
The album talks about aspects of the human nature by considering our evolution in the course of time, especially in relation to our ability to rationalize and consequentially to be aware of our existence. Though we keep on being instinctive animals, these characteristics define some unique human behaviors, such as daydreaming, hoping, lying, criticizing, and so forth.

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4 tracks

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Mind's Doors "The Edge of the World"

Country: Spain
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label:  Wormholedeath Records - whd161
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 23, 2018
Tracklist: 
1 - A Warm Nest (12:17)
2 - Hollow Days (09:06)
3 - Koma (05:57)
4 - Sweet Dreams (06:07)
5 - The Light (09:06)
6 - Endless Nights (02:55)
7 - Victoria (06:53)
8 - The Edge of the World (12:25)

Line-up: 
Alberto Abeledo - Guitars
César Alcaraz - Vocals
Jose Bernabeu - Drums
Marcos Beviá - Keys
Eloy Romero - Bass

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Sweet Dreams

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22 "You Are Creating:Limb2"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock
Label: Long Branch Records, Indie Recordings
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 23, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Node2
2. Call Me Trimtab
3. Dillemanns Clarity
4. Autumn Stream
5. Chroma Key
6. Sylphs
7. V
8. Akira

Line-up: 
Magnus Boermark
Andreas Kjoel Berg
Mats Paulsen
Per Kristian Trollvik

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Baby Grandmothers "Merkurius"

Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Psychedelic 
Label: Subliminal Sounds
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 23, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Peloton (2:40)
2. ADHD (6:36)
3. Intervall (3:12)
4. Elefant (5:15)
5. Dojjan (3:16)
6. Kraftverk (7:31)
7. Merkurius (6:35)

Total Time 35:05

Line-up: 
Kenny Håkansson
Bengt “Bella” Linnarsson
Pelle Ekman

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Roine Stolt's The Flower King "Manifesto Of An Alchemist"

Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: InsideOut Music
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 23, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Rainsong
2. Lost America
3. Ze Pawns
4. High Road
5. Rio Grande
6. Next to a Hurricane
7. The Alchemist
8. Baby Angels
9. Six Thirty Wake-Up
10. The Spell of Money

Line-up: 
Roine Stolt (Transatlantic, Agents of Mercy, The Sea Within, Kaipa)
Jones (aka Jonas) Reingold (Karmakanic, Agents of Mercy, Kaipa, An Endless Sporadic)
Hans "Hasse" Fröberg
Michael Stolt
   With:
Marco Minnemann (The Sea Within, The Mute Gods, The Aristocrats, Steven Wilson)
Max Lorentz (Kaipa da Capo)
Zach Kamins (An Endless Sporadic)
Rob Townsend (Family, Steve Hackett)
Nad Sylvan (Unifaun, Agents of Mercy, Steve Hackett)

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Lost America

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Bridge11 "A Blue Dot"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Space Rock
Format: digital
Release date: November 23, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Ripples (9:27)
2. A Blue Dot (6:55)
3. Juno (5:36)
4. Mars (11:19)
5. Cassini (8:30)
6. Devastating Beauty (7:50)
7. The Edge Of Beyond (8:40)
8. A Speck Of Dust (11:23)
9. Unspoken (7:01)

Total Time 76:41

Line-up: 
Dirk Bag - Vocals, Keyboards
Sapient - Guitars, Bass, Drums
The Guv'nor - Theremin

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Bremen "Enter Silence"

Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Instrumental Psychedelic, Krautrock
Label: Blackest Ever Black ‎- BEB 070
Format: vinyl, digital
Release date: November 23, 2018 (vinyl), January 18, 2019 (digital)
Tracklist: 
1. Sinister (3:35)
2. The Middle Section (3:40)
3. Aimless Cruising (2:42)
4. Closures (4:12)
5. Valley Of Ashes (2:44)
6. Palladium (5:28)
7. Enter Silence (4:07)
8. No Means To Remain (3:31)
9. Too Cold For Your Eyes (4:58)
10. Everything Coagulates (2:53)
11. Earthbound (3:02)
12. Vanishing Point (7:33)

Total Time 48:25

Line-up: 
Lanchy Orre - guitar, bass
Jonas Tiljander - keyboards, drums

Description/Reviews: 

Once again the Uppsala multi-instrumentalists combine elements of trogged-out psychedelic rock with a deadly serious Arctic minimalism and weeping modal improvisations that owe more to the outer limits of jazz and burnt-out free music from Japan. It’s connoisseur’s space music, grown-up and grievously honed; outwardly inclined towards the epic but studded with details that reward attention and introspection.

There’s always been a strong undercurrent of sadness animating Bremen’s work, and that existential burden is present and correct on Enter Silence, culminating in the all-out cosmic anguish of ‘Palladium’. Even ‘The Middle Section’, whose ragged chords are nothing if not the sound of optimism and defiance, sounds like it’s navigating some kind of unsayable trauma. But this band has always allowed plenty of room for bonehead slash-and-burn as well: see here especially the Stoogeian/39 Clocks-ish rock’n’roll of ‘Aimless Cruising’ and the pulpy quasi-cinematic tension of ‘Sinister’, or the brilliant ‘Too Cold For Your Eyes’, a blast of voidal motorik that sounds like a cranked-up Clean.

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Zhaoze "Birds Contending | 争鸣"

Country: China
Genre(s): Instrumental Post Rock, Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: November 23, 2018
Tracklist: 
1.  Birds Contending | 争鸣 (43:27)

Line-up: 
Hoyliang: Electric Guqin, Xiao (Chinese Flute)
Littledream: Guitar
Roy: Bass
Seasean: Drums, Celesta

Description/Reviews: 

Across the entire record, Zhaoze constantly bounces back and forth between progressive and post-rock that are done to gorgeous effect. Then layer in a true multitude of traditional Chinese instruments on top of all that, which are performed beautifully as well, and “Birds Contending” is made so much more detailed as the entirety of the record has a completely different and unique feel as we’re guided through the very forest that this record was actually recorded in.

Read the full review at headbangerreviews.wordpress.com

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In The Woods... "Cease The Day"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Progressive/Avant/Doom/Black Metal
Label: Debemur Morti Productions - DMP0166
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 23, 2018
Tracklist: 
01. Empty Streets
02. Substance Vortex
03. Respect My Solitude
04. Cloud Seeder
05. Still Yearning
06. Strike Up With The Dawn
07. Transcending Yesterdays
08. Cease The Day

Line-up: 
James Fogarty - Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys
Bernt Sørensen - Guitars
Anders Kobro - Drums
   With
Kåre Sletteberg - Lead Guitar (2), Acoustic Guitar

Description/Reviews: 

Continuing to refine and perfect their sound while ever expanding it in new directions, “Cease the Day” is a powerful and kaleidoscopic effort. A thunderous undercurrent of melodic riffing drives these songs forward, elements of doom, death, and progressive metal all coming together to form a cohesive whole.

Chilling ambience, psychedelia, avant-garde, and deep soaring vocals ebb and flow to craft a unique sound that truly must be heard to be believed, all before crushing the listener with the band’s most extreme moments since their debut “Heart of the Ages”.

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Shattered Glass "Time For Change"

Country: Brazil
Genre(s): Progressive Metal/Rock
Format: digital
Release date: November 22, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Reflection (1:52)
2. Time For Change (8:02)
3. Rising Fire (9:10)
4. Paralyzed (6:31)
5. Seeds Of Hate (8:37)
6. Desolation Pt. I: Conformity (4:30)
7. Desolation Pt. II: Breakdown (3:51)
8. Desolation Pt. III: Realization (7:45)
9. The Clock (3:36)
10. Staring At The Sun (4:25)

Total Time 58:19

Line-up: 
Gabriel Ferry - Vocals, Drums
Rafael Morassi - Bass
Vinícius Politano - Guitars
    With
Rodrigo Zanettini - Keyboards

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Paralyzed
Seeds of Hate
Time for Change
Deezer

Jerzy Górka Artkiestra "Drugie Wołanie"

Country: Poland
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion
Label: Lynx Music - LM149CD
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 19, 2018 (CD), December 17, 2018 (digital)
Tracklist: 
1. Żarty się skończyły (9:22)
2. Drugie wołanie(8:15)
3. Seneka (9:33)
4. Mandala (9:01)
5. Kłykieć(5:51)
6. Struktury (5:19)

Total Time 47:21

Line-up: 
Michał Kołodziejczyk - guitar
Piotr Rupik - keys
Łukasz Jura - bass
Szczęsny Skrzypiec - percussion
Jerzy Górka - drums

Media/Samples 
Progstreaming

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Quarkspace "All These Unfinished Suns"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Space Rock, Psychedelic, Electronica
Format: digital
Release date: November 19, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Starbridge Freaks 4 (3:44)
2. All These Suns (12:13)
3. Who Lost Frederick? (3:18)
4. The Prodigal Spaceman (6:05)
5. Solar Progenics (6:14)
6. Watch For Swimmers (6:48)
7. The Prodigal Galaxy (5:28)
8. Space Folds Upon Itself (5:34)

Total Time 49:24

Line-up: 
Darren Gough: Guitar, Backing Vocals
Chet Santia: Bass, Guitars, Guide Vocals
Jay Swanson: Keyboards, Synths, Beats, Backing Vocals, Song Length Commentary
Paul Williams: Drumming, Synths, Keyboards, Fake Mellotrons, Beats, Loops, Moog, Backing Vocals
   With
Carl Howard: Analog Synth (3,5,6)
Stan Lyon: Bass (1,2,4)
Carlton Smith: Drumming (3,5,6)

Description/Reviews: 

The album features the 12-minute title track, long a staple of Quarkspace’s live shows, as well as a hearty dollop of improvisational and electronic instrumental cuts. Ultimately, All These Suns reveals a classic Quarkspace inspired by its psychedelic mix of song craft and improvisation. It’s a powerful album, veering between psychedelic folk and deep space rock excursions sometimes presented in an electronic fashion.

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Joe Bailey "A Price To Pay"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, AOR
Format: digital
Release date: November 19, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Immaculate Inception (9:12)
2. Consumed (7:41)
3. Birthmark (6:34)
4. Salute, Smile, Say Goodbye (8:09)
5. Tearing Down These Walls (7:14)
6. 10.18 (3:35)
7. The Illusionist (8:01)
8. Dim The Lights (10:16)

Total Time 60:42

Line-up: 
Joe Bailey - guitars, bass, vocals, programming (keyboards, choirs, strings, synth, drums)

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Bandcamp (name your price)

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Aeneas "Paradox"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 19, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Awake (4:03)
2. Scream (3:40)
3. Come On (3:58)
4. Unleashed (5:05)
5. Brother (2:49)
6. Gravity (3:53)
7. The Aeneid (18:22)

Line-up: 
Bernhard Huber - Lead Vocals
Ben Eifert - Guitars, Keyboards
Maxx Hertweck - Drums
Giuseppe Puzzo - Bass
Media/Samples 
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Fizbers "Die Without Living"

Country: Poland
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Lynx Music - LM151CD
Format: CD, digital
Release date:  November 19, 2018 (CD), December 17, 2018 (digital)
Tracklist: 
1. I Am The Remedy (5:16)
2. They Fade (2:15)
3. 54 (6:13)
4. Deal Of Red (4:04)
5. Shape (4:16)
6. C. E. L. (5:48)
7. Die Without Living (17:02)

Total Time 44:54

Line-up: 
Dawid Lewandowski - vocals, bass, guitars
Dominik Pawlus - drums, keyboards, acoustic guitars
Szymon Kubala - guitars
   With
Milena Locksmith - vocals
Wiktor Batek - guitars

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Das Rad "Das Rad"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Instrumental Electronica, Krautrock, Progressive Rock, Fusion
Label: Discus Music - 75CD
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 18, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Whatever You Want (4:01)
2. Heisse Rader (2:51)
3. Canterbury Steps (4:42)
4. Boom (5:02)
5. Fernweh 1 (1:04)
6. Return To Schriesheim (5:36)
7. Sehnsucht (5:44)
8. Porto Steps (15:03)
9. Ohrwurm (3:33)
10. Fernweh 2 (1:26)
11. Tenser (6:28)
12. London Steps (10:53)

Total Time 66:23

Line-up: 
Nick Robinson – electric and acoustic guitars, loops, electronics
Martin Archer – saxophones, clarinets, flutes, recorders, melodica, keyboards, electronics, synth bass
Steve Dinsdale – electric drums, acoustic percussion, synth

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Lizard "Half-Live"

Country: Poland
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Audio Cave
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: November 17, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Half-Live (44:02)

Line-up: 
Damian Bydliński - vocal, guitar
Janusz Tanistra - bass guitar
Daniel Kurtyka - guitar
Paweł Fabrowicz- keyboards
Mariusz Szulakowski - drums & percussion

Media/Samples 
Trailer
Trailer2

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Flor de Loto "Eclipse"

Country: Peru
Genre(s): Progressive Folk Rock/Metal
Label: Melodic Revolution Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 17, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. El Cóndor pasa/Locomotive
2. Tempestad
3. Animal
4. Eclipse
5. Esclavitud de tu ser
6. Támesis
7. Paraíso
8. Almas Perdidas
9. Eterna Proyección
10. Líneas de Nazca

Line-up: 
Alonso Herrera: Vocals and guitar
Alejandro Jarrin: Bass
Sergio Checho Cuadros: Quena
Gabriel Iwasaki: Keyboards
Alvaro Escobar: Drums

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Esclavitud de tu ser

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Sulphat' Ketamine "Over the Runk"

Country: France
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Blues, Rock'n'Roll
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 17, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Shelter Of The Sun (8:27)
2. Now (4:29)
3. Hurted By Shock (4:48)
4. Danse Macabre (6:11)
5. Only Players Win (2:28)
6. Alleluia Mecton (3:53)
7. Over The Runk (7:23)

Total time : 37:42

Line-up: 
Alexis Potapenko: Guitars, Vocals
Sébastien Gramond: Bass, Keyboards, Vocals
Clément Curaudeau: Drums
   With
Matthieu Grand: Backing Vocals (7)

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Bad As "Midnight Curse"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Hard Rock, Progressive Metal
Label: Rockshots Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 17, 2018 (digital), November 30, 2018 (EU), December 7, 2018 (NA)
Tracklist: 
1. Blackstar (3:52)
2. Midnight Curse (3:34)
3. Coming Far Away (3:35)
4. Shadown Of The Night (3:31)
5. Cause Of My Poetry (4:16)
6. Dream Fighter (3:45)
7. Open Your Mind (4:08)
8. At A Sunset (3:28)
9. This Time (4:08)
10. Dark Element (3:59)

Total Time 38:16

Line-up: 
Mattia Martin: vocals
Alessio “Lex” Tricarico: guitars
Marino De Bortoli: drums
Alberto Rigoni: bass

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The Tangent "Proxy"

Country: Multinational
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Fusion
Label: InsideOut
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 16, 2018
Tracklist:

1. Proxy
2. The Melting Andalusian Skies
3. A Case of Misplaced Optimism
4. The Adulthood Lie
5. Supper’s Off
6. Excerpt From “Exo-Oceans” (bonus track)

Line-up: 
Andy Tillison (Parallel or 90 Degrees) – Vocals, Keyboards
Jonas Reingold (The Flower Kings, Karmakanic) – Bass Guitar
Theo Travis (Soft Machine, Travis-Fripp) – Sax & Flute
Luke Machin (Maschine, Francis Dunnery Band) – Guitar
Steve Roberts (Magenta, Godsticks) – Drums
   With
Göran Edman (Karmakanic, Malmsteen) - Vocals

Description/Reviews: 

‘Proxy’ is a riot of juxtaposing styles, presented in a really direct manner and despite being firmly rooted in the stylistic traits of the Progressive Rock Genre takes some unexpected turnoffs and a major swerve. The albums kicks off with a trademark Tangent prog fantasia based around growling Hammonds, shrieking Synths, whirling guitars and sharp percussive bass - influences of ELP, Egg, Hatfield & the North, Caravan and Camel proudly worn on their sleeves. This 16-minute title track eventually becomes a protest song about the continuing wars that share their name with the song.
But this album features no overall concept. The second track is a sun-drenched Mediterranean fusion instrumental, more Chick Corea than Che Guevara. And the third track is referred to by the band as an attempt to find the missing link between Porcupine Tree and Jamiroquai. By the time we reach the centrepiece epic track ‘The Adulthood Lie’, the rulebook has been left behind and the band are trying to fix the car with whatever is at hand.

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Lithium Dawn "Gravity Waves"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal/Rock
Format: digital
Release date: November 16, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Subject 2029 (2:35)
2. Escape Velocity (5:31)
3. Blue To Red (2:06)
4. Valles Marineris (4:37)
5. Interloper (2:40)
6. Event Horizon (6:23)
7. αΩ (3:47)
8. Singularity (8:26)

Total Time 36:05

Line-up: 
Ondrej Tvarozek - Lead and Backing Vocals, Guitars, Synths, Programming, Sound Design
Jens Marcelis - Bass, Guitars, Synths, Narration
Matt Benoit - Drums
Aaron Gage - Orchestration, Vocals
   With
thebishopgame - Guitar solo (6)

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Kaupe "The Depths"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal
Format: digital
Release date: November 16, 2018
Tracklist: 
1 - Eleven (03:45)
2 - H. Werewolf (06:02)
3 - Foot In The Grave (03:23)
4 - B.F.I.A.H.H. (03:14)
5 - The Depths (04:14)
6 - Quaalude (00:38)
7 - Outside The Window (05:29)
8 - Trenches (04:48)
9 - Amor (06:46)

Line-up: 
Marc Larabel - Drums
Brett Walker - Guitar
Pete Medrano - Bass
Patrick Ross - Keyboards

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Kosm "Cosmonaut"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 16, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Space Mead (6:08)
2. Cosmonaut (5:28)
3. Colossus (6:39)
4. Wolves Upon The Throne (5:47)
5. The Esoteric Order (6:23)
6. Farseer (6:41)
7. Ancient Heart (5:24)
8. Fiefdom In The Sky (2:15)
9. Omnipresence (4:36)
10. Monarch (7:17)
11. Umbrakinesis (5:24)
12. Wza-Y'ei (4:21)

Total Time 66:23

Line-up: 
Jessie Grace - Vocals
Sterling Paterson - Drums
Michael "Pastrami" Mastracci - Bass
Mike Slater -  Guitars
Erik Leonhard - Guitars

Description/Reviews: 

While intended to indicate a will to explore the atypical and elaborate the old into something new, the term “progressive” can be off-putting. Too often does a band fall prey to its own ambition of pursuing every flight of fancy and pushing things further, which can quickly turn a forward-thinking album into a confusing grab-bag of technically proficient tangents awkwardly sewn together. Cosmonaut is not that. Here is an album where progressive elements are subtly used to colour already solid, groovy song foundations, which could easily stand by themselves.

Read the full review by Daniel Robichaud at beatroute.ca

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Sigh "Heir To Despair"

Country: Japan
Genre(s): Progressive Avant Metal
Label: Candlelight / Spinefarm Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 16, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Aletheia (7:23)
2. Homo Homini Lupus (5:33)
3. Hunters Not Horned (6:47)
4. In Memories Delusional (6:17)
5. Heresy I: Oblivium (7:28)
6. Heresy II: Acosmism (1:45)
7. Heresy III: Sub Species Aeternitatis (2:26)
8. Hands of the String Puller (4:48)
9. Heir to Despair (10:15)

Total Time 52:42

Line-up: 
Mirai Kawashima - Vocals, Keyboards, Taishōgoto, Flute, Piccolo
Satoshi Fujinami - Bass
Junichi Harashima - Drums
Dr. Mikannibal - Vocals, Alto Saxophone
You Oshima - Guitars
   With
Phil Anselmo - Additional Vocals (2)
Kevin Kmetz - Shamisen

Description/Reviews: 

The term progressive metal can bring to mind some cringe-worthy images, among them Berklee dropouts making long sprawling songs with obtuse riffs written with one thing in mind — “How will this sound if I solo over it?“ What sets Sigh apart from such bands, aside from their black metal past, is that their sound actually progresses. It is not stagnant wanking. You know only to expect organized chaos when you go into one of their albums. So I should have not been surprised by the opening track of Heir To Despair (“Aletheia”) sounding like a space-age take on Jethro Tull as a metal band; it makes perfect sense.

Read the full review  at nocleansinging.com

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Vederkast "And In The Abyss They Sleep"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Hard Rock, Progressive Metal
Label: Rob Mules Records
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: November 16, 2018
Tracklist: 
1 - In The Abyss (00:38)
2 - Hope Lost (06:34)
3 - Echoes Diminish (10:00)
4 - Reflections Linger (06:29)
5 - Yearning (03:59)
6 - Searching (05:15)
7 - In The Waves (03:39)
8 - Blindfolded (08:49)
9 - In The Abyss They Sleep (10:12)

Line-up: 
Paul Aronsen - Vocals and bass
Finn Fodstad - Guitar and backing vocals
Sindre Bakland - Guitar
Magnus Tornensis - Drums

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In The Abyss They Sleep 

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Dissonant Distance "Dissonant Distance"

Country: Multinational
Genre(s): Instrumental Fusion
Label: Sliptrick Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 16, 2018
Tracklist: 
1 - Stone Shaped Marmalade Dream (06:50)
2 - Multi Dimensional Colored Mask (05:40)
3 - The Shadow Of The Steel Tower (07:55)
4 - Bending Our Flags In The Evening (11:51)
5 - The Mirror Of Mr Goldmann (05:41)
6 - The Key (04:03)
7 - Eleven Signs (04:53)
8 - Walking In The Deadly Forest (08:12)
9 - Covered by Darkness (08:19)
10 - Over Our Heads (A Flying Nickel Samovar) (11:34)

Line-up: 
Oscar Hansson – Bass, Live Looping
Jay Matharu – Guitar
Andras Saylik – Drums, Percussion

Description/Reviews: 

The self-titled debut album from international group Dissonant Distance is a journey through instrumental improvisation. Pumping bass grooves, ambient loops, fiery guitars, intricate rhythms and tonalities. Fusing elements of progressive rock, metal, blues, jazz and Indian music with a free and spontaneous energy.

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Hazards Of Swimming Naked "Take Great Joy"

Country: Australia
Genre(s): Instrumental Post Rock
Label: Bird’s Robe Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 16, 2018 (CD, digital), early 2019 (vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. There Was Never a Right Time
2. Waiting for 5120
3. Curtis
4. Sofuo Unga Astin Min
5. I Don’t Know This Road
6. A Loose Thread
7. This Common Thread
8. Accept the Mystery

Line-up: 
Rick Anzolin
Cameron Diery
Adrian Diery
Gareth Rigden
Michael Gagen
Chris Lait
         With:

Bjarnheiður Kristinsdóttir
 - voice
Joyce Shek - 
 horn in f
Zinia Chan - 
 piano
Richard Grantham - viola
Alex Mcpherson - 
cello
Imogen Eve - 
 violin
Inga Francks - 
 violin

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