Trope "Eleutheromania"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock/Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 31, 2021
Tracklist

1. Lambs (4:41) 

2. Breach (3:39) 

3. Hyperextend (3:35) 

4. Shout (3:53) 

5. Planes (3:42) 

6. Plateau (3:54) 

7. Surrogate (3:28) 

8. Pareidolia (3:11) 

9. Privateer (3:04) 

10. Seasons Change (4:05) 

Total Time 37:12

Line-up
Diana Studenberg - vocals
Moonhead - guitar

Joe Ciccia - guitar

Todd Demma - bass

Sasha Siegel  - drums

Description/Reviews:

I've seen the band described as "A Perfect Circle with female vocals". But that is only a small glimpse of the whole. Firstly Trope's songs are efficiently-compact and the melodies more striking. Secondly Diana's vocals bring a very different texture and emotive sense to the music. Thirdly, the band brings a whole much bigger bucket of influences to the table; fusing the crossover alt-prog sound of Australian bands like Cog and Karnivool, the pop rock of Evanescence and Delain, the 90s alt-rock of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, and the modern rhythmic intensity of Wheel or Söen.

Read the full review by Andy Read at dprp.net

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The Apex "The Apex"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 31, 2021
Tracklist

1. Panik! (5:34) 

2. W&M (3:39) 

3. Time's Up (3:32) 

4. Swamp Thing (5:57) 

5. The Apex (6:45) 

6. Year Of The Sparrow (5:08) 

7. Que Outra (4:56) 

8. Kick Me (4:50) 

Total Time 40:21

Line-up

Francesco Carretti - guitars

Francesco Ferilli - bass

Danilo Ombres - drums

   With

Javier Girotto - sax (1, 5)

Gianni Nocenzi - piano (5)

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Different Strings "The sands of time"

Country: Malta
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 31, 2021
Tracklist

1 - Out of time

2 - The hourglass overture

3 - Poverty and agony

4 - Broken childhood

5 - Freedom (living hell)

6 - The sands of time

7 - The gathering

8 - Ten dollar love

9 - Glimps of concioussness

10 - The plan

11 - Castles in the sand

12 - The hourglass overture (reprise)

13 - Out of time (reprise)

Line-up

Chris Mallia - all instruments, backing vocals

   With

Andrea Casali (Icefish) - vocals

AnneMarie Spiteri - vocals (8)

Kurt Aquilina - guitar solo (11)

Jeanpierre Zammit - guitar solo (10)

Arthem Zhulyev - tenor sax solo (4)

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The sands of time
Ten dollar love (single version)

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March "In This Time"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Pop
Format: digital
Release date: March 30, 2021
Tracklist

1. On The Riverside (8:11) 

2. For Freedom (4:12) 

3. 40 Oceans (3:31) 

4. Believer (3:14) 

5. Cheap Excuses (3:49) 

6. The Grip (5:06) 

7. Counting Out Loud (0:49) 

8. Send Them All Home (6:16) 

9. January Man (7:50) 

10. Self Parody (3:53) 

11. I Can Walk (5:23) 

12. Save Me (4:16) 

13. Jashdov 7 (2:54) 

14. Zero Is Nothing (4:37) 

15. Toad (5:35) 

16. 1,000,000 Men (7:05) 

Total Time 76:41

Line-up

Doug Darrell: Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals

Allen Trainor: Bass Guitar, Acoustic and Classical Guitars

Joe Trainor: Lead and Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Programming

   with 

Shawn Trainor: Drums (4, 6, 12)

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Marco Pivato "A House on the Horizon"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: digital
Release date: March 29, 2021
Tracklist

1. What's Behind Tomorrow's Door? (2:08) 

2. Lucy's Battle Cry (3:08) 

3. Blank-Eyed Girl/Eclipse (4:59) 

4. A House On The Horizon (9:44) 

5. Reflections Of Night (1:00) 

6. Childhood Memories (3:41) 

7. Rendez-vous At The Edge Of The World (1:40) 

8. Lowest Sun (5:20) 

9. Smothered Whispers (5:40) 

10. Wéijī (1:42) 

11. No Cure (3:05) 

12. Let The Dream Begin Now (3:19) 

13. X-Change (2:52) 

14. The Mission's Result (3:57) 

15. Monsters (4:26) 

16. The Crow & The Lark (6:45) 

Total Time 63:26

Line-up

Marco Pivato (Moongressive) - Bass, Guitars

   With

Francesco Falsiroli - Drums, Percussions

Andrea Fattori - Solo Guitars

Alessandro Lanzoni (Moongressive) - Vocals

Enrico Marchiotto (Watershape) - Keyboards

Marta Orlando - Trumpet

Marco Perazzolo - Vocals

Carlotta Cimenti - Spoken Voice

Giulia de Crescenzo - Spoken Voice

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Hillward "Alternate Timelines"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: digital
Release date: March 29, 2021
Tracklist

1. Fire and Brimstone

2. Vapor Trails

3. Deafen the Void

4. Waiting

5. Un

6. Broadcast Interruption

7. Amidst the Sun and Stars

8. Tainted Eyes

Line-up

David Lizotte - Guitars, Vocals, Synths

Alexandre Lapierre - Lead Guitars

André-Philippe Pouliot - Keyboards, Synths

Jean-François Boudreault - Bass

Antoine Guertin - Drums, Vocals, Synths

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Galaad "Paradis posthumes"

Country: Switzerland
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 28, 2021 (CD), April 23, 2021 (digital)
Tracklist

1. Terra (2:31) 

2. Apocalypse (8:21) 

3. Moments (4:57) 

4. Le rêve d’unité (4:51)

5. Amor Vinces (4:10)

6. La douleur (6:21)

7. L’instinct, l’instant (7:57)

8. Ton ennemi (6:30)

9. Paradis posthumes (4:46)

10. Jour sidéral (9:15) 

11. Divine (4:55) 

Total Time 64:34

Line-up
Pierre-Yves "PyT" Theurillat: vocals
Sébastien Froidevaux: guitars
Gianni Giardiello: keys
Laurent Petermann: drums
Gérard Zuber: bass

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Tomasz Piwecki "Quantum"

Country: Poland
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal/Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 28, 2021
Tracklist

1. Titans Shadow (6:05) 

2. Intoxication (6:24) 

3. Prelude Of Quantum (4:48) 

4. Quantum (6:45) 

5. Breath (7:10) 

6. Inside (3:36) 

7. Andromeda (4:21) 

8. Forgotten Land (4:58) 

9. Adrenaline (6:56) 

10. Hidden Worlds (5:41) 

11. Sphere (4:24) 

Total Time 61:08 

Line-up
Tomasz Piwecki
   With

Liodee (9) 

Stel Andre (11)

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Sonorous Dynamo "Scraps of Ages"

Country: Switzerland
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Orisono Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 27, 2021
Tracklist

1. Prologue (0:29)

2. Ouverture (5:40)

3. Interlude I (1:01)

4. On My Side (3:42)

5. Interlude II (3:36)

6. Where Are the Men (4:39)

7. Interlude III (2:26)

8. Timeless Night (6:27)

9. Interlude IV (1:54)

10. Sacrifice (4:49)

11. Interlude V (2:04)

12. Children (3:42)

13. Interlude VI (1:06)

14. Circle of Fire (5:20)

15. Interlude VII (3:04)

16. I Want You to Know (4:06)

17. Interlude VIII (0:59)

18. I Can Fly (3:22)

19. Interlude IX (1:23)

20. Broken Soul (7:15)

21. Revolution (10:21)

22. Epilogue (1:29)

Total Time 78:54

Line-up

Matthias Schranz: Lead Vocals, Guitars

Jan Zinsel: Bass, Vocals

Andreas Siegenthaler: Keyboards

Adrian Moser: Drums

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Quiete "Riflessi"

Country: Italy 
Genre(s): Post Metal
Label: Cult of Parthenope
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 27, 2021
Tracklist

1. Risveglio (2:02) 

2. Aurora (6:55) 

3. L'Attimo (6:15) 

4. Madre (7:09) 

5. Gocce (4:49) 

6. Samsara (6:34) 

7. Autumna (5:37) 

8. L'Agguato (5:39) 

Total Time 45:00 

Line-up

Nicola Trentin: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys

Matteo Penzo: Drums

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Images of Eden "Angel Born"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Pavement Entertainment
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1. Autumn Is Burning (4:58) 

2. Angel Born (5:08) 

3. My Promise (3:37) 

4. Where Dreams Begin (4:31) 

5. If? (6:52) 

6. Killing God (4:06) 

7. Fight The Good Fight (6:05) 

8. War Room (4:37) 

9. Serenity Reign (6:04) 

10. Animation In A Still World (4:48) 

11. Marigold Sun (5:53) 

12. In Memory Of Me (11:10) 

Total Time 67:49

Line-up

Gordon Tittsworth - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar

Steve Dorssom - Drums & Percussion

L. Dean Harris - Piano & Keyboards

Eric Mulvaine - Bass & Backing Vocals

Victor Morell - Lead Guitar

  With

Michael Wolff - Acoustic & Lead Guitar

Description/Reviews:

In my review for Soulrise, I described that album’s sound, but I think it’s pretty applicable to the band as a whole: “… take the artistic, technical songwriting of Dream Theater, add the catchy and beautiful melodies of bands like Theocracy or Vanden Plas and combine it all together with the hard-hitting energy of classic heavy metal.” Angel Born is no different in this regard. It continues on that excellent blend of genres and refines all of the elements that Soulrise had.

Read the full review by Jacob Fields at challengingapathy.wordpress.com

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The Writhing Squares "Chart For The Solution"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Space Rock, Krautrock
Label: Trouble In Mind Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1. Rogue Moon (11:34) 

2. Geisterwaltz (4:24) 

3. Ganymede (3:32) 

4. The Abyss Is Never Brighter (2:54) 

5. A Chorus Of Electrons (1:55) 

6. The Library (6:43) 

7. NFU (3:40) 

8. The Pillars (18:39) 

9. North Side Of The Sky (5:38) 

10. Resurrect Dead On Planet Whatever (3:37) 

11. Epilogue (8:14) 

Total Time 70:50

Line-up

Kevin Nickles: Sax, Flute, Clarinet, Synth, Vocals

Daniel Provenzano: Bass, Synth, Percussion, Vocals

   With

"Harmonica" Dan Balcer: Harmonica (7)

John Schoemaker: Drums (11)

Alex Ward: Organ (11)

Description/Reviews:

 "Chart For The Solution" is a double album chock full what makes them tick; heady, progressive, psychedelic space-rock-cum-minimal synth slop, punctuated by MacKay/Chance-style blasts of brass & woodwinds that definitely scratch an itch.

Over the course of "Chart For The Solution"s four sides, Nickles & Provenzano utilize the extended format to stretch out & settle into a groove all their own. From the relentless synth pulse of opener "Rogue Moon", thru the aggro-throb of "Geisterwaltz" & four-on-the-floor scree of "Ganymede", The Squares have no mercy for your weary ears. After a brief, (slightly) mellow respite thru three tunes ("The Abyss Is Never Brighter"/"A Chorus of Electrons"/"The Library"), the band ratchets up the intensity with the cacophonous clatter of "NFU" leading right into the album's centerpiece; all of Side Three's "The Pillars", a near-nineteen minute epic suite that launches the listener straight into the maw of a black hole & thru the other side. Side Four closes out "Chart For The Solution" starting with the slinky stomp of "North Side of The Sky" into "Resurrect Dead On Planet Whatever"s unsettling, cosmic-funeral dirge. Fittingly, "Epilogue" closes out the album, with Nickles' sax dive bombing around Provenzano's bass throb like an alien interpretation of "Funhouse"s howling anarchy, augmented by live drums by John Schoemaker & organ by Alex Ward. 

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Aqviles "Memoria Fósil"

Country: Chile
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Hard Rock
Format: digital
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1. Ecoesencias (1:19) 

2. Radio en Alerta (3:44) 

3. Espectador de Terrores (7:37) 

4. Diálogos (5:01) 

5. Surcos en la Piel (6:21) 

6. Astro (5:44) 

7. Adaptación (4:28) 

8. Resumen de Noticias (3:56) 

9. Promesas de la Humanidad (5:03) 

10. Requiem (5:19) 

11. Brumidor (5:25) 

Total Time 53:57

Line-up
Diego Lillo - guitar, vocals

Rodrigo Pérez - drums, percussion

Fernando Urra - bass

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Nick Fletcher "Cycles of Behaviour"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1. Cycles Of Behaviour (6:05) 

2. Heat Is Rising (5:24) 

3. Hope In Your Eyes (8:12) 

4. Tyrant And Knave (7:11) 

5. Desolation Sound (2:43) 

6. Interconnected (7:44) 

7. Annexation (4:24) 

8. Philosopher King (13:19) 

Total Time 55:02 

Line-up
Nick Fletcher (John Hackett) - guitar

   With
John Hackett (Steve Hackett) - vocals & flute

Dave Bainbridge (Iona, Strawbs, Lifesigns, Celestial Fire) - Hammond organ

Tim Harries (Bill Bruford’s Earthworks, Steeleye Span) - bass

Russ Wilson (Book of Genesis) - drums

Caroline Bonnett - keyboards, backing vocals

Description/Reviews:

Nick's music has a unique take on the genre which incorporates such diverse influences that range from Pink Floyd, Genesis, Camel, Bruford, Holdsworth, Ravel, Stravinsky, jazz fusion and the English choral composer Herbert Howells! It’s often powerful with wild virtuosic guitar playing and compositions which are full of emotional moments which pull the listener into an evocative sound world.

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Trettioåriga Kriget "Till Horisonten"

Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 26, 2021 (CD, digital), May 2021 (vinyl)
Tracklist

1. Intro (0:49) 

2. In Memoriam (7:38) 

3. Tidigt / Early (4:35) 

4. Staden / The City (6:38) 

5. Till en vän / For A Friend (3:51) 

6. En gång / Once (1:30) 

7. Brevet / The Letter (2:44) 

8. Vägen till horisonten / The Road To The Horizon (13:54) 

9. Till horisonten / To The Horizon (5:07) 

Total Time 46:46

Line-up

Stefan Fredin- bass guitar, vocals, lead vocals (2, 4, 8), rhythm guitar

Dag Lundquist- drums, backing vocals, violin

Robert Zima- vocals, lead vocals (1,3, 5, 6, 8)

Christer Åkerberg- electric & acoustic guitars

Mats Lindberg- keyboards

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Astral Bazaar "A Sudden Realization"

Country: Finland
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Psychedelic
Format: CD, digital, vinyl 
Release date: March 26, 2021 (CD, digital), June 1, 2021 (vinyl)
Tracklist

1. Food For Thought (6:21)

2. Lungs Of Modern Times (3:58)

3. Vincent'S Dream (1:31)

4. The Y10K Problem (4:26)

5. The Girl With The Purple Hair (5:23)

6. Cops & Thieves (3:43)

7. Dwellin' In The Apocalypse (5:21)

8. Embrace The Reverb (6:11)

9. Behind The Narrow Door (11:46)

Total time: 48:40

Line-up

Ville Manninen - vocals, percussion

Lauri Loikkanen - guitar, backing vocals

Pekka Lehtelä - guitar

Mikael Laaksonen - guitar, saxophone, backing vocals

Jukka Sainio - bass

Eetu Peltoluhta - drums

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Liquid Sound Company "Psychoactive Songs For The Psoul"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Psychedelic
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 26, 2021 (CD, digital)
Tracklist

1. Cosmic Liquid Love (5:36)

2. Blacklight Corridor (4:51)

3. I'm Getting Older (4:38)

4. And to Your Left... Neptune (6:37)

5. Mahayuga (4:28)

6. I Feel You (6:42)

7. Who Put All of Those Things in Your Hair? (3:32)

8. Laila Was Here (4:59)

Total Time 41:23

Line-up

Jason Spradlin (Herd of Instinct) - drums, percussion, keyboards

John Perez (Solitude Aeturnus) - guitars, vocals, keyboards

Mark Cook (Herd of Instinct, Spoke of Shadows) - Warr guitar, fretless bass, baritone guitar, harpsichord, synth, piano

Allan Wise - vocals

Ron McCain - guitars, vocals, keyboards

   With:

Shaun Hyder (Saddar Bazaar) - sitar (5)

Bob Fisher - flute (5)

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Odd Dimension "The Blue Dawn"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Scarlet Records - SC 388-2
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1.  Mission N°773

2   Landing on Axtradel

3   The Invasion

4   Escape to Blue Planet

5   Solar Wind

6   Life Creators

7   The Blue Dawn

8   Sands of Yazukia

9   Flags of Victory

10 The Supreme Being

Line-up

Jan Manenti - vocals

Gianmaria Saddi - guitar

Gabriele Ciaccia - keyboards

Gigi Andreone - bass

Marco Lazzarini - drums

   With

Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Black Country Communion, Sons Of Apollo) - keyboard solo

Roberto Tiranti (Labyrinth) - vocals 

Aileen - vocals 

Daniela Caschetto  

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Stefano Panunzi "Beyond The Illusion"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Art Rock
Format: CD, vinyl
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1. When even love cannot

2. The awakening

3. The bitter taste of your smile

4. Acid love

5. I go deeper

6. Mystical tree

7. The bench

8. Her

9. We are not just what we are

10. The portrait

11. The doubt

12. I am!

Line-up

Stefano Panunzi: keys, programming

   With:

Monica Canfora: violin (1,4,5)

Grice: vocals  (2,8,10)

Nicola Lori: bass (2,7,8,10,11), guitar (2,11)

Tim Bowness (No-Man): backing vocals (2), vocals (5)

Cristiano Capobianco: drums(3,5)

Lorenzo Feliciati: bass (3)

Fabio Fraschini: bass (5,6,9,12)

Ivan Ricchiuto: guitar (5)

Luca Calabrese: trumpet (6,12) 

Mike Applebaum: trumpet (7,9)

Mike Bearpark: guitars (7)

Yuri Crescenko: drums (7,11)

Davide Alivernini: sax (8)

Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree, King Crimson, The Pineapple Thief): drums  (9)

Dario Vero: guitar (9)

Description/Reviews:

For the uninitiated, expect a grandly atmospheric work that draws on elements of art-rock, progressive, ambient and jazz influences.

Read the full review by Mike Ainscoe at atthebarrier.com

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Schysma "Schysma"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: WormHoleDeath
Format: digital
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1. Day One (4:34) 

2. Origins (4:27) 

3. Romances For Weak Minded (3:57) 

4. Into My Illusion (4:14) 

5. As World Turns (4:01) 

6. No Lease Of Life (4:20) 

7. Gates Of Omega (3:38) 

8. Redrum (4:10) 

9. Aequilibrium (4:19) 

10. Your Sins Will Find You Out (5:23) 

Total Time 43:03 

Line-up

Martina Bellini - Keyboards

Eliana Sanna - Vocals

Vladimiro Sala - Guitar

Luca Solina - Drums

Fabrizio Gaffuri - Bass Guitar

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La Morte Viene Dallo Spazio "Trivial Visions"

Country: Italy 
Genre(s): Space Rock
Label: Svart Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1. Lost Horizon (4:43) 

2. Trivial Visions (4:08) 

3. Cursed Invader (5:00) 

4. Oracolo Della Morte (6:00) 

5. Ashes (5:08) 

6. Spectrometer (3:42) 

7. Absolute Abyss (6:54) 

8. Altered States (4:35) 

Total Time 40:10

Line-up

Melissa Crema - theremin, organ, synthesizers, vocals and lyrics

Stefano ‘Bazu’ Basurto - guitars, sitar and vocals

Camilla Chessa - bass

Angelo Avogadri - flute and guitars

Federico Rivoli - drums

Description/Reviews:

Composed of an open gathering of players, the Italian quintet combines flavours of Middle Eastern scales, droning theremin and guitars. Their flute-player’s frantic, progressive and abstract elements tear open the cosmic gates like Jethro Tull in a Giallo nightmare.

‘Trivial Visions’, is  a wholly unique experience. An enthralling listen in a confluence of sound and ritual atmospheres that craft a both vibrant and hypnotic effect with nods to black metal and extreme ends of the sound spectrum. This vivid, dreamy and cosmic material will transfer the listener to vast sonic dimensions where one could easily lose the way back to reality. Is this Jazz, Stoner-Rock, Psych-Rock or Progressive Rock? This is La Morte Dallo Spazio and they’re in a universe of their own.

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Joost van Dongen "The Ageless Gate (A Cello Tale)"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Classical, Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital 
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1. Sandrider (5:35) 

2. The Daysailer And The Night Cave (5:30) 

3. Growl (2:23) 

4. Hear Her Typewriter Humming (4:16) 

5. A Century Sails By (1:49) 

6. The Light Deep Down (4:06) 

7. Tensor (2:52) 

8. The Master Waits (2:40) 

9. Then The Halls Were Empty... And I Turned It On! (6:27) 

10. Grom (2:44) 

11. A Century Flies By (2:28) 

12. Approach Of The Derelict Research Station (4:53) 

13. Lament (1:33) 

Total Time 47:16

Line-up

Joost van Dongen: cello, instrument programming, glockenspiel (4)

   With

Marissa Delbressine: vocals (4)

Thomas van Dijk: acoustic guitar (4), bass guitar (6)

Mijnke van der Drift: violin (11, 13)

Chris Einspahr: narration

John Maasakkers: drums (2, 6, 9, 11), percussion (2, 9)

Joyce Scheeren: vocals (6)

Description/Reviews:

The Ageless Gate is the atmospheric debut album by cellist Joost van Dongen. An album full of instrumental music that invokes strong images. Together, the 13 songs tell a tale that spans three centuries, starting with a mysterious artefact and culminating in a gate to another world. The story is told by short text pieces in between the songs, voiced by voice actor Chris Einspahr.

The cello is the foundation of the album, which varies from cello trios to songs with cello, drums, guitar and keyboard. It is unique music with a sound that goes from melodic and euphoric to dark, pumping cello rhythms.

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Saturnia "Stranded in the Green"

Country: Portugal
Genre(s): Psychedelic
Label: Sulatron Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1. Pan Arrives (1:26) 

2. Keep It Long (7:12) 

3. Fibonacci Numbers (4:49) 

4. Smoking In The Sun (7:13) 

5. Super Natural (13:58) 

6. When I'm High (3:44) 

7. Perfectly Lonely (not on vinyl) 

8. Butterfly Collector (7:44) 

9. Just Let Yourself Go (not on vinyl) (6:09) 

Line-up

Luís Simões: vocals, guitars, sitar, tampura, bass, bass pedals, gong, organs, synthesizer, Rhodes piano, Mellotron, chimes and drums

Ana Vitorino: spoken word (1)

Winga: djembe (2)

Description/Reviews:

After a brief interlude of psychedelic cow bells on ‘Pan Arrives’, the lengthy ‘Keep It Long’ is heralded in, swirling, spacey synths, sitar, Djembe, Mellotron and backwards guitars dance around each other creating a dense African accented, Eastern flavoured space rock song which is most appealing. ‘Fibonacci Numbers’, follows this, It’s an entirely different beast, informed by patterns found in nature; it’s a slow languid song which drifts along quite pleasantly. ‘Smoking In The Sun’, slowly unfurls into a cosmic dream. Then we arrive at a three part nature infused song entitled ‘Super Natural’ in the first part the gods of Bacchus, Ra and Varitus are celebrated, with much birdsong and backwards guitar before we drift off into an endless meadow suffused with plenty of ’tron concluding with the spacey bubbling lilt of intelligent light, a terrific suite of songs.

Read the full review by Andrew Young at terrascope.co.uk

Also read the review at theobelisk.net

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Grorr "Ddulden’s Last Flight"

Country: France
Genre(s): Progressive Metal/Rock
Label: ViciSolum
Format: CD, digital, vinyl 
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1. Ddulden Dreams Beyond The Peak (2:30) 

2. Sky High (4:54) 

3. Hit The Ground (3:43) 

4. Sirens Call (5:08) 

5. Ddulden Flies To His Fate (1:15) 

6. Blackened Rain (6:06) 

7. Newborn Whirlwind (5:19) 

8. Last Flight (7:08) 

9. Orang Lao (Bonus Track) (6:41) 

10. The Painter (Bonus Track) (7:07) 

Total Time 49:51

Line-up

Franck Michel – Vocals

Yoann Estingoy – Guitar

Sylvain Kansara – Keyboard, Folk Instruments

Christine Lanusse – Bass

Jeremy Chababaux – Drums

Description/Reviews:

At one point, the music may almost be purely progressive metal, when all of the sudden there’s an easy-to-follow chorus, and then some strings and woodwinds may create a symphonic interlude, like on Ddulden Flies to His Fate. Especially in these interludes, the album feels like a movie soundtrack, and the band aptly paints the picture of the story they’re telling. Despite the odd time signatures, the syncopated rhythms, and the raw guitars, the music in general is pretty laid-back... In conclusion, Ddulden’s Last Flight is an intriguing record on which Grorr have skillfully mixed progressive metal/rock with symphonic soundscaping. Whereas sometimes the traditional instruments stay in the background and accompany the bass, guitars, and drums, on other tracks it’s the other way around. 

Read the full review by Rutger at metalutopia.com

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Broers + Klazinga "Burdens Of The Mind"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Symphonic, Neo-Prog
Label: Red Icon Recordings
Format: CD
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1- Forever Alone (5:06)

2- Now That You're Gone (4:49)

3- Emerald Eyes (5:02)

4- Who Do We Think We Are (5:02)

5- Angel's Share (6:26)

6- Year Without a Summer (5:39)

7- Back To The Wall (4:19)

8- Fly Into the Night (4:27)

9- Hold On (5:11)

10- Burdens Of The Mind (10:49)

11- Karakas (5:57)

12- The End Of The Beginning (1:39)

Total Time 64:26

Line-up
Gerben Klazinga (Knight Area) - keyboards 

Jacob Broers - keyboards 
   With

Mark Smit (Knight Area) - vocals

Mark Bogert - lead guitar, add. guitars

Slava Syurin - lead guitar

Rata Kloppenburg - cello

Eke Simons - grand piano

Ronald Blok - lead guitar, add. guitar

Jeremy van Haastert - lead guitar, add. guitars, bass

Koen Oostendorp - rhythm guitars

Roel van Moll - drums

Vincent van den Bosch - lead guitar

Description/Reviews:

 In an interview ... Gerben Klazinga told us that his goal was to write an album which has the atmosphere of Knight Areas' 2004 album The Sun Also Rises...  

The album opens with the track Forever Alone. After a punchy keyboard/guitar intro the tracks continues in mid-tempo and when Mark Smit comes in it looks like he never was away. What a great voice. The track continues in a mid-tempo and has a lot of varied bridges and intermezzos. The layer of keyboards are overwhelming. Gerben Klazinga is responsible for all the other instruments. He is a multi-instrumentalist and for that I have great respect. Especially for the fact that you don't hear any difference in quality of playing. The tasteful guitar solo is played by Mark Bogert. The solo is very melodic and fits extremely well in the composition. The lyrics of this track tells a story of a man whose parents try to convince him that his woman is not the right one for him.

Read the full review by Aad Bannink at backgroundmagazine.nl

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Shiva the Destructor "Find the Others"

Country: Ukraine
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Progressive Rock
Label: Robustfellow Prods - RBF 030
Format: CD, digital, cassette
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1. Benares (9:09) 

2. Hydronaut (9:16) 

3. Summer Of Love (7:39) 

4. Ishtar (11:11) 

5. Nirvana Beach (7:17) 

Total Time 44:32

Line-up

Andrew Pryimak — guitars, vocals, backing vocals, keyboards

Rodion Tsikra — guitars, vocals

Andrew Sernyak — bass, backing vocals

Marco Sharyi — drums

   With

Anvar Azizov - dutar (4)

Description/Reviews:

Compositionally, 'Find the Others' is a remarkably fluid album—movement to movement and song to song, it flows almost as one continuous piece. Featuring five multi-suite, mini-epics -- many of them hovering around the 10-minute mark -- Shiva the Destructor has created a 45-minute space odyssey that’s meant to be listened to as a unified whole. Conceptually, the album follows the adventures of the titular title character, "Shiva", as he traverses the planet on a journey through the history of progressive psych music.

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Pierre Vervloesem "Ruder"

Country:Belgium
Genre(s): Instrumental Avant Prog

Label: Off Records - OVD044 
Format: digital
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1. Utograph (9:38)

2. Varibotation (6:42)

3. Phagoracismic (5:26)

4. Puntagressism (4:54)

5. Néobulism (5:44)

6. Ternation (7:06)

7. Nonagintism (10:35)

Total Time 50:05

Line-up
Pierre Vervloesem (Flat Earth Society, X-Legged-Sally): All instruments

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Wheel "Resident Human"

Country: Finland/UK
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1.Dissipating (11:52)

2.Movement (4:24)

3.Ascend (4:23)

4.Hyperion (12:09)

5.Fugue (4:32)

6.Resident Human (10:32)

7.Old Earth (2:17)

Line-up

James Lascelles - Vocals, Guitar

Jussi Turunen - Lead Guitar

Aki 'Conan' Virta - Bass

Santeri Saksala - Drums

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Aziola Cry "The Ironic Divide"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal
Label: Sensory Records - SR3088
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1. And Cowards

2. Hollow Reflections

3. The Ironic Divide

   I. Premonitions

   II. A Torment of Reason

   III. Distort Persona

   IV. One Final Collapse

4. Scars Now Rest Where Once Bore Wings

Line-up
Jason Blake - Warr Guitar

Mike Milaniak - guitars

Tommy Murray - drums

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John Holden "Circles in Time"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock

Label: Plane Groovy (vinyl)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1. Avalanche (6:18)

2. High Line (6:58)

3. The Secret Of Chapel Field (7:36)

4. Dreams Of Cadiz (5:17)

5. Circles (5:47)

6. KV62 (19:23)

Line-up

John Holden - Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Orchestration,

   With

Robin Armstrong (Cosmograf) - Bass (5)

Marc Atkinson (Riversea, Lee Abraham, Nine Stones Close, Moon Halo) - Vocals (3)

Zaid Crowe - Guitar (6)

Oliver Day (Fragile) - Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin (3, 4)

Nick D’Virgilio (Spock's Beard, Kevin Gilbert, Big Big Train) - Drums, Handpan (1, 2, 6)

Frank Van Essen (Iona) - Violin, Viola (2, 3)

Peter Jones (Tiger Moth Tales, Red Bazar, Camel) - Vocals, Saxophone (2, 6)

Sally Minnear - Vocals (3, 5)

Jean Pageau (Mystery) - Vocals (1)

Eric Potapenko - Guitar (1, 2)

That Joe Payne (The Enid) - Vocals (6)

Henry Rogers (Final Conflict, Touchstone, Edison's Children) - Drums (4, 5)

Vikram Shankar (Redemption) - Piano & Keyboards

Jeremy Irons - Narration (6)

Elizabeth Holden - Backing Vocals & ‘The Water Boy’

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Cosmograf "Rattrapante"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Gravity Dream Music
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 26, 2021 (CD, digital), May 28, 2021 (vinyl)
Tracklist

1. In 1985

2. Rattrapante

3. I Stick To You

4. Memories Lie

5. Time Will Flow

Line-up

Robin Armstrong: Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Bass

   With

Chrissy Mostyn (The Blackheart Orchestra): Vocals (3)

Kyle Fenton: Drums, Backing Vocals

Tommy McNally: Spoken word (5)

Sound clips on Rattrapante courtesy NASA

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Jane Getter Premonition "Anomalia"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Esoteric Antenna
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1. Kryptone

2. Lessons learned

3. Dissembler

4. Alien refugee

5. Still here

6. Answers

7. Queen of spies

8. Disappear

9. Safe house

Line-up
Jane Getter - guitar

Adam Holzman (Miles Davis, Steven Wilson) - keyboards

Alex Skolnick (Testament) - guitar

Chad Wackerman  (Frank Zappa, Allan Holdsworth, Steven Wilson) - drums

  With
Vernon Reid (Living Colour) - guitar 

Randy McStine (Lo-fi Resistance, The Fringe) - vocals

Chanda Rule - vocals

Mark Egan (Pat Metheny)

Gene Lake (David Sanborn)

Stu Hamm (Joe Satrianni)

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The Professor "Skygazer"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive/Thrash Metal  
Format: digital
Release date: March 25, 2021
Tracklist

1. The Call To Adventure (Intro) (2:05) 

2. Event Horizon (6:38) 

3. Empire's Citizens (7:16) 

4. Sapientia Mundi (11:32) 

5. Siphoning Consciousness (5:47) 

6. Million Mile Man (4:59) 

7. The Fire Queen's Song (4:48) 

8. The Power Of Babel (6:10) 

9. Exodus (7:42) 

Total Time 56:57

Line-up
Anthony Wille

   With
Tulin Howey (Empire of Dezire) - vocal (7)

Matt Andersen - shakuhachi

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Michael P. Dawson "Rats' Alley"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Electronica, Fusion
Label: Elephant Shrew Music
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 24, 2021 (CD, digital), August 31, 2021 (vinyl)
Tracklist

1. Division Street (8:19) 

2. Ardath Bey (1:56) 

3. Cooties (2:35) 

4. Snake Doctor (2:09) 

5. The News In Farsi (4:54) 

6. Where The Dead Men Lost Their Bones (18:36) 

Total Time 38:29

Line-up
Michael P. Dawson - alto, bass, and concert flutes, soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, oboe, Moog synthesizers, guitar, bass, mandolin, glockenspiel, virtual instruments and electronics

Description/Reviews:

The album incorporates progressive rock, electronica, experimental soundscapes, 12-tone jazz, and an epic interpretation of Eliot's "The Waste Land."

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Time Haven Club "Gathered At Dusk"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: M.P. & Records – MPRCD094
Format: CD
Release date: March 23, 2021
Tracklist

1. Black Dot (9:07) 

2. Dance Of Krampus (7:21) 

3. Despite All This Darkness (12:03) 

4. Untold Memories (7:33) 

5. Seas Of Prayer (6:39) 

6. Almost Me (5:00) 

7. The White Page (6:51) 

8. Gathered At Dusk (11:16) 

Total Time 65:50

Line-up

Enzo Somma - Guitar, vocals 

Marcello Romeo - Bass

Salvo Savatteri - Lead guitar

Gino Asero - Keyboards

Concetto Santonocito - Drums

   With

Valeria Ronsisvalle - Vocals (6)

Chiara Monaco - Lead & backing vocals (8), vocals (6)

Description/Reviews:

The disc consists of an excellent Progressive Rock that combines the classic sounds of the 70s with a modern vision and projected into the future of the genre. The sound is solid and is built around the intertwining between electric guitar and keyboards, with a massive rhythm session full of tempo changes. The vocal is warm and expressive and adapts well to the different situations of the album, both in the most melodic and in the most aggressive moments.

Read the full review by Jacopo Vigezzi at progrockjournal.com

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U.C. "Time Distortion"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: March 22, 2021
Tracklist

1. Time Distortion Part 1 (1:00)

2. Magnanimity (3;04)

3. What Do You Believe (4:09)

4. Time Distortion Part 2 (1:44)

5. Past (0:53)

6. Helium (4:15)

7. Time Distortion Part 3 (Loops and Deja Vu) (1:32)

8. Fragmentation (5:46)

   i) Release Me Now

   ii) Elusion

   iii) The Eye of Providence

9. Present (0:53)

10. Time Distortion Part 4 (2:08)

11. Preshia Ce Domi Phor (4:01)

12. Time Distortion Part 5 (1:40) 

13. A Dream Within a Dream (3:30)

Line-up

Kevin Bath: Vocals, guitars, bass, ukelele, keyboards, sequencing, snare drum

Troy Feener (Druckfarben): Drums, percussion, sequencing

William Hare (Druckfarben): Keyboards, Vocals, guitar, sequencing.

  With

Alex McMaster: Cello, spoken word

Ed Bernard (Druckfarben): Melodica

Craig Lauzon: Spoken word

Erica McMaster: Spoken word

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Materialeyes "Three of a Kind"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Davwilmar Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 21, 2021
Tracklist

1. Adrenaline High (5:32) 

2. Fabulist (12:05) 

3. I Have Loved The Stars Too Long (10:36) 

4. When Tomorrow Comes Around (12:28) 

5. No One Knows (7:12) 

6. The Writings On The Wall (10:22) 

7. Jerusalem Armageddon (7:17) 

Total Time 65:32

Line-up

Dave Westmoreland – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards

Will Lawery – vocals, guitar

Martyn Howes – vocals, lead guitar, keyboards, bass, drums

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Anthony Naughton – vocals (1, 2, 3)

Description/Reviews:

The album kicks off with “Adrenaline High”.  This track starts with a vocal harmony reminiscent of early Yes, followed by a funky riff played on bass, organ and guitar.  The time signature fluctuates fluidly throughout the song before the grand finale which repeats the earlier vocal motif.  “Fabulist” starts quietly on acoustic guitar and vocal provided by Lawery.  Other instruments are then introduced as the song dynamically fluctuates between light and shade, before a searing moog solo takes the limelight.  “I Have Loved the Stars Too Long”, penned and sung by Westmoreland, is influenced by the poem, The Old Astronomer by Sarah Williams, which is included in the centre pages of the CD insert.  Next is “When Tomorrow Comes Around” centred on a Bo Diddley rhythm and a Nile Rodgers style funky guitar.  “No one Knows” touches upon the loss of loved ones, while “The Writings on the Wall” broaches the difficult subject of the horrors of war.  The last song on Three of a Kind is “Jerusalem Armageddon”.  This track commences with orchestrated strings playing the famous hymn by Sir Hubert Parry.  The track then morphs into Armageddon in the form of a musical battle!  A fight between the lovers of English tradition, landscape and beauty, and those who would destroy it.  Who will win?  Three of a Kind should appeal to traditional  prog rock fans weaned on Floyd, Yes and perhaps Camel.

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The Settlement "Departures"

Country: USA 
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Psychedelic 
Format: CD, digital 
Release date: March 21, 2021 (digital), April 20, 2021 (CD)
Tracklist

1. Prelude (6:13) 

2. Stars (10:44) 

3. Recognize (10:05) 

4. Enter Mission (4:33) 

5. Disappear (10:06) 

Total Time 41:41

Line-up

Mason Bartlett - Percussion, Vocals

Daniel Beahm - Drums

Alex Cardwell - Keyboard, Trombone, Vocals

Rebecca Harrison - Bass, Vocals

Mike Parker - Guitar, Vocals

Colten Settle - Guitar, Vocals

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Arret's Odyssey "Arret's Odyssey"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Power Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 20, 2021
Tracklist

1. Unending Nightmare (4:24) 

2. The Odyssey (5:02) 

3. Cosmic Vibrations (6:00) 

4. Equinox (6:06) 

5. Sacred (5:16) 

6. Broken (3:45) 

7. Battlefield (8:44) 

Total Time 39:17

Line-up

Marijn van Dooren - Vocals

Stefan Thumann - Guitars

Matthias Eckhoff - Bass

Jan Ihler - Keyboards

Jens Helling - Drums

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ThunderCloud "Healing The Hoop"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 20, 2021
Tracklist

1. Eagle (11:51) 

2. Talking Horses (8:27) 

3. Burn The Castle (5:06) 

4. Nightcrawler (9:56) 

5. Serpo (8:52) 

6. Healing The Hoop (20:58) 

7. Ascending (12:01) 

Total Time 77:11

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Elmo Watt - harmonica, flute, saxophone, congas, vocals

Scott Robertson - bass

CJ Griffith - vocals

Andrzej - guitar

Eddy Mitchel - drums

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Tatsu Akiba "Swans Dance, Roses Bloom Like Mad"

Country: Japan
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 20, 2021
Tracklist

1. Prelude: Chicks And Buds (1:53) 

2. Lost In The Green (5:46) 

3. Blitish Casquede (5:54) 

4. Brigid's Hut (3:01) 

5. The Man Who Lost His Bagpipe (3:21) 

6. A Host Of Heroes Rising In The East (With Torches Of Glory In Their Hands) (9:09) 

7. Out In The Green (2:51) 

Total Time 31:55

Line-up

Tatsu Akiba - Electric Guitar, electric sitar, electric bass, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, vocal, chorus, violin, mandolin, recorder, flute, percussion and programming

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Yu - Flute

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The Emerald Dawn "To Touch the Sky"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: World's End Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 20, 2021
Tracklist

1. The Awakening (11:15)

2. And I Stood Transfixed (15:07)

3. The Ascent (22:17)

Line-up

Tree Stewart: vocals, keyboards, Roli Seaboard, 12-string acoustic guitar, flute

Ally Carter: electric guitar, guitar synthesizer, tenor saxophone, keyboard

David Greenaway: fretless and fretted bass guitars

Tom Jackson: drums

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Alexandra Zerner "Silhouette"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 20, 2021
Tracklist

1. Colours, Pt. 1 (Arrival) (5:54) 

2. Colours, Pt. 2 (Mother) (4:40) 

3. Colours, Pt. 3 (Pilzhaus) (1:43) 

4. Colours, Pt. 4 (Blue Marble) (3:52) 

5. Fade, Pt. 1 (Memories) (6:11) 

6. Fade, Pt. 2 (Afternoon In September) (3:08) 

7. Fade, Pt. 3 (Here It Comes Again) (2:30) 

8. Fade, Pt. 4 (Perspectives) (7:10) 

9. To Black, Pt. 1 (Impromptu) [In The Twilight] (3:07) 

10. To Black, Pt. 2 (Through The Door) (1:33) 

11. To Black, Pt. 3 (I’m Fine) (2:54) 

12. To Black, Pt. 4 (Rite Of Passage) (4:30) 

Total Time 47:12

Line-up

Alexandra Zerner: electric and acoustic guitars, fretless guitar, lap steel guitar, electric sitar, mandolin, octave mandolin, bass, keyboards, flute

   With

Victor Alexandrov: drums

Arina: voice (3)

Maja Shining (Forever Still): vocals (8)

Jeff Loomis (Nevermore, Arch Enemy): second solo (7)

Description/Reviews:

“Silhouette” is a 47-min conceptual music journey, based on a personal story about conquering inner demons. It's a colourful, melodic, and emotional guitar-oriented progressive rock album, and it’s mostly instrumental work with the exception of the song “Perspectives.”

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