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Saturday, May 28, 2022

Tryton "Chimères"

Country: France
Genre(s): Progressive Metal,Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 28, 2022
Tracklist
1. Axone (4:28) 
2. Mega Low Don José (3:35) 
3. Blue Pepper (5:16) 
4. Frustration (3:20) 
5. Monde 2-1 (4:05) 
6. Neapolis (5:11) 
7. Chimères (4:54) 
8. Toxic (5:58) 
9. Zvezda (7:06) 

Total Time 43:53

Credits
Tiziano Sammarro - guitar 
Damien Chauvin - keyboards 
Yves Dubeloy - drums 

Artwork cover by Marie Léon and Orphae

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Friday, May 27, 2022

Crypto Knight "The Quest"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Pop
Format: digital
Release date: May 27, 2022
Tracklist
1. Break The Code (3:49) 
2. Falling Leaves (4:42) 
3. Dark Knight (5:30) 
4. Supernova (5:45) 
5. Transient (4:33) 
6. Infinity Breaks (6:03) 
7. The Island (5:06) 
8. The Flyer (4:32) 
9. Time To Burn (3:52) 
10. Mr. Deceiver (4:40) 
11. Bulletproof (3:44) 
12. Too Young To Be Old (3:12) 

Total Time 55:28

Credits
Dave Johnson (The Forgotten Man) - Music
Tim Malugin - Vocals

Description/Reviews:
The duo's music demonstrates their unique and varied style which has been described as a mix of Neo Progressive, Indie and Electronic Rock.
Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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Novedades Matutinas "Monte Oculto"

Country: Chile
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock
Label: PERSEA
Format: digital
Release date: May 27, 2022
Tracklist
1. Piloto Automático (4:05) 
2. Tercera (3:52) 
3. Yugen (6:33) 
4. Palos (4:11) 
5. Invierno (6:30) 
6. Monte Oculto (6:38) 

Total Time 31:49

Credits
Nicole Needham - Lead vocal and guitar
Pablo Mangas - Drums and percussions
Alejandro Muñoz - Rhodes, synths and Mellotron
Joaquín Navarro - Bass and second voices
   With
Alfredo Tauber - Trombone (3, 4)
Italo Viveros - Trumpet (3, 4)

Music and lyrics by Nicole Needham, except music by Alejandro Muñoz (3)
Arrangements for Morning News
Produced by Felipe Salas
Recorded and edited by Cristóbal "Zorro" Arriagada
Recording assistance by Beto Castillo at CHT studios.
Voice recording by José Tomás Molina at Fonografía Records.
Mixed and post produced by Andrés Nusser
Mastered by Gonzalo "Chalo" González
Electronic arrangements by José Tomás Molina (6)

Media/Samples
Bandcamp (name your price)
Streams

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Galaxy "Runaway Men"


Country: The Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Shaded Moon Entertainment
Format: CD, Vinyl
Release date: May 27, 2022
Tracklist
1. Answers
2. Look Into My Eyes
3. Never The Same
4. In Her Head
5. Lady Of Fire
6. Talk To Me
7. Gallery Play
8. Runaway Man


Line-up
Bart Schwertmann / Bass Guitar & Vocals
Niels Lingbeek / Guitars & Vocals
Ard Offers / Keyboards
Nils Offers / Drums


Description:
Sometimes, and I do mean sometimes, an undiscovered jewel from the past is brought to life. ‘Runaway Men’ is a record that was recorded in 1997 by the Dutch rock band Galaxy but the album remained unmixed and was never released. It even did not have an official title. Until now….

Read more about the history of "Runaway Men" and its unlikely upcoming release at Headbangers Lifestyle

Media/Samples
YouTube

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Johnny Bob "Creatures of Light and Darkness"



Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: self-released
Format: digital,vinyl
Release date: May 27, 2022
Tracklist
1. ?
2. Tokyo
3. Fading Suns
4. Zen Comic Show
5. God Machine
6. I Am Ocean
7. September
8. Brand New Day
9. A Song to the Seasons
10. White Bear Lake
11. Mohawk
12. Empire
13. Nocturne

Line-up
Carsten Diaz - vocals, guitar
Jörg Purfürst - bass, keyboards, guitar
Jan Brust - guitar, keyboards
Philip Mestwerdt - drums

Media/Samples
Bandcamp


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Some people may have missed my posts about the situation published during March and April and are still wondering why the access to the blog has become paid.


There is war in my country and the situation with jobs and salaries is such that I can't afford spending time needed for this blog without at least some compensation. I offer different levels of participation, so that anybody who is able to pay, could continue to get the information about new albums.

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Quiet Observer "Quantum immortality" EP

Country: Ukraine
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal/Rock
Formatdigital
Release date: May 26, 2022
Tracklist
1. Tiger Bites Its Tail (4:13) 
2. Schrödinger's Cat (1:18) 
3. Saturns Hexagon (4:18) 
4. Confabulation (1:33) 
5. Ruins (3:37) 
6. Anthropic Principle (1:46) 
7. Axis Of Evil (6:33) 
8. Elixir (1:20) 

Total Time 24:38

Credits
Composed and recorder by Dennis Fursov

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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Saturday, May 21, 2022

RanestRane "Apocalypse Now"


Country
: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD,digital,vinyl
Release date: May 21, 2022 (CD), June/July 2022 (digital,vinyl)
Tracklist
1. Saigon
2. Cuore di Tenebra Pt. I
3. Dossier
4. Napalm
    i) Arc Light
    ii) Kilgore Pt. I
    iii) Apache
    iv) Kilgore Pt. II
5. Playmate
6. The Eden Cries
    i) The Eden Cries Pt. I
    ii) The Eden Cries Pt. II
7. Cuore di Tenebra Pt. II
8. The Horror
    i) Kurtz
    ii) Metodi Malsani
    iii) Falso Idolo Pt. I
    iv) Like Some Grandmother
    v) Solo la Verita
    vi) Sacrifice
9. Un Nuovo Dio
    i) Falso Idolo Pt. II
    ii) Cuore di Tenebra Pt. III

Credits
Massimo Pomo - guitars
Riccardo Romano - keyboards, harmonium, backing vocals
Maurizio Meo - bass, electric double bass
Daniele Pomo - drums, percussion, flute, lead and backing vocals

Written and arranged by RanestRane 
Recorded in Rome at La Genesi Studio and The Shellseeker Studio between 2021-2022
Engineering and mastering by Riccardo Romano
All lyrics by Daniele Pomo
Executive Production Ma.Ra.Cash Records and La Genesi
Distibution and management Ma.Ra.Cash Records
Artwork and Graphic Design: "The Jingle Jangling" by Maurizio Bonomi and Davide Costa
English lyrics translation by Simona Kühndel

Media/Samples
Cuore di Tenebra

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Friday, May 20, 2022

Evergrey "A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament)"

Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
LabelNapalm Records
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: May 20, 2022
Tracklist
01 Save Us
02 Midwinter Calls
03 Ominous
04 Call Out the Dark
05 The Orphean Testament
06 Reawakening
07 The Great Unwashed
08 Heartless
09 Blindfolded
10 Wildfires

Line-up
Tom S. Englund - vocals, guitar
Henrik Danhage - guitars
Rikard Zander - keyboards
Jonas Ekdahl - drums
Johan Niemann - bass

Media/Samples
Save Us

James Labrie “Beautiful Shade Of Grey"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label Inside Out
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 20, 2022
Tracklist
1. Devil In Drag (5.37)
2. SuperNova Girl (4.22)
3. Give And Take (4.44)
4. Sunset Rain (5.10)
5. Ramble On (4.55)
6. Hit Me Like A Brick (3.22)
7. Wildflower (3.54)
8. Conscience Calling (0.48)
9. What I Missed (4.53)
10. Am I Right (5.52)
11. Devil In Drag (electric version) (4.43)

Line-up
James Labrie (Dream Theater) - Lead & Backing Vocals
Paul Logue (Eden’s Curse) - Acoustic Guitars & Bass
Chance Labrie - Drums & Percussion
Marco Sfogli (Creation's End, IceFish, The Wormhole Experience) - Lead Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Christian Pulkkinen (Eden’s Curse) - Keyboards

Media/Samples
Devil In Drag

Spheric Universe Experience "Back Home"

Country: France
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: UPRISING! Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 20, 2022
Tracklist
01. On Board SUE5-2469 (1:09)
02. Final Fate (7:16)
03. Where We Belong (5:56)
04. Transcending Real Life (7:05)
05. Senses Restored (6:02)
06. Legacy (4:54)
07. Defenders Of Light (5:04)
08. Synchronicity (2:33)
09. The Absolution pt.1 (2:04)
10. The Absolution pt.2 (7:13)
11. Rebirth (4:19)
12. Of The Last Plague (5:53)
13. Dreams Will Survive (9:31)

Total Time 68:59

Line-up
Franck Garcia - Vocals
Vince Benaïm - Guitars
Julien Negro - Bass
Romain Goulon - Drums
Fred Colombo - Keyboards

Description/Reviews:
Soaring riffs, stunning soli, pounding rhythms and vocals that just nails, supreme. This is the approach taken by French progressive metal stalwarts Spheric Universe Experience, as they get to their fifth studio album, titled “Back Home”. With a superb production from the talented producer Damien Rainaud, the Symphony X, Dream Theater and Queen-inspired music from the Code d’Azur quartet is a statement, carved in stone! “Back home” does not only mean back home to Earth for the space-travellers in the story of the concept, but it also means back home for the band, as they have returned to their original roots: to compose and create true, progressive masterpieces, for every album they make.

Media/Samples
Legacy

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Pymlico "Supermassive"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Label: Apollon Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 20, 2022
Tracklist
1. Breaking Protocol (06:04)
2. Confusion (05:55)
3. Clockwork (05:14)
4. Are We There Yet? (05:18)
5. Time Out (06:18)
6. Little Nellie (04:43)
7. Doppelmayr (04:46)
8. WTG (06:06)

Line-up
Øyvind Brøter: Keyboards
Stephan Hvinden: Guitars
Andreas Sjo Engen: Guitars
Arild Brøter: Drums & keyboards
Oda Rydning: Percussion
Robin Havem Løvøy: Saxophones
Are Nerland: Bass guitar, synth bass

Description/Reviews:
The band keeps on exploring the landscape between progressive rock and fusion. They have clearly found their style and showcase an album filled with catchy hooks, singable melodies, strong grooves and blistering guitar solos. Mixing genres and taking inspiration from a wide array of styles including progressive rock, jazz rock, fusion, AOR and pop has resulted in eight powerful tracks. Produced with meticulous attention to details, the album has a crystal-clear modern sound that truly is supermassive.
Media/Samples
Breaking Protocol

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Sadist "Firescorched"


Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Death Metal
Label: Agonia Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 20, 2022
Tracklist
1. Accabadora
2. Fleshbound
3. Finger Food
4. Burial of a Clown
5. Loa
6. Aggression/Regression
7. Three Mothers and the Old Devil Father
8. Trauma (Impaired Mind Functionality)
9. Firescorched
10. Rerek*
11. Accabadora (Atitai)*

*Box CD bonus tracks

Line-up
Trevor Sadist - vocals
Tommy Talamanca - guitar, keyboards
Jeroen Paul Thesseling - bass
Romain Goulon - drums

Media/Samples
Finger Food

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Lady Lake "Not Far from Llyn Llydaw"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
LabelMusea Records - FGBG  5049 (CD)
Format: CD, vinyl,digital
Release date: May 18, 2022 (CD, vinyl)
Tracklist
1 Séjour au Gîte de la Tourette
2 Nachtfahrer
3 Emmy
4 Alpenkreuzer
5 24 Mayfield Road
6 Yuletide in Glenshee
7 Patchouli Girls
8 Not Far from Llyn Llydaw
9 Llyn Llydaw

Credits
Leendert Korstanje: Hammond L122, Mini-Moog Voyager, Fender-Rhodes 73 Mk I
Jurgen Houwers: electric violin, electric cello, recorders, percussion
Jan Dubbe: acoustic drums, cymbals, percussion
   With
Peter Schoemaker: trumpet (1)

Recorded and mixed at Lenny’s Luscious Laboratory, The Netherlands and Gîte de la Tourette, France.
Engineered by Jan Dubbe, Jurgen Houwers and Leendert Korstanje
Produced and mixed by Lady Lake
Mastered by Darius van Helfteren at Amsterdam Mastering
All music composed by Lady Lake
24 Mayfield Road partly inspired by Pavel Haas
Cover idea by Lady Lake. Cover design by Martin ‘t Hart. 
Original painting “Post Archie” by René de Beaumont 1975. Photography by Geert de Groot


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Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Mendel "Equilibrium"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 17, 2022
Tracklist
01 Parabellum
02 Hell Redux 
03 Hades Dethroned
04 The Aeonian Shift 
05 Nightingale (Interlude)
06 Returnal
07 Beyond The Journey
08 The Butterfly Principle
09 Harpzchord
10 Summoning Ghosts
11 Forgiving
12 Equilibrium 
13 Covenant (*)
14 Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy (*)
15 Hades Dethroned (Orchestral) (*)
16 Beyond The Journey (Orchestral) (*)
  * = Bonus Track

Credits
Mendel bij de Leij - All instruments
  Except
Coen Strouken - Viola (6)
Christian Hjort Lauritzen - Violin (7)

Written, produced & mixed by Mendel bij de Leij
Mastered by Jens Bogren
Cover art done by @syber.vision
Layout by Julien Jensen

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Friday, May 13, 2022

Moon Tooth "Phototroph"


Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Pure Noise Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 13, 2022
Tracklist
1. I Revere
2. Back Burner
3. Deathwish Blues
4. The I That Never Dies
5. Alpha Howl
6. O My Isle
7. The Conduit
8. Nymphaeaceae
9. Grip on the Ridge
10. Carry Me Home
11. Phototroph

Line-up
John Carbone - Vocals
Nick Lee - Guitar & Vocals
Ray Marté - Drums & Vocals
Vincent Romanelli - Bass

Description:
Speaking about the new song, guitarist Nick Lee says, “I really wanted to go all the way ALLMAN BROTHERS or HENDRIX on a MOON TOOTH song. We’ve definitely flirted with those sounds on songs in the past but it felt really good to just go all the way bluesy-country and unabashedly old school rock and roll. I think this song is a testament to the fearlessness with which MOON TOOTH writes music. We will flirt with any genres we want and it will still sound like us.”

Read more about the new album at Distorted Sound

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Bandcamp

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Orkan "Livsgaranti"


Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Gamlestans Grammofonbolag
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 13, 2022
Tracklist
  1. Urskog
  2. Leva För Att Dö
  3. Livsgaranti
  4. Vägrar Vara Tyst - Första Delen
  5. Vägrar Vara Tyst - Andra Delen
  6. Sussie
  7. Ditt Fel
  8. Pangea

Line-up
Theresia Dufva - bass, backing vocals
Kim Bertilsson - saxophone, backing vocals
Josefine Green - guitar, harmonica, vocals
Moa-Linn Rosenlöf - drums, percussion, vocals
Fredrik Pettersson - guitar, backing vocals

Description/Reviews:
The journey towards the album "Livsgaranti" began in 2017, the band explain. Several of the songs on the album were premiered at the release party for the same year's self-titled debut album. The process of releasing a record always takes longer than one might imagine. One day, the song 'Livsgaranti' was spontaneously unpacked, and we transformed it into what it is today. An additional bunch of songs were welcomed into the world; songs that we love and have chosen with care. A new record emerged.

Read more about the new album at Louder

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Urskog

Zero Hour "Agenda 21"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
LabelFrontiers Music - FRCD_1228
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 13, 2022
Tracklist
1.  Democide                        
2.  Technocracy                    
3.  Stigmata                        
4.  Memento Mori          
5.  Agenda 21                  
6.  Patient Zero
Total length: 50.58

Line-up
Erik Rosvold - Vocals
Jasun Tipton - Guitars and Keyboards
Andreas Blomqvist (Seventh Wonder) - Bass
Roel van Helden - Drums

Famyne "II: The Ground Below"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Doom/Stoner Metal
Label: Svart Records
Format: CD,digital,vinyl
Release date: May 13, 2022
Tracklist
1. Defeated (4:45) 
2. Solid Earth (5:22) 
3. Gone (5:40) 
4. A Submarine (7:27) 
5. Babylon (6:48) 
6. Once More (4:47) 
7. The Ai (4:04) 
8. For My Sins (4:59) 

Total Time 43:52

Credits
Tom Vane - lead vocals
Martin Emmons - guitars
Tom Ross - guitars
Chris Travers - bass 
Jake Cook - drums

Produced by Ian Sadler

Description/Reviews:
Drawing expansively not only from classic doom, but also prog rock and grunge among others, they have a brilliant sound that is incredibly hard to pigeonhole into a single subgenre. It’s made for some incredibly broad and eclectic records that have gained the band a sizeable following since the release of their debut self-titled EP in 2015. The band’s second album II: The Ground Below is not only a fine example of this in action for those unfamiliar with their music, but also sees their already expansive sound develop even further, making this their most ambitious work to date.
Read the full review by Danny Sanderson at distortedsoundmag.com

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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Payoneer

I have opened a Payoneer account, so you can pay there (use mogilevs19@gmail.com as recipient)

There is a frequent question concerning Patreon: Don't pay attention to the  sum which is written on the front page near 'per month'. It's what all my patrons have paid in the current month, not what you have to pay. Press  'become a patron'. Then you make up and enetr your login and password. The next page is 'Complete your monthly payment to newprogreleases'. There you enter the sum (by default it's $5) and choose how to pay - with card or paypal. Sales tax of your country will be added to the sum. The sum you pay renews automatically on the 1st day of each month

Monday, May 9, 2022

Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate "The Confidence Trick"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Glass Castle Recordings - GC4161
Format: CD, digital
Release date: July 15, 2022
Tracklist
1. Silence Is A Statement (4:24)
2. Back Where I Started (4:44)
3. End Of The Line (6:54)
4. Perky Pat (6:03)
5. World War Terminus (3:12)
6. Pretending To Breathe (6:31)
7. Another Plague (7:29)
8. Refuge (10:23)
9. Interlude (4:04)
10. The Confidence Trick (6:31)
11. Lava Lamprey (3:16)
12. All Empires Fall (3:24)
13. Cygnus (1:13)

Total time: 68:08

Credits
Malcolm Galloway - vocals, lead guitar, keyboards/synths, programming.
Mark Gatland - bass guitar, additional and slide guitars, keyboards/synths, Chapman Stick, backing vocals
   With
Kathryn Thomas - flute, backing vocals


Written and performed by Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland (tracks 1, 4-7, 9-11), Malcolm Galloway, Mark Gatland and Kathryn Thomas (tracks 2, 3, 12), and Malcolm Galloway (track 13). Track 8 written by Malcolm Galloway and performed by Malcolm Galloway, Mark Gatland and Kathryn Thomas. (c) Glass Castle Recordings 2022, Malcolm Galloway, Mark Gatland, Kathryn Thomas.
Lyrics by Malcolm Galloway
Cover art (c) Malcolm Galloway, made with Nightcafe artificial intelligence assisted art creation software.

Description/Reviews:
The album is a collection of vocal and instrumental tracks around an overall theme of cognitive errors, particularly overconfidence, and our repeated failure to learn from history.
The album is broadly within the genre of progressive rock, but includes elements of alt-rock, classical music, minimalism, and electronic music.

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Bandcamp

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Breeze "Caligo"

Country: Germany
Genre(s)Symphonic, Neo-Prog
Format: digital
Release date: May 9, 2022
Tracklist
1. A Hero Will Rise (7:04) 
2. City Of Dreams (5:37) 
3. The Brightest Light (4:41) 
4. Healer (7:04) 
5. A Groom To Die For (6:59) 
6. Stargazer (5:30) 
7. Dreaming Of Snow (5:55) 
8. Sniper (4:40) 
9. Strangers (7:26) 
10. Tale Of Sorrow (6:48) 

Total Time 61:44

Credits
Ottfried Mietzke - Keyboards, Guitars, Orchestral Arrangements,
Hansi Arnold - Drums, Vocals
Lea Diekmann - Vocals

Cover Artwork by Monja Dargel-Böhm

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Bandcamp

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Friday, May 6, 2022

Kungens Män "Kungens Ljud & Bild"

Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Krautrock, Space Rock
Label: Centripetal Force (US)/Kungens Ljud & Bild (EU)
Format: digital, vinyl
Release date: May 6, 2022
Tracklist
1. När piskan viner (7:43) 
2. Stora rummet (15:37) 
3. I Hjalles kök (10:58) 
4. Vaska lyckokaka (11:08) 

Total Time 45:26

Line-up
Peter Erikson: synth
Hans Hjelm: guitar
Gustav Nygren: guitar (1, 2, 4)
Mattias Indy Pettersson: drums
Mikael Tuominen: guitar, six string bass & vocals
Magnus Öhrn: bass

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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OU "One"

Country: China
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock/Metal
Label: InsideOut Music
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 6, 2022
Tracklist
1. Travel 穿 (5:54) 
2. Farewell 夔 (4:12) 
3. Mountain 山 (4:18) 
4. Ghost 灵 (3:34) 
5. Euphoria 兴 (7:19) 
6. Prejudice 豸 (4:31) 
7. Dark 暗 (7:17) 
8. Light 光 (4:05) 

Total Time 41:10

Line-up
Lynn Wu – Vocals
Anthony Vanacore – Drums, Prod
Jing Zhang – Guitars
Chris Cui - Bass

Media/Samples
Travel

starfish64 "Scattered Pieces Of Blue"

Country: Germany
Genre(s)Progressive Rock
FormatCD, digital
Release date: May 6, 2022
Tracklist
1. Blue Piece (Of Something In The Air) (3:54) 
2. Birdsong (4:46) 
3. Sunrise Over The Weathered Roofs Of Platania (2:59) 
4. Forget Me Not (3:51) 
5. Blue Piece (Reprise) (1:51) 
6. Happiness (3:56) 
7. The Utopia Suite 7. Time‘s Up Utopia (9:31) 
8. Intersection One (2:49) 
9. Number Forty-Five (3:55) 
10. Space Junk (3:46) 

Total Time 41:18

Line-up
Dieter Hoffmann: Voice, keyboards & programming, guitars
Henrik Kropp: Drums, cymbals (6)
   With:
Martin Pownall: Bass (1, 4, 7, 9, 10), electric guitar (4), additional keyboards (4, 7), backing vocals (4)
Didier Mollart: Backing vocals (1, 4, 7)
Tobias Kassühlke: Bass & solo guitar (2)
Annalei: Pencils (2)
Jörg Hoffmann: Acoustic (3) & electric guitars (3, 9), acoustic & electric guitar solos (10)
Julie Pownall: Backing vocals (4)
Dyko: Voice (5)
Jan Thiede: Acoustic guitars (6)
Christian Wahl: Flugelhorn (6)
Dominik Suhl: Acoustic & electric guitar, guitar solo (7)
Eddy SR: Moog solo (8)
S3E3: Voice (8)
The choir of true believers: Backing vocals (9)
Major T. : Distant vibes (10)

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Ben Craven "Monsters from the Id"

Country: Australia
Genre(s)Progressive Rock
FormatCD, digital, CD+DVD 
Release date: May 6, 2022
Tracklist
CD:
1. Die Before You Wake (19:32) :
- a. Sleeping Spectre (2:19)
- b. Ancient Majesty (1:31)
- c. Die Before You Wake Part 1 (3:03)
- d. Warming Glow (3:55)
- e. Wicked Delights (2:40)
- f. Die Before You Wake Part 2 (2:01)
- g. Endless Night (4:03)

2. Amnis Flows Aeternum (19:11) :
- a. Amnis Flows Aeternum Part 1 (1:11)
- b. Guiding Voice Part 1 (2:39)
- c. Sound And Light (1:20)
- d. Guiding Voice Part 2 (1:06)
- e. Royal Rewards Part 1 (1:09)
- f. Blessed Stream Part 1 (0:58)
- g. Amnis Flows Aeternum Part 2 (2:26)
- h. Earthly Dues (2:47)
- i. Amnis Flows Aeternum Part 3 (3:04)
- j. Blessed Stream Part 2 (0:51)
- k. Royal Rewards Part 2 (1:02)
- l. Guiding Voice Part 3 (0:38)

- Bonus Tracks:
3. Die Before You Wake (Single Edit) (4:57)
4. Wicked Delights (Single Edit) (2:40)
5. Guiding Voice (Single Edit) (3:31)
6. Amnis Flows Aeternum (Single Edit) (4:51)

Total Time 38:43 / *55:42

* Including Bonus Tracks

DVD:
Album in 5.1 surround and hight resolution stereo
1. Die Before You Wake (Audio Only)
2. Amnis Flows Aeternum (Audio Only)

3. Die Before You Wake (Single Edit Video)
4. Wicked Delights (Single Edit Video)
5. Guiding Voice (Single Edit Video)
6. Amnis Flows Aeternum (Single Edit Video)

Line-up
Ben Craven - all instruments and vocals

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Pure Reason Revolution "Above Cirrus"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive/Alternative Rock
LabelInsideOut Music
FormatCD, vinyl+CD, digital
Release date: May 6, 2022
Tracklist
1. Our Prism (3:30) 
2. New Kind Of Evil (8:31) 
3. Phantoms (3:30) 
4. Cruel Deliverance (5:48) 
5. Scream Sideways (10:05) 
6. Dead Butterfly (6:49) 
7. Lucid (6:58) 

Total Time 45:11

Line-up
Jon Courtney
Chloe Alper
Greg Jong

Description/Reviews:
The band’s rebirth saw them going back to their earliest influences, and ‘Above Cirrus’ sees them reaching ever deeper into the atmospheric, cinematic psych-prog compositions that made ‘Eupnea’ such a rapturously received return. Based around the core trio of Jon Courtney, Chloe Alper & Greg Jong, the new album manages to expand the bands sound palette ever further. 

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New Kind of Evil 

Lobate Scarp "You Have It All"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 6, 2022
Tracklist
1. Conduit (6:41) 
2. Nothing Wrong (6:17) 
3. In The Night I (0:51) 
4. Life-Line (5:49) 
5. You Have It All (14:30) 
6. In The Night II (1:03) 
7. Beautiful Light (5:46) 
8. Our Test Tube Universe (7:38) 
9. Flowing Through The Change (17:20) 
   i) Futureshow
   ii) In The Night III
   iii) Dreamflow
   iv) A New Beginning
   v) Dreams are Coming True

Total Time 65:55

Line-up
Adam Sears- lead vocals, synths, piano, organs
Andy Catt- bass, vocals
Peter Matuchniak- guitar
Hoyt Binder- guitar (Track 2)
Nate Olmos- guitar (Track 7)
Eric Moore- drums (Tracks 1, 5, 9)
Jimmy Keegan- drums (Tracks 4, 8)
Mike Gerbrandt- drums (Tracks 2, 7)
Billy Sherwood- vocals (Track 5)

Jon Davison- vocals (Track 5)

Ryo Okumoto- B3 organs, synths, and jazz piano (Tracks 1, 8)

String Quartet-
Aiko Jimena Richter (Violin), Yvette Holzwarth (Violin), Thomas Lea (Viola), Hillary Smith (Cello) (Tracks 1, 4, 5, 9)

Andrea Whitt- viola, pedal steel (Tracks 1, 2, 7)
Rachel Grace- violin (Track 2)

Tawnee Lynn Lilo- French horn (Tracks 1, 4, 9)
Steve Huber- violin and viola (Track 3)
Michael Bernard- synth and drums programming
Raul Hernadez, additional guitars
Steven Leavitt- piano and B3, Moog, synth programming, maracas,
tambourine, glockenspiel, vocals
Rich Mouser- additional rhythm and lead guitars, 12-string acoustic guitar,
mandolin, shaker, tambourine, dilruba

Monday, May 2, 2022

Knellhound "Knellhound"

Country: Australia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: digital
Release date: May 2, 2022
Tracklist
1. Black Dog (5:41) 
2. Shaman (4:43) 
3. Ducks In Formation (4:15) 
4. Catharsis (3:28) 
5. The Jasper Cup (4:06) 
6. Drink Down From The Timbers (1:56) 
7. Anemoia (4:19) 
8. Knell (7:14) 
9. Contingency Waltz (2:45) 

Total Time 38:27

Credits
Darcy McMahon - guitars
Aiden Ruddle - drums/percussion, artwork 

Produced, recorded & engineered by

Media/Samples
Bandcamp (name your price)

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Sunday, May 1, 2022

Echo Rhythm "The Program"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock/Metal 
Format: digital
Release date: May 1, 2022
Tracklist
1. 100 Years (12:25) 
2. Under A Red Sky (3:10) 
3. Across The Constellations (4:12) 
4. Corrupted Earth (4:28) 
5. Warrior Mountain (2:51) 
6. This Side Of Darkness (5:35) 

Total Time 32:41

Credits
Recorded and Produced by Greg Rosenblit & Josh Adams
Greg Rosenblit - keys & programming
Josh Adams - bass

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Links:
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Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella "Invoke The Ghosts"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Acoustic Prog Folk
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 1, 2022
Tracklist
1. Nur Ein Spiel
2. The Beast Is Lurking
3. Soumate
4. Where's My Name
5. Of Withes And A Pure Heart
6. Calypso
7. Red Beard
8. Ein Stummer Schrei
9. Das Goldene Königreich (The Virgin Queen) 09:18
10. Wholeheartedly

Credits
Melanie Mau (Frequency Drift): Lead & Backing Vocals
Martin Schnella (Flaming Row, Frequency Drift, Seven Steps To The Green Door): Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, Baritone Guitars, Vocals
Mathias Ruck: Vocals (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10)
Lars Lehmann: Bass Guitar, Fretless Bass
Simon Schröder: Percussion, Bodhrán (4), Drums (8), Vocals (1, 9, 10)
   With
Jens Kommnick: Uilleann Pipes (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9), Low Whistle (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), Tin Whistle (3, 4, 9), Cello (5, 6, 7, 8, 9), Add. Acoustic Guitar (3, 9), Vocals (9)
Siobhán Kennedy: Vocals (9)
Steve Unruh: Violin (3)

arrangements by: Melanie Mau, Martin Schnella, Lars Lehmann, Simon Schröder & Mathias Ruck
violin arrangement on (3) by: Steve Unruh
celtic arrangements on (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) by: Jens Kommnick

Drawings: Isa Hausa Illustrations
Band Picture: Bodo Kubatzki
Additional Paintings: Anish Jewel Mau
Artwork & Design: Martin Huch

All instruments and vocals recorded by Martin Schnella @ Overlodge Recording Studio except:
Jens Kommnick recorded his celtic instruments and vocals at his homestudio in Wremen
Sobhán Kennedy recorded her vocals at Jens Kommnicks homestudio in Wremen
Steve Unruh recorded his violin at his homestudio in the USA
Mathias Ruck recorded his vocals at his homestudio in Rostock
Lars Lehmann recorded his bass guitars at his homestudio in Hannover

Mixed & mastered by Martin Schnella @ Overlodge Recording Studio, Osterode/Germany 2022

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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