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Friday, December 23, 2022

Doom Salad "Jasshi Jusia Zon"

Country: USA
Genre(s)Instrumental Progressive/Math Rock, Fusion
Formatdigital
Release date: December 23, 2022
Tracklist
1. Part I (2:37) 
2. Part II (2:38) 
3. Part III (3:32) 
4. Part IV (3:40) 
5. Part V (4:05) 
6. Part VI (2:50) 
7. Part VII (5:32) 
8. Part VIII (0:49) 
9. Part IX (4:38) 
10. Part X (2:15) 

Total Time 32:36

Credits
Lane Gardner - Guitar
Mathew Pelton - Drums
Gordon Wery - Synths

Engineered by Lane Gardner and Mathew Pelton.
Organized, edited, and mixed by Mathew Pelton.
Mastered by Bill Pelton and Mathew Pelton at Pine Mountain Productions.
Album art: AI generated by Mathew Pelton.

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Saturday, December 17, 2022

The Wring "Spectra"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal, Hard Rock
Label: Wormholedeath Records
Format: digital
Release date: December 16, 2022
Tracklist
1. Stiletto (4:40) 
2. Stones & Bones (4:58) 
3. The Prince (3:54) 
4. The Wolf (5:00) 
5. Tin Man (5:25) 
6. From Mars (4:43) 
7. Sins (4:43) 
8. Fallen (5:05) 

Total Time 38:28

Credits
Don Dewulf – Guitars
Marco Minnemann (Steven Wilson, The Aristocrats) – Drums
Chandler Mogel – Vocals
Reggie Hache – Bass & Keyboards
Isamu McGregor – Keyboards

Description/Reviews:
“Spectra” is a bit like a 1970’s King Crimson album, but without any ethereal soliloquies and certainly with a more significant hard rock/metal influence. It is a cauldron of hard rock, jazz, metal, classical, 80’s rock, 70’s rock, and probably a few other things.
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Streams
Teaser

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Friday, December 16, 2022

Crypto Knight "The Journey"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: December 16, 2022
Tracklist
1. Ride On (4:47) 
2. Good Knights (3:45) 
3. Down To Earth (3:50) 
4. Castaway (3:18) 
5. The Inklings (4:48) 
6. Surfing The Ether (4:12) 
7. Cascades (4:00) 
8. Exodus Finalis (4:38) 

Total Time 33:18

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

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.
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Exodus Finalis

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Friday, December 2, 2022

Various Artists "ZZAJ: Jazz From the 23rd Century"

Country: Multinational
Genre(s): Jazz, Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Experimental
Label: Discus Music
Format: CD,digital
Release date: December 2, 2022
Tracklist/Performers
CD1
1. Amanda Chaudhary - Donershtik (Meow Mix) (6:26) 
2. Amy Denio - UNTRAPT (3:19) 
3. Elliott Sharp - Baile De Sombras (1:58) 
4. Dereck Higgins - I Didn't Hear It On The Radio (1:29) 
5. Haco - Watercrown (5:03) 
6. Pete Prown & Jeff Gordon - Grifter (5:02) 
7. Alfred Harth - Czernowitz (4:53) 
8. Marmhelodic Rascals - The March (9:25) 
9. Jerry & Michele King - Avalon (3:03) 
10. Atsuko Kamura - Ginza Street Lights (4:06) 
11. Nick Didkovsky - The Curse Of Anubis (1:46) 
12. Nubdug Ensemble - Entrance (1:15) 
13. David Moss - It's The Galaxies (4:51) 
14. Shawn Persinger - The Real Book N-Z (Abridged) (1:10) 
15. Intige Taluure - Saskatoon (3:55) 
16. David Newhouse - Pluck Wind Bang (4:37) 
17. Anthony Coleman - Unfilled Hooks (3:14) 

CD2
18. Brian Woodbury - Mentally Ill (3:48) 
19. The Lunar Asylum - Zroidian Be Bop (6:45) 
20. Paul Sears - In Praise Of Folly (3:33) 
21. Henry Kaiser - Five Death Haiku (7:41) 
22. Forrest Fang & Joseph Bendola - Wrong Exit (5:30) 
23. Paul Morris - Diner On The Ship James (3:51) 
24. Frank Chickens - Looking For Me (2:45) 
25. Anthony Pirog - 23rd Century Pirog (1:43) 
26. 2-9 Compaxident 1 - Dead Ducks (8:02) 
27. Greg Segal - Daily (1:42) 
28. Fred Hodshon - Wordless Whisperer (3:24) 
29. Ron Anderson - Strangulation (2:44) 
30. Leandro Kalen - A Tale Of Southern Groove (2:28) 
31. Martin Archer - Song For John Gilmore (5:35) 
32. Tom Djll - The Black Bird Bossa (6:38) 
33. Killick Hinds - Arborial Futurity (3:08) 
34. Steve Beresford - Elastic Articles (2:03) 

Total Time 136:52

Compilation producers: Jerry King and Dave Newhouse
Mastering engineer: Ian Beabout
Front cover design: Eric Kearns
Other design and back cover art: Dan Sauer
Cover painting: Dave Newhouse
Landscape paintings: Pete Prown

Description/Reviews:
ZZAJ: Jazz from the 23rd Century, is a thrilling new collection of music featuring 34 new songs – all previously unreleased – from artists from all over the world. The brainchild of producers/multi-instrumentalists Jerry King (Cloud Over Jupiter, Moon X, John Shirley & Jerry King) and Dave Newhouse (The Muffins, Manna Mirage, Moon X), ZZAJ asked musicians to interpret jazz from various conceptual viewpoints, particularly avoiding traditional jazz sounds.
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Opus Arise "The Network"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Instrumental Symphonic Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: digital
Release date: December 2, 2022
Tracklist
1) Inner Skepticism – 5:50
2) Electric Jungle – 6:02
3) Antimatter – 3:22
4) Digital Soundscape – 4:38
5) Reminiscence – 5:21
6) Change – 5:23
7) Timeshift – 5:21
8) The Unanswered Question – 5:13

Album Length: 41:13

Credits
Shawn Hillman Guitar, Cello (4)
James Readman: Guitar
Daniel Carmago: Bass Guitar (1-3, 5-7)
Matthew Logan: Drums, Violin II
Matthew Hannah: Keyboards
Michelle Gao: Violin I
Ellen Smith: Viola
Darrell Bennett: Cello
Kyle Hagen: Contrabass, Bass Guitar (8)

Mixing by Ryan Shepard at Little Red Sounds Studio
Mastered by Maor Appelbaum
Artwork by Daniel Reyes
Music Videos by Jade Weekes
Compositions by Matthew Logan

Description/Reviews:
Opus Arise (ft. members of Svneatr, Thousand Arrows, Ysgaroth) is an orchestral metal ensemble that brings together classical strings and metal rhythms to create luscious soundscapes to dissonant chaos. They are about to drop their second album this winter, entitled “The Network”, which will send listeners headfirst into a cyberpunk world where frequencies and chord progressions are believed to be catalysts for time travel. Although there are no lyrics, the theme is easy to pick up on, as the tension, the relief, and the drama of the story are within. Compared to their previous album “Revelation” (2016), their compositions have become less metal driven and they have grown the string section from a trio to a quintet and are planning to incorporate more orchestral instruments.

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Collage "Over And Out"

Country: Poland
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Mystic Production
Format: CD, vinyl
Release date: December 2, 2022
Tracklist
1. Over And Out
2. What About The Pain
3. One Empty Hand
4. A Moment A Feeling
5. Man In The Middle 

Line-up
Bartosz Kossowicz (Quidam) - vocals
Michał Kirmuć - electric & acoustic guitars
Krzysztof Palczewski - synthesizers
Piotr Mintay Witkowski - bass
Wojtek Szadkowski (Satellite, Peter Pan, Strawberry Fields, Travellers) - drums & percussion
   With:
Steve Rothery (Marillion) - electric & acoustic guitars (5)

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One empty hand

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