Lars Eric Mattsson "Evolution"

Country: Finland
Genre(s): Progressive Hard Rock/Metal
Label: Lion Music
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: August 25, 2023
Tracklist

1. Fighting the Good Fight

2. Lies

3. Sail On

4. Somewhere

5. Stand Up

6. We Are One

7. Still Alone

8. Where Are you?

9. Knockin’ Me Off My Feet

10. Luciana

11. Still in My Dreams

12. Down this Path

Credits

Lars Eric Mattsson - Guitars, bass, keyboards, vocals

   With

Andy Falconetti- Drums

Astral Strings and Voices of Marbella: Strings and orchestral choirs 

All orchestral arrangement made by Lars Eric Mattsson

”Where Are You” was based on an unfinished demo from 1994.

"Somewhere” was recorded and written  in February 2021, everything else was recorded and written between February - June 2023.

Description/Reviews:

Classic, melodic, progressive, symphonic Hard Rock with a touch of AOR and shred/virtuoso guitar playing. 

Media/Samples
Sampler
Somewhere

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Il Bacio della Medusa "Imilla"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: AMS Records 
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: August 25, 2023
Tracklist

1. Un Visto Per la Bolivia (2:59)

2. Amburgo 1 Aprile 71 (5:05)

3. La Dolorida (6:11)

4. Zio Klaus (5:01)

5. Dentro Monika Qualcosa Non Va (5:30)

6. Ho Visto Gli Occhi Di Inti Virare A Nero (4:46)

7. Senior Service (5:37)

8. Lo Specchio Di Hans Ertl  (3:29)

9. Colt Cobra 38 Special (5:38)

Credits

Simone Cecchini - Vocals, Guitar, Kazoo and Backing Vocals

Diego Petrini - Drums, Percussion, Piano, Organ, Mellotron, Synth, Melodica and Typewriter

Eva Morelli - Flute, Alto Sax and Soprano Sax

Federico Caprai - Bass Guitar

Andrea Morelli - Electric and Steel Guitar

Mixing and mastering by Manuele Pesaresi at Dyne Engine Studio

Description/Reviews:

Imilla abandons the experimentation of the previous Seme* (2018) to return to the visceral and multifaceted rock that has marked the stylistic signature of much of the group’s production from its origins until today.

Imilla is a ‘contemporary‘ concept album, inspired by the figure of Monika Ertl (who died fifty years ago at the hands of the Bolivian security militia), whose name “Imilla” was given as a combatant with the Bolivian militia in the 1960s and 1970s. Born from a predominantly acoustic version, entirely created by frontman Simone Cecchini, once proposed to the rest of the band, thanks mainly to the arrangements by Diego Petrini, Imilla finally took on its current Progressive and Hard Rock guise, without however completely losing its initial Folk and Latin nature. 

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Damnation Plan "The New Horizon"

Country: Finland
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Inverse Records
Format: CD,digital
Release date: August 18, 2023
Tracklist

1 The New Horizon (07:50)

2 Dreamdead (04:37)

3 To The Sun (06:36)

4 Under The Veil Of Sea (07:59)

5 Emotional Trials (05:47)

Running time: 32:52

Credits

Asim Searah - Vocals

Kalle Niininen - Guitar

Antti Lauri - Lead Guitar

Jaakko Nikko - Bass

Jarkko Lunnas - Drums

   With

Jari Pailamo - Keyboards & synths 

Jussi Kulomaa - Keyboards & synths

Mixed & mastered by Miiro Varjus / Wavescape Productions

Cover art by Jarkko Lunnas

Media/Samples

The New Horizon 

Dreamdead 

Under The Veil Of Sea

Streams

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Imaginary Kings "Safer in Chains"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: August 14, 2023
Tracklist

1. Safer In Chains (5:36) 

2. Starlit Black (5:38) 

3. 1 : 33 (3:33) 

4. Malice (5:17) 

5. Wake Word (3:27) 

6. Time Lines (4:50) 

7. Personal Column (4:44) 

8. Worms Eye View (4:17) 

9. That Big Winter (3:21) 

10. Self Harm (3:30) 

11. Checkmate (6:21) 

12. One For The Road (4:19) 

Total Time 54:53

Credits

Peter Rand - Keyboards, Guitars, Bass (11)

Nick DeNardo - Drums, Engineering

    With

Jim Bryan (1, 3, and 12) , Steve Johnson (2), Philippe Pansard (4), Chris Branch (6), Chad B (9), Santtu the Sane (8) - Bass

Francois Vingrief (1), Whitman Rinaldo (1), Ralph Tonge (6), John Schilling (10) - Lead Guitars

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Quiet Observer "Pocket size universe" EP

Country: Ukraine
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: digital
Release date: August 10, 2023
Tracklist

1. Syzygy (3:57) 

2. Immigrant On This Earth (3:18) 

3. The Unbreakable Silence Of Memories (3:08) 

4. There Are More Planes In The Ocean Than Submarines In The Sky (3:40) 

5. Paper City (3:32) 

Total Time 17:35

Credits
Dennis Fursov (Zolar Czack) - everything

   Except

Denis Shvarts - guest solo (4)

Composed and recorded during summer 2023 at home.

Drums recorded at Quiet studio

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Breeze "A Dream Within A Dream"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Symphonic, Neo-Prog
Format: digital
Release date: August 7, 2023
Tracklist

1. A Dream Within A Dream (12:02) 

2. The Hours (5:23) 

3. He Smiles (4:02) 

4. A Wake Up Call (11:13) 

5. Calling The Stormwind (4:46) 

6. Twilight Dance (6:19) 

7. Blue Skies Over The Hills (6:32) 

8. Falling Leaves (4:49) 

9. The Sailor's Bride (11:03) 

Total Time 66:09 

Credits

Hansi Arnold - Vocals, Drums

Ottfried Mietzke - Guitars,Keyboards, Orchestral Arrangements

Andreas Feldmann - Bass Guitar(1,4,8,9)

Hubertus Feldmann - Keyboards,Programming (1,4,8,9)

All Songs composed,arranged and produced by Breeze

Cover Artwork by Monja Dargel-Böhm

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Bubka "II"

Country: Switzerland
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Label: Monobuster Records
Format: vinyl, digital
Release date: August 1, 2023
Tracklist

1. Gin Blizzard (5:13) 

2. Fruit Of The Doom (7:38) 

3. Fuzzy Fuzzlinscha (6:50) 

4. Tutti Quentin (8:55) 

5. Deaf'n'Italy (9:48) 

Total Time 38:24

Credits

Iwan Gasser - Keys/Synths

Meek Hofmann - Bass

Reto Beeler - Drums/Synths

All songs written by BUBKA

Recorded and mixed by Rolf Gisler

Mastered by Rob Viso

Artwork by Daniel Amhof / Büro Nord

Description/Reviews:

Their purely instrumental music shows both complex arrangements and an unusual combination of instruments. The experimental access with a hang to unconventional and extended soundlandscapes is influenced by Stoner, Kraut and progressive rock music.

Since their debut album «EPI ZENN» Bubka’s music has stilistically become more compact and rhythmically driving.

Dooming sounds, sometimes distorted, sometimes rather spherical, leave their mark on the extended sound structures of their second album « II ».

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