The music demonstrates the duo's unique and varied style which has been described as a mix of Neo Prog, Art Rock, Alternative, and Electro Rock.Media/Samples
Alvarado explains, “The creation of 'The Changing Tide' was very much influenced by the musical heritage of Pink Floyd. We aimed to seamlessly blend their timeless formula with our unique styles to produce material that charts its own course.”
While acknowledging the influence of Pink Floyd as a foundational element, Alvarado emphasizes the infusion of his own creative perspective. “Listeners can anticipate a departure of sorts from my previous works,” he shares, “yet they'll find my hallmark keyboard textures and atmospheric nuances intricately woven throughout.”
"The Harp" is an ambitious album, uniting the greatness of Power Metal with the depth of Prog Metal and the richness of percussion from Bahia-Brazil, resulting in a unique and surprising sound.
The album is full of songs showcasing their main influences and delivering energizing anthems with messages that encourage introspection and reflection. As the album unfolds, listeners are taken on a journey through the subjectivity of the human soul, with moments of power and complexity interspersed with Brazilian percussion and Northeastern rhythms.
The lyrics draw inspiration from dark moments and overcoming difficulties, serving as reflections and invitations to find one's spotlight in life. Metaphors of battling loneliness and transformation resonate throughout, emphasizing the importance of willpower and courage.
For fans of bands like Angra, Stratovarius, Helloween, Symphony X, and Dream Theater, "The Harp" offers a refreshing and mature debut album that combines technical prowess with beautiful melodies and melodic ideas. It's a compelling fusion of Power Metal classics and the rhythmic traditions of northeastern Brazil, marking Auro Control as a band to watch in the metal scene.Media/Samples
El Poder de la Infancia's first album sums up the collective's musical exploration over the years, using the structures of progressive rock as a reference point to blend different textures of rock music with the language of jazz, influenced by cinema with the idea of creating visual landscapes for the listener.
Those who listen to the album will be able to understand its concept, where a child's imagination can create situations of happiness, love, hate, abstract, confusion and revolution.Media/Samples
Estonian progressive rock band Emphasis release their third full-length concept album "Dekalog" in collaboration with leading Estonian jazz musicians. The album consists of 10 songs inspired by eponymous arthouse movie directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski. “Dekalog” is the second concept album of Emphasis, where all the tracks are intertwined into a single whole.Media/Samples
'Eli: A Wonderful Fall From Grace' is a concept album that finishes the trilogy of their Halo storyline, following 2015's 'Her Halo' and 2021's 'Sorella Minore.'Commenting on the album's thematic direction, the band states: "We began with a story of betrayal, love, and wonder told through the album Her Halo. We continued that tale through to a climactic finish with the epic suite Sorella Minore. And now, we have finally brought to you the third instalment of the Halo Saga, to bring the whole story together. We take you not forward in time, but to the very beginning...Eli - A Wonderful Fall from Grace takes us to A Place Called Halo, the circus where it all began in the height of it's popularity. Eli, a shipwreck survivor discovers the travelling tented landscape, and becomes the star attraction... but at a terrible price.Along with a full length concept album, we finally release the short story that sparked this spell binding concept all those years ago.Every story has a beginning, and so is Eli - A Wonderful Fall from Grace."
Finnish melancholic progressive metal band's third album, "Escherian", is a concept album in which the story's character desperately tries to escape a parallel reality. The character repeatedly experiences the same moments, unsure of where or when he is. Despite making progress, he finds himself in the same place over and over again.
The album's narrative reflects modern times: the journey of people through life, often reluctant to see what's happening around us. Our journey may resemble Penrose stairs – we move forward without questioning our direction, even though we tread the same path day after day.
Musically, "Escherian" continues the tradition of Lucidity. The band has maintained openness to a range of influences, spanning from the 70s to the present, encompassing genres from pop to extreme metal, this time drawing a bit more from progressive soundscapes.
Italian artist Riccardo Zappa is out with the album "Gabri Flies to Italy", and I guess that progressive rock is the best category to sort this production under. It is a fairly low key and careful album we get here, with many of the all instrumental compositions exploring various combinations of acoustic guitars and keyboards first and foremost. Gentle, atmospheric laden and romantic creations, where the word dreamladen can be applied with a high degree of sincerity. On some of the compositions, like the massive title track that opens this album, we do get arrangements that are a bit more elaborate too, at least in parts of the song, and when I see references to the material of Mike Oldfield applied to some of Zappa's earlier albums I can hear that in those sequences and in passages in a few other songs too. This is music with an acoustic foundation that makes use of tendencies from acoustic rock, folk music and classical music without strictly adhering to any of these traditions, and sets them up in romantic and borderline cinematic journeys that occasionally touch base with similar types of landscapes as Mike Oldfield. If that sounds like music that will appeal to you, then this is an album that should be worth a listen. (Olav M. Bjornsen at progressor.net's facebook)Media/Samples
Potental Deltas differentate itself from the previous album in the fact that the whole album is performed solely by Nikitas Kissonas. However, what stands out in this album is the inclusion of Greek lyrics along with English and the co-existence of Greek traditonal music with modern English progressive rock. Thus, the album consists of two parts, the English and the Greek.Media/Samples