Lunar "Tempora Mutantur"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Saibot Reign Records
Format:  CD, digital, cassette
Release date: January 31, 2025
Tracklist

1. A Summer To Forget – 6:37

2. Fall Back Into Old Habits – 11:16

3. Seasonal Interlude – 4:47

4. Weakening Winter Touch – 8:46

5. Spring In My Step – 7:26

6. Tempora Mutantur: Part I – Passage of Time – 3:12

7. Tempora Mutantur: Part II – Broken Pendulum – 3:47

8. Tempora Mutantur: Part III – Watch The Weather Change – 4:51

Album Length: 50:45

Credits

Chandler Mogel – Clean Vocals

Brian Lewis – Growl Vocals

Carlos Alvarez – Rhythm Guitar

Connor McCray – Lead Guitar

Ryan Price – Bass

Alex Bosson – Drums

Anthony Stahl – Keyboards & Synthesizers

   With

Joe Gullace - Trumpet (1)

Joonas Lemetyinen - Trombone (1)

Evan Zegiel - Tuba (1)

Wayne Ingram (Wilderun) - Guitar Solo (2) 

Jordan Price - Guitar Solo (2) 

Ryan Bowe - Guitar Solo (2) 

Raphael Weinroth-Browne - Cello (3)

Gary Regina - Saxophone (3)

Nick Miller - Guitar Solo (4) 

Alon Mei-Tai - Guitar Solo (5) 

Jacob Eisberg - Guitar Solo (5) 

Brody Gage - Harmonica (6) 

Sam Vallen (Caligula's Horse) - Guitar Solo (6) 

Music by: Alex Bosson (1-4,7,8), Alex Bosson, & Balmore Lemus (5), Alex Bosson, Anthony Stahl, & Alex Nasla (6)

Lyrics by: Alex Bosson except 7: Alex Bosson & Balmore Lemus

Produced by: Alex Bosson

Co-Produced by: Carlos Alvarez

Mixed by: Carlos Alvarez - Dirty Viking Audio

Mastered by: Tony Lindgren - Fascination Street Studios

Artwork by: Ed Bosson

Layout & Design by: Brian Lewis - Stone Graphics

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Watch The Weather Change
  
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Mad Parish "The Dust Of Forever"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: CD,digital,vinyl
Release date: January 31, 2025
Tracklist

1. Prophecy - 1:30

2. Defecther - 4:32

3. Possess The Child - 4:45

4. Outerest In Irisius - 1:34

5. Ouen Formation - 6:35

6. Hunted - 1:51

7. Astra T.R.A.Z (Tower Reformatory Asteroid Zone) - 4:42

8. Transmission #1 Dream On - 1:40

9. Resistius - 6:44

10. Aeternal - 1:44

11. An Age To Quell - 4:05

12. Transmission #2 - Will Of God - 2:04

13. Loched - 3:24

14. Cathedron Wakes - 5:37

15. Book of Rites - 1:06

16. Bishop's Tomb - 3:32

17. Transmission #3 - Baz Raa Luum - 1:46

18. The Experience Hunter - 5:04

19. Trajectory: Tantus - 2:02

20. The Dust Of Forever - 5:11

21. Hail To The Hunter - 1:01

Album Length: 1:10:40

Credits

Josh McConnell - Lead Vocals, Guitars, Bass (8)

Bob Eaglesham - Guitars, Vocals, Bass (18), Drums (18), Keyboards (All Tracks except 8, 12, 15, 18, 19)

Andre Bisson - Keyboards (All Tracks except 1, 4, 6, 10, 12, 17, 21), Piano (15)

Peter Mika - Keyboards (2nd keyboard solo on 9)

Patrick Latreille - Bass (All Tracks except 8, 18)

Paskal Belanger - Drums (2,3,5,7,9,13,14)

Gopal Devanathan - Drums (11, 16, 20)

Tony Spina - Drums (12)

Jeff Louch - Piano (12)

Description/Reviews:

Known for their unique fusion of New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) styles with progressive rock and catchy singalong melodies, Mad Parish has been a formidable force in Montreal's heavy music scene for over a decade. “Loched” showcases the band's evolution, offering listeners a glimpse into the expansive sonic landscape of their upcoming album.

The Dust Of Forever marks a bold new chapter for Mad Parish. This concept album weaves an original story through a tapestry of heavy metal, following the journey of Joe, an immortal protagonist caught in a universe-threatening cataclysm. The album promises to transport listeners to another realm, with layered sounds and textures that reveal new aspects with each listen. 

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Toy Weather "Feathers in a strange wind"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Art Rock
Label: Apollon Records
Format: CD,digital
Release date: January 31, 2025
Tracklist

1. Wild Geese (4:48) 

2. Woodstock Morning (4:51) 

3. A Part Of You (4:15) 

4. Matador (3:41) 

5. Tangles (3:17) 

6. Maybe Its Sad (3:54) 

7. All In The Book (3:37) 

8. Days (3:52) 

9. Sleepy Town 1973 (3:37) 

10. Where All Good People Go (3:57) 

Total Time 39:49

Credits

Svein Hovland - vocals & guitar

Frank Hovland - bass

Rune Kogstad - drums

Description/Reviews:

If one combines vital elements from different musical styles and eras, one might come up with a blend that is truly unique and separated from the confines of the elements.

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Neil Howell "The Way Out"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Eclectic Progressive Metal/Rock
Format: digital
Release date: March 28, 2025
Tracklist

1. Empty

2. The House is on Fire

3. Intruder

4. No Money in Philosophy

5. Option One – Denial

6. Pathfinder

7. Hope Only Goes So Far

8. Option Two – Despair

9. Fatherly Advice

10. Option Three – Acceptance

11. Logic Dictates

Credits

Neil Howell – Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Synths and Keys, Drum Programming 

   With

Lisa Mann – Lead Vocals (4)

Mad Scientist Dorn – Lead Guitar (7)

Alex Parkinson (Mothman and the Thunderbirds) – Lead and backing vocals (11) 

Egor Lappo – Lead guitar (11)  

Angela and Clara – Backing vocals (11)  

All songs written by Neil Howell

Description/Reviews:

Striking a fine line between mayhem and beauty, The Way Out showcases Howell’s unique brand of progressive metal. From the blistering guitar attack on tracks such as The House is On Fire and Intruder, to the more poignant Pathfinder and Option Three (Acceptance), the album is never far away from its many twists and turns. Highlights include the genre-bending No Money in Philosophy, the aching serenity and crushing devastation of Hope Only Goes So Far, and the final epic track, Logic Dictates.

Sure to please adventurous listeners and fans of Opeth, Devin Townsend, and Porcupine Tree, The Way Out is not an album to be missed. Howells’ latest offering is designed to dazzle, astound, and perhaps, even help.

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Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate "The Uncertainty Principle"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 4, 2025 (digital), April 12, 2025 (CD)
Tracklist

1. Certainty

2. Everything Changed

3. The Ultraviolet Catastrophe

4. Copenhagen

5. Cause and Effect (But Not Necessarily in that Order)

6. The Uncertainty Principle

7. Inside the Atom

8. The Think Tank

9. One Word that Means The World (Arkhipov)

10. Between Two Worlds

11. Living with Uncertainty

Credits

Malcolm Galloway - lyrics, lead guitar, synths, mastering

Mark Gatland - bass guitar, vocal engineer, additional guitars and synths, co-producer

   With

Kathryn Thomas - flute (6)

Ethan Galloway - vocals (11)

Music written by Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland

Produced by Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland (1-5,7-9, 11) and Malcolm Galloway, Mark Gatland and Kathryn Thomas (6,10)

Booklet notes by Malcolm Galloway

Artwork by Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland, using Nightcafe and DALLE-3 (AI art), photography and Photoshop.

Description/Reviews:

The album is a mixture of vocal and instrumental tracks, combining elements of progressive/alt/art-rock, electronic, and contemporary classical music. 

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Copenhagen

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Marko Bojkovic "Powercore"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Forerunner Recordings
Format: digital
Release date: January 24, 2025
Tracklist

1. Anesthesia (No Easy Way Out) - 3:58

2. From Within - 5:29

3. Sacrifice For Sanity - 3:50

4. What We Accomplished  - 3:17

5. Find Your Flame - 4:00

6. Thrown - 5:41

7. To Reminisce - 4:54

Album Length: 31:11

Credits
Marko Bojkovic - guitars, bass
   With
Chris Thomas - growling & clean vocals (1,3-7)
Gabe Vermund - clean vocals (1,2,5,6)
Johnny Ray (The Mourning) - vocals (5)

Description/Reviews:

Packing the most punch with perfectly combined progressive metal, power metal, metalcore, and djent along with influences from jazz fusion to classical music, Bojkovic's new album "Powercore" (named after his own dubbed genre of metal called Progressive PowerCore) is meant to send positive messages such as being able to accomplish anything you set your mind to and believing in yourself. Musically, the album's guitar solos are among the best he's ever written. 

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Deezer

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Jack O' the Clock "Portraits"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Avant/Folk/Chamber Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: February 13, 2025
Tracklist

1. Josephine's Fresh Cuts

2. I'm OK, You're a Shithead

3. No. 4 Mountain

4. Another Sunny Day/Star of Monster 

5. Year of the Gypsy Moths

6. In the Gold Coin Saloon

7. My Life's Not Wasted

8. Lazy Tom Bog

9. The Gardener

10. Nature Abhors a Vacuum

11. Puer 1

12. Twomile Island

13. Isolation Booth

14. Stone Cold Steve Cactus In Mojave

15. Windigo Knocking

16. It's Hard To Find Booze On Sunday

17. Puer 2

Credits

2003 MUSICIAN CREDITS:

Damon Waitkus - acoustic guitar, bass (1,2,4,6,13), flute (5), drums (11, 17)

Emily Packard - violins

Brad Mehlenbacher -drums

Roger Vaughan - bass (7, 11,17)

Recorded by Damon Waitkus at Roger and Rochelle's in Smithfield, Rhode Island, Summer 2003

2023-4 MUSICIAN CREDITS:

Damon Waitkus - vocals, guitars, hammer dulcimer, piano etc.

Victor Reynolds - bass, guitars, piano, vocals, etc.

Kate McLoughlin - bassoon

Recorded by Damon Waitkus at Orchard Hill Studio, Brattleboro, Vermont, and Victor Reynolds in San Mateo, California, 2023-2024

We also sampled some unreleased past contributions by:

Ivor Holloway - tenor sax and clarinet

Art Elliot - organ

Jonathan Russell - clarinet

Dave McNally - mellotron

Mastered by Myles Boisen at Headless Buddha Mastering Lab, Oakland, CA

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Derev "Troubled Mind"

Country: Canada 
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 26, 2025
Tracklist

1. Buried Voice (7:23)

2. Cyclone (5:39)

3. Crawl Space (1:16)

4. Room 9 (6:15)

5. Paracusia (4:35)

6. Tides of Time (5:59)

7. Darker Self (5:44)

8. Trace Within (5:01)

Credits

Adel Saflou - Vocals

Armando Bablanian - Guitar

Michel Karakach - Drums

Stan Komarovsky - Bass

Ran Zehavi - Keys

Description/Reviews:

Derev is a progressive rock band captivating global audiences with its innovative blend of progressive rock and traditional Middle Eastern music. The forthcoming album "Troubled Mind" promises to take listeners on an emotional journey, featuring both energetic highs and poignant lows. It is recommended for fans of Opeth, Dream Theater, and Porcupine Tree.

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Crypto Knight "A Traveller's Tale"

Country: UK/USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 17, 2025
Tracklist

1. Kings & Queens

2. Here & Now

3. The Night Watchman

4. Up with the Larks

5. Crossed Wires

6. A Traveller's Tale

7. S.O.S.

8. Lost Kingdom

9. The Light

10. Winter Nights

Credits

Dave Johnson (The Forgotten Man) - Music, Production

Tim Malugin - Vocals, Lyrics 

Description/Reviews:

Known for their distinctive fusion of progressive rock, art rock, and atmospheric storytelling, Crypto Knight has crafted a collection of ten new tracks that mark a new high in their musical evolution. Described by the band as their best album to date, A Traveller’s Tale blends intricate musicianship with evocative lyrics to tell tales of self-reflection, societal observation, and epic story based adventures.

Fans can look forward to an expansive musical journey that touches on various themes—from political commentary to personal introspection, and sweeping narratives set against a backdrop of rich sonic landscapes. With lush instrumentation, evocative storytelling, and signature progressive arrangements, this album showcases the band's growing creative prowess and deep commitment to their craft.

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Limite Acque Sicure "Un'Altra Mano Di Carte"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Minotauro Records
Format: CD,digital
Release date: January 17, 2024 (digital), January 24, 2024 (CD)
Tracklist

1. Joker (8:35) 

2. Il racconto di Juan della sua terra (7:20) 

3. Natale 1914 (10:13) 

4. …non il Bergerac (8:02) 

5. Chita (8:56) 

6. Storie perdute (8:14) 

Total Time 51:20

Credits

Andrea Chendi: lead vocals

Ambra Bianchi: flute, lead and backing vocals, harp  

Antonello Giovannelli: organ, piano, synths  

Luca Trabanelli: acoustic and electric guitars 

Paolo Bolognesi: drums 

Francesco Franz Gigante: electric bass 

Description/Reviews:

Un'altra mano di carte shows Limite Acque Sicure's vision of progressive rock, respectful of the lessons of the 70's masters but at the same time with a more rock and melodic push, with more touching themes - in some ways political - than the frequent fantasy or introspective topics of the prog genre. Human evil and narcissism in Joker, the conquest of Latin America by the Spanish in Il racconto di Juan della sua terra, the horrors and pains in the trenches of the First World War in Natale 1914, the abuses and injustices against women in Chita, the suffering of a nameless man in ...non il Bergerac, the wish to listen to the truths of other people in Storie perdute. The story of life experiences by characters sometimes fictional and sometimes real, sometimes current and sometimes remote in time, which highlight profound, little-known and even uncomfortable topics, such as rebellion, marginalization, inexorability. But always, in the end, with a thread of hope.

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Sailor Free "Spiritual Revolution - part three"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Tide Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 16, 2025
Tracklist

1 – Spiritual Ouverture III

2 – Incognito

3 – All I need

4 – The ghoul within

5 – So beautiful

6 – Not for me

7 – Let me in

8 – Disappear

9 – Gambling

10 – The watcher

Credits

David Petrosino: vocals, piano, keyboards, guitar, bass

Stefano “The Hook” Barelli: guitar

Alphonso Nini: bass, backing vocals

Stefano Toni: percussions, backing vocals

   With

Luca Calabrò: drums

Stefano Falcone: drums

Claudio Mosconi: bass

Nando Citarella: tammorra

Stefano Ribeca: sax, low whistle, shannai

Brian Petrosino: backing vocals

Cecilia Amici: backing vocals

Produced by David Petrosino

Recorded and mixed at Tide Records’ studio

Cover design and artwork by Terrence Briscoe

Booklet artworks and paintings, directed by Marzia Maier in a “Colors Art Therapy” session

Description/Reviews:

Musically Spiritual Revolution Part 3 is a modern progressive, unexpected, open to contaminations, at times stinging, sometimes dreamy, romantic and aggressive at the same time, that does not disappoint expectations and was worth waiting for.

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Reptile King "Goddess over Darkness and Light"

Country: Belgium
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: January 2, 2025
Tracklist

1. Alphabet Man (2:56) 

2. Onslaught (5:38) 

3. Goddess Over Darkness And Light (12:07) 

4. End Of Days (5:48) 

5. Vitreous (5:20) 

6. Interlude ("In The Court Of The Reptile King") (0:46) 

7. The Shadow (15:00) 

8. Into The Crepuscule (14:58) 

9. The Final Problem (6:55) 

Total Time 69:28

Credits

Pascal Sporken – vocals, keyboard, synth programming, music and lyrics

Photography of the Eastern Veil Nebula in the cover artwork taken by Wayne Zuhl

Description/Reviews:

Musically, Reptile King harkens back to classic prog acts like Yes, Van Der Graaf Generator or  Gentle Giant. At the same time, Pascal  also finds inspirations in a multitude of music genres that range from jazz, classical music, folk music to post - hardcore punk and extreme metal.

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Rioghan "Kept"

Country: Finland
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Inverse Records
Format: CD,digital,vinyl
Release date: February 14, 2025
Tracklist

01. Dreams

02. Hands

03. Skin

04. Edge

05. Distance

06. Hopes

07. Motion

08. Here

09. Red

10. Grief 

Credits

Rioghan Darcy - vocals

Teemu Liekkala - guitar & keys

Tero Luukkonen - guitar

Antti Varjanne - bass

Valtteri Revonkorpi - drums

Cover photo: Mikko Parkkonen / Aarni Visuals

Cover layout: Sakari Tuokkola 

Produced & mixed by Teemu Liekkala

Mastered by Miro Kiiski / Miro Mastering 

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Edge
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Beriedir "Liminal Spaces"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Rockshots Records
Format: CD,digital
Release date: January 10, 2025
Tracklist

1. Halo

2. Neon

3. In The Corner Of My Eyes

4. As Tight As Phantoms Hold

5. F.I.V.E.

6. More Than Starlight

7. Burnout

8. Anemoia

9. Massive

10. In The Liminal Space

Credits

Stefano Nüsperli:  Vocals, Keyboards

Simone Bacchi Mottin: Guitars, Backing Vocals

Francesco Ideo: Guitars

Ciro Salvi: Drums

Daniele Cantaboni: Bass Guitar

Mixing and mastering: Simone Mularoni (Domination Studio)

Description/Reviews:

Beriedir offers a sound that, throughout their discography, spans from progressive power metal—characterized by its signature, neck-breaking choruses—to a contemporary progressive identity, delivering tight rhythms, gargantuan emotional sections, and earth-shattering, surgically precise breakdowns. This powerful musical package is wrapped in introspective themes, melancholic and nostalgic, creating a dark and enveloping aesthetic.

With "Liminal Spaces", Beriedir have fully embraced a progressive and experimental sound, moving away from their power metal roots and creating something that will enthrall fans of Pain of Salvation, Leprous, Katatonia, Gojira, and Dark Tranquillity. As they delve into melancholia, longing, and existential questions, the band cements their place as one of the most exciting voices in progressive metal today.

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Neon

Halo

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