Seven Eyed Crow "EMERGE"

Country: France 
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: M&O Music
Format: digital
Release date: January 23, 2026
Tracklist

1. Gaslighted

2. Eyes Wide Shut

3. Mind Blowing Signs

4. Until

5. Weird Boy

6. We All Shall Fall

7. Happiness Injunction

8. To My Old Man

9. Hello Stranger

10. Visions

Credits

Jerome Kloeckner - Vocals

Alexandre Pouzioux & Aureliene Boileau - Guitars

Yoann Roy - Bass

Frederic Lagorce - Drums

   With

Mathieu Pascal (GOROD) - Guitar solo (3)

Denis Cornardeau - Guitar solo (6)

Christophe Ithurritze - Keyboards (9)

Mix and Master by David Thiers - Secret Place Studio

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Gaslighted
Mind Blowing Signs
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Soft Machine "Thirteen"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Instrumental Canterbury, Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: Dyad Records (CD), Tonefloat (vinyl)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl 
Release date: March 13, 2026
Tracklist

1. Lemon Poem Song (3:27) 

2. Open Road (7:30) 

3. Seven Hours (5:12) 

4. Waltz For Robert (4:19) 

5. The Longest Night ( (13:08) 

6. Disappear (3:55) 

7. Green Books (5:46) 

8. Beledo Balado (4:32) 

9. Pens To The Foal Mode (2:42) 

10. Time Station (2:46) 

11. Which Bridge Did You Cross (2:49) 

12. Turmoil (5:30) 

13. Daevid’s Special Cuppa (3:10) 

Total Time 64:46

Credits

John Etheridge - guitars

Asaf Sirkis - drums

Theo Travis - saxophones, flutes, duduk, Mellotron, pianos, electronics

Fred Baker - bass

   With

Pete Whittaker (Double Talk) - Hammond organ

Daevid Allen (Gong) - guitar (13)

Recorded by Ru Lemer at Temple Music Studio, Surrey in April 2025
Produced by Theo Travis
Mixing and mastering by Andrew Tulloch

Cover by Esra Kizir Gokcen 

Design by Carl Glover

Description/Reviews:

The album is incredibly broad in its breadth and scope. Tracks include ‘Pens to the Foal Mode’ which is a completely free group improvisation; ‘Open Road’ a rocky track which sees the band soaring on all burners with fiery solos by both Etheridge. and Travis; the ballad ‘Disappear’ which starts with ethereal looped flutes and develops into a beautiful piano led and drum less miniature and ‘Turmoil’ penned by bassist Fred Baker which brims with deranged fuzz bass, manic solos and an almost unhinged clamor. ‘Daevid’s Special Cuppa’ sees a cameo by founder member Daevid Allen (his guitar part being recorded years earlier, and the track built around it) in a psychedelic tribal set piece with soprano sax, guitar and duduk (a haunting Armenian traditional wooden flute like instrument) floating over hypnotic rhythms.

Media/Samples
Trailer

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Peel, Palmer, Tausig & Gould "Synesthesia"

Country: UK/USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Label: Fruits de Mer Records
Format: vinyl 
Release date: March 2026
Tracklist

1. Coral Correlation (9:48) 

2. Superpurpleshine (9:47) 

3. The Ochre Cobra (9:38) 

4. The Turquoise Shards Of Atlantis (9:37) 

Total Time 38:50

Credits
Icarus Peel - guitar 
Steve Palmer - bass
Jay Tausig - drums
Rob Gould - keyboards

Description/Reviews:

Synesthesia is an instrumental project shaped by shared intuition, long conversations, and a fascination with sound as colour. Conceived over dinner by Icarus Peel and Steve Palmer, the idea quickly settled on four extended pieces, each built through an exchange of musical sketches passed back and forth over time.

Palmer’s spacious compositions were met by Peel’s guitar responses, the material gradually evolving through careful listening and refinement. Jay Tausig was drawn in to provide fluid, understated drums, while Rob Gould added additional keyboards with a light, precise touch. The result is a set of vocal-free pieces that lean into atmosphere, tone, and momentum rather than songcraft.

The music nods toward 1970s progressive and psychedelic traditions, evoking an era of immersive, side-long listening without leaning on pastiche. References drift between kosmische electronics, Canterbury looseness, and electric guitar flourishes, unified by a sense of colour and texture guiding every decision.

Synesthesia rewards focused listening: four carefully balanced movements that feel timeless, reflective, and quietly expansive, inviting the listener to sit back, tune in, and let the colours emerge.

Media/Samples
Ochre Cobra (excerpt)
Superpurpleshine (excerpt)

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Green Carnation "A Dark Poem, Part II: Sanguis"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Season of Mist
Format: CD, digital,vinyl
Release date: April 3, 2026
Tracklist

1. Sanguis (9:05)

2. Loneliness Untold, Loneliness Unfold (4:04)

3. Sweet to the Point of Bitter (5:58)

4. I Am Time (5:39)

5. Fire in Ice (7:03)

6. Lunar Tale (5:25)

Full runtime: 37:16

Credits

Kjetil Nordhus — Vocals

Stein Roger Sordal — Bass, Rhythm Guitars, Lead Guitars, Keyboards, Lead Vocals (2)

Bjørn Harstad — Lead Guitars, Effects

Endre Kirkesola — Keyboards, Synthesizers, Organs, Effects, Backing Vocals (6)

Jonathan Alejandro Perez — Drums

   With:

Ingrid Ose — Flute (6)

Recording, Mixing & Mastering at DUB Studio

Producers — Endre Kirkesola, Stein Roger Sordal, Kjetil Nordhus

Sound Engineers — Endre Kirkesola, Bjørn Harstad

Mixing Engineers — Endre Kirkesola, Bjørn Harstad

Mastering Engineer — Lawrence Mackrory

Cover Artist: Niklas Sundin

Description/Reviews:

If Green Carnation set sail from a familiar place of melancholy on The Shores of Melancholia, then Sanguis finds the band far out at sea, fighting to stay afloat against the storm that’s raging in their minds. Whereas Part I only scratched at the surface, the epic title track that opens Part II vows to forgive and forget old bloodied wounds. Over the course of nine minutes, cresting cleans and swells of organ from long-time producer and newest member Endre Kirkesola try and wash away the familial wreckage — only for a traumatic childhood memory to come flooding back during the song’s doomy coda.

The heaviness that launched Green Carnation during Part I of A Dark Poem has aged like a fine wine on Sanguis. “Sweet to the Point of Bitter” balances meaty riffs with a pleasing melody and underlying notes of resentment. “You will acknowledge I was broken / Before you came around”. With a guitar solo that winds like the winds of change, “I Am Time” demands immediate recognition. 

But while “Fire In Ice” stokes the political flames viewed from The Shores of Melancholia with pounding windchills of double bass, Part II reveals Green Carnation at their most raw and vulnerable. 

Media/Samples
Bandcamp
Sanguis (Blood Ties)

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Alexander Eletsky "Homunculus 2"

Country: Belarus
Genre(s): Instrumental Symphonic 
Format: digital
Release date: February 3, 2026
Tracklist

1. Chased by the Shadow (06:32)

2. Forget Your Sorrows (04:43)

3. Lullaby (07:42)

4. Above the Mists (04:15)

5. Embodiment (08:04)

6. Beyond and Before (05:36)

7. Last Times (08:29)

 

Total time: 45:21

Credits

Alexander Eletsky (7 Ocean) - keyboards

Homunculus # 1 - bass  

Homunculus # 2 - guitars

Homunculus # 3 - strings

Homunculus # 4 - woodwinds

Homunculus # 5 - drums

Music by Alexander Eletsky

Mixing by Sergey Starostin and Alexander Nikolaev               

Mastering by Alexander Nikolaev

Design - Alexander Vesnin

Media/Samples
Youtube
Streams

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Mike Johnson "The Gardens Of Loss"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Avant Prog
Label: Cuneiform Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 30, 2026
Tracklist

1. Dies Irae (3:24) 

2. Boys With Toys (1:59) 

3. The Lords Of Creation (6:08) 

4. Destitution Meal (2:54) 

5. Transcience (7:23) 

6. Dumbstruck (7:53) 

7. The Gardens Of Loss (7:48) 

8. Souless In Gaza (8:28) 

Total Time 45:57

Credits

Mike Johnson ( Thinking Plague) – guitars, lap steels, fiddle, fretless banjo, sampler-synthesizer programming and "pencil guitars" (7)

   With

Simon Steensland – bass (except 7)

Morgan Ågren – drums and percussion (3–6)

Kimara Sajn – drums and percussion (1, 2, 8)

Jeremy Kurn – piano

Elaine diFalco – vocals

Dave Willey – bass, drums (7)

Bill Pohl – guitars (8)

Elise Roy – flutes

Caitlin Hilzer – oboe, English horn

Nuno Mourão – bassoons (3)

Mark Harris – clarinets, bass clarinet, alto saxophone

Shane Endsley – trumpets

Jon Stubbs – trombones

Oene van Geel – violins, "concertmaster"

Pablo Rodriguez – violins

George Dumitriu – violas

Pau Sola Masafrets – cellos

César Puente Sandoval – double basses

All music composed and orchestrated by Mike Johnson.

Lyrics by Mike Johnson except for “Transience” by Elaine diFalco.

Strings and bassoons recorded by Björn Warning at Warning Studios, Amsterdam, Netherlands. warningstudios.nl

Woodwinds and reeds recorded by Loren Dorland at Mighty Fine Studios, Denver, Colorado.

Vocals, drums, basses, guitars, piano, trumpets, trombones, oboes and English horn recorded “at home.”

Mixed and mastered by Colin Bricker and Mike Johnson at Mighty Fine Studios, Denver, Colorado. mfpcolorado.com

Produced by Mike Johnson.

Mixed and mastered by Colin Bricker and Mike Johnson.

Description/Reviews:

Mike is influenced by harmonically adventurous twentieth-century classical music, as can be heard in the ambiguous tonality of the music, and the rigour of his dense, complex compositions. Like many rock musicians he is self-taught, but very knowledgeable, and his fusion of rock and classical music is as seamless as it is compelling and for the first time ever amongst his 8 albums as leader of Plague, he has had the opportunity to use orchestral instrumentation as one of the pillars of this work!

Perhaps this is the reason why this is a Mike Johnson album and not a Thinking Plague album?

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Bandcamp