MRW "妖怪"

Country: Poland
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Post Rock
Format: digital
Release date: January 30, 2022
Tracklist

1. 精神が世界を吹き飛ばしている (01:10)

2. 手なしの医者 (00:16)

3. 鬼遣 (00:33)

4. 鬼はそと！福は内 (00:49)

5. 鬼 (00:46)

6. 妖怪 (00:32)

7. 化け物 (01:35)

8. 私が死にかけている今、あなたは私の魂を捕まえることができます (01:26)

9. 魔物 (01:12)

10. 第三の目 (00:46)

11. 医者の切断された手 (02:28)

12. 第三の目、セカンドノーズ (01:12)

13. 医者の死 (00:26)

14. お化け (05:57)

15. 鬼2 (01:09)

16. 河童 (00:26)

17. 天邪鬼 (00:40)

18. 網剪 (01:40)

19. 御霊 (00:41)

20. ぬうりひょん (01:56)

21. 恐怖には4つの目があります (00:45)

22. 座敷童/座敷童子 (01:17)

23. 送り雀 (03:58)

24. 海坊主 (03:29)

25. 死に神 (01:17)

26. 尻目 (00:26)

27. 鬼3 (02:40)

28. 死の踊り (03:49)

29. 狐 (04:54)

Line-up
Marcin Waszczak: guitar, bass, kaossilator, synths, vocal, piano, recordings, drums programming, alto saxophone, clarinet, glass, dictaphone

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Milkbone "Milkbone"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Instrumental Canterbury, Fusion
Format: CD, vinyl
Release date: December 2021 (vinyl), March 4, 2022 (CD)
Tracklist

1. Canterbury

2. Leaving Hawksbill

3. Toys Hill

4. Automatic Foot

5. Milkbone

6. Two Sequences

7. Bleak Strategy

8. Soft Weed

9. Red Shift

10. Cecilia

11. Velvet Black

Line-up

Phil Scragg (Robert Plant, Cobalt Chapel) - bass, keyboards, guitar

Matt Berry - keyboards, guitar

James Sedge - drums, percussion

   With

Cecilia Fage - sampled vocals

Graham Mann - percussion and trombone

Description/Reviews:

The trio's debut offers an inspired evocation of the classic early 1970s Canterbury sound fused with elements of Electronic and Fusion music (with echoes of peak period Soft Machine, Weather Report, Jean-Michel Jarre, Terry Riley, Robert Wyatt and more).

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Neograss "Talisman"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Neovision Production
Format: digital
Release date: December 29, 2021
Tracklist

1. Overture (5:06) 

2. Daybreak (6:03) 

3. Surrender (5:52) 

4. Lost Search (3:42) 

5. Warrior (1:56) 

6. Travel (3:24) 

7. Midnight (6:42) 

8. It's Loose (3:12) 

9. A Night Piece (1:52) 

10. Up You Go (2:28) 

11. Visions (2:34) 

12. Awake (4:12) 

13. Passacaglia (3:07) 

14. Me And You (4:21) 

Total Time 54:31

Line-up

Emil Bekkevold - Vocals, banjo, keyboards

Tore Morten Andreassen - Guitar, bass, Mellotron

Bjørn André Syverinsen - Drums

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Seaorm "Forgotten Shrines"

Country: Spain/Russia
Genre(s): Instrumental Fusion, Psychedelic
Label: octoberXart Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 29, 2021
Tracklist

1. Forgotten Shrines (20:02) 

2. Animas In The City Of Stones (12:55) 

3. The Garden Of Lost Memories (11:12) 

Total Time 44:09 

Line-up

Ángel Ontalva (October Equus) - guitar

Ark Fedotov (Vespero) - bass, synths, sampler

Ivan Fedotov (Vespero) - drums

Víctor Rodríguez - keyboards

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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Arctic Plant "A Wandering Mind"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: PRX Records
Format: digital
Release date: December 27, 2021
Tracklist

1. The Quest Pt. 1: Desire (4:07) 

2. The Forest (9:15) 

3. Brothers And Sisters (9:52) 

4. The Quest Pt. 2: Contemplation (1:32) 

5. Twist Of Fate (17:48) 

6. The Quest Pt. 3: Relief (2:12) 

7. Perception (3:57) 

Total Time 48:43

Line-up

Andreas Ludwig - vocals of the 'Wise Man'

Antonia Lenz - vocals of the 'Sylvan Spirit' (left side)

Felix Schleifer - synthesizer solo (3)

Lisa Rexilius - bass guitar and vocals of the 'Sylvan Spirit' (right side)

Susanne Rexilius - trombone (5, 7)

Philipp Rexilius - drums, guitars, piano, synthesizers, organ, orchestration, soundscapes, vocals of the 'Wayfarer'

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Holle Mangler "Tales From A Fairy World (Part 1)"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: BONImedia Records
Format: digital
Release date: December 24, 2021
Tracklist

1. Intro (2:09) 

2. Fairy Village (8:14) 

3. Farewell Speech (13:12) 

4. Ride The Unicorn (4:19) 

5. Lost In The Wood (4:05) 

6. Doubts And Hopes (6:23) 

7. Manic Dwarf (6:45) 

8. Running Into Danger (1:30) 

9. Caught In A Trap (6:48) 

10. Fairy Catcher (2:50) 

11. Winter In Paradise (5:15) 

12. Missing Person Report (3:03) 

13. Among Prisoners (7:22) 

14. As The Night Falls (5:39) 

Total Time 77:34

Line-up
Holle Mangler - all instruments
   With

Kevin Eugene Boucher - speaker (1)

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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Point Mass "Solstice"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: digital
Release date: December 21, 2021
Tracklist

1. Isthmus (6:05) 

2. Catharsis (6:20) 

3. Phoenix (7:52) 

4. Bloom (6:35) 

5. Hyperion (5:53) 

6. Erubones (7:00) 

7. Hellfire (8:01) 

8. Solstice (11:11) 

Total Time 58:57

Line-up

Dylan Bannister - Vocals, Guitars

Jaden Hellmann - Guitars

John Slawek - Bass

Nic Killoran - Drums

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Syrek "Story"

Country: Multinational
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal
Format: digital
Release date: December 21, 2021
Tracklist

1. Magic Lantern (Into the Woods)

2. I Think It's A Monster 

3. Balloon Ride Over a Jigsaw Map

4. I Got a Lightning Bug

5. What The Owl Said

6. Starcrowned

7. The Perilous Flight From Castle Abathria

8. Strange Machine

9. Dandelion Sword

10. Gnomus Maleficus (Tea With the Angry Gnome)

11. Promenade Into The End

12. The End?

13. Home (Out of the Woods)

Line-up
Terry Syrek - guitar

Marco Minnemann (Steven Wilson, The Aristocrats, Mike Keneally) - drums

Lalle Larsson (Karmakanic, Agents of Mercy) - keys/synths

Bryan Beller (The Aristocrats, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai) - bass

Mohini Dey (Steve Vai, Tony McAlpine) - bass

Florian Cristea - violin

Keith Szarabajka - narration

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Procosmian Fannyfiddlers "Astonishing Tales Of Cod And Plankton"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Eclectic Prog
Label: LL Records
Format: digital
Release date: December 20, 2021
Tracklist:

1. Dental Breakdown

2. Lady Dung

3. Rage For Boredom

4. Frill

5. Jaundice Sailor

6. In Search Of Competance

7. Still...You Turn Me Off

8. Rimming The Ancient Mariner

Line-up:

Composed, arranged and performed by Geir Venom Larzen, Erik Andås, Øyvind Eriksen, Mette Jensen, Heidi Larzen, Bente Marit Ekker, Espen Warankov Godø, Yngve Hasnes

Description/Reviews:

"One of the first things to notice with this band's music is that it is quite eclectic and contains many sections that, while not totally discordant, can sound a little unusual. This is often due to some sections being played in a minor key when you least expect it. The underlying strength however, lies with the Mellotron, which features throughout many of their albums. This adds a deeply-seated and atmospheric basis from which the songs can grow and develop."

Read the full review by Greg Cummins at DPRP.net

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Titan Agronomist Project "Volume 1 - Maia! The Daughter of the Great Atl​-​Atl of the West"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: December 20, 2021
Tracklist

1. A Universe Of Layers (1:52) 

2. 1923: Cornfield Crash (4:19) 

3. A Portal Is Opened (7:03) 

4. Maia! Daughter Of The Great Atl-Atl Of The West (3:19) 

5. Up And At 'Em, Boy! (5:02) 

6. PLG: Love Despite Knowing The End Will Come (6:04) 

7. 1942: From High School To The High Seas (7:29) 

Total Time 35:08 

Line-up

Randy M. Salo (This is Not an Elephant, Tanertill) - all instruments and programming

   Except:

Andreas Krebs - guitar solos (2)

Konst Fischer - guitar solo (3)

Marcel Thenée - guitar solos (6)

Jakub “JD” Dwornicki - guitar solo (7)

Description/Reviews:

Musically, this album fires on all cylinders. The progressive rock segments are heavy, fast-paced, and awesome. You will hear Randy’s delicious bass grooves all over the place as he lays down hefty, humongous, and hungry bass lines that eat up the spotlight more often than not. ... The album has a quieter side, though. It often muses in electronic and orchestral ideas, and it jumps back and forth between film score and prog rock quite often, many times within the same song. The music here is certainly an ambitious and voluptuous undertaking.

Read the full review by Jason Spencer at theprogmind.com

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Involute "Hindsight"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal/Rock, Fusion
Format: digital
Release date: December 17, 2021
Tracklist

1. 20/20 (4:48) 

2. Jasper (3:22) 

3. Stand Still (7:30) 

4. Ruminate (3:53) 

5. The Warden (14:12) 

6. Spliced Skies (7:02) 

7. Tilt (4:38) 

8. Oculus (6:57) 

9. Infinite Step (11:24) 

Total Time 63:46

Line-up

Julian Chipkin – Bass, Acoustic Guitar

Eli Mehmeti – Drums, Synths, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals

Wyatt Mehmeti – Guitar

Tom McCausland – Guitar

Carina Kohn – Lead Vocals, Piano (1)

    With:

Adam Bentley – Guitar Solo (3)

Kenny Chipkin – Guitar (5)

Description/Reviews:

Even though they are not a math band, there is a huge amount of math rock to the way they play their prog metal. The intricacy of their playing, and more so, the way it interlocks, is simply entrancing. So, while I guess the band will still be bogged down with the prog metal tag, there is so much more to their sound. The band have given “fusion” as one of their Bandcamp tags, and it is entirely appropriate, for Involute’s sound is a fusion of prog metal, math rock, and jazz. At times, some of the more ambient passages even give a post-rock feel to the music. And, indeed, even if the band could never really be described as post-rock, they do seem to have composed their music in a post-rock manner – concerned more for shape over form, and texture over structure. Sure there are all the components of prog metal you might expect to hear, but they have been assembled in unexpected ways. 

Read the full review by Nick Hudson at theprogressiveaspect.net

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Tyler Kamen "Lizard House"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Psychedelic
Format: digital
Release date: December 17, 2021
Tracklist

1. Prologue - Flying Machines (1:41) 

2. Lizard House (2:53) 

3. Chapter 1 - Schooldays (1:11) 

4. The Academy (3:30) 

5. Orientation (4:04) 

6. Library Of Engineering (1:23) 

7. Professor Trinket (4:27) 

8. Chapter 2 - Dark Passenger (1:54) 

9. The Headmaster (3:49) 

10. Polygon Mutation (1:01) 

11. Swindlebeast Vs. Arachnidroid (3:57) 

12. Chapter 3 - Skyway Navigation (1:57) 

13. Monk Key (4:38) 

14. The Sanctuary (1:30) 

15. Reptilian Civilian (3:42) 

16. Motherboard Starship (0:29) 

17. Chapter 4 - Battle For Lizard House (1:38) 

18. Feather Weather (3:29) 

19. Mind To Mold (4:06) 

20. The Return (0:50) 

21. School Destruction (2:16) 

22. Graduation (2:07) 

Total Time 56:32

Line-up
Tyler Kamen - everything

Media/Samples
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Ian Neal "Barkston Ash"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Symphonic
Format: digital
Release date: December 17, 2021
Tracklist

1. Fair Winds (9:51) 

2. Ash Phrixus (8:30) 

3. Barley Harvest (2:07) 

4. Holst's Hollows (5:19) 

5. The Vale Of Linden (12:40) 

6. Come Harvesting! (10:00) 

Total Time 48:27

Line-up

Ian Neal: keyboards, guitars, vocals, virtual mellotron, organ, piano

Evgenia Papamikrouli: vocals and spoken narration (5)

Description/Reviews:

Pastoral symphonic prog in a 1970s vein could be a starting point to describe it.

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Jomo Tuun "One Tuun"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal

Label: Drongo Records
Format: vinyl, digital
Release date: December 17, 2021
Tracklist

1. Scorpion Watcher Welcomes You (5:33) 

2. The Lindworm Stirs (4:38) 

3. Omni Potenta (4:40) 

4. Tetracyst (5:24) 

5. Seventh Ruler (6:08) 

6. Barghurst (7:36) 

Total Time 33:59

Line-up

Samuel Easter (The Fool's Moon) - electric guitar, acoustic guitar

Oli Cross (Phonecian Blinds) - bass

Joe Burns (Guranfoe) - drums, percussion, roto toms

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Curtain Falls "Lost innocence & traffic signs"

Country: Spain
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: December 17, 2021
Tracklist

1. Lost Innocence (3:58) 

2. And Traffic Signs (4:46) 

3. Chains (7:31) 

4. Lost War (0:28) 

5. Road To Nowhere (4:59) 

6. No Thoroughfare (4:49) 

7. Weather-vane (4:01) 

8. Knock-out (6:15) 

9. Better Than God (5:56) 

10. The Mountain (2:57) 

11. A Life Behind (0:43) 

12. Sex Addiction (3:51) 

13. But The Inner Child (6:50) 

Total Time 57:04 

Line-up

Daniel Villanueva: drums, acoustic guitar, hand percussion, claps & narrator

Erika Mayo: vocals

Carlos de la Osa: bass guitar & claps

Carlos Rivero: guitar

   With

Clara Arrebola: vocals

Alex Losa: vocals

Luigi Toribio: vocals, keyboards & synths, bass guitar, guitar

Yeyo Fernández: guitar

Álvaro Quílez: guitar

Clara Castrillo: violin

Antonio Márquez: saxo

Javier Ángel Morillo: guiro

Alberto Sánchez: claps

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Consider the Source "Hybrid, Volume 1: Such as a Mule"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion
Label: Ropeadope
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 17, 2021
Tracklist

1. I Am Inevitable (6:47) 

2. Rock, Flag & Eagle (2:37) 

3. There Are Four Lights (5:49) 

4. A Clash Of Faces (3:25) 

5. There Was Time Now (4:45) 

6. This Is The Way (6:03) 

7. Abdurehim (5:02) 

8. This Guy’s The Limit (6:35) 

9. Song For Robert (6:52) 

10. Objects In Motion, Objects At Rest (6:55) 

Total Time 54:50

Line-up

John Ferrara: Electric and Acoustic Basses, Banjo Bass, Ukulele bass, Gimbri

Jeff Mann: Drumset, Doumbek, Darbuka, Djembe, Kanjira & Percussion

Gabriel Marin: Fretted/Fretless Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Uyghur Dutar, Uyghur Satar, Karakalpak Dutar, Persian Dutar, Dombra, Ukulele, Dede Saz, Fretless Chaturangui

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Nodo Gordiano "H.E.X."

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Lizard Records - LIZARD CD 0178
Format: CD, digital 
Release date: December 15, 2021
Tracklist

1. Heng (26:00)

2. Kou (26:00)

Total Time 52:00

Line-up

Filippo Brilli - tenor, baritone, alto & soprano saxophones

Andrea De Luca - analog & digital synthesizers, sampler, bass, acoustic & electric guitars, devices

Davide Guidoni (Daal) - keyboards, sampler, acoustic & electronic percussion

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Bandcamp

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Marco Ragni "A Moment Before The Sun Went Down"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Space Rock 
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 15, 2021 (standard ed.), January 30, 2022 (extended ed.)
Tracklist

standard edition:

1. We Are The Evil (7:21) 

2. Crawling In The Dark (7:18) 

3. Il Silenzio Fa Rumore (2:19) 

4. The Shadow Of Myself (5:42) 

5. Viandante E Locandiere (2:36) 

6. Ossessione (5:44) 

7. No One Will Find Me (5:21) 

8. Now (3:23) 

9. While You're Asleep (The Last Goodbye) (6:01) 

Total Time 45:45

extended edition (2CD):

1. Now (main theme)

2. Before the sun went down Part 1-7

3. Apparent perception

4. We are the EVIL

5. Il silenzio fa rumore

6. Solar Tentacular

7. Now (reprise)

8. Johan's momentary panic attack

9. No one will find me

10. The shadow of myself

11. Ossessione

12. Viandante e Locandiere

13. End of signals

14. Crawling in the Dark

15. While you're asleep (The last goodbye)

16. Your tiny world (Epilogue)

Line-up

Marco Ragni: Vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, bass, keyboards, drums programming.

  With

Bjørn Riis (Airbag): Lead guitar (1)

Giovanni Ciarallo: Lead guitar

Celio Romoli: Electric viola

Nate Coughton: Midi drums

Michael Finnigan: Vocals

Rosie Ordoñez: Vocals

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Dreadnaught "Northern Burner"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: December 14, 2021
Tracklist

1. Pink Light (1:51) 

2. Pig & Pony (4:34) 

3. Rum Cake (1:24) 

4. Monsignor Bananas (8:16) 

5. Fantasy In Pink Light (2:10) 

6. Sundown At The Barnyard (5:20) 

7. Parlor Tricks (3:01) 

8. Pony & Pig (5:21) 

9. Throwing In The Towel (2:23) 

Total Time 34:20

Line-up

Rick Habib - drums

Bob Lord - bass guitar

Mac Ritchey - electric oud

Justin Walton - electric guitar

Duncan Watt - keyboards

Jon Wyman - programming

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Pyramid "Validity"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal

Label: Sleaszy Rider Records
Format: CD, digital 
Release date: December 14, 2021 (digital), January 14, 2022 (CD)
Tracklist

1. The Prelude (3:53) 

2. Resistance (5:19) 

3. Validity (10:00) 

4. Core (6:09) 

5. Passage (6:27) 

6. A Story (6:16) 

7. Velocious (6:37) 

8. Mutiny (6:29) 

9. Nepotism (6:42) 

10. Stigma (5:44) 

11. Natural Cause (4:48) 

Total Time 68:24

Line-up

Gabe Pietrzak - Guitars 

Lance Sawyer - Bass

Chris Quirarte (Redemption) - Drums

Mike Abdow (Fates Warning) - Guitars

Tim "Ripper" Owens (Iced Earth) - Vocals

Andry Lagiou - Vocals

Adam Bentley (Arch Echo) - Guitars

Joey Izzo (Arch Echo) - Keyboards

Perrine Missemer - Violin

James Knoerl (Aviations) - Drums

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Deezer

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