Cineasta "Unreel"

Country: Portugal
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock
Label: Lion Music
Format: digital, vinyl 
Release date: July 23, 2026 (digital)
Tracklist

1. Chapter Zero
2. Testing The Waters
3. Waiting For The Wind To Turn
4. ... E Foi Amor 
5. Recomeço
6. Still Far
7. Ecliptica
8. My Unfolding
9. Now It's Found
10. Light Through The Crack

Credits

Alexandre Santos: Guitars, bass, synths & piano

Vicente Ferreira: Drums

German D: Violins (4)

   With

Mark Boals (Yngwie Malmsteen) - Vocal (7)

David Reed Watson - Vocals (8)

Sombra - Vocals (4, 5)

All songwriting, arrangements, production, mixing, and mastering were handled by Alexandre Santos.

Artwork and photography by The Art of Menoevil, featuring model Avika Vimolrat. 

Description/Reviews:

Cineasta blends atmospheric elements with rock instrumentation, focusing on collaborative songwriting and deeply personal themes.

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Waiting For The Wind To Turn

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Only Sons "Through The Night Again"

Country: Poland
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 17, 2026
Tracklist

1. Siren's Song (4:54) 

2. Shallows (5:33) 

3. Doomsday (5:24) 

4. Blindman (5:09) 

5. Anthem Of The Unheard (5:33) 

6. Crimson Sunset (6:54) 

Total Time 33:27

Credits

Daniel Bala Suder - Vocals

Daniel Kesler - Guitars

Łukasz Kursa - Guitars

Kamil Stadnicki - Bass

Wiktor Palik - Drums

All music and lyrics by Only Sons

Recorded at Zed Studio & Kossabuena Studio

Mix and Mastering: Tomasz Zed Zalewski

Master vinyl: Bart Gabriel

Cover artwork by Kuba Sokólski

Logo by Xaay

Band photo by Pastor

CD layout by Kontamination Design

Description/Reviews:

Here we get tight, uptempo and intricate riff and rhythm constellations alternating with gentler, flowing and strictly melodic movements. Heavier, blues-flavored arrangements appear on the concluding 'Crimson Sunset', and delicate interludes of various kinds and straight forward passages with more of a hard rock alignment are just as numerous as more quirky passages and the occasional blazing metal run. Few of the songs on this album stick to one specific expression, most of them alternates between many. The vocals are powerful when needed, emotional when appropriate and careful in display elsewhere. With a high quality mix and production throughout. Whether this is an album that can be defined inside of the progressive metal tradition will be a subjective opinion, but I'm fairly certain that many fans of more contemporary progressive metal in particular may well find this album to be an interesting one. (Olav M. Bjornsen at progressor.net's facebook)

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Darkness Is My Canvas "The End Of Times"

Country: Finland
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock
Label: Rockshots Records
Format: CD,digital
Release date: August 1, 2025
Tracklist

1. Wash (3:10) 

2. Rejected (3:59) 

3. Bleed (5:13) 

4. Ink In The Water (2:40) 

5. The Maze (8:52) 

6. The End Of Times (7:03) 

7. Day Zero (6:32) 

8. Subliminal (1:05) 

9. These Times (3:00) 

10. Skin & Bones (4:47) 

11. Day Zero (Radio Edit) (3:59) 

12. The Maze (Instrumetal) (8:50) 

Total Time 59:10

Credits

Pete - Lead Vocals

Panu - Guitars

Fellu - Bass

Guitar Juza - Drums

Description/Reviews:

"The End Of Times" is the debut full-length album from Finnish band Darkness Is My Canvas — a bold and emotional journey through melody, introspection, and modern rock expression. Blending progressive elements, cinematic atmospheres, and sharp alternative energy, the album explores the collapse and rebirth of meaning in a chaotic world. With intricate arrangements, thought-provoking lyrics, and powerful hooks, "The End Of Times" is a record that invites repeated listens, each time revealing new layers and deeper resonance.

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Ink In The Water
Day Zero

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Firmament "A New World If You Can Take It"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Metal
Format: digital 
Release date: May 2, 2025
Tracklist

1. Liquid Lush
2. Angels in Vermilion
3. Conduit
4. Lunar Caustic
5. Deadringer
6. Decomposure
7. High as in Low
8. A New World If You Can Take It: Autocult
9. Meltwater Pulse
10. After Me, The Flood
11. A Prohibition on Dreaming
12. Beneddictional
13. Eclipse
14. Cherub
15. Antimony
16. A Silence Made for Two
17. ??ζΩ?

Credits

Eric Carbenia – Vocals

Brandon Carbenia – Guitars, Production

   With

Alex Hunter (Present) – Vocals (12)

Kris Crummett – Mastering (1)

Jens Bogren – Mastering (2-17)

Description/Reviews:

A New World If You Can Take It blends modern metalcore, post-hardcore, and progressive rock with philosophical and spiritual themes. Lyrically, it draws from real-life mystical encounters, apocalyptic worldviews, and personal reckonings. From the crushing intensity of “After Me, The Flood” to the cryptographic experimentation of “Cherub,” the album is rich with symbolism, sonic depth, and intention. With tracks engineered and recorded over an 18-month period, the album incorporates ciphers, backmasking, and musical cryptograms, making it as much a cerebral experience as an emotional one. The album’s thematic backbone explores transformation through “Time and Alchemy,” set against the ghostly backdrop of the Rust Belt and surreal encounters with underground spiritual communities.

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A Silence Made For Two
Beneddicitonal

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svynx "This is Not Art"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock
Format: vinyl,digital
Release date: September 14, 2024
Tracklist

1. Art Won't Save Me Now (4:35) 

2. Follow Me (4:32) 

3. Harvest Season (3:58) 

4. Feed Me (3:43) 

5. Europa (6:54) 

6. Never At Ease (5:50) 

7. Alexandria (5:27) 

Total Time 34:59

Credits

Tobias Lübbers

Wolle Füßenich

Description/Reviews:

Soundwise, “This Is Not Art” sounds fresh, unique, innovative, diverse yet nostalgic and familiar. Anyone writing, producing, and performing music knows that’s a difficult task to achieve, but it seems like SVYNX does it with such ease. With their distinctive vision on stake, it’s vividly notable that their sonic expression demands an amalgamation of many different but complementary music genres. Perhaps alternative rock comes to mind but many other rock subgenres lurk around. You’ll notice how they incorporated post-hardcore, post-rock, progressive rock, math rock noise rock, indie rock, garage, and many more, but their experimentation doesn’t stop there. Quite the contrary, there are incorporations of some of the finest sonic ingredients borrowed from hyperpop, synth, and electronic music. Still, the band primarily focuses on analog guitar sound, with subtle nods to synthetic ambiances. It’s needless to say these experimentations sound exciting, challenging, and impressive from scratch to finish, as these experienced musicians poured heart and soul into their magnificent full-length album.

Read the full review at thoughtswordsaction.com

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Fen "Dear Mouse"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock/Metal
Format: digital
Release date: September 12, 2024

Tracklist

1. Ritual Lite

2. Recall

3. Season to Live

4. The Password is I Believe

5. Dying on a Hill (of Cubicle, Window, Steel, and Concrete)

6. The Seam of the Heart

7. Our Latest Quarry

8. E.D.B.D.

9. Dear Mouse

10. Into the Blaze

Credits

Randall Stoll: drums

Jeff Caron: bass (1-9)

Sam Levin: guitar, piano, programming, bass (10)

Doug Harrison (Slug Comparison): vocals, lyrics

Sheldon Zaharko of Zed Productions: tracked drums and bass, and mixed

Album mastered by Andy Vandette at Evolve Mastering

All songs written by Fen

Oil paintings by Jason Froese

Paintings documented by Kevin Gregoire

Description/Reviews:

Fen’s sixth album, Dear Mouse, breaks a twelve-year silence. It looms at a crossroads of genres and brings together elements taken from throughout the band’s discography. “Seam of the Heart” is a multi-movement composition whose lyrics resonate with their eerie concept album, Heron Leg. “Ritual Lite” competes for poppiest melody with both Congenital Fixation and Of Losing Interest. Throughout the album, the guitar work shapeshifts from jagged riffage to ethereal textures, offering a summary of decades of refinement.

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Kyros "Mannequin"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock/Pop
Label: White Star Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: February 2, 2024
Tracklist

1. Taste the Day (2:26)

2. Showtime (4:10)

3. Illusions Inside (5:09)

4. Esoterica (6:55)

5. The End in Mind (7:41)

6. Digital Fear (3:35)

7. Ghosts of You (5:02)

8. Liminal Space (4:39)

9. Technology Killed the Kids IV (7:26)

10. Have Hope (7:57)

Credits

Shelby Warne:  vocals, keyboards

Joey Frevola: guitars

Charlie Cawood: bass

Robin Johnson: drums

   With

Dominique Gilbert: vocals (3) 

Canyo Hearmichael: saxophone (4)

Description/Reviews:

The upcoming album offers some of the bands most electrifying, fiercely unique and all round breathtaking work to date with 10 tracks of intricate Prog musicianship intertwined with synth-pop influences and topped with some elegant, infectiously catchy melodies. 

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Ghosts of You
The End in Mind
Esoterica 

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Onelegman "Event Horizon"

Country: Italy 
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Metal
Label: Rockshots Records
Format: CD,digital
Release date: October 21, 2022
Tracklist

1 - Chaos Theory - 4:12

2 - Magnetar - 3:43

3 - Event Horizon - 4:38

4 - The Line - 3:53

5 - Radiate - 3:43

6 - Steric Hindrance - 4:03

7 - Black Holes Have No Hairs - 4:02

8 - The Order Of Time - 3:12

9 - Cosmos - 2:31

10 - Slaps Two By Two Until They Become Odd - 3:44

Album Length: 37:46

Credits
Richardo Sassi - guitars

Cristian Cecca Ceccardi - vocals

Riccardo Pinotti - drums

Artwork by Alan Zambonini 

Description/Reviews:

Chaos Theory is the opening track. A powerful melodical song with a great chorus and a tasty guitar solo. It describes how errors occours both in nature than in our relationship and how everything can change in the blink of an eye, with the flip of a wing. Ready or not, Chaos will find it’s path to our lifes.

Read Track By Track description at breathingthecore.com

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Deezer

Event Horizon 

Radiate

Chaos Theory

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Maraton "Unseen Color"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock
Label: Indie Recordings
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: October 7, 2022
Tracklist

1. In Syzygy (4:48) 

2. Contranym (3:23) 

3. Non-Euclidean Heart (3:49) 

4. Blind Sight (2:51) 

5. Perdurant Lives (4:38) 

6. Boltzmann Brain (3:57) 

7. Odradek (4:16) 

8. Imitation Flesh (4:54) 

9. A Body Of Your Own (7:09) 

10. Unseen Color (5:33) 

Total Time 45:18

Credits

Fredrik Bergersen Klemp – Vocals

Simen Hundere Ruud – Guitar

Frank Nordeng Røe - Drums

Magnus Johansen – Keys

Ruben Aksnes – Bass 

 

Written and performed by: Maraton  

Produced by: Henning Svoren, Sumen Hundere Ruud  

Mixed by: Henning Svoren  

Mastered by: Joe LaPorta  

Artwork by: Martin Kvamme, Ted Guhl

Photos by: Sebastian Ludvigsen  

Project Manager: Celine Høie

A&R: Erlend Gjerde

Description/Reviews:

A wonderful mix of alternative rock, pop and prog shows the bands immense ability to seamlessly blend genres and produce a unique and captivating sound.

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Somehow Jo "Scales And Detalis"

Country: Finland
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Inverse Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: September 16, 2022
Tracklist

1. Fata Morgana 

2. Friend (Explicit) 

3. Cycle

4. Spin

5. RUSH

6. When It Falls

7. Getaway

8. Rising Sun

9. Mirror

Credits

Christian Sauren - Vocals & guitars

Eero Aaltonen - Bass & backing vocals  

Sakari Karjalainen - Guitars & keyboards

Lassi Peiponen - Drums

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Friend

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Inhalo "Sever"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock
Label: Construction Records
Format: CD, vinyl
Release date: June 24, 2022
Tracklist

1. Omniscient Being (2:34) 

2. Subterfuge (6:36) 

3. Sisyphean (5:57) 

4. Pretenders (5:28) 

5. Eventide (7:28) 

6. Mirror Door (5:39) 

7. Last Vestige (7:39) 

8. Sever (1:48) 

Total Time 43:09 

Credits
Fons Herder (A Liquid Landscape) - vocals

Roy Willems - guitar

Peter Cats - bass

Pepijn Gros - drums

Producer: Jochem Jacobs

Producer: Forrester Savell

Description/Reviews:

With layered compositions that range from tranquil oases to swirling riffs Inhalo is as diverse as an alternative progressive rock band can be. A seamless blend of serene and ferocious elegantly held together by an emotional performance. Tension and release, like a ballet dancer gracefully tiptoeing on a volcanic caldera.

Inhalo is no newcomer. All of the band members have earned their stripes over the years playing tours all over the continent in bands such as A Liquid Landscape, Ivy’s Dream and The Heaven’s Devils, supporting bands like Karnivool, Riverside and Marillion. After years of working on their music with scene icons like Jochem Jacobs (Textures) and Forrester Savell (Karnivool, Dead Letter Circus), the four Dutchmen have now teamed up with Construction Records for the release of their debut album.

‘Sever’ is a passionate musical journey about dealing with anxiety and the process of growth within its confines. A journey in which beauty can lull you into a false sense of security before it pulls the rug from under your feet and sends you hurtling down its fiery pits.

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Sisyphean
Eventide

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Novedades Matutinas "Monte Oculto"

Country: Chile
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock

Label: PERSEA
Format: digital
Release date: May 27, 2022
Tracklist

1. Piloto Automático (4:05) 

2. Tercera (3:52) 

3. Yugen (6:33) 

4. Palos (4:11) 

5. Invierno (6:30) 

6. Monte Oculto (6:38) 

Total Time 31:49

Credits

Nicole Needham - Lead vocal and guitar

Pablo Mangas - Drums and percussions

Alejandro Muñoz - Rhodes, synths and Mellotron

Joaquín Navarro - Bass and second voices

   With

Alfredo Tauber - Trombone (3, 4)

Italo Viveros - Trumpet (3, 4)

Music and lyrics by Nicole Needham, except music by Alejandro Muñoz (3)

Arrangements for Morning News

Produced by Felipe Salas

Recorded and edited by Cristóbal "Zorro" Arriagada

Recording assistance by Beto Castillo at CHT studios.

Voice recording by José Tomás Molina at Fonografía Records.

Mixed and post produced by Andrés Nusser

Mastered by Gonzalo "Chalo" González

Electronic arrangements by José Tomás Molina (6)

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OU "One"

Country: China
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock/Metal
Label: InsideOut Music
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 6, 2022
Tracklist

1. Travel 穿 (5:54) 

2. Farewell 夔 (4:12) 

3. Mountain 山 (4:18) 

4. Ghost 灵 (3:34) 

5. Euphoria 兴 (7:19) 

6. Prejudice 豸 (4:31) 

7. Dark 暗 (7:17) 

8. Light 光 (4:05) 

Total Time 41:10

Line-up

Lynn Wu – Vocals

Anthony Vanacore – Drums, Prod

Jing Zhang – Guitars

Chris Cui - Bass

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Travel

Mountain
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Pure Reason Revolution "Above Cirrus"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive/Alternative Rock
Label: InsideOut Music
Format: CD, vinyl+CD, digital
Release date: May 6, 2022
Tracklist

1. Our Prism (3:30) 

2. New Kind Of Evil (8:31) 

3. Phantoms (3:30) 

4. Cruel Deliverance (5:48) 

5. Scream Sideways (10:05) 

6. Dead Butterfly (6:49) 

7. Lucid (6:58) 

Total Time 45:11

Line-up
Jon Courtney

Chloe Alper

Greg Jong

Description/Reviews:

The band’s rebirth saw them going back to their earliest influences, and ‘Above Cirrus’ sees them reaching ever deeper into the atmospheric, cinematic psych-prog compositions that made ‘Eupnea’ such a rapturously received return. Based around the core trio of Jon Courtney, Chloe Alper & Greg Jong, the new album manages to expand the bands sound palette ever further. 

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New Kind of Evil 

Phantoms

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Envy of None "Envy of None"

Country: Multinational
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock
Label: Kscope
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: April 8, 2022
Tracklist

1. Never Said I Love You (04:06)

2. Shadow (03:20)

3. Look Inside (04:44)

4. Liar (03:12)

5. Spy House (02.23)

6. Dog's Life (04.36)

7. Kabul Blues (03:11)

8. Old Strings (05:14)

9. Dumb (04:19)

10. Enemy (04:16)

11. Western Sunset (02:24)

Total Time 41:45

Credits 

Alex Lifeson (Rush): guitar

Andy Curran: bass

Alfio Annibalini: guitar

Maiah Wynne: vocals

Tim Oxford: drums

David Steinberg: drums

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Liar 
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PreHistoric Animals "The Magical Mystery Machine - Chapter 2"

Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock
Label: Glassville Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 24, 2022
Tracklist

1. An Empty Space (1:01) 

2. We Harvest The Souls Of The Brave (4:34) 

3. I Am The Chosen One (and I Like It) (6:10) 

4. Ghostfires (6:03) 

5. Cora's New Secret (5:00) 

6. The Protectors Of The Universe (5:21) 

7. 2  (new Year's Eve) (5:30) 

8. Pull Me In (3:23) 

9. It's A Start, Not The End (9:13) 

Total Time 46:15

Line-up

Samuel Granath – drums and keys

Stefan Altzar – vocals, guitars and keys

Daniel Magdic – guitars and keys

Noah Magnusson – bass

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Ghostfires

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Origin Of Escape "Shapes"

Country: Poland 
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Metal/Rock
Label: Farna Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 4, 2022
Tracklist

1. Milk Teeth (5:39) 

2. Again (5:24) 

3. Chase (4:33) 

4. Shame (5:29) 

5. Galaxies (5:56) 

6. Fake (5:15) 

7. Monster (5:54) 

8. Crossroads (4:07) 

9. Shapes (5:36) 

Total Time 47:53

Line-up

Krzysztof Borek – vocals

Maciej Terlecki – drums, samples

Przemek Gierat – guitars, samples

Tomasz Kot – bass guitar

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Lacrimae "Contradiction"

Country: Greece
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: digital
Release date: February 11, 2022
Tracklist

1. The Zone (3:25) 

2. Confession (6:48) 

3. Trail Of Cleanse (5:52) 

4. Hidden East Shore (7:44) 

5. Place Called Human Nature (6:18) 

6. The Architect (5:46) 

7. Thoughtcrime (5:53) 

8. Ulysses (5:56) 

Total Time 47:42

Line-up
Anna Anapliotis - Vocals, Synths

Giannis Arvanitis - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals

Dino Birbilis - Guitar

Andreas Markatis - Bass

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George Kalogeropoulos - Bass (3, 4, 7, 8)

George Thanasoglou - Guitar solo (7)

Raphael Weinroth-Browne - Cello (8)

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Glistening Leotard "Alter Ego"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 22, 2022
Tracklist

1. Vascular Access (5:17) 

2. Gloria (5:05) 

3. New Dawn (7:32) 

4. Parabolic Antenna (5:25) 

5. I Know You Know (5:16) 

6. Altered Ego (4:25) 

7. What If (5:20) 

8. Related Reflections (5:15) 

9. The Balance (5:35) 

Total Time 49:10

Line-up

Andrej Henze - Guitar

Ralf Gemein - Guitar

Björn Müschen - Bass

Arthur Theuring - Drums

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Marcus Dittrich - Vocals (3, 6, 7, 9)

Manuel Franken - Vocals (2, 5)

Tom Johannsen - Vocals (2, 7, 8, 9)

Kai Steckmann - Vocals (1, 4, 6, 9)

Annika Gemein, Lea Lenhart, Noelia Pohl Jimeno - Voices (2)

Description/Reviews:

Glistening Leotard is a creature that is moving it's very own way for sure, and while none of the landscapes explored are all that novel individually, it is the combinations of these different landscapes that presents itself as something that is at least a bit on the alternative side. A band and an album worth a check by those who tend to enjoy progressive rock explored in a bit more of a non-conformative manner.

Read the full review by Olav M Björnsen at progressor-net.blogspot.com

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The Animal State "Ego"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock/Metal
Format: digital
Release date: January 7, 2022
Tracklist

1. Nature Of The Beast (6:32) 

2. Altered (5:43) 

3. False Idols (8:04) 

4. Tempus Fugit (6:58) 

5. Perihelion (5:05) 

6. Intervention (6:47) 

7. Hollow (7:19) 

8. Spasm (3:07) 

9. Relic (7:41) 

Total Time 57:16

Line-up
Col Mullins

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