Oxhole "Ocean Of Colours"

Country: Czechia 
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 31, 2022
Tracklist

1. D.E.M. (5:27) 

2. Broken Wings (7:55) 

3. Eyes Of All Colours (4:43) 

4. Full House (5:23) 

5. Forever Terrified (9:36) 

6. Refused (12:07) 

7. Talking Ocean (5:40) 

Total Time 50:51

Line-up

Jindřich 'Jundrix' Michalik - vocals, keyboards, piano

Tomáš Štěpánek - guitars, violin

Tomáš Machát - bass guitar

Jiří Michalik - drums

   With

Damian Wilson, Heri Joensen, Jan Čermák, Karel Fridrich, Zdeňka Němcová, Viktor Fridrich, Vítězslav Adamec, Jiří Šlégr, Eva Dang, Tomáš Roučka

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Eyes of All Colours

Refused
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Lydian Project "Keys In The River"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s):  Progressive Rock, Fusion
Format: digital
Release date: December 1, 2021
Tracklist

1. Ratles (5:28) 

2. Infinity Of Possibilities (6:14) 

3. New Day (5:13) 

4. Decadence (4:28) 

5. Minimum Gravity (6:02) 

6. Sykaf (4:18) 

7. Benefit & Profit (4:48) 

8. Zero Feedback (5:16) 

Total Time 41:47

Line-up

Lukáš Kurka - Guitars

Matouš Řeháček - Bass

Radek Jablonovský - Keyboards

Vojtěch Vaida - Drums

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Between the Planets "Parallel World"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital, cassette
Release date: September 18, 2021
Tracklist

1. Metamorphosis (5:07) 

2. Time Dilation (5:11) 

3. Sleepwalking (5:20) 

4. Parallel World (4:09) 

5. Hungry Eyes (4:33) 

6. Intuition (2:05) 

7. Waves Of Consciousness (4:03) 

8. The Twin Paradox (2:07) 

9. Distortion Of Reality (4:07) 

Total Time 36:42

Line-up

Martin Spacosh Perina - all instruments 

   except

Filip Kittnar - drums 

Sam Vallen - solo guitar (3,7)

Martin Schuster - vocals & solo guitar (5)

Karel Zdarsky - cello (4)

Vaclav Koldus - bass solo (1)

Bara Liskova - vocals (2,9)

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Jakub Krieger "The Boy Who Slips Through Time"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: July 9, 2021
Tracklist

1. Awakening (5:31) 

2. The Reunion And Partition Of The World (6:02) 

3. Whispers (3:11) 

4. Transcending Space And Time (4:47) 

5. Ascension (5:33) 

6. The Boy Who Slips Through Time (4:47) 

7. Living In Two Worlds (3:28) 

8. Space (8:44) 

Total Time 42:03 

Line-up
Jakub Krieger 

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Alexandra Zerner "Silhouette"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 20, 2021
Tracklist

1. Colours, Pt. 1 (Arrival) (5:54) 

2. Colours, Pt. 2 (Mother) (4:40) 

3. Colours, Pt. 3 (Pilzhaus) (1:43) 

4. Colours, Pt. 4 (Blue Marble) (3:52) 

5. Fade, Pt. 1 (Memories) (6:11) 

6. Fade, Pt. 2 (Afternoon In September) (3:08) 

7. Fade, Pt. 3 (Here It Comes Again) (2:30) 

8. Fade, Pt. 4 (Perspectives) (7:10) 

9. To Black, Pt. 1 (Impromptu) [In The Twilight] (3:07) 

10. To Black, Pt. 2 (Through The Door) (1:33) 

11. To Black, Pt. 3 (I’m Fine) (2:54) 

12. To Black, Pt. 4 (Rite Of Passage) (4:30) 

Total Time 47:12

Line-up

Alexandra Zerner: electric and acoustic guitars, fretless guitar, lap steel guitar, electric sitar, mandolin, octave mandolin, bass, keyboards, flute

   With

Victor Alexandrov: drums

Arina: voice (3)

Maja Shining (Forever Still): vocals (8)

Jeff Loomis (Nevermore, Arch Enemy): second solo (7)

Description/Reviews:

“Silhouette” is a 47-min conceptual music journey, based on a personal story about conquering inner demons. It's a colourful, melodic, and emotional guitar-oriented progressive rock album, and it’s mostly instrumental work with the exception of the song “Perspectives.”

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The Split "Reminiscences"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal

Label: Slovak Metal Army
Format: CD, digital
Release date: February 25, 2021
Tracklist

1. Ancestral Signs (8:46) 

2. Trapped (7:31) 

3. Annual Rings - Stardust (3:07) 

4. Annual Rings - The Echoes (4:12) 

5. November Days (8:25) 

6. Chain Reaction (8:09) 

7. Ancestral Signs & Trapped - instrumental bonus (16:17) 

Total Time 56:27

Line-up

Mirek Řezníček - guitars, programming

Zdeněk Čepička - drums, percussions

Mira Valouch - bass

  With

Hana Vajčnerová - vocals

Lukáš Krhánek - vocals

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Fanfán Tulipán "Genius noci"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 7, 2020
Tracklist: 
1. Muži v oflajnu / Men Offline (04:20)
2. Komnaty ozvěny / Echo chambers (06:14)
3. Opuštěnej byt / Abandoned Flat (04:40)
4. Předjaří / Before Spring (05:10)
5. Genius noci / Spirit of the Night (04:34)
6. Větrolam / Windbreak (06:35)
7. Cestovní horečka / Travel Stress (03:28)
8. Fjord (10:38)

Total Time 45:39

Line-up: 
Eliška Vidomus - Hammond melodion, kannel, voice
Štěpán Zbytovský - flute
Petr Svoboda - piano
Pavel Husa - bass guitar and double bass
Šimon Hajdovský - drums
   With
Radek Doležal - vibraphone
Oskar Török - trumpet
Šimon Janák - tuba

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Different Light "Binary Suns (Part 1 – Operant Condition)"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Progressive Gears
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 17, 2020 (digital), February 8, 2020 (CD)
Tracklist: 
1. Amphibians
   i. Water
   ii. Land
   iii. Sky
   iv. The Message
2. Faith
3. Spectres and Permanent Apparitions
   i. Ataraxia
   ii. Two Shadows
   iii. Small Mercies
   iv. Hand of Providence
   v. BarBrera
   vi. Synestesia
   vii. Midas Gold
4. The Answer
5. Two Faces
6. On the Borderline
   i. Talking to Strangers
   ii. Seduction
   iii. Obdession
   iv. Vindication
   v. Demonic
   vi. Now just go away

Line-up: 
Trevor Tabone: vocals, keyboards
Petr Lux: guitars, backing vocals
Jirka Matousek: bass guitar
David Filak: drums
   With
Lucy Lux: backing vocals

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The Answer

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Raptor Konrad "Sonatinas And Sonnets"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: September 28, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Presence 2 (2:38)
2. Hungry Ocean (7:35)
3. Wild Horses (6:07)
4. Vile Esteemed (6:02)
5. The Clock (5:36)
6. The First Time (8:34)
7. More Of The Sonatas (16:20)
- I. Allegretto Posato (3:23)
- II. Andante Sostenuto (4:19)
- III. Allegro Esspressivo (1:50)
- IV. Allegretto Di Nuovo (1:58)
- V. Finale Maestoso (4:50)

Total time: 52:52

Line-up: 
Marek Burdzik - lead vocal (3, 6), electric and acoustic guitar
Vítezslav Jirík - synthesizers, vocoder, lead vocal (2, 4, 5, 7)
Karel Kühpast - six-string bass guitar
Libor Weiss - drums
Andrej Kubelka - bass

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Face The Day "Stuck in the Present"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: October 22, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Stuck In Verona (0:49)
2. The Remainer (3:46)
3. Sympathy To Sin (3:50)
4. With Faith On My Side (4:56)
5. Elevator To The Sky (3:44)
6. Settle Down (6:35)
7. In The Dying Sun (5:04)
8. Stuck In The Present (8:58)

Total Time 37:42

Line-up: 
Martin Schuster - vocals, guitars, bass, other instruments
Filip Kittnar - drums
   With
Martin Spacosh - additional guitar layers (4), electro beats (5)
Martin Plachý - sax solo (6)
Jan Švec - fretless bass (7), bass & cello (8)

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Miloš Makovský "Ve Stínu Slunce"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion
Label: FT Records - FT0143-2
Format: CD, digital
Release date: October 5, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Taxpomp (4:48)
2. Stín Slunce (5:20)
3. Tajný Sen (4:35)
4. JaRock (5:11)
5. Malovaná (6:36)
6. Někdy Se Ohlédni (5:08)
7. Harmod (3:55)
8. Neblues Druhý (8:22)
9. Pop-In (4:40)
10. Vážky A Já (4:35)
11. Ob(D)razy Ve Vodě (5:17)
12. Tváří V Tvář (3:38)

Total Time 62:05

Line-up: 
Miloš Makovský
   With
Borka Nedorosta - vocals (12)

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Edain "Rephrased"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Instrumental Fusion, Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 5, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Pained Oblivion (4:47)
2. Drain Out (5:23)
3. Inside Polysphere (5:00)
4. Critical Intelligence III (5:06)
5. Who Am I (7:51)
6. Knowledge Of The Hidden (5:10)
7. Critical Intelligence IV (3:54)
8. Endure Persistence (6:00)

Total Time 43:11

Line-up: 
Pavel Jeřábek - guitar
Jiří Staňek - drums
František Záhora - guitar
Zdeněk Záhora - bass

Description/Reviews: 

The fifth Edain's CD is their first fully instrumental FUSION of heavy elements with jazzy elements.

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Edain "Rephrased"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Instrumental Fusion, Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 5, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Pained Oblivion (4:47)
2. Drain Out (5:23)
3. Inside Polysphere (5:00)
4. Critical Intelligence III (5:06)
5. Who Am I (7:51)
6. Knowledge Of The Hidden (5:10)
7. Critical Intelligence IV (3:54)
8. Endure Persistence (6:00)

Total Time 43:11

Line-up: 
Pavel Jeřábek - guitar
Jiří Staňek - drums
František Záhora - guitar
Zdeněk Záhora - bass

Description/Reviews: 

The fifth Edain's CD is their first fully instrumental FUSION of heavy elements with jazzy elements.

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Modern Day Babylon "Coma"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Djent Metal
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: February 22, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Sleeper (4:06)
2. Dream Cycles (3:53)
3. Coma (4:35)
4. Timelapse (4:34)
5. Otherside (3:48)
6. Waves (4:06)
7. Memory (4:07)
8. Visions (4:13)
9. Wake Up (3:48)
10. Waves (Matt Holland REMIX) (3:24)

Total Time 40:34

Line-up: 
Petr Hataš - Drums
Přemysl Kunčický - Bass
Tomáš Raclavský - Guitar, Programming

Description/Reviews: 

Overall, this album is just about the ideal juxtaposition of melody, ambience, exultant tones and blinding technical wizardry. These guys have that rare and uncanny knack for showing off their ridiculous chops whilst simultaneously serving the song and creating tunes that are cohesive and memorable.

Read the full review by Rod Whitfield at metalobsession.net

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Modern Day Babylon "Coma"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Djent Metal
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: February 22, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Sleeper (4:06)
2. Dream Cycles (3:53)
3. Coma (4:35)
4. Timelapse (4:34)
5. Otherside (3:48)
6. Waves (4:06)
7. Memory (4:07)
8. Visions (4:13)
9. Wake Up (3:48)
10. Waves (Matt Holland REMIX) (3:24)

Total Time 40:34

Line-up: 
Petr Hataš - Drums
Přemysl Kunčický - Bass
Tomáš Raclavský - Guitar, Programming

Description/Reviews: 

Overall, this album is just about the ideal juxtaposition of melody, ambience, exultant tones and blinding technical wizardry. These guys have that rare and uncanny knack for showing off their ridiculous chops whilst simultaneously serving the song and creating tunes that are cohesive and memorable.

Read the full review by Rod Whitfield at metalobsession.net

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Edgar's Hair "Jonathan's Dive"

Country: Netherlands/Czechia
Genre(s): Experimental Psychedelic, Ambient, Progressive Rock
Label: Hoor'75 Records
Format: CD, vinyl, digital, cassette
Release date: November 25, 2017
Tracklist: 
- Awareness
1. Glittering Heights (12:44)
2. Black Ocean (5:55)
3. Vanished Into Empty Air (6:07)
- Conflict
4. The New Sun Sparkled Gold (4:27)
5. The Gull Sees Farthest Who Flies Highest (4:30)
6. Through Solid Air (3:41)
7. Speed Of Life (8:45)
- Succeeding
8. Banished To A Solitary Life On The Far Cliffs (2:38)
9. Floating Time (5:33)
10. Jonathan's Dive (8:51)
11. The Messenger (7:35)
- Emptiness
12. God's Plan (1:51)
13. Stratosphere Part I, II, III & IV (20:21)

Total time: 92:58

Line-up: 
Hans Brussee - guitar, vocals, trumpet, moog taurus, stylophone, sitar, sweep generator, theramin, space echo, piano, tone generator
Leon van der Leer - drums, percussion, sitar, xylophon, backing vocals, moog prodigy, moog taurus, handclaps, echo drums and voices
Leo Zwaan - bass, backing vocals
   With
Mike de Leeuw - Tibetan long horn (1), small Balinese gong (1), tabla (2, 6, 13), Chinese wind gong (2,6,9,13), klankschalen (4), backing vocals (5), Japanese and Yunnan singing bowls (13), small Chinese opera gongs (13), thin Vietnamese alarm gongs (13)
Rone - French voice (1)
Riet Brussee - Dutch voices (1)
Pip van der Leer - Dutch voices (1)
Durba - Bengali voice (1)
Noah de Graaf - Chzech voice (1)
Danja Overduin - choir (1,4,9)
Florine de Graaf - violin (2, 6, 13)
Rens de Graaf - violin (2, 6, 13)
Odette van der Hoven - handclaps (4, 12), backing vocals (5), vocals (9)
Ravian & Levin Brussee - voice (6)
Petra Blansjaar - Spanish voice (7)
Marcus Graff - piano (13)
Milan Ćirić - backing vocals (13)
Tsjalling de Leeuw - Japanese and Yunnan singing bowls (13), Chinese wind gong (13), small Chinese opera gongs (13), thin Vietnamese alarm gongs (13)
Dorba Telkamp - Bengali voice (13)

Description/Reviews: 

'Jonathan's Dive' is a 100-minute concept record based on Richard Bach's novel 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull', the famous fable about the seagull who is banned by his peers for wanting to make ying an art form. A symbol of the universal desire for unlimited freedom. In 1974 the book was made into a motion picture, famously adorned with a soundtrack by Neil Diamond,
but with 'Jonathan's Dive', Dutch band Edgar's Hair (ex-I$I$, ex-Oak members) transforms the story into a much darker and more erratic epic.
An analog musical adventure full of ethnic acoustic instruments and introduced by a multi-colored voice palette in multiple languages.
An exploration into an inner bleakness and a "higher plane of existence" which turns to the most magical aural trip. 

Also read the review by Simon at psychinsightmusic.com

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Synaesthetics "Synaesthetics"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: digital
Release date: February 16, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Fortress From Our Dreams (7:22)
2. Religion (4:44)
3. Distance (5:10)
4. Broken Glass (5:28)
5. Straw Man (6:44)
6. Embrace My Addiction (6:35)
7. Memento Mori (5:47)
8. Within The Confines (6:37)

Total Time 48:27

Line-up: 
Aneta Zatocilova - Vocals
Peter Sipula - Guitars
Martin Babinsky - Guitars
Petr Prikryl - Bass, Vocals
Michaela Hajkova - Keyboards
Viliam Stefanik - Drums

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Silegrail "Silegrail"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: digital
Release date: January 30, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Introducing Silegrail (0:59)
2. The Raven (6:45)
3. Smell Of Suicide (3:06)
4. Goodbye Mrs. Jane (5:07)
5. Look Into The Past (6:33)
6. Rivers Of Fears (14:08)
7. Disturbed (5:23)
8. New Dimension (5:49)
9. Symphony Of Progress (14:32)

Total time 62:22

Line-up: 
Michal Worek - Keyboards
Patrik Sas - Drums
Lukas Cunta - Bass
Jakub Tirco- Guitars
   With
Jakub Sedlák - Vocals (3)
Antonín Burda - Violin (4)
Anna Vaňková - Violin (4)
Zuzana Peřinová - Viola (4)
Petr Malíšek - Cello (4)
Michal Feber - Vocals (6)
South Czech Filharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Petr Louženský (9)

Description/Reviews: 

Their self-titled debut features some amazing instrumental playing (“New Dimension”), longer epic tracks (“Rivers of Fears” which goes everywhere) some vocalized, song oriented tracks (“Smell of Suicide” which doesn’t work for me) and even ends with a damn symphony (the aptly titled “Symphony of Progress”).

Read the full review by Rob Pociluk at progressivemusicplanet.com

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Flash the Readies "Kayos"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Instrumental Post Rock
Label: DUNK!records / Weary Bird records (Asia)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 2, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. Obodin (4:59)
2. Kitten Diver Fair (17:48)
3. Harey (7:02)
4. Some Kinda Sucker (6:34)
5. Kris (14:16)

Total time 50:39

Line-up: 
Tomáš Valent: guitar
Petr Mlynář: keys
Roman Mlynář: drums
Robin Lefner: bass

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Demimonde "Cygnus Oddyssey"

Country: Czechia
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Metalgate Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: August 10, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. The Final Destiny (prelude) (1:50)
2. The Generation Ship (6:27)
3. Event Horizon (5:20)
4. Te Kore (6:41)
5. Data Breed (interlude) (4:10)
6. Singularity (Absolute Word Explanation) (6:59)
7. Laval Formation (6:51)
8. Dark Matter (7:31)

Total time 45:49

Line-up: 
Bizzaro – drums
Tintas – guitars
m4xp4yn3 – guitars
Afagddu – bass, programming, midi
De.polar – vocals, mutoids, co-programming
   With
D'aven - keys
Ankhabut - synths, programming
Dahlien (Keep on Rotting etc.) – harsh vocals (8)
Ashok (Cradle of Filth) – lead guitar (7)
Iggy - lead guitar (8)
Zuska – vocals (3), speech (5)

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