Meadows "Modern Emotions"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Freya Records
Format: vinyl, vinyl+CD, digital
Release date: November 27, 2020
Tracklist: 
1. Dance With The Corpse Bride
2. Modern Emotions
3. Nostalgia
4. Rebecca
5. Powerture
6. Good Times
7. The Void
8. The Brave

Line-up: 
Daniel van der Weijde (Silhouette) - guitars, synths, drum programming
Jurjen Bergsma - bass guitar
Peter Meijer - vocals
    With
Erik Laan (Silhouette) - additional piano (1, 8)
Sophie Zaaijer - violin  (1, 4, 8)
Ruud Jolie (Within Temptation) - guitar solo (6)
Richard Henshall (Haken) - guitar solo (8)

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Entering Polaris "Godseed"

Country: Belgium
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Freya Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 7, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Nostalgia For Infinity (4:38)
2. Flightless (3:57)
3. It's A Good Day For Burning WItches (2:59)
4. Godspeed (4:07)
5. Clear Skies (4:45)
6. A Song Of Distant Earth (5:11)
7. Paradise Reclaimed (5:40)
8. The Field Of Ghosts (5:49)
9. The Long Run (8:37)

Total Time 45:43

Line-up: 
Tom 'Tee' Tas (Quantum Fantay, Neo Prophet, Offworld, 23 Acez): guitars
Vincent Van Kerckhove: drums
   With
Henrik Fevre (Anubis Gate): vocals (1, 2, 9)
Björn Strid (Soilwork): vocals (1)
Gregg Rossetti (Suspyre): sax solo (2)
Thomas Vikström (Therion): vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
Lance King (Balance Of Power, ex-Pyramaze): vocals (5, 6, 9)
Georg Neuhauser (Serenity): vocals (7)
Audrey Dandeville (Irradiance): vocals (7)
Sindre Nedland (In Vain, Funeral): vocals (7)
Joris Van Daele (Michael Angelo Batio): guitar solo (7)
Fabio Lione (Rhapsody, Angra): vocals (8, 9)
Arno Menses (Sieges Even, Subsignal): vocals (8, 9)
Dario Frodo (Ostrogoth, Thorium): guitar solo (9)

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Bandcamp 

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Unkh "Innerverse"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Freya Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 28, 2018
Tracklist: 
1 Paranoid Void - 10:08
   - Delusional
   - Warp
2 Deep - 5:45
3 The Showcase - 6:04
4 Slumber - 3:01
5 Dreamcatcher - 19:04
   - Entrance
   - The Guide
   - Incubus
   - Distilled Awakening

Total Time 44:02

Line-up: 
Jeroen Habraken - vocals, keyboards, guitars, programming
Maarten Habraken - drums, vocals
Matthijs van Nahuijs - bass, vocals
Maarten Peerlings - guitars

Description/Reviews: 

There are just five tracks but it opens with one at over ten minutes and closes with one double that. So there’s plenty on show and equally loads of space to develop ideas. And they certainly use that space.
Opener “Delusional Warp” is a real slow burn of a track as the sounds drift in and a harmonised vocal leads the way. It feels a little spacey at times, ethereal vocals mellowing me out as the guitars and percussion come in to wake me up. 

Read the full review by Justin Hulford at therocktologist.com

Media/Samples 
Teaser
Deezer
Stream

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23 Acez "Embracing The Madness"

Country: Belgium
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Freya Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 8, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Re- (2:32)
2. Animation (4:55)
3. Cellbound (5:32)
4. Shadows (4:45)
5. Where Do You Go (4:11)
6. Embracing The Madness (6:10)
7. Expectations (4:17)
8. Catch 23 (1:49)
9. Numb (5:46)
10. The Deeper Thing (3:32)
11. Evolution (4:23)
12. Freefall (6:23)

Total Time 54:15

Line-up: 
Benny Zors Willaert - Vocals, Guitars
Tom 'Tee' Tas - Guitars, Backing Vocals
Tom Mundez - Bass (Backingtracks, Programming)
Louis Van Der Linden - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

Upon my first experience of Embracing the Madness, I was left with the impression that this is a band that has a clear vision of how they want to sound and have a maturity that is usually found with more established bands. Their melodic hard rock vocal style combined with a heavy metal guitar attack gives them a sound that reminds me of some of the classic Savatage albums from years past. Obvious comparisons could also be made to the Painkiller era of Judas Priest as far as the attack of the riffs and the huge double bass drum sound.

Read the full review by Ana at metalhorizons.com

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23 Acez "Embracing The Madness"

Country: Belgium
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Freya Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 8, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Re- (2:32)
2. Animation (4:55)
3. Cellbound (5:32)
4. Shadows (4:45)
5. Where Do You Go (4:11)
6. Embracing The Madness (6:10)
7. Expectations (4:17)
8. Catch 23 (1:49)
9. Numb (5:46)
10. The Deeper Thing (3:32)
11. Evolution (4:23)
12. Freefall (6:23)

Total Time 54:15

Line-up: 
Benny Zors Willaert - Vocals, Guitars
Tom 'Tee' Tas - Guitars, Backing Vocals
Tom Mundez - Bass (Backingtracks, Programming)
Louis Van Der Linden - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

Upon my first experience of Embracing the Madness, I was left with the impression that this is a band that has a clear vision of how they want to sound and have a maturity that is usually found with more established bands. Their melodic hard rock vocal style combined with a heavy metal guitar attack gives them a sound that reminds me of some of the classic Savatage albums from years past. Obvious comparisons could also be made to the Painkiller era of Judas Priest as far as the attack of the riffs and the huge double bass drum sound.

Read the full review by Ana at metalhorizons.com

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Stream

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a silent sound "COMPASS"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Pop, Folk
Label: Freya Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 17, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Setting Foot On The Hills (8:18)
2. Lake Okaru (5:15)
3. City One (6:48)
4. City Two (5:33)
5. Dark Night's Rising (5:54)
6. On The Ground (6:06)
7. The Road (4:25)
8. City Three (6:58)
9. Sunset On An Island (1:45)
10. Love Song (4:01)
11. The Returnee (5:06)
12. Home (4:28)

Total Time 64:37

Line-up: 
Tom Luchies (Sky Architect, Melvin's Nosehair) - Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Pianet T, Percussion, Vocals
Christiaan Bruin (Sky Architect, The Black Codex, Adeia) - Drums, Pitched Percussion
Rik van Honk (Sky Architect, The Black Codex) - Horns, Moog Synthesizer
Auke Haaksma - Bass
Linda Baur - Piano

Description/Reviews: 

What do you get when you combine traveling around the globe and songwriting? When you put together progressive rock and acoustic folk, with a slight hint of pop? And what would happen if you would do this without the pressure of record labels, completely ignoring the fact that we divided this world into boxes and thus you can move freely whatever way you want to? Then you’ll get ‘a silent sound’.

‘Compass’ consists of 12 songs which tell the story of the journey of a man, traveling to fulfil his fathers’ last wish. To return to the place he once was born. On this journey he doesn’t only see the different surroundings and the beautiful nature, but he soon gets to know cities and all of her temptations, new people, cultures and all that the world has got to offer. Both positive and negative. ‘Compass’ is not only about the journey, which is possibly based on true events, but evenmore about discovering, about love, experiencing, accepting, deception and relief.

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Preview
Deezer

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Armed Cloud "Master Device & Slave Machines"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Freya Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 25, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Save Yourself (4:47)
2. The Crack (4:55)
3. Withered White (4:17)
4. Mobocracy (4:22)
5. Mirror Mirage (4:21)
6. Warhead (8:16)
7. The Cycle (5:06)
8. King Lear (5:52)
9. Dancing Spirit (10:10)
10. Ascension (4:45)

Total Time 56:51

Line-up: 
Daan Dekker (Earth Pulse) - Vocals
Wouter Van Der Veen - Guitars
Boris Suvee - Bass
Remco Van Der Veen - Keyboards
Rico Noijen (Earth Pulse) - Drums

Media/Samples 
Sampler
Mobocracy
Warhead 

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