Vicinity "Recurrence"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Mighty Music (PMZ 205)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 21, 2017
Tracklist: 
01.The Unwritten Manifest (8:41)
02.Phoenix (10:21)
03.Mountainfall (12:14)
04.Extinction (5:24)
05.Immaterial Failure (8:03)
06.The Long Goodbye (21:50)

Total Time 66:33

Line-up: 
Alexander K. Lykke: Lead vocals
Kim-Marius H. Olsen: Guitars
Pierre-Nicolai Hesjevoll Schmidt-Melbye: Bass
Frode Lillevold: Drums
Ivar Nyland: Keyboards/Synth

Description/Reviews: 

The overall air about Vicinity has that lighter, melodic progressive metal feel - where the keyboards are as important as the guitar measures, and the rhythm section provides much of the energy pulsation through tight fills and seamless time signature juggling. 

Read the full review by Matt Coe at eternal-terror.com

Media/Samples 
Extinction

Links:
Web page
Facebook
Proggnosis

Faceshift "All Crumbles Down"

Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Power Metal, Progressive Metal
Label: Mighty Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 13 , 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Betrayed - 4:28
2. The Lie - 3:34
3. Pieces - 4:04
4. A New Beginning - 4:09
5. Someone to Be - 4:43
6. Of Dignity and Shame - 4:21
7. Awaken - 4:40
8. Painted Life - 4:43
9. Stand Alone - 4:43
10. On the Inside - 4:09
11. When All Crumbles Down - 5:22

Line-up: 
Timo Hovinen - Vocals
Petri Tarvainen - Guitar
David Bertilsson – Guitar, vocals
Stefan Norgren (Seventh Wonder) – Drums, vocals
Mika Kajanen – Bass
   With
Andreas Söderin (Seventh Wonder) - Keys

Description/Reviews: 

The members of the band have an interesting combination of backgrounds, including Melodic Death Metal and Prog. They make it all work by taking the best musical elements of their influences and applying one, overarching theme to the album: pure, visceral heaviness. The main riffs to opening track “Betrayed” have an undeniably gritty feel, and the subtle guitar wails between verses give it a sense of strangeness and foreboding before transitioning seamlessly into the song’s passionate chorus. FACESHIFT amp things up on the next track, the wonderfully honest and thundering “The Lie.” Timo Hovinen belts out his thinking man’s poetry with tremendous power and presence, not unlike Matt Barlow’s earlier material with ICED EARTH, but as much of an X-factor as he is, “All Comes Down” really is a team effort. The infectious, bluesy leads add a bit of flair, as well as humanity to some of the less melody-charged processions, while Stefan Norgren’s earth-shaking drums take the album’s already considerable heaviness to another level.

 Read the full review by Andrew Sifari at  metal-temple.com

Media/Samples 
Betrayed

Links:
Facebook

Distance "I"

Country: Spain
Sub Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Label: Mighty Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 10, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Fragments 04:09
2. Open Wound 05:56
3. Chemical Trails 05:00
4. Too Late 06:13
5. Conception 06:51
6. Process Of Self Destruction 05:53
7. Seeker Of Truth 06:29
8. Outreach 07:13

Line-up: 
J. Blanquet - Vocals
A. Fernández - Guitars
M. Guerrero- Guitars
J. Díaz - Bass
E. García - Synths and Keyboards
L. Rodríguez - Drums

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

Links:
Web page
Facebook

Hadea "Fabric Of Intention"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Tech/Extreme Progressive Metal
Label:  Mighty Music
Release date: January 27, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Hinge 03:31
2. Fabric Of Intention 04:50
3. One Guarantee 04:16
4. Reconstruction Of Our Ways 08:41
5. Nowhere To Be Found 05:08
6. Source And Creator 05:03
7. Malicious Species 05:04
8. Sleeper 04:29
9. Ignis Fatuus 03:20
10. Larva To Chrysalis 07:31

Line-up: 
Frank Stroehmer - Guitar
Serge Stroehmer - Bass
Shawn Corbett - Vocals, Samples, Keyboards
Seth Long - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

Changing names after the tragic loss of drummer Hunter Holland, North Carolina's Gollum are now known as Hadea. Gaining a new record deal, this album "Fabric of Intention" is a veritable music stew in the highest form: experimental, progressive, heavy rock with doom, sludge, groove, and thrash/death overtones. Mastadon, Tool, King Crimson, Lamb of God, Compression, Opeth - these are only some of the names that come to mind when hearing the outer worldly "One Guarantee", the relatively straightforward pummeling "Source and Creator" and psychedelic twister "Ignis Fatuus".

Read the full review by Matt Coe at eternal-terror.com

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

Links:
Web page
Facebook
ProgArchives (Gollum)

Mythery "The Awakening of the Beast"

Country: Denmark
Sub Genre: Symphonic Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Mighty Music
Release date: August 12, 2013
Tracklist: 
01. Another Universe (05:26)
02. Epoch Of Destruction (04:31)
03. The Crusade (05:12)
04. Godforsaken (04:34)
05. The Awakening Of The Beast Pt. I: Overture (06:18)
06. The Awakening Of The Beast Pt. II: A Dark Epiphany (06:33)
07. The Awakening Of The Beast Pt. III: Awoken By The Fire (07:29)
08. The Awakening Of The Beast Pt. IV: Through Shadoweyes (05:11)
09. The Awakening Of The Beast Pt. V: The Words Of Salvation (06:21)

Line-up: 
Laurits Emanuel - Vocals
Michala Høj - Violin
Mikkel Rosenbeck - Keyboards
Simon Rabenhøj - Guitar
Tobias Dall - Bass
Nikolaj Holger - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

This is classic Dream Theatre-worshipping prog territory that threads and weaves with the ease of a band that already have an album or two under their belts. Broadly speaking, if every debut album was as well written as this the barrier to entry into the battle field of prog metal would surely be a little higher. The most notable step away from the pack is the use of a lead violinist Michala Høj whose haunting presence is as pervasive as the other more standard instruments and a welcome addition. There are, just in case you were wondering, lots of jazz influences, piano interludes and a grand five part finale that no album with prog ambitions should ever be without. But there is a ridged backbone and commitment to song structure that all serves to raise Mythery beyond some of its short comings.

Read the full review at avenoctum.com

Media/Samples 
Progstreaming
The Crusade

Links:
Web page
Facebook
Progarchives