Subterranean Masquerade "Mountain Fever"

Country: Israel
Genre(s): Progressive Metal/Rock
Label: Sensory Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 14, 2021
Tracklist

1. Snake Charmer

2. Diaspora, My Love

3. Mountain Fever

4. Inwards

5. Somewhere I Sadly Belong

6. The Stillnox Oratory

7. Ascend

8. Ya Shema Evyonecha

9. For The Leader, With Strings Music

10. Mångata

Line-up

Davidavi “Vidi” Dolev - lead & backing vocals

Tomer Pink - rhythm & acoustic guitars

Or Shalev - lead & acoustic guitars

Shai Yallin - keyboards, glockenspiel

Golan Farhi - bass guitar

Omer Fishbein - lead guitar (3), bulbul tarang (6)

   With

Matan Shmuely (Orphaned Land)  - drums

Yatziv Caspi - percussions

Neta Maimon - cello

Oren Tsor - violin, viola

Idit Mintzer - brass (5, 9)

Alon Karnieli, Idan Kringle, Matan Carlos Mandelbaum  & Richard Aevum - gang vocals (2, 4, 6)

Jackie Hole - female vocals (3, 4, 6)

Yakir Sasson - woodwinds (3,5,8)

Ashmedi Melechesh - harsh vocals (4)

Hadar Levi - talkbox guitar (5)

Uri Shefi - bouzouki, oud, louta

Idan David Amsalem (Orphaned Land) - guitar solo (10)

Description/Reviews:

Boasting ten new songs which encompassing nearly fifty-five minutes of material, Mountain Fever push the balance between pioneering experimentalism to our own take on modern pop culture and its manifestation in the Middle East. Revealing an album composed of African and Balkan brass sections, Arabic violins, extended vocal techniques, and several special guest appearances, watch out for radio friendly hooks that emerge out of heavy riffs and polychromatic arrangements.

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Mångata 

Ascend

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Aziola Cry "The Ironic Divide"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal
Label: Sensory Records - SR3088
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1. And Cowards

2. Hollow Reflections

3. The Ironic Divide

   I. Premonitions

   II. A Torment of Reason

   III. Distort Persona

   IV. One Final Collapse

4. Scars Now Rest Where Once Bore Wings

Line-up
Jason Blake - Warr Guitar

Mike Milaniak - guitars

Tommy Murray - drums

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Kingcrow "The Persistence"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Sensory Records (Laser’s Edge)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: September 7, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Drenched
2. Closer
3. Everything Goes
4. Folding Paper Dreams
5. The Persistence
6. Every Broken Piece Of Me
7. Devil's Got A Picture
8. Night's Descending
9. Father
10. Perfectly Imperfect
11. Timeshift Box [Live At ProgPower USA] *
12. Fading Out PT.III [Live At ProgPower USA] *
13. Phlegethon [Live At ProgPower USA] *
* 2xLP bonus track

Line-up: 
Diego Marchesi - Lead & backing vocals
Diego Cafolla - Guitar & backing vocals
Ivan Nastasi - Guitar & backing vocals
Thundra Cafolla - Drums & Percussions
Cristian Della Polla - Keyboards & Synths
Riccardo Nifosì - Bass
   With
Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation) - Vocals (8)

Description/Reviews: 

Describing Kingcrow today is quite a difficult task, but one could state that the influence of different kinds of music; progressive rock, alternative rock, ambient music, metal, and more are all present in the band's songs. With each release, they take a step further away from their original roots.

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The Persistence
Night's descending
Father
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Daydream XI "The Circus Of The Tattered And Torn"

Country: Brazil
Genre(s): Progressive Power Metal
Label: Sensory Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: September 22, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Ticket 000011 (1:41)
2. Open The Curtains (3:19)
3. Trust-Forged Knife (5:01)
4. Painted Smile (6:48)
5. Windblown (2:36)
6. A Cup Of Agony (5:56)
7. Overhauling Wounds (10:39)
8. Collector Of Souls (6:24)
9. Forgettable (9:28)
10. The Love That Never Was (4:13)
11. The Circus Of The Tattered And Torn (15:27)

Total Time 71:32

Line-up: 
Tiago Masseti - Vocals, Guitars
Marcelo Pereira - Guitars
Bruno Giordano - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

Mixing rock, hard rock and progressive rock with heavy metal and power metal influences, Brazil's Daydream XI is a band with no self-imposed boundaries. In their sophomore release, The Circus Of The Tattered And Torn, the band embraces the progressive side of their music in a dark concept album. The concept is a metaphor to express that we are drawn to each other more by our weaknesses and our flaws than our strengths and virtues. It’s portrayed through a journey, where Phillip, the Circus master, takes his new apprentice, Circe, across the various acts of this Circus. Each song represents a feeling or aspect of human life, channeled by the storyline of each character. 

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Prospekt "The Illuminated Sky"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Sensory Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: July 21, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Ex Nihilo   
2. The Illuminated Sky   
3. Titan   
4. Distant Anamnesis   
5. Beneath Enriya   
6. In The Shadows Of The Earth   
7. Alien Makers Of Discord
8. Cosmic Emissary   
9. Akaibara   
10. Where Masters Fall

Line-up: 
Lee Luland - Guitars, Orchestration
Michael Morris - Vocals
Rox Capriotti - Keyboards, Orchestration
Phil Wicker - Bass Guitar
Blake Richardson - Drums and Percussion
    With
Greg Howe (Michael Jackson) - Guitar Solo (7)
Marc Hudson (DragonForce) - Vocals (10)

Description/Reviews: 

From technical power metal, laden with soaring vocals and blistering guitar work, to epic orchestral driven prog, PROSPEKT has produced their best effort to date. The Illuminated Sky is an album that excites and takes the listener on a journey through the cosmos via the wonders of prog.

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Damnations Day "A World Awakens"

Country: Australia
Genre(s): Progressive Power Metal
Label: Sensory Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 24, 2017
Tracklist: 
    1.The Witness
    2.Dissecting The Soul
    3.Colours Of Darkness
    4.I Pray
    5.Into Black
    6.To Begin Again
    7.The Idol Counterfeit
    8.A World Awakens
    9.Diagnose

Line-up: 
Mark Kennedy - Vocals and Guitar
Jon King - Guitar
Dean Kennedy - Drums

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Colours of Darkness

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Oddland "Origin"

Country: Finland
Genre(s): Progressive Metal/Rock
Label: Sensory Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: September 9, 2016
Tracklist: 
1.     Esotericism        
2.     Thanatos        
3.     Penumbra        
4.     Untrue        
5.     Hidden        
6.     Skylines        
7.     Unknown        
8.     Faraway        
9.     Will

Line-up: 
Sakari Ojanen - Vocals, Guitars
Joni Palmroth - Bass
Ville Viitanen - Drums
Jussi Poikonen - Guitars

Description/Review

Like I mentioned, Oddland plays progressive metal, and their sound is one of heaviness.  Hard-hitting riffs seem to be their specialty, and they always have this sublime quirkiness present, too.  “Origin”, however, is a slightly different beast compared to their debut.  This is a very dark, very heavy album; almost shockingly heavy at times.  It is again focused on heavy guitars, but the atmosphere is less quirky and more blackened.  It’s very, very dark.  Did I mention it’s heavy?  Additionally, you will find some wonderful piano here and there through the album, and it really adds to the heaviness because it is so fragile and beautiful.

Read the full review at theprogmind.com

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Hidden
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Wolverine "Machina Viva"

Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Sensory Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: July 8, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. The Bedlam Overture
2. Machina
3. Pile Of Ash (ES335 version)
4. Our Last Goodbye
5. Pledge
6. When The Night Comes
7. Nemesis
8. Sheds
9. Pile Of Ash (cello version - bonus track)

Line-up: 
Per Henriksson - keyboards
Thomas Jansson - bass
Marcus Losbjer - drums
Jonas Jonsson - guitars
Stefan Zell - vocals

Description/Reviews: 

A natural progression from the band’s previous album, Machina Viva invites the listener into the harmonious yet portentous and sullen musical dimensions of Wolverine with perhaps their most dynamic album to date. From the fourteen-minute epic and powerful “The Bedlam Overture” and the dark electronic landscapes of “Machina,” to the naked and organic nature of “Pile Of Ash” and “Sheds,” Machina Viva is the next step in Wolverine’s explorations in the progressive field.

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Our Last Goodbye
Machina

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Infinite Spectrum "Haunter of the Dark"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Sensory Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 24, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. Prologue: Providence, Winter, 1934
2. Federal Hill
3. The Calling
4. The Church
   I: Dark Whispers
   II: Entry
   III: The Ascent
   IV: The Shining Trapezohedron
   V: Spectres
5. The Stranger Things I've Learned
6. Haunter Of The Dark
7. Fear
8. All That We See
9. 2:12 AM
10. Epilogue: Providence, Summer, 1935

Line-up: 
Will Severin - Vocals
Alex Raykin - Guitars & Backup Vocals
Alex Repetti - Bass & Backup Vocals
Greg Schwab - Drums
Katie Pachnos - Keyboards & Backup Vocals

Description/Reviews: 

 Boasting nearly seventy-one minutes of explosive prog metal, the record follows a ten-song storyline based on the H.P. Lovecraft short story of the same name

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Federal Hill
Fear
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Kingcrow “Eidos”

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Metal/Rock
Label: Sensory Records(Laser’s Edge)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 23, 2015
Tracklist: 
01. The Moth
02. Adrift
03. Slow Down
04. Open Sky
05. Fading Out Pt. IV
06. The Deeper Divide
07. On The Barren Ground
08. At The Same Pace
09. Eidos
10. If Only

Line-up: 
Diego Marchesi - Lead & backing vocals
Diego Cafolla - Guitar & backing vocals
Ivan Nastasi - Guitar & backing vocals
Thundra Cafolla - Drums & Percussions
Cristian Della Polla - Keyboards & Synths
Francesco D'Errico - Bass

Description/Reviews: 

Opening up with the pre-release single The Moth, the album quickly shows its base sound, an eclectic mixture of prog and metal, but not quite prog metal in the traditional sense. By showing instrumental capability without showing it off with unnecessary wankery, Kingcrow falls right in that special middle zone occupied by the likes of Porcupine Tree and Riverside.Though they do experiment with sounds, like on the techno-muffled Slow Down, they never sound as if they’re experimenting, all the work comes across as polished and professional. As to the concept, Slow Down also delivers the heart of it, a typical scenario of us as a race being too absorbed in our technology and being pulled in deeper and deeper. The depth of the concept will take many more listens for me to fully absorb, as most of the best concept albums do. 

 Read the full review at ladyobscure.com

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At The Same Pace

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Arcane "Known"/"Learned"

Country: Australia
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Sensory Records (The Laser’s Edge)
Format: CD (digipak), digital
Release date:  January 20, 2015
Tracklist: 
Disc 1 - Known
1. Promise [Part 2] (08:53)
2. Unturning( 08:25)
3. Instinct (07:01)
4. Womb (In Memoriam) (02:26)
5. Selfsame (08:24)
6. Holding Atropos (04:10)
7. Keeping Stone: Sound on Fire (09:22 )
8. Learned (23:16)

Disc 2 - Learned
1. Hunter, Heart & Home (07:47)
2. Little Burden (07:47)
3. Impatience and Slow Poison (07:02)
4. Known (02:51)
5. Nightingale's Weave (08:32)
6. Eyes for the Change (06:19)
7. Keeping Stone: Water Awake (07:35)
8. Promise [Part 1] (02:15)

Line-up: 
Jim Grey: Vocals
Michael Gagen: Guitars
Matt Martin: Keyboards
Adrian Goleby: Bass
Blake Coulson: Drums

Description/Reviews: 

The first movement, Known delivering a more traditionally-oriented progressive rock performance, and the second, Learned, taking a lighter, more acoustic/folk inspired journey, both opuses forming one central storyline.

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Malpractice "Turning Tides"

Country: Finland
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Sensory Records
Release date: September 16, 2014
Tracklist: 
1. Best Kept Secret
2. Weight Of The World
3. Irony Tower
4. State Within A State
5. Turning Tides
6. Symphony Of Urban Discomfort
7. Out

Line-up: 
Joonas Koto - Guitar
Toni Paananen - Drums
Aleksi Parviainen - Vocals
Markus Vanhala - Guitar
Jonas Mäki - Bass

Description/Reviews: 

With nearly forty-five minutes of brand new material, Turning Tides represents Malpractice at their absolute best, combining intricate progressive metal with catchy melodies topped with excellent musicianship and brilliant vocal harmonies.
“The lyrical theme of the album is about a guy who is very well educated. In fact so educated and talented that he can’t land a job for himself due to over education,” collectively issued the members of Malpractice. “He kind of falls in-between things and ends up in the suburbs unemployed and frustrated. He is ‘the best kept secret’ since no one wants to hire him. His life and sanity starts to fall apart due to his frustration and depression. He tries to fight the system but always ends up deeper and deeper in apathy. The story can be somewhat related to Malpractice'’s struggle to make it for two decades already. The question is: ‘Is the guy me? You? Or every one of us?’”

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Weight Of The World
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Prospekt "The Colourless Sunrise"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Sensory Records
Release date: October 22, 2013
Tracklist: 
1) A Desolate Kingdom
2) Dissident Priests
3) Eternal Memories
4) Shroud
5) The Colourless Sunrise
6) Visions
7) The Great Awakening
8) Shutter Asylum
9) Hunting Poseidon

Line-up: 
Lee Luland - guitars
Blake Richardson - drums
Phil Wicker - bass
Richard Marshall - keyboards, vocals

Description/Reviews: 

Coalescing the fierce technicality of progressive metal with the symphonic elements of contemporary prog through brutal riffs, odd time-signatures, and majestic melodies, Prospekt's sound is influenced by bands such as Dream Theater, Symphony X, Opeth, and Circus Maximus, as well as film scores and fusion. The band's intent is to create an intelligent and atmospheric mix of melodic, modern progressive metal, incorporating passionate high-range vocals, frenetic guitar work, haunting orchestration and solid grooves, every composition remaining interesting and original.

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Withem "The Point Of You"

Country: Norway
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Sensory Records
Release date: October 8, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. Point Of View
2. Miracle
3. Phrenesis
4. Burned By Senses
5. Mr. Miruz
6. Born To Live
7. The Paramount Of Lies
8. Driven By A Blessing
9. Why Me!

Line-up: 
Ole Aleksander Wagenius - Vocals
Frank Nordeng Røe - Drums
Ketil Ronold - Keyboards
Oyvind V Larsen - Guitar
Miguel Pereira - Bass

Description/Reviews: 

Withem is an up and coming Norwegian progressive metal band, inspired by the likes of Symphony X, Pagan's Mind, Dream Theater and Circus Maximus.
Withem's debut offers varied sonic landscapes for the listener to explore, ranging from guilty-pleasure choruses permeated with memorable vocal hooks, to symphonic epic themes. The unique vocal range of Ole Aleksander Wagenius gives the band a distinctive touch to tackle the overcrowded progressive metal scene.

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Burned by Senses

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Lalu "Atomic Ark"

Country: France
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Sensory Records
Release date: September 9/10, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. Greed (4:05)
2. War On Animals (3:26)
3. Tatonka (4:01)
4. Mirror Prison (2:26)
5. Deep Blue (3:29)
6. Bast (4:04)
7. Momento (3:40)
8. Follow The Line (3:51)
9. Slaughtered (3:13)
10. Revelations (19:29)

Line-up: 
Martin LeMar (Mekong Delta) - vocal
Mike LePond (SymphonyX) - bass guitar
Simone Mularoni (DGM) - guitar
Virgil Donati (PlanetX) - drums
Vivien Lalu - keyboards
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Jens Johansson (Stratovarius)
Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater)

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Sampler

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Cynthesis "ReEvolution"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Sensory Records
Release date: June 4, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. Divine Night
2. Convergence
3. The Grand Façade
4. A Most Trivial Pursuit
5. Persistence Of Visions
6. The Noble Lie
7. Release The Deity

Line-up: 
Jasun Tipton (Zero Hour) - guitars and keys
Troy Tipton (Zero Hour) - bass
Erik Rosvold - vocals
Sean Flanegan - drums

Description/Reviews: 

They send  the shaman out to gather them up more slaves. He comes across a tribe and senses a light within them and it triggers a distant memory of his past. It then occurs to him that this was his original tribe he was taken from. He returns with them back to the city and encounters what was done to the population and sets them free.

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Kingcrow "In Crescendo"

Country: Italy
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock
Label: Sensory Records
Release date: February 12, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. Right Before
2. This Ain’t Another Love Song
3. The Hatch
4. Morning Rain
5. The Drowning Line
6. The Glass Fortress
7. Summer ‘97
8. In Crescendo

Line-up: 
Diego Cafolla – guitars
Ivan Nastasi – guitars
Diego Marchesi – vocals
Thundra Cafolla – drums
Francesco D’Errico- bass
Cristian Della Polla – keyboards

Description/Reviews: 

While working in a mostly progressive metal direction in the earlier days, Kingcrow has increasingly expanded the scope of their sound to encompass elements of rock, nowadays rounded-out in a culmination of strong atmospheric component similar to Riverside, Porcupine Tree and Pink Floyd but also bearing a heavier, metallic semblance to Opeth and Dream Theater. This is boldly present on the band’s fifth studio full-length, In Crescendo, the new album encompassing nearly an hour over eight epic movements.

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Right Before

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My Soliloquy "The Interpreter"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Sensory Records
Release date: January 29, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. Ascension Pending
2. Flash Point
3. Corrosive De-Emphasis
4. Fractured
5. Six Seconds Grace
6. Dream In Extremis
7. Inner Circles
8. Star

Line-up: 
Pete Morten (guitarist of Threshold) - vocals and all instruments except drums

Damon Roots - drums

Description/Reviews: 

“The essence of My Soliloquy is pure forward-thinking metal – symphonic keyboards, shredding guitar leads, soaring vocals – all finely woven together through a blend of intricacy and melody into a powerful force fans of Threshold, Dream Theater and Curcus Maximus will flock to.

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