7 Ocean "Father of the Abyss" / 7 Океан "Отец бездны"

Country: Belarus
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: January 18, 2024
Tracklist

1. Before the First Sleep / Перед первым сном (7:17) 

2. The First Sleep / Первый сон (1:39)

3. Before the Second Sleep / Перед вторым сном (9:14)

4. The Second Sleep / Второй сон (2:22)

5. Before the Third Sleep / Перед третьим сном (9:54)

6. The Third Sleep / Третий сон (2:37)

7. Bibliographer / Библиограф (7:35)

8. Before the Fourth Sleep / Перед четвертым сном (10:08)

9. The Fourth Sleep / Четвёртый сон (2:32)

10. Before the Fifth Sleep / Перед пятым сном (12:33)

11. The Fifth Sleep / Пятый сон (2:27)

12. After the Fifth Sleep / После пятого сна (9:00)

Total Time 77:18

Credits

Oleg Grinevich – acoustic and electric guitars, bass, voices

Alexander Eletsky – keyboards, voices

Sergey Starosotsky – synthesizer, FX, voices

Alexander Sophiex – drums

   With

Larisa Gorovenko - voice of the Sailor's wife (5)

All music and lyrics by Alexander Eletsky

Arranged by Alexander Eletsky and Oleg Grinevich

Mixing by Victor Stasevich

Mastering by Sergey Kravchuk

Artwork – Timur Iliakhin

Design – Alexander Vesnin

Description/Reviews:

The concept of the album is inspired by the works of Howard F. Lovecraft.

The protagonist of the album is a sailor, the only survivor of the voyage, returns to his home port. The sailor is struck by some sinister spell – he has become a "guide" of something terrible. And after his fifth dream, a mysterious, creepy creature will break into this world.

The album includes 12 tracks, 7 of them are full tracks (singing in Russian). Between these 7 tracks there are 5 short instrumental sketches in different styles (from psychedelia to hard rock) - dreams of a sailor.

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Am Mut "In Ictu Oculi Finis Gloria Mundi"

Country: Hungary
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Format: CD, digital

Release date: October 11, 2022
Tracklist

1. Lector Seraphim (6:05) 

2. Mirmidon Ignot (5:24) 

3. Vicar Amethyst (5:17) 

4. Aurelis (4:55) 

5. Nefarian IX (Fantasia In 3 Parts) (8:59) 

Total Time 30:40

Credits

Composed, performed and recorded by Am Mut (Ruben Perez).

Mixed by Oswaldo Terrones.

Mastered by Ruben Perez.

Cover artwork by Elena Ibáñez

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Kshettra "Это есть то" / "Thou Art That"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Post Rock, Fusion
Label: [addicted label]
Format: digital
Release date: August 26, 2022
Tracklist

1. Red Letter / Красная буква (04:09)

2. It's Not All, That Behind the Darkness of Things / Это не то, что есть всё (05:52)

3. Tumanama / Туманама (04:26)

4. Butohstep / Бутостеп (04:11)

5. Colo-colo / Коло-коло (09:09)

6. I Am You / Я это ты (03:39)

7. Shivoham / Шивохам (08:25)

Total Time 39:51

Credits

Boris Ghas – bass, semi-acoustic guitar (2,3,7), saxophone arrangement (3, 7), samples (5)

Viktor Tikhonov -– acoustic and electronic drums, percussion, semi-acoustic and acoustic guitars (1,4,5), synthesizers and sequencers (1,3,4,5), metallophone (1,4,6,7), saxophone arrangement (2,3,7)

Gosha Rodin – french horn with effects, delay-noises (5), semi-acoustic guitar (6)

Nikolai Samarin – additional synths (1,5), bass (1)

Mila Kiseleva – poetry reading (1,6)

Nikita Gabdullin – electric guitar (2,3)

Ilya Rosenblat – tenor saxophone (2,3,7)

Alexander Novikov – baritone saxophone (2,7)

Kirill Olkhovsky – violin (4,7)

Nikita Bobrov – second drum-set (5)

Olga Larionova – vocal (7)

Poetry in “I Am You” by Rumi. Poetry in “Red Letter” by Boris Ghas.

The album was recorded at Orange Studio in Moscow, June 2020 - August 2021.

Recording, mixing and mastering by Nikolai Samarin.

Music by Boris Ghas (2,3,5,7), Viktor Tikhonov (1,4) and Gosha Rodin (6).

Photographs by Vyacheslav Kovalevich, model – Viktoria Gonchar.

Layout design – Maria Youkova

Description/Reviews:

In the new album, Kshettra moves away from familiar dark sound worlds. Although progressive and post-rock still form a strong foundation in many numbers, the band has taken a clear course towards compositions with warm harmonies, the music has been enriched with bright inclusions of electronics and nu-jazz.

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Zolar Czack "Collage" EP

Country: Ukraine
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion
Format: digital
Release date: June 17, 2022
Tracklist

1. Absent-minded Transgression (3:12) 

2. Lucidity (1:27) 

3. Illusion Of Reality (5:46) 

4. Daydreams (2:24) 

5. Déjà Vu (3:33) 

6. Hallucination (4:05) 

Total Time 20:27

Credits
composed and recorded by Dennis Fursov (Quiet Observer)

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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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Knellhound "Knellhound"

Country: Australia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: digital
Release date: May 2, 2022
Tracklist

1. Black Dog (5:41) 

2. Shaman (4:43) 

3. Ducks In Formation (4:15) 

4. Catharsis (3:28) 

5. The Jasper Cup (4:06) 

6. Drink Down From The Timbers (1:56) 

7. Anemoia (4:19) 

8. Knell (7:14) 

9. Contingency Waltz (2:45) 

Total Time 38:27

Credits

Darcy McMahon - guitars

Aiden Ruddle - drums/percussion, artwork 

Produced, recorded & engineered by

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Handwrist "magh"

Country: Portugal
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion
Format: digital
Release date: April 17, 2022
Tracklist

1. Scouting (4:02) 

2. Eat Your Words (3:36) 

3. Take Your Face Off Your Cellphone (2:11) 

4. Hexagram (10:29) 

5. Dark Apprentice (3:51) 

6. Duck And Cover (4:19) 

7. Machine Dreams (3:21) 

8. Psyche (3:32) 

9. Silicon Idols (6:15) 

Total Time 41:36

Credits
Rui Botelho Rodrigues - everything

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Galeria De Raices "Espíritu y fuego"

Country: Argentina
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: February 28, 2022
Tracklist

1. Celestial (4:21) 

2. Gloria (4:44) 

3. Parte De Un Todo (8:08) 

4. Ser En Vos (2:04) 

5. La Esperanza De Volver A Verte (2:14) 

6. Espíritu Y Fuego (7:15) 

7. Sin Final (4:24) 

8. Antesala (semiacústica) (3:55) 

Total Time 37:05 

Line-up

Sofía Leegstra - vocals

Jeremías Prokopchuk - contrabass

Emanuel Vivar - drums

Marcos Ameri - guitars, keyboards, choirs

   with:

Marcelo Barrera - solo (2)

Santiago Quintraman - vocals (8)

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MRW "妖怪"

Country: Poland
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Post Rock
Format: digital
Release date: January 30, 2022
Tracklist

1. 精神が世界を吹き飛ばしている (01:10)

2. 手なしの医者 (00:16)

3. 鬼遣 (00:33)

4. 鬼はそと！福は内 (00:49)

5. 鬼 (00:46)

6. 妖怪 (00:32)

7. 化け物 (01:35)

8. 私が死にかけている今、あなたは私の魂を捕まえることができます (01:26)

9. 魔物 (01:12)

10. 第三の目 (00:46)

11. 医者の切断された手 (02:28)

12. 第三の目、セカンドノーズ (01:12)

13. 医者の死 (00:26)

14. お化け (05:57)

15. 鬼2 (01:09)

16. 河童 (00:26)

17. 天邪鬼 (00:40)

18. 網剪 (01:40)

19. 御霊 (00:41)

20. ぬうりひょん (01:56)

21. 恐怖には4つの目があります (00:45)

22. 座敷童/座敷童子 (01:17)

23. 送り雀 (03:58)

24. 海坊主 (03:29)

25. 死に神 (01:17)

26. 尻目 (00:26)

27. 鬼3 (02:40)

28. 死の踊り (03:49)

29. 狐 (04:54)

Line-up
Marcin Waszczak: guitar, bass, kaossilator, synths, vocal, piano, recordings, drums programming, alto saxophone, clarinet, glass, dictaphone

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SOM "The Shape of Everything"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Post Metal/Rock
Label: Pelagic Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: January 21, 2022
Tracklist

1. Moment (4:26) 

2. Animals (4:30) 

3. Center (4:02) 

4. Shape (3:57) 

5. Clocks (4:16) 

6. Wrong (3:58) 

7. Heart Attack (4:20) 

8. Son Of Winter (4:41) 

Total Time 34:10

Credits
Will Benoit - Vocals, Guitar, Synths
Duncan Rich - Drums
Justin Forrest - Bass
Mike Repasch-Nieves - Guitar
Joel M. Reynolds - Guitar

Description/Reviews:

All in all, The Shape of Everything is an album that offers tranquility within its confined space and one that elicits a sense of nirvana you don’t get from most albums. It’s difficult to categorize this album as metal, given the lack of heavy, driven instrumentation and harsh vocals one is more familiar with, but then again, shoegaze is metal-adjacent and this album has beauty in spades.

Read the full review by Hera at Nine Circles

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Blue Ruble "Blue Rumble"

Country: Switzerland
Genre(s): Instrumental Retro Prog, Hard Rock, Psychedelic
Format: digital
Release date: January 12, 2022
Tracklist

1. God Knows I Shoulda Been Gone (5:10) 

2. Cosmopolitan Landscape (5:02) 

3. Cup O' Rosie (Just Another Groovy Thing) (5:20) 

4. Sunset Fire Opal (5:30) 

5. The Snake (4:43) 

6. Think For Yourself (6:13) 

7. Linda (2:33) 

8. Hangman (4:19) 

9. Occhio E Croce (5:07) 

Total Time 43:57

Line-up

Andrea Gelardini - Guitars

Ronaldo Rodrigues - Keyboards

Harry Silvers - Drums, Percussions

Sébastien Métens - Bass

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Leandro Oliveira - Flute (7) 

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Soniq Theater "Cinemagic"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Format: CD-R, digital
Release date: January 1, 2022
Tracklist

1. Cinemagic Revisited (6:50) 

2. Screen Goddess (4:15) 

3. Epic Movie (8:49) 

4. Blockbuster (4:53) 

5. Greetings From Hollywood (4:06) 

6. Motion Picture (5:02) 

7. Stuntman (3:13) 

8. Thriller (3:14) 

9. Science Fiction (5:24) 

10. Armageddon (3:45) 

11. Love Story (4:18) 

Total Time 53:49

Line-up
Alfred Mueller (Rachel's Birthday) - everything

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Omesthesia "Fas To The Nefas"

Country: Spain
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Psychedelic
Format: digital
Release date: December 12, 2021
Tracklist

1. Nam Degnah (5:44) 

2. Orichalcum (3:54) 

3. The Slave (8:00) 

4. Run (3:08) 

5. Alone In Prison (4:18) 

6. Mad King (3:57) 

7. Repentance (3:29) 

8. Judgement (3:27) 

9. Hanged Man (4:42) 

Total Time 40:39

Line-up

Alejandro Rejón Mata - guitars, vocals, sinths, drones, controller keyboards, bass, samples and foleys

Alex Copero - drums, vocals and drones

Ana Hortas - piano, sinths and controller keyboard

Manu Guitarte - bass

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Halcyon Arrhythmia "Halcyon Arrhythmia"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock 
Format: digital
Release date: December 10, 2021
Tracklist

1. Fundamentals (11:10) 

2. Light & Sound (5:07) 

3. Aquamarine (7:40) 

4. Paths Divide (10:19) 

5. Halcyon Arrhythmia (3:01) 

Total Time 37:17

Line-up

Lee Nelson - Guitar, vocals, bass, piano, programming

   With

Bradley Stafford - Harsh vocals (1)

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In-Dreamview "Triptych"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release date: October 29, 2021
Tracklist

1. Collisions Pt.I (3:32) 

2. Collisions Pt.II (5:26) 

3. Collisions Pt.III (3:10) 

4. Passageways Pt.I (4:21) 

5. Passageways Pt.II (3:31) 

6. Passageways Pt.III (7:00) 

7. Water Caustics Pt.I (5:03) 

8. Water Caustics Pt.II (4:45) 

9. Water Caustics Pt.III (6:25) 

Total Time 43:13

Line-up

Matt Stober - electric guitar, vibraphone, glockenspiel, piano, cello, acoustic guitar, sitar guitar, auto-harp

Ben Coniguliaro (Wippy Bonstack, Sun Colored Chair) - drums, percussion

Quinn Coniguliaro - bass, bass VI, percussion

Alex Verbickas - electric guitar

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Athemon "Athemon"

Country: Brazil/UK
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: digital
Release date: October 11, 2021
Tracklist

1. Perception (3:15) 

2. Whispers (5:28) 

3. The Glass Hindered Us (3:57) 

4. Different From What Was Missing (5:22) 

5. Seed Of Change (7:25) 

6. I Voice Of Mine (8:12) 

7. Reaching Deepness (6:42) 

8. Greatest Understanding (5:53) 

9. Birth (4:01) 

Total Time 50:15

Line-up

Adriano Ribeiro - Guitars, vocals 

Tom MacLean (Haken, To-Mera) - Bass

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Gledson Gonçalves - Drums

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Wippy Bonstack "Wippy Bonstack's Dataland"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: October 9, 2021
Tracklist

1. Multi Mystery Knot (10:37) 

2. Wippy's Headwound (5:30) 

3. Yield 'n' Pan (1:33) 

4. Spazz O'Clock (4:13) 

5. Nimble Knot (5:39) 

6. S.I.R. (4:41) 

7. Flat Out Zero (2:30) 

8. Puzzle Pieces (3:45) 

9. Day Fluke (5:29) 

10. Intense Personality Suite (9:11) 

11. Stigma Sauce (4:59) 

12. Goodbye Evil (5:20) 

13. You Might Win (5:27) 

Total Time 68:54

Line-up
Wippy Bonstack aka Ben Coniguliaro (Sun Colored Chair, Wyxz, In-Dreamview) - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, bass, piano, vocals, keyboards, analog synth, glockenspiel, melodica, marimba, vibraphone, percussion

Description/Reviews:

Embracing trends of quirky prog and artful songwriting, Wippy Bonstack takes cues from daring artists as varied as Mike Keneally, Gentle Giant, Frank Zappa, Cheer-Accident, Cardiacs and many more on his debut album, Dataland  - a dense and sprawling epic that fuses art rock, progressive rock, avant-pop and Zappa-jazz into one triumphant sonic adventure. The songs on Dataland vary from extremely complex and challenging compositions (even by progressive rock standards) to catchy and spirited melodic songwriting (even by pop standards), sometimes both colliding in the same piece. 

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Mind Furniture "An Illustrated Map of the Heart"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: October 4, 2021 (digital), December 17, 2021 (CD)
Tracklist

1. Ride By Myself (7:04) 

2. Underneath The World (6:01) 

3. Take Out An Ad (5:46) 

4. Now That The Rush Has Come (8:49) 

5. Can't Find My Heart (7:29) 

6. Someone Tell Me Who I Am (7:32) 

7. Except For Last Tuesday (4:24) 

8. I Hate The Way You Make Me Feel (3:51) 

9. I Broke It (7:25) 

10. Here In The Future (8:28) 

11. I Have Known Real Love (6:29) 

Total Time 73:18

Line-up

Jim Anderson–Fretted & Frettless Bass and Guitar

Brett Barnett–Keyboards & Orchestration

John Mabry (Metaphor) –Vocals & Acoustic Guitar

Greg Miller (Metaphor)–Drums & Percussion

  With

Anne Feinsod–Vocals (8)

Tom Emanuel–Flute & Background Vocals (3, 4)

Stan Cotey–Guitars (1, 4, 11)

Nick Karch–Guitars (2, 9)

Paul Keller–Guitars (3, 5, 6)

Jack McLoughlin–Guitars (1, 2, 9)

Dave Nachmanoff–Guitars (1)

Chris Ogburn–Guitars (10)

Merdad Parsey–Guitars (10)

Barrelhouse Jazz Band (Joel Jacobson, Art Wood, Chuck McLain,

Vikings Jacobson, Margaret McElwain, Jim Lockie-Brown, Walt Lee, Al Flood) (8)

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Katre "Behind The Resilience"

Country: Germany/Turkey
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Post Metal/Rock
Format: digital
Release date: September 30, 2021
Tracklist

1. So Was The Life (5:19) 

2. The Decision (4:34) 

3. The Route (5:25) 

4. The Mermaid (6:20) 

5. Now On The Continent (8:14) 

6. The Run (5:14) 

7. Looking For The Pearls (8:08) 

8. Behind The Resilience (7:19) 

Total Time 50:33

Line-up

Hasan Koç – Guitars, ebow, MIDI strings

Okaner Ertuğrul – Drums

Özgür Şepşül – Bass guitar

Şah Cihan İngin – Synthesizers

Description/Reviews:

The first track drags me right into the album. It comes thundering in, really. Post-metal in true Toundra feel. There are more sections like that such as the last section of the last track, but The Run is I think the best example. I cannot stop smiling because of how good that song sounds to me and makes me feel, hitting all the right buttons for my need for post-metal heaviness with progressive structures.

Read the full review by Jerry van Kooten at dprp.net

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Bader Nana"Wormwood II"

Country: Kuwait
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital 
Release date: September 29, 2021
Tracklist

1. Long Story Short (7:00)

2. Star Born (5:35)

3. Mercury (5:39)

4. Same Old Song (5:23)

5. Awake (4:31)

6. Journey Home (2:33)

7. Earth 1974 (4:16)

8. Desperate No More (5:58)

9. Ordinary Life (4:34)

10. The Dream (8:26)

Total Time 53:55

Line-up

Bader Nana - vocals, all instruments

  With:

Nancy Alsafady - violins (1, 2, 6, 10)

Omar Afuni - backing vocals (7)

Adel Al-Qattan - guitar solo (8)

Ramzi Ramman - guitar solo (8)

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