Adouk Boucan "Blanche"

Country: France
Sub Genre: Electronica
Label: Musea
Release date: September, 2013
Tracklist: 
1 - Dégringolade (4'02)
2 - Get Up ! (3'48)
3 - Ferocious (4'08)
4 - Creatures (4'59)
5 - Eclipse (4'09)
6 - Fuites (4'33)
7 - Shoot Me (3'08)
8 - Entre-Deux (4'03)
9 - Accident (2'20)
10 - Blanche (5'10)

Line-up: 
Adouk Boucan

Description/Reviews: 

In a cold and broken groove, "Blanche" tells a terrible love story: that of the daughter of the Moon, came down on earth out of boredom and in order to discover imaginary metropoles inhabited by disturbing characters. One of them is to become her lover. Anachronistic and contradictory, the world she enters mixes double-basses and machines, yesteryear swing and nocturnal, tribal or icy sounds.

Media/Samples 
Entire album online

Dividium "The Scourge"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Release date: September 2, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. The Start of It All 2:38
2. Cognitive Dissonance 7:26
3. Throat of the World 8:44
4. Dead Walls 5:07
5. Crestfallen 5:46
6. Ephemera 3:33
7. The Indifference of Good Men 7:08
8. Game of Chance 3:13
9. The Triptych: (I) In Absentia 3:47
10. The Triptych: (II) The Gift 5:12
11. The Triptych: (III) The Scourge 8:31

Line-up: 
Neil Bailey - Vocals
Peter Delaney - Guitar, Keys, Backing Vocals
Steve Berrieman - Bass
Alex Pentecost - Drums

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Meridian "Manifest Destiny"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Instrumental Progressive/Power/Folk Metal
Release date: September 2, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. The Salvation 02:13
2. Fields of Cormallen 06:56
3. Leviathan 09:55
4. The Final Frontier 10:56
5. Nebula 05:01
6. The Oracle 02:46
7. Manifest Destiny 07:40

Line-up: 
Vikram Shankar - Guitars, Programming, Orchestrations
Charlie Martens - Guitars, Programming
Steven Meisler - Keyboards, Orchestrations
Luke Fakult - Bass Guitars
Nathan Fakult - Drums and Percussion

Description/Reviews: 

'Manifest Destiny' manages to sum up the band's incredibly diverse range of styles and influences in one seven-track record. The band explores symphonic and epic elements, hard-hitting and heavy progressive power metal that occasionally wanders into death metal territory, lush and ambient soundscapes, and folksy acoustic passages. 

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Lux Aeterna "Echoes From Silence"

Country: France
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Brennus Music
Release date: September 2, 2013
Tracklist: 
1.  Echoes From Silence 02:04
2. Your Saving Hand 08:25
3. Beyond Horizons 07:07
4. From Thought to Act 06:05
5. Lights in the Arena 06:06
6. In the Web of My Lies (Pt. 1) 05:39
7. In the Web of My Lies (Pt. 2) 02:43
8. In the Web of My Lies (Pt. 3) 03:58
9. The Universal Sight of Evil 06:34
10. Revelation 05:12
11. Live Where I Die 06:20

Line-up: 
Benoît Toquet - Guitars
Maela Revolt - Vocals, violin
Olivier Le Pech - Bass
Walter Français - Drums
   With
Laurent Grellier

Media/Samples 
The Universal Sight Of Evil

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Laviàntica "Clessidra"

Country: Italy
Sub Genre: Symphonic
Release date: September 2, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. Intro 02:17
2. Nel vento 04:35
3. Sole 05:56
4. La pioggia 06:03
5. Finché il giorno non finisce 04:53
6. Icaro 05:10
7. Tempo 06:06
8. Clessidra 05:54
9. Laviàntica 10:54

Line-up: 
Paolo Perilli: bass, vocals
Paolo Musolino: keyboards, acoustic guitar, vocals
Marco Palma: electric guitar
Luciano Stendardi: piano, keyboards
Andrea “Skya” Schiappelli: drums

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Magenta "The Twenty Seven Club"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Neo-Prog
Label: Tigermoth Productions
Release date: September 2, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. The Lizard King
2. Ladyland Blues
3. Pearl
4. Stoned
5. The Gift
6. The Devil At The Crossroads

Line-up: 
Christina Booth - vocals
Chris Fry - guitar
Rob Reed - keyboards, bass, guitar
      With:
Andy Edwards (IQ and Frost*) - drums

Description/Reviews: 

The Twenty Seven Club refers to a large group of musician/singers (including Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain) who have all died at the age of 27, many of whom died from alcohol or drug abuse.

Media/Samples 
Progstreaming (One week only!)
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Ef "Ceremonies"

Country: Sweden
Sub Genre: Post Rock
Release date: September 1, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. Bells Bleed & Bloom (8:36)
2. Yield, Heart. Yield! (11:50)
3. Lake Vaettern (8:11)
4. Sex (3:00)
5. Delusions Of Grandeur (8:52)
6. Where G. Mallory Sleeps (9:14)
7. Thee Barren Soil Of Messaure (5:53)
8. Sun Grows Dim (Bonus Track) (6:05)

Line-up: 
Tomas Torsson - Guitar, vocals
Daniel Öhman - Guitar, keyboard/laptop
Niklas Åström - Drums
Erik Gustafsson - Guitar
Emanuel Olsson - Bass
    With
Jonathan Rosemark - Cello on track 1, 2 and 4
Joel Göransson - Cello on track 3, 6 and 7
Miriam Göransson - Violin on track 3, 6 and 7
David Fraenckel - Trombone on track 5, 6 and 7
Jonathan Gustafsson - Trumpet on track 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7
Anton Mattsson - Vocals on track 1, 2 and 3
David Wirzen - Additional Drums on track 6
Andreas Bonkowski - Programmed Beats on track 8

Description/Reviews: 

For one thing, it doesn't sound like any other post-rock record, even if the tropes it uses are suspiciously well-worn. The piano-driven melodies and soulful vocals sound right out of Blueneck, the persistent and rhythmic marching percussion comes from Explosions in the Sky, the euphoric, soaring compositions sound highly reminiscent of sleepmakeswaves and their ilk--all of the elements Ef use, individually taken, have been heard before.
But despite their derivative origins, it's the combination of these varied influences that makes Ef's music so moving, so perfectly crafted.

Read the full review at scenepointblank.com

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PaalThal Anunnaki "Paa Tal"

Country: Mexico
Sub Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Release date: September 1, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. Crop Circles (feat. Snake Noise) 1:50
2. Anunnaki 4:22
3. Grises 6:04
4. Alpha Draconis 6:52
5. Eek Vega 8:38
6. Andromeda 4:49
7. Antimatter 9:42
8. Ain Sof Or 3:05

Line-up: 
Xastur Aeon: Lead guitar, bass guitar, vocals
Thy Krieger: Drums
Fer Malagón: Bass guitar

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Antimatter

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Omb "SwineSong"

Country: Israel
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal, Avant Prog
Label: Ward7
Release date: September 1, 2013
Tracklist: 
01. Milosh Had Seen Better Days
02. These Walls…
03. An Ordinary Caveman Sings an Ode to Obsession
04. Mother Gazelle, Father Horse
05. Someday My Prince Will Come
06. A Smaller Dose of Tyranny
07. Undergrowth
08. Oh Mrs Wade! You Shouldn’t Have!
09. Better Days Indeed
10. The Cricket’s Broken Violin

Line-up: 
Or Rozenfeld - bass
Davidavi Dolev (Reign of the Architect) - vocals
Yuval Tamir - drums
   With
Yuval Kramer (Amaseffer, Reign of the Architect) - guitars
Eden Amer, Na’ama Waisel, Matan Turkenitz, Hanan Avramovich, Ehud Tamir, Meitar Forkoosh, Noam Gal, Bar Ashkenazi & Asaf Gold

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Kayo Dot "Hubardo"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Avant Prog, Progressive Metal,
Label: self-released
Release date: September 1, 2013 (digital)
Tracklist: 
1. The Black Stone (10:38)
2. Crown-In-The-Muck (8:54)
3. Thief (6:52)
4. Vision Adjustment To Another Wavelength (4:53)
5. Zodelida Caosaji (To Water The Earth) (5:26)
6. The First Matter (Saturn In The Guise Of Sadness) (9:29)
7. The Second Operation (Lunar Water) (13:19)
8. Floodgate (7:23)
9. And He Built Him A Boat (7:28)
10. Passing The River (10:12)
11. The Wait Of The World (14:23)

Line-up: 
Toby Driver (Maudlin Of The Well) - bass, keys, guitars and vocals
Terran Olson (Maudlin Of The Well) - keys and woodwinds
Daniel Means - woodwinds and synth
Mia Matsumiya - violin
Tim Byrnes - trumpet and horn in F
Keith Abrams - drums
Ron Varod - guitar
   With
Jason Byron (Maudlin Of The Well) - vocals

Description/Reviews: 

Hubardo is an approximately 100-minute conceptual epic double-album, with story and lyrics written by longtime lyricist and former Maudlin Of The Well vocalist, Jason Byron. Musically, the album covers the spectrum of all of the band's works, from the sparse doomy elements of Choirs of The Eye, to the blast-beat, woodwind-driven Gamma Knife, the chorus-bass goth fusion of Coyote, and even lush orchestrated prog moments harkening back to the days of their previous band, Maudlin Of The Well, and, as with all the band's releases, Driver and Co. venturing into new territory. 

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Teaser
Thief
And He Built Him A Boat

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