Arena "The Unquiet Sky"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD
Release date: April 27, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. The Demon Strikes
2. How Did it Come to This?
3. The Bishop of Lufford
4. Oblivious to the Night
5. No Chance Encounter
6. Markings on a Parchment
7. The Unquiet Sky
8. What Happened Before
9. Time Runs Out
10. Returning the Curse
11. Unexpected Dawn
12. Traveller Beware

Line-up: 
Clive Nolan - Keyboards
Mick Pointer - Drums
John Mitchell - Guitars
Kylan Amos - Bass
Paul Manzi - Vocals

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Heights "Phantasia On The High Processions Of Sun, Moon And Countless Stars Above"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Metal/Rock
Label: Basick Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 27, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Universes Forming
2. Solar (Bringer Of Chaos), Lunar (Bringer Of Light)
3. Aeolus
4. Time Dilation
5. New Star
6. Centrifuge
7. Perseids
8. Heliograph
9. Astronomer Royal
10. Ballad Of The Space Time Continuum
11. On The Wings Of Astral Projection
12. Everlasting

Line-up: 
Al Heslop
John Hopkin
Jamie Postones

Description/Reviews: 

Heights’ facility with prog rock’s core components (odd time signatures, stacked-like-Jenga-blocks polyrhythms, none-more-syncopated riffs and melodies, the delicate balance of flamboyance and deeper meaning, etc) has been well documented over the course of previous releases Salvation and Trepidation, From Sea to Sky, and Trick of the Light. Throw in classical, jazz, and fusion influences, and you have the full Heights picture. Understatement of the day ahead: Phantasia… is a bit complicated.
This album is a serious beast, one solid hour of music crammed full of data, the long-player equivalent of a .zip file. Only three of its 12 tracks run under five minutes, and all of them comprise hopscotch-style rhythmic structures and waves of angular, anxiety-ridden notes. This is the kind of album you could only hope to understand with the aid of a transcription book and a lot of patience – but you need neither the ability to read little black dots nor a full understanding of precisely what’s happening at any given moment to get enjoyment or satisfaction from Phantasia.

 Read the full review at themusicalmeltingpot.com

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Handwrist "Random by Design"

Country: Portugal
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Fusion
Format: digital
Release date: April 26, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. into the grey and pink 03:55
2. why can't we write like normal people? 06:41
3. change agent 08:25
4. anti-social smoker 04:43
5. pb, no j 05:14
6. random by design 10:52
7. coming together 03:31
8. can of worms 11:08
9. afternoon delight tonight 05:08

Line-up: 
Rui Botelho Rodrigues - everything

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Naxatras "Naxatras"

Country: Greece
Genre(s): Psychedelic
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 26, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. I Am The Beyonder (10:34)
2. Sun Is Burning (5:17)
3. Space Tunnel (6:05)
4. Shiva's Dance (7:34)
5. Downer (6:17)
6. Waves (7:15)
7. The West (7:06)
8. Ent (9:48)

Line-up: 
John Delias - guitar
Kostas Harizanis - drums
John Vagenas - bass, vocals

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Repsel "From Dawn To Dusk"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 25, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Pandora 05:29
2. I'll Erase One Everyday 06:21
3. Make Up 03:23
4. Everything Has Changed 07:32
5. Break into Pieces 04:28
6. From Dawn to Dusk 06:16
7. Two Minds 03:59

Line-up: 
Marta Iacoponi : voice, violin
Giorgio Napoleone : guitars
Francesco Proietti : synth, piano
Lorenzo Cantarini : guitars (1-6)
Alessandro Maffei : guitars (7), acoustic guitars (1-6)
Alessandro Presti : bass (1-6)
Roberto Battilocchi : bass (7)
Daniele Michelacci : drums
    With:
Giacomo Anselmi : solo guitar (6)

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Ligeia Mare "Amplifier"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Avant Prog, Experimental
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 25, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Entry (2:38)
2. Bend (3:59)
3. Come Home (4:35)
4. The Lost Tapes (3:08)
5. Leggy Mare (1:03)
6. Green Circles (2:54)
7. Floater (4:45)
8. Filter Sweep (4:35)
9. Quickstep (9:21)
10. Standby (4:56)
11. Botanica (4:45)
12. Under Dead Elms (5:46)
13. Evening Light (7:36)

Line-up: 
Farrell Lowe - guitar, piano, percussion
Dave Willey - accordion, bass, guitar, hurdy gurdy, keyboards
Elaine Di Falco - keyboards, vocals
Ron Miles - cornet
Mark Harris - sax, flute, percussion
Raoul Rossiter - drums, percussion

Description/Reviews: 

Here it's last Ligeia Mare full album release. A project from Colorado, and one of my favorite in the art of combining many musical languages into a new and always morphing shape. With this work they are closer to jazz improvisation, but with an high level of abstraction due to the mix of tonality and atonality, sudden changes into music development, and usual electronics presence. It's enough to listen to Lost Tapes, a masterpiece in that sense, to have a concrete idea of what I mean. A piece where, some of you, will recognize echos of 70's american and european jazz experimentation, but in the same time will be dazed and confused by the morphing into a smoky and dreaming musical landscape. More traditional, but very enjoyable jazz rock in Floater, with a certain cinematic attitude (crime- jazz-movies), while the absolute anarchy "reigns" in Filter sweep; and concrete music in the first part of Botanica, before to fade towards a melancholic trumpet melody, that joins a Spanish acoustic guitar and sensual female voice. The release ends with Under Dead Elms where musicians pay their tribute to Miles Davis, and Evening Light, a more traditional dark jazz ballad. Actually a work I mainly recommend to jazz-improvisation followers, but so beautiful, that every listener with wide range of interest into advangarde music, can enjoy it. (Review by Ra Sonologyst)

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LVTVM "ADAM"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Psychedelic, Stoner
Label: Cave Canem DIY/Lizard records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 25, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Session I 03:52
2. Twalking 07:15
3. The Dreamer 06:14
4. Internal Disease 02:21
5. Tremorz 05:55
6. Gnosis 04:21
7. Hybris 05:13
8. Fthonos Theon 07:26
9. Nemesis 03:22

Line-up: 
Carlo Bellucci - Bass
Isacco Bellini - Bass
Mike Marchionni - Synth
Alessandro Marchionni - Drums

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Sulphat' Ketamine "Giant Runk"

Country: France
Genre(s): Multigenre (Progressive Rock, Hard Rock, Blues, Rock'n'Roll)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 25 , 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Black Stuff (11:24)
2. Stop the Grind (4:16)
3. Alrightotherapy (6:39)
4. Jackass Boogie (5:32)
5. Blue Marine's Blues (6:00)
6. The Strange (2:35)
7. Birth of the Runk (7:41)

Line-up: 
Alexis Potapenko : Guitar, Lead vocals, Theremin
Sebastien Gramond : Bass guitar, Additional keyboards, Backing vocals
Clement Curaudeau : Drums
   With
Rita Pradinas : Lead vocal on "Alrightotherapy"

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The Hirsch Effekt "Holon : Agnosie"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Extreme Progressive Metal/Rock
Label: Long Branch Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: April 24, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Simurgh 03:09
2. Jayus 02:47
3. Agnosie 07:11
4. [Chelicera] 00:35
5. Bezoar 06:34
6. Tombeau 06:34
7. Emphysema 05:02
8. [Defaetist] 01:04
9. Fixum 06:16
10. Athesie 05:19
11. [Tischje] 01:39
12. Dysgeusie 03:09
13. Cotard 09:11

Line-up: 
Nils Wittrock - Guitars, vocals
Ilja John Lappin - Bass, vocals
Moritz Schmidt - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

If technicality is your bag, then get a load of these guys. Seriously! Jayus is a complicated well thought out jumble of ups and downs. It’s good, really good in fact, and with its complexity it has to be. There is a fine line with music like this, somehow a combination of bands like Protest the Hero, Placebo and Periphery and only the truly elite can get this right, otherwise it can sound pants. The Hirsch Effekt have no qualms with breaking convention. I mean who really cares if all the chords they play are in key with each other, I know I don’t.
Vocally, there is a healthy mix of aggression and softer tones that come from the singers mouth. This is a fantastic skill to have. With this sort of music every member needs to be the best at what they do and yes they are very good. The overall album quality is professional sounding.

 Read the full review by Daniel Gregory at manchester.rocks

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Lis Er Stille "Empirical Ghost"

Country: Denmark
Genre(s):  Post Rock
Format: digital, vinyl
Release date: April 24, 2015 (digital) June 26, 2015 (vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. Caspules (6:59)
2. Gold Future (5:29)
3. Hymn To The Past (1:12)
4. Wall Mark (3:53)
5. This Wonderful You (6:30)
6. Zenith (12:07)
7. Hymn To The Sorrow Squad (1:48)
8. Harlequin's Tale (6:56)
9. Precognition (6:42)
10. Hymn To The Echo (1:22)

Line-up: 
Martin Byrialsen - Vocals, Keyboards
Asbjørn Helboe - Bass
Tue Schmidt Rasmussen - Guitars
Jon Gotlev - Drums

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