Transport Aerian "Darkblue"

Country: Belgium
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Melodic Revolution Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 1, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Black 04:40
2. Full Body Access 04:15
3. Sand Horizon 04:50
4. Imperial 05:34
5. Crossbreed 03:17
6. Sniper 03:51
7. Epitaph 08:06
8. Happy With The Future 06:12

Line-up: 
Hamlet: Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Bass Guitar, Programing, Drums and Samples
Rachel Bauer: Spoken Word and Vocals

Description/Reviews: 

Darkblue is a conceptual album, which is based on the surrealist self-penned story of exile, self-isolation and love. 

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Parallel Minds "Headlong Disaster"

Country: France
Genre(s): Progressive Metal, Power Metal
Label: Brennus Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 1, 2015
Tracklist: 
01. I Am 5’16
02. Into the Void 5’26
03. Reborn Through Hate 4’39
04. Migdal Bavel 8’28
05. Headlong Disaster 5’03
06. Ghost of Sparta 5’37
07. A1000 Minds Away 4’25
08. Hyperion 19’46
09. Coming Home 4’39
10. Only the Good Die Young 4’40

Line-up: 
Stéphane Fradet - Vocals
Grégory Giraudo - Guitars & Bass
Franky Costanza - Drums

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Rise of Realism "Mirage"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: May 1, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Believe 05:39
2. Industrial sunset 02:42
3. Mirage 02:57
4. Only a handful are true 02:32
5. Beacon 04:30
6. A monumental journey 05:27
7. Is it you 05:37
8. No rush 04:04

Line-up: 
Andreas van Amerongen
Robert Moorman
Casey Opsteegh
Erik Jansen
Richard Tseng
LJ Robijn
Martijn van Rijssel
Bas Moerbeek
Dre van Kouwen

Description/Reviews: 

Rise of Realism are back with a new full length, entitled Mirage. These 8 tracks of transcendent and deeply emotive music, reminiscent of Leonard Cohen, were born from years of struggle, now Mirage represents the culmination of Rise of Realism's work over the last twenty years.

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Atlas Volt "Memento Mori"

Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Alternative Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 1, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Event Horizon (2:46)
2. What's Your Legacy to the World? (4:48)
3. Weapons of Mass Redemption (5:04)
4. In the Realm of the Living (5:01)
5. The Greatest Hoax (1:35)
6. We Created a Monster (3:58)
7. Memento Mori (7:22)
8. A Tribute to Carl Sagan (0:50)
9. Wrong (7:12)
10. Living a Lie (5:14)
11. Dreamweaver of the Dreamscape (6:15)
12. Sirenum Scopuli (4:29)
13. Purusartha (1:24)
14. Hitchslap (5:38)
15. Tambora Dirge (0:44)
16. We Will Never Live Again (3:49)
17. True Freedom (5:00)

Line-up: 
Adam Hansen-Chambers - guitar, bass
Philippe Longchamps - drums, guitar, keyboards
   With
Yoed Nir - cello on song 6.
Johnny Åman - upright bass on song 6 and bass overdubs on songs: 4, 10 & 14
Jörgen Birch-Jensen - guitar overdubs on songs: 10 & 14
Chris Larsen - additional bass on song 2 and guitar overdubs on songs: 2, 14 & 17
Mark Base & Lina Longchamps: additional back vocals on song 3

Description/Reviews: 

With “Memento Mori” Atlas Volt returns with a vision-defining album that thoroughly establishes their wide-ranging style and eclectic sound. This new release features 17 original tracks including some long progressive songs, short interludes, riff-oriented alternative rock songs and a few instrumental tunes. “Memento Mori” is a concept album reflecting upon the secular humanist worldview. It questions the fundamentalist dogmas of religions and New Age cults, while examining their promises of an afterlife and restrictions on personal freedom. Moreover, “Memento Mori” is a narrative based on a retrospective introspection into the band members’ own religious upbringing. The lyrics are often presented as an inner dialogue between an “old-self” preaching the value of faith and morality, and a “new-self” defending the ethical values that emerged from the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution. After being profoundly affected by the waves of violence sweeping around the world in recent years, Adam Hansen-Chambers and Philippe Longchamps decided to dedicate this new album to all the innocent victims of faith-based fundamentalism throughout history.

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Outdeth "Prediction"

Country: Brazil
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal
Format: digital
Release date: May 1, 2015
Tracklist: 
01. Epiphany (05:56)
02. Reckless (06:10)
03. Through The Ashes (05:15)
04. Absence (01:15)
05. The Ascension Quest (04:18)
06. Flame Of Hope (04:37)
07. The Untouched Dreams Stream - Part I. Time Spiral (02:22)
08. The Untouched Dreams Stream - Part II. Planar Chaos (04:27)
09. The Untouched Dreams Stream - Part III. Future Sight (05:04)
10. Epilogue (08:39)

Line-up: 
Gabriel Alves - Guitars
Raphael Rodrigues - Bass
Lucas Alves - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

Outdeth is an instrumental progressive metal band formed by members of Behind The Horror and Sigma Project.

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Scott Henderson "Vibe Station"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Blues
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 1, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Church of Xotic Dance - 7:20
2. Sphinx - 8:59
3. Vibe Station - 7:10
4. Manic Carpet - 7:25
5. Calhoun - 8:42
6. The Covered Head - 6:56
7. Festival of Ghosts - 8:40
8. Dew Wut? - 6:59
9. Chelsea Bridge - 5:41

Line-up: 
Scott Henderson (Tribal Tech) - guitar
Alan Hertz - drums
Travis Carlton - bass

Description/Reviews: 

Guitarist Scott Henderson's 5th solo project exhibits elements of jazz, rock & blues, but has a bigger variety of textures and tones. The new all instrumental CD features bassist Travis Carlton (son of Larry) & drummer extraordinaire Alan Hertz. Henderson speaks of the new work as the most challenging project of his career. Scott also said that the majority of the songs are layered with multi guitar tracks, utilizing many different guitars, pedals, amps and speaker combinations, making it the most textural and versatile sounding album he's ever done. 

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Words For Penga "Prose"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Alternative Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: digital
Release date: May 1, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. The Mouth of the Nile 08:10
2. I Cover All 05:54
3. This was Icarus Drowning 04:41
4. it was dark and then it isnt 06:26
5. Skinny Bells 09:44
6. Drown 07:14

Line-up: 
Alec Osthoff - Vocals, Saxophone, Cabasa
Colton Clouse - Guitar
Peter Schurke - Bass
Ben Baltich - Guitar
Zack Baltich - Drums

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Panda Fight Club "Ultimo"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: May 1, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Heihe 2058 - 3:39
2. Fame senza fine - 5:48
3. Ultimo - 5:57
4. Animalisti - 4:22
5. Caccia nuova - 4:48
6. Braccato - 3:55
7. Sogno alla chetamina - 5:28
8. Il risveglio - 6:17

Line-up: 
Christian Colombo - drums
Dario Errigo - keyboards
Federico Nespoli - guitar
Lorenzo Nespoli -  bass guitar
Simone Pagani - vocals

Media/Samples 
Deezer
2 tracks

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El Circulo de Willis "Retales"

Country: Spain
Genre(s): Instrumental Canterbury, Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 1, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Puerta 186 (18:51)
2. El Hombre Entre La Multitud (6:08)
3. Fractura (2:39)
4. Nube 9 (8:02)

Total time 35:40

Line-up: 
Ivan Pozuelo del Castillo - drums and percussion
Tomas Fernandez Giron - bass and synthesizers
Sergio Segovia Hoya - guitar, piano and Hammond
Gonzalo Solas Fernandez - flute, tenor sax and Ewi
  With
Alvaro Espinosa - additional guitars (2, 3, 4)

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Charles Brown "Wind Of The Eastern Sea"

Country: USA 
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock/Metal, Hard Rock 
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 1, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. The Awakening (3:13)
2. Dragon's Triangle (4:09)
3. Nothingness And Eternity (5:23)
4. New Horizon (3:44)
5. Wind Of The Eastern Sea (4:10)
6. Above The Mist (3:21)
7. Tower Of The Wind (6:05)
8. Vanishing Point (7:07)
9. Astral Projection (4:32)
10. Touch The Sunlight (3:44)
11. Nuclear Burn (4:29)

Total time 49:57

Line-up: 
Charles Brown - Guitars, Guitar Synth, Drums, Programming
    With
Steve Espinosa - Keyboards, Bass
Bill Boerder - Guitar Solos (2, 7)
Matt Bassano - Keyboards (11)

Description/Reviews: 

"Wind Of The Eastern Sea" features Progressive, and Hard Rock Instrumental pieces with guitar synth melodies and acoustic and classical elements and textures, influenced by such artists as: Ritchie Blackmore and Deep Purple/Rainbow, Pat Metheny, Alex Lifeson, Marillion, and even Blues and Jazz artists such as Kim Simmonds of Savoy Brown and George Benson. "Wind Of The Eastern Sea Suite" is a collection of pieces composed in C tuning, where the final piece of the suite: Wind of the Eastern sea, combines the previous themes and melodies similar to the WHO's Quadrophenia. Another highlight of this disc is "Nuclear Burn 2015" (originally from Charles Brown's 2001 release: EARTH VOYAGE) which has been remastered and features blistering keyboard work by Matt Bassano reminiscent of Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), Keith Emerson and Kansas.

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