Underwater Jive "Wake Up"

Country: Israel
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Ambient
Format: digital
Release date: May 11, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. The Catfish (7:56)
2. Underwater Jam (5:09)
3. Daytime Reveries (3:10)
4. Waterlines (6:24)
5. To Drown (7:37)
6. Don't (11:54)

Total Time 42:10

Line-up: 
Daniel Tubul- Vocals
Moshe Siman Tov - Guitars
Kedem Diamant - Keyboard
Noam Shvacher - Bass
Gal Cohen Saban - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

With a unique signature sound, combining Progressive, Ambient and ethnical elements. The album creates an abstract picture of the human inner self, regrets, and dreams. the main character is in a search for his truth, inside his past memories.

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Bandcamp

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Witchers "Witchers"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Alternative, Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 11, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Undivided
2. A World Away
3. Fragments
4. Stone Idols
5. Protest
6. Stars
7. Knives Under Your Bed
8. On My Hands
9. Pattern
10. Instruments
11. The Big Top
12. Throw Your Books into the Fire

Line-up: 
Simon Yaxley - vocals, guitar
Kit Marsden - drums, percussion, synthesizers
Clive McCane-Williams - guitar
Thomas Joy - bass
   With
Alex Demetriou - Hammond organ, keys
Vix Carlin - bass

Description/Reviews: 

Witchers are an alternative rock combo from Norwich, UK, influenced by the likes of the Mars Volta, Radiohead and Led Zeppelin, a smattering of prog rock and lots more.

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Undivided

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Orpheus Blade "Wolf's Cry"

Country: Israel
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Pitch Black Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 11, 2015
Tracklist: 
1.Shadows Still
2.The Finest Art of Feeding
3.The Becoming
4.Under Dying Stars
5.In Sickness and in Hell
6.The Death of All Morrows
7.Dismissal
8.In Terms of Twilight
9.Because He's Made of Flesh
10.For Each Man Kills
11.Chronicles
12.The Man Who Cried Wolf
13.Shapeshifter

Line-up: 
Adi Bitran - Vocals
Henning Basse - Vocals
Gal Ben Haim - Guitars
Edi Lemishov - Bass
Shaked Furman - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

The album extends over the flow of 13 tracks, including lead single Dismissal. That song kicks off with a near-hypnotic vocal performance and with a beautiful carpet of keyboards and synths, only to leave room for a really powerful full-on band session. The drums are present, fat and roomy, perhaps more so than on most progressive metal releases: I am loving the natural feel of these drum performances, and the way the band is able to switch through genres seamlessly, blending in electronica, blues, metal, alternative rock and even folk with a gothic flavour.

 Read the full review by Jeff Stevens at progmetalzone.com

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Bandcamp (3 tracks)
Dismissal

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sajjanu "Trauma13"

Country: Japan
Genre(s): Instrumental Avant-garde Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 11, 2015 (digital)
Tracklist: 

1. Metal xxx 02:12
2. Annie Wilkes 02:01
3. Soft Atenige 02:05
4. Jigsaw 02:05
5. God 02:00
6. Keyser Soze 02:04
7. Odeki Palace 02:05
8. Dash De Koi 02:06
9. Goa Than Words 02:03
10. Hell 02:00
11. Power Spuit 02:27
12. Marv Merchants 02:06
13. Heppsi 02:38

Line-up: 
Nepperining Funazuma - Guitar
Gida Dolgandy Fune - Drums
Maleman Stoltz - Guitar
   With
Arnold Asakusanegger - Sax

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Bandcamp

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Ozric Tentacles "Technicians of the Sacred"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Psychedelic/Space Rock
Label: Madfish
Format: CD, vinyl
Release date: May 11, 2015 (UK) May 26, 2015 (US)
Tracklist: 
CD1
1. The High Pass (8:23)
2. Butterfly Garden (5:04)
3. Far Memory (7:10)
4. Changa Masala (6:04)
5. Zingbong (8:26)
6. Switchback (10:11)

CD2
1. Epiphlioy (11:49)
2. The Unusual Village (6:20)
3. Smiling Potion (7:12)
4. Rubbing Shoulders With The Absolute (8:36)
5. Zenlike Creature (9:54)

Line-up: 
Ed Wynne - guitars, synths
Brandi Wynne - bass
Silas Wynne - synths
Balázs Szende - drums
Paul Hankin - percussion

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Armed Cloud "Obsidian Desert"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: MaXxive Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 9, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Obsidian Desert - 5:57
2. Jealousy with a Halo - 4:12
3. Wounder Healer - 4:45
4. Meltdown - 6:03
5. My Own Kind - 5:53
6. Morning Star - 6:21
7. In Your Mind - 7:25
8. Pyramid of Charlatans - 4:43
9. Aftermath of Moral Hazard - 4:10
10. Wasted? - 8:21

Line-up: 
Wouter van der Veen - Guitars/Backing Vocals
Boris Suvee - Bass
Remco van der Veen - Keyboards/Backing Vocals
Daan Dekker - Vocals
Rico Noijen - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

The compositions on Obsidian Desert are a blend of traditional heavy progressive metal, but with a heavy symphonic touch. Bands like Queensryche and Fates Warning absolutely are the band member's favourites, but Armed Cloud just uses these influences to create their own sound, something that has started with their EP release and is evolving every time the band plays. Listen to the album's opener and title track Obsidian Desert and you will be totally blown away by the drum sound in combination with the crunchy guitars. Daan's vocals perfectly work for this powerful song, which has a smooth keyboard orientated midsection. I think this title track is the perfect opener for the album as they definitely have my attention. When Jealousy With A Halo continues, the power of the previous song increases, Boris' bass guitar alongside Nico's double kick drums makes sure of a furious constant pace. Although this song has both a cool keyboard and a strong guitar solo, the treat of this song is the power and noticeable coherency of the musicians. Above all, Jealousy With A Halo has a stunning end; a sort of spoken words through a megaphone and fine double bass drums.

 Read the full review by Pedro Bekkers at backgroundmagazine.nl

Media/Samples 
Progstreaming
Jealousy with a Halo

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MDS (Monnaie De Singe) "Error 404"

Country: France
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD
Release date: May 9, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Open yours eyes
2. See the light
3. Schizophrenia - Inside me
4. Schizophrenia - White room
5. Schizophrenia - Moonlight
6. No one feels like me
7. Between the lines
8. Kill me 
9. ... Not found 

Line-up: 
Anne Gaëlle Rumin - vocals
Philippe Glayat - vocals
Serge Combettes - bass
Philippe Chavaroche - keyboards
Eric Farges - drums
Christophe Laporte - guitar
Jean-Philippe Moncanis - guitar

Media/Samples 
Trailer
Schizophrenia - Moonlight
Schizophrenia - Inside me
Open your eyes

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The Virtue Of Vice "Life: As A Result Of Consciousness"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Experimental, Avant Prog
Format: digital
Release date: May 8, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Lapis 09:29
2. ¡Orale! 04:12
3. Biddie 03:40
4. Breathe; Inhale 09:35
5. Pallor Mortis 08:25
6. Euthanasia 11:35
7. The Thrill of Pretense 10:52
8. Bandar Road 09:13
9. Breathe; Exhale 10:37

Line-up: 
Alex Ortiz - Drums, Vocals
Isaiah Speller - Guitars
Christian Diaz - Bass, Guitars, Samples, Keys
Luca Censullo - Keys, Samples

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Bandcamp

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Arcturus “Arcturian”

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Avant-Garde Progressive Metal
Label: Prophecy Productions
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: May 8, 2015 (NA - May 12, 2015)
Tracklist: 
1. The Arcturian Sign 05:08
2. Crashland 04:08
3. Angst 04:26
4. Warp 03:51
5. Game Over 05:57
6. Demon 03:27
7. Pale 05:10
8. The Journey 04:14
9. Archer 05:36
10. Bane 05:50

Line-up: 
Simen "ICS Vortex" Hestnaes - vocals
Knut Magne Valle - guitars
Steinar "Sverd" Johnsen - guitars, keyboards
Hugh "Skoll" Mingay - bass
Jan Axel "Hellhammer' Blomberg - drums

Description/Reviews: 

Fortunately, Arcturus found their cosmic muse again, because literally each composition on Arcturian bristles with energy, creativity and the type of avant-garde vaudevillian madness that make the aforementioned La Infernale Masquerade album such an enchanting listen still after all these years. ...
Arcturian is the perfect blend between the vaudevillian madness of La Masquerade Infernale and the musical prowess and finesse which characterises The Sham Mirrors. This combined with a matured sense of songwriting make this album a strong contender for album of the year and this might very well be the most accomplished release ICS Vortex and co have delivered so far.

 Read the full review by Raymond Westland at echoesanddust.com

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The Arcturian Sign

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Hidalgo "Lancuyen"

Country: Chile
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal/Rock
Label: Mylodon Records (CD)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 7, 2015
Tracklist: 
1.Sempuray (06.29)
2.Lancuyen (05.37)
3.Wara (06.53)
4.Kunturi (04.15)
5.Laikka (05.57)
6.Trufken Mapu (05.41)
7.Mato Grosso (06.25)
8.Thika (05.29)
9.Kelt (08.03)

Line-up: 
Gabriel Hidalgo - guitars
Cler Canifrú - guitars
Mauricio Nader - bass
Pablo Stagnaro - drums

Media/Samples 
3 tracks

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