Jorge Arana Trio "Mammoth"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Avant Prog, Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Math Rock
Label: Haymaker Records ‎
Format: digital, vinyl
Release date: September 23, 2016 (digital), October 14, 2016 (vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. Traffic Time Exorcism (1:33)
2. Speak, Beast (4:56)
3. I Don't Wanna Die! / Lil Exodus (4:57)
4. Bloodletting For Kids (2:49)
5. Golden Arrow (2:31)
6. Booth (4:22)
7. All My Friends Are Brown (2:59)
8. Overworld Map (1:44)
9. Mammoth (4:02)

Total time 29:53

Line-up: 
Jorge Arana - Guitar, Keys
Jason Nash - Bass
Josh Enyart - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

Mammoth is a sophisticated blend of sounds and structures that challenges expectations, pushing the art rock genre into the world of progressive music with jazz fusion and math rock elements. Building on previous albums Mapache and Oso‘s use of playful genuine interaction in the patterned riffs and rhythms, Mammoth ups the ante by incorporating a tense and dark mood across the entire album. This album is aggressive, this album is frantic, this album is a true “bruiser”. “Speak, Beast” sets the tone, casting a menacing shadow of distorted lead guitar over brooding keyboard pads and drums that sound more tribal than belonging in a rock band. With Mammoth, the listener gets the feel that they are in an epoch not their own – they are in a world of gnashing tusks, embattlement, and ultimately survival.

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Second Relation "Eno"

Country: Austria
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Jazz, Funk
Label: Long Branch Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: September 23, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. Eno (4:48)
2. Labyrinth (6:10)
3. White Mirror (4:00)
4. The Essence Of The City (5:12)
5. Canvas, Color, Comfort (4:52)
6. Rebirth (3:30)
7. Countless Damages (4:25)
8. Familiar Surroundings (7:21)
9. Any Direction (3:52)
10. Second Hand Life (5:02)

Total time 49:12

Line-up: 
Bastian B. Berchtold - Vocals, Bass, Cello
Daniel Fleps - Keyboard, Back Vocals
Simon Gstöhl - Guitars
Julian Nachbauer - Guitars
Michael Simic - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

Throughout, there is an undoubtable jazzy and fusion hue as evidenced on the engaging ‘Labyrinth’ with its shifting time signatures and jazzy organ fills whilst ‘White Mirror’ could even be Lee Ritenour in his late-seventies commercial heyday.
‘Familiar Surroundings’ is a good example of the band’s output.  The proggy passages could be Spock’s Beard but always grounded in the jazzy groove.
If Katatonia is now characterised by  Jonas Renkse’s broody vocals adding a distinctive air of melancholia to the proceedings, Bastian Berchold’s  jazzy vocals permeate ‘Second Relation’ and leave an indelible mark.

Read the full review by David Randall at getreadytorock.me.uk

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Eno
Countless Damages

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Source "Return to Nothing"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal
Label: Pavement Entertainment
Format: digital
Release date: September 23, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. Forgiveness (8:22)
2. Memories Of Yesterday (8:32)
3. The Essence (10:22)
4. The Word Source (feat. Bentinho Massaro) (0:46)
5. Return To Nothing (8:59)
6. Complaisance (9:40)
7. Consumed (2:46)
8. The Serpent (9:42)
9. Quadrant (10:19)

Total time 69:28

Line-up: 
Ben Gleason- Guitar
Georges Octobous- Drums
Dan Crisafulli- Bass
   With
Bentinho Massaro - Narration (4)

Description/Reviews: 

Colorado’s Source are one of those bands who just couldn’t hold out for the new Tool album and took it upon themselves to make it, like so many other acts are doing these days. The difference is, I think they’ve actually done it. Without a doubt, fans of Tool, Karnivool, Soen, Chevelle, The Reticent and so many more will absolutely love what’s been done here.

Read the full review at newnoisemagazine.com

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Memories Of Yesterday 
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SBB "Za Linią Horyzontu"

Country: Poland
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Polskie Radio
Format: CD, digital 
Release date: September 23, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. Odwieczni wojownicy (3:54)
2. Najwyższy czas (5:26)
3. 360 do tyłu (7:04)
4. Goris (5:24)
5. Za linią horyzontu (4:06)
6. Pacific (5:27)
7. Zielony, niebieski, żółty (3:23)
8. Suita nr 9 (15:31)

Total time 50:15

Line-up: 
Józef Skrzek — vocals, keyboards
Apostolis Anthimos — guitar
Jerzy Piotrowski — drums

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Za linią horyzontu
Deezer

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Marillion "F E A R (F*** Everyone And Run)"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: earMusic
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: September 23, 2016
Tracklist: 

1. El Dorado (i) Long-Shadowed Sun
2. El Dorado (ii) The Gold
3. El Dorado (iii) Demolished Lives
4. El Dorado (iv) F E A R
5. El Dorado (v) The Grandchildren Of Apes
6. Living in F E A R
7. The Leavers (i) Wake Up In Music
8. The Leavers (ii) The Remainers
9. The Leavers (iii) Vapour Trails In The Sky
10. The Leavers (iv) The Jumble Of Days
11. The Leavers (v) One Tonight
12. White Paper
13. The New Kings (i) Fuck Everyone And Run
14. The New Kings (ii) Russia’s Locked Doors
15. The New Kings (iii) A Scary Sky
16. The New Kings (iv) Why Is Nothing Ever True?
17. The Leavers (vi) Tomorrow’s New Country

Line-up: 
Steve Rothery – guitars
Mark Kelly – keyboards
Pete Trewavas – bass
Ian Mosley – drums, percussion
Steve Hogarth – lead vocals

Description/Reviews: 

Marillion has certainly not mellowed with age; the album artwork shows the acronym ‘FEAR’ embossed on a gold ingot, and the songs themselves bear the hallmark of true quality.
Whilst the album title itself is certainly provocative, it’s not meant to be offensive. The title itself features as a line in the track ‘New Kings’ and is delivered as a plaintive falsetto. ‘FEAR’ sees the band taking on the big themes but they do not see it as their place to preach to people. ‘New Kings’ looks at the ravening beast that modern capitalism seems to have evolved into, ‘El Dorado’ examines the notions of political entitlement and the modern challenges for the UK, ‘The Leavers’ examines the impact of a transient life on the road for those constantly waving goodbye.

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The New Kings
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Neurosis "Fires Within Fires"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Industrial, Alternative, Post Metal
Label: Neurot Recordings
Format: vinyl, cassette, CD, digital
Release date: September 23, 2016
Tracklist: 
01. Bending Light
02. A Shadow Memory
03. Fire Is The End Lesson
04. Broken Ground
05. Reach

Line-up: 
Scott Kelly - Guitars & Vocals
Steve Von Till - Guitars, Vocals, Filters & Textures
Dave Edwardson - Bass, Moog Synthesizer & Space
Noah Landis - Organ, Piano, Samples & Atmospheres
Jason Roeder - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

In true Ouroborean style, "Fires Within Fires" gives due to its predecessors while progressing forward into the unfamiliar and formidable. Striking the band's signature balance between light and dark, beauty and repulsion, dense sonic heaviness and reflective space. "Fires Within Fires" is succinct, raw and deeply soulful, an all-encompassing reminder to all that transfiguration in sound remains their most commanding and inimitable strength.

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Kansas "The Prelude Implicit"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Hard Rock
Label: Inside Out
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: September 23, 2016
Tracklist: 

1. With This Heart
2. Visibility Zero
3. The Unsung Heroes
4. Rhythm in the Spirit
5. Refugee
6. The Voyage of Eight Eighteen  
7. Camouflage
8. Summer
9. Crowded Isolation
10. Section 60

Line-up: 
Phil Ehart- Drums, Percussion
Billy Greer- Bass, Vocals
David Manion- Keyboards
Ronnie Platt- Lead Vocals, Keyboards
David Ragsdale- Violin, Vocals
Rich Williams- Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Zak Rizvi- Electric Guitar

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Teaser 
With This Heart 
Visibility Zero

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The Ullulators "Dark Nights In Paradise"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Ethnic
Label: Atmik Records 
Format: CD, digital
Release date: September 22, 2016 (digital), December 1, 2016 (CD)
Tracklist: 
1. Zen Garden (7:40)
2. Dark Nights In Paradise (8:53)
3. Falling Cherry Blossom (6:18)
4. Atmik Evolution, Pt. 1 (3:34)
5. Atmik Evolution, Pt. 2 (6:10)
6. The Sun God (6:40)
7. Spring Secrets (4:18)
8. Hidden Worlds (2:45)

Total Time 46:18

Line-up: 
Gavin Griffiths (Ozric Tentacles) - Guitars, bass, keyboards, sampling, vocal arranging
Nick Van Gelder (Ozric Tentacles) - Drums (1,3,7)
Tim Reyland - Drums (2, 4, 5, 6)
Jumping Jon 'Champignon' Egan (Dream Machine) - Sacrificial Shenai, flute, Ney
Joie Hinton (Ozric Tentacles) - Solo Synths
Paul 'Conga Paul' Hankin (Ozric Tentacles) - Percussion
   With
Saddhu Hanuman Baba - Voice (1)

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AsZension "Portals"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Tranquillity Impulse Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: September 22, 2016 (digital)
Tracklist: 
1. Metamorphosis                                
2. Astral Projection
3. Hidden Dimensions
4. Spectral Dynasty I - III
    I. Convergence
    II. Timelapse
    III. Viewpoint
5. Transmigration
6. Portals
7. Another Night (Bonus Track)

Line-up: 
Kevin Thiessen - Guitars, keyboards, percussion
Gabriel Palatchi - Keyboards
Etienne Girard - Bass
Colin Righton - Drums
Geoff Ross - Vocals (Track 7)

Description/Reviews: 

 Reflecting upon themes such as nature, metaphysics, space and time, the album propels the listener on a sonic journey through the "Portals" of imagination.

Musically, the new record possesses a heavier approach to previous releases and further explores the fusion of world music influences with metallic, progressive rock.

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Offworld "Some Circles Are Square"

Country: Belgium
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Space Rock/Metal
Label: FREIA Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: September 22, 2016
Tracklist: 

1. Swamps Of SFD: Out/Temploid (4:35)
2. Alien Vocal Chord Trauma (4:50)
3. Shaman's Garden (4:21)
4. Terminal (5:21)
5. Killing Voices In H.E.A.D. (5:08)
6. Planetary Displacement (No Siesta) (4:10)
7. Spices Of The Desert (4:53)
8. Scattered Minds Freak Alike (6:16)
9. Power Supply (5:46)
10. Some Cirkles Are Square (8:17)
11. Arabesque (2:41)
12. Tidepools/Swamps Of SFD: In (7:21)

Total time 63:39

Line-up: 
Peter Baart - bass
Stijn Van den Bossche - keyboards
Tom Tas (Quantum Fantay, Neo Prophet) - guitar
Pieter Van Den Broeck (Quantum Fantay, Neo Prophet) - keyboards
   With
Rob Martin - drums

Description/Reviews: 

The album is a roaring, soaring, never-boring, infuriating, wild and often whacky smorgasbord of a record – equal parts Prog, Psychedelic, Rock, Metal, Funk, Lounge, Shred, and a number of other styles that have yet to be coined with a term. Sometimes weird, often crazy, yet always compelling and dosed with fiery passion and high levels of musicianship, Offworld takes the listener on a trip through Space Opera’s most bizarre and dangerous reaches.

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