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Friday, December 2, 2016

Pyrior "Portal"


Country: Germany
Genre(s): Stoner, Psychedelic
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: December 2, 2016 (CD, digital), January 27, 2017 (vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. In To (3:50)
2. Untitled (5:48)
3. Portal (5:26)
4. SR388 (3:15)
5. Zebes (5:24)
6. Earth (6:14)
7. Winter Is Coming (9:09)

Total Time 39:06

Line-up: 
Max Appeal - Guitars
Toa Ster - Bass
Dan Low - Drums

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

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Dreamtime "Strange Pleasures"


Country: Australia
Genre(s): Psychedelic
Label: Sky Lantern Records (USA), Cardinal Fuzz (EU/UK), Tym guitars (AUS)
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: December 2, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. Luminous Knight (7:16)
2. Golden Altar (8:29)
3. River Sprites (5:33)
4. Fire (8:52)
5. Ascension (6:22)
6. The Sentient (7:52)
7. Strange Pleasures (7:59)
8. Celestial Spores (2:56)
9. Spectral Entropy (11:22)
10. Gamma Globulin (4:06)
11. Serpent's Tongue (6:07)

Total time 76:54

Line-up: 
Zac Anderson - Guitar, Lead Vocals
Cat Maddin - Bass, Lead Vocals, Theremin
Tara Wardrop - Drums Percussion, Vocals
Fergus Smith - Synth, Guiar, Shahi Baaja, Vocals

Description/Reviews: 
For the development of their latest opus, Dreamtime went about creating an imaginary, dream-like sci-fi fantasy film that follows a spirit's journey from the human body through death, mystic rituals, the spirit world, a soul's liberation into the cosmos, multiple reincarnations, and out into astral journeys and alien encounters. It's a vivid exploration of euphoric fantasy and paranoid nightmares that is sure to stand as one of the most ambitiously creative projects the international psychedelic-rock scene has seen in many a moon. For intrepid psychonauts wishing to hitch a ride, Dreamtime hits all of the sweetest aural spots: heavy tribal grooves on the opening track “Luminous Night”, laid back folk-rock trad on “River Spites”, propulsive, full-on fuzztone during “The Sentient,” and the celestial lysergia that is the album's epic title track, all interwoven together with kosmische analogue synth swirls and space oscillations.
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Tálesien "Tálesien"


Country: Spain
Genre(s): Progressive Power Metal
Label: Suspiria Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 2, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. Noa (2:00)
2. Lazarus (5:30)
3. A-Legato (4:41)
4. Sexta Extincion (6:23)
5. Neftali (6:14)
6. Incomprension (5:41)
7. Alma Encadenada (6:24)
8. Insomnio (5:53)
9. Apatrida (5:02)
10. Martires (6:20)
11. Sublime (3:59)

Total Time 58:07

Line-up: 
Javier Garcia - Vocals
Nano Vikendi - Guitars
J. Carlos Cotelo - Guitars
Sergio Perez - Bass
Inigo Uribe - Keyboards
Anxo Silveira - Drums

Description/Reviews: 
Musically, they’re more inspired by progressive metal synthesizer arrangements along with the power metal crooning, and complex yet rhythmic guitar parts, which lead all 11 cuts here, into uncharted territory. 
Read the full review by Sarjoo Devani at explicitlyintense.com

Media/Samples 
Insomnio

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Chronologist "Cartographer"


Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal
Format: digital
Release date: December 2 , 2016
Tracklist: 
1. A.W.H.I.T. (1:13)
2. Cake Batter (4:24)
3. Bazooka (4:38)
4. Key Chains (5:07)
5. San Juan (6:18)
6. Sky Garden (3:14)
7. Pioneer (3:44)
8. Guacaracha (3:46)
9. Cartographer (3:50)

Total Time 36:14

Line-up: 
Julian Gargiulo - Guitars
Nick Broomhall - Guitars
Nigel Li - Bass
Zach Sacco - Drums

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Virta "Hurmos"


Country: Finland
Genre(s): Instrumental Post Rock, Jazz
Label: Svart Records
Format: CD, vinyl
Release date: December 2, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. Aallot
2. About to Fly
3. Time Travel
4. Härmä
5. The Landing
6. Uni
7. On the Run​

Line-up: 
Antti Hevosmaa: trumpet, vocals, electronics
Heikki Selamo: guitar, vocals, electronics
Erik Fräki: drums, percussion, electronics

Description/Reviews: 
...an all-instrumental affair of seven electro-acoustic compositions ... merging the stark, melancholy nature of post-rock with the freewheeling experimentation of jazz. "About to Fly" kind of sums up this odd blending of styles perfectly... The arrangements aren't overly busy like typical jazz, but it's also not as bleak as you can usually expect from post-rock, but somewhere in between.
Read the full review by Pete Pardo at seaoftranquility.org

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About to Fly
Time Travel
On the Run

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Buddha Sentenza "Semaphora"


Country: Germany
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Label: World in Sound
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: December 1, 2016 (CD, digital), January 2016 (vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. Jet (6:48)
2. Greek Ancestry (6:55)
3. Kreen (10:08)
4. Laika (5:21)
5. Blood Rust (8:05)
6. The End Is Coming, We'll Take It From Here (10:55)

Total time 48:12

Line-up: 
Jesus Malverde: Drums & Percussion
B. B. Blacksheep: Guitar & Violin
Pontifex Maximus: Keys & Synths
Amnesio Bodega: Bass
Major Mayhem: Guitar

Description/Reviews: 
Buddha Sentenza offers us some 70's inspired instrumental heavy Prog with great organ, loads of guitars, bass and heavy drumming. Something like Uriah Heep, Deep Purple with a hint of Black Sabbath and early Pink Floyd.
Very well performed, this half dozen musical pieces, ranging from 5 to 11 minutes, easily kept me interested for the whole album and I'm not part of the primary audience for this kind of music.
Their first album is free to download from their website so I would certainly not hesitate in discovering this very good German band's music. (Marc at proggnosis.com)
Media/Samples 
Bandcamp (name your price)

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Thursday, December 1, 2016

Astrolabio "I Paralumi della Ragione"


Country: Italy
Genre(s): Symphonic
Label: Andromeda Relix
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 01, 2016 (CD), January 13, 2016 (digital)
Tracklist: 
1. Dormiveglia #1 (Black) (0:45)
2. Nuovo Evo (5:50)
3. Una Cosa (7:21)
4. Pubblico Impiego (6:37)
5. Arte(Fatto) (6:27)
6. Otto Oche Ottuse (2:40)
7. La Casa Di Davide (10:27)
8. Sui Muri (8:21)
9. Dormiveglia #2 (Bird) (1:51)

Total Time 50:19

Line-up: 
Michele Antonelli - voices, guitars, flute
Alessandro Pontone - drums
Massimo Babbi - keyboards
Paolo Iemmi - voices, bass

Media/Samples 
Trailer
Stream

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Pocket Size "Vemood: Cleaning The Mirror, Volume 1"


Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Format: CD, vinyl
Release date: December 1, 2016
Tracklist: 
  1. Vemood
  2. Voodoo Works
  3. Dancing With Dreams
  4. Shaving The Face Of The Earth
  5. Volk Und Kraut
  6. Quiet Future
  7. Freddies Exploration (CD only)
Line-up: 
Peter Pedersen – Guitar
Simon Svärd – Guitar
Leo Lindberg – Hammond B3 Organ 
Lars Ekman – Bass
Fredrik Björling – Drums
Fredrik Olsson  – Guitar
Kristian Brink – Saxophone and flute
Simon Svärd – Guitar solo

Media/Samples
Vemood

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Acqua Libera "Acqua Libera"


Country: Italy
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion
Format: CD
Release date: November 2016
Tracklist: 
1. Tempi Moderni (5:49)
2. Nautilus (6:26)
3. Alla Luce Della Luna (8:47)
4. Mr.Lou (5:34)
5. Marcina (6:38)
6. Sans Tambour Ni Musique (6:08)
7. Quo Vadis (6:33)
8. Prog Mood (5:56)

Total Time 51:51

Line-up: 
Joathan Caradonna - keyboards
Fabio Bizzarri - guitars
Franco Caroni - bass
Marco Tosi - drums, percussions

Description/Reviews: 
ACQUA LIBERA is indeed vivid testimony and review of exciting instrumental progressive-fusion sounds that were in the seventies of Level 7 (both tracks resumed: "The Light of the Moon" and "Prog Mood"), and in the eighties of Juice Quartet ("Mr. Lou "), but at the same time renewed, brilliant energy and inspiration highlighted by five new compositions.
Eight songs for more than 50 minutes styled with warm progressive sounds in jazz-rock tones, with the tradition of Perigeo and Arti e Mestieri behind, as well as the decisive source of inspiration, where all four musicians become protagonists in respect of a fine interplay .
Media/Samples 
3 tracks
Stream

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Metamorphosis "The Turning Point"


Country: Switzerland
Genre(s): Neo-Prog
Label: BlackRabbit Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 30, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. Can An Angel Bring Me Back From Death To Life (part1) (4:32)
2. The Turning Point (7:33)
3. Can An Angel Bring Me Back From Death To Life (part2) (8:01)
4. What Do I Do Now (8:58)
5. Hold The Time (4:36)
6. Zahra (8:27)
7. Nobody's No One (8:44)
8. Now It's Clear (0:56)

Total time 51:47

Line-up: 
Jean-Pierre Schenk: Vocals, additional keyboards
Gabrielle Maeder: Keyboards
Olivier Guenat: Guitars
Thierry Guillod: Bass
Alain Widmer: Drums

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

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