Arcing Wires "Prime"

Country: Australia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Jazz Rock/Metal, Fusion
Label: Art As Catharsis
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 6, 2020
Tracklist

1. The Lizard (5:37) 

2. Catacaustic (5:43) 

3. Blue Steel (6:45) 

4. Arc9 (6:50) 

5. Eniargim (5:17) 

6. Merits (2:01) 

7. Serotonin (7:22) 

8. Bobbin Head (5:05) 

Total Time 44:40

Line-up

Nick Henderson – Electric Bass, Synths, Piano

Yutaro Okuda – Electric Guitars, Electric Baritone Guitar

Felix Lalanne – Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitar

Alex Hirlian – Drums, SPDX

Nish Manjunath – Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, FX, Synths, Piano

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Steph Russell – Vocal (2)

Matt Thomson – Keyboards, Synths (8)

Description/Reviews:

Adding a saxophone to the standard rock line-up of two guitars, drums and bass is of course nothing new. German legends of Panzerballett come to mind immediately and the comparison isn’t too far fetched if you listen to the opening triple of the singles ‘The Lizard’, ‘Catacaustic’ and ‘Blue Steel’. However, towards the end of ‘Blue Steel’, the five Aussies seem to free themselves of these all too obvious similarities and find more of a ‘voice’ that is entirely their own,  albeit almost entirely an instrumental one. 

Read the full review by Dario at theprogspace.com

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Kaleidoreal "Love's Bright Light"

Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: digital 
Release date: November 5, 2020
Tracklist

1. The One (3:59)

2. The Girl Who Stopped the World (7:50)

3. Other Side of Me (6:20)

4. Oh Son (9:58)

5. Pinnacle (8:51)

6. Words Are but Words (4:50)

7. Love's Bright Light (13:36)

Total Time 55:24

Line-up
Lars Granat - Vocals, Instruments

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Samsara Blues Experiment "End Of Forever"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Stoner
Label: Electric Magic
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 5, 2020
Tracklist

1. Second Birth (10:58)

2. Massive Passive (6:00)

3. Southern Sunset (6:46)

4. Lovage Leaves (4:17) 

5. End of Forever (7:55)

6. Orchid Annie (8:24)

7. Jumbo Mumbo Jumbo (6:47) 

Total Time 51:07

Line-up
Christian Peters - vocals, guitars, keyboards

Thomas Vedder - drums & percussion

Hans Eiselt - bass & backing vocals

Description/Reviews:

End Of Forever opens up with ‘Second Birth.’ In some ways, it might be an extension from One With The Universe(?). This is a progressive power piece. The first five minutes takes off with a groove led by Hans Eiselt’s bass, accompanied with drummer Thomas Vedder, and Christian Peters tripping out the scene with analyzed synth and keys. It’s not until about midway through, when Mr. Peters plays and works in his signature guitar sound. ‘Second Birth’ is about as an addictive melodic groove anywhere on this album. I personally have a hard time getting enough of it …and this is how SBE open the gates of End Of Forever. ‘Massive Passive’ is a playful psych-prog beauty. It begins with an acoustic guitar, eventually moving into classic retro SBE style.

Read the full review at morefuzz.net

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Fife Augury "The Shape of a Tree"

Country: France
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: November 2, 2020
Tracklist

1. Escaping Light (8:27)

2. What I Should Be (5:20)

3. Wave (5:04)

4. Plurality (2:10)

5. Singularity (11:14)

6. Speed Of Asia (5:29)

7. When Owls Fall (6:02)

8. Shape Of A Tree (12:03)

Total Time: 55:49

Line-up

Paul Roman

William Moustrou

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Astrolabe "Death: An Ode to Life"

Country: Multinational
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: November 1, 2020 (digital)
Tracklist

1. Invisible (7:39) 

2. Loner (6:07) 

3. Phantom (4:46) 

4. Lie (4:44) 

5. Topography Of Sadness (6:30) 

6. The Cosmic Joke (5:03) 

7. Through The Walls (5:41) 

8. Death: An Ode To Life (6:44) 

9. Coda (5:09) 

Total Time 52:23

Line-up

Victor Osorio Jule: Guitars, Vocals, Synths, Orchestration

Jim Lopez: Bass

Marco Minnemann: Drums

Jorge Lara: Synth, Keys

Daniel Valladares: Orchestration

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The Landscape Garden "Gild the Lily"

Country: Russia 
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: November 1, 2020
Tracklist

1. Grain Of Sand (9:08) 

2. Flat Earth (7:26) 

3. The River (7:25) 

4. Ghost Surfer (7:40) 

5. Mentally Clean (2:54) 

6. A Wolf At The Door (5:41) 

7. Я Вижу Сны / I See Dreams (7:14) 

Total Time 47:28

Line-up

Aleksei Kurokhtin - vocals, guitar

Aleksei Plotnikov - guitar, backing vocal

Mikhail Bykovskiy - bass

Pavel Matokhin - drums

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Lorenzo Feliciati, Niels Voskuil, Richard Hallebeek "Bumerang"

Country: Netherlands/Italy
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 1, 2020 (CD)
Tracklist
1) Friday At Last!
2) Sunset Sky
3) Bumerang
4) Before Dawn
5) Herbs
6) Turning Points
7) Law Of Force
8) Moonphases

Line-up
Richard Hallebeek (Lalle Larsson) – Guitar
Lorenzo Feliciati (Naked Truth) – Bass
Niels Voskuil – Drums

Description/Reviews:

With this new trio, we hear mostly a compositional development in Hallebeek's already impressive and extensive oeuvre. The superb composed and constructed pieces flow very naturally and the fact that the trio recorded actually together in the studio, instead of separated at different locations, contributes to that, for sure. A more than worthy release that keeps on setting the bar high in progressive jazz music, in which technical skill and attractive composition are blending perfectly.

Read the full review by Robin Boer at progjazz.nl

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Temple of Switches "The Wings of Mind"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: November 1, 2020
Tracklist

1. Melba (5:48) 

2. Pondering (6:01) 

3. Freon Suitcase (4:18) 

4. Living On The Edge (3:10) 

5. Don't Cry To Me (4:24) 

6. Curtains (3:00) 

7. Back Seat (5:36) 

8. Crusader (4:47) 

9. One For All (4:13) 

Total Time 41:17

Line-up

Tenk Van Dool: Guitar, keyboards, vocals (1, 6, 9), bass (2, 3, 7, 9) piano & synthesizer (2, 9), drums (3, 7, 9)

Dale Wiser: Bass (1, 4-6, 8), vocals (4)

David White: Drums (1, 4-6, 8), slap sticks on the kitchen table (1)

Kevin McConnell: Piano (2, 9), synthesizer (2), vocals (2, 9)

Gaetano Nicolosi: Drums (2)

Jim Chavez: Vocals (5, 8)

Clara Hembree: Vocals (7)

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UBIKS "Ciudad Sumergida"

Country: Chile
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Krautrock
Label: Mylodon Records - MyloCD119
Format: digital
Release date: October 31, 2020
Tracklist

1. Vórtice 1 (3:44) 

2. Ciudad Sumergida (8:10) 

3. Sunrise Highway (3:31) 

4. Vórtice 2 (5:19) 

5. Tangerine (5:24) 

6. Acuaphonia (2:21) 

7. Niebla (3:46) 

8. Deja Vu (4:33) 

9. Aeropuertos (8:03) 

Total Time 44:51

Line-up

Reinhardt Schulz: Guitars

Mario Del Castillo: Keyboards, drums programming, various sounds and atmospheres, electronic voice (3, 7), synthesizers & loops (6), additional guitar (7)

Pedro Puentes: Drums (1, 5)

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Riven Earth "Space of Time"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Neo-Prog, AOR
Format: CD, digital
Release date: October 31, 2020
Tracklist

1. Empty Street (4:50) 

2. Whatever (5:54) 

3. Time's Running Out (7:30) 

4. Upside Down (6:52) 

5. Small Town (6:47) 

6. A New Day (4:28) 

7. His Voice (5:30) 

8. Do You Know (5:30) 

9. Space Of Time (In 1969) (17:13) 

Total Time 64:34

Line-up
Wolfgang Beckers - Keyboards
Günter Schlünkes - Guitars, Bass
Uli Krücken - Vocals

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