Moonsoon "East of Asteroid"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Apollon Records
Format: CD,digital,vinyl
Release date: May 2, 2025
Tracklist

1. Virtual Avenue (4:08) 

2. Rays Of Cosmic Embers (Part I) (2:49) 

3. Rays Of Cosmic Embers (Part II) (3:25) 

4. MP3 Crack Our Codes (Prologue) (1:26) 

5. Crack Our Codes (4:45) 

6. The Nasty Man (Prologue) (3:38) 

7. The Nasty Man (4:06) 

8. The Nasty Man (Epic-logue) (2:02) 

9. Ones And Zeroes (5:01) 

10. East Of Asteroid (Part I) (2:40) 

11. East Of Asteroid (Part II) (5:17) 

Total Time 39:17

Credits

Helge Nyheim - drums, vocals, composition

Daniel Hauge - composition, lyrics, mixing, mastering

    With

Ian Ritchie - saxophone

Kjetil Møster - saxophone

Bjarte Aasmul - guitar

Eric Campbell, Egil Hauge, Helge Haugland, Inge Rypdal, Kai Taule, Marie Moe, Bastian Veland, Ivar Kolve, and Sharon Gaynor.

Description/Reviews:

Moonsoon is a progressive rock odyssey that blends symphonic grandeur with dystopian themes and futuristic soundscapes. The album invites listeners on an immersive journey through vast, mysterious realms of sound, balancing introspective beauty with powerful, cinematic arrangements.

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Firmament "A New World If You Can Take It"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Metal
Format: digital 
Release date: May 2, 2025
Tracklist

1. Liquid Lush
2. Angels in Vermilion
3. Conduit
4. Lunar Caustic
5. Deadringer
6. Decomposure
7. High as in Low
8. A New World If You Can Take It: Autocult
9. Meltwater Pulse
10. After Me, The Flood
11. A Prohibition on Dreaming
12. Beneddictional
13. Eclipse
14. Cherub
15. Antimony
16. A Silence Made for Two
17. ??ζΩ?

Credits

Eric Carbenia – Vocals

Brandon Carbenia – Guitars, Production

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Alex Hunter (Present) – Vocals (12)

Kris Crummett – Mastering (1)

Jens Bogren – Mastering (2-17)

Description/Reviews:

A New World If You Can Take It blends modern metalcore, post-hardcore, and progressive rock with philosophical and spiritual themes. Lyrically, it draws from real-life mystical encounters, apocalyptic worldviews, and personal reckonings. From the crushing intensity of “After Me, The Flood” to the cryptographic experimentation of “Cherub,” the album is rich with symbolism, sonic depth, and intention. With tracks engineered and recorded over an 18-month period, the album incorporates ciphers, backmasking, and musical cryptograms, making it as much a cerebral experience as an emotional one. The album’s thematic backbone explores transformation through “Time and Alchemy,” set against the ghostly backdrop of the Rust Belt and surreal encounters with underground spiritual communities.

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Love Unfold The Sun "Explode Yourself"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Fusion, Hard Rock, Prog Folk
Label: Norumba Records - NUR2501
Format: CD,digital
Release date: May 2, 2025
Tracklist

1. The Bite That Feeds (6:27) 

2. Delirium (9:02) 

3. Explode Yourself, Then Convulse (7:08) 

4. Nightpath Prelude (2:07) 

5. Nightpath (6:33) 

6. Rising (8:21) 

7. Zapatos The Cat (6:59) 

8. Taksim, Makam Taos (Group Version) (7:09) 

9. Steppe Up (6:49) 

10. Saba (11:45) 

11. Taksim, Makam Taos (Group Version), Alternate Take (7:05) - Digital Bonus Track

Total Time 79:25

Credits

Mustafa Stefan Dill - guitars, oud

Dan Pearlman - cornet

Ross Hamlin – bass

Dave Wayne – drums

Recorded December 10-12, Frogville Studios, Santa Fe, NM

Recording and Mixing Engineer: Jason Reed

Mastering: Carl Saff, Saff Mastering

Photography: Lisa Jo Goldman

Cover art: Sasha Pyle, levl9design

Description/Reviews:

Searing, atmospheric and hypnotic, Love Unfold The Sun deftly summons free jazz, Middle Eastern and hard rock elements as the canvas for sparkling telepathic interplay and muscular grooves. 

“Explode Yourself” is a raucous, joyous celebration of exploding yourself with and for the love of life. "Explode Yourself" is the group's first studio release, offering new tracks as well as a more detailed, concise treatment of previous live material, while still maintaining their trademark spontaneity and sensitivity. 

The vibe is set right away with The Bite That Feeds, which encapsulates much of what Love Unfold The Sun does - hard rock, Middle Eastern elements, group interplay, dynamic shifts – all in one concise punch, taking no quarter right out of the gate and going from there. 

The album moves straight into Delirium, a hard blues-y feel with a Middle Eastern overlay and a bit of Sabbath–esque menace in the turnaround. A few tunes later we encounter the 2010 composition Rising, inspired by and dedicated to the many thousands creating the winds of change at the time known as the Arab Spring. 

The final track on Explode Yourself is Saba, a loose piece around the Saba Zamzam maqam. A slow and sexy, funky groove with a wide range of dynamics and spaces, the piece is often Love Unfold The Sun’s encore piece – and thus a natural way to close the journey of this veteran band’s long awaited debut studio album. 

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Brass Camel "Camel"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Rock
Format: digital
Release date: April 16, 2025
Tracklist

1. Zealot (11:09) 

2. Pick Of The Litter (4:09) 

3. Chain Reaction (4:29) 

4. On The Other Side (5:07) 

5. Borrowed Time (3:30) 

6. Another Day (11:56) 

Total Time 40:20

Credits

Daniel Sveinson - electric guitar/vocals

Curtis Arsenault - bass/vocals

Aubrey Ellefson - keyboards/vocals

Wyatt Gilson - drums and percussion

Dylan Lammie - electric guitar

Written, arranged and produced by Brass Camel

Co-produced, engineered and mixed by Ben Kaplan

Mastered by João Carvalho

Recorded at Hipposonic Studios and Camelot Studios

Mixed at Kaplan Krunch

Description/Reviews:

Brass Camel’s sophomore release, Camel, offers an ambitious and tightly executed 40-minute journey that blurs the lines between prog, funk, and classic rock. With just six tracks, the album leans into long-form storytelling and musical exploration without sacrificing groove or momentum.

Read the full review by Kevin Carmony at progradio.com 

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Neil Howell "The Way Out"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Eclectic Progressive Metal/Rock
Format: digital
Release date: March 28, 2025
Tracklist

1. Empty

2. The House is on Fire

3. Intruder

4. No Money in Philosophy

5. Option One – Denial

6. Pathfinder

7. Hope Only Goes So Far

8. Option Two – Despair

9. Fatherly Advice

10. Option Three – Acceptance

11. Logic Dictates

Credits

Neil Howell – Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Synths and Keys, Drum Programming 

   With

Lisa Mann – Lead Vocals (4)

Mad Scientist Dorn – Lead Guitar (7)

Alex Parkinson (Mothman and the Thunderbirds) – Lead and backing vocals (11) 

Egor Lappo – Lead guitar (11)  

Angela and Clara – Backing vocals (11)  

All songs written by Neil Howell

Description/Reviews:

Striking a fine line between mayhem and beauty, The Way Out showcases Howell’s unique brand of progressive metal. From the blistering guitar attack on tracks such as The House is On Fire and Intruder, to the more poignant Pathfinder and Option Three (Acceptance), the album is never far away from its many twists and turns. Highlights include the genre-bending No Money in Philosophy, the aching serenity and crushing devastation of Hope Only Goes So Far, and the final epic track, Logic Dictates.

Sure to please adventurous listeners and fans of Opeth, Devin Townsend, and Porcupine Tree, The Way Out is not an album to be missed. Howells’ latest offering is designed to dazzle, astound, and perhaps, even help.

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Derev "Troubled Mind"

Country: Canada 
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 26, 2025
Tracklist

1. Buried Voice (7:23)

2. Cyclone (5:39)

3. Crawl Space (1:16)

4. Room 9 (6:15)

5. Paracusia (4:35)

6. Tides of Time (5:59)

7. Darker Self (5:44)

8. Trace Within (5:01)

Credits

Adel Saflou - Vocals

Armando Bablanian - Guitar

Michel Karakach - Drums

Stan Komarovsky - Bass

Ran Zehavi - Keys

Description/Reviews:

Derev is a progressive rock band captivating global audiences with its innovative blend of progressive rock and traditional Middle Eastern music. The forthcoming album "Troubled Mind" promises to take listeners on an emotional journey, featuring both energetic highs and poignant lows. It is recommended for fans of Opeth, Dream Theater, and Porcupine Tree.

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Room 9
Cyclone

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Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate "The Uncertainty Principle"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 4, 2025 (digital), April 12, 2025 (CD)
Tracklist

1. Certainty

2. Everything Changed

3. The Ultraviolet Catastrophe

4. Copenhagen

5. Cause and Effect (But Not Necessarily in that Order)

6. The Uncertainty Principle

7. Inside the Atom

8. The Think Tank

9. One Word that Means The World (Arkhipov)

10. Between Two Worlds

11. Living with Uncertainty

Credits

Malcolm Galloway - lyrics, lead guitar, synths, mastering

Mark Gatland - bass guitar, vocal engineer, additional guitars and synths, co-producer

   With

Kathryn Thomas - flute (6)

Ethan Galloway - vocals (11)

Music written by Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland

Produced by Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland (1-5,7-9, 11) and Malcolm Galloway, Mark Gatland and Kathryn Thomas (6,10)

Booklet notes by Malcolm Galloway

Artwork by Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland, using Nightcafe and DALLE-3 (AI art), photography and Photoshop.

Description/Reviews:

The album is a mixture of vocal and instrumental tracks, combining elements of progressive/alt/art-rock, electronic, and contemporary classical music. 

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Copenhagen

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Chercán "Chercán"

Country: Chile
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Fusion
Format: digital
Release date: March 4, 2025
Tracklist

1. La Culpa (6:51) 

2. Caen Las Hojas Blancas (5:46) 

3. Kalimba (4:54) 

4. Desolación (En) (1:10) 

5. Tiempos Paralelos (5:13) 

6. Las Mentiras Del Muro (5:14) 

7. Relato De Una Obsesión. Parte I: Quimera (6:50) 

8. Relato De Una Obsesión. Parte II: El Orate (6:04) 

9. 7 Colores (4:19) 

Total Time 46:21

Credits

Martín Peña - Voices, guitar (9)

Simón Catalán - Bass

Roberto Faúndez - Electric and acoustic guitar

Matías Bahamondes - Saxophone

Rodrigo González Mera (La Desooorden, Homínido) - Drums and percussion

    With

Benjamín Ruz - String arrangements, violins

Javiera González - Viola

Ariadna Kordovero - Cello

Drums, Guitars, Vocals-recorded at Estudio LeRock (Santiago) by José Tomás Molina

Saxophone-recorded by Pueblo Obsoleto, Valdivia

Bass-recorded by Simón Catalán, Valdivia

String Quartet-recorded by Benjamín Ruz and Eduardo Padilla at "Estudios ZUR", Santiago

Percussions-recorded by Rodrigo González Mera at Estudio “El Pequén”, Valdivia

Mixing: Jorge Fortune at Telúrica Estudio, Coyhaique

Mastering: Carlos Barros (Kalimba, The Lies of the Wall, Parallel Times, 7 Colors) / Jorge Fortune (The Guilt, Chimera, Orate, White Leaves Fall)

Cover: Paulina Rosso

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Artnat "Two"

Country: Portugal
Genre(s): Progressive Rock 

Format: CD, digital

Release date: March 1, 2025
Tracklist

CD 1: Alternative lifes

1. Temporarely sane

2. Stranger in a strange land

3. Return to Tantra

4. To be free

5. The cristal man

6. Wondering

7. Walls of sorrow

8. Underdogs

9. Under a bad sign

10. Warlord

11. Ritualis of Extinction

CD 2: Parallel Universes

12. MechVerse

13. Just another cool world

14. Andromeda joy

15. Frozen

16. Newborn

17. Kakuan revisited

18. KEPLER 442 B

19. Shapeless 2

20. Wormhole crossing

Credits

Manuel Cardoso (Tantra) - electric & acoustic guitars, vocals, harmonica, occasional electric bass and keyboards

Sara Freitas - vocals

Paulo Bretão - electric bass

João Samora - drums & percussion

João Parriera - keyboards

   With

Pedro Luis (Tantra) - acoustic piano (2, 17)

Emilio Robalo - piano & synth (1, 13, 14, 15, 18)

Alexei Tolpygo - acoustic violins

Mick Trovoada - congas

Production, mixing, mastering and cover art by Manuel Cardoso

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Nuova Era "20.000 leghe sotto i mari"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Symphonic
Label: AMS
Format: CD, digital,vinyl
Release date: February 28, 2025
Tracklist

1. 20.000 leghe sotto i mari (36:25)

a) La partenza
b) La caccia
c) Smarrimento
d) Capitan Nemo
e) Il Signore delle acque
f) Mondi misteriosi
g) Nel profondo
h) Prigionieri dell’abisso

2. Nautilus (16:05) - CD bonus track

Credits
Walter Pini: keyboards
Rudi Greco: electric bass
Maurizio Marra: drums
Alex Camaiti: vocals, guitars

Description/Reviews:

“20.000 Leghe sotto i Mari” (Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas), in fact, openly inspired by Jules Verne’s literary masterpiece, consists of a single suite of almost 40 minutes in length – divided into two acts in the LP version – that constitutes a sort of summary of everything that Italian progressive rock has always represented: a musical genre often used to describe the complexity and variety of the human soul, thanks to continuous and unpredictable harmonic, rhythmic and melodic changes, all intimately linked by a single thread. Apart from some electric guitar and keyboard sections that clearly sound modern and fresh, “20.000 Leghe sotto i Mari” could well be mistaken for one of the great symphonic prog albums released in the early 70s!

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