Tristema “Dove Tutto è Possibile”

Country: Italy
Sub Genre: Prog-pop
Release date: June 30, 2012
Tracklist: 
1 Dove tutto è possibile 3:54
2 L'impercorribile 3:54
3 L'assenza (Roses and Thorns) [feat. Daniel Gildenlöw] 3:32
4 Nel silenzio 3:51
5 Maryland 3:13
6 La penisola che non c'è (feat. Fuossera) 3:10
7 Vortice 3:19
8 L'eclissi (feat. P. Salurso, F. Citera, R. Basile & M. Bruno) 3:07
9 Constanze 3:49
10 Gli spazi della mente 3:28
11 Immagini riflesse 3:17
12 L'istante 3:16

Line-up: 
Candido Di Sevo - Vocals, Bass
Alessandro Galdieri - Guitars, Vocals
Romolo D'Amaro - Guitars
Dario Bruno - Drums
   With
Daniel Gildenlöw (ex-Pain of Salvation): vocals on track 3

Fuossera:  on track 6
P. Salurso:  on track 8
F. Citera:  on track 8
R. Basile:  on track 8
M. Bruno:  on track 8

Description/Reviews: 

One of the qualities in any band that I find extremely important in terms of being able to enjoy their material is the vocalist. I’m not the kind of person that needs to hear a singer with a strong range or a particular style of delivery, but he or she needs to be in tune with the main melody and opting for a harmonic based rather than emotional based delivery. And Tristema has such a singer indeed. He’s got a pretty good range as far as I can tell, which is a bonus for me personally, but the important parts are there in purebred manner: Always in perfect tune and pitch with the melody, always with the perfect choice for when and how to utilize a more intense delivery, always opting for the best possible use of his voice as far as I can tell. The kind of singer whose contributions in themselves is able to lift and elevate a musical experience.

As for the music itself, this band is something of a revelation for me also in this department. Short, catchy tunes of the kind that begs for radio play, tight, energetic and generally uplifting in nature. But made with that sly touch of sophistication that makes a progressive rock reviewer like myself really take notice of what’s going on. These guys are fond of blending subtly contrasting passages, gentle verse parts followed by harder edged intermissions or chorus passages. The latter by and large always of the singalong variety, sporting compact, melodic riff constructions of the kind that will get this band a fair few descriptions containing the words indie and alternative I guess. But there’s a bit more going on here too.

 Read the full review by Olav Martin Bjørnsen at houseofprog.com

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Acidente "Ainda"

Country: Brazil
Sub Genre: Symphonic
Release date: June 6, 2012
Tracklist: 

1. 6/6/11 (Six, Six, Eleven) - 4:41
2. Navidalouca - 4:04
3. Trilhos, Dormentes e Homens - 5:43
4. 1987 - 3:54
5. Elsewhere - 9:36
6. A Nova Onda - 3:37
7. Let's Play - 4:04
8. Só Eu Sei - 3:27
9. 7 Quedas - 3:32
10. Gravidada - 5:21
11. O Tronco - 3:26
12. Ruas Torturantes - 4:03
13. Mala de Influência - 6:07
14. Resistant - 1:07
15. Trevas - 5:50
16. Venham Cá - 3:20
17. The End - 1:01

Line-up: 
Zunga Ezzaet - guitars, bass (except 12), drum programming, keyboards (1, 4, 13, 17), lead vocals (3, 9), backing vocals and keyboards
Paulo Malária - keyboards, lead vocals (5, 8, 11, 16), backing vocals
Hélio 'Scubi' Jenné -  lead vocals (2, 6, 8, 12) and backing vocals
With:
Raul Branco:  bass (12)

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KingBathmat "Truth Button"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Psychedelic, Progressive Metal
Label: Stereohead Records
Release date: June 6, 2012 (UK), January 21, 2013 (worldwide)
Tracklist: 
1. Behind The Wall 9:15
2. Abintra               8:37
3. Book Of Faces  7:06
4. The End Of Evolution  9:00
5. Dives And Pauper       5:56
6. Coming To Terms With Mortality in the face of Insurmountable Odds 10:30

Digital release includes bonus tracks
7. Slipstream
8. Lines and Dots
9. Dives and Paupe

Line-up: 
-John Bassett / bass,vocals
-Lee Sulsh / guitar
-Bernie Smirnoff / drums

Description/Reviews: 

While exhibiting a diverse array of influences, the end result is nevertheless very coherent and effective. For example, the first song “Behind the Wall” begins with a classic heavy metal style riff, which suddenly transitions into a dreamy arrangement of spacey guitars and delicate synths, yet the transition doesn’t feel jarring. Each change is perfectly accentuated by the drums, and the bass alternates between grooving through dreamy guitar-keyboard psychedelia and doubling the guitar parts with heavy forcefulness. This excellent instrumental cake is then iced with rich vocal layers, often with a catchiness that any pop artist would envy.

Read the whole review by Kyler Stoneman at progulator.com

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The Aaron Clift Experiment "Lonely Hills"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Symphonic, Hard Rock
Release date:  June 1, 2012
Tracklist: 
1)  Seven (3:23)
2)  Arsonist Games (3:21)
3)  Lonely Hills (3:52)
4)  My Andalusian Love (4:46)
The Castaway Saga:
5)  Part 1: Shipwrecked (6:35)
6)  Part 2:  The Shell (6:24)
7)  Part 3: I.  Low Tide (2:54)
8)  Part 3: II. Staring at Fruit Out of Reach (9:38)
9)  Part 3: III. High Tide (3:25)
10) Part 4: Eye of the Storm (6:16)

Line-up: 
Aaron Clift: vocals, keyboards
Jim Ragland: guitar
Joe Green: bass
Joe Resnick: drums
With
Leila Henley: flute on “Eye of the Storm”
Kevin Butler: shaking and rolling
Matt Noveskey: knee slapping and clapping

Description/Reviews: 

Think of bands such as Styx, Kansas, Genesis, Pink Floyd and not forgetting Jethro Tull (the band and not the man who invented the seed drill) and The Moody Blues, and then throw in a chunk of experimentation (no pun intended) and you get a sound that encompasses symphonic prog rock, hard rock, classic rock and also a little AOR. Not what you would refer to as “classic” prog rock but the music on Lonely Hills is certainly nearer that genre than some recent releases.

 Read the full review by Jim Lawson at muzikreviews.com

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La Desooorden "El Andarín"

Country: Chile
Sub Genre: Jazz-Rock/Fusion
Release date: May 20, 2012
Tracklist: 
1. Clave Anfibia (1:07)
2. Campante Andarín (3:00)
3. Viento De La Llanura (0:15)
4. Puerto Allende La Pampa (5:28)
5. Las Alturas Reflejan Los Aires (5:55)
6. Sueños De Carnaval (3:57)
7. Iniciación En La Selva (1:42)
8. Ayahuasca (3:23)
9. Sombras Y Fuego (0:22)
10. El Rescate De Mí Mismo (3:50)
11. Las Armas Y Las Guaguas (5:53)
12. Llegando A Los Llanos (2:31)
13. Escape De La Favela (5:54)
14. Preámbulo De Lluvias (2:41)
15. El Perro Que Me Guía Alegre (7:15)
16. Mi Jardín Interno (3:19)

Line-up: 
- Alfonso Banda Mayor / electric & e-bow guitars
- Fernando Altamirano Barria / vocals
- Francisco Martín Subercaseaux / bass, trompe, didgeridoo, berimbau
- Henry Vélix Matus / trumpet arrangements
- Karsten Contreras Kusch / vocals, pifilka, caxixi, claves, cowbell, waterstick, matraca, samba whistle, didgeridoo, zampoña, flute
- Peter Pfeiffer Jakob / tenor, baritone & soprano saxophones, quena
- Rodrigo González Mera / drums, percussion

Collaborators:
- Benjamín Ruz / violin
- Cristopher Hernández / trumpet
- Alejandra Zolezzi / backing vocals (13)
- Francisca Martín / moaning chant (11)
- Josefina Banda / moaning chant (11)

Description/Reviews: 

From Chile comes another long time great progressive band that has announced this will be their last recording as a band... The music on this CD is exotic, varietal, jazzy, vibrant, intelligent, and powerful... I love the equal spoonfuls of avant garde, jazz fusion, ethnic, native, and rock that they stir the pot with... HIGHLY RECOMMENDED and I dream of this band deciding to get back together.

Read the whole review at prognaut.com 

Also read review at dprp.net

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Emisferi Paralleli "Il Giardino delle Delizie"

Country: Italy
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal
Release date: May 18, 2012
Tracklist: 

1. Il terzo giorno 3:05 
2. Metastabilità 5:09 
3. La creazione di Eva 9:45 
4. Dialoghi a tre voci 2:23 
5. La Danza della Lussuria 6:40 
6. Fragile Sfera 2:36 
7. La legge del contrappasso 6:27 
8. Inferno Musicale 7:49 
9. Congiunzione Astrale 4:52 
10. Congiunzione Astrale (strumentale) 4:56

Line-up: 
Andrea Benedetti: Voice
Alessandro Esposito: Voice, keyboards, oboe
Fabrizio Felici: Guitar
Luca Arcangeli Conti: Bass
Alessio Silvioli: Drums

Description/Reviews: 

Their songs show influences from seventies Italian Rock progressive sound (PFM, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Biglietto per l'Inferno, Osanna) and more recent progressive metal/symphonic sonority (Symphony X, Dream Theater, Angra).
Emisferi Paralleli's project is also linked to the progressive rock experience by the research that they are carrying-out in order to join together different arts: music, painting and literature as universal ways of human expression. Rock and art are melted together in their first concept album in which the five musicians paint, through notes and rhytm, emotions and sensation inspired by the famous paint "Garden delights" of the Flemish painter Hieronymus Bosch (dated 1503-1504). Their musical and visual trip will drive you within the different sections of this fabulous paint.

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W.O.F "Search the Truth"

Country: Switzerland
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock, AOR
Label: Galileo Records (GR031)
Release date: May 16, 2012
Tracklist: 
1. Beginning of the end
2. World of freedom
3. I've woken up at last
4. Nothingness
5. Search the truth
6. Just a dream
7. Moment of doubt
8. Like a shadow
9. I shall never understand
10. Aria
11. Concerto pour hautbois (fa mineur)

Line-up: 
Olivier Guenat (ex-Metamorphosis) - Vocals and lead guitar
Steve Rumo - Keyboards and piano
Frederic Charmillot - drums
Thierry Guillod - bass
Dany Martin - Ryhm guitar

Description/Reviews: 

Hailing from Switzerland, W.O.F. which is short for World Of Freedom, is the brainchild of Olivier Guenat... Musically W.O.F. mix a lot of styles; from classical music to progressive rock and from French chansons to pop music, but always with the emphasis on the guitar ...  Some parts are heavy and bombastic with a gothic edge; others are much lighter and more concentrated on the guitar and some are classical...

Read the whole review at backgroundmagazine.nl 

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Adeia "Hourglass"

Country: Netherlands
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal, Experimental, Avant Prog, Classical
Release date: May 9, 2012 (digital),  June 3, 2013 (CD, Layered Reality Productions)
Tracklist: 
1. Cordyceps
2. Providence
3. Hourglass
4. Filling the Void
5. Inheritance

Line-up: 
Laura ten Voorde - Violin, Vocals,
Ruben van Kruistum - Cello,
Franc Timmerman - Lead vocals, Grunts and Growls,
Wabe Wieringa - Guitar,
Christiaan Bruin - Drums,
Dennis Burgemeester - Bass,
Laurens Hoppe - Keys

Description/Reviews: 

First conceived by classical violinist Laura ten Voorde when straight-up classical music was not doing it for her, Adeia melds elements of classical music with progressive metal. You have got to love a band that sandwiches Opeth in between Rachmaninoff and Simon & Garfunkel in their influences list.
A line from their own bio says it best: “They created a sound comprised of classical melodies, progressive rock elements and a nice dose of heavy grunts, growls and guitars.” The first few minutes of “Cordyceps” had me wondering how this album had made its way to me; it was all violin and piano and clean, light vocals. Then at about 2:14 everything changed. Suddenly the guitars started getting heavier and the vocals were much more rock-oriented. Ok, now we were getting somewhere. By 3:23 the vocals went harsh and I became very interested.
It seriously sounds like they took some classical music, some Pink Floyd and some Opeth and threw it in a blender. I suppose given the current state of Opeth this does not sound like an unusual thing, but these are three very distinct sounds that are all cohabitating in the same space at the same time, as opposed to evolving over a span of years like the Opeth sound. Mixing all these elements is not a new concept in metal music, but somehow Adeia manage to make it seem unique. (George Washburn at metaldisciple.com)

Also read review at soundoftheunderworld.blogspot.co.uk

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La Finca de Laurento "Fuerza"

Country: Argentina
Sub Genre: Jazz-Rock/Fusion
Release date: May 3, 2012
Tracklist: 

1. Intro
2. Lejos
3. Aljibe
4. Urbe 
5. Libélulas 
6. Naranjas de Ciudad
7. Ritual
8. Súcubo 
9. Programa Mundo
10. Trabajo Duro 
11. Cerca

Line-up: 
- Juan Ignacio Clavell - keyboards, piano, synthesizer, vocals
- Facundo Rodriguez Sabia - vocals, flute
- Martin Lapidus - electric guitar, vocals
- Fede Isasti - drums
- Hernan Cassibba - bass

Description/Reviews: 

Fuerza is the second album by this quintet of notable musicians who perform music influenced by Gentle Giant, Focus, PFM and King Crimson, with addition of elements from such genres as tango, folklore and even hip-hop. This boldness makes Fuerza a work worth of paying attention to, in which meticulous work arrangements and instrumental combination of keyboards, guitar, bass, drums and flute gets powerful and lyrical moments. 

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2112 "El Maravilloso Circo De Los Hermanos Lombardi"

Country: Argentina
Sub Genre: Hard Rock, Progressive Metal
Label: Bola Loma Records
Release date: May 1, 2012
Tracklist: 
1. Los Hermanos Lombardi (7:43)
2. Doble Tiempo Alternado (4:02)
3. Marea Sepia (4:37)
4. Capitán Beatty (3:56)
5. Mi Río (3:07)
6. Mi Desierto (3:48)
7. El Montañes (4:40)
8. Ingeniero Marconi (4:14)
9. Caída Atmosférica (4:20)
10. Canción Del Espacio Para Cantar Con Amigos (7:21)
11. La Amenaza De La Estrellita Negra (4:06)
12. Christine Watkins (4:55)

Line-up: 
Sergio Moscatelli / drums
Juan Tambussi / guitars
Gabriel Costa / bass & backing vocals
Germán Ivaldi / lead vocals

Description/Reviews: 

The band name gives more than one hint that the band is influenced by Rush. Not by the album of the same name, though. We are talking progressive hard rock and that Rush anno their two first albums. The Spanish & far better vocals than Geddy Lee's vocals kind of mask the similarities. The rest of the band is very tight and powerful. 2112 consists of bass, guitars and drums. No synths. Just a lot of clever use of power in the songs. The guitar riffs is very clever though and in the Alex Lifeson vein. This and the drums most of all brings Rush into the picture. The sound too is great.

Read the whole review at thesoundoffightingcats.blogspot.com

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