Diapasyn "Repercussions"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal/Rock
Release date: December 13, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. Question 03:00
2. Summer 05:27
3. Torpedo 09:05
4. Father 05:09
5. Goodboy 08:17
6. Sidereal 06:14

Line-up: 
Aaron Wynne
Josh Hayse
Leigh Leavitt
Lee Ross
Nate Ross

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Frank Baker "Noctilucent"

Country: Germany
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock, Ambient
Release date: December 13, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. Opening - 01:38
2. Fingerprints - 05:40
3. Little Sacred Birman - 03:44
4. The Court Of The Hunter - 06:41
5. Paleness - 05:23
6. In The Snow - 05:24
7. Noctilucent Clouds - 03:56
8. A Lull In The Wind - 03:29
9. Coloured Mountain Ranges - 04:47
10. The Avalanche (Pt.1) - 01:10

Line-up: 
Frank Baker - vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, pianos, percussion and drum programming

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Tabula Rasa "Tabula Rasa"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Space Rock
Release date: December 13, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. Dive In 04:47
2. The Calm Before... 03:02
3. ...The Storm 02:30
4. Concrete Calls 05:30
5. (they breathe) 00:32
6. India Ink 04:35
7. Elastic 05:25
8. (as the light goes) 00:28
9. Insight and Sound 06:43
10. Liberty City 02:34
11. Don't Look Down 05:21
12. (burnt and ready to fly) 00:23
13. Skinless 05:30
14. (earth in my bones) 00:38
15. Postscripts 05:44
16. Gliese 581g 04:58

Line-up: 
Mica Tenenbaum - Vocals, keyboards
Matthew Lewin - Guitar
Dylan McCue - Guitar
Mariano Sarrate - Bass
Nick Villamizar - Drums

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Bookakee "Whorrific"

Country: Canada
Sub Genre:  Tech/Extreme, Progressive Metal
Release date: December 13, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. Intro 00:23
2. A Night To Dismember 04:40
3. Whorrific 04:12
4. Return Of The Loving Dead 03:42
5. Perverted Monolith (Feat. Crook from Valfreya) 04:54
6. Bookakee Blast 06:20
7. Muerte Peluda 03:31
8. DBS 00:44
9. Insulated Room 04:50
10. Carcass Coffin 06:27
11. DK 05:13
12. Usurper 04:35
13. Invasion Of The Depraved 08:20
14. A.A.Acoustic 04:50

Line-up: 
Phil Langelier - Vocals
SP Gagnon - Lead Guitar
Mat Paré - Rythm Guitar
Jo David - Bass
JP Bouchard - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

Raunchy vocals over some of the weirdest yet grasping guitar playing I’ve heard since Rings of Saturn’s “Dingir”. It’s catchy yet highly technical and awe inspiring. Yet, within a split second the gang can turn it around and make a proggy/groove fuck fest. Spanning over many genres, this group can nail the heavy aspects as well as the smooth groove. What I admire the most from these guys is their awkward sound. From the writing down to the production, it doesn’t sound over produced and it sounds just right. In the mood for proggy technical death grind? I wasn’t either until I pushed play.
The album art, band name and album name just made me think this was going to be purely a cookie cutter slam band. Do not judge the music by it’s artwork though as they push the limits as to what is normal and what is even good. I’m still unsure what I heard but it’s definitely something I can wrap my head around. Enjoyable and exciting to listen to. (headbangorgtfo.com)

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Mice on Stilts “An Ocean Held Me”

Country: New Zealand
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Absolute Alternative Records
Release date: December 13, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. Syd's Socks 04:09
2. Binocular Bath 05:21
3. A Moss Ocean 05:37
4. Vulnerable Vader 05:56
5. Tuatara Lawn 12:36

Line-up: 
Sam Hennessy - Viola
Aaron Longville - Saxophone, Trumpet
Rob Sanders - Drums
Sam Nash - Bass
Nick Wright - Piano, Rhodes, Vocals
Joseph Jujnovich - Vocal, Effects
Ben Morley - Guitar, Vocals

Description/Reviews: 

... the band plays an eclectic form of progressive rock. They call it “cinematic doom folk”. Honestly, I don’t really get the “doom” part of it, though the music is rather melancholy or even eerie. However, the other two labels are perfect, especially “folk”, as it dominates in much of their sound. Their music also mixes in a decent amount of jazz, evident in the use of saxophone and trumpet. 

Read the full review by Jason Spencer at progulator.com

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Midnight Moodswings "The Surrogate Piano"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Ambient, Classical, Post Rock
Release date:  December 12, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. The Elated 03:57
2. Sleep, Tired 03:22
3. Only You Can Hurt 03:13
4. Indecent Mathematics 03:53
5. Interlude- Hell's teeth 02:03
6. The Revolting Abstract 02:51
7. Trapped in Recurrence 03:57
8. My Friend, The Surrogate 03:16
9. My Infernal Monologues 03:42
10. A Clockwork Must Tire 03:55
11. Interlude- The Patterns In Sleep 02:08
12. Stay Awake 03:44.
13. Only You Can Heal 04:52
14. Everything Worth Waiting For 03:17
15. Nocturnesque 05:25

Line-up: 
TBA

Description/Reviews: 

The album is full of minimalistic compositions, which come with a melody, alter that along the way to something different. Sometimes going to same places, since there is only one place and that is one’s heart. Minimalistic chord progressions are used to maximum effect. The band have been experimeting with this idea of minimalism for a while now, as we have heard similar ideas on older albums. And it sounds so natural now. It’s a symbol in their alphabet, it exists in their language.

Read the full review by at progandmoremusicreviews.blogspot.com

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Chris Audren "In True Mental Universe"

Country: France
Sub Genre: Instrumental, Electronica
Release date: December 12, 2013
Tracklist: 
1.DigAum 01:58
2.Aum 03:57
3.Bretwed 05:11
4.A Brand New Way 03:06
5.Back to the Bar 03:09
6.Baldy Building in Bushy Land 07:05
7.Ayana 04:33
8.Baktun 2012 05:21
9.Adwa 04:11
10.Andromeda part 2 06:37
11.Trelos 02:58
12.Contumace 06:35
13.Opening Gates 06:04
14.L'Esprit des Fées 04:44
15.SmallWorld 03:20
16.Return from Heaven 03:40
17.Spered Hollvedel 04:51
18.Parole Exquise 07:52
19.Towards the Sun 03:06
20.TransAge 05:12
21.Simotion 03:18
22.Ganesa 04:16
23.Absolud 01:05
24.Oiw 03:49

Line-up: 
Chris Audren

Description/Reviews: 

Very melodic kind of Electronic Prog Rock with the inevitable Celtic touch here & there.
Cover art-work by Ed Unitsky

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Distillerie di Malto "Suono!"

Country: Italy
Sub Genre: Symphonic
Label: Musea
Release date: December 12, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. Prefazione  - 0:33
2. Il guardiano - 3:31
3. Il suono seducente del sogno - 8:55
4. Nemesi - 7:43
5. Rovescia l'immaginazione e scopri la realità - 6:49
6. Il suono seducente del sogno, pt. 2 - 4:49
7. Lorca e Dali - 12:33
8. The Sun - 2:47

Line-up: 
Fabrizio Pellicciaro - vocals, guitars, flute
Marco Angelone - guitars
Fabiano Cudazzo - keyboards
Guiliano Torelli - bass

Alessio Balizzi - drums

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Beluga "Architecture of the Absurd"

Country: Spain
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock
Release date: December, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. Photosynthesis
2. Paris Ragtime
3. Trying to be a Court Clown
4. Under a Bad Cloud
5. Thylacine
6. Monologue
7. Sunny view For Douchebags

Line-up: 
Lorenzo Matellán - keyboards
Razl  (Raúl Huelvesis) - Guitar
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Marco Minnemann - Drums
Damian Erskine - Bass

Description/Reviews: 

Beluga is progressive rock, but from the seventies, full of analog synths, guitars all over the place, little voices, surreal themes, weird compasses and a lot of humor. 

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Rhythm Of Mars “Window of Destiny”

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Instrumental, Progressive Rock, New Age, Neo-Classical
Release date: December 11, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. Houdini (3:45) 
2. Love Spell (4:30)
3. Pleiadian (3:59)
4. Labyrinth (3:46)
5. Window of Destiny (5:01)
6. La Noche (3:37)
7. Masquerade (4:56)
8. Evolve (2:40)

Line-up: 
Patti Unruh – Keyboards
Aaron Straub – Guitars
  With
Todd Frost – Drums
David Bayles - Bass on "Labyrinth"
Mike Bailey - Drums on "Labyrinth", Percussion & Engineering on "Pleiadian"
Bryan Burkhart - Hand Drums & Engineering on "Masquerade"
Paul Humphreys - Drums on "Houdini"
John Burnett - Bass on "Houdini"
Chris Moore - Bass & Engineering on "Window Of Destiny"

Description/Reviews: 

Rhythm Of Mars is a Progressive Rock, New Age & Neo-Classical band hailing from Fayetteville (Arkansas, USA). Its third album - “Window of Destiny” - surprised me with some wonderful and melodic Progressive Music that is rare today, being very reminiscent of early days of Prog, when musicians searched for enchanting melodies and magical harmonies that could be combined in nice-sounding arrangements that would reach the listener’s soul and feelings. As I prepared this text, I spent pleasant moments at Rhythm Of Mars’ website, not willing to leave, listening to their wonderful music – and I advice everybody to do the same. For my (second) surprise, the photo that the band posted on their site showed a poster of “Opeth” hanging on the wall behind them! Well, if something can be said about Rhythm of Mars, is that their music is totally “anti-Opeth”: it is light, delicate, sensitive, diaphanous, moving, elevating, inspiring, and relaxing, without being soporiferous or pretentiously pompous. The guitar is the main solo instrument, being generally supported by a classical layer of keyboards (pianos and New Age-sounding synths, more discretely and elegantly played than bombastically), and some acoustic guitar passages and soft drumming. The bass is also soft, played by different bassists, always melodically. Two pieces are basically guitar-driven: the opening track “Houdini” (3:45) – which is also the album’s heaviest - comes with the strength of a mild Neo-Classical Rock blended with Space-Rock chords, all supported by joyful pianos that have the mood of the 50’s Rock; yet, the title track “Window of Destiny” (5:01) is a placid ballad on which Straub shows his emotional side when playing the instrument, alternating modern guitar-playing styles (like “Satriani”, “Bonamassa”) with old-school weeping-guitar style (“Moore”, “Beck”) – achieving magnificent results. A couple of tracks are more keyboard-oriented, having emphasis on Unruh’s pianos. Such are “Pleiadian” (3:59), that blends soft Symphonic-Prog classical piano and delicate New-Age flutes in Pastoral soundscapes immersed in Medieval choirs; and “La Noche” (3:37), a Chopin-inspired Nocturne accompanied by the organ. A number of pieces lean to the New-Age with World Music influence, and have arrangements that bring to mind names like “Yanni”, “Vollenweider”, “Paco de Lucia”, “Santana”, “Mike Oldfield”, and “Gordon Giltrap”. The eerie “Love Spell” (4:30) follows the Hindu trend, having psychedelic sounds, great progressive soaring bass, and soulful guitar solo; “Labyrinth” (3:46) is a musical maze that leaps from India to fall down into the joyful North-American Country & Folk, bringing frantic and lively acoustic guitars, violins, and Straub going wild on his final guitar solo; finally “Masquerade” (4:56) is mysterious and seductive, driven by Latin moods that unroll underneath a mattress of Spanish acoustic guitars (as a mix of “Paco de Lucia”, “Santana”, and “Gordon Giltrap”). The last track is “Evolve” (2:40) – which is beautiful and relaxing, being driven by the free-flowing dialogue between acoustic guitars and a soaring electric guitar. Rhythm Of Mars is really an amazing band to be discovered, for it teaches us a lesson about the universal and spiritual quality of Music: it does not need to be complex to be enjoyed, just beautiful and heart-touching. Rhythm Of Mars is highly recommendable for lovers of soft Progressive Rock blended with New-Age & World Music. (Marcelo Trotta at progressiverockbr.com)

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