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Saturday, July 19, 2014

Johnny Unicorn "Angels In the Oort Cloud"


Country: USA
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock/Pop
Release date: July 17, 2014
Tracklist: 
  1. Angels 16:42
  2. Creation 02:01
  3. LCD 02:32
  4. Nebraska 04:38
  5. Floaters 03:53
  6. Inertia 08:31
Line-up: 
Johnny Unicorn: vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, woodwinds, tuned percussion
Jason Campbell: drums
Ashley Miller: flute
Eric Padget: trumpet
Naomi Adele Smith: vocals, synth solo, social media consultant
Max Steiner: lead guitar

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Proggnosis

Bleak Flesh "Transcendence"


Country: Chile
Sub Genre: Progressive Technical Death Metal
Release date: July 19, 2014
Tracklist: 
  1. Baryogenesis 05:31
  2. Introspective Hypernova 04:54
  3. Individual Collapsar (Instrumental) 04:20
  4. Voyager 03:33
  5. Cryosphere 05:19
  6. The Quantum of Light 04:20
  7. Cosmic Landscape (Instrumental) 01:54
  8. Interstellar Medium 03:55
  9. Mindless Sea 05:14
  10. Antimatter Collector 03:38
  11. The Psycho Pulsar 04:16
  12. Transcendence (Instrumental) 05:08
Line-up: 
Paulo Cárcamo - Vocals
Matías Quiroz - Guitars
Nicolás Martínez - Guitars
Enrique Carvajal - Bassguitar
Sebastián Vidal - Drums

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Styptic "Noesis"


Country: Serbia
Sub Genre: Alternative Progressive Metal
Label: Miner Records (CD), Black Planet Records (digital)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: July 19, 2014 (digital)
Tracklist: 
  1. Someone Inside 03:37
  2. Picture Of A Sound 04:50
  3. Symmetry 04:23
  4. Clockwise 06:40
  5. Doesn't Feel Right 04:26
  6. Dyeing Life 04:57
  7. Wash 04:30
  8. Undermine 04:41
  9. TONe 06:20
  10. Killing Time 04:56
  11. Denial 04:58
Line-up: 
Ilija Medar - Vocals
Velibor Stanojević - Guitars
Bratislav Prolović - Guitars
Dalibor Minić - Bass Guitar
Bojan Miljković - Drums
Vladimir Popović - Keyboards, Synths and Samplers

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Friday, July 18, 2014

Auxford "Отражение"


Country: Russia
Sub Genre: Art Rock, Blues
Format: CD, digital
Release date: July 18, 2014
Tracklist: 
  1. Бубновая луна (Crimson moon) 06:38
  2. Фронт (Front) 04:24
  3. Выдающийся герой (Remarkable Hero) 04:09
  4. Oblivion 04:52
  5. Хайвей (Highway) 07:28
  6. Гольфстрим (Golfstream) 05:17
  7. Прогулка босиком (Barefoot walk) 05:37
  8. Вечерний рассвет (Evening sunrise) 04:06
Line-up: 
Vladislav Semenov- vocals, keyboards
Alexander Golensky- guitar
Yuriy Venchagov -bass
Dmitriy Stepanenko - drums

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Proggnosis

Last Scattering "Eidolon"


Country: Canada
Sub Genre: Progressive Extreme Metal
Label: Ghost Vision Records
Release date: July 18, 2014
Tracklist: 
  1. A Thousand Khets 02:00
  2. Compound Fiasco 09:14
  3. GibGib 08:20
  4. The Construct 01:23
  5. Black Birdies 12:23
  6. Obscenificator 09:17
  7. Mystic Pizza 02:13
  8. Matt Damon 18:12
Line-up: 
Ryan Summerfield - Vocals
Jeff Hyde - Guitars/Backing Vocals
Dervish Kucukovic - Guitars
Omar Badawi - Guitars
Andy Dmytryshyn - Bass
Fahim Safi - Drums

Description/Reviews: 
Some of the best extreme metal we've heard in a long time. Crazily technical metal with some of the best and most intricate songs that we've heard in a long time. These guys could easily be Canada's answer to Between The Buried And Me. (progmetalzone.com)

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

I, Omega "Transients"


Country: USA
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Bullet Tooth Records
Release date: July 15, 2014
Tracklist: 
01. Conflict Absolution (Act. I)
02. An Evening With Morning Star (Act. II)
03. Shuddering At Calm Seas
04. Suffer Now And Live
05. Half Way Home
06. The Rustling
07. Pyrite
08. Fake Somebodies: Real Nobodies
09. Shaking Hands With Sinatra
10. En Longa Somnum (Act. III)

Line-up: 
Thomas Borboa - Guitar
Ryan Cano - Guitar
Andrew Slane - Drums
Clay Nevels - Vocals

Description/Reviews: 
“Shuddering At Calm Seas” is an example of how diverse their sound can be while maintaining the distinguishable I, Omega sound. This track features a beautiful female vocal accompaniment and even has a calm jazz-like section that seamlessly breaks back into aggressive metal.
“Suffer Now And Live” has a much darker sound. The vocals and instrumental are crushing and aggressive from the first second and flow perfectly into a catchy, soaring chorus.
“Half Way Home” is the track I have stuck in my head most frequently. Listen to it once and you’ll understand why. Everything about this track is perfect.
“The Rustling” is an instrumental. I have only one word: Epic.
If I had to pick one favorite track, it would probably be “Shaking Hands With Sinatra.” Breakneck speeds, face melting guitars, blazing drums, and pure adrenaline-filled vocals. The aggression is balanced out with catchy and upbeat riffs, group vocals, and intoxicating melodies.
“En Longa Somnum” is the perfect outro track for the perfect album. It has a more haunting feel and an eerie sound with a driving rhythm that slowly builds in intensity. This track is a maelstrom of emotions- slow and calm one second then fast paced the next- ultimately winding down to slow, calm, clean guitars

 Read the full review by Jorge Gonzalez at thenewfury.com

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Chris Letchford "Lightbox"


Country: USA
Sub Genre: Instrumental, Fusion, Jazz-Rock
Release date: July 15, 2014
Tracklist: 
  1. The Star Boys 04:49
  2. Earthen 03:51
  3. Sign Of Four 03:41
  4. Zodiac 03:54
  5. Rayless 04:07
  6. In Force 04:48
  7. Piedra Falls 03:53
  8. Pearl 03:48
  9. Ghost Orchid 03:11
  10. The Gentlemen 06:14
Line-up: 
Chris Letchford (Scale the Summit): Guitar
Evan Brewer (The Faceless): Bass (4 songs)
Mark Michell (Scale the Summit): Bass (6 songs)
Steven Padin (The Reign Of Kindo): Drums
Danny Pizarro (The Reign Of Kindo): Piano (6 songs)
Steven Padin (The Reign Of Kindo): Piano (4 songs)A

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Lazer/Wulf "The Beast of Left and Right"


Country: USA
Sub Genre: Instrumental Avant/Math/Progressive Metal/Rock
Label: Retro Futurist Records
Release date: July 15, 2014
Tracklist: 
1. Choose Again (Right Path) 08:24
2. Lagarto 03:38
3. A Conflict of Memory 01:58
4. The Triple Trap 02:33
5. Beast Reality (Center Piece) 05:04
6. Concentric Eyes 05:40
7. Choose Again (Left Path) 08:55
8. Who Were the Mound Builders 08:45
9. Mutual End 04:10

Line-up: 
Bryan Aiken - Lead Guitar
Sean Peiffer - Lead Bass
Brad Rice - Lead Drums
   With
Derek Olivera - Additional Drumset on “Lagarto”

Description/Reviews: 
If the thought of bands like Behold! The Arctopus, Dysrhythmia or the techier end of Mastodon fills you with dread, I’d advise that you leave the hall at this juncture as The Beast Of Left And Right is a tumultuous array of frantically fingered guitar, jagged jazzy chordings, busy burbling bass and diabolically detonated drums, devised and delivered by itinerant interdimensional intelligences or crystalline cyborg creatures. Or something.
...the band claim that the album was created as a palindrome, with songs mirroring each other as backwards versions, with the track Beast Reality functioning as the centre piece. 
 Read the full review by at  thesleepingshaman.com

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Morost "Solace in Solitude"


Country: Slovenia
Sub Genre: Progressive Black Death Metal
Release date: July 15, 2014
Tracklist: 
  1. Introversion 02:01 
  2. Human Debris 06:43 
  3. A Predicament in Time 06:30 
  4. Thorp Afield 06:55 
  5. Mitos 09:01 
  6. Regrets 06:11 
  7. Degression 03:03
Line-up: 
Jonas Savšek - vocals
Žan Grintov - bass guitar
Tomaž Kogovšek - drums
Blaž Zupan - guitars
Peter Frol - guitars
Tamara Cerović Erjavec - keyboards

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Blank Forest "Kayros"


Country: Italy
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock
Release date: July 15, 2014
Tracklist: 
  1. Drawing Lines 12:06
  2. Passion Brings The Energy 09:57
  3. Falling Stars 07:39
  4. Landslip 10:15
  5. Crystal Eyes 31:14
  6. Crucial 02:24
Line-up: 
Luca Moreale - Guitar, Vocals
Valerio Simonini - Keyboards
Carlo De Biaggio - Bass
Michele Di Gleria - Drums, Percussions

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