Arild Brøter "A Spectre Of Sounds - James Bond Music Reimagined"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Label: Apollon Records
Format: vinyl, CD, digital
Release date: September 6, 2024
Tracklist

1. Gun Barrel / James Bond Theme Intro (0:56) - not on CD

2. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Suite - Part 1 (5:12) 

3. Bond Meets Solitaire (4:05) 

4. Vesper (1:42)  - not on CD

5. John Barry Suite (4:54) 

6. Journey To Blofeld’s Hideaway (4:38) 

7. Space Laser Battle (5:42) 

8. Secret Room / New Digs (5:31) 

9. Corinne Put Down / Countdown For Blofeld (1:55)  - not on CD

10. Snow Job / Flight Into Space (4:46) 

11. Capsule In Space (3:56) 

12. 007 Theme (4:18) 

13. Diamonds Are Forever Suite (5:47) 

14. Camille’s Story (1:37)  - not on CD

15. Bond And Paris / City Of Lovers (5:05) 

16. We Share The Same Passions (4:31) 

17. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Suite - Part 2 (3:21) 

18. Elektra’s Theme (1:51)  - not on CD

19. The Living Daylights Suite (10:45) 

20. Final Ascent (6:11) 

Total Time 86:43

Credits
Arild Brøter (Pymlico) - drums, percussion, keyboards, bass guitar and additional electric guitars
   With
Bjørn Riis (Airbag) - guitar (2,6,7,11)
Ole Michal Bjørndal (Caligonaut) (5)
Øyvind Brøter - keyboards
Oda Rydning - percussion
Petter Lien - trumpet, horn
Håkon Rasmussen - bass 
Mattias Krohn Nielsen - guitars
Filip Brekke Steigedal - horn
and more

Mastered by Morten Lund 

Description/Reviews:

Arild Brøter's A Spectre Of Sounds is a thrilling instrumental album that reimagines music from the James Bond films in bold and electrifying ways. 

Injecting new life into familiar pieces, Brøter's arrangements seamlessly weave together the sophistication of the original compositions with the dynamic and exhilarating spirit of Progressive and Classic Rock.

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On Her Majesty's Secret Service Suite - Part 1
Bond Meets Solitaire

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The Foxholes "Flora i Fauna"

Country: Spain
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: September 6, 2024
Tracklist

1. El Propi Misteri

2. Flora i Fauna

3. Tota la Por

4. Homenatge

5. Rock Paladinus

6. Alfa i Omega

7. Tots Callats

Credits

Jonah A. Luke: Vocals, guitars & synth programming

Ángel Millán: Acoustic drums

Max Moritz: 5-string E-Bass

Txosse Ruiz: Guitar feedback (6)

Maese 1001: Additional programming (7)

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Thymeshift "Layers of In Between"

Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Instrumental Fusion
Label: Red Round Records 
Format: digital
Release date: September 6, 2024
Tracklist

1. Layer 1 

2. Oskar Blues 

3. Synechdoche 

4. Becka 

5. Layer 2 

6. Ave Maris Stella 

7. Layer 3 

8. Hunter's Theme

9. Hour of the Wolf

10. Layer 4 

11. Qamara 

12. Layer 5

13. Edge of Sanity 

14. Layer 6 

Credits

Johan Björklund - drums, percussion, keyboards, remix on tracks 1 & 10

John Lönnmyr - keyboards

Thomas Gunillasson - guitars, production on tracks 5, 7, 12, 14

Thomas Backman - saxophone, clarinet

Recorded in February 2022 by Kristofer Göransson at Kungsten studios, Gothenburg, Sweden

Additional recordings and edits by Johan björklund at Studio Eternal Darkness, Gothenburg, Sweden

Additional guitar recording by Thomas Gunillasson at Studio Eager Liza, Västerås, Sweden

Additional keyboard recording by John Lönnmyr in Gothenburg, Sweden

Tracks 5, 7, 12, 14 recorded by Thomas Gunillasson at Studio Eager Liza, Västerås, Sweden

Mixed in May & June 2023 and in February 2024 by Kristofer Göransson at Studio Zen, Vänersborg, Sweden

Mastered in May 2024 by Hans Olsson at Svenska Grammofonstudion, Gothenburg, Sweden

Cover design by Thomas Gunillasson

Cover photos by Thomas Gunillasson

Description/Reviews:

Now, with keyboardist John Lönnmyr, the group steps into an electro-analog, beat based future with reminiscences of the past. ”Layers of in Between” features fourteen tracks with strong ties to heavy, riff-based rock, drawing inspiration from early 70’s bands like Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. This raw style creates elaborate contrasts when combined with the band’s more melodic, lyrical, and electronically tinged material. Thymeshift leaves a mark with their massive heaviness, often intense and sometimes stripped-down improvisations, as well as intricate soundscapes. ”Layers of in Between” is a modern, powerful production with clear historical retrospectives.

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Cloud Over Jupiter "Atomic Jupiter"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Melodic Revolution Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: September 6, 2024
Tracklist

1. Leaf To The Wind (7:01) 

2. Love Under The Blue Oyster Cloud (3:27) 

3. Levitation To Eden (4:45) 

4. Lazarus (4:50) 

5. Last Ship To Avalon (2:56) 

6. Lord Of The Flies (4:40) 

7. Leviathan Leviathan! (8:17) 

8. Lark (4:29) 

9. Last Cloud (3:19) 

10. Love Craft (8:53) 

Total Time 52:37

Credits

Jerry King
Gary Maiullo
Bill Jungwirth
Chad Wardwell
Chris Boros
Dave Newhouse
Derek Pavlic
Mark Larson
Dereck Higgins
Fred Hodshon
George Newhouse
Ian Beabout
Jamie Bruhn
Kevin Stellman
Michele King
Nick Didkovsky
Paul Sears
Pete Prown
Ric Parnell
Pete Zolli
Richie Castellano
Ron Anderson
Steve Kuehn
Travis Plantico
Amanda Chaudhary
Casey Clark

Paul's drums were recorded at his AZ Garage Mahal studio by Paul and Steve 3rd Ear Mitchell

Mixed and Mastered by lan Beabout at the Rec. Room. Artwork

“Layouts” by Dan Sauer (DanSauerDesign.com), using engravings of works by Gustave Doré.

Photography for booklet interior copyright ©2024 by Michele King.

Produced by Jerry King for JupiterWorks

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The Wring "Nemesis"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Wormholedeath Records
Format: digital
Release date: September 27, 2024
Tracklist

1. Badlands - 5:13

2. The Nail - 5:29

3. Blur - 4:17

4. The Sword - 5:37

5. Before I Disappear - 4:39

6. Welshrats - 5:18

7. Dark Passenger - 5:20

8. Nemesis - 4:47

Total 40:40

Credits
Kyle Brian Abbott - Drums
Don Dewulf – Guitars
Reggie Hache – Bass, Vocals & Keyboards

Media/Samples
The Sword 
Streams

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Achelas "Echoes Of Virtue"

Country: Morocco
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: August 31, 2024
Tracklist

1. Dialogue 33 (01:42)

2. Veils Of Unseen Realities (04:14)

3. Echoes Across the Cosmos (07:08)

4. Celectial Paradox (03:18)

5. Dazt Laawam (06:36)

6. Lies In Their Eyes (04:17)

7. Echoes Of The Unseen (06:51)

8. Honest Dream (03:08)

Credits
Achraf El Asraoui

Mouad Azizi

Philipp Dauenhauer (6)

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Anciients "Beyond the Reach of the Sun"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Season Of Mist
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date:  August 30, 2024
Tracklist

1. Forbidden Sanctuary (8:16)

2. Despoiled (5:19)

3. Is It Your God (7:07)

4. Melt the Crown (7:08)

5. Cloak of the Vast and Black (6:20)

6. Celestial Tyrant (5:52)

7. Beyond Our Minds (4:12)

8. The Torch (4:13)

9. Candescence (4:10)

10. In the Absence of Wisom (6:35)

Credits

Kenny Cook - Guitar, Vocals

Brock MacInnes - Guitar

Rory O'Brien - Bass

Mike Hannay - Drums

   With

Justin Hagberg - Keyboards (1, 3, 4, 9, 10)

Jesse Gander - Synth (5, 9)

Recorded at Rain City Recorders

Produced, engineered and mixed by Jesse Gander, assisted by Szymon Wojciech

Mastered by Stu McKillop @ Rain City Mastering

Cover artwork by Adam Burke @ Nightjar Illustrations

Description/Reviews:

Beyond the Reach of the Sun ... was more streamlined and slithery, more chest-thumpingly direct, more epic and triumphant sounding. Riffs come in explosive layered packets. Leads, harmonies and melodies are more on par with wind-tussled mountain tops instead of sweaty bar shows and the band moves with finely honed, martial accuracy as conducted by Hannay’s rocket-in-the-pocket staccato swing and accents.  

Songs like “The Torch” blaze with the shirtless glisten of ‘70s stadium rock power. “Cloak of the Vast and Black” swirls and whirls with a combination of hardcore intensity, grunge groove and expansive six-string parries. “In the Absence of Wisdom” is a hurricane-sized maelstrom of classic and prog rock elevated to grandiosity by a return to their growling sludge/death early years as the song/album concludes. The album’s first single, “Melt the Crown” mixes cues from legendary fellow hosers Rush and Harlequin, turn-of-the-millennium post-metal and the most psychedelic corners of the Rise Above Records roster. 

Album opener “Forbidden Sanctuary” is the soundtrack to exploration, of new worlds and sonic arrangement as sine-wave guitars pull from vintage Mercyful Fate covens and Krautrock communes with synths opening up novel textural avenues, as they do on the ethereal wispiness and space rock/sci-fi soundscapes of the instrumental “Candescence.”

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Crypto Knight "CK1"

Country: UK/USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: August 30, 2024
Tracklist

1. Break The Code (2024 Mix) (5:06) 

2. Supernova (2024 Mix) (5:50) 

3. Down To Earth (2024 Mix) (3:48) 

4. Exodus Finalis (4:39) 

5. Connected Random Sequences (4:44) 

6. Don't Ask (2024 Mix) (4:41) 

7. Lonely In Heaven (4:32) 

8. Sunsets On Sailboats (4:26) 

9. Nature's Kiss (4:19) 

10. Carpe Diem (5:19) 

Total Time 47:24

Credits

Dave Johnson (The Forgotten Man) - Music, Production

Tim Malugin - Vocals, Lyrics 

Description/Reviews:

Featuring 10 captivating tracks that seamlessly weave together their signature sound—a fusion of Art rock, Progressive rock, and Electronic elements.  CK1 will be a welcome addition to both old and new fans alike featuring several of their most popular tracks newly remixed, alongside new and unreleased tracks. 

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Breeze "Echoes From A Distant Past"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Symphonic, Neo-Prog
Format: digital
Release date: August 27, 2024
Tracklist

1. From The Witchwood (7:30) 

2. Clouds And Ripples (9:18) 

3. Deadliest Creature (5:06) 

4. The Wreck (4:01) 

5. The Last Time (5:03) 

6. When Angels Travel (4:38) 

7. The Inner Light (3:42) 

8. The Body Electric (5:08) 

9. The Harbour (3:00) 

10. Rain (11:51) 

Total Time 59:17

Credits

David Barratt - Vocals, Piano

Hansi Arnold - Vocals, Drums

Ottfried Mietzke - Guitars, Keyboards, Orchestral Arrangements

Hubertus Feldmann - Keyboards, Piano (2,10)

Andreas Feldmann - Bass (2)

Kai Paulmann - Drums(10)

Composed,arranged and produced by BREEZE

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Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks "True"

Country: UK/USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Frontiers Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: August 23, 2024
Tracklist

1. True Messenger

2. Shine On

3. Counties and Countries

4. Build Me An Ocean

5. Still a Friend

6. Make It Right

7. Realization Part Two

8. Once Upon A Dream

9. Thank God

Credits

Jon Anderson (Yes): Vocals

Richie Castellano - Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals

Andy Ascolese - Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals

Andy Graziano - Guitar, Vocals

Christopher Clark - Keyboards

Robert Kipp - Hammond Organ, Vocals

Ann Marie Nacchio - Additional Vocals

Produced by Jon Anderson & Richie Castellano

Associate Producer - Andy Ascolese

Musical Arrangements - Jon Anderson, Richie Castellano, Andy Ascolese & Christopher Clark

Studio: Band Geeks Studio- Staten Island, NY

Recorded by: Richie Castellano & Andy Ascolese

Mixed by: Richie Castellano

Mastered by: Sam Stauff at Mercy Studios

Description/Reviews:

In 2023, after connecting with a group of New York musicians called The Band Geeks, Jon embarked on a summer of 2023 tour performing 2 hours of YES epics and classics. With The Band Geeks, Jon found a group of musicians that he felt could collaborate with him to create a body of work that rivaled the classic YES sound of the 70’s and 80’s. The result of this collaboration is “True”. The 9-song album harkens back to the sound of classic YES and features compositions of all lengths with the centerpiece being the 16 minute song “Once Upon a Dream”.

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True Messenger
Shine On

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