Informational blog about recent or upcoming prog-related rock or metal albums with a schedule of their release. Disclaimer: it's still not possible to put the albums on their future release dates.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Canvas "Long Way To Mars"
Country: USA
Sub Genre: Symphonic, Pop
Label: Canvas Productions
Release date: August 20, 2013
Tracklist:
1. Long Way To Mars
2. Better
3. Brightest Star
4. Valkyrie Days
5. Johnny Don't Know
6. Scheherezade
7. Weather
8. The Beginning Is Near
9. Starry
10. Modern Town
Line-up:
Matt Sweitzer-guitars, bass keyboards, drums
Chris Cobel-keyboards, vocals, trumpet
Greg Lounsberry-vocals, guitar
Tammy Lounsberry-vocals
John Swope-drums
Tom Mattern-vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, trumpet
with
Mike Florio-lyrics, vocals & synth solo on "Long Way To Mars"
Born Of Osiris "Tomorrow We Die Alive"
Country: USA
Sub Genre: Tech/Extreme, Progressive Metal
Label: Sumerian Records
Release date: August 20, 2013
Tracklist:
1. Machine (4:24)
2. Divergency (3:58)
3. Mindful (3:32)
4. Exhilarate (3:32)
5. Absolution (4:06)
6. The Origin (3:45)
7. Aeon III (3:55)
8. Imaginary Condition (3:12)
9. Illusionist (3:59)
10. Source Field (3:47)
11. Vengeance (4:10)
Line-up:
Ronnie Canizaro - vocals
Lee McKinney - guitars
Joe Buras - keys, vocals
David Darocha - bass
Cameron Losch - drums
Description/Reviews:
Media/Samples
Imaginary Condition
Links:
Facebook
ProgArchives
Tomorrow We Die Alive relies more heavily on keyboard riffing than any other Born of Osiris record has before and it works in the context provided. Songs like "Machine," "Mindful" and "Imaginary Condition," for example, utilize the aforementioned quite a bit… but does it cut down on the presence of the band? Not particularly. Where the main complaint against the record has been the oversimplified chugging and constant rhythmic patterns (because I've done my homework on the reception of the record), it works in the context of the record; why lay down complicated guitars and muddy up the keyboard leads? Or even the reverse of that situation? The name of the game played on Tomorrow We Die Alive is context through and through when it comes to composition.
Read the full review by Greg Kennelty at metalinjection.net
Media/Samples
Imaginary Condition
Links:
ProgArchives
Tuval Cain "Forging the Future"
Country: Israel
Sub Genre: Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Hard Rock
Release date: August 20, 2013
Tracklist:
1. Nomad 4:32
2. Wandering I 4:39
3. Spiral Down 5:52
4. Power 4:11
5. A Distant Well 5:58
6. Looking Glass Love (Predatory Games) 3:40
7. No More Need 3:57
8. Don't Try to Change Me 4:00
9. There Will Be Time 4:29
10. Jonah's Doubt 1:59
11. Jonah 5:10
12. The World Is My Dominion 5:26
13. Retrobate 4:29
Line-up:
David Lawrence Kuhn: Keyboards
Dor Nagar: Lead vocals
Avi Singolda: Guitars
Ido Maimon: Drums and percussion
Adam ben Ezra: Electric bass on 2, 8, 13; acoustic bass on 1, 3, 6, 7.
Noam Hartman: Bass on 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12; shofar (Ram’s horn) on 11.
Shaul Barkan: Alto and tenor sax on 1, 4, 9.
Guy Wittenberg: Alto sax 5, 13, sax solo and violin on 1
Udi Perlman: Flute on 2, 3, 7
Tal Yehoshua Karat: Vocals on 8, 9
Avi Chen: Additional guitar on 9
Description/Reviews:
Neo-Classic 70s-Style Progressive Art Rock with tracks that feature a swinging jazz-rock fusion, a touch of theatrical hard rock with an emphasis on the positive.Media/Samples
Progstreaming
Wandering I
Links:
Web page (entire album temporarily online)
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Jonathan Lundberg "Nebula"
Country: Sweden
Sub Genre: Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Release date: August 18, 2013
Tracklist:
1. Phantom - 5:02
2. 7 to 8 - 4:27
3. Nebula - 5:26
4. Clavero - 6:01
5. Quicktrip - 4:28
6. Siberia - 4:31
7. Snowflake - 5:18
8. Higgs Intro - 1:34
9. Higgs - 5:43
10. Heavens Maze - 5:51
Line-up:
Jonathan Lundberg - Drums, Mallets
With
Erik Linder - Guitar on 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
Henrik Linder - Bass on 1-6, 9
Kristian Kraftling - Keyboards on 2, 3, 6, 10
Mikael Karlsson - Keyboards on 1, 5
Jerker Lindström - Evi on 2, 4
Paulo Murga - Percussion on 2, 4
Carl Mörner Ringström - Guitar on 3, 10
Jane Levkovskaya - Piano on 4
Lisa-Lotta Carlsson - Vocals on 7
Pål Svenre - Keyboards on 7
Peter Knudsen - Piano on 7
Filip Bekic - Guitar on 7
Tobias Rydberg - Bass on 7
Kristoffer Sjöberg - Percussion on 7
Calle Stålenbring - Guitar on 8, 9
Arvid Svenungsson - Keyboards on 8, 9
Gustaf Hielm - Bass on 8
Ernest Tibbs - Bass on 10
Nelson Faria - Guitar on 4
Erik Lund - Guitar on 5
Stockholm Strings: (Hanna Ekström, Martin Lissola , Erik Holm, Anna Dager) on 7
Description/Reviews:
Media/Samples
Preview
Links:
Web page
Facebook
Swedish drummer and percussionist Jonathan Lundberg has put together his own band to give expression to his particular musical vision. Self-described as jazz fusion, his debut album, Nebula is more than that. Much more. Although the opening sequence of the first track, "Phantom", suggests the swirling attempt to stage an atmosphere for some bloated prog rock epic, when the music gets going it is surprisingly refreshing.
Read the full review at musicemissions.com
Media/Samples
Preview
Links:
Web page
Ярлыки:
2013
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Fusion
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Jazz-Rock
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Jonathan Lundberg
,
Sweden
Omnipresent "The Guiding Hand"
Country: USA
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock, Alternative
Release date: August 17, 2013
Tracklist:
1. Lux Aeterna (5:11)
2. Whatever Happens (6:03)
3. Take the Hand (6:12)
4. Listen to Me (9:37)
5. Only Human (5:11)
6. What Love's Made (4:01)
7. Guiding Hand (9:55)
Line-up:
Daniel Graham - vocals, bass, synthesizer, Mellotron
Kyle Barnes - drums, percussion, vocals
With
Ben Reese - guitars
Description/Reviews:
Media/Samples
Bandcamp
Links:
Facebook
ProgArchives
Ambitious and energetic, the band's debut is a raw, honest, down to earth independent album that showcases a group of gifted young musicians with ideas and abilities far ahead and above the norm. Including two extended multi-section pieces, "Listen to Me" and the title track, as well as multiple songs with complex changes of meter and style, it features a dynamic, progressive sensibility, while maintaining an underlying pulse of pure rock and roll.
Media/Samples
Bandcamp
Links:
ProgArchives
Ярлыки:
2013
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Alternative
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Omnipresent
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Progressive Rock
,
USA
Saturday, August 17, 2013
The Penrose Stairs "Apophenia"
Country: USA
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock
Release date: August 17, 2013
Tracklist:
01.Idle 08:40
02.Apophenia 19:24
03.Zen Groove (Coda: Zen March) 08:51
04.We are a Machine 09:46
05.Capitulate 09:04
Line-up:
Justin Carter - guitars, keys, vocals
Mike Everson - guitars, vocals
Luke Sawtelle - bass guitars
Phill Smith - drums, percussion, robot
Fire! "(Without Noticing)"
Country: Sweden
Sub Genre: Jazz-Rock
Label: Rune Grammofon
Release date: August 16, 2013
Tracklist:
1 Standing On A Rabbit
2 Would I Whip
3 Your Silhouette On Each
4 At Least On Your Door
5 Tonight. More. Much More
6 Molting Slowly
7 I Mostly Stare
Line-up:
Johan Berthling - bass
Mats Gustafsson - saxophone
Andreas Werliin - drums
Description/Reviews:
Links:
ProgArchives
After successful collaborations with prestigious guests like Jim O´Rourke and Oren Ambarchi and the widely acclaimed Fire! Orchestra release earlier this year our Swedish friends are back as a trio, lighting up a sonic blaze of rock based riffs and hypnotic jazz-psychedelia. As far from noodling instrumentals as it’s possible to get, the tracks are spontaneously combusting rituals with a clear sense of purpose. Each of the three members is gifted with a formidable technique and arsenal of tricks and effects on their respective instruments, and the album also sees acclaimed saxophonist Mats Gustafsson boosting his already versatile skills, by swapping to Fender Rhodes and electronics on selected tracks. The oddly cut-up titles are lifted and inspired by Smog founder Bill Callahan’s letters to Emma Bowlcut, recently published in a volume by Chicago label Drag City. The strategy gives an insight into the broadminded frame of reference of this eclectic trio. With all three members pulling in elements from free jazz, ambient improvisation and electronic music, their music has reached a new confidence and intensity.
Links:
ProgArchives
Ярлыки:
2013
,
Fire!
,
Jazz-Rock
,
Rune Grammofon
,
Sweden
Friday, August 16, 2013
Fleshgod Apocalypse "Labyrinth"
Country: Italy
Sub Genre: Tech/Extreme Progressive Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast
Release date: August 16th, 2013 (Europe), August 20th, 2013 (North America)
Tracklist:
1. Kingborn (06:06)
2. Minotaur (Wrath of Poseidon) (04:47)
3. Elegy (04:18)
4. Towards the Sun (05:42)
5. Warpledge (04:32)
6. Pathfinder (05:12)
7. The Fall of Asterion (04:39)
8. Prologue (01:07)
9. Epilogue (05:44)
10. Under Black Sails (07:26)
11. Labyrinth (04:25)
Line-up:
Paolo Rossi - bass, vocals (clean)
Francesco Paoli - drums
Cristiano Trionfera - guitars, vocals (backing), orchestral arrangements
Tommaso Riccardi - vocals (lead), guitars
Francesco Ferrini - piano, orchestration
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Deformica "Deformica"
Country: Argentina
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock
Release date: August 15, 2013
Tracklist:
1. Sirena (2:08)
2. Pa Tun Tum (4:06)
3. Pirrriiuum (3:41)
4. Rumba (4:01)
5. Turun Pá (5:04)
6. Toms (4:48)
7. ¡¡!!! (3:51)
8. Tam Tam (5:23)
9. Motero (4:55 )
Line-up:
Alejandro Carrau - Rhodes piano, Hammond organ, synthesizers
Leo Ghernetti - guitar
Nicolás Pedrero - guitar
Lyon "Lion" Iglesias - bass
Martín León Benito - drums
Flamborough Head "Lost In Time"
Country: Netherlands
Sub Genre: Neo-Prog
Label: Oskar
Release date: August 15, 2013
Tracklist:
1 Lost in Time
2 The Trapper
3 Dancing Ledge
4 Damage Done
5 I'll Take The Blame
6 Andrassy Road
Line-up:
Marcel Derix - bass
Gert Polkerman - guitars
Margriet Boomsma - vocals
Edo Spanninga - keyboards
Koen Roozen - drums
Ярлыки:
2013
,
Flamborough Head
,
Neo-Prog
,
Netherlands
,
Oskar
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