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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Canvas "Long Way To Mars"


Country: USA
Sub GenreSymphonic, Pop
LabelCanvas 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"

Media/Samples
Progstreaming

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Born Of Osiris "Tomorrow We Die Alive"


Country: USA
Sub GenreTech/Extreme, Progressive Metal
LabelSumerian Records
Release dateAugust 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
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

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Tuval Cain "Forging the Future"


Country: Israel
Sub GenreJazz-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

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Sunday, August 18, 2013

Jonathan Lundberg "Nebula"


Country: Sweden
Sub GenreJazz-Rock, Fusion
Release dateAugust 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
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

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Omnipresent "The Guiding Hand"


Country: USA
Sub GenreProgressive Rock, Alternative
Release dateAugust 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
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

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Saturday, August 17, 2013

The Penrose Stairs "Apophenia"


Country: USA
Sub GenreProgressive 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

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp (name your price)

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Fire! "(Without Noticing)"


Country: Sweden
Sub Genre: Jazz-Rock
LabelRune 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
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.

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Friday, August 16, 2013

Fleshgod Apocalypse "Labyrinth"


Country: Italy
Sub GenreTech/Extreme Progressive Metal
LabelNuclear Blast
Release dateAugust 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 GenreProgressive Rock
Release dateAugust 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 GenreNeo-Prog
LabelOskar
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