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PETER HAMMILL Fool's Mate (Eclectic Prog, 1971)

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Published: May 19, 2024 09:14

Review by Nickmannion — I have had this many many years so sometimes that makes it harder to write a review as over the length of time we are talking it has peaked and troughed in my star rating but we will go with as I hear it now.Hammill does have a…

ZOPP Dominion (Canterbury Scene, 2023)

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Published: May 19, 2024 08:36

Review by Nickmannion — Reports that I had to be dragged music wise into the 2000's and beyond are false. It was the 1980's onwards...but myself, the 15 guys and 2 teams of horses all parted ways on good terms.So, to accompany the above miracle, I just…

LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin II (Prog Related, 1969)

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Published: May 19, 2024 02:09

Review by Hector Enrique — Less than a year after their explosive debut, the band led by the Page/Plant duo released "Led Zeppelin II" at the end of 1969, an uninhibited proposal that consolidated them as one of the carriers of the hardest rock sound known…

SUPURATION Still in the Sphere (Tech/Extreme Prog Metal, 1994)

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Published: May 19, 2024 01:37

Review by UMUR — "Still in the Sphere" is an EP release by French death/progressive metal act Supuration. The EP was released through French label Reincarnate in 1994. Supuration have existed under a couple of different monickers since 1987 but settled on…

PHLEBOTOMIZED Immense Intense Suspense (Tech/Extreme Prog Metal, 1994)

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Published: May 19, 2024 01:36

Review by UMUR — "Immense Intense Suspense" is the debut full-length studio album by Dutch death/doom metal act Phlebotomized. The album was released through Cyber Music in September 1994. It follows the release of the 1993 "Preach Eternal Gospels" EP and…

CODONA Codona (Indo-Prog/Raga Rock, 1979)

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Published: May 18, 2024 21:46

Review by Mellotron Storm — I feel like I'm trespassing here as I've checked out this style of music years ago and I just have trouble appreciating it. Mind you if your going to take one album from this style you can't go wrong with this one. A trio with…

BE BOP DELUXE Sunburst Finish (Crossover Prog, 1976)

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Published: May 18, 2024 20:52

Review by Mellotron Storm — "Sunburst Finish" was one of two studio albums that Bill Nelson and BE BOP DELUXE released in 1976. Most Prog fans prefer this record and the one that follows "Modern Music" to the 1975 record "Futurama" but I have to disagree.…

NEUTRONS Tales from the Blue Cocoons (Eclectic Prog, 1975)

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Published: May 18, 2024 15:18

Review by Nickmannion — I dunno....it may be slightly fewer bands....and as all the Canterbury bands claim, it was never a conscious scene...but I always thought there should be a defined 'Welsh Scene' that tended to radiate from Man usually. It has a…

ROSE KEMP Unholy Majesty (Psychedelic/Space Rock, 2008)

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Published: May 18, 2024 12:29

Review by Nickmannion — I picked this up very cheap at a car boot when I realised Rose Kemp was very much 'a relation' and it surprised me when I gave it a spin....but in a good way!I guess we shouldn't be taken aback that she started out having been…

UNIT WAIL Egar�s (Zeuhl, 2019)

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Published: May 18, 2024 12:16

Review by siLLy puPPy — The fourth installment in the universe of French zeuhl / heavy avant-proggers UNIT WAIL offers surprises for the first time in the band's complex and noisy career. Escaping the colorful psychedelic album cover art that the previous…

UNIT WAIL Beyond Space Edges (Zeuhl, 2015)

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Published: May 18, 2024 12:15

Review by siLLy puPPy — The only album cover to so far be released in color, BEYOND SPACE EDGES was the third release by UNIT WAIL and came out in 2015 two years after the previous "Retort." The album features 11 tracks at around 46 minutes playing time…

UNIT WAIL Retort (Zeuhl, 2013)

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Published: May 18, 2024 12:15

Review by siLLy puPPy — After delivering their debut dose of high octane zeuhl meets heavy avant-prog with "Pangaea Proxima," the five-man instrumental band UNIT WAIL followed suit the very next year in 2013 with its sophomore release RETORT which turned…

STARKWEATHER Croatoan (Tech/Extreme Prog Metal, 2005)

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Published: May 18, 2024 10:09

Review by theaqua — ''Extremely heavy and equally dense''Croatoan is the third album by the band Starkweather, one of the pioneering bands in Metalcore, after the hiatus since 1997 with Into The Wire, my first contact with this band was with the EP…

PATTO Patto (Jazz Rock/Fusion, 1970)

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Published: May 18, 2024 09:07

Review by Nickmannion — One of my favourite albums of all time but it isn't quite jazz/rock. It is also one of the few albums I own in two formats as on the CD version I have, the bonus track (Hanging Rope) is worth the price of admission alone...and it is…

FRAGILE Handle with Care (Jazz Rock/Fusion, 1997)

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Published: May 18, 2024 00:55

Review by Mellotron Storm — FRAGILE were a Jazz/Fusion band from Japan, a trio of guitar, bass and drums and these are players! And what a nice career they had, releasing ten studio albums and one live record over a 15 year period. We're missing their…

10CC The Original Soundtrack (Prog Related, 1975)

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Published: May 17, 2024 17:59

Review by Mellotron Storm — This is a worthy followup to "Sheet Music" in fact it feels like they have become even more adventerous even though I still prefer "Sheet Music". "The Original Soundtrack" was released in 1975 and featured maybe my favourite…

ROXY MUSIC The Complete Studio Recordings (Crossover Prog, 2012)

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Published: May 17, 2024 16:39

Review by VianaProghead — Review N 777"The Complete Studio Recordings" is a very special compilation album of Roxy Music that was released in 2012. This is an economic package that includes the entire studio discography…

DRUID Toward the Sun (Symphonic Prog, 1975)

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Published: May 17, 2024 16:35

Review by Nickmannion — A conundrum of a band/album. And apologies for parochial UK references. I think they won a battle of the bands contest run by a top UK music paper, Melody Maker maybe, and the prize was the album deal and Bob Harris to produce.…

COMUS First Utterance (Prog Folk, 1971)

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Published: May 17, 2024 15:49

Review by Nickmannion — Sometimes the best music is meant to scare us a little. That and clear a room too.From the threatening cover to the pagan prog/folk of the album, this one delivers.I discovered it in the mid 80's when I inherited a copy (battered…

HERMANN SZOBEL Szobel (RIO/Avant-Prog, 1976)

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Published: May 17, 2024 14:26

Review by Nickmannion — I can't verify the truth of the tale/s but I believe Szobel was related to the legendary Bill Graham (the US promoter) and this was how he ended up invited to New York. Via the Graham ticket it got his foot in the door of studios…

GWENDAL Les Mouettes s'Battent (Prog Folk, 1979)

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Published: May 17, 2024 13:45

Review by kenethlevine — Perhaps the GWENDAL equivalent of MALICORNE's "Almanach" in terms of venerability, "Les Mouettes s'Battent" sees the group fully embrace the inclinations that would make them singularly irritating, specifically the overuse of…

BUDGIE In for the Kill! (Prog Related, 1974)

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Published: May 17, 2024 12:45

Review by Nickmannion — One of the advantages of age...or maturity if you will...is I can say I saw this band several times in the 70's and into the 80's. When I was at high school, anyone could tote a Led Zep or Tull album under their arm in search of…

FRED Notes on a Picnic (Prog Folk, 2003)

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Published: May 17, 2024 12:17

Review by Nickmannion — I haven't heard the first album, which I guess is why the band are in the Prog/folk section, but let me assure you, this second album has got rid of that and is closer to a jazz/fusion sound with hints of Canterbury.I believe this…

INTERVALS Memory Palace (Tech/Extreme Prog Metal, 2024)

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Published: May 17, 2024 12:08

Review by Grumpyprogfan — Intervals is back with another feisty offering of heavy Djent instrumental music. The trio and their style has remained unchanged since their last release. Memory Palace has eight tunes and clocks in just over 36 minutes. The…

DAVID TORN David Torn, Craig Taborn, Tim Berne and Tom Rainey: Prezens (Jazz Rock/Fusion, 2007)

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Published: May 17, 2024 09:48

Review by Mellotron Storm — 4.5 stars. David Torn is one of my favourite guitarists but honestly that came about after hearing his work with the Swiss band SONAR. Thank you Henry Kaiser for setting that up. Torn's solo albums are hit and miss for me but if…

ETNA Etna (Jazz Rock/Fusion, 1975)

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Published: May 17, 2024 07:13

Review by BrufordFreak — This quartet of Sicilians recreates themselves one more time, this time with a melodic orientation to peak power Jazz-Rock Fusion.1. "Beneath The Geyser" (3:56) though opening with some solo electric piano play, the other musicians…

PAT SMYTHE Pat Smythe Quartet: New Dawn - Live 1973 (Jazz Rock/Fusion, 2024)

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Published: May 17, 2024 06:45

Review by Mellotron Storm — 3.5 stars. I knew nothing of Pat Smythe before picking this album up recently. A talented Jazz pianist from Scotland, he was quite active in the 60's and 70's. Sadly we have no studio albums to document his talents although in…

H.P. LOVECRAFT H.P. Lovecraft II (Proto-Prog, 1968)

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Published: May 16, 2024 20:20

Review by siLLy puPPy — A major leap in quality from the debut release, H.P. LOVECRAFT evolved more as a band unit on its 1968 sophomore release simply titled II and eschewed the series of sessions musicians and focused more on tightening up its unique mix…

H.P. LOVECRAFT H.P. Lovecraft (Proto-Prog, 1967)

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Published: May 16, 2024 20:20

Review by siLLy puPPy — One of the more interesting psychedelic rock band of the 1960s, H.P. LOVECRAFT initially formed in Chicago before heading to San Francisco and releasing two albums before going through a series of lineup changes and band name…

IRON BUTTERFLY Heavy (Proto-Prog, 1968)

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Published: May 16, 2024 20:19

Review by siLLy puPPy — These days the 1960s band IRON BUTTERFLY has virtually become a synonym for the band's biggest selling album and single "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida." I mean who could even think of anything else the band has released, with the exception of…

NICK MASON Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (Prog Related, 1981)

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Published: May 16, 2024 19:25

Review by Mellotron Storm — 3.5 stars. Nick Mason is of course most known for being the drummer for PINK FLOYD, but he also was a Producer who produced some notable albums in between recording and touring with FLOYD. He has a lot of musical connections and…

GWENDAL � vos d�sirs (Prog Folk, 1977)

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Published: May 16, 2024 17:15

Review by kenethlevine — It was past the halfway point of the decade of the mandatory side long suite and still nothing of the sort from GWENDAL. This must have precipitated quite the discussion amongst the band members, who clearly didn't have anything…

LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin (Prog Related, 1969)

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Published: May 16, 2024 16:29

Review by Hector Enrique — The beginning of one of the greatest rock bands in history and largely responsible for such offshoots as heavy metal came at the dawn of 1969 with the release of their eponymous debut album, "Led Zeppelin". Led by singer Robert…

MINGO LEWIS Flight Never Ending (Jazz Rock/Fusion, 1976)

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Published: May 16, 2024 11:14

Review by BrufordFreak — The one and only attempt by young percussion virtuoso of SANTANA fame to produce an album as a bandleader.1. "Aba Cua" (1:36) a drum circle of hand percussionists expressing with vocal chant/call (with no response). (4.33333/5)2.…

ENERGIT Energit (Jazz Rock/Fusion, 1975)

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Published: May 16, 2024 07:54

Review by BrufordFreak — Legit Jazz-Rock Fusion from Czechoslovakia that is quite mature and dextrous if somewhat derivative/imitative of the power fusion bands that formed in the USA and England a few years earlier. A. "Rno (Morning Part I)" (17:25)…

PESTILENCE Levels of Perception (Tech/Extreme Prog Metal, 2024)

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Published: May 16, 2024 07:32

Review by UMUR — "Levels of Perception" is the tenth full-length studio album by Dutch death metal act Pestilence. The album was released through Agonia Records in April 2024. It features twelve re-recordings of tracks which have appeared on some of the…

DEMON FUZZ Afreaka! (Jazz Rock/Fusion, 1970)

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Published: May 16, 2024 07:07

Review by BrufordFreak — An odd cornucopia of blues-rock, brass-rock, jazz-rock, Afro-rock music that gives the listener the feeling that this band was still forming, still trying to figure out the direction it was going to go with its music. A1. "Past…

CORONARIAS DANS Visitor (Jazz Rock/Fusion, 1975)

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Published: May 16, 2024 06:10

Review by BrufordFreak — Danish band with 4/5ths of the membership of SECRET OYSTER. This is their second and final studio album.1. "Se Det" (5:15) a song that opens as a kind of dreamy bass and Fender Rhodes duet with both musicians wandering rather…

METHEXIS Potential Deltas (Crossover Prog, 2024)

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Published: May 16, 2024 05:51

Review by tszirmay — The wild, the beautiful and the damned world of Progressive rock never ceases to amaze us when we least expect it, coming around the corner, hoo hoo, with some new twist with a promise of adventure. Nikitas Kissonas was also a member…

SHINING Fiende (Tech/Extreme Prog Metal, 2017)

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Published: May 15, 2024 23:45

Review by UMUR — "Fiende" ("Enemy") is an EP release by Swedish black metal act Shining. The EP was released through Season of Mist in November 2017 as a teaser release to Shinings tenth full-length studio album "X: Varg utan flock" ("Wolf with No Pack"),…

SHINING Lots Of Girls Gonna Get Hurt (Tech/Extreme Prog Metal, 2012)

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Published: May 15, 2024 23:44

Review by UMUR — "Lots of Girls Gonna Get Hurt" is an EP release by Swedish black metal act Shining. The EP was released through Spinefarm Records in May 2012 and it bridges the release of the band's seventh- and eighth full-length studio albums "VII: F'dd…

T�R Battle Ballads (Progressive Metal, 2024)

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Published: May 15, 2024 20:04

Review by siLLy puPPy — With little competition, TR could rightfully be considered the metal kings of the Faroe Islands especially due to the fact no other act has even come close to world wide recognition as this band has when it hit the world of…

UNIT WAIL Pangaea Proxima (Zeuhl, 2012)

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Published: May 15, 2024 20:03

Review by siLLy puPPy — Paris experimental prog band that was founded by Franck-William Fromy in 2009 best known for haunting the French underground in the 1980s and early 1990s with his demandingly dark zeuhl fueled avant-prog freak show Shub-Niggurath…

LOS JAIVAS Aconcagua (Prog Folk, 1982)

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Published: May 15, 2024 20:03

Review by siLLy puPPy — ACONAGUA is not only the highest mountain in the Andes mountain range in South America but a 6,960 m / 22,837 ft above sea level, it is also the highest peak in all of the Americas. In fact it also has the distinction of being the…

SYNCRISIS Reflections In Musical Power (Jazz Rock/Fusion, 1981)

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Published: May 15, 2024 18:26

Review by Mellotron Storm — SYNCRISIS were a Jazz/Fusion band out of Germany in the early 80's releasing two studio albums. This is the debut from 1981 called "Reflections In Musical Power" oh boy. I have to say that their second and final album called…

SPECIAL PROVIDENCE Soul Alert (Progressive Metal, 2011)

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Published: May 15, 2024 16:21

Review by Mellotron Storm — SPECIAL PROVIDENCE are a four piece Jazz/Metal band out of Hungary and this is album number three from 2011. I have the first two studio albums as well and I would highly recommend their debut "Space Cafe", a solid 4 star…

THE FLOWER KINGS Look at You Now (Symphonic Prog, 2023)

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Published: May 15, 2024 12:32

Review by tmoura2000 — After a long spell, Im back to ProgArchives. I decided to start by the new Flower Kings album, Look at You Now, because I think this is really an important CD, at least for me. I must say I was not specially taken by the post Tomas…

COMPANYIA EL�CTRICA DHARMA Diumenge (Jazz Rock/Fusion, 1975)

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Published: May 15, 2024 10:17

Review by BrufordFreak — Cataln Jazz-Rock Fusion pioneers from the family Fortuny from Barcelona--their debut album, before they managed to imbed their j-r Fuse within traditional Catal Trueno" (10:16) back to RTF style and sound palette, though this time…

FAUST Faust Is Last (Krautrock, 2010)

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Published: May 15, 2024 09:14

Review by Dapper~Blueberries — I kind of lied about Faust moving away from industrial music in my review for C'est Com...Com...Compliqu, since they had one more trick up their sleeve in terms of intriguing industrial experiments, with their 2010 release of…

STANLEY CLARKE School Days (Jazz Rock/Fusion, 1976)

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Published: May 15, 2024 09:13

Review by BrufordFreak — Stanley's highly-regarded sophomore release, his second as a band leader and principal composer, serves well to continue to cement his legacy as one of the greatest bass players of all time. 1. "School Days" (7:51) drums and bass…

GENESIS Invisible Touch (Symphonic Prog, 1986)

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Published: May 15, 2024 05:02

Review by VianaProghead — Review N 776"Invisible Touch" is the thirteenth studio album of Genesis and that was released in 1986. It became and is remained by far, as the most commercially successful album of their entire…

THE FIERCE AND THE DEAD Golden Thread (Post Rock/Math rock, 2022)

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Published: May 14, 2024 23:30

Review by memowakeman — This is a song I like a lot, and probably my favorite TF&TD track at this moment, and this is because I love how they have jumped from one style to another, in fact, I wouldn't dare to classify their music, it is quite difficult…

MASSIMO PIERETTI I dreamed of flying (Crossover Prog, 2024)

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Published: May 14, 2024 23:12

Review by memowakeman — This is the newest single from the upcoming Massimo Pieretti's full-lenght album 'The Next Dream', a concept album based on the world of dreams, which will be released later this year. Now with 'I dreamed of flying', Pieretti and…

ABRAXAS ...Cykl Obraca Siand#281;, Narodziny, Dzieciand#324;stwo Peand#322;ne Duszy, Uand#347;miech�w Niewinnych I Zdrady... (Neo-Prog, 1996)

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Published: May 14, 2024 16:44

Review by siLLy puPPy — One of the most dynamic and interesting neo-prog bands to come out of the Polish scene, ABRAXAS was also one of the earliest predating the sweep of bands that emerged in the 1990s. Formed in Bydgoszcz in 1987, ABRAXAS didn't take…

LARD FREE Gilbert Artman's Lard Free (Krautrock, 1973)

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Published: May 14, 2024 16:43

Review by siLLy puPPy — One of the hottest and revered drummers in early 70s France, Gilbert Artman emerged as one of the more innovative forces in the French underground with his early Kraut-jazz meets avant-prog band LARD FREE. Formed in 1970 Paris, LARD…

OINGO BOINGO Danny Elfman: So-Lo (Crossover Prog, 1984)

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Published: May 14, 2024 16:42

Review by siLLy puPPy — An odd little quirk in the career of a rather quirky band, after Oingo Boingo experienced the departure of bassist Kerry Hatch and keyboardist Richard Gibbs, the band sort of took an extended hiatus after being dropped by I.R.S.…

IQ Subterranea (Neo-Prog, 1997)

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Published: May 14, 2024 02:38

Review by Hector Enrique — Back on the progressive path with "Ever", and just like their Genesis referents with "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway", IQ fulfilled the dream of the double concept album with "Subterranea", the band's sixth. The enigmatic story…

RETURNED TO THE EARTH Fall of the Watcher (Crossover Prog, 2022)

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Published: May 13, 2024 23:59

Review by KansasForEver2 — I might as well tell you right away, I listened to this album a dozen times over the last four months before starting the review, rarely has a record given me so much difficulty in talking about it without bias, knowing that I am…

FLIGHT Flight (Eclectic Prog, 1975)

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Published: May 13, 2024 19:42

Review by Mellotron Storm — 2.5 stars. FLIGHT were a five piece Jazz/Fusion/Rock band from Florida releasing three studio albums over their careers. I've seen a few compare their sound as a cross between that ELP symphonic pomp and the blasting brass of…

MOTORPSYCHO Motorpsycho and St�le Storl�kken: En Konsert For Folk Flest (Eclectic Prog, 2015)

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Published: May 13, 2024 17:55

Review by Mellotron Storm — This is unique in MOTORPSYCHO's catalogue and why they made sure to record and film this live event. Held in the Nidaros Cathedral in their home town of Trondheim, Norway this was actually part of a wider event, in fact a Folk…

RETURNED TO THE EARTH Stalagmite Steeple (Crossover Prog, 2023)

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Published: May 13, 2024 16:01

Review by tszirmay — The previous album "Fall of the Watcher" released in 2022 made my heart flutter so deeply that an EKG was not necessary in determining the workings of my arteries. So, what? I fell in love again! That is what romantic progressive…

NOSPAND#363;N Opus (Progressive Metal, 2023)

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Published: May 13, 2024 08:57

Review by alainPP — A new group of musicians who show extraordinary technicality, who manage to merge the speed, dexterity, sensuality and aggressiveness of a meta-lprog group, yes it's possible!The group that makes you think of HAKEN, TOOL, SYMPHONY X,…

DON ELLIS Live in 3 2/3 / 4 time (The Don Ellis Orchestra) (Jazz Rock/Fusion, 1967)

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Published: May 13, 2024 07:43

Review by BrufordFreak — Due to the popular response of Don's performance at the Monterey Jazz Festival in September of 1966, a record album was quickly prepared for release: 'Live' At Monterey ! This album contained three recordings from September 18th's…

KRISTOFFER GILDENL�W Empty (Crossover Prog, 2024)

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Published: May 13, 2024 05:16

Review by alainPP — 1. Time to Turn the Page intimate beach to set the scene with the warm, dark organ2. End of Their Road with this latency which takes me back to the works of Jeff Buckley for the decadent, melancholic rock air, full of sensitivity3.…

IO EARTH Sanctuary (Crossover Prog, 2023)

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Published: May 13, 2024 03:30

Review by alainPP — Initially soaring, acoustic prog rock, reminiscent of Floyd, this group evolved under the influence of Dave, its progenitor; over time the sound expanded and Rosanna brought the progressive range to the top on the post-covid 'Aura' .Why…

SANTANA Original Album Classics (Jazz Rock/Fusion, 2009)

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Published: May 13, 2024 03:24

Review by b_olariu — While I dive into Santana albums from 1972 to 1987 on 2 compilations of 10 CDs, ratings will come after each 3-4 listnings of each album, maybe some comments aswell. This compilation have releases from 1978 to 1987, issued in 2009First…

BRAND X ...Featuring Phil Collins (Jazz Rock/Fusion, 1996)

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Published: May 13, 2024 02:54

Review by VianaProghead — Review N 775Brand X is a British progressive rock band that was founded in London in 1975. Brand X was a jazz fusion band active between 1975-1980 and 1992-1999. The members included the noted…

ACQUA FRAGILE Moving Fragments (Rock Progressivo Italiano, 2023)

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Published: May 13, 2024 02:49

Review by alainPP — A different RPI, younger, modern, with a more accentuated rock connotation, aggressive instrumentation and incisive breaks, without denying their original sound.When the RPI allows itself to evolve and not stay within its singular…

ANCIENT VEIL Puer Aeternus (Rock Progressivo Italiano, 2023)

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Published: May 13, 2024 02:38

Review by alainPP — Ancient Veil was founded by Alessandro Serri and Edmondo Romano in 1995 after the killing of Eris Pluvia.A music with folk, jazz and classical roots is marked, especially a sound that smells of the RPI with saxophone and classical wind…

ARJEN ANTHONY LUCASSEN Arjen Lucassen's Supersonic Revolution: Golden Age of Music (Crossover Prog, 2023)

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Published: May 13, 2024 01:09

Review by ironman2002 — 4.5 - Pure Arjen's funI've been a fan of Arjen Lucassen's music for twenty years now, first discovering his work through Ayreon's 'The Human Equation' and then backtracking to albums like 'The Final Experiment' and 'Into The…

BANDHADA Bandhada (Jazz Rock/Fusion, 1984)

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Published: May 13, 2024 01:04

Review by Mellotron Storm — BANDHADA were a five piece Jazz band out of Chile, a bunch of young guys still in University learning to get better at the music they loved. And really my first impressions were that these were players, very skilled. They also…

BE BOP DELUXE Futurama (Crossover Prog, 1975)

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Published: May 12, 2024 15:59

Review by Mellotron Storm — BE BOP DELUXE were quite active in the 70's releasing five studio albums but they never made it to the 80's. "Futurama" is album number two from 1975. They were a trio of guitar, bass and drums and Bill Nelson is the man in…

AYREON 01011001 (Progressive Metal, 2008)

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Published: May 12, 2024 14:01

Review by ironman2002 — Another perfect Ayreon musical journeyFor me "The Universal Migrator" and "The Human Equation" are one of the best albums ever made and definitely those that made me fall head over heals in love with Arjen Lucassen's music.…

CORONER R.I.P. (Tech/Extreme Prog Metal, 1987)

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Published: May 12, 2024 13:59

Review by ironman2002 — 4.5 - Excellent debutCoroner is easily one of the most underappreciated thrash bands of the 80's. With R.I.P. Coroner began their career with an excellent album. The band members using their virtuosic capabilities made one of the…

OCEANS OF NIGHT Mindstorm (Progressive Metal, 2024)

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Published: May 12, 2024 12:04

Review by tszirmay — When discovering rock back in the very early 70s as a teenager, the exploding hormones certainly found a haven within loud and crunchy power riffs, being raised on Deep Purple, Sabbath, and Led Zep, to name only the obvious. Yes,…