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Genre: Progressive Rock/Folk
Country: USA (Dalzell, SC)
Year of publication: 2002-2022
2002 “First Light” (00:55:30)
2003 “Grace” (01:04:34)
2004 “From Dreaming To Dreaming” (01:04:45)
2008 “Cold Star Quiet Star” (00:49:27)
2011 “Kindred” (00:51:26)
2012 “Water Of Life: Live At The Sumter Opera House” (01:16:39)
2014 “Paint The Dark” (01:00:31)
2022 “The Journey” (00:45:53)
2022 “Live Under The Autumn Sky” (01:17:47)
Genre: Progressive Rock
Country: Poland/UK (London)
Year of publication: 2014-2022
2014 “Who I Am” (00:55:02)
2018 “Other Side” (00:43:31)
2020 “Last Day” (00:55:52)
2021 “Last Day In Poland” (00:59:37)
2021 “Sound Of The Trees” (00:54:36)
2022 “The Maze” (00:55:06)
In 1986, Steve Negus and Jim Gilmour left the band over management concerns, later recording one album as the Gilmour-Negus Project (GNP).
Meanwhile, Saga continued to record and tour, with Michael Sadler and the Crichton brothers augmented by session musicians.
Their 1987 release Wildest Dreams enjoyed better distribution under new label, Atlantic Records, but it failed to match expectations in America.
The lead single “Only Time Will Tell” became a popular Chart favourite in Canada (#93), with a memorable video rotated on MTV for a brief period.
However, the remainder of the album suffered from over-reliance on technology, with armies of sequencers and drum machines replacing much of the band’s earlier trademark sound with Gilmour and Ne
Melodic Rock / AOR from Chile sounds a bit exotic to many, but this is a much beloved genre in South America (Brazil, Argentina, etc). Danish label Lions Pride is always in the ‘hunt’ for such ‘hidden bands’, so it’s not a surprise that they signed the band HUNTER, whom debuted for the label with 2021’s ”Hungry Heart’ album which received extremely favorable reviews – including ours at plotn08.
Now HUNTER’s singer and keyboarder Ed Carabantes is going solo under the name EDDIE VANTEZ and presents his solo debut “Ro
Country: USA
Genre: Blues Rock
Year: 2022
Tracklist:
01. Down in the South (04:18)
02. Jimmy Crazy Drivin’ (03:45)
03. Hey Jamie (02:32)
04. Just Call Me (04:33)
05. Before I Left U (04:13)
06. I Want To (03:23)
07. Take the Day Off (02:21)
08. August Rain (04:59)
09. Blueberry Fields (04:22)
10. Last Ride (To Tulsa) (06:42)
11. Bonus Track: Take the Day Off (Instr.) (02:28)
Country: USA
Genre: Psychedelic / Progressive Rock
Year: 2022
Tracklist:
01. Remember (02:10)
02. Sunflowers (02:55)
03. Solstice (03:34)
04. Prometheus (05:41)
05. The God Machine (03:55)
06. Visitors (04:54)
07. Monolith (06:00)
08. Lost (01:51)
09. Setting Sun (05:03)
10. Wild (05:33)
11. True Name (01:32)
Country: Italy
Genre: Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
Year: 2022
Tracklist:
01. Private Hell (05:46)
02. Dying Inside (05:04)
03. The Ghost of You (06:14)
04. My Own Road (05:04)
05. Gone (04:26)
06. You Make Me Wanna Die (05:56)
07. Trapped Here Alone (08:36)
08. Don’t Bury Me Before I Die (05:14)