Category: Progressive Rock

Progressive rock, also known as prog rock or prog, is a rock music subgenre that originated in the United Kingdom, with further developments in Germany, Italy, and France, throughout the mid-to-late 1960s and 1970s. It developed from psychedelic rock and originated, similarly to art rock, as an attempt to give greater artistic weight and credibility to rock music.

SAGA – Pleasure and the Pain (Remastered 2021 w/ bonus trax)

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Over 40 years have passed since Canadian melodic prog-rock band SAGA released their self-titled debut album. Since then, they have been an exceptional musical phenomenon and toured the globe various times — all the while selling over 10 million albums worldwide.

Their sonic trademarks – synthesizer harmonies, keyboard-guitar riffs, melodic arrangements, and the charismatic vocals of frontman Michael Sadler – have made Saga an influential rock act of the modern era.
In 2021, earMUSIC celebrated the band’s four-decade legacy launching a reissue series exquisitely remastered and these “

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S/W – Southwest (2022)

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Release year: 2022
Genre: Progressive Rock / Heavy Prog
Country: Poland

Tracklist:
01. There’s Too Much Music In The World 02:54
02. Don’t Walk Away 04:46
03.Southwest 05:08
04. Ostatni latwy dzien 04:12
05.Jutro 02:38
06. Pojutrze 01:10
07. September 05:21
08. Ex Machina 02:54
09. Dissolve 06:58
10. Kiedy skoncze 03:00

line up:
– Lukasz Sieczka / electric guitars (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9), acoustic guitar (2, 5, 8), drum programming (2, 9)

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Steve Hughes – More Channelings – Book One (2022)

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Release year: 2022
Genre: Progressive Rock / Electronic / Instrumental
Country: UK

Tracklist:
01. Parallelities 04:30
02. The Domes Of Fendoria 05:23
03. Memories Of The Cathars 04:23
04. Remote View Venus 04:27
05. Corridors Of The Mind 05:46
06. Transmutation 03:49
07 Nightly Adventures 04:35
08. Colors That Merge 02:40
09. Hymn Of The Pulsar 04:04
10. I’ll Wait For You 02:25

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L’Estate di San Martino – Kim (2022)

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Release year: 2022
Genre: Progressive Rock
Country: Italy

Tracklist:
01 Cretto (03:20)
02. Sul Prato (04:43)
03. Inanna (05:46)
04. Gocce (06:09)
05. Libera (05:47)
06. Il Cyclope (1:29)
07. Il Monaco Pierre (04:08)
08. Immaginami (7:14)
09. Caleidoscopio (9:32)
10. Tewar (incl. Ghost Tracks) (11:01)

line up:
– Massimo Baracchi / bass, bass pedals
– Luca Castellani / electric guitar
– Marco Pentiricci / flute, saxophone, harp
– Andrea Pieroni / vocals

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Oak – The Quiet Rebellion of Compromise (2022)

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Release year: 2022
Genre: Progressive Rock / Crossover Prog
Country: Norway

Tracklist:
01. Highest Tower, Deepest Well (05:58)
02. Quiet Rebellion (04:51)
03. Dreamless Sleep (05:37)
04. Sunday 8 Am (05:55)
05. Demagogue Communion (06:16)
06. Paperwings (13:52)
07. Guest of Honor (07:03)

line up:
– Simen Valldal Johannessen / vocals, keys
– Sigbjorn Reiakvam / drums
– Oystein Sootholtet/bass
– Stephan Hvinden / guitars

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Popol Ace – It Was 50 Years Ago Today (Compilation) (2022)

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Release year: 2022
Genre: Progressive Rock
Country: Norway

Tracklist:
01. Mrs. Randalie (06:52)
02. Milk-White Satin-Dressed Departure 1 (04:59)
03. Feelin’ Alright (07:57)
04. Hunchback (04:01)
05. Dark Nights (03:38)
06. Get Up (11:17)
07. All We Have is the Past (04:32)
08. Music Box (03:53)
09. Milk-White Satin-Dressed Departure 2 (04:57)
10. Queen of All Queens (04:00)
11. The Art of Living (05:37)
12. Hunchback (Live Rebecca West 1994) (05:02)
13. Soft Shoe Dancer (05:03)

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