Karmamoi – The Day Is Done 2018


“THE DAY IS DONE” is our fourth studio album, which will contain 8 brand new songs and will be released in autumn 2018. “THE DAY IS DONE” is a concept album and starting from the disaster of The Grenfell Tower in London, on 14th June 2017, tells and explores a story of alienation and pain of two brothers who left their country, trying to find a better life in Europe, but finding the death in Grenfell Fire. It’s a true story.

For “THE DAY IS DONE” the band has involved, among the others, special guests such as COLIN EDWIN, the bassist of (PORCUPINE TREE and O.R.K.) and GEOFF LEIGH, flutist and saxophonist (STEVEN WILSON, EX-WISE HEADS, HENRY COW and many others). Once again, MARK TUCKER (JETHRO TULL) is the co-producer and sound engineer of the album. “THE DAY IS DONE”

Hillward – System Live (2018)


Since the release of their debut album “Flies in Amber Stones” in 2015, Hillward, the heavy progressive rock quintet from Quebec, has been fine-tuning its craft playing local shows including the well known Festival d’Été de Québec in 2016, as well as various opening sets for major bands such as Symphony X and Uriah Heep.

01. Iterations (Live)
02. Long Way Down (Live)
03. The Missing Link (Live)
04. Haven (Live)
05. Hollow (Live)
06. Flat Light (Live)
07. Life in Serigraph (Live)
08. When It All Comes True (Live)
09. Quiescence (Live)
10. Flies in Amber Stones (Live)
11. Quantify the Abstract (Live)
12. Behind the Silence (Live)

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Crocodile – His Name Is Stan And He’s A Bad Motherf–ker (2018)


Crocodile is an Austin, TX based progressive rock band musically inspired by classic bands who forged the genre (e.g. Gentle Giant, Genesis, Jethro Tull, ELP, Yes, PFM), sharing their original ambitions to meld diverse influences into something unique and musically adventurous.

1. (pre) Dawn Of Stan 07:01
2. I Was A Worker 06:48
3. Sawhorse 07:46
4. Stan 05:23
5. Interlude (lunchtime) 01:00
6. Stir The Stain (fuck the door) 05:11
7. I Am Stan 07:17

Time: 40:29

Band:
Kevin Sims – guitars, vocals
Greg Seale – drums
Ted Thomas – bass, vocals
Thomas Shaw – keyboards, vocals
Philip Spann – keyboards

Dappled Jay – Colourful Night (2018)


Dappled Jay was born in 2015 in Helsinki, Finland on a cold winter day. The Finnish power trio was founded by three rock dudes Aleksi Sandberg (vocals, guitars), Jukka-Pekka Vironen (drums) and Jari Rautiainen (bass) and it is a fresh new rock act in music scene. The band’s music is a mixture of 70’s style rock grooves, thundering rhythms, and the elements of progressive rock. The group is influenced by a range of classic rock, from progressive rock bands such as Rush and Pink Floyd, to classic rockers such as Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin, to Finnish prog/psychedelic rock bands such as Kingston Wall and Von Hertzen Brothers.

1.Storm In Your Head
2.Colourful Night
3.Repeating Story
4.Thief Of Hearts
5.Leaving Behind
6.Last Words
7.The Sun

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Ellesmere – Ellesmere II – From Sea And Beyond (2018)


Overall, ELLESMERE II sounds way more energetic and varied compared to the previous work, that was dominated by flute and acoustic guitars. Listening to the whole album, it’s not difficult to find similarities with the great prog acts of the past: Yes immediately does spring to mind, but also King Crimson during the rawest parts (a quote from RED is hidden in the second track), UK challenging jazz prog, the symphonic attitude of ELP, Kansas tension towards melody,

the breathtaking chord changing sequences typical of Magellan and Cairo, the intimate and gloomy mood from early Peter Gabriel productions. The brief instrumental section that opens the album is the evocative trait d’union between the last track of the previous work, still hazy and filled with the sounds of nature, and this new journey int

Kansas – Wheels and Other Rarities 2018


Classic Kansas has just released the album “Wheels And Other Rarities”, which can be found through, among other things, here.

Kansas – Wheels
Kansas – Can I Tell You (Demo)
Kansas – Carry On Wayward Son (Remix)
Kansas – The Wall (Remix)
Kansas – Perfect Lover
Kansas – Death of Mother Nature Suite (Live at the Cowtown Ballroom, Kansas City, MO – 1973)
Kansas – Incomudro – Hymn to the Atman (Live in Cleveland, OH – 1975)
Kansas – On the Other Side (Live in Springfield, MO – 1979)
Kansas – Dust In the Wind (Live at the Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL – October 1980)
Kansas – Play the Game Tonight (Live at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO – July 1982)

Electric Mud – Highway Refugees (2018)


Hagen Bretschneider (idea, sound concept, bass) and Lennart Hüper (rhythm guitar) have always focussed on instrumental compositions. They have concentrated on their own material, producing their first album “Dead Cat on a Railroad Track” in 2013.

01. Born to Rock and Roll
02. Roll ‘Em Where You Want ‘Em
03. Be Cool
04. The Face
05. Dreams
06. It’s Gonna Be Alright
07. Hangin’ On
08. Almost Hear U Thru
09. Hard to Kill
10. Free as a Highway

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Stratosphere – Firе Flight (2010)


Fire Flight should be on the “must have” list of every orchestral / classical / symphonic metal fan. The big hooks and catchy rhythms will easily appeal to any hard rock fan, and be instantly familiar to anyone who has ever listened to Yngwie.

01. Russian Summer
02. The Battle Within
03. Enemy Of My Soul
04. Street Of Moscow
05. Rendezvous
06. Shining Star
07. China Girl
08. Princess Of The Night
09. VIP
10. Fire Flight
Time: 46:17

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Illumine – Maiden Voyage (2018)

Illumine is the realization of Liam Dodge’s goal to have a solo music project. Based in progressive rock, Illumine explores the expression of different moods through instrumental music. From gentle ambience to crushing riffs, Illumine is unique.

1.Departure
2.Emanate
3.Blue Joy
4.Orion
5.Reference
6.Hospital Bed
7.The Docks
8.Sunrise
9.Zenosyne
10.Solitary
11.Stuck on Play
12.Maiden Voyage
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Balothizer – Cretan Music from Hell (2018)


Balothizer are an electric power trio emerging from Haringey, North London. In an area where cultures are constantly fused together, Haringey has been the birthplace of Balothizer’s amalgamation of a dynamic, ethereal style of music, which the band dub as Post Cretan.

01. Roots
02. Anogeia
03. Cradle to the Grave
04. Antifa Syrtos
05. Foustalieris
06. Kissamos Waves
07. Hugging

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Los Lobotomys – Lobotomys 3.0 (2018)


“Los Lobotomys was always kind of a bigger group, a hang that we did and different people who were available would do it. So it’s not just a specific set number of guys as it depends on who’s available at the time. It’s a bigger family than just these six people… “

01. The Creature
02. Nice N Greasy
03. Shangrila
04. Mr. Botomy
05. 12th of Never
06. Brecker Steps
07. Another Song In E
08. Conversaciones

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Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate – Out of Mind (2018)


Genre defying band combining prog/alt-rock and electronica, with elements of minimalism, funk, classical, acoustic, and metal

01. Coming Back (Time out of Joint)
02. When I Was a Ship
03. Defiance
04. De Humani Corporis Fabrica
05. The Rose That Was Red in the Dark
06. Maze
07. Stand Up
08. I Miss the Stars
09. If You Think This World Is Bad…
10. Losing Myself
11. The Electric Ant
12. Lidice

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The Soulbreaker Company – Sewed with Light (2018)


The Soulbreaker Company is Ortiz Domingo (drums) // Illan Arribas (bass) // Jony Moreno (vocals) // Javi Free ( Organ, Synths) // Dani Triñanes (Guitar) // Asier Fernández (Guitar). They are a Psychedelic Well Understood Progressive Pop Rock band.

01. Inner Dark
02. I Am the Void
03. At the End of the Day
04. Together
05. The Word the Blade
06. Persephone
07. You Guess but You Don’t Understand
08. You Shook Your Tail
09. Avoid the Crash
10. Arrhythmia
11. The Beginning

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