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New melodic metal band put together by Megadeth bassist Dave Ellefson. More of an emphasis here on hooks and groove than any complexity. Pass.
Third album from Hugo Flores' cybermetal project. Flores plays all the instruments and Jessica Lehto all the vocals. Its more aggressive than the previous two albums. Lehto's soprano vocals remind of Sabine Edelsbacher of Edenbridge. Her voice floa...
Record Label:  Progrock Records
Style:  Progressive Metal
"Anyone who thinks the phrase it's all been done before carries real weight clearly has yet to encounter Fair To Midland. Dark, heavy, moving, cryptic, progressive art-rock collides with flourishes of old-school country, Americana and Delta Blues in the..
Record Label:  E1 Entertainment
Style:  Contemporary Progressive Rock
This is so much better than the band's first album it's ridiculous. First off they axed Elisa Martin, who's accent-laden vocals never cut it for me. She was replaced by Max Leclerqe who also sings for Magic Kingdom. The production is way better as w...
Record Label:  Napalm Records
Style:  Power Metal
Mobile Fidelity 24 karat gold remastered edition of the seminal prog/alt-rock/weird band. This is a numbered, limited edition. They do actually sell out and when they do they tend to fetch idiotic prices on Ebay. Not sure who did the mastering but i...
Record Label:  Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs
Style:  Progressive/Alternative Rock
Classic thrash album, long out of print. New remastered edition packed with bonus tracks. BOING!!!
Record Label:  Lost And Found
Style:  Thrash
Second album from this German progressive rock band. It was recorded sometime after Fading Beauty as the band found themselves on the up and coming Sky label. The music had a slightly harder edge but the symphonic elements were still present. The ki...
Record Label:  Garden Of Delights
Style:  Progressive Rock
Solo album from Angra vocalist Edu Falaschi. He's put together quite a cast of musicians here - Emppu Vuorinen (Nightwish) on guitars, Lauri Porra (Stratovarius) on bass, and Casey Grillo (Kamelot) on drums. Queensryche's Mike Stone guests on guitar ...
Record Label:  Candlelight
Style:  Power Metal
Record Label:  Metal Blade
Style:  Folk Metal
Record Label:  Metal Blade
Style:  Folk Metal
Fourth album from this Swedish band that blends power metal and folk in a way that reminds me a bit of Wuthering Heights and Blind Guardian.
Record Label:  Metal Blade
Style:  Power Metal
German issue digipak comes with an exclusive bonus track - "Wake Up" with guest vocals by Andy La Rocque.
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Record Label:  Rage Achilles
Style:  Gothic Metal
Record Label:  BGO
Style:  Progressive Rock
Title says it all. Compilation of the band's BBC sessions from - 3 from 1971 and 1 from 1973.
Record Label:  Vital
Style:  Progressive Rock
This is an exciting and auspicous debut release by a chamber rock quartet from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Far Corner play carefully honed compositions, composed in a style that reflects influences from 20th century composers, such as Stravinsky and Bartok c...
Record Label:  Cuneiform Records
Style:  Progressive Rock
Cuneiform Records hype:
"An instrumental chamber/classical rock quartet, Far Corner combine group improvisation with completely scored works, composed in a contemporary, post-Bartokian style in an extremely assured way. Far Corner's second rel..
Record Label:  Cuneiform Records
Style:  Progressive Rock
Burning live set from this long running US band. Farflung has been involved in the spacerock scene for a very long time, offering support for Nik Turner. Think in terms of the heavier early 70s Hawkwind material (ie. Brainstorm) or contemporary bands...
Record Label:  Meteor City
Style:  Space Rock
Kind of an odd yet interesting band from Italy. Farther Paint is a prog metal band called "experimental" by their label, Lion Music. I'm not really sure I hear anything too off the wall here. The standout of the band is vocalist Monia Rossi who remi...
Record Label:  Lion Music
Style:  Progressive Metal
Steve Feigenbaum's hype sheet sez:
"Among the many great idiosyncratic talents of American music in the 20th century, Captain Beefheart would certainly figure prominently on any list. "...once you get past the audacious unfamiliarity of (his wo...
Record Label:  Cuneiform Records
Style:  Avant Rock
"Captain Beefheart's music is the quintessential 'outsider art music' of the second half of the 20th century. Despite the fact that he retired from music over 25 years ago, his music resonates more strongly than ever as an influence on contemporary mu...
Record Label:  Cuneiform
Style:  Progressive Rock
New project from Danish guitarist Torben Enevoldsen put together after he recorded the second Section A album. Mats Leven (At Vance, Therion) was brought in on vocals and Mind's Eye drummer Daniel Flores rounded out the trio. The music isn't too diss...
Record Label:  MTM
Style:  Melodic Metal
Here's one that will sit on top of the pile o' discs for awhile. Fatal Fusion is a new progressive rock quintet from Norway. Yet another excellent band from a country that just seems to always have the prog mojo workin'. This time its workin' ...
Record Label:  Private Release
Style:  Progressive Rock
New German edition of APSOG arrives at a budget price plus a bonus live DVD (PAL Region 0) of APSOG performed live.
Record Label:  Metal Blade
Style:  Progressive Metal
2005 deluxe remastered edition of the bands 1986 magnum opus, the last one to feature John Arch on vocals. This elaborate set features two cds and one live DVD. Disc One is the remastered version of the album. Disc Two features unreleased live and d...
Record Label:  Metal Blade
Style:  Progressive Metal
A bit of a departure for the prog metal founders. Disconnected incorporates some of the in your face aggressiveness that Ray Alder explored on Engine with the proggier sounds of APSOG. Kind of a hit or miss affair. The high points really soar.
Record Label:  Metal Blade
Style:  Progressive Metal
New German budget 2 CD set combines Disconnected with Inside Out. As a bonus each disc features 3 unreleased tracks.
Record Label:  Metal Blade
Style:  Progressive Metal
New studio album from the prog metal forefathers. Sadly this will be Mark Zonder's swansong with the band. Musically speaking FWX seems to return back to the lighter progressive rock leanings of APSOG. I don't hear any of the harsher industrial over...
Record Label:  Metal Blade
Style:  Progressive Metal
New remastered edition commemorating the 25th anniversary of the release of this classic prog metal album. Bonus tracks are:
Quietus demo
Ivory Gate of Dreams out take #1
Ivory Gate of Dreams out take #2
The bonus DVD feat
Record Label:  Metal Blade
Style:  Progressive Metal
Obscure but purely magical album from the duo of Feliu Gasul and Joan Albert Amargos. Feliu plays Spanish classical guitar while Joan Albert plays a complement of keyboards including acoustic piano, Rhodes, and clavinet. This is simply gorgeous adven...
Record Label:  Picap
Style:  Progressive Rock
First Works is the impressive debut from this Swiss melodic metal band. You would never know this was a self-released production as soon as you hear the production courtesy of Sascha Paeth. The band was put together by keyboardist Markus Geiger and b...
Record Label:  Private
Style:  Melodic Metal
New instrumental shredfest album put together by two latin guitarists - Marco Ferrigno and Javier Leal. Asked to join them and co-write is Artension/Ring Of Fire keyboardist Vitalij Kuprij. The rhythm section is the able duo of Philip Bynoe and Jon D...
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Record Label:  Lucretia
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Remastered edition of the long out of print one-off band. It's a short one but a classic. Festa Mobile was actually a precursor to Il Baricentro. While they never displayed that band's pyrotechic fusion leanings, they did have some subtle jazz overt...
Record Label:  Sony BMG
Style:  Progressive Rock
El Festival De Los Viajes is a new Argentinian ensemble that serves up a platter of peyote laced spaghetti western rock. The music sounds like something concocted by Ennio Morricone in 1969 as channeled by Dick Dale on acid. There are some vocals in ...
Record Label:  Aquatalan Records
Style:  Psychedelic Rock
First time on CD for this Italian rarity from 1972. Not as much prog moves as suggested. This is proto-prog - some swirling organ and mellotron bits - nothing too complex going on here. Vocals are split between English and Italian. If I had paid a ...
Remastered limited edition of the third album from this British neoprog band. Comes with two bonus track cut in 2010.
Record Label:  Metal Mind
Style:  Progressive Rock
Superb effort from this Italian symphonic rock band led by Fabio Zuffanti. This one has been out of print for some time and has now been reissued in a mini-lp sleeve edition with 4 bonus tracks.
Record Label:  BTF
Style:  Progressive Rock
Wonderful live recording from Progday festival in 1997. Dynamic interplay between flute, guitar, and keys over a solid rhythm section. This is a high impact set of prime Italian progressive rock in the grand tradition.
Record Label:  Moon June
Style:  Progressive Rock
Precursor band to Vindictiv demonstrates the remarkable talents of guitarist Stefan Lindholm. He's got quite a bit of a Malmsteen influence in his playing and goes head to head with keyboardist Pontus Larsson. Fronting this is vocalist Tommy Karnevik...
Record Label:  Escape Music
Style:  Melodic Metal
Power metal band led by guitarist extraordinare Gus G. has been improved with the addition of Apollo Papathanasio (Time Requiem/Majestic) on vocals. The music seems to have more of an accessible melodic metal feel.
Record Label:  Century Media
Style:  Power Metal
Record Label:  Century Media
Style:  Power Metal
Record Label:  Leviathan
Style:  Power Metal
"All eyes are on Gus G., especially from the casual mainstream heavy music follower who probably just discovered this axe-slinger’s skill set taking over for Zakk Wylde as Ozzy Osbourne’s guitar man. Those of us stalwart metal maniacs know Gus from his...
Record Label:  Century Media
Style:  Power Metal
German import digibook comes with 3 exclusive bonus tracks.
"All eyes are on Gus G., especially from the casual mainstream heavy music follower who probably just discovered this axe-slinger’s skill set taking over for Zakk Wylde as Ozzy Osbour..
Record Label:  Century Media
Style:  Power Metal
Record Label:  Century Media
Style:  Power Metal
Record Label:  CM
Style:  Power Metal
This one is a big silver slab of fun from Gothenburg, Sweden. Bands like FBFOS were popular some 10-15 years ago and frankly I kind of miss 'em. I'm reminded of great space rock/jam bands like The Great Imperial Yo-Yo, Cherokee Mist and Nukli. This ...
Record Label:  Transubstans
Style:  Space Rock
"2007 double CD live set from the former vocalist for Prog-Rockers Marillion. Recorded at St Mary's Church, Haddington, Scotland on Aug 2006, the set is filled with highlights from his two decades as a solo artist. Features 19 tracks including 'Just Go...
Record Label:  Chocolate Frog
Style:  Progressive Rock