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Record Label: Relapse Records
Style: Technical Death Metal
Record Label: Avalon
Style: Power Metal
Second album from this psychedelic space rock ensemble led by ex-Dragonwyck guitarist Tom Brehm. The music draws equally from late 60s West Coast bands like Jefferson Airplane and Quicksilver Messenger Service, as well as Hawkwind, Pink Floyd and even...
Record Label: World In Sound
Style: Psychedelic Rock
Lyseric madness from three continents! Obskuria is a new heavy psychedelic band consisting of guitarist Tom Brehm (formerly of the US band Dragonwyck), keyboardist Winnie Rimbach-Sator of Karmakanic, and four members of the Peruvian psych band La Ira ...
Record Label: World In Sound
Style: Psychedelic Rock
Debut release from this Dutch quartet. You dig Mellotron? This album is packed with it. In fact that's the only keyboard that appears on the album. Overall the music has a psychedelic space rock sheen but is quite contemporary sounding - kind of li...
Record Label: Space Jam
Style: Space Rock
Peculiar but interesting band from Belgium. Oceans Of Sadness mix progressive, death and doom metal influences freely and even incorporate some 70s flavors as well. The music is a bit off-kilter in the same way that Pain Of Salvation used to be. Voc...
Record Label: Scarlet
Style: Doom Metal
New release from this fascinating avant garde metal band from Belgium. Vocally and stylistically the band is all over the map but they tie it all together seamless and that's got to be a hell of a battle. Vocals range from extreme coarse to highly m...
Record Label: Scarlet Records
Style: Avant Garde Metal
New edition arrives in a box set. In addition to the standard CD you get a bonus DVD containing a live performance of the album plus bonus features (120 minutes in total).
Newest album from this Manchester five piece finds th..
Record Label: Superball Music
Style: Modern Progressive Rock
Record Label: Superball Music
Style: Modern Progressive Rock
"The world would be a better place if more bands followed the same path as Oceansize. I’m not talking about aping the majestic, autumnal post-rock pomp that the Manchester-based quintet has conquered over the past dozen years. I’m talking about buildin...
Record Label: Superball Music
Style: Contemporary Progressive Rock
YEEEEOOOOOWWW!!!! After a bout of silence Octafish return with their third album of "industrial fake jazz". Folks this one is a real barnburner. Squalling sax, shredding guitars, liquid synth leads, and a rhythm section from hell - coat it all with ...
Record Label: Starpatrol
Style: Fusion
Octafish are an extraordinary German ensemble that began life in the early 90s as a Frank Zappa cover band. "Land Unter" is their debut release from 1995 and is an utter scorcher.
The band consists of 5 members on guitar, synth, tenor sax, bass...
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Style: Fusion
Land Unter is great..."Hai Girls" is even better. The band's sophomore release from 1999 turns it up one notch further. Strongly complex music with angular solos once again reminds of Zappa at his finest (minus the poo poo jokes!). The addition of e...
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Style: Fusion
Second album from this (almost) all girl band from Norway. Octavia Sperati have been categorized as doom but that's only a small component of their sound. There is more of a gothic atmosphere present that evokes the feel of the early Anneke period Ga...
Record Label: Candlelight Records
Style: Gothic Metal
Chick metal THERE I۪VE GONE AND SAID IT! Winter Enclosure is the first album from this all-female band from Norway. Described as doom metal in the band bio but I۪d have to disagree. The music has too much energy to fit there. No, instead I would l...
Record Label: Candlelight
Style: Doom Metal
Heavy dark and a touch of evil is how I like my prog served up and October Equus ladles it up just perfectly. They are a new instrumental quartet from Spain drawing on a myriad of influences. You can hear echoes of classic 70s prog, particuarly in th...
Record Label: MaraCash
Style: Progressive Rock
"With Saturnal October Equus from Madrid establish themselves as the point of reference for the iberic avant-prog scene. Edgy, hypnotic, fascinating, often with a leaden atmosphere, sometimes even gloomy, the album explores intricate harmonic solutions...
Record Label: Altrock Records
Style: RIO
Second album from this German symphonic rock band originally released in 1978. The band was led by Jenny and Pit Hensel on vocals and keys respectively. Jenny reminds a bit of Inga Rumpf with a coaser midrange-y tone. Pit Hensel plays with a more ag...
"Progressive metal spread like wildfire in Italy thanks to Images And Words from Dream Theater. It appears in the metal musician world, I’m betting you will find more people per capita starting their own tribute or original progressive bands thanks to ...
Record Label: Scarlet Records
Style: Progressive Metal
Well I guess the Odin tape vault has been opened after all these years. In addition to Long Hair Music's SWF release we get this live recording from Maxim club in Schweinfurt, Germany in September 1971. Its a mix of original and voer tunes. Detailed...
Record Label: Long Hair Music
Style: Progressive Rock
Top rarity mined from the Vertigo catalog once again (it was briefly available on CD from Repertoire). Odin was a British band that migrated to Germany where they achieved a modest level of success. Recorded in Germany at Windrose Studios in 1972, t...
Record Label: Long Hair Music
Style: Progressive Rock
Odin was a bit of mysterious band that released one album for the German branch of Vertigo in 1973. With this archival release from Long Hair Music we find out the real dirt on these guys. Odin was actually half Dutch/half German band that followed t...
Record Label: Long Hair Music
Style: Progressive Rock
One of the countless Italian prog bands from the 70s. Originally released on the Ri Fi label. Somewhat reminiscent of Genesis and actually not half bad at that.
Record Label: Vinyl Magic
Style: Progressive Rock
Joe O'Donnell is not too well known in prog circles but he should have more of your attention. He is an Irish violinist. Originally he was a member of Mushroom (many of you remember Early One Morning) and also was in East Of Eden. His name turns up ...
Record Label: Capo/BMG
Style: Progressive Rock
Swedish epic power metal.
"What a surprise. Dan Swano covers 7 of his all time fave songs, including covers from U.F.O., URIAH HEEP, CANDLEMASS, MSG, RAINBOW, Sandra and DEPECHE MODE! Bonus to the album is the 1999 three track E.P.(remastered). All instruments played by Dan Swa...
Record Label: VIC Records
Style: Hard Rock/AOR
This was originally reissued by Timothy's Brain but has been out of print for some time. This new edition has been cleaned up sonically and features extensive liner notes. Odyssey was a Long Island based band from the late 60s that had the proto-prog...
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Of The I is an excellent new contemporary progressive rock band from the UK. The music is primarily guitar driven (there are keys). Balance Instars is a conceptual work featuring long tracks linked together by shorter instrumental passages. The obvi...
Record Label: Of The I
Style: Modern Progressive Rock
Long awaited studio album finds Kofi Baker now behind the drum kit. Just another set of jaw dropping killer fusion. Chris Poland rules!!
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Record Label: Tone Center
Style: Fusion
This has been a long time coming and it was worth the wait. Ohm is the instrumental fusion trio put together by ex-Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland. Chris pretty much leaves the metal baggage behind playing more with a Holdsworthian legato flare creat...
Record Label: Lion Music
Style: Fusion
Record Label: Magna Carta
Style: Fusion
Yet another version of Tubular Bells. The rights to his catalog have reverted back to Mr. Oldfield and now Universal is re-releasing this new expanded edition of his classic first album. The first disc is a new stereo mix plus two bonus tracks - "Mi...
Record Label: Mercury Records
Style: Progressive Rock
New 2010 remastered edition of Mike Oldfield's great second album. It has 2 bonus tracks and extensive liner notes from Mark Powell.
Record Label: Mercury
Style: Progressive Rock
Deluxe edition of the second album from Mike Oldfield. It includes the 2010 remix (done by Oldfield himself), the original 174 mix, unreleased demos, tracks, b-sides as well as a DVD with the 2010 mix done in 5.1 surround.
Record Label: Mercury
Style: Progressive Rock
New 2010 remixes done by Mike Oldfield of his third studio album. Of all of his works this one is probably my favorite. Ommadawn is another large scale composition that builds and builds with intensity. Also included are 4 bonus tracks. Highly recom..
Record Label: Mercury
Style: Progressive Rock
Deluxe edition of the 2010 remixes of Mike Oldfield's third album. Comes with bonus tracks, the original 1975 mix, a previoiusly unreleased "lost" demo version. The accompanying DVD is a 5.1 mix of the album with two promotional videos.
Record Label: Mercury
Style: Progressive Rock
Record Label: WEA
Style: Progressive Rock
Record Label: WEA
Style: Progressive Rock
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Here's the deal....this is the first solo album from Sally Oldfield, Mike's sister. Recorded in 1...
Record Label: Castle Records
Style: New Age/Chick Prog
Oldfield came up with a good idea here - this is a solid musical sequel to the original. I saw him perform this at Carnegie Hall, it was great. It actually turned out to be a smash hit all around the world.
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Limited edition digipak comes with one bonus track.
Record Label: AFM Records
Style: Progressive Metal
Record Label: AFM Records
Style: Progressive Metal
One thing about Jon Oliva - this guy has always been able to write great songs. Jon Oliva's Pain sounds so much like Savatage that he might as well change the name. He also understands something about production - Savatage albums always sounded great...
Record Label: Locomotive
Style: Power Metal
One thing about Jon Oliva - this guy has always been able to write great songs. Jon Oliva's Pain sounds so much like Savatage that he might as well change the name. He also understands something about production - Savatage albums always sounded great...
Record Label: Locomotive
Style: Power Metal
Record Label: AFM
Style: Power Metal
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Surprisingly great project from one of the founders of Savatage and forefathers of the entire progressive metal movement. To cut to the chase - this sounds more like Savatage than Savatage does these d...
Record Label: SPV
Style: Power Metal
Record Label: Shagedelic
Style: Progressive Rock