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Although everyone thought that T2 was a "one and done" band they actually recorded demos for a second album that never was to be. This is a collection taken from acetates and reflects material that sounds pretty great. Had this one been carried out t...
Record Label: Acme/Lion
Style: Progressive Rock
New metal band from Finland poised to break big like their countrymen Nightwish. Tacere's music has more of a dark vibe with strong orchestral power metal elements. Helena Haaparanta has a real powerful but controlled voice that is contrasted by the coa
Record Label: KHY
Style: Power Metal
Swedish band that after releasing two spectacular discs fell into stagnation on the Black Mark label. A new label (Century Media) and a new lineup (keyboardist is booted out and replaced by a 2nd guitarist) has re-energized this outfit. Reinventing t...
Record Label: Century Media
Style: Power Metal
Classic French symphonic rock with strong melodies. This would strongly appeal to fans of Camel. Highly recommended.
Record Label: WEA
Style: Progressive Rock
"Led by infamous Fluxus member Takehisa Kosugi, Tokyo's Taj Mahal Travellers were one of the prime examples of a band more heard-of than actually heard. Their vinyl legacy (the 1972 LP July 15, 1972 released on CBS/Sony Japan; the 1974 2LP August 1974 ...
Record Label: Drone Syndicate
Style: Psychedelic Improv
Second solo album from Arttu Takalo, the vibes player from Finnish band XL. Its a collection of shorter pieces that touch on fusion, rock and some impressionistic jazz that wouldn't be out of place on ECM. Vibes and mid-vibes figure prominently but g...
Record Label: Rockadillo
Style: Fusion
Fourth solo album from the former XL vibes/midi-vibes player is a blend of fusion and contemporary classical composition.
Record Label: Rockadillo
Style: Fusion
Canadian trio use improvised jams as the foundation for their fusion influenced tunes.
Record Label: Unicorn Records
Style: Fusion
Record Label: Unicorn Digital
Style: Progressive Rock
Second album from this early Australian prog band featuring the stunning guitar work of Tim Gaze - before he split to form Khavas Jute. This one has been given the usual stunning treatment by Aztec Music. It's packed with bonus material and detailed ...
Record Label: Aztec Music
Style: Progressive Rock
Sixth album from Andy Tillison & Co. This time the album eschews much of the Canterbury trappings of previous works. While in once sense its a bit disappointing because they did it so well, Comm demonstrates a band that really knows how to craft a pr...
Record Label: Inside Out
Style: Progressive Rock
Andy Tillison's band has juggled the lineup a bit and frankly this fifth album is a huge step up from the last one. Camel drummer Paul Burgess is now in the fold as is PO90 bassist Jonathan Barrett. Returning are Guy Manning and Theo Travis. Honestl...
Record Label: Inside Out
Style: Progressive Rock
Andy Tillison's band has juggled the lineup a bit and frankly this fifth album is a huge step up from the last one. Camel drummer Paul Burgess is now in the fold as is PO90 bassist Jonathan Barrett. Returning are Guy Manning and Theo Travis. Honestl...
Record Label: Inside Out
Style: Progressive Rock
Excellent second album from this Argentinian quartet recorded in 2002. Instrumentation is flute, guitar, bass, and drums. Guitarist Ignacio Lois has a strong Fripp influence, using gobs of sustain for a fat, dirty sound. Flautist Damian Lois has at ...
Record Label: Viajero Inmovil
Style: Progressive Rock
Record Label: Viajero Inmovil
Style: Progressive Rock
Second album from the seminal e-music ensemble featured a new lineup and new sound as compared to Electronic Meditation. Only Edgar Froese carried over - this time accompanied by Chris Franke and Steve Shroyder. The music is quite a bit more tranquil...
Record Label: Reactive
Style: Electronic
New remastered edition of Tangerine Dream's important third album. This has been made available ad nauseum times but this time there is a real nice kicker. This version comes with a bonus disc containing a previously unreleased live performance record...
Record Label: Reactive Records
Style: Electronic
"Tangerine Dream's 1975 album picks up where 1974's Phaedra left off--with sequenced teases of palpitating synth under ambient washes of cosmic sound and traces of melody. If Phaedra was the marsh of dank electronic washes and eerie sounds in the night...
Record Label: Virgin
Style: Electronic
"Consisting of four parts, Stratosphere reworked the Tangerine Dream trademark sound--a heady mix of electric guitar, drum, and assorted other electronic instruments--into a form more readily available to those new to the genre than their previous work...
Record Label: Virgin
Style: Electronic
Third album originally released as a 2 LP set. A deep space psychedelic masterpiece that is a bit more static and minimalist than later work. It was the first album to feature Peter Baumann. Florian Fricke of Popol Vuh guests and the band is augment...
Record Label: Reactive Recordings
Style: Electronic
Gorgeous packaged remastered edition of the band's first album. Comes in a slipcase with liner notes and photos.
Record Label: Castle Records
Style: Electronic
2 CD archival release from the Norwegian masters of psychedelia. The collection is derived from their original "Improvised Dropouts" cassette demo from 1983. Its augmented with additional material from the 1982/83 time period. Sound quality is varia...
Record Label: Private Release
Style: Psychedelic Rock
Record Label: Eastworld
Style: Psychedelic
Eulogy is the band's second album and is a brilliant follow up to In Search Of A New Dawn. The band has expanded to a quartet. Sax and flutes figure prominently in the mix remding a bit of Mel Collins with King Crimson. Consisting of just 3 long ins...
Record Label: Eastworld
Style: Psychedelic
Record Label: Eastworld
Style: Psychedelic
Blow out price on one of the GREAT albums of the 80s. Tangle Edge are the duo of multi-instrumentalists Ronald Nygard and Hasse Horrigmoe. They live up near the North Pole in Narvik, Norway (no kidding). With the assistance of outside musicians, th...
Record Label: Eastworld
Style: Psychedelic
Legit reissue with 3 bonus tracks and a video clip. Taramis were a short lived band from Australia that cut two albums before disappearing into the ether. They actually had some success with their second album being released on Metal Blade (never cam...
Record Label: My Graveyard Productions
Style: Thrash/Technical Metal
Second album of melodic metal and AOR from this "super-group" of sorts featuring members of Rough Silk, Edguy, fronted by Rick Mythiasin, former lead singer of Steel Prophet.
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First solo album from the ex-frontwoman of Nightwish. The music charts a similar course although not quite as heavy. Tarja's operatic vocal range is quite in evidence. The production has an epic feel due to the extensive use of the Czech Film Orches...
Record Label: Fontana
Style: Power Metal
Special edition of My Winter Storm features the following extras: the main album has yet one more bonus track and there is a DVD with two different videos of "I Walk Alone", the "making of I Walk Alone" documentary as well as one for "the making of My ...
Record Label: Fontana
Style: Power Metal
What Lies Beneath is the second solo album from Tarja since her departure from Nightwish. Not too dissimilar to My Winter Storm, the album mixes metal with classical and even pop elements. There is a bit of schmaltz here and there but overall its a ...
Record Label: Get Back
Style: Hard Rock
Limited edition digipak featuring a bonus track - a cover of Blue Oyster Cult's "Veteran Of Psychic Wars". Tarot are finally getting the attention they deserve - most likely because of Marco Hietala's double duty in Nightwish. If melodic power metal ...
Record Label: Nuclear Blast
Style: Power Metal
Record Label: Nuclear Blast
Style: Power Metal
Record Label: Bluelight Records
Style: Progressive Metal
Record Label: Bluelight Records
Style: Progressive Metal
24 bit remastered version of the band's first album - with 3 bonus tracks. Tasavallan Presidentti were a Finnish progressive/jazz rock band led by guitarist Jukka Tolonen. This is the band's first album, recorded in 1969. Musically it's very similar...
Record Label: Love Records
Style: Progressive Rock
First album from this Irish blues based power trio led by Rory Gallagher. Originally released in 1969 its considered to be a timeless classic of hard rock.
Record Label: Polydor
Style: Hard Rock
Record Label: Sanctuary
Style: Progressive Metal
"TCP is a project based around the core collaborative spirits of Henry Tarnecky, Blake Tobias and Jack Wright. TCP (aka Temporal Chaos) was formed when these three multi-instrumentalist progressive songwriters met within a two week period early in 2008...
Record Label: 10T Records
Style: Progressive Rock
New US prog trio augmented by additional musicians. Its a mix of modern and old school elements. Even through they seem to go for Genesis sound I'm reminded of that quirky 70s band Gabriel Bondage.
"TCP is a project based around the collabo..
Record Label: 10T Records
Style: Progressive Rock
The second album from NJ based The Tea Club is a clever slice of contemporary progressive rock. The band draws influence from current bands like The Dear Hunter, Echolyn, and Mars Volta but there are intricate keyboard embellishment courtesy of guest ...
Record Label: Private Release
Style: Progressive Rock
New Montreal-based progressive metal band formed by three members of the Iron Maiden tribute band Up The Irons. Tears For The Dead Gods is a conceptual work with a cyber metal slant. The story deals with an apocolyptic vision as science and religion ...
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Second album from this melodic metal ensemble featuring the Jansson brothers - Benny and Bjorn, as well as the Mind's Eye rhythm section of Daniel Flores and Johan Niemann. I find that with the context of a band format (as opposed to his solo projects...
Record Label: Lion Music
Style: Melodic Metal
Outstanding melodic metal with touches of AOR. Tears Of Anger consists of the Jansson brothers - Benny (guitars) and Bjorn (vocals) joined by the rhythm section from Mind's Eye - Daniel Flores (drums) and Johan Niemann (bass). Benny Jansson put out s...
Record Label: Lion Music
Style: Melodic Metal
New band featuring Russian vocalist/violinist Magdalena Lee (don't know her real name) who transplanted to Finland. ToM combine aspects of symphonic power metal with elements of gothic death metal as well as folk. Magdalena is classically trained an...
Record Label: Scarlet Records
Style: Gothic Metal
Tee are an instrumental quintet from Japan. The music is a bit uncharacteristic in that it has a distinctly European flavor. The band relies heavily on flute as a lead instrument. While fusion elements are present I hear more influences from bands l...
Record Label: Musea/Poseidon
Style: Progressive Rock