Much needed reissue of this obscure classic Quebecois prog album finds its way to CD release 28 years after it's original release. Charles Kaczynski is a multi-instrumentalist composer who performs on violin, cello keyboards, flutes, percussion, and v...- Record Label: ProgQuebec
- Style: Progressive Rock
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Latest from the resurrected Swedish symphonic band continues to sound perilously close to The Flower Kings but with Patrick Lundstrom (Ritual) and Aleena Gibson sharing vocals. A surprising new member is guitarist Per Nilsson from Swedish death/trash ...- Record Label: Inside Out
- Style: Symphonic Rock
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Second album of the reunited lineup put together by keyboardist Hans Lundin. Returning is his old Kaipa bandmate Roine Stolt on guitars as well as Flower Kings bassist Jonas Reingold. Patrik Lundstrom of Ritual handles the vocals and the monstrous Mo...
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Third album since the resurrection of this Swedish symphonic band led by keyboardist Hans Lundin and guitarist Roine Stolt. No major surprises here - symphonic rock perhaps a bit in the vein of Flower Kings. FK bassist Jonas Reingold is here as is Ri...
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Incredible first part to the series paying tribute to the electric music of Miles Davis. Mindblowing interpretations courtesy of Henry Kaiser, Wadada Leo Smith, Mike Keneally, Michael Manring, Tom Coster, Steve Smith, Zakir Hussain ao. Presented in g...- Record Label: Cuneiform
- Style: Jazz Rock
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The Japanese scene for symphonic rock is a far cry from it's heyday 10-15 years ago. Kalo is a new band led by MasahiroUemura, who was previously involved in the bands Io and Fairy. The musical direction of Kalo is predominantly keyboard driven symph...
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New 2CD edition of Ghost Opera comes with lots of extras. There is a second disc which is a live recording from Belgrade from the 2007 world tour. There are also four bonus studio cuts. Its capped off with two video clips.- Record Label: Steamhammer
- Style: Power Metal
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- Record Label: Magnum
- Style: Progressive Metal
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US power/prog metal band features the soaring vocals of Mark Vanderbilt who is a dead ringer for Crimson Glory's Midnight.
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Vanderbilt is gone but he is replaced by the incredible Roy Kahn of the now sadly defunct Conception.
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With Khan in full control and Sascha Paeth behind the knobs, Kamelot create an incredible epic of powerful metal.- Record Label: Noise
- Style: Power Metal
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Progressive powermetal giants from Florida. With the tag team of vocal-God Roy Khan and guitarist Thom Youngblood, Kamelot has risen far beyond their Crimson Glory soundalike roots. This is the US edition with exclusive bonus tracks.- Record Label: Noise
- Style: Power Metal
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The latest and easily the best album from this US melodic power metal band with the European infusion. I don't think Khan has ever sounded better. The music has a bit more of a progressive edge but is loaded with hooks and killer riffs. Outstanding ...- Record Label: SPV
- Style: Progressive Metal
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Fantastic 2 CD live set taken from the band's February 2006 gig in Oslo (Khan's hometown). Essentially the soundtrack to the DVD. - Record Label: SPV
- Style: Power Metal
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Second album from this excellent Belgian prog band was originally released in 1975 and seeing reissue on CD for the first time now. The album carries on in a similar vein to Long Live The Sliced Ham. If anything there is a touch of funkiness added as...- Record Label: Sony
- Style: Progressive Rock
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Legit reissue (from Sony of all people) of the first, and much sought after, album from this Belgian progressive rock band. Kandahar recorded two albums - in 1974 and 1975. Their music displayed a definite Canterbury vibe in the same way that Supersi...- Record Label: Sony
- Style: Progressive Rock
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Funky German jazz rock from the late 70s. Parts are duff and others quite good.
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Live set commemorating the band's 35th anniversary. It was recorded at their homebase of Topeka, Kansas. They are augmented by a 50 piece orchestra and guest appearances by Steve Morse and Kerry Livgren and they dish out tunes culled from 11 albums w...- Record Label: Star City
- Style: Progressive Rock
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Remastered version of the band's first classic release. Comes with one bonus track - a live version of "Bringing It Back".- Record Label: Epic
- Style: Progressive Rock
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The band's second album now remastered and featuring two bonus tracks.- Record Label: Sony
- Style: Progressive Rock
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US prog band's classic third album remastered. Comes with two bonus tracks - demos of "Child Of Innocence" and "It's You".- Record Label: Sony
- Style: Progressive Rock
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The band probably peaked creatively here - hitting their proggiest moments. Features the radio staple "Carry On Wayward Son". Remastered edition with two previously unreleased live tracks.- Record Label: Columbia
- Style: Progressive Rock
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Perhaps a bit of a rehash (or a further extension) of Leftoverture, it sold like mad back in 1977. Has the played-to-death-even-hear-it-in-elevators hit "Dust In The Wind". This remastered set also has two unreleased bonus tracks.- Record Label: Epic
- Style: Progressive Rock
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New two CD digipak reissue of this classic live Kansas set from 1977-78. Features an expanded set list. "Closet Chronicles" was deleted from the original CD reissue - it's included here as well as 9 previously unreleased tracks from the tour. Nicely...- Record Label: Epic/Legacy
- Style: Progressive Rock
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Last album of the 70s finds the tracks a bit shorter. This one tends to get overlooked as it was the follow up to the successful Point Of Know Return.- Record Label: CBS/Sony
- Style: Progressive Rock
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Exciting new band from Montreal. Karcius are an instrumental quartet blending progressive rock and fusion with an emphasis on the former. The music tends to balance guitars and keyboards with a little bit of a tilt in the favor of some gorgeous guita...- Record Label: Unicorn Digital
- Style: Fusion
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Karda Estra is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Richard Wileman. In corporating other musicians into the mix he creates dark chamber rock that has a lot in common with Univers Zero. At times the music has a soundtrack quality - almost pastoral...- Record Label: Cyclops Music
- Style: Chamber Rock
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"The seventh Karda Estra album continues their unique exploration of progressive and classical stylings using both modern and orchestral instruments.
To their trademark classical instrumentation and etheral female voice this time is added some.- Record Label: Cyclops
- Style: Progressive Rock
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Karda Estra is a musical project from Richard Wileman with additional accompaniment. Wileman is perhaps best known as one half of Lives & Times, UK neo-prog out that made some waves in the late 80s. Playing a variety of instruments - guitars, keyboar...- Record Label: Cyclops Records
- Style: Chamber Rock
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- Record Label: DRAKKAR
- Style: Power Metal
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- Record Label: Season Of Mist
- Style: Power Metal
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Excellent new French symphonic metal band with just a touch of gothic elements. To these ears at times the music evokes Nightwish, Angra, early Tad Morose, Divided Multitude as well as Yearning (how's that for an obscure reference?). The vocals have...- Record Label: Drakkar
- Style: Power Metal
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- Record Label: Unicorn Digital
- Style: Symphonic Rock
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The kings of depression return with their latest doomy mopefest. Revel in it! Nice digipak.- Record Label: Peaceville Records
- Style: Doom Metal
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New live set from Katatonia concentrates on material from The Great Cold Distance as well as other nuggets from the back catalog. The show was recorded at the Summerbreeze Open Air Festival in Germany on 8/17/06. This arrives as a classy 2 disc set. ...- Record Label: Peaceville Records
- Style: Doom Metal
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Eight album from the Swedish masters of melancholy may well be their best. Katatonia's music is all about atmosphere and mystery - all served up with a bit of a moody and depressing feel. Night Is The New Day finds the band inching a bit closer to Op...- Record Label: Peaceville Records
- Style: Atmospheric Metal
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Limited edition 3 disc set features 2 CDs plus an NTSC Region 0 DVD. The 2 CDs is an nice accumulation of all of the band's single and b-side tracks as well as a "best of" selection from 1998-2004. The DVD is a complete show from the Viva Emptiness t...
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Now you can be totally surrounded by depression. This is a special edition of The Great Cold Distance. Disc 1 features the album plus two bonus tracks. Disc 2 is a DVD-A with the album remixed and remastered into 5.1 surround sound. - Record Label: Peaceville Records
- Style: Doom Metal
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Swedish gloomster's first effort for Peacville featuring input from Dan Swano and Mikael kerfeldt. This isn't gothic per se but it has a dark pervasively depressing mood. Clean vox for those who care.
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