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A cloaked adult holding a child’s hand while a younger child stands nearby, all silhouetted on a rocky overlook. A radiant sun or planet rises over a distant city, bathing the landscape in gold and deep shadow.

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DarWin’s Distorted Mirror, Prog Promise, Hard Rock Reality

DarWin – Distorted Mirror (OoS/Phantom Recordings, 2025) Distorted Mirror was heralded as an album by a progressive rock supergroup called DarWin. However, that description overreached.…

oreglo - “The Whirr” cover artwork. Shades of blue and white.

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Oreglo Put A Spin On Jazz On The Whirr

Aiden Robinson December 23, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazz fusion jazz-rock oreglo Progressive rock

oreglo – The Whirr (Brownswood Recordings, 2025) The project includes the previously released tracks “Bosté” and “The Whirr.” The Whirr, an EP, combines fantastic Snarky…

A cloaked figure carrying a lamp and green satchel looking at a castle tower.

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Adventure Returns With Remastered Prog Debut

Aiden Robinson December 6, 2025 No Comments Adventure hard rock Progressive rock symphonic rock

Adventure – Adventure (Apollon Records Prog, 2025 reissue) Norwegian band Adventure has reissued its self-titled debut album, Adventure this month. Originally released in 2000, the…

The cover of A Family Secret features a hand-drawn sketch on a plain background. A lone figure extends one arm upward, holding several balloon-like strings ending in small, round faces with varied expressions. The band name “Ergot Project” and the album title “A Family Secret” appear in uneven, childlike handwriting.

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Ergot Project’s Heavy Truths, Fractured Selves

Aiden Robinson November 4, 2025 No Comments Ergot Project heavy rock

Ergot Project — A Family Secret (AMS Records, 2025) A Family Secret is described in the press release as progressive rock, although the album plants…

Gtarzee - Ducks in a Row cover artwork. an image of an electric guitar blended with a photo of ducks.

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Feathered Prog: Gtarzee Puts His ‘Ducks in a Row’ on New EP

Aiden Robinson October 29, 2025 No Comments folk-rock Progressive rock

Gtarzee – Ducks in a Row (Inverse Music Group, 2025) Finnish-Canadian guitarist and songwriter Tim Norrgrann, known by his solo moniker Gtarzee, has released his…

The High Orbit album cover shows a solar eclipse, with the sun’s radiant light flaring from behind the moon against a deep blue-black sky. The band name “Head Spin” and album title “High Orbit” appear in yellow lettering, positioned in the upper right and lower left corners.

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Orbit Achieved: Head Spin’s One-Man Psych-Prog Trip

Aiden Robinson October 22, 2025 No Comments Andy Scoffi electronic music Head Spin Progressive rock psychedelic rock

Head Spin — High Orbit (Self-Released, 2025) Britain’s Head Spin returns with High Orbit, a euphoric instrumental set from multi-instrumentalist and modern psych-prog keeper Andy…

Stick Men - Brutal cover artwork. An abstract design.

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Stick Men Get Aggressive With “Brutal” EP

Aiden Robinson October 6, 2025 No Comments Progressive rock Stick Men

Stick Men – Brutal (Iapetus, 2025) Brutal, the new 25-minute EP from Stick Men, delivers five tightly focused tracks after a multi-year hiatus. This compact…

The album cover for Pareidolon – The Unattainable Shore depicts a small boat struggling against massive, swirling blue waves under stormy skies. In the background, a castle-like city clings to steep, mist-covered mountains.

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Brave But Heavy: Pareidolon’s “The Unattainable Shore”

Aiden Robinson September 24, 2025 No Comments hard rock Pareidolon prog metal Progressive rock

Pareidolon – The Unattainable Shore (Shine Productions, 2025) Pareidolon was formed in 2015 in Nelson, BC under bassist–composer Lachlan Tocher, whose virtuosic, inventive, and emphatically…

Overworld Dreams — Geography cover artwork. A fantasy design with a bald eagle flying over an imaginary city below.

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Overworld Dreams Aim High On ‘Geography’

Aiden Robinson September 18, 2025 No Comments Overworld Dreams Progressive rock symphonic rock

Overworld Dreams — Geography (self-release, 2024) New Jersey progressive rock outfit Overworld Dreams released Geography in 2024, built around two extensive suites: the title epic…

The cover of Ramshackled is a white, textured background with only two key elements, a small circular black-and-white portrait of Alan White in the bottom right, and the album title with his name in black lettering at the top left. The design feels understated, almost blank, drawing attention to White’s face and the album’s name.

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Alan White’s “Ramshackled” Reissued: A Detour from Yes

Aiden Robinson September 14, 2025 No Comments Alan White funk jazz-rock pop soul

Alan White — Ramshackled (Spirit Of Unicorn Music/Cherry Red Records, 2025 remastered reissue) As Yes paused between progressive rock epics in 1976, each member unveiled…