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The cover depicts a hillside village with terracotta-roofed houses under a pale green sky and distant mountains. In the foreground, two figures sit on a bench beneath a tree with golden leaves.

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Rumor Has It: Panzerpappa’s “Landsbysladder” Speaks Volumes

Panzerpappa – Landsbysladder (Apollon Records Prog, 2025) The Norwegian avant-progressive rock group Panzerpappa has just released its eighth studio work, a fine concept album named…

The cover of Strange & Wylde Majick by The Book of Moons features two men in vintage attire, one holding a guitar and the other conjuring a glowing orb of light. Ornate green foliage frames the scene, with an intricate golden circular design in the background. The title appears in bold, gothic-style lettering beneath the artists’ names.

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Hex Appeal: Gothic Folk Duo Summon a Proggy Debut With Bite

Aiden Robinson August 11, 2025 No Comments

The Book of Moons – Strange & Wylde Majick (2025) Strange & Wylde Majick, the debut album from Norfolk-based duo The Book of Moons, features…

The album cover for En Pakt Med Naturen by Tusmørke features a watercolor-style illustration of shadowy riders and a cloaked figure leading a horse through a mystical forest. Towering trees and winding roots. Gothic font of the band’s name and album title.

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In League With Nature: Tusmørke Goes Acoustic and Occult on First Live Album

Aiden Robinson July 25, 2025 No Comments folk-rock Progressive rock psychedelic rock Tusmørke

Tusmørke – En pakt med naturen (Karisma Records, 2025) En Pakt Med Naturen is the first live release from Norwegian band Tusmørke. It was recorded…

The album cover for Whispers of Granite – Liquid Stone features a monolithic boulder precariously balanced on a barren landscape. A lone figure stands nearby, dwarfed by the stone, under a pale sky with a single orange sun. The title appears in bold orange lettering, with “Whispers of Granite” boxed and “Liquid Stone” in a fluid font below.

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Whispers of Granite Melds Nordic Voice and German Atmospheres

Aiden Robinson July 11, 2025 No Comments Whispers of Granite

Whispers of Granite – Liquid Stone (Apollon Records, 2025) Whispers of Granite is a new collaboration between Norwegian vocalist and composer Trude Eidtang and German…

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Renaissance Reframed: Boxed Set Opens Out on a Key Era

Aiden Robinson June 25, 2025 No Comments classic rock Progressive rock Renaissance soft rock symphonic rock

Renaissance – Opening Out – The Albums 1977–1979 (Esoteric Records/Cherry Red, 2025) This 3CD clamshell box set collects Renaissance’s Warner Bros.-era studio albums from 1977…

The album cover for Age of Fragility by Marco Mattei features a young boy standing in shallow water, facing a futuristic city skyline in the distance. The waterline cuts through the middle of the image, symbolically dividing nature (grass beneath his feet) and urbanization.

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Fragile Times: Marco Mattei’s Age of Fragility

Aiden Robinson May 26, 2025 No Comments classic rock Marco Mattei Progressive rock

Marco Mattei – Age of Fragility (M.P. & Records, 2025) Italian composer and singer-songwriter Marco Mattei returns with Age of Fragility, a concept album that…

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Norwegian Band AVKRVST Soars and Stumbles on Sophomore Epic

Aiden Robinson May 13, 2025 No Comments AVKRVST Progressive rock symphonic rock

AVKRVST – Waving at the Sky (InsideOutMusic, 2025) Norwegian prog outfit AVKRVST returns June 13 with their second full-length album, Waving at the Sky, a…

The album cover for Soft Ffog – Focus features a dramatic seascape where a pirate ship with tattered, flaming sails floats above a stormy ocean. Below, shipwreck survivors struggle on jagged rocks as lightning flashes across the turbulent sky. A lone black dog watches from a cliff, adding to the eerie, fantastical atmosphere. The band's name and album title appear in stylized white lettering in the top right corner.

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Ffoggy Notions: Soft Ffog Sharpen Their Focus With a Bold, Rock-Forward Evolution

Aiden Robinson April 28, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazz jazz-rock Progressive rock Soft Ffog

Soft Ffog – Focus (Is it Jazz? Records, 2025) Norwegian progressive music band Soft Ffog returns with Focus, a follow-up that is at once tighter,…

The album cover for Sail the World by Anthony Phillips features a coastal scene under a blue sky. Framed by lush green foliage in the foreground and tree-covered hills on either side, the image looks out over calm waters dotted with small sailboats.

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Smooth Sailing: Anthony Phillips Charts New Depths with Remastered “Sail the World”

Aiden Robinson March 27, 2025 No Comments ambient Anthony Phillips easy listening new age pop

Anthony Phillips – Sail The World – Remastered & Expanded (Esoteric Recordings, 2025) Leave it to multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Anthony Phillips, the founding Genesis…

The fantasy-style album cover for Sykofant by Sykofant presents a surreal landscape dominated by the massive skull of a whale or similar large creature. The skeletal remains lie in a desolate, reddish-brown terrain, surrounded by blackened, charred tree trunks. The sky burns in eerie hues of red and orange.

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Sykofant’s Shape-shifting Self-Titled Debut

Aiden Robinson March 10, 2025 No Comments Progressive rock Sykofant

Sykofant – Sykofant (Sykofantastic Records, 2024) Sykofant is a progressive rock band from Oslo that that blurs the lines between prog-rock and hard rock. Sure,…