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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”

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,…

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Whitewater’s Dark Planet Expands the Horizons of Ambient Prog

Aiden Robinson February 28, 2025 No Comments ambient Progressive rock Whitewater

Whitewater – Dark Planet (Bad Elephant Music September 2020) Dark Planet, released on September 16, 2020, by British duo Whitewater, marked an ambitious evolution of…

The album cover for Now We Have Power by Sanguine Hum features a minimalist illustration dominated by a large, stylized head with an abstract, swirling facial expression. The head appears to loom over a crowd of small, uniform humanoid figures at the bottom, depicted in white and gold, raising their hands in unison. The dark, gradient background includes faint, futuristic geometric elements and structures.

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Sanguine Hum’s Musical Coup: “Now We Have Power” Reigns Supreme

Aiden Robinson February 10, 2025 No Comments Progressive rock Sanguine Hum

Sanguine Hum – Now We Have Power (Bad Elephant Music, 2018) British progressive rock band Sanguine Hum solidified their place in the modern prog landscape…

Reptiel - Down Below World cover artwork. A psychedelic illustration with an amoba-like yellow blob with a woman's face, many eyes and hands,a man flying and various other details.

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Reptiel’s Down Below World: A Psychedelic Prog Rock Voyage Through Sound and Sci-Fi Fantasy

Aiden Robinson December 11, 2024 No Comments Progressive rock psychedelic rock Reptiel

Reptiel – Down Below World (Cubby Control Records, 2024) San Francisco’s avant-garde label Cubby Control Records has released Down Below World, the latest concept album…

Neal Morse & The Resonance - No Hill For A Climber cover artwork. A tall island with waterfalls.

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Neal Morse & The Resonance Deliver Prog-Rock Excellence with ‘No Hill for a Climber’

Aiden Robinson November 26, 2024 No Comments Neal Morse Neal Morse & The Resonance Progressive rock symphonic rock

Neal Morse & The Resonance – No Hill For A Climber (InsideOut Music, 2024) Neal Morse’s latest project, No Hill for a Climber, marks a…

Red Sand - Pain't Box cover artwork. A box that contains colored pencils and paint.

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Red Sand’s enduring creativity and mastery of neoprogressive rock

Aiden Robinson November 20, 2024 No Comments Neoprog Progressive rock Red Sand symphonic rock

Red Sand – Pain’t Box (SPBN Records, 2024) With their eleventh studio album, Pain’t Box, Canadian progressive rock band Red Sand reaffirm their status as…

Utopianisti - Reason in Motion cover artwork. A giant lizard over a city.

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High-Energy Jazz-Rock Meets African Rhythms in Utopianisti’s Latest Album

Aiden Robinson November 4, 2024 No Comments jazz-rock Progressive rock Utopianisti

Utopianisti – Reason in Motion (Unnecessary Leftover Music, 2024) Utopianisti’s sixth album, Reason in Motion, brings forward a powerful blend of jazz-rock, progressive elements, Afrobeat…

Mile Marker Zero - Coming of Age cover artwork. an illustration of a tree with red leaves and roots.

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Mile Marker Zero’s Reflection on Coming of Age

Aiden Robinson October 2, 2024 No Comments hard rock Progressive rock

Mile Marker Zero – Coming of Age (self-released, 2024) Coming of Age is the third full-length release from Mile Marker Zero. The album encapsulates the…

Agent Starling - European Howl cover artwork. An illustration of a hurdy-gurdy with a crow standing on it holding a carnival mask in its beak.

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Agent Starling’s Spellbinding ‘European Howl’

Aiden Robinson August 25, 2024 No Comments Agent Starling ambient folktronica Progressive rock

Agent Starling – European Howl (DHM, 2021) Agent Starling’s debut album, European Howl, was released on May 4th, 2021. The ten-track album features an array…