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The album cover for The Good Man by Alex Carpani features a vintage-inspired illustration of a sailboat caught in a stormy sea, surrounded by red waves, lightning, fighter jets, and a menacing black octopus.

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Alex Carpani Navigates Rough Waters With Poise and Prog: The Good Man Sets Sail

Alex Carpani – The Good Man (Independent Artist Records, 2024) On The Good Man, Italian composer and keyboardist Alex Carpani invites listeners on a two-part…

The cover for Tim Morse's Transformation: 20th Anniversary Edition features a torn paper motif revealing a cosmic night sky. At its center is a circular image of a Vitruvian-style figure amid clouds. The title appears above, with a row of mysterious symbols along the bottom and a note about remastering and bonus tracks.

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Tim Morse’s ‘Transformation’ Turns 20 with a Remastered Release

Angel Romero July 19, 2025 2 Comments Progressive rock symphonic rock Tim Morse

Tim Morse – Transformation 20th Anniversary Edition (Cymalick Music, 2025) Two decades after its original release, Transformation, the debut album by progressive rock multi-instrumentalist Tim…

The album cover for Thirteen by The Haas Company (Vol. 4) features a glowing orange violin set against a cosmic background with constellations and text fragments. White intersecting lines radiate outward like a star map. The title "THIRTEEN" is centered, and the bottom text highlights guest violinist Jerry Goodman.

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The Haas Company Turns Up the Heat with Jerry Goodman

Angel Romero July 14, 2025 No Comments

The Haas Company Vol. 4 – Thirteen, Featuring Jerry Goodman (2025) Thirteen by the Haas Company is yet another fusion-jazz rock masterwork set that highlights…

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Euphoria Station: Southern Rock Spirit With a Progressive Rock Pulse

Angel Romero July 9, 2025 No Comments Americana Euphoria Station Hoyt Binder Kraft van Ermel Progressive rock Saskia Kraft van Ermel southern rock

Euphoria Station – Smoking Gun (Self-Released, 2025) On Smoking Gun, their third full-length release, Los Angeles-based band Euphoria Station pays tribute to Southern rock legends…

The album cover for Songs for a Perigee Moon by Carl Weingarten features an ornate illustration of a guitar integrated into a crescent moon, with a sun bearing a human face nestled inside the curve. Surrounding the central image are floral patterns, tree branches, distant mountains, and a starry sky, combining natural and celestial imagery in warm gold, amber, and earth tones against a black background.

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A Supermoon and Supergroup: Carl Weingarten Slides Into Orbit

Angel Romero July 6, 2025 No Comments ambient Americana Carl Weingarten contemporary jazz fusion jazz

Carl Weingarten – Songs for a Perigee Moon (Multiphase, 2025) Carl Weingarten’s Songs for a Perigee Moon is thematically inspired by the “perigee moon” (supermoon).…

The album cover for Komara – Komara II features a disturbing, humanoid figure rendered in a visceral, sinewy style, with exaggerated teeth and a partially melted or deformed head. The background is a textured, fiery orange and red. The band’s name “Komara” appears in a stylized, stacked font to the left, with “II” subtly framed in a box between the letters.

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Komara Refuses to Settle into Predictability

Angel Romero July 1, 2025 No Comments Komara Progressive rock

Komara – Komara II (7D Media, 2025) After a decade-long silence, the boundary-pushing trio Komara resurfaces with Komara II, an audacious return. The trio features…

The cover of The Samurai of Prog – Omnibus-4: The Bernard & Pörsti Sessions features a fantastical, steampunk-inspired scene. At its center, two bearded adventurers in wide-brimmed hats (Bernard & Pörsti) sit on a rocky outcrop, gazing toward a dreamy, castle-filled sky where a UFO floats ominously. Surrounding them are symbolic items, a sword, compass, telescope, and scroll, set atop a wooden table. A cosmic sky bursts in the background. Artwork by Ed Unitsky.

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Omnibus-4: Three Prog-rock Gems in a Box

Angel Romero June 28, 2025 No Comments Bernard & Pörsti Kimmo Pörsti Marco Bernard Progressive rock symphonic rock The Samurai of Prog

The Samurai Of Prog – Omnibus-4 (Seacrest, 2025) The Samurai Of Prog’s Omnibus series are boxed sets that contain previously released concept albums with the…

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Reuter Trio Finds Harmony in Spontaneity

Angel Romero June 23, 2025 No Comments Asaf Sirkis Fabio Trentini Markus Reuter Progressive rock

Markus Reuter (featuring Fabio Trentini and Asaf Sirkis) – Truce <3 (Unsung Records in collaboration with MoonJune Music, 2025) On their third outing as a…

The album cover for Ribbon Butterfly by Yuka & Chronoship features a lace-like butterfly set against a watercolor backdrop of swirling blues and whites. The band’s name appears in a stylized, organic font in the lower right corner, while the album title is set in serif type on the left.

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Yuka & Chronoship Deliver a Prog-Rock Concept Album Masterwork

Angel Romero June 20, 2025 No Comments Progressive rock symphonic rock Yuka & Chronoship

Yuka & Chronoship – Ribbon Butterfly (Cherry Red Records, 2025) Japan’s symphonic voyagers return with an ambitious concept album that turns each track into a…

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Gösta Berlings Saga Turn the Page with Forever Now

Angel Romero June 12, 2025 No Comments Gösta Berlings Saga Progressive rock psychedelic rock

Gösta Berlings Saga – Forever Now (Pelagic Records, 2025) Swedish progressive rock innovators Gösta Berlings Saga have released their seventh studio album, Forever Now. Known…