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The album cover for The Unified Field by All India Radio features a landscape under a deep blue sky, dominated by a massive, reflective sphere hovering above the ground. Two small, robed figures stand below it, gazing upward. The band’s name and title appear in the upper right corner.

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All India Radio Plots The Unified Field: Slowcore Drop for Halloween

All India Radio – The Unified Field (self-released, 2025) All India Radio will roll out The Unified Field on October 31, 2025. The self-released set…

The album cover for Sky on the Ground by Markus Reuter and Stefano Castagna features a circular, mosaic-like design resembling a shattered mirror or digital vortex. Shades of blue, silver, and white dominate the image.

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Sky On The Ground: Markus Reuter & Stefano Castagna Bend Time For a 2025 Vocoder Voyage

Kevin Baker October 24, 2025 No Comments ambient Markus Reuter Progressive rock Stefano Castagna

Markus Reuter and Stefano Castagna – Sky on the Ground (2025) Markus Reuter and Stefano Castagna have released Sky on the Ground, a follow-up to…

The album cover for Maison Rose by Emmanuelle Parrenin features a watercolor-like painting of a pink house with a faint figure inside. On the left, a black vertical band lists the artist’s name and album title in white text.

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Maison Rose Reopened: Emmanuelle Parrenin’s Quiet Revolution Blooms Again

Kevin Baker October 12, 2025 No Comments Emmanuelle Parrenin

Emmanuelle Parrenin – Maison Rose – Expanded Edition (Souffle Continu Records, 2022 reissue) Maison Rose, originally released in 1977 and now reissued with two previously…

The cover of La Fine Non Esiste has an Art Deco style: vertical panels in warm yellows, oranges, and reds frame the title, while silhouetted figures in motion seem to climb and leap across a wheel-like structure.

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Semiramis Return: A Defiant Spark Beyond Time

Kevin Baker September 16, 2025 No Comments Progressive rock rock progresivo italiano Semiramis symphonic rock

Semiramis – La Fine Non Esiste (Vinyl Magic, 2024) Half a century after the classic Dedicato a Frazz carved its name into the marble of…

The album cover for Redemption by Cheat the Prophet shows silhouetted hands forming the shape of a bird against a warm, cloudy sunset sky. The band name appears in bold uppercase at the top left, while the album title is written in a cursive style at the bottom right.

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Cheat The Prophet, Counting The Cost Of “Redemption”

Kevin Baker August 27, 2025 No Comments grunge Progressive rock symphonic rock

Cheat The Prophet – Redemption (2025) Two decades vanished, yet the names remain familiar. Matt Mizenko, Todd Mizenko, and Jamie Boruch, once central to neo-prog…

The album cover for Unexpected Intersections by Doracor features an abstract painting of two human figures entwined in a dynamic, fluid composition. Rendered in bold shades of pink, red, purple, and teal, the figures appear to merge and separate across angular, intersecting lines. The band name "Doracor" and album title are overlaid in cursive typography, with a Celtic triquetra symbol subtly placed between them.

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Doracor’s Genre-Bending Sentimental Detour

Kevin Baker July 28, 2025 No Comments Doracor pop Progressive rock smooth jazz soft rock

Doracor – Unexpected Intersections (AMS Records, 2025) Doracor’s 2025 album Unexpected Intersections is a hodgepodge of musical influences that pull in multiple directions. Long known…

The Ghostpiracy album cover by Psychowatermelon features a glowing green watermelon floating like a planet against a swirling black-and-white background filled with playful ghost silhouettes. The band’s name appears in psychedelic red script at the top, while the album title GHOSTPIRACY is stamped diagonally across the watermelon in large, retro-styled block letters outlined in red.

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Psychowatermelon’s “Ghostpiracy” Makes Psychedelia Juicy Again

Kevin Baker July 12, 2025 No Comments electronic music Progressive rock psychedelic rock Psychowatermelon

Psychowatermelon – Ghostpiracy (self-release, 2024) What happens when two of Italy’s most eclectic sound alchemists disappear into the studio with nothing but vintage gear, freeform…

Peter Gregson - Peter Gregson cover artwork. A filtered image of the artist.

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Cello-Flex: Peter Gregson Rewires His Sound on Self-Titled Album

Kevin Baker June 9, 2025 No Comments cello classical crossover electronic music Peter Gregson western classical music

Peter Gregson – Peter Gregson (Decca Records US, 2025) British cellist and composer Peter Gregson recently released his self-titled album, Peter Gregson. The project serves…

The album cover for Silhouettes Fall – Silhouettes Fall features an abstract design dominated by a textured yellow-gold background. A jagged black horizontal line bisects the canvas, erupting into a dark central blotch that resembles a burst. The band's name appears in black, all caps, with a stylized “A” formed by a triangle.

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From Maryland to Italy: A Cross-Continental Prog-Rock Collaboration

Kevin Baker June 7, 2025 No Comments fusion Progressive rock Silhouettes Fall

Silhouettes Fall – Silhouettes Fall (self-release, 2024) With their self-titled debut, Silhouettes Fall, this international outfit steps onto the progressive rock stage like seasoned travelers…

The album cover for Monumentata by Nad Sylvan features a grayscale, close-up photo of Sylvan’s face, obscured by a grid or mesh overlay. The artist's name appears in small white text in the top left, while the album title is rotated vertically in the bottom right.

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Nad Sylvan Ponders Mortality on a Less-than-Monumental “Monumentata”

Kevin Baker May 27, 2025 1 Comment classic rock hard rock Nad Sylvan soft rock

Nad Sylvan – Monumentata (InsideOutMusic, 2025) For those of us who’ve followed Nad Sylvan’s theatrical arc, from his captivating vampiric persona in The Vampirate Trilogy…