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Bosco Sacro – Inhabit cover artwork. The cover of Bosco Sacro’s Inhabit features a close-up of a weathered, stone-like human face emerging from darkness, surrounded by rough rubble.

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Bosco Sacro – Inhabit: A Sacred Place to Lose Yourself

Bosco Sacro – Inhabit (Supernatural Cat Records, 2026) Somewhere between the crushing weight of the earth and the boundless mysteries of the human spirit, Italian…

Compassionizer - The Faithful of the Land cover artwork. An illustration of green mountain peaks.

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Compassionizer Pursues Divine Beauty on The Faithful of the Land

Kevin Baker September 27, 2026 No Comments avant-garde rock Compassionizer Progressive rock

Compassionizer – The Faithful of the Land (ArtBeat Music, 2026) Compassionizer’s fifth album, The Faithful of the Land presents beautifully crafted and fearlessly original progressive…

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Anthony Garone Returns With OK, but why?, First Album in Nearly Two Decades

Kevin Baker July 24, 2026 No Comments Anthony Garone Progressive rock

Anthony Garone – OK, but why? (Moonjune Records, 2026) Anthony Garone, founder of the progressive music platform Make Weird Music, has released his first full-length…

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The Who Team Up with Orchestra for Live At Eden Project 2023

Kevin Baker June 4, 2026 No Comments classic rock The Who

The Who — Live at Eden Project 2023 (earMUSIC, 2026) The Who have a new album recorded with a symphony orchestra titled Live At Eden…

Bjørn Riis — Lifandi cover artwork. A photo of Bjørn Riis playing electric guitar live.

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Bjørn Riis Sets First Live Release With Lifandi

Kevin Baker April 29, 2026 No Comments Bjørn Riis Progressive rock

Bjørn Riis — Lifandi (Karisma Records, 2026) Bjørn Riis, known for his work with Airbag, will release his first live recording, Lifandi, on May 29.…

Frédéric L’Epée — Contre Courant covr artwork. Various shapes that look like fishes.

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Frédéric L’Epée Tranquil Solo Album, ‘Contre Courant’

Kevin Baker April 24, 2026 No Comments contemporary classical Frédéric L’Epée Progressive rock western classical music

Frédéric L’Epée — Contre Courant (Cuneiform Rune 3408, 2026) Frédéric L’Epée presents a different view of the electric guitar on Contre Courant. The guitarist leans…

A swirling, tunnel-like vortex of neon blues, purples, and pinks pulls the eye inward toward a bright center, where a lone silhouetted figure walks forward.

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35 Tapes Lift The Curtain On Tasteful Veil on Life

Kevin Baker March 26, 2026 No Comments 35 Tapes Andreas Eriksen Jarle Wangen Jo Wang Kai Lundewall Morten Lund Progressive rock symphonic rock

35 Tapes – Veil on Life (Apollon Records Prog ARP095, 2026) With Veil on Life, Norway’s 35 Tapes moves with a quick pulse. The songwriting…

The cover presents a sepia-toned photograph of a grand concert hall viewed from the back of the audience. A sweeping, arched ceiling frames the stage below, where beams of light illuminate the band in the distance. In the foreground, a silhouetted figure raises an arm toward the stage. At the top, uppercase lettering reads “Long Distance Calling,” with “live at lichtburg” in smaller type beneath it.

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Post-Rock Meets Jazz Energy: Long Distance Calling Reveals ‘Live At Lichtburg’

Kevin Baker February 26, 2026 No Comments Long Distance Calling post-rock Progressive rock

Long Distance Calling – Live At Lichtburg (earMUSIC, 2026) Progressive post-rock band Long Distance Calling have released the live album Live At Lichtburg. The recording…

A monochrome, tunnel-like corridor stretches into deep perspective, its metallic curves blurred. At the center, two small human figures sit closely together, one holding a guitar. Above them, a roulette wheel while red lettering spells Cryogenic Dreams.

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Red32 Freezes Time On Cryogenic Dreams

Kevin Baker January 4, 2026 No Comments hard rock Progressive rock RED32

RED32 – Cryogenic Dreams (2025) Red32 has released Cryogenic Dreams, a concept-leaning record about sleep and a future affected by ecological collapse and off-world urgency.…

Ping - Songs from the Nebula cover artwork A man in a trenchcoat looking at a nebula..

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Postcards From The Void

Kevin Baker December 18, 2025 No Comments Progressive rock psychedelic rock

Ping – Songs from the Nebula (Apollon Records Prog, 2025) Ping have been tinkering with Norwegian experimental rock since the last millennium. Songs from the…