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A white title reads EBB, with each letter framing black-and-white portraits of band members talking or gripping their heads. Cracked glass surrounds the text.

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EBB’s Mirror: Progressive Rock Reflections with Moments of Surprise

EBB – Mirror (Boudicca Records, 2025) EBB has matured into of the finest progressive rock bands in the current UK scene. Mirror reflects the moment…

Andvake presents a fog-drenched rural scene with a small weathered shed in muted purples and browns at the center. Bare trees rise around it.

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Stefano Boggiani’s Andvake Explores Contrast and Sleepless Jazz

Charlie Melville January 19, 2026 No Comments

Stefano Boggiani – Andvake (Losen Records, 2025) Stefano Boggiani presents Andvake, a project titled after an old Norwegian word of Norse origin with multiple meanings.…

A lone figure stands before a burning city while a colossal crimson sphere surrounds a towering structure at the center. The sky glows with molten reds and oranges, and jagged black spires rise across the horizon. The band name appears at the top as “Assignment,” and the album title With The End Comes Silence sits below.

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Assignment – With the End Comes Silence

Professor Mark January 13, 2026 No Comments Assignment - With the End Comes Silence Diego Valdez Germany Goran Panić Heiko Spaarmann Marco Ahrens Michael Kolar progressive metal Progressive rock Simone Mularoni symphonic rock Thomas Vikström

Assignment, is a German progressive rock band that will release their latest album With the End Comes Silence, on Massacre Records, on the 27th of…

A single pastel-purple rock sits on a flat pink background, casting a long shadow to the left. White lettering at the top reads “minerals form the crust,” while the bottom credits “Strangebird Sounds.”

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Strangebird~Sounds Digs Into Minerals Form The Crust

Stefan Bruno January 12, 2026 No Comments ambient electronic music microsound modern classical psycho-acoustic Strangebird~Sounds

Strangebird~Sounds – Minerals Form The Crust (2026) Strangebird~Sounds, the recording project of electronic producer Gregory Geerts, has a 2026 release titled Minerals Form The Crust.…

Raphael Groten - Inner Sanctum cover artwork. An illustration of a brown bear.

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Inner Sanctum: 22 Chilly Guitar Spells From Vermont

Stefan Bruno January 8, 2026 No Comments ambient electronic music Raphael Groten

Raphael Groten – Inner Sanctum (self-released, 2025) Vermont musician and composer Raphael Groten has released Inner Sanctum, a bewitching 22-track album built around electric guitar…

A black-and-white image with a weathered stone arch suspended between two old structures, viewed from below against a pale sky. Soft vignetting darkens the edges, while a few sparse plants emerge from the masonry.

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Dirk Serries Goes Long on Infinite And Unbound

Stefan Bruno January 7, 2026 No Comments ambient Dirk Serries electronic music

Dirk Serries – Infinite And Unbound (Projekt., 2025) Belgian composer and guitarist Dirk Serries (also known for work under the alias vidnaObmana) has released Infinite…

A fantasy illustration with a massive turquoise gear standing upright, pouring a rainbow stream onto cracked earth. Jagged mountains rise under a pink-and-purple sky, while retro typography names Cervello and Chaire & Live Au Pomeriggio D’Arco 1978.

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A Long-Overdue Return from Italian Prog-Rock Giants

Angel Romero January 7, 2026 No Comments Cervello Italian Progressive Rock Progressive rock rock progresivo italiano symphonic rock

Cervello — Chaire & Live Au Pomeriggio D’Arco 1978 (Sony Music, 2025) Cervello was legendary, one of the essential masters of the first wave of…

A cloaked adult holding a child’s hand while a younger child stands nearby, all silhouetted on a rocky overlook. A radiant sun or planet rises over a distant city, bathing the landscape in gold and deep shadow.

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DarWin’s Distorted Mirror, Prog Promise, Hard Rock Reality

Aiden Robinson January 7, 2026 No Comments DarWin hard rock heavy metal prog metal Progressive rock

DarWin – Distorted Mirror (OoS/Phantom Recordings, 2025) Distorted Mirror was heralded as an album by a progressive rock supergroup called DarWin. However, that description overreached.…

An abstract painting with blues, black, and earth tones with bubble-like patterns. Centered in white type, “Robec” stands against a dark, irregular shape, while the album title, the forest is too loud, appears at the bottom.

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Robec Turns Up The Trees: New Album ‘The Forest Is Too Loud’

Angel Romero January 5, 2026 1 Comment electronic music Progressive rock Robec

robec – the forest is too loud (Gymnocal Industries, 2025) Robec, the solo project of former Ocean of Lotion member Marius T. Røbech, released an…

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.…