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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…

The cover of Max Richter’s While the Flood Rages depicts a desert landscape with a tall, slender pole topped by a cluster of colorful spheres. A tiny human figure stands nearby on the vast, pale salt flats, with distant mountains beneath a softly tinted sky. Two sculptural, boat-like objects rest on the ground.

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Max Richter: High Water, Higher Stakes

Angel Romero November 3, 2026 No Comments contemporary classical electronic music Max Richter minimalism

Max Richter – While the Flood Rages (Decca, 2026) While the Flood Rages, Max Richter’s ambitious and impressive new album, stemmed from MaddAddam, his latest…

The album cover features a ghostly, skeletal figure emerging from a swirling mass of dark, smoky forms, with both hands raised near its chest. Rendered in shades of charcoal, gray, and blue-green.

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Xasthur Explores Musical Ambiguity on New Album Open to Misinterpretation

Aiden Robinson October 26, 2026 No Comments dark ambient progressive folk Xasthur

Xasthur – Open to Misinterpretation (Prophecy Productions, 2026) American musician Scott Conner continues to expand the musical direction of Xasthur with Open to Misinterpretation,a reflection…

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Vorpalgaze Explores Electronic Music and Spiritual Transformation on Debut Album Trickjumps

Stefan Bruno October 21, 2026 No Comments electronic music Vorpalgaze

Vorpalgaze – Trickjumps (Audiobulb, 2026) Italian electronic music artist Vorpalgaze, the project of Rossella Calella, has released her debut album, Trickjumps. The six-track recording combines…

Quivira cover artwork. A fantasy style design with a Native American on foot leading Spanish explorers on horseback.

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Quivira – Debut

Professor Mark October 18, 2026 No Comments Evan Stanley Jake Livgren Joe Deninzon John Baker Lisa LaRue Progressive rock Quivira – Debut

Quivira released their self-titled progressive rock debut album on September 4, 2026, through Melodic Revolution Records. This new symphonic progressive rock album is: “An exploration…

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Peter Hammill’s Tears in Time: The Past Has Other Plans

Angel Romero October 18, 2026 No Comments Peter Hammill Progressive rock Van Der Graaf Generator

Peter Hammill – Tears in Time (Esoteric Antenna Records/Cherry Red Records, 2026) Peter Hammill, the fiercely independent British singer, songwriter, and founding member of Van…

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Nick Fletcher – An Unfolding of Miracles

Professor Mark October 15, 2026 No Comments Caroline Bonnett Dikajee (Olga Karpova)Jonathan Ihlenfeld Cuniado Nick Fletcher Nick Fletcher – An Unfolding of Miracles Progressive rock Roberto Porta Thomas Bura uk progressive rock

Progressive rock and fusion guitarist Nick Fletcher released his sixth solo studio album, “An Unfolding of Miracles, (The Odyssey of an Empathetic Soul).” On October…

Gates Of Kiev - Gates Of Kiev cover artwork. The album cover features a crowned, bearded king in a flowing red cloak, who leans on a shovel amid a desolate, cracked landscape. A medieval armored figure, a surreal flower with an eye, distant castle towers, and barren trees complete the fantastical scene.

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Gates of Kiev Unleashes Exceptional Organ-Driven Progressive Rock on Self-Titled Debut

Angel Romero October 13, 2026 No Comments Eszl de Vois Gates Of Kiev Hessel Braat Progressive rock symphonic rock Tomas Mesman

Gates Of Kiev – Gates Of Kiev (Laser’s Edge, 2026) Dutch progressive rock trio Gates of Kiev has released a fantastic self-titled debut album. This…

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Alan Reed – Grey Sky Thinking

Professor Mark October 11, 2026 No Comments Alan Reed Alan Reed – Grey Sky Thinking Anne McLean Henry and Tudor Malcolm Galloway Mark Spencer Neil Winton Progressive rock Sunny Tudor Davies uk progressive rock

Alan Reed’s third solo album, “Grey Sky Thinking,” is scheduled for release on Monday, November 30, 2026, (St. Andrew’s Day), via White Knight Records. Alan…

The Flower Kings – HOPE cover artwork. a surrealist image of a zebra.

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The Flower Kings Build an Empire of Their Own on Hope

Angel Romero October 9, 2026 1 Comment Lalle Larsson Progressive rock Roine Stolt Swedish music symphonic rock The Flower Kings

The Flower Kings – HOPE (InsideOutMusic, 2026) More than three decades into their career, Swedish progressive rock veterans The Flower Kings have produced an album…