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The album cover for Between Two Worlds by Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate features a surreal, blurred double-exposure effect of a faceless humanoid figure.

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Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate – “Between Two Worlds”- EP

Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, is one of the best progressive rock bands from the UK. This year they have released an EP, Between Two…

The album cover for Remnants of Light by Needlepoint features a black-and-white hand-drawn illustration with a folk-art aesthetic. A barefoot figure, dressed in loose clothing, sits on the ground surrounded by scattered leaves, resting their head on one hand in a contemplative pose. Around them, several crows gather, seemingly engaged in an interaction with the leaves. Behind them, bare trees, a stone wall, and a distant village. Above, a vast flock of birds forms a flowing pattern in the sky.

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A Fine Needle in the Prog Haystack

Angel Romero February 17, 2025 No Comments Canterbury Needlepoint pastoral folk Progressive rock psychedelic rock

Needlepoint – Remnants of Light (BJK Music, 2024) With Remnants of Light, their sixth album, Needlepoint continue to carve out a singular space within Norway’s…

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World’s Beyond – “Rhapsody of Life”

Professor Mark February 17, 2025 No Comments Ewoud Dekoninck Female fronted progressive metal Jakob Declercq Robbe Adriaens symphonic metal symphonic progressive metal symphonic rock Tijmen Matthys Valerie De Kempe World’s Beyond – "Rhapsody of Life"Wout Debacker

Another new metal symphonic band has been located, within a famous city in Belgium. Ghent, is the home of the famous city where the War…

The Bob Lazar Story's Vanquisher album cover features a minimalist design with a single bright red chili pepper, possibly a ghost pepper, set against a deep teal background.

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The Bob Lazar Story – Vanquisher: Intricate, Offbeat, and Accessible Instrumental music

Kevin Baker February 16, 2025 No Comments Progressive rock The Bob Lazar Story

The Bob Lazar Story – Vanquisher (Bad Elephant Music, 2019) Vanquisher marked the seventh album from The Bob Lazar Story, the musical collaboration between UK-born…

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Hartlight – “The Triumph of Metal”

Professor Mark February 16, 2025 No Comments Adrien Djouadou Adrien Guingal Female Fronted Metal Female fronted progressive metal France Guillaume Remih Hartlight Noémie Allet progressive metal symphonic metal symphonic progressive metal The Triumph of Metal

I found another great progressive symphonic metal, female-fronted band from France. The band is Hartlight, and they are about to release their second full album,…

The album cover for Imaginaerium - The Siege features a fantasy-inspired battle scene. A massive metallic sphere with intricate engravings and a fiery opening looms at the center, seemingly an otherworldly siege weapon. Surrounding it, Roman-style soldiers clad in red capes and armed with spears and shields advance through swirling blue mist. Towering stone fortresses, adorned with flags and statues, frame the scene, while the sky burns with a crimson inferno.

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Imaginaerium – “Siege”

Professor Mark February 15, 2025 No Comments Clive Nolan Eric Bouillette Imaginaerium – "Siege"Laura Piazzai Luis Nasser Mirko Sangrigoli Progressive rock Simone Milliava symphonic rock

Imaginaerium has returned to tell several stories conceptualized on the term “siege”. The stories range as far back as the archives of the history of…

The album cover for With Eyes Closed by Matt Panayides Trio features an abstract, watercolor-style background with overlapping brushstrokes in shades of blue, orange, pink, green, and yellow. The title, "With Eyes Closed," is centered in bold, modern black typography, while "Matt Panayides Trio" appears in a smaller, straightforward font at the bottom.

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Panayides Reworks Old Jazz Tunes

Charlie Melville February 13, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazz Matt Panayides Trio

Matt Panayides Trio — With Eyes Closed (Pacific Coast Jazz PJ93456, 2024) Matt Panayides, a New York City-based virtuoso guitarist and composer, is recognized for…

The album cover for Aether's Trans-Neptunian Objects features an abstract, cosmic-inspired design. A textured teal-green background fades into a darker, almost black lower edge, evoking a deep-space or underwater aesthetic. Delicate, thin black lines crisscross the image, connecting small black dots, suggesting orbital paths or celestial mechanics. Two prominent spheres—one dark and the other a rusty red—anchor the composition, resembling planetary bodies or distant celestial objects.

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Beyond Neptune: Aether’s Ambient-Prog-Fusion Takes Flight

Angel Romero February 12, 2025 1 Comment Aether ambient Andrea Ferrari Andrea Grumelli Andrea Serino electronic music jazz-rock Progressive rock Teo Ravelli

Aether – Trans-Neptunian Objects (Self-Released, 2024) Aether’s Trans-Neptunian Objects is a musical voyage propelled by the breathtaking expanse of space and the limitless imagination of…

$The album cover for Ice Breaking by the Dag Arnesen Trio features a close-up of a fractured ice formation, illuminated by golden and blue reflections against a deep black background. The typography is clean and modern, with "Ice Breaking" in a cool blue hue. The names of bassist Magne Thormodsæter and drummer Øyvind Skarbø appear beneath the title, while the Losen Records logo sits subtly in the corner.$

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Breaking the Ice with Dag Arnesen’s ‘Ice Breaking’

Charlie Melville February 11, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazz Dag Arnesen

Dag Arnesen – Ice Breaking (Losen, 2024) Dag Arnesen’s Ice Breaking presents an exploration of jazz, introducing original compositions with new stylistic approaches. With all…

The album cover for Now We Have Power by Sanguine Hum features a minimalist illustration dominated by a large, stylized head with an abstract, swirling facial expression. The head appears to loom over a crowd of small, uniform humanoid figures at the bottom, depicted in white and gold, raising their hands in unison. The dark, gradient background includes faint, futuristic geometric elements and structures.

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Sanguine Hum’s Musical Coup: “Now We Have Power” Reigns Supreme

Aiden Robinson February 10, 2025 No Comments Progressive rock Sanguine Hum

Sanguine Hum – Now We Have Power (Bad Elephant Music, 2018) British progressive rock band Sanguine Hum solidified their place in the modern prog landscape…