CD Reviews | Progressive Rock Central.com - Part 4

The Crisis Knows No Borders features a split composition with a carved-wood style. The upper half presents rolling fields, mountains, a river, and scattered animals under the sky. The lower half shows a dense crowd of protesters holding signs, rendered in deep red. Hand-drawn lettering curves along the river with Gustavo Cortiñas’s name and the album title.

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Gustavo Cortiñas Drums Up a Global Call to Action

Charlie Melville November 14, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazz Gustavo Cortiñas

Gustavo Cortiñas – The Crisis Knows No Borders (Desafío Candente Records, 2025) Chicago-based drummer and composer Gustavo Cortiñas tackles humanity’s most pressing challenges with The…

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Infinity Dream’s – Silver Lining

Professor Mark November 12, 2025 No Comments Chris Bennett Chris Harris Dina Altum Infinity Dream’s - Silver Lining John Wooten III Marc Anthony North Carolina progressive metal Progressive rock Steven Raets symphonic metal

North Carolina’s Infinity Dream has returned with a brand-new album, Silver Lining, released October 17th, on Nameless Grave Records Infinity Dream is made up of…

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The Beginnings cover shows a dimly lit corner filled with vintage gear, including an amplifier, keyboards, and small plants arranged on and around the equipment.

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Penaguin Digs Into His Archives With A Playful Prog Time Capsule

Angel Romero November 12, 2025 No Comments Canterbury jazz-rock Progressive rock Tom Penaguin

Tom Penaguin – Beginnings (áMARXE, 2025) The fantastic multi-instrumentalist and composer Tom Penaguin returns with Beginnings, a captivating collection of early material that traces his…

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The album cover for Einaudi vs Einaudi features a grid of images depicting blurred underwater scenes and sunlit movement. At the center, a beige band carries the title in serif lettering—“Einaudi vs Einaudi” with the subtitle “Ludovico Einaudi’s The Summer Portraits reworked by Leo Einaudi.”

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Ludovico Einaudi’s ‘Summer Portraits’ Reimagined by His Son

Stefan Bruno November 10, 2025 No Comments Einaudi Vs Einaudi electronic music Leo Einaudi Ludovico Einaudi minimalism The Summer Portraits western classical music

Ludovico Einaudi — Einaudi Vs Einaudi: Ludovico Einaudi’s Summer Portraits Reworked By Leo Einaudi (Deutsche Grammophon, 2025) Einaudi Vs Einaudi is a striking project that…

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Steve Roach & Roger King’s - Dust To Dust cover artwork. A photo of saguaro cactus.

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Ambient Meets Southwestern Americana: “Dust To Dust” Returns With 2025 Remaster

Angel Romero November 6, 2025 No Comments ambient Americana electronic music Roger King Steve Roach

Steve Roach & Roger King – Dust To Dust (2025 reissue) Ambient electronic music artist Steve Roach and guitarist Roger King have reissued a 2025…

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The album cover features four quadrants forming a circular shape. Red, blue, purple, and green gradients blend with a grainy effect. Across the center, white text reads “PARSONS X HAR EVEN X RAVITZ.”

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Parsons x Har Even x Ravitz, Three Minds Create Elegant Progressive Music

Angel Romero November 5, 2025 No Comments Claire Parsons contemporary jazz Eran Har Even jazz-rock Progressive rock Ziv Ravitz

Parsons x Har Even x Ravitz – Parsons x Har Even x Ravitz (2025) The Har Even x Parsons x Ravitz trio writes with the…

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The cover of A Family Secret features a hand-drawn sketch on a plain background. A lone figure extends one arm upward, holding several balloon-like strings ending in small, round faces with varied expressions. The band name “Ergot Project” and the album title “A Family Secret” appear in uneven, childlike handwriting.

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Ergot Project’s Heavy Truths, Fractured Selves

Aiden Robinson November 4, 2025 No Comments Ergot Project heavy rock

Ergot Project — A Family Secret (AMS Records, 2025) A Family Secret is described in the press release as progressive rock, although the album plants…

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The album cover for The Memory of After by Myth of Logic features a portrait of a woman emerging from a painterly background of deep blues, blacks, and muted browns. The band’s name appears in white lettering at the top, while the album title is written in cursive near the bottom.

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Myth of Logic – The Memory of After

Professor Mark November 2, 2025 No Comments Chris Barbosa David Pate Jerry Outlaw Louis Alexi Myth of Logic – The Memory of After Progressive rock Scott G. Davis Tara Jennings

Anne-Claire’s Bad Dog promotions brought me another great new band to review. Their name is Myth Of Logic, and their new album, The Memory Of…

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The cover of Liminal by Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe features a soft gradient target pattern: a deep pink center radiating outward through pale pink into a turquoise background. The artists’ names appear in purple at the top, and the album title rests in the same color at the bottom.

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Dark Matter Dreaming: Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe Unveil Liminal

Stefan Bruno October 31, 2025 No Comments ambient Beatie Wolfe Brian Eno

Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe – Liminal (Decca, 2025) Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe have released Liminal on Decca Records, the third entry in a…

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The cover of Časokruhy by Rosa Nocturna features a glowing, golden clock sphere floating in a cosmic landscape. Surrounding it are planets, stars, and a futuristic spacecraft, while below lies a rugged, frozen terrain dotted with dinosaurs and distant cities.

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Rosa Nocturna – Casokruhy

Professor Mark October 31, 2025 No Comments Aneta Zatočilová Czech Republic folk Matyáš Vítek metal metal melodic Milan Krupa Progressive rock Rosa Nocturna – Casokruhy Tonda "Gabriel" Buček Zuzana Matoušková

Rosa Nocturna, a Czech Republic folk, and power metal band, released a great album of music last year at this time. The album was titled,…

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