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    Assignment – With the End Comes Silence

    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…

    Professor Mark January 13, 2026 No Comments
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    Strangebird~Sounds Digs Into Minerals Form The Crust

    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.…

    Stefan Bruno January 12, 2026 No Comments
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    Inner Sanctum: 22 Chilly Guitar Spells From Vermont

    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…

    Stefan Bruno January 8, 2026 No Comments
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    Dirk Serries Goes Long on Infinite And Unbound

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

    Stefan Bruno January 7, 2026 No Comments
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    A Long-Overdue Return from Italian Prog-Rock Giants

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

    Angel Romero January 7, 2026 No Comments
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Featured News

  • Volker Lankow - Quiet Conditions cover artwork. An abstract white and gray design.
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    Electronic Music Artist Volker Lankow Reveals ‘Quiet Conditions’

    Prog News January 13, 2026 No Comments
  • A pastoral painting dominates the cover, with rolling green hills, winding pale roads, and a cluster of tiny homes gathered near a small bridge and river. Towering craggy mountains rise in the background beneath a clear sky. The artist’s name, Mike Johnson, sits in the upper left, while the album title, The Gardens of Loss, appears in the upper right.
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    Mike Johnson Grows ‘The Gardens Of Loss’

    Prog News January 13, 2026 No Comments
  • Dave Stryker Blue Fire The Van Gelder Session cover artwork. A photo of Stryker playing guitar in the studio.
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    Dave Stryker Lights Up Van Gelder Studio On Blue Fire

    Prog News January 12, 2026 No Comments
  • The cover for Swithen by Kuumet features a circular mechanical design rendered in deep green and charcoal tones, with intricate radial lines converging toward a glowing center. Gothic-style lettering displays the band name across the middle, while the album title sits below in serif type. Filigree corners frame the design.
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    Kuumet Ignite Finnish Prog Rock With Debut Single “Swithen”

    Prog News January 12, 2026 No Comments
  • A grayscale profile of a bearded man, Eric Hilton, dominates the cover, his face rendered with soft contrast against a cream background. The lower portion erupts in colorful hand-drawn flowers, leaves, and abstract forms. The title A Sky So Close and the artist name Eric Hilton appear in modern type near the top, with Hindi script beneath the title.
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    Eric Hilton Previews New Album With “The Dharma Lovers”

    Prog News January 11, 2026 No Comments
  • A multi-layered geometric design fills the cover with radiant color. Triangular beams in rainbow hues converge toward a central oval containing the word “GONG.” Blue circles and speckled gradients sit behind the vivid centerpiece. The title Bright Spirit appears in white letters at the bottom.
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    Psychedelic Rock Pioneers Gong Unveil ‘The Wonderment’ Single And Video

    Prog News January 10, 2026 No Comments

This poster promotes ProgStock 2025, a progressive rock festival happening October 9–12, 2025, at the Williams Center in Rutherford, NJ, USA. It features artists such as Steve Hogarth (h Natural, first-ever US show), Pattern-Seeking Animals, IO Earth, Mike Keneally & Beer for Dolphins, and Michael Sadler. Tickets go on sale April 13, 2025, with more details available at ProgStock.com. The design includes a gold logo, artist photos, and a QR code.
Events

ProgStock 2025 Reveals Schedule and Announces Special Events

Prog News July 8, 2025 No Comments Progressive rockProgStock Festivalpsychedelic rocksymphonic rock

Progressive rock festival ProgStock 2025 will take place October 10-12, 2025 at the Williams Center, Rutherford, New Jersey. The Pre-festival event will be held on…

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The album cover for Juho & The Jellyfish From Jupiter – Luna features a portrait of a teal-skinned, alien-like woman with glowing white eyes and elongated lashes resembling tentacles. A sequence of dark orbs traces a line across her face and neck. Behind her, a large planet or moon looms in soft pink and gray hues. The band's name appears at the top in a minimalist font, while the album title Luna is handwritten in glowing script at the bottom.
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Juho & The Jellyfish From Jupiter – Luna, Instrumental Space Rock from Finland

Prog News July 8, 2025 No Comments Juho & the Jellyfish from JupiterProgressive rockpsychedelic rockspace rock

Luna, the third album by Juho & the Jellyfish from Jupiter, is a guitar-driven instrumental journey that moves from kafkaesque soundscapes to futuristic cyberpunk cities…

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This album cover for Microphonic Soundbox Session by Bernhard Wöstheinrich & Merey Senocak (Materiaal Series Vol. 078) features a hand-drawn, collage-like illustration. A black-and-white dog labeled "she said" barks "ARF" at a whimsical analog sound machine, topped with a purple gramophone horn. The background bursts with neon yellow, green, and pink scribbles.
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Bernhard Wöstheinrich & Merey Senocak Roll Out ‘Materiaal 078’

Prog News July 7, 2025 No Comments Bernhard Wöstheinrichelectronic musicMerey Senocak

Electronic music artists Bernhard Wöstheinrich & Merey Senocak have just released Materiaal 078 – Microphonic Soundbox Session. This album includes an improvised session featuring the…

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The album cover for NoSound – To the Core features a white background with a central mirrored image: a textured, dark figure walks upright, while its inverted reflection descends below, forming a stark vertical symmetry. Above, the band name and title appear in uppercase serif and sans-serif fonts.
Interviews

Nosound Interview – Giancarlo Erra – “To the Core”

Professor Mark July 6, 2025 No Comments “To the Core”Giancarlo ErraItalian Progressive MusicNoSoundProgressive rocksymphonic rock

Today, I had a wonderful discussion with Giancarlo Erra in The Noble Shire of Progressive Discussion. The interview was interrupted by the forces of modern…

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The album cover for Songs for a Perigee Moon by Carl Weingarten features an ornate illustration of a guitar integrated into a crescent moon, with a sun bearing a human face nestled inside the curve. Surrounding the central image are floral patterns, tree branches, distant mountains, and a starry sky, combining natural and celestial imagery in warm gold, amber, and earth tones against a black background.
CD Reviews

A Supermoon and Supergroup: Carl Weingarten Slides Into Orbit

Angel Romero July 6, 2025 No Comments ambientAmericanaCarl Weingartencontemporary jazzfusionjazz

Carl Weingarten – Songs for a Perigee Moon (Multiphase, 2025) Carl Weingarten’s Songs for a Perigee Moon is thematically inspired by the “perigee moon” (supermoon).…

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Zoe Pia and Tenores di Orosei – Indindara cover artwork. A photo of the artists.
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Zoe Pia and Tenores di Orosei Venture Into Phonosymbolism

Charlie Melville July 6, 2025 No Comments avant-gardeexperimentalSardinian musicTenores di OroseiZoe Pia

Zoe Pia and Tenores di Orosei – Indindara (Losen Records, 2025) Clarinetist and experimental launeddas player Zoe Pia joins forces with the renowned vocal quartet…

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The album cover for New Life Dreaming (2024 Remaster) by Steve Roach features a landscape photograph of a vast, desolate plain with two distant figures walking along a narrow water path. A mountain range looms in the background under a pale sky.
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Steve Roach Reveals Remastered Edition of ‘New Life Dreaming’

Prog News July 2, 2025 No Comments ambientelectronic musicNew Life DreamingSteve Roach

Electronic music artist Steve Roach has released the 2024 remaster of New Life Dreaming. The album is now offered as individual pieces, with no crossfades.…

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The album cover for Trollringen by Anders Buaas features a pastoral painting of a man and woman standing in a field at dusk, both with heads bowed in a gesture of reverence or reflection. A wheelbarrow, a basket, and a pitchfork lie nearby.
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Anders Buaas Weaves the Musical Story of Trollringen

Prog News July 2, 2025 No Comments Anders Buaascinematic musicProgressive rockTrollringen

Norwegian guitarist and composer Anders Buaas draws inspiration from Sigurd Hoel’s novel Trollringen for his latest release on Apollon Records (2025). Although the album was…

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The album cover for Komara – Komara II features a disturbing, humanoid figure rendered in a visceral, sinewy style, with exaggerated teeth and a partially melted or deformed head. The background is a textured, fiery orange and red. The band’s name “Komara” appears in a stylized, stacked font to the left, with “II” subtly framed in a box between the letters.
CD Reviews

Komara Refuses to Settle into Predictability

Angel Romero July 1, 2025 No Comments KomaraProgressive rock

Komara – Komara II (7D Media, 2025) After a decade-long silence, the boundary-pushing trio Komara resurfaces with Komara II, an audacious return. The trio features…

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The album cover for Terminus by Cryptic Cadet features a design dominated by a fiery orange gradient that fades into dark brown. A blurred, glowing yellow circle near the center . The band's name appears in sharp black text in the top left, while the title Terminus is boldly placed in bright orange at the bottom right.
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Cryptic Cadet Unveils Terminus

Prog News June 29, 2025 No Comments art rockCryptic CadetProgressive rock

Terminus is the debut full-length album from Cryptic Cadet, an art-rock trio featuring d. mark owen (Cirque du Soleil), drummer Cam Tyler (Cirque du Soleil),…

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