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The Landsbysladder album cover features an illustrated hillside village with terracotta rooftops, cypress trees, and distant snow-capped mountains. In the foreground, two figures sit on a bench under a tree with falling autumn leaves.

Panzerpappa Spins Small-Town Tales on New Concept Album

Norwegian progressive rock ensemble Panzerpappa returns on August 22, 2025, with Landsbysladder, their eighth studio album and first fully conceptual work. Released via Apollon Records…

A lone figure walks through a dark, misty forest with red ground cover and thick blue smoke trailing behind. The band name “Oak” and the album title “The Third Sleep” appear in white text at the bottom.

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Oak – “The Third Sleep”

Professor Mark June 17, 2025 No Comments Norwegian progressive rock Oak – The Third Sleep Øystein Sootholtet Progressive rock Sigbjørn Reiakvam Simen Valldal Johannessen Stephan Hvinden

The 4th Oak album The Third Sleep was released on Karisma Records on April 25, 2025. The new album, “continues the band’s development from The…

The album cover for The Hemulic Voluntary Band features four anthropomorphic, mole-like creatures dressed in white robes, each playing a different musical instrument—keyboard, electric guitar, drum, and mandolin. They stand in front of a moss-covered stone wall, beneath a banner bearing the album title in stylized medieval lettering. The foreground is filled with mushrooms and plants, while a twilight sky and murky pond complete the scene. The artwork is signed by illustrator Javier Herbozo.

New CDs and Digital releases

Ritual’s The Hemulic Voluntary Band Marches Onto Vinyl

Prog News June 16, 2025 No Comments Progressive rock Ritual symphonic rock The Hemulic Voluntary Band

Ritual’s fourth studio album, The Hemulic Voluntary Band, will be reissued on August 15, 2025 via Karisma Records. Originally released in 2007 on CD only,…

The album cover for Pythia – V Pt. 1: Unhallowed features a fantasy warrior figure, cloaked and armed with a sword, standing at the edge of a barren, twisted forest. She gazes toward a swirling, fiery vortex in the sky. The palette is dominated by earth tones and fiery oranges

Interviews

Pythia – “V Pt. 1: Unhallowed” Interview

Professor Mark June 15, 2025 No Comments Female Fronted Metal Female fronted progressive metal Progressive rock Pythia Pythia – “V Pt. 1: Unhallowed" Interview Ross White Sophie Dorman symphonic metal symphonic rock UK

Welcome, to The Citadel for Metal Fellowship Pythia! I am so glad to finally meet you veterans of the UK metal scene. Today we have…

The album cover for Gamle Mester by Lars Fredrik Frøislie features a faux-aged, Renaissance-style landscape painting framed in distressed wood. At the center, a red tree symbol stands against a misty backdrop of mountains and valleys. In the foreground, a wild boar gazes outward. A brass nameplate at the bottom of the frame bears the artist’s name and album title.

Interviews

Lars Fredrik Frøislie – “Gamle Mester” – Interview

Professor Mark June 14, 2025 No Comments Interview Lars Fredrik Frøislie – "Gamle Mester"Norwegian progressive rock Progressive rock symphonic rock

Welcome, Lars Fredrik Frøislie, the keyboardist of the prog band Wobbler to The Noble Shire of Progressive Discussion! Lars is out with his second solo…

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Gösta Berlings Saga Turn the Page with Forever Now

Angel Romero June 12, 2025 No Comments Gösta Berlings Saga Progressive rock psychedelic rock

Gösta Berlings Saga – Forever Now (Pelagic Records, 2025) Swedish progressive rock innovators Gösta Berlings Saga have released their seventh studio album, Forever Now. Known…

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Psychic Equalizer – “Prologue to Insurrection”

Professor Mark June 12, 2025 No Comments Carlos Barragán Cinematic Progressive Metal Hugo Selles Progressive rock Psychic Equalizer – Prologue to Insurrection Saray Riaño Sergio Azcona Spain symphonic progressive metal symphonic rock Torrelavega

Psychic Equalizer is a progressive rock band founded by pianist and composer Hugo Selles, from Torrelavega, Spain. The 7th album from Psychic Equalizer, Prologue to…

General News

Tribute Project Aims to Bring Neil Peart Memorial to Life

Prog News June 11, 2025 No Comments hard rock Neil Peart Progressive rock Rush

Buffalo’s top-rated morning show, Shredd & Ragan of 97 Rock, has launched The Great North American Rush Off, a tribute project honoring legendary drummer Neil…

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Lars Fredrik Frøislie – “Gamle Mester”

Professor Mark June 10, 2025 No Comments Classic Porgressive Rock Folk Progressive Rock Ketil Einarsen Lars Fredrik Frøislie – "Gamle Mester"Nikolai Hængsle Norwegian Progressive rock White Willow and Opium Cartel Wobbler

Lars Fredrik Frøislie, the keyboardist of the prog band Wobbler, is out with his second solo album, Gamle Mester; which in Norwegian means “Old Master”.…

The album cover for Gathering of Souls by The Guildmaster features a cosmic landscape dominated by a spiraling stone corridor that leads upward toward a radiant celestial light. At its center, a robed figure ascends a long staircase. Planetary bodies, ethereal clouds, and luminous energy frame the scene.

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Folk-Prog and Circumstance: The Guildmaster Finds Its Soul

Angel Romero June 8, 2025 No Comments Alessandro di Benedetti Celtic music Kimmo Pörsti Marco Bernard Progressive rock Rafael Pacha symphonic rock The Guildmaster

The Guildmaster – Gathering of Souls (Seacrest Oy – SCR-1047, 2025) With Gathering of Souls, their third release on Seacrest Oy, The Guildmaster delivers its…