Once again another solid effort from Discipline. This album features a few instrumental interludes and an epic final track
Highlights: The Body Yearns, Life Imitates Art, Burn the fire Upon the Rocks
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ARTIST RATING PRIOR TO THIS ALBUM:
(5.0 / 5)
ACCESSIBILITY:
(3.0 / 5)
HEAVINESS:
(2.0 / 5)
MELODIC:
(3.5 / 5)
ARTWORK & PACKAGING:
(4.0 / 5)
OVERALL RATING:
(4.0 / 5)
Key:
ARTIST RATING PRIOR TO THIS ALBUM EXAMPLES:
0: Never Heard of them or debut
1: Must have been recommended by someone.
2: Never really liked them but I thought there was potential
3: This Artist has been hit or miss with me but I will definitely listen once to anything they put out.
4: This is a bad with some 5 star moments and I love most of their work:
5: A band that I would travel long and far to see live and probably have.
ACCESSIBILITY EXAMPLES
1: Weather Report
2: Zappa
3: Genesis – Selling England by the Pound,
4: Marillion – F.E.A.R
5: Kino – Picture
HEAVINESS EXAMPLES
1: IQ – Seventh House
2: Discipline – Unfold Like a Staircase
3: Porcupine Tree – In Abstentia, Shadow Gallery – Tyranny
4: Vanden Plas – Chirst 0, Dream Theater – Scenes From a Memory
5: Opeth – Black Water Park
MELODIC EXAMPLES:
1: Opeth – Black Water Park
2: Vanden Plas – Chirst 0, Dream Theater – Scenes From a Memory
3: Porcupine Tree – In Abstentia, Shadow Gallery – Tyranny
4: Discipline – Unfold Like a Staircase
5: IQ – Seventh House
OVERALL RATING:
1: Will Never listen to again and deleted under no circumstances should you buy this
2: Not my thing maybe one redeeming song.
3: I like parts of this and I would check them out if they were near me.
4: I would get in the car and road trip to see this album live
5: I would get on a plane to see this performed live
Norway’s LEPROUS are rolling out the campaign for their much-anticipated new fifth studio album “Malina” (Out August 25th, 2017 via InsideOutMusic) by debuting its first single and video “From The Flame” today.
Watch the video for “From The Flame”, which was directed by David Solbjørg of Twitchy Films, here:
The band checked in with the following comment about “From The Flame”: “From the Flame” is definitely one of our favourite tracks from the album, with a strong hook and memorable melodies. Despite it sounding big and catchy, it also sounds pretty organic and it has a depth to it. We’re super proud of the son and feel it represents LEPROUS 2017 very well!”
And video director David Solbjørg of Twitchy Films added about the clip: “It’s always fun and challenging to work with Leprous. This time around we chose to shoot with RED 8K cameras and brand new colour science (ipp2) to get as atmospheric shots as possible in a demanding low light environment.”
The track-listing for “Malina” reads as follows:
LEPROUS – “Malina”: 1. Bonneville 2. Stuck 3. From The Flame 4. Captive 5. Illuminate 6. Leashes 7. Mirage 8. Malina 9. Coma 10. The Weight Of Disaster 11. The Last Milestone
“Malina” will be available as Jewelcase CD and Digital Download, but also as limited edition Mediabook CD (with extended booklet and the bonus-track “Root”) and as Gatefold 2LP on 180gr. vinyl (with a poster, the bonus-track “Root” and the entire album on CD).
Following a hugely successful European tour as support to label-mates Devin Townsend Project earlier this year, LEPROUS wrapped up the work on “Malina” with producer David Castillo at Ghost Ward Studio in Sweden, while mixing duties were once again taken care of by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios in Sweden. The album’s artwork was designed by Corey Meyers.
In order to support the release of “Malina”, LEPROUS will be heading out on an extensive headlining tour of Europe together with special guests Agent Fresco from Iceland, plus Australia’s AlithiA and fellow Norwegian’s Astrosaur. Here is a list of the dates announced so far:
LEPROUS, Agent Fresco, AlithiA & Astrosaur – European Tour: Presented in Germany by Eclipsed, Laut.de, Guitar & Metal.de
28.10.17 – Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark 29.10.17 – Logo, Hamburg, Germany 30.10.17 – Luxor, Cologne, Germany 31.10.17 – Rockhal, Esch, Luxembourg 1.11.17 – Patronaat, Haarlem, Netherlands 2.11.17 – The Dome, London, UK 3.11.17 – Voodoo Lounge, Dublin, Ireland 4.11.17 – Damnation Festival, Leeds, UK 5.11.17 – Biebob, Vosselaar, Belgium 6.11.17 – Trabendo, Paris, France 7.11.17 – Barakason, Nantes, France 8.11.17 – Rocher Palmer, Bordeaux, France 11.11.17 – Le Metronum, Toulouse, France 12.11.17 – Le Moulin, Marseille, France 13.11.17 – Magnolia, Milan, Italy 14.11.17 – CCO Villeurbanne, Lyon, France 15.11.17 – Salzhaus, Winterthur, Switzerland 16.11.17 – Grillen, Colmar, France 17.11.17 – Backstage Halle, Munich, Germany 18.11.17 – Szene, Vienna, Austria 19.11.17 – A38, Budapest, Hungary 20.11.17 – Rock Café, Prague, Czech Republic 21.11.17 – Proxima, Warsaw, Poland 22.11.17 – Musik & Freiden, Berlin, Germany
Montreal-based Cydemind will release their first full length album ‘Erosion’ today, May 26th. The album is the follow-up to their 2014 debut EP ‘Through Mist and Ages’. Now you can listen to the album exclusively here.
The band had this to say about the new album, “We’re very excited to finally release Erosion. We’ve been working on it for so long; to finally launch it feels like we’ve reached the summit of a mountain that took 5 years to climb. We hope you’ll appreciate the scenery as much as we do. Thanks for supporting us and here’s to many more albums!”
Influenced by bands such as Symphony X, Dream Theater, Haken, Plini, Rush along with classical, jazz and progressive rock, the album offers a refreshing take on progressive music that is sure to attract interest from a wide audience, especially with classically trained violinist Olivier Allard, who leads the listener throughout the different moods of their compositions.
“Erosion” was recorded in Montreal at The Grid with producer Christian Donaldson (Cryptopsy, The Agonist, Beyond Creation, Neuraxis) along with additional recording of grand piano done at Studio 270.
The album consists of six compositions including a 27 minute masterpiece of the release’s title track, making it CYDEMIND‘s most ambitious project to date. The album artwork was done by drummer and band co-founder Alexandre Dagenais along with lyrical poems included with the release written by pianist Camille Delage. The poems describe each composition as the album gravitates around the theme of nature and its persistence through time.
ProgRock.com has a new look and feel! We hope you have enjoyed the new website over the past couple of weeks including the new station logo and art design from Mark Buckingham.
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Night of the Prog, the yearly festival that takes place in Germany and is now in its 12th year had a bit of a last minute shake last week when it was announced that Kansas had to be replaced. Kansas were set to be the last night headliner. Marillion have been scheduled as the new headliner for the 3rd and final night of the festival which already includes Yes featuring Anderson, Rabin, and Wakeman, and Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress as the other 2 headliners. The festival takes place July 14-16th. For more information visit: http://www.nightoftheprogfestival.com/index.eng.html
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