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Mark’s Quick Review: Red Morris’ – Time
I was glad to receive this sophomore album from Italy's Red Morris as Italy has been on a real streak of great albums lately. This album never really "spoke" to me. Are the styles of each song varied or does it lack cohesiveness? Their playing is all wonderful but the...
Mark’s Quick Review’s: Ostura – The Room
I had never heard of this Lebanese band prior to listening to this Ostura album. According to their marketing, Ostura have changed their approach to writing songs between this album and the last. This became even more apparent to me as I took a look at the...
Dave Kerzner Announces New Progressive Rock Supergroup “In Continuum”
American musician, songwriter, producer, sound designer, co-founder of the band Sound of Contact and lauded progressive-rock artist Dave Kerzner, has announced the birth of a new progressive rock super-group named “In Continuum”. The band consists of Kerzner at the...
King Crimson Meets Van der Graaf Generator! David Cross & David Jackson Release New Album “Another Day” OUT NOW!
During the 1970s David Cross was a member of King Crimson and David Jackson was a member of Van der Graaf Generator. Now much to the excitement of music aficionados worldwide, the duo have teamed up for an amazing new album titled “Another Day”! Released via Cherry...
Kansas announce new anniversary tour for ‘Point of Know Return’ album
America’s preeminent progressive rock band, KANSAS, will be touring select U.S. cities this fall celebrating the 40th Anniversary of their massive hit album Point of Know Return. To celebrate, for the first time in history, the band will be performing the album in its...
The Flower Kings announce boxset highlighting later era of band
Veteran Swedish progressive rockers The Flower Kings released the first part of a career spanning boxset titled ‘A Kingdom of Colours (1995-2002)’ late last year, covering the period starting with ‘Back in the World of Adventures’ to ‘Unfold the Future’ over the...
Riverside, Jordan Rudess, and new band by Dave Kerzner among featured lineup for Cruise to the Edge 2019
The first set of bands for Cruise to the Edge 2019 have been released and as usual it is a intriguing mix of former performers and new acts. Yes returns as the main headliner along with the incredible Steve Hackett. Mike Portnoy is set to return next year, but is...
Tesseract release video for the track “King”
Tesseract are set to release their 4th studio album, ‘Sander’ on April 20th via Kscope. Now comes the premiere of the video for the track “King.” [youtube...
Daver Kerzner releases new video for “Dirty Soap Box” with Steve Hackett
Dave Kerzner has released his new video for the song “Dirty Soap Box” taken from his latest album Static. Both the song and video feature guitarist Steve Hackett. Hackett previously appeared on Kerzner’s track Stranded, which featured on his debut solo album New...
Check out Kino’s latest single “I Don’t Know Why”
Kino are set to release their new album ‘Radio Voltaire’ on March 23rd, 2018, arriving 13 years after the band’s much-loved debut ‘Picture’ back in 2005. It sees John Mitchell (It Bites, Lonely Robot) & Pete Trewavas (Marillion) teaming up once more, with Craig...
Mark’s Quick Review: Glass Hammer’s – Chronomonaut
Glass Hammer’s Chronomonaut the continuation of Chronometree story from 2001 out does its predecessor. The songs are well crafted and diverse. This album is a welcome edition to the Glass Hammer cannon. Matthew Parmenter's guest appearance on the Past is the Past is...
Mark’s Quick Review: Isla Fortune’s – Verity
This is a straight up rock album with some nice atmospheric additions long passages and interesting changes. The three piece band from Cyprus who puts out a hard hitting sound. I would suspect is a band you need to see live. Their energy is undeniable even in the...
Mark’s Quick Review: Grackle’s – The Quiet Noise
Full disclosure I have been a fan of Steve Katsikas work for 15 years thanks to his work with Little Atlas. and Strattman and I was lucky enough to hear this band live in Chicago. I can say with some certainty that if you are a fan of neo prog you will like this...
Mark’s Quick Review: Semantic Saturation’s – Paradigms
This is the follow up to their debut in 2013, Solipsistic which I particularly liked. This album has a few guests on it most notably keyboard player Derek Sherinian, but Alex and Houry's additions should not be over looked. The album is constantly entertaining with...
Mark’s Quick Review: Isproject’s – The Archinauts
This one year old debut album from Italian duo Ivan Santovito and Ilenia Salvemini is full of prog goodness. Had I heard this album last year It would have received attention for best debut album. This duo along with others Giovanni Pastorino - Keyboards &...
Mark’s Quick Review: Oscillazioni Alchemico Kreative’s – Giordano Bruno
Multi-Instrumentalist Jerry Cutillo surrounded himself with a great band and gursts for a concept album about the first scientific martyr Giordano Bruno. This band which has been putting out albums since 1993 has really put together a solid album. Despite making and...