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“Asclepius” is the new album from the ever-evolving and adventurous collective Iceburn, who return with their first new material in twenty years, which Southern Lord shall release on June 25th, 2021, on LP and digital formats. 

2020 came to a close with Liquid Tension Experiment announcing their return and new album to be released on InsideOut Music.

Hailed as one of the top 10 prog guitarists in the world today, Australia’s independent instrumental progressive solo artist, Plini, will be releasing his long-awaited sophomore record, “Impulse Voices”, on November 27, 2020.

Plini  is also streaming the lead track from the album “I’ll Tell You Someday” below.

Pre-order “Impulse Voices” here.

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Italian experimental fusionists, San Leo, have revealed the details about their upcoming, fourth album, titled “Mantracore”. Slated for a release on November 13th, 2020, via Bronson Recordings, “Mantracore” will see the duo - who is exploring all kinds of various music elements, from kraut-rock, psychedelic folk, free-form post-rock, obscure metal, electronica and ambient sounds - to channel all their energy and vision to a whole new level.

Hailing from Geneva, Switzerland, chaotic prog-punk-metal powerhouse The Erkonauts have released further details of their forthcoming third studio album, “I Want It to End”.

Recorded and mixed by Drop at Downtone studio and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios, “I Want It to End” will release on October 1st, 2020.

Of the album, The Erkonauts’ vocalist and bassist Ales Campanelli comments:

Long dormant Southern California progressive avantgarde metal outfit Civil Defiance have announced their first new release since their sophomore album, “Circus of Fear”, for GSM/Nuclear Blast in 1999. Led by Philm frontman Gerry Nestler, the group will issue the “Eye of the Dog” single on October 28th, on all digital outlets and are currently working on songs for a full-length album.

British guitar composer Thom Pankhurst today releases new single and play-through video for “Grow”, a highly melodic and dynamic piece that serves as a fantastic introduction to one of the hottest up-and-coming guitarists today.

Watch the video for “Grow” below. Get the new single here.

Instrumental fusion rock band Fog Light is about to release their third album “New Element” on July 12th, 2019, via Inverse Records.
 
The first single “Eilinen vuosi” is released today and music video can be seen below.

After the release of seven solo albums between 2008 and 2018, Italian bassist and composer Alberto Rigoni (soloist, Bad As, co-producer of Vivaldi Metal Project, founder of Bassists Alliance Project,ex Twinspirits) is now going to release “Prog Injection”, an instrumental heavy progressive album, which features worldwide known drummer Thomas Lang (Peter Gabriel, Paul Gilbert, Glenn Hughes etc.) and Alessandro Bertoni on keyboards (Ric Fierabracci, Craig Blundell, Brett Garsed etc.)

Fans of completely unpredictable progressive metal, lend your ears! Hailing from New York, instrumental quartet Valence is here to feed your need for sweet technicality, masterful melody and outstanding musical genius - wrapped tight and tied with a Sci-Fi bow. Expertly fusing genres like metal, rock, jam, classical, jazz and more, Valence’s varied yet cohesive influences offer every listener a passport to a new state of mind that is cerebral and emotive, while not sacrificing accessibility.