Category: Progressive Rock

Progressive rock, also known as prog rock or prog, is a rock music subgenre that originated in the United Kingdom, with further developments in Germany, Italy, and France, throughout the mid-to-late 1960s and 1970s. It developed from psychedelic rock and originated, similarly to art rock, as an attempt to give greater artistic weight and credibility to rock music.

Syndone – La Bella E La Bestia (Beauty is the Beast) (2012)


Syndone are an Italian prog band whose first phase lasted from about 1990-1993. They began a second and more interesting incarnation with 2010’s Melapesante, distinct from the music of their first phase. La Bella e la Bestia / The Beauty Is the Beast (2012, gatefold mini-LP sleeve) is their definitive record, a prog rock concept album inspired by the fairytale written by Leprince De Beaumont in 1756. Bandleader and keyboardist Nik Comoglio had a career writing rock operas during Syndone’s dormant period, which has had some influence on this work. The classical aspects of the music are more pronounced, with cellos and brass used, the writing more sophisticated and the scope broader than Syndone’s earlier ELP power trio style. Ray Thomas (The Moody Blues) guests on flute. Something special is going on in the Italian prog scene again.

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The Sunpilots – King Of The Sugarcoated Tongues (2012)

The Sunpilots recently completed their second album, ‘King of the Sugarcoated Tongues’. A concept album set in a dystopian future in which society has collapsed, ‘King of the Sugarcoated Tongues’ takes more cues from what has made the band so popular on the live and festival circuit, i.e. a more progressive rock sound. The new tracks have been described as a refreshingly original mix of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Muse and Incubus. The album will be released in Europe in early 2012 and can be previewed in full at

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