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.

The Pitts Minnemann Project – 2 L 8 2 B Normal 2012

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Jimmy Pitts, Marco Minnemann, and a gang of monster players laying down some serious Fusion/Prog!

Jimmy Pitts began his progressive journey as keyboardist/composer with the avant-garde metal band Scholomance on The End Records in the early 1990’s. Since then he has performed a diverse array of music, from jazz festivals with the Mikhal Caldwell group, to performing on cds ranging from obscure Classical, soundtrack, and world music, to the frenetic metal intensity of Ron Jarzombek’s

Maze Of Time – Masquerade Show (2012)

MAZE OF TIME cites its closest influence as GENESIS from the “Selling England By The Pound” or “Trick Of The Tail” period and have a sound reminiscent of recent groups such as SPOCK’S BEARD, THE FLOWER KINGS, LIKE WENDY and MARILLION. Though leaning more to the Neo-progressive rather than Symphonic, MAZE OF TIME has virtues from the Symphonic form of progressive rock with lush keyboards, poetic lyrics and lengthy compositions.

Shane Gillis – The Guitar Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2012)

Born in 1974. Started playing guitar in 1984. I’ve been in the bands Saragashum, Verse and Radiation, Weak Music For Thomas, Curtain Hides the Reactor, Mime, Kil-Switch, Trance Ignition Model, bert, Devolve, and Vyathist. Just released my first instrumental guitar album, “The Guitar Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.”

Speaking To Stones – Elements (2012)

After the release of Speaking to Stones’ 2006 self-titled debut, guitarist Tony Vinci began work on a more progressive project that called for a new group of musicians. Speaking to Stones’ current line-up includes Andy Engberg (Section A) on vocals, Mark Zonder (Fates Warning, Slavior) on drums, Greg Putnam (Jam Pain Society) on bass and stick, and Anthony Brown (Graphite Symphony) on keyboards. Between 2009 and 2012, this cast of international performers collaborated on the five thematically-linked tracks that make up the band’s 2012 release: Elements. The result is a musical narrative that builds on groove metal roots and develops into a soundscape of symphonic complexity and technically prodigious performances..