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.

Jeff Loomis – Plains Of Oblivion (2012)

I have to listen to quite a few CDs of guitar virtuosos, ranging from shredders to almost classical acoustic pieces and everything in between. Listening to these CD’s is no punishment, because they are mostly fine CDs of gifted musicians. But quite often it is more of the same; I rarely hear a guitarist with a recognizable or unique sound or style. Despite the fact that his sound and technique are not really unique or innovative, his guitar work is still very recognizable. Jeff Loomis. After the powerful – and highly appreciated – solo debut ‘Zero Order Phase’ Loomis now releases his second album ‘Plains Of Oblivion’. And again the former Nevermore axeman is able to fill an album with songs with fabulous guitar parts. But I have to be honest: it is not really surprising anymore……

When he recorded his debut album Loomis was still a member of Nevermore. I had the idea that you could hear that in his music (‘Devil Theory’, ‘Shouting Fire At A Funeral’); great thrashy riffs that came blowing out of your speakers. On this new album I think I can hear that he is no longer a member of a (thrash) band. Loomis has become a guitarist more like Marty Friedman and Jason Becker; we hear less power riffs and more (much more!) solos. There are also a few great guitar duels between Jeff and people like Tony MacAlpine (‘The Ultimatum’) and the aforementioned Friedman (‘Mercurial’). What is also striking is the fact that there several tracks with vocals. We hear Ihsahn (yes, from Emperor!) roar in ‘Surrender’ and Christine Roades (‘Dreaming Neon Black’!) sing a few tracks, including ‘Closing Time’ which is remarkably accessible. The rhythm section is formed by Dirk Verbeuren (Soilwork) and bassist Shane Lentz, with whom Loomis came into contact through YouTube. All in all a high quality, but also somewhat predictable album.

Band Jeff Loomis
Info: Plains Of Oblivion
Style: Progressive Metal
Years: 2012
Info: MP3 CBR 256
Info: 101??
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Info: USA

Tracklist:

01. Mercurial (Feat. Marty Friedman) (5:30)
02. The Ultimatum (Feat. Tony Macalpine) (4:40)
03. Escape Velocity (4:30)
04. Tragedy And Harmony (Feat. Christine Rhoades) (5:01)
05. Requiem For The Living (Feat. Attila Voros) (4:53)
06. Continuum Drift (Feat. Chris Poland) (5:38)
07. Surrender (Feat. Ihsahn) (5:30)
08. Chosen Time (Feat. Christine Rhoades) (4:33)
09. Rapture (2:44)
10. Sibylline Origin (4:34)

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Posted on April 4, 2012 by admin

Locanda Delle Fate – The Missing Fireflies… (2012)

Before diving into this gem, I wanted to throw one thing out there that you should know. This cd is split into two parts.

Part 1 contains 4 songs done in the studio this year which total about 21+ minutes.

Part 2 contains 3 old live recordings from 1977 which total about 15-16 minutes.

Having said that, you’ll get about 35 minutes of music from this cd.

On to part 1 which is why I bought the cd in the first place. I remember years ago listening to the Mellow Release “Locanda Delle Fate Live” (Bless Mellow records for making all this available to us) and being very very sad that the only recording of “La Giostra” in existance is a recording that is practically unlistenable. For all practical purposes, that song may be better than any of the songs on their “Forse” album which is really saying a lot (for those who know that album)…

Ah and what a treat that there is a clean/crisp/re-recording of “La Giostra” done on Part 1 which clocks in close to 8 minutes. I was nervous that perhaps LDF would use new modern instruments (ie, drum machines and digital keyboards) as it seems to be trendy these days. Ah but what a surprise as this song (and all 4 of the studio songs) sounds so nostalgically 70’s that I cannot tell the difference. You could literally put these 4 songs on their 1977 album and not know the difference.

“La Giostra” is simply a beautiful emotional epic with many melodic surprises. And Sasso’s voice has not really lost a heartbeat. IN-fact, it sounds even more awesome on parts of this album.

“La Giostra” alone is worth the price of this album.

Another pleasant surprise is a studio version of their 1977 song “No chiudere a chiave le stelle” with Sasso doing all the vocals on this. If you recall on the 77 version (track 6 on their “Forse” album), Sasso does is not doing any vocals on that one. So once again, a beautiful track with a twist (Sasso on vocals). The opening studio song “Crescendo” is another top notch 8+ minute “emerson-esque with italian touches” song in the style that you came to know and love on their original 77 album. Plenty of surprises and emotional vocals. The 2nd song “Sequendza circolere” is a 3+ minute instrument classical piano piece (maybe the least interesting of the studio songs but still very good and definitely not a throwaway track) .

Now you get into part 2 which contains 3 live versions from 1977 with better sound quality than anything on their “Locanda Live” mellow releases album. But still I won’t be listening to these 3 songs on part 2 nearly as much as they’re there for the fans I think.

All in all a slightly disjoined album (in terms of parts 1 and 2) but oh my oh my the 4 studio songs you get on part 1 make this another essential classic italian prog album.

Just be warned though that you’ll only get 21 minutes worth of studio music on this album so it’s more like an “EP” with an extra 15 minutes of live recordings from 1977 thrown in.

Still though “La Giostra” makes this all worth while and it may be in my top 5 all time favorite prog songs and I’m so grateful they came into the studio (with Sasso) 34+ years later to do it the way it should have been done in the first place.

For that, I rate this a “masterpiece” but take my review with a grain of salt if you’re only a mild fan of italian progressive rock…

I love that these italian prog bands are getting together again after 30+ years and doing new albums.

Now if only Alphataurus can complete their new album (which was supposed to be released in Jan of last year) but I’m not sure what the hold up is.

If you like the 1977 “Forse” album and can accept you’ll only get 21 minutes of new material in the same vein of their 1977 album, then this purchase is a no-brainer…

This is also a “no-brainer” if you were sad (over the years) about the low-quality recording of “La Giostra” from their “Locanda Live” album and wished to have a good clean crisp studio recording of it. Here’s your chance now 🙂 It was the primary reason I bought this album and I ended up pleasantly surprised at the other 3 studio tracks. In the order of my favorites, it’s “La Giostra”, the opening “crescendo” track, “Non Chuidere a Chiave le stelle”(thanks to Sasso for the vocals) and the instrumental “Seqquenza circolare” track. I don’t see myself listening to the live tracks much but please know the sound qualify of those is better than that of which you’ll hear on the “Locanda Live” mellow release. But these live tracks still suffer a little bit from bootleg quality but they’re still listenable. I would have been just as happy without the live tracks and would have still given this ***** for the 4 studio tracks alone.

1. Crescendo
2. Sequenza circolare
3. La giostra
4. Non chiudere a chiave le stelle
5. Non chiudere a chiave le stelle (Live)
6. Crescendo (Live)
7. Vendesi saggezza (Live)

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YOSSI SASSI – MELTING CLOCKS 2012

Band Yossi Sassi
Info: Melting Clocks
Years: 2012
Info: Israel
Style: Progressive Rock/ Metal
Tracklist: Mp3 192kbps
Info: 79 MB

Solo album, the founder of Orphaned Land. The album has participated Marty Friedman (ex-Megadeth)

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01. Drive (6:41)
02. Fields Of Sunrise (5:04)
03. The Calling: Rush Hour (4:53)
04. Numbers’ World (5:11)
05. Melting Thoughts (3:39)
06. Another Day In The Office (4:18)
07. Ain’t Good Enough (3:56)
08. The Routine (4:44)
09. Sahara Afternoon (6:57)
10. Sunset (2:17)
11. Simple Things (4:56)
12. Melting Clocks (3:39)

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Posted on April 2, 2012 by admin

Royal Hunt – Paper Blood (2005)

 

Band Royal Hunt
Info: Paper Blood
Info: Denmark
Style: Progressive Hard & Heavy
Years: 2005
Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbps
Info: 134 ?b
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Tracklist:

01. Break Your Chains
02. Not My Kind
03. Memory Lane (Instrumental)
04. Never Give Up
05. Seven Days
06. SK 983 (Instrumental)
07. Kiss Of Faith
08. Paper Blood
09. Season’s Change
10. Twice Around The World (Instrumental)
11. Long Way Home (Acoustic Version – Bonus)

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Allan Sorensen – ???????
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Water – Damburst (1976)

Band Water
Info: Damburst
Style: Progressive Rock
Years: 1976
Info: 320 kbps
Info: 107 mb
Info: Netherlands

Tracklist:

1.(What Happened To) Your Dreams
2.The Whisper Of Doom
3.Damburst (Part I)
4.Feeling’s Real
5.Up The Ladder
6.Message (Don’t Break Me)
7.Aggression
8.Water
9.Sail Away (Books You Never Read)
10.The Last Seagull
11.Damburst (Part II)
12.It’s Over

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Kamelot – Ghost Opera 2007 (Limited Edition)

 

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??????: USA
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Style: Progressive Metal
Years: 2007
Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbps
Info: 168 ?b
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Tracklist:

01. Solitaire
02. Rule The World
03. Ghost Opera
04. The Human Stain
05. Blücher
06. Love You To Death
07. Up Through The Ashes
08. Mourning Star
09. Silence Of The Darkness
10. Anthem
11. EdenEcho
12. The Pendulous Fall (Bonus Track)

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4FRONT – MALICE IN WONDERLAND 2012

4Front’s long-awaited third album, Malice in Wonderland, with ten amazing new instrumental progressive rock songs, and art design by the legendary Hugh Syme (Rush).

Band 4Front
Info: Malice in Wonderland
Years: 2012
Info: USA
Style: instrumental progressive rock
Tracklist: Mp3 260kbps
Info: 90 MB

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1. Big Scary Monster 5:14
2. Latitude 5:20
3. Hairless Ape 3:08
4. Shadows of Doubt 4:02
5. Half Night 5:52
6. The Wastelands Express 3:21
7. Crescent Moon 4:01
8. Many Places in a Rush 5:05
9. Barrow St. 3:31
10. Runaway Train (Pt. II of Tunnel Vision) 7:26


 Joe Bergamini: Drums
Frank LaPlaca: Bass
Zak Rizvi: Guitars, Keyboards

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