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Posted: September 27 2008 at 08:38

Thanks J.

Blog duly posted!

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Posted: September 27 2008 at 07:43

^^many thanks to all concerned, especially Steve for all your hard work in finding out the latest releases....

all posts have now been updated...please help out by posting this info on your MySpace pages etc...

Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson

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Posted: September 25 2008 at 05:05

Giant Squid (Experimental/Post Metal)

Monster In The Creek Ep's available now.

See here:

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=11132254&blogID=435719516

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2904

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Posted: September 25 2008 at 04:58

Axiom

www. axiomband. net

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3686

"A Means to An End" confirmed as being released this October, final release date to be confirmed shortly.

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Posted: September 17 2008 at 11:23

Theocracy

The European release date has been confirmed as November 21st.

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Posted: September 14 2008 at 16:11

Ulysses - The Gift of Tears (U.S. release November 18th)

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=883

“The Gift of Tears” is the long expected new album by Ulysses. After the release of the brilliant debut album “Symbioses” in 2003, the expectations were high for this new album. “The Gift of Tears” takes off where “Symbioses” left you.

This is the masterpiece on which the progressive rock fans have been waiting for. When the band released its debut, critics saw the band as the new big thing in the genre. With ‘The gift of tears’ they released yet another great album and will prove the critics right. Ulysses has proven to be a band that appeals to a broad audience. This album will appeal to music fans from (symphonic) rock to (progressive) metal music. The unique combination of the neo-prog influenced keyboard player
Ron Mozer and metal oriented guitarist Sylvester Vogelenzang de Jong, gives Ulysses its very distinctive sound.

The 7 tracks will stick to you like glue, each song with its own identity and story. The songs on the album vary from bare bone piano ballads to virtuoso progressive epic songs. Orchestrations and participation of serveral guest vocalist, like Mike di Sarro of Los Angeles based Prymary, make the album stand out in its genre.

Besides great music the album tells real stories about real people. This has enabled Ulysses to incorporate real emotions into their compositions. Greeve and Joy are the emotions everybody has to coop with during life, on this album Ulysses succeeded in bringing these emotions alive in their music. “The Gift of Tears” is a CD that should be at the top of every Progressive Rock and Progressive Metal fan’s wish list.

U.S. release November 18th. More information will follow very soon.. for the time being feel free to listen to some excerpts and visit the bands website(s)

http://www.ulysses-online.nl
http://www.myspace.com/ulyssesnl

Release information will follow soon

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Posted: September 13 2008 at 23:20

IntrOnaut's "Prehistoricisms" is being released in the 3 days

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Posted: September 12 2008 at 07:58

Theocracy

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2986

"MIRROR OF SOULS" NORTH AMERICAN RELEASE ANNOUNCED

Theocracy: "Mirror of Souls" North American release announced

Ulterium Records [Sweden] and Nightmare Records [U.S.] have inked a deal for the North American release of the new Theocracy album "Mirror of Souls". The album will be released in Japan November 25th, and the North American release date is set to December 9th.

Mirror of Souls was produced and mixed by Matt Smith and mastered by Mika Jussila [Nightwish, Stratovarius, Children of Bodom]. The cover was designed by Robert Wilson, and the booklet was designed by Felipe Machado Franco [Iced Earth, Ayreon, At Vance].

The album artwork, as well as the second track off the album, "On Eagles' Wings," can be found at the band's myspace profile: www.myspace.com/theocracyband

European release date TBA

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Posted: September 09 2008 at 08:09

Voivod

www.myspace.com/voivodband

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1495

Metal Mind Productions presents the re-release of seventh studio album by Voivod - "The Outer Limits" (1993). This was the last album Voivoid recorded with their vocalist Snake until, exactly 10 years later, they released their self-titled reunion album in 2003. "The Outer Limits" features a perfect blend of past formulas with new and innovative ideas. On this album, Voivod mixed various thematic and musical elements with ease, which resulted in their most powerful, diversified, and mature release. This album is a benchmark for Voivod. Includes a cover of Pink Floyd's song, "The Nile Song" (from the album "More"). The booklet features a 3D graphic design, which can be viewed through special 3DG glasses that come along with the CD. The new digipak edition is limited to 2000 copies. Digitally remastered using 24-Bit process, released on a golden disc.

Re-release of "The Outer Limits" will be available on 29th September 2008 in Europe and 28th October 2008 in USA (via MVD).

Voivod
"The Outer Limits" (remastered)

Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. No.: MASS CD 1233 DG
Barcode: 5907785033627
Format: CD Digipak (limited edition of 2000 numerated copies)
Genre: thrash/progressive metal
Release date: 29.09.2008 Europe / 28.10.2008 USA

Tracklist:

1. Fix My Heart
2. Moonbeam Rider
3. Le Pont Noir
4. The Nile Song
5. The Lost Machine
6. Time Warp
7. Jack Luminous
8. Wrong-Way Street
9. We Are Not Alone

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Posted: September 09 2008 at 08:02

Daedalus

www.myspace.com/progdaedalus

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1503

DAEDALUS IS SIGNED TO GALILEO RECORDS AND WILL RELEASE THE ALBUM “THE NEVER ENDING ILLUSION” Daedalus is a band from Genoa, Italy. They joined together in 2000 and startet working on their songs drawing inspiration from different musical genres, trying to define a peculiar style and sound.

After a period of hard work, band settlement and a good number of live gigs, they recorded their first album in 2003. Leading far from a mistake (a self-made recording made with the little experience they had at the time). This was published by a small italian label.

Some sections of the album are performed by the italian vocalist Roberto Tiranti (Labyrinth, www.labyrinthmusic.it). The tracks were mixed by Roland Grapow.

::THE NEVER ENDING ILLUSION
Almost each of the ten songs deals about a different way of being concerned with the dualism between reality and dream/illusion. The lyrics draw a sort of path starting from facing the every-day life, passing through the sensation of "something" existing beyond the common aspects of life, then ending with a contemplation of our own dreams, in a way that could be seen as the closing of the circle.

Right now MARK WILKINSON is working on the artwork.

The CD will be released early next year.

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Posted: September 08 2008 at 17:02

^^are you a Dan Swano junkie or something, Steve?....

I'm really not sure where you find them all...but both have been added to our list...

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Posted: September 07 2008 at 15:21

Another Life

www.myspace.com/anotherlifeofficial

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3325

Another Life - Memories from Nothing, out 10 NOVEMBER Progressive Melodic metal/rock. Highly influenced by Nightingale. Keyboards and production by Dan Swano!!! Coverart by Ivan S. (Hatecraft, Mortifer,Forest Stream). First pressing will be a limited edition double cd, the extra disk will contain rare, newly recorded, acoustic and demo songs.

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Posted: September 07 2008 at 15:17

This Haven

www.myspace.com/thishaven

(J can you check these out to see whether they should be looked at by the PM team)

This Haven - Today A Wisper, Tomorrow a Storm, out 20 OCTOBER Sensational debut from Örebro, Sweden based metal / rock/ progressive act THIS HAVEN. An unique mixture of metal, stoner, hardcore and progressive rock. Produced, mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö (Edge of Sanity, Opeth, Katatonia, Dissection). Cover art by Matt Vickerstaff (My Dying Bride covers amongst others). 'I have been a fan of THIS HAVEN since day one. There is something quite unique about the way they combine all their different influences, to come up with something fresh yet insanely heavy and catchy. With epic tracks like "The Fallen" and monstrous beasts like "Hero of your hell" or "I will Decieve" This Haven can really break into the major league of metal!! This album have been quite the journey for all of us. But for me it was worth every second.' Dan Swanö / Mixengineer, July 2008.

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Posted: September 05 2008 at 19:19

Thanks for the thumbs up J.

The work will continue......

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Posted: September 05 2008 at 14:42

progmetalhead wrote:

Shadrane

(Jared, Shadrane are yet to be listed in the archives (although noted under Vivien Lalu's main band Lalu) but have posted it anyway, if it's out of order please feel free to delete.)

Steve, once again, many thanks for the 'heads up' on this one...

knowing how knowledgable you are, if you think a band's forthcoming album is prog metal, then please shove it on a post in this thread, even if the band concerned aren't listed on PA...

there is no doubt in my mind that this is prog...and as such, I will start a thread in our 'Suggest New Bands' section, for our Prog Metal team to get their teeth into...

but as far as I'm concerned, this is an excellent find, and should have no difficulty being added...so, cheers, mate...

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Posted: September 05 2008 at 03:19

Kekal

The title "Audible Minority" is based to the fact that the music on the album has mapped itself into the extreme minority status; something beyond recognition of the musical norms. "Audible Minority" is a stateless, nameless, and label-less manifesto made from all the bitterness and pain. The album that is entirely bleak, gloom and dark.

Almost 2 years in the making, "Audible Minority" has been constructed during various personal events in life. It all began in September 2006, before the release of "The Habit of Fire", and continued to shape itself up until May 2008.

Final Track-Listing:
1. The Vampire Song [download the song at Last.fm]
2. Conditional Destiny
3. Against
4. Ceasefire Negative
5. Between Us
6. For The Greater Good and Evil
7. Narrow Avenue [watch the video]
8. Virtue of Perseverance
9. Shuffling Biorhythms
10. All That Matters
11. Locust (A-ha cover)

First 8 tracks will be available for FREE DOWNLOAD (yes, no kidding, free download) with the option of paying some small donation. However, the "official", label-released versions (CD and digital) will have all 11 tracks plus some possible extras. After some discussion with the record label who will release the official version (CD and digital), we agree to push the release date to December 2008.

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Posted: September 04 2008 at 14:12

^^thanks Steve...much appreciated...

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Posted: September 04 2008 at 14:11

Shadrane

(Jared, Shadrane are yet to be listed in the archives (although noted under Vivien Lalu's main band Lalu) but have posted it anyway, if it's out of order please feel free to delete.)

http://www.myspace.com/shadrane for new album samples.

SHADRANE is the metal/progressive band-project of Vivien Lalu (Lalu, Hubi Meisel), Joop Wolters (Dutch guitar virtuoso) and the legendary brothers rhythm section of Matt and Gregg Bissonette (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai etc). From a vocal perspective SHADRANE makes use of different singers, according to the tracks needs with vocals coming from Göran Edman (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, Street Talk, Brazen Abbot), Björn Jansson (Tears Of Anger, Ride The Sky, Beyond Twilight) and Henrik Båth (Darkwater) along with some backing vocals from Martin LeMar (Tomorrow’s Eve).

Musically “TEMPORAL” is a blend of prog-metal (Temporal, She Writes), power-metal (Betrayal, Morpheus) and more pop driven rock (Rainy, Consider It) - yet Shadrane’s own personality shines through all the compositions. "Temporal" is a must own release for all fans of bands from diverse selections such as Savatage and Dream Theater

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Posted: September 04 2008 at 14:01

Tomorrow's Eve

Since finding a stable home on Lion Music in 2006 with “Mirror Of Creation II -Genesis 2”. German’s based metallers Tomorrow’s Eve have gone from strength to strength thanks to the exceptionally high and original quality of their music coupled with an ultra-powerful live show that has been impressing audiences across Europe over the last 2 years.

Now, Tomorrow’s Eve are back again with a powerhouse of an album. “Tales From Serpentia”, a collage of short stories, written by a twisted mind; dark and dreadful fictions from the abyss. Musically Tomorrow’s Eve still performs progressive metal, but with an emphasis on catchy melodic vocal lines and heavy riffs. The band plays complex but always accessible songs, holding interesting details to discover over repeated listens. In short: very dark, very melodic, and very accessible.

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Posted: September 04 2008 at 04:24

Carbon wrote:

Hello! This is my first post here Smile

I'd like to add the anasazi's 4th album due to september 2008 (but seeing the mix is just over I'm not so sure it will be released then). Its name is origin(s).

Thanks

really enjoyed this band, but see they aren't on the archives as yet, so I have made a suggestion for Post Metal...

many thanks, Carbon...