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    Posted: January 28 2025 at 08:47
Well, we've known that they've been working on this for a while now, but today it's been officially announced. Just two more months to wait! Smile


UK prog rockers IQ have announced that they will release their brand new studio album, Dominion, through their GEP label on March 28.

Dominion will be the band's twelfth studio album, and follows on six year's after 2019's Resistance. IQ announced at their 2023 Christmas shows that a new album was in the works, and the track No Dominion was premiered with the free sampler that came with issue 155 of Prog. The band performed that and Far From Here at their 2024 Christmas dates.

"Hot on the heels of Resistance six years ago," exclaims IQ singer Peter Nicholls. "Yes, it’s been a long time coming (we couldn’t be accused of rushing these things!) but we're confident this album is really strong and has been worth the wait. To be releasing a new IQ album in our 44th year feels genuinely exciting."



IQ: Dominion:
1. The Unknown Door
2. One Of Us
3. No Dominion
4. Far From Here
5. Never Land

Looking forward to hearing this very much! Big smile
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One of the most eagerly anticipated albums for 2025, I would think?
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IMHO Road of Bones had significantly less memorable "hooks" let's say than Frequency. It was still a delicious album though. But Resistance, for my tastes, is a clear step down. Songwriting-wise, it shows clear symptoms of the band running out of ideas. I hope IQ will bring back some of the "hummable" qualities of their older works on their upcoming album.
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First studio mix of track 3 "No Dominion":



And track 4 "Far From Here" performed live at Paris Café de la Danse on 21.09.2024:



That second video only has the usual quite tinny smartphone sound quality, but at least it gives us an idea of what to expect.
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It's always a pleasure to see more "newspaper comic strip" style doodles from Peter Nicholls. ❤
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Looking forward to the album.

I'm not sure about that album cover though? Confused
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Looking forward to new IQ........
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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

IMHO Road of Bones had significantly less memorable "hooks" let's say than Frequency. It was still a delicious album though. But Resistance, for my tastes, is a clear step down. Songwriting-wise, it shows clear symptoms of the band running out of ideas. I hope IQ will bring back some of the "hummable" qualities of their older works on their upcoming album.

  It took longer for Resistance to kick in, but once it did...I fell in love.  This girl adores Resistance and ROBs. Wink 
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https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=89755

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Definitely looking forward to this! Hope they change their touring schedule and fit Nee York in with Canada.
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Omg omg. 2 months to wait.
The artwork is super good. Kinda different from previous albums too.
The number of tracks is very limited too. I hope they're gonna be long.
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yep looking forward to this!

I kind of agree about Frequency being above TROB but the latter is the one that is generally much more popular. It's not so beholden to the 'neo prog' as well which something that plays in its favour.
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Great news! Always excited for new IQ!
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The wizard-looking dude on the album cover looks like he might be John Jowitt or Mike Holmes' son!
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I still think that they miss Widge's songwriting.  IQ to me seem a bit directionless these days. 
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^ apparently Orford went off to work as a truck driver he was so disillusioned with music!
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I was in contact with Martin at the time and he didn't become a truck driver. It was a a very delicate and not very nice situation between himself and Mike Holmes. Orford was also becoming disillusioned about the ( then relatively new ) download culture. 
He left and decided to give up music and concentrate on his love of steam trains. 
I believe he is back in a part time capacity with Jadis.  

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