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21 hours ago, Batty said:


Just a quick glance at the list 

I have 24 

But the number is greater if I add other album titles from bands noted in the list 

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9 hours ago, JukKluk2 said:

Upon which planet has he been for the past (almost) fifty years?

He has only been alive for 40 of them.

 

He did pick that it was " the same guy that wrote the music for Killing Fields", he is into OST.

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Here's what's on / been on the playlist for today:

 

 

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Here's a few reviews (by Others)

 

NMB

 

After a masterpiece like "The Similitude of a Dream" i was worried that Morse & Co. would never have been able to reach again the quality, the melodies, the sublimation of musical skills in an easy-lixstening context, without sounding cheap.
"The Great Adventure" dont overcome its predecessor but exceeded my expectations, for sure.
The formula is stil the same: complex instrumental passages, similar to a "certain progmetal" band, melodic refrains, some Beatlesesque verses, neverending vocals harmonies & emotional acoustic moments. All in all, less magniloquent melodies but a strong memorability "ou service de la musique" & flawless musicianship to make it real.
And furthermore, i love the kind of concept albums, like this, where the main melodic line is repeated with different forms in various songs.

Best Track: To The River

 

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Thieves' Kitchen - Genius Loci

 

A modern gift for prog lovers..

Beautiful, spacious, and intricate modern prog that doesn't skimp on melody for the sake of complexity. The music is recognizable as coming from the tradition that started with Yes, Genesis, and Gentle Giant, say, but it is not derivative. Original, uplifting, interesting, and often beautiful, this is top-notch stuff.

 

(This has scored 4.10 / 5.00 on RYM so far which indicates a very good album. 1st spin coming up.

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5 hours ago, progladyte said:

Here's what's on / been on the playlist for today:

 

 

pe.jpg

nmb.jpg

mostly.jpg

nm.jpg

karf.jpg

int.jpg

bp.jpg

fw.jpg

spirit.jpg

tk.jpg

 

 

Here's a few reviews (by Others)

 

NMB

 

After a masterpiece like "The Similitude of a Dream" i was worried that Morse & Co. would never have been able to reach again the quality, the melodies, the sublimation of musical skills in an easy-lixstening context, without sounding cheap.
"The Great Adventure" dont overcome its predecessor but exceeded my expectations, for sure.
The formula is stil the same: complex instrumental passages, similar to a "certain progmetal" band, melodic refrains, some Beatlesesque verses, neverending vocals harmonies & emotional acoustic moments. All in all, less magniloquent melodies but a strong memorability "ou service de la musique" & flawless musicianship to make it real.
And furthermore, i love the kind of concept albums, like this, where the main melodic line is repeated with different forms in various songs.

Best Track: To The River

 

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Thieves' Kitchen - Genius Loci

 

A modern gift for prog lovers..

Beautiful, spacious, and intricate modern prog that doesn't skimp on melody for the sake of complexity. The music is recognizable as coming from the tradition that started with Yes, Genesis, and Gentle Giant, say, but it is not derivative. Original, uplifting, interesting, and often beautiful, this is top-notch stuff.

 

(This has scored 4.10 / 5.00 on RYM so far which indicates a very good album. 1st spin coming up.

Got the mostly Autumn cd (got most of their albums). This was one of my top 3 listens last year. Fantastic album.

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22 hours ago, Monk said:

Okay, so at first look it's post-rock again.  :whistle:  But there's definitely a proggy feel to it.  Even if to me it sounds a bit too much Pink Floyd like in places.  Great album.  As are their others for that matter.  

 

Monkey3 - Astra Symmetry. 

 

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https://monkey-3.bandcamp.com/album/astra-symmetry

 

Hi Monk.

Listened to this on Spotify last night.

Wow. This album is brilliant. Ended up listening 3 times. When l woke up l had this one song in my head.

The band is so diversified, sounds like there is 3 different bands playing. Anyway just ordered it.

So much for not buying any music for 3 months. Love this post, but sending me broke. Luckily l don't eat much ?. All you proggers out there have a listen. You won't be disapointed. Thanks Monk.

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Italy became the country after UK that I found produced some of the best and most consistent symphonic and progressive rock music throughout the early 70's. They continue this tradition to this day.

 

If you have already acquired everything you need from UK and surrounds, there can be no denying the huge impact that Italy made regarding this genre of music in the 70's. With a huge sound, pompous and grandiose arrangements together with excellent musicianship that embraced all manner of instruments, it was easy to admire just about everything they did. There is hardly an Italian progressive rock band that I don't enjoy as repeated listens brings out the very best in what these guys are doing. Some of the music is very accessible, some will require more concentrated efforts to fully absorb everything, but the rewards will follow. Even if you don't understand the Italian language (or any other language for that matter), it will be the unique music that captures the imagination.

 

Here are some of my favourites in no particular order.

 

 

 

 

  Ys

Il Balletto di Bronzo

Ys (1972)
 
2 Smogmagica

Le Orme

Smogmagica (1975)
 
3 In concerto

Le Orme

In concerto (1974)
 
4 Contrappunti

Le Orme

Contrappunti (1974)
 
5 Uomo di pezza

Le Orme

Uomo di pezza (1972)
 
6 ...di terra

Banco

...di terra (1978)
 
7 Garofano rosso

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

Garofano rosso (1976)
 
8 Banco

Banco

Banco (1975)
 
9 Il fantastico viaggio del "bagarozzo" Mark

Goblin

Il fantastico viaggio del "bagarozzo" Mark (1978)
 
10 Tenebre

Simonetti / Pignatelli / Morante

Tenebre (1997)
 
11 Alphataurus

Alphataurus

Alphataurus (1973)
 
suggested by: Kizsmeth
12 Biglietto per l'Inferno

Biglietto per l'Inferno

Biglietto per l'Inferno (1974)
 
suggested by: Kizsmeth
13 Chocolate Kings

PFM

Chocolate Kings (1975)
 
14 Per un amico

Premiata Forneria Marconi

Per un amico (1972)
 
15 Storia di un minuto

Premiata Forneria Marconi

Storia di un minuto
 
16 Picchio dal Pozzo

Picchio dal Pozzo

Picchio dal Pozzo (1976)
 
17 Uno

Panna Fredda

Uno (1971)
 
18 Πόα (Poa)

Blocco Mentale

Πόα (Poa) (1973)
 
suggested by: Kizsmeth
19 Ipotesi

Gruppo D'alternativa

Ipotesi (1972)
 
suggested by: Kizsmeth
20 Reale Accademia di Musica

Reale Accademia di Musica

Reale Accademia di Musica (1972)
 
suggested by: Kizsmeth
21 L'infinito

Le Orme

L'infinito (2004)
 
22 I Giganti

I Giganti

I Giganti (1966)
 
suggested by: Kizsmeth
23 Dopo l'infinito

Nuova Era

Dopo l'infinito (1989)
 
24 Il tempo di far la fantasia

Montefeltro

Il tempo di far la fantasia (1993)
 
25 Fede, Speranza, Carità

J.E.T.

Fede, Speranza, Carità (1972)
 
26 Due

H2O

Due (2001)
 
27 Foglie di Vetro

Foglie di Vetro

Foglie di Vetro (1996)
 
28 Io sono Murple

Murple

Io sono Murple (1974)
 
suggested by: Kizsmeth
29 Mappamondo

Errata Corrige

Mappamondo (1977)
 
30 Il Paese dei Balocchi

Il Paese dei balocchi

Il Paese dei Balocchi (1972)
 
suggested by: Kizsmeth
31 Transizione

Doracor

Transizione (2001)
 
32 Il bianco regno di Dooah

Consorzio Acqua Potabile

Il bianco regno di Dooah (2003)
 
33 El tor

Città Frontale

El tor (1975)
 
34 Melos

Cervello

Melos (1973)
 
35 Pollution

Battiato

Pollution (1972)
 
36 The Wood of Tales

Malibran

The Wood of Tales (1990)
 
37 Lycanthrope

Mangala Vallis

Lycanthrope (2005)
 
38 The World Became the World

Premiata Forneria Marconi

The World Became the World (1974)
 
39 L'Uovo di Colombo

L' Uovo di Colombo

L'Uovo di Colombo (1973)
 
suggested by: Kizsmeth
40 Corte dei miracoli

Corte dei Miracoli

Corte dei miracoli (1994)
 
41 Mit

Quasar Lux Symphoniae

Mit (2000)
 
42 Abraham - One Act Rock Opera

Quasar Lux Symphoniae

Abraham - One Act Rock Opera (1994)
 
43 Blink

Nova

Blink (1994)
 
44 Spettacolo Annullato

Sithonia

Spettacolo Annullato (1992)
 
45 Passio secundum Mattheum

Latte e Miele

Passio secundum Mattheum (1972)
 
46 Fragments of Light

Sensations' Fix

Fragments of Light (1974)
 
47 Dedicato a Frazz

Semiramis

Dedicato a Frazz (1973)
 
48 Io sono Murple

Murple

Io sono Murple (1974)
 
49 Round Midnight

Moongarden

Round Midnight (2004)
 
50 LuxAde

La Maschera di Cera

LuxAde (2006)
 
51 Zombi

Goblin

Zombi (1978)
 
52 Ancient Afternoons

Ezra Winston

Ancient Afternoons (1990)
 
53 De republica

Deus Ex Machina

De republica (1995)
 
54 Dolce acqua

Delirium

Dolce acqua (1971)
 
55 Robin delle stelle

Consorzio Acqua Potabile

Robin delle stelle (1998)
 
56 Cap. 7 - Tra le antiche mura

Il Castello di Atlante

Cap. 7 - Tra le antiche mura (2009)
 
57 Il fiume

Le Orme

Il fiume (1996)
 
58 Fiore di metallo

I Califfi

Fiore di metallo (1973)
 
59 Oxian

Barrock

Oxian (1994)
 
60 Ghost

The Watch

Ghost (2001)
 
61 Il Volo / Essere o non essere...

Il Volo

Il Volo / Essere o non essere... (1987) [Compilation]
 
62 L'Uovo di Colombo

L' Uovo di Colombo

L'Uovo di Colombo (1994)
 
63 Submarine Silence

Submarine Silence

Submarine Silence (2001)
 
64 Per... un mondo di cristallo

Raccomandata Ricevuta Ritorno

Per... un mondo di cristallo (1972)
 
65 Palepoli

Osanna

Palepoli (1973)
 
66 Il passo del soldato

Nuova Era

Il passo del soldato (1995)
 
67 Twilight

The Night Watch

Twilight (1997)
 
68 Zarathustra

Museo Rosenbach

Zarathustra (1990)
 
69 Il grande labirinto

La Maschera di Cera

Il grande labirinto (2003)
 
70 La Maschera di Cera

La Maschera di Cera

La Maschera di Cera (2002)
 
71 La città sul lago

Malibran

La città sul lago (1998)
 
72 Mirrorgames

Höstsonaten

Mirrorgames (1998)
 
73 The Seduction of Madness

Garden Wall

The Seduction of Madness (1995)
 
74 Sognando e risognando

Formula 3

Sognando e risognando (1972)
 
75 Diario di viaggio della Festa mobile

Festa Mobile

Diario di viaggio della Festa mobile (1973)
 
76 Rings of Earthly Light

Eris Pluvia

Rings of Earthly Light (1991)
 
77 In limine

Finisterre

In limine (1996)
 
78 Finisterre

Finisterre

Finisterre (1994)
 
79 Determinazione

Divae

Determinazione (1995)
 
80 Duty Free Area

D.F.A.

Duty Free Area (1999)
 
81 La torre dell'alchimista

La Torre dell'Alchimista

La torre dell'alchimista (2001)
 
82 Buon Vecchio Charlie

Buon Vecchio Charlie

Buon Vecchio Charlie (1990)
 
83 Cherry Five

Cherry Five

Cherry Five (1975)
 
84 Celeste

Celeste

Celeste (1976)
 
85 Il Volo

Il Volo

Il Volo (1974)
 
86 The Book of Dreams

Mangala Vallis

The Book of Dreams (2002)
 
87 Il tempo di far la fantasia

Montefeltro

Il tempo di far la fantasia (1993)
 
88 Uno

Uno

Uno (1974)
 
suggested by: Kizsmeth
89 Contaminazione

Il Rovescio della Medaglia

Contaminazione (1973)
 
90 Inferno

Metamorfosi

Inferno (1973)
 
91 Collage

Le Orme

Collage (1971)
 
92 Le Porte del Silenzio

Malibran

Le Porte del Silenzio (1993)
 
93 Forse le lucciole non si amano più

Locanda delle Fate

Forse le lucciole non si amano più (1977)
 
94 Photos of Ghosts

Premiata Forneria Marconi

Photos of Ghosts (1973)
 
95 Maxophone

Maxophone

Maxophone (1975)
 
96 Quella Vecchia Locanda

Quella Vecchia Locanda

Quella Vecchia Locanda (1972)
 
97 Felona / L'equilibrio

Le Orme

Felona / L'equilibrio (1973) [Single]
 
98 Springsong

Hostsonaten

Springsong (2001)
 
99 Come in un'ultima cena

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

Come in un'ultima cena (1976)
 
100 Roller

Goblin

Roller (1976)

 

 

 

101 Darwin!

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

Darwin! (1972)
 
102 De' la tempesta..... L'oscuro piacere

Aufklärung

De' la tempesta..... L'oscuro piacere (1995)
 
103 Tilt (Immagini per un orecchio)

Arti & Mestieri

Tilt (Immagini per un orecchio) (2001)
 
104 Apoteosi

Apoteosi

Apoteosi (1975)
 
105 Intorno alla mia cattiva educazione

Alusa Fallax

Intorno alla mia cattiva educazione (1974)
 
106 Aria

Alan Sorrenti

Aria (1972)
 
107 Creazione

A Piedi Nudi

Creazione (1995)
 
108 Mass Media Stars

Acqua Fragile

Mass Media Stars (1976)
 
109 Cherry Five

Cherry Five

Cherry Five (1975)
 
suggested by: Kizsmeth
110 Campo di Marte

Campo Di Marte

Campo di Marte (1973)
 
suggested by: Kizsmeth
111 Intorno alla mia cattiva educazione

Alusa Fallax

Intorno alla mia cattiva educazione (1974)
 
 
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Just now, betocool said:

I vaguely remember this being discussed here some years ago.... I could be wrong.

 

"Sgt Peppers", prog or not? I'd tend to say yes, but I'm happy to hear your opinions on that.

 

Cheers,

 

Alberto

 

Although The Beatles were considered to be very talented musicians, I don't often hear them as being labelled as part of the progressive rock movement. Their music certainly showed many progressive traits and concepts, together with a huge variety of musical concepts and ideas on each album but for some reason, they seemed to bypass the prog moniker.

 

A brilliant band no less and one for which the world owes a debt of gratitude for laying the foundations for what would ultimately follow.

 

 

Y.M.M.V.

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I agree with all you say, and yet I'd rate Sgt. Peppers as an album apart from the rest, due to the different structure and orchestrations in there, a world apart from Revolver, which is in essence a great pop/rock album. I guess, Sgt. Peppers introduces a concept.

 

Still, I also do not think of the Beatles as a prog band in that sense.

 

Cheers,

 

Alberto

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5 hours ago, progladyte said:

 

Italy became the country after UK that I found produced some of the best and most consistent symphonic and progressive rock music throughout the early 70's. They continue this tradition to this day.

 

If you have already acquired everything you need from UK and surrounds, there can be no denying the huge impact that Italy made regarding this genre of music in the 70's. With a huge sound, pompous and grandiose arrangements together with excellent musicianship that embraced all manner of instruments, it was easy to admire just about everything they did. There is hardly an Italian progressive rock band that I don't enjoy as repeated listens brings out the very best in what these guys are doing. Some of the music is very accessible, some will require more concentrated efforts to fully absorb everything, but the rewards will follow. Even if you don't understand the Italian language (or any other language for that matter), it will be the unique music that captures the imagination.

 

Here are some of my favourites in no particular order.

 


 

Interesting list Greg. Some I have but many I am not familiar with. You sure did delve deep into the Italian prog genre.

 

One other band I enjoyed was Area. Italian prog it was, sometimes a bit "avant-garde", and once singer Demetrio Stratos passed away they shifted more to jazz rock fusion. Demetrio sure had a unique powerful voice. I particularly liked the jazz rock instrumental album "Tic & Tac".

 

 

 

 

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Hey Pat,

 

I too scored some Area albums back in the day.

 

I had the 1st 4 on vinyl but sold one or two recently.

 

Ironically, the album you liked, "Tic Toc" scored the least out of all their albums (2.71 / 5.00) compared to the rest (between 3.59 and 3.77 / 5.00).

 

Have you heard their 1st, 2nd or 4th offerings?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4 hours ago, betocool said:

I vaguely remember this being discussed here some years ago.... I could be wrong.

 

"Sgt Peppers", prog or not? I'd tend to say yes, but I'm happy to hear your opinions on that.

 

Cheers,

 

Alberto


I would say they changed with time 

They did change to Psychedelic as they were influenced by Hendrix and others and also assume they wrote music with the help of the drugs 

 

If they stayed as a band the Beatles probably would have tried Prog 

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57 minutes ago, progladyte said:

Hey Pat,

 

I too scored some Area albums back in the day.

 

I had the 1st 4 on vinyl but sold one or two recently.

 

Ironically, the album you liked, "Tic Toc" scored the least out of all their albums (2.71 / 5.00) compared to the rest (between 3.59 and 3.77 / 5.00).

 

Have you heard their 1st, 2nd or 4th offerings?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Progladyte and et al.

Came across this German band a few weeks ago. They are classed as Post Rock. But after listening to this ablum, l would include them very much in the Prog Genre. So the band is Long Distance Calling. The album is called Sattelite Bay.

 

Not usually into instrumental music, though l don't mind a bit of Sleepmakeswaves or Mogwai.

 

But this album that l received yesterday has totally captivated me.

It is mainly instrumental, but has got a bit of monologue through out ( you JJ would love this album).

 It is very guitar orientated. And boy do they soar. But it is the drumming that is sensational. Absolutely Bonkers ( up there with Tool).

Not sure if many proggers have heard this band? But has Molly was wont to say " do yourself a favour".

 This could well be my find of the year. Definitely going to buy the vinyl record.

 

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Here is a fantastic list from the Dutch progressive rock page, a site I frequent every few days.

 

 

https://www.dprp.net/index.php

 

If you have not yet discovered this excellent website, I can wholly endorse just about everything they do and publish.

 

Their reviews are often what inspires me to explore a band immediately or at least put it on my wish-list for later investigation. You would be totally blown away by obscure bands and artists that I was curious about and deciding to explore all available options, found yet another fantastic piece of music / band that I had previously never heard of. Being based in Holland also gives them excellent access to a lot of the brilliant material emerging from Eastern Europe.

 

What I like about this site is that they don't get bogged down too much with one hit blunders but concentrate on giving insightful reviews about bands that quite frankly a lot of us on SNA discuss on a daily basis. That's not to say that they don't give coverage to the more obscure bands and artists but the balance of the coverage between well known and emerging acts is pretty impressive.

 

If you are looking for a seriously good site from which to glean some useful information, you can do no wrong with DPRP.

 

Here goes:

 

 

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To wrap-up the decade, we thought it'd be a bit of fun to take a look back at the most popular albums of the last 10 years; as voted for in our annual end of year polls.

The first three years are taken from the results of our readers poll. The more recent years are the most popular albums, as voted for by the writers at DPRP.

Showing the strength-in-depth of the current progressive genre, no less than 59 different artists have been selected; with only ten appearing with more than two albums.

Steve Hackett wins the award for the most prolifically-popular artist; appearing six times. He is followed by Big Big Train (5 times) and Spocks Beard, Neal Morse and The Pineapple Thief (4 times).

If you were to award points based on an artist's placement in each year's Top 10 list, then the Top 10 Prog Rock Artists of the Decade would be:
 
  1. Big Big Train
  2. Steven Wilson
  3. Riverside
  4. Steve Hackett
  5. Opeth
  6. Spocks Beard
  7. Haken
  8. Marillion
  9. Anathema
  10. Neal Morse


Anyway here is the list of the Top 100 Progressive Rock Albums of the 10s, split into year of release....

 
 
 
 
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2010 
1. Spock's Beard - X
2. Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here
3. Gazpacho - Missa Atropos
4. Unitopia - Artificial
5. The Enid - Journey's End
6. Moon Safari - Lover's End
7. Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt One
8. Agents Of Mercy - Dramarama
9. Glass Hammer - If
10. The Pineapple Thief - Someone Here Is Missing


 
 
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2011 
1. Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning
2. Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
3. Opeth - Heritage
4. Yes - Fly From Here
5. Pendragon - Passion
6. Neal Morse - Testimony 2
7. Phideaux - Snowtorch
8. Steve Hackett - Beyond the Shrouded Horizon
9. The Tangent - Comm
10. Haken - Visions


 
 
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2012 
1. Big Big Train - English Electric (Part One)
2. The Flower Kings - Banks Of Eden
3. Marillion - Sounds That Can't Be Made
4. Anathema - Weather Systems
5. Rush - Clockwork Angels
6. Echolyn - echolyn
7. Änglagård - Viljans Öga
8. Neal Morse - Momentum
9. Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited II
10. Flying Colors - Flying Colors


 
 
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2013
1.    Big Big Train – English Electric, Pt. II  
2.    Haken – The Mountain
3.    Steven Wilson – The Raven that Refused to Sing
4.    Riverside – Shrine Of New Generation Slaves 
5.    Lifesigns – Lifesigns 
6.    Moon Safari – Himlabacken, Volume I 
7.    Magenta – The Twentyseven Club
8.    Manning – The Root, The Leaf and The Bone
9.    Spock’s Beard – Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep
10.  PBII – 1000 Wishes



 
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2014
1.    IQ – The Road of Bones
2.    Opeth – Pale Communion
3.    Transatlantic – Kaleidoscope
4.    Pink Floyd – The Endless River
5.    Lazuli - Tant Que L'Herbe Est Grasse
6.    Gazpacho – Demon
7.    Flying Colours – Second Nature
8.    Pendragon - Men Who Climb Mountains
9.    Steve Rothery - The Ghosts Of Pripyat
10.  Anathema – Distant Satellites



 
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2015
1.    Steven Wilson - Hand.Cannot.Erase
2.    Riverside - Love, Fear and the Time Machine
3.    The Tangent - Spark in the Ether
4.    The Neal Morse Band - The Grand Experiment
5.    Spock's Beard - The Oblivion Particle
6.    Anekdoten - Until all the Ghosts are Gone
7.    Comedy of Errors – Spirit
8.    Leprous - The Congregation
9.    William D Drake - Revere Reach
10.  Steve Hackett - Wolflight



 
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2016
1.     Marillion - F.E.A.R.
2.     Big Big Train - Folklore
3.     Haken  - Affinity
4.     FROST* - Falling Satellites
5.     Opeth - Sorceress
6.     Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts
7.     Kansas - The Prelude Implicit
8.     The Pineapple Thief - Your Wilderness
9.     Neal Morse - The Similitude of a Dream
10.   Anderson/Stolt - Invention Of Knowledge




 
 
 
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2017
1.     Steven Wilson - To The Bone
2.     Leprous - Malina
3.     Soen - Lykaia
4.     Comedy of Errors - House Of The Mind
5.     Big Big Train - Grimspound
6.     Lunatic Soul - Fractured
7.     Steve Hackett - The Night Siren
8.     The Pineapple Thief - Where We Stood
9.     Accordo dei Contrari – Violato Intatto
10.   Lifesigns - Cardington



 
 
 
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2018
1.   Riverside - Wasteland
2.   Gleb Kolyadin - Gleb Kolyadin
3.   Phideaux - Infernal
4.   Arena - Double Vision
5.   The Pineapple Thief - Dissolution
6.   Kingcrow - The Persistence
7.   Southern Empire - Civilisation
8.   Spock’s Beard - Noise Floor
9.   Damanek - In Flight
10. Roine Stolt's The Flower King - Manifesto Of An Alchemist



 
 
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2019 
1.   Devin Townsend - Empath
2.   Big Big Train - Grand Tour
3.   Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
4.   IQ - Resistance
5.   Bent Knee - You Know What They Mean
6.   Steve Hackett - At The Edge Of Light
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6 hours ago, needlerunner said:

Hi Progladyte and et al.

Came across this German band a few weeks ago. They are classed as Post Rock. But after listening to this ablum, l would include them very much in the Prog Genre. So the band is Long Distance Calling. The album is called Sattelite Bay.

 

Not usually into instrumental music, though l don't mind a bit of Sleepmakeswaves or Mogwai.

 

But this album that l received yesterday has totally captivated me.

It is mainly instrumental, but has got a bit of monologue through out ( you JJ would love this album).

 It is very guitar orientated. And boy do they soar. But it is the drumming that is sensational. Absolutely Bonkers ( up there with Tool).

Not sure if many proggers have heard this band? But has Molly was wont to say " do yourself a favour".

 This could well be my find of the year. Definitely going to buy the vinyl record.

 

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I don’t mind my post rock so l will have to check this out. Love chasing these musical breadcrumbs.

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