FRIDAY RELEASES

[gazinwales]

THERION - Leviathan
WARDRUNA - Kvitrafn

I wonder why hardly anyone talks about Therion on this forum, they're not prog metal of course but the brilliant variety of styles album after album with nobody really the same as the previous should appeal to many progheads, especially those who don't mind the symphonic approach.

I've wondered the same thing myself.
Probably as they are not known at all in the USA and more in Europe.
Been into them for 20 years saw them live in 2005 and were amazing.

[Buddyhunter1]

New single from Kauan, pretty good stuff. After their last album which was super mellow and dreamy they're going back to a more heavy sound, and there's some really nice lead guitar here.

https://open.spotify.com/track/6oKIEZ2nuaN86pYVKiZH9h?si=aev2w4q5T4WhVR35hhdE5Q

[MinistroRaven]

Aborym - Hostile
Durbin - The Beast Awakens - Same Durbin from American Idol
Arc Of Life (Supergroup) - Arc of Life - Featuring YES members
Simulacrum - Genesis
Joel Hoekstra's 13 - Running Games    
Love And Death - Perfectly Preserved
Inglorious - We Will Ride
Ablaze My Sorrow - Among Ashes and Monoliths
Sirenia - Riddles, Ruins & Revelations
God Is an Astronaut - Ghost Tapes #10

[SoundscapeMN]

Timmy Sean - A Tale from the Other Side

[twosuitsluke]

The new God is an Astronaut is the only new album I checked out yesterday. It was alright I guess. I thought there was supposed to be a new Mogwai album as well   

Has that been pushed back?

[jingle.boy]

My Spotify Release Radar playlist yesterday was crap - virtually nothing was NEW

[SoundscapeMN]

The new God is an Astronaut is the only new album I checked out yesterday. It was alright I guess. I thought there was supposed to be a new Mogwai album as well   

Has that been pushed back?

2/19/21
https://mogwai.bandcamp.com/album/as-the-love-continues

[devieira73]

Joel Hoekstra's 13 - Running Games    

Totally loving this one!  Joel is such a great hard rock songwriter!  All the band is killing it, even Vinnie Appice is showing more diversity in his playing. Also I think Russel as the only lead vocalist this time was a better option.

[TAC]

My Spotify Release Radar playlist yesterday was crap - virtually nothing was NEW

THIS!

[MinistroRaven]

1.   16 / Grime - Doom Sessions Vol. 3 [Split] [EP] (Sludge/Doom Metal)
2.   A.C.T. - Heatwave EP (Prog Rock)
3.   Abyssian - Godly (Gothic Doom Metal)
4.   Aeonblack - The Time Will Come (Power Metal)
5.   Alice Cooper - Detroit Stories (Hard Rock)
6.   Altın Gün - Yol (Anatolin Rock)
7.   Angel Martyr - Nothing Louder Than Silence (Heavy/Speed Metal)
8.   Anneke Van Giersbergen - The Darkest Skies Are The Brightest (Atmospheric rock) 
9.   Arania - Mental State (Melodic Symphonic Metal)
10.   Arcana - XXII A Return to the Darkland / The Untold (Heavy Metal)
11.   Architects - For Those That Wish To Exist (Hardcore/Metalcore)
12.   Attika - Metal Lands (US Power Metal)
13.   Autum's Child - Angel's Gate (Rock/AOR)
14.   Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker (Expanded 30th anniversary reissue)
15.   Black Sheep Wall - Songs for The Enamel Queen (Post Sludge Metal)
16.   Blanck Mass - In Fernaux (Electronic)
17.   Bonfire - Roots (Heavy Metal)
18.   Bonfire - Roots [Compilation] (Hard Rock/Metal)
19.   Bonnie Tyler The Best Is Yet to Come (Pop)
20.   Caligonaut - Magnified As Giants (Prog Rock)
21.   Cave of Swimmers - Aurora (Hard Rock/Doom Metal)
22.   Don Airey - Live in Hamburg (Hard Rock)
23.   Earthshine - My Bones Shall Rest Upon The Mountain (Atmospheric Doom Metal)
24.   Eden Echo - Hourglass (Melodic Heavy Metal)
25.   Einherjer - North Star (Viking folk metal)
26.   Electric Century Electric Century (Rock/Metal)
27.   Empyrium - Über Den Sternen (Blackened Folk Metal)
28.   Epica - Omega (Symphonic Metal)
29.   Evergrey - Escape of The Phoenix (Prog/Power Metal)
30.   Five the Hierophant - Through Aureate Void (Post/Black/Avantgarde Metal)
31.   Flying Circus - Flying Circus (Prog rock)
32.   Furia - W Śnialni (Experimental black metal)
33.   Heavy Moon - Heavy Moon 20 (Instrumental Psychedelic, Space Rock)
34.   Helstar - Clad in Black [Compilation] (US Power Metal)
35.   InHuman - InHuman (Symphonic Prog Metal)
36.   InnerSphere - Omfalos (Melodic Death Metal)
37.   Iotunn - Access All Worlds (Prog Power Metal)
38.   James Johnston and Steve Gullick - We Travel Time (Noise Folk Classical)
39.   James Newton Howard - Raya and the Last Dragon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
40.   Joanna Connor - 4801 South Indiana Avenue (Chicago Blues)
41.   Joe Chambers - Samba de Maracatu (Jazz)
42.   Joseph Williams (of Toto) - Denizen Tenant (CClassic Rock / Pop Rock)
43.   Josh Groban – Harmony Deluxe
44.   Julien Baker - Little Oblivions (Singer/Songwriter)
45.   Katana Cartel - The Sacred Oath (Heavy Metal/ Hard Rock)
46.   Kaupe - Cognitive Dissonance (Prog Metal)
47.   King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - L.W. (Psych Rock)
48.   Konom - Konom (Progressive Metal)
49.   Kreator - Under the Guillotine: The Noise Records Anthology (Metal)
50.   Landmvrks - Lost in The Waves (Melodic Metalcore)
51.   Lydia Luce - Dark River (Singer/Songwriter)
52.   Maxïmo Park N- ature Always Wins (Alt Rock)
53.   Melvins - Working with God (Sludge Metal)
54.   Menahan Street Band - The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band (Instrumental Funk Soul)
55.   Mistweaver - Swansong (Extreme Power Metal)
56.   Moonspell - Hermitage (Gothic Metal)
57.   Necronomidol - Vämjelseriter (Heavy Metal from Japan)
58.   Neil Young and Crazy Horses - Way Down in the Rust Bucket (Live)
59.   Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage
60.   NOFX - Single Album (Punk)
61.   Of Mice & Men - Timeless [EP] (Melodic Metalcore)
62.   Old Sorcery - Druadan Forest / Old Sorcery [Split] [EP] (Black metal, Dungeon Synth)
63.   Ominous Ruin - Amidst Voices That Echo In Stone (Tech Death Metal)
64.   Paranorm - Empyrean (Prog Thrash Metal)
65.   Redd Barron - Sands of Time (Melodic Heavy Metal)
66.   Richard Barbieri - Under a Spell (Prog Rock)
67.   Sandstorm - Desert Warrior (Heavy Metal)
68.   Scald - There Flies Our Wail! [EP] (Epic Doom Metal)
69.   Shadows - Shadows [EP] (Avantgarde metal)
70.   Sister - Vengeance Ignited (Glam Metal)
71.   Skywings - How Beautiful (Symphonic power metal)
72.   Smerz - Believer (Electronic)
73.   Spelljammer - Abyssal Trip (Stoner/Doom Metal)
74.   Stam1na - Novus Ordo Mundi (Prog Metal)
75.   Steve Lukather - I Found the Sun Again (Classic Rock)
76.   Strawbs - Settlement (Progressive Rock)
77.   Sunnata - Burning In Heaven, Melting On Earth (Stoner/Sludge Metal)
78.   The SLoT - Инстинкт Выживания (Alt/Nu Metal)
79.   Thunder Axe - Roads of Thunder (Heavy Metal)
80.   Tony Cantisano - Eliven (Instrumental Progressive Rock)
81.   Varang Nord - Pārķiuņa Uomurs (Folk Metal)
82.   Vektor / Cryptosis - Transmissions Of Chaos [Split] [EP] (Progressive Thrash Metal)
83.   Walk The Walk - Walk The Walk (Hard Rock)
84.   Willie Nelson - That's Life (Frank Sinatra covers)
85.   Witch Throne - Morning Star (Doom metal, Psychedelic rock)
86.   XenoVenous - Exterminatus (Heavy/Speed Metal)

[goo-goo]

Thanks for the list.

Need to check out the Steve Lukather release.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Well, today is basically Atmospheric Black Metal Friday!

You have new albums from Fuath, Midnight Odyssey, and Mare Cognitum 

[jingle.boy]

Well, today is basically Atmospheric Black Metal Friday!

You have new albums from Fuath, Midnight Odyssey, and Mare Cognitum 

[twosuitsluke]

Today's new releases I will be rocking are:

The Hirsch Effekt - GREGÆR (an EP with 4 songs with orchestral accompaniment. 2 songs from Kollaps, one from Eskapist and one new song)

Wheel - Resident Human

Black Spiders - Black Spiders

[jingle.boy]

When the fuck is Spotify going to get it thru their goddamn algorithms that I don't like rap?  No matter how much I select "I don't like <artist> / this song"  I get at least 8-10 songs in my Release Radar every week that are rap songs/artists, somehow tagged with an additional artist that would normally be something I like.  Eg, A song showed up today by "Riddles, Mercenary", and another by "King Tipps, Eclipse".  13 of the 29 songs were like this.  And another 12 songs that aren't exactly "new" (they're at least 3-4 weeks old, eg... Epica), there were only 5 songs of any interest, and one album - Primitai / Violence of the Skies.

Spotify needs some new programmers, and/or better AI tools.

[ProfessorPeart]

Evanescence - The Bitter Truth

My Deluxe box arrived Thursday. They surprised us with a cover of Across the Universe at the end of the bonus disc. Amy's voice is awesome.

Still waiting on a shipping notice for my Smith/Kotzen album. Amazon is really dropping the ball lately.

[jingle.boy]

Still waiting on a shipping notice for my Smith/Kotzen album. Amazon is really dropping the ball lately.

Maybe it's stuck in the Suez!   

[ProfessorPeart]

Still waiting on a shipping notice for my Smith/Kotzen album. Amazon is really dropping the ball lately.

Maybe it's stuck in the Suez!   

That or their employees are taking bathroom breaks instead of peeing into bottles. 

[goo-goo]

Fuck. This Wheel - Resident Human album is kicking my nuts. This is what Soen should have sounded like. Holy smokes! For fans of Tool, Soen, Vola. Strong contender for AOTY.

[The Realm]

Fuck. This Wheel - Resident Human album is kicking my nuts. This is what Soen should have sounded like. Holy smokes! For fans of Tool, Soen, Vola. Strong contender for AOTY.

Thanks goo-goo. I gave this a couple of spins today based on your recommendation and agree this is great. Will give it a few more listens. As much as I can see the Tool, Soen, Vola references, this album also reminds me quite a bit of Karnivool in parts as well.

[ProfessorPeart]

Fuck. This Wheel - Resident Human album is kicking my nuts. This is what Soen should have sounded like. Holy smokes! For fans of Tool, Soen, Vola. Strong contender for AOTY.

Thanks goo-goo. I gave this a couple of spins today based on your recommendation and agree this is great. Will give it a few more listens. As much as I can see the Tool, Soen, Vola references, this album also reminds me quite a bit of Karnivool in parts as well.

Yeah, thanks to that post I have both of their albums on order. I promised myself that I wouldn't spend as much on music as I did last year. Not following that so far.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Fuck. This Wheel - Resident Human album is kicking my nuts. This is what Soen should have sounded like. Holy smokes! For fans of Tool, Soen, Vola. Strong contender for AOTY.

Thanks goo-goo. I gave this a couple of spins today based on your recommendation and agree this is great. Will give it a few more listens. As much as I can see the Tool, Soen, Vola references, this album also reminds me quite a bit of Karnivool in parts as well.

Yeah, thanks to that post I have both of their albums on order. I promised myself that I wouldn't spend as much on music as I did last year. Not following that so far.

I always say that, but then it never works out that way 

[ProfessorPeart]

Fuck. This Wheel - Resident Human album is kicking my nuts. This is what Soen should have sounded like. Holy smokes! For fans of Tool, Soen, Vola. Strong contender for AOTY.

Thanks goo-goo. I gave this a couple of spins today based on your recommendation and agree this is great. Will give it a few more listens. As much as I can see the Tool, Soen, Vola references, this album also reminds me quite a bit of Karnivool in parts as well.

Yeah, thanks to that post I have both of their albums on order. I promised myself that I wouldn't spend as much on music as I did last year. Not following that so far.

I always say that, but then it never works out that way 

Tell me about it. It's my only vice, but last year was insane with how much I spent and bought. Was insanely higher than any prior year. I'll just keep blaming covid.

[NoseofNicko]

Evanescence - The Bitter Truth

Do you like it?

Blind-bought it and think it’s just ok but I’ve never been a fan of the band.

[pfillion]

The new Kauan is out today

[twosuitsluke]

The new Kauan is out today

That's the only release on my radar today. Anything else of note?

[pfillion]

The new Kauan is out today

That's the only release on my radar today. Anything else of note?

Here you go: https://theprogspace.com/album_releases/week-14-2021/

[MinistroRaven]

The Stranger also released their debut today, I think it's a great album

[jingle.boy]

Arion / Vultures Die Alone... closer to what their debut sounded like (which is a fantastic power metal album) vs their last release (which was rather mediocre, imo).  Primal Fear put out an EP, which contained a re-recording of a track from their last album with Tarja.  Not sure if the other 4 tracks are new or not.  Still need to tee up Sweet Oblivion / Relentless.

Not much else stood out in my Release Radar (since most of it has already been released).

[goo-goo]

The Stranger also released their debut today, I think it's a great album

It is actually their second. The first one is a blast! Just starting digesting the new one.

[ProfessorPeart]

Evanescence - The Bitter Truth

Do you like it?

Blind-bought it and think it’s just ok but I’ve never been a fan of the band.

I do like it. Amy has a solid group behind her for these last 2 albums. I'm especially a big fan of their drummer, Will Hunt.

She struggled, in my opinion, on their first album without Ben but has really made some good music with the self-titled and this new one.

[MinistroRaven]

The Stranger also released their debut today, I think it's a great album

It is actually their second. The first one is a blast! Just starting digesting the new one.

You are right

[MinistroRaven]

The new Kauan is out today

That's the only release on my radar today. Anything else of note?

Depends on what you like. But all these came out today:

Primal Fear EP feat Tarja
Cheap Trick
FM
Goath 3
Krave
Motorjesus
The Treatment
The Stranger
Wheel
Sweet Oblivion
Nad Sylvan
Blaze Bayley
Johan Kihlberg's Impera

[twosuitsluke]

Four new releases I'll be working my way through today:

Liquid Tension Experiment 3 (obvs)
Black Peaks - Live at The Brighton Centre
The Vintage Caravan - Monuments
Crown - The End of All Things

Might give the new Offspring a spin as well, and try to go in with an open mind!

[pfillion]