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    Posted: January 02 2021 at 19:16

Well, thank goodness we made it through 2020.  Though for me personally it was a pretty good year for some interesting reasons, for the world in general, it was not much fun.  Here’s hoping 2021 will be better for everyone and maybe things can get back to normal to some extent.

 

Here is the New Release Report for December 2020:

 

Vanden Plas“The Ghost Xperiment - Illumination” Progressive Metal  12/4  Amazon

The Rome Pro(g)ject“IV – Beaten Paths Different Ways”  Symphonic Prog  12//7  Spotify

Le Grand Sbam“Furvent”  RIO/Avant Prog  12/11  Bandcamp

Blackfield“For the Music”  Prog-related  12/4  Spotify

Iamthemorning“Counting the Ghosts”  EP Crossover Prog  12/4  Bandcamp

Eye 2 Eye“Nowhere Highway”  Neo-prog  12/4  Bandcamp

Antoine Fafard – “Chemical Reactions  Jazz/Rock Fusion  12/11  Bandcamp

Grayceon“Mothers Weavers Vultures”  Experimental/Post Metal  12/18  Bandcamp

TDW/Dreamwalkers Inc. – “The Days the Clock Stopped”  Heavy Prog  12/4 (digital), 2/15/2021 (physical)  Bandcamp

Lifesigns“Altitude”  Neo-prog  Release date postponed until sometime in 2021

Vangelis“Juno to Jupiter”  Prog-related  This was slated to be released on 12/11, but that has changed with no release date announced.

The Cyberiam“Forging Nations Live!”  Heavy Prog  12/4  Bandcamp

Royal Hunt“Dystopia”  Progressive Metal  12/18  Spotify

Tiger Moth Tales“The Whispering of the World”  Neo-prog  12/4 

Ellesmere“Wyrd”  Symphonic Prog  12/4  Bandcamp

Il Paradiso degli Orchi“Samir”  Rock Progressivo Italiano  12/4  Bandcamp

Pallas“Fragments of the Sun”  Neo-prog  12/14  Bandcamp

Karfagen“Principles and the Theory of Spektra”  Symphonic Prog  12/4  Bandcamp

The Advent Equation“Remnants of Oblivion”  Technical/Extreme Prog Metal  12/4  Spotify

Asia Minor – “Points of Liberation”  Symphonic Prog  12/20 (CD, LP) 01/15/21 (digital)  YouTube teaser

I Am the Manic Whale“Christmas Selection Box”  Crossover Prog  12/1  Bandcamp

Helmet of Gnats“Travelogue”  Jazz/Rock Fusion  12/10 (CD only)

Hammock“Longest Year”  Post/Math Rock  12/4  Bandcamp

Fish“A Fish in the Lemon Tree”  Neo-prog  12/4  Soundcloud

Marco Minnemann“McStine & Minnemann II”  Eclectic Prog  Bandcamp

Mahogany Frog“In the Electric Universe  Eclectic Prog  12/4 (LP), 3/1/2021 (CD, Digital)  Sample one song on Bandcamp

Quantum Fantay – “Live at Sonic Rock Solstice  Psychedelic/Space Rock  12/15  Bandcamp

Butterfly System“Presagi” EP  Rock Progressivo Italiano  12/20  Bandcamp

3RDegree“3RTY: From A to Xanadu”  Crossover Prog  12/20  Bandcamp

Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate“Feeling Great” EP  Bandcamp

Sonus Umbra“A Sky Full of Ghosts”  Crossover  12/22  Bandcamp

Neon Heart“Temoraria  Krautrock  12/11  Bandcamp

Mad Crayon“Drops”  Rock Progressivo Italiano  12/11  Bandcamp

Allomerus“Hydraulic Power Department”  Eclectic Prog  12/12  Bandcamp

Embryo“Live Behind the Green Door”  Jazz/Rock Fusion  12/17  Bandcamp

Jakub Zytecki“Live 2020”  Progressive Metal  12/9  Bandcamp

Steven Wilson – “The B-sides Collection” EP  Crossover Prog  12/7  Amazon

Emphasis“Spiral of Time” EP  Progressive Metal  12/16  Bandcamp

The Rebel Wheel“Simple Machines”  Crossover Prog  12/11  Bandcamp

Sigur Ros“Odin’s Raven Magic”  Post/Math Rock  12/4  Bandcamp

Bob Drake“Planets & Animals”  RIO/Avant Prog  12/6  Bandcamp

Peter Swart“Oderan”  Crossover Prog  12/10  Bandcamp

Aidan Baker – “Homo Sapiens: Soundtrack for a Film”  Progressive Electronic  12/4  Bandcamp

Nick Prol & the Proletarians – ”An Erstwisle Alphabestiary: Book One”  RIO/Avant Prog  12/16  Bandcamp

Cathedral“Tom Doncourt & Mattias Olsson’s Cathedral”  Symphonic Prog  12/10  Bandcamp

Iron Butterfly“Unconscious Power: An Anthology 1967-1971”  Proto-prog  12/18 

 

And, as usual, here are the links from the past new release reports for 2020:

 

January

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Le Grand Sbam and Nick Prol & the Proletarians were my favorites from this month. For the latter, it was a really neat idea of making an album out of a bestiary of imaginary creatures. I could have sworn I read an alphabestiary written in poetic form from sometime before 1910, but I can't remember what it was called. 

Also liked the albums by Cathedral, Allomerus, Mad Crayon, Ellesmere, and Il Paradiso degli Orchi.

Thanks for the hard work putting these lists together. Thumbs Up
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Furvent is pushed strongly by Dur et Doux label.

Anyway what an excellent work Mike! Clap
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Wonderful work!!! Congratulations!!!!!!
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Thanks

Lifesigns - Altitude has been put back and is being released in 2021.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Manuel Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2021 at 07:16
Thanks again. This is really woderful. After seeing this list, it makes me wonder why some people dare to say that prog is dead.
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Originally posted by Manuel Manuel wrote:

Thanks again. This is really woderful. After seeing this list, it makes me wonder why some people dare to say that prog is dead.

Agreed! Although I think for many, anything other than Genesis/Pink Floyd/Yes/King Crimson/insert-prog-giant-here at their peak is the death of prog. Others would just say that it is continuously evolving........although given I was born in 1993 I guess I don't have the nostalgia of experiencing the early 70s live to sway my view?

I think 2020 was a very good year for 'new' prog (wasn't a good year for much else!), some great albums in these monthly lists so thank you T-Cat!


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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

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Lifesigns - Altitude has been put back and is being released in 2021.

Thanks for letting me know.  I couldn't find anything showing a date change, but then I also couldn't find any streaming sites either, so I just left it hoping someone else would know.  I'll make a note of this in the list.

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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

Le Grand Sbam and Nick Prol & the Proletarians were my favorites from this month. For the latter, it was a really neat idea of making an album out of a bestiary of imaginary creatures. I could have sworn I read an alphabestiary written in poetic form from sometime before 1910, but I can't remember what it was called. 

Also liked the albums by Cathedral, Allomerus, Mad Crayon, Ellesmere, and Il Paradiso degli Orchi.

Thanks for the hard work putting these lists together. Thumbs Up

I have added Le Grand Sbam to my AOTY list.  Excellent album for sure.  I have been curious about that Nick Prol album and will check it out.  I haven't had time to listen to as many as I wanted to this year, but thanks for the recommendations!

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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

Le Grand Sbam and Nick Prol & the Proletarians were my favorites from this month. For the latter, it was a really neat idea of making an album out of a bestiary of imaginary creatures. I could have sworn I read an alphabestiary written in poetic form from sometime before 1910, but I can't remember what it was called. 

Also liked the albums by Cathedral, Allomerus, Mad Crayon, Ellesmere, and Il Paradiso degli Orchi.

Thanks for the hard work putting these lists together. Thumbs Up

Thanks for your support. Glad you like the latest Allomerus album.

Cheers,
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http://allomerus.bandcamp.com
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote gabbylavy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2021 at 11:45
Thanks a lot for this effort!

My year in prog can be found in the following Tidal link-
https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/cdfad0d1-ea03-404c-a9e1-c8b483c0d8da




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