 |
|
News and Features |
|
 |
 |
|
Latest Additions |
|
 |
 |
|
Calendars |
|
 |
 |
|
Featured Festival |
|
 |
 |
|
Advertising |
|
 |
 |
 |
Advertise at Progressiveworld.net.
Rate: $35 per mo. Contact us with your inquiries. Already a client? Login to your account.
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Search |
|
 |
 |
|
Languages |
|
 |
 |
|
Login |
|
 |
 |
 |
| Don't have an account yet? You can create one. As a registered user you have some advantages like theme manager, comments configuration and post comments with your name. |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Who's Online |
|
 |
 |
 |
There are currently, 68 guest(s) and 0 member(s) that are online.
You are Anonymous user. You can register for free by clicking here |
|
 |
 |
| |
|
|
Concerts: No-Man To Perform First Full Concert Since 1993
|
| |
|
| Posted by nightowl on Sunday, May 11 @ 07:31:00 GMT (30 reads) |
|
|
 |
|
|
No-Man (the duo featuring Tim Bowness and Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson) will be performing their first full concert since 1993 at the Bush Hall, London, on August 29th (Doors open, 7.30-8pm).
The gig will be filmed for possible DVD release and there are plans (as yet unconfirmed) for a European mini-tour to follow in December, 2008.
The Schoolyard Ghosts CD/DVDA and t-shirts are also now in stock and
shipping from the No-Man store at www.burningshed.com/store/noman/. A video for the track "Wherever There Is Light" is now up at the Schoolyard Ghosts micro-site:
www.kscopemusic.com/no-man/.
[Source: Burning Shed] |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
| Posted by nightowl on Sunday, May 11 @ 06:41:21 GMT (26 reads) |
|
|
 |
|
|
The German progressive band Sylvan are now confirmed to headline the Subtacto Progfest 2008 on Saturday October 18th.
The dominant style of Sylvan is a mix of symphonic progressive rock, neo-progressive and classic rock including touches of progressive metal, all blended together in a new and interesting way, decorated with lot of intricate keyboards and guitar sounds.
The band has been compared to groups like Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, Marillion and IQ.
For a lot of fans, their personal Sylvan-story starts with Posthumous Silence. None of the band's other albums has made so many uncommitted "part-time"-listeners instantly to enthusiastic devotees. In all relevant forums, you can often find statements like "I didn’t know the band before but then I listened to them at a festival and it just blew me away." Prog-magazine reviewers were enthused, too, and awarded top scores in a row.
With last years release Presets they added a lot of new fans outside the prog-devotees, and showing a new side of the band. |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
| Posted by nightowl on Sunday, May 11 @ 06:13:48 GMT (22 reads) |
|
|
 |
|
|
On the 16th June 2008 Metal Mind Productions will release a new live DVD by Flotsam And Jetsam. The material entitled Once In A Deathtime features an extremely intense show the band gave at the Metalmania Festival 2008, offering metalheads everything Flotsam and Jetsam came to be respected for: brutal non-conformist sound, a slaughter of powerful, furious and perfectly executed thrash riffs, as well as excellent song-writing. With a great selection of songs from their discography, also including such classic compositions as "Doomsday For The Deceiver", "No Place For Disgrace", or "I Live You Die," the band treated their fans to one hell of a ride at this genuine thrash metal feast!
The cover artwork was designed by Graal known from his previous work for Vital Remains, Sinister, Solitude Aeturnus, Bulldozer, etc. Graal was also responsible for the cover artwork for the Artillery box Through The Years and their forthcoming DVD One Foot In The Grave, The Other One In The Trash.
The DVD will be available on 16th June 2008 (Europe only), also in a limited edition - including a CD with songs recorded at the Metalmania Festival! |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
CD/DVD Releases: Tesla ''Comin' Atcha Live! 2008'' DVD Set For Release June 24
|
| |
|
| Posted by nightowl on Sunday, May 11 @ 06:00:00 GMT (52 reads) |
|
|
 |
|
|
Tesla's Comin' Atcha Live! 2008 DVD set for release June 24 on Tesla Electric Company Recordings; world tour begins June 6 in Sweden.
After 25 years, 12 albums, over 2,500 shows, over 16 million albums sold worldwide, Tesla is stronger than ever. Continuing on that momentum, Tesla -- Jeff Keith (vocals), Frank Hannon (guitars), Brian Wheat (bass), Troy Luccketta (drums) and Dave Rude (guitar) -- will release their third DVD, Comin' Atcha Live! 2008, on June 24 on the band’s Tesla Electric Company Recordings label (in partnership with Ryko Distribution).
"This DVD marks a new era creatively for Tesla because we put it all together ourselves, capturing the band's concert and life on the road," says lead guitarist Frank Hannon. "Nowadays, we are more involved in every aspect of our music career than ever before. We are very excited about the creative results and it really shows in the new DVD." |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Festival News: The Best Band You Never Heard Of Confirmed For Subtacto!
|
| |
|
| Posted by nightowl on Sunday, May 11 @ 00:04:16 GMT (13 reads) |
|
|
 |
|
|
Subtacto Progressive Rock Society is happy to announce that Credo from United Kingdom has been confirmed for the second Subtacto Festival in October this year.
Labelled as "The best band you have never heard of…" British proggers Credo cut their first album in 1994, and their second in 2005. The band's members have been playing music since the 70s, and play their own brand of neo-progressive rock with inspiration from Fish-era Marillion, Yes, IQ, and Arena.
Credo, who last weekend made their first appearance outside the UK with their performance at the American festival ROSFest, makes their first foray into mainland Europe with their concert at Subtacto.
The band will have the honour of opening the festival on Friday October 17th. |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
| Posted by nightowl on Saturday, May 10 @ 23:06:13 GMT (23 reads) |
|
|
 |
|
|
Over a month of hard sessions and recording to define what will be the first full-length [release] from Folkstone, the metal-medieval Italian Alpes band that is quickly spreading in the European metal environment. This work, that has been available from 24 April on Fuel records label/SELF distribution (www.self.it), is a luxury-digipack with a 16-page booklet that includes photos of mountain locations and Jacopo Berlendis' paintings. The CD contains 10 electric songs plus 2 acoustic tracks (Intro and Outro for opening and closing) to make even more beautiful this precious work arisen from more than 2 years of music on the road, like a busker or a poor minstrel. The trouble was the choosing of the tracks among the many. In the end, the definitive list includes 4 remastered old songs. Following the release of the CD, the metal-folk band will go on a European tour that will take them to castles and medieval villages and to prestigious locations like Musikzentrum Sedel, Lucerna (CH); MusicDrome, Milan (IT); Biella-Beltane Festival; Wave Gotik Treffen Festival (with Corvus Corax), Leipzig, (DE), and Fiesta Pagana (with Finntroll), Zurich (CH)... a travel of 2 months trough the most important rock festivals. If you'll have occasion to see one of their bloody shows, you'll personally understand their carrying [on] and contagious happyness, and the warm answer of the people from every part of the world, and above all the enormous quantity of beer that floods on their stage. |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Concerts: Mellotrön To Headline Its 'Concert for a Cause' Extravaganza at the Emerald Thea
|
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
CD/DVD Releases: Northern Kings Give New Life To Rock Classics On ''Reborn''
|
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
CD/DVD Releases: Relocator Announce Release Of Debut, Derek Sherinian Guests
|
| |
|
| Posted by nightowl on Saturday, May 10 @ 21:23:56 GMT (18 reads) |
|
|
 |
|
|
Relocator announce special guest Derek Sherinian (ex-Dream Theater, Planet X) for their self-titled debut album to be released July 4th.
Get ready to relocate: More than two years in the making, the self-titled Relocator debut album will be available on July 4th. Influenced by both modern and classic artists like UK, Planet X, Rush and Allan Holdsworth, the band have developed their own style and worked hard on making their first CD a memorable debut for all fans of instrumental progressive rock worldwide.
Adding his distinctive keyboard style to the Relocator debut is special guest star Derek Sherinian. Derek played with rock legends Kiss and Alice Cooper even before really stepping into the spotlight during his four years with progressive metal titans Dream Theater. More recently he's become known for a string of exciting solo albums each featuring some of the world's most famous guitarists as well as for his live appearances with the Billy Idol band.
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Festival News: Bay Area Rock Festival Scheduled For June 2008, First Bands Announced
|
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Artist News: Hostsonaten And Other Zuffanti Projects News
|
| |
|
| Posted by nightowl on Saturday, May 10 @ 19:00:00 GMT (14 reads) |
|
|
 |
|
|
"With great pride we announce that Winterthrough, the new Hostsonaten album, is selling very well. 3,000 copies are for now sold, a great succes on the progressive world. Thanks to all!
"Due to this success, AMS/VM2000 label will print a vinyl version of the album on beautiful gatefold cover and a very limited picture disc version. All with a bonus track ('Autumn's Decline'). You can pre-order the vinyl album on www.btf.it or send an email to webmaster (at) zuffantiprojects.com.
"Other news on Springsong. The fourth chapter of the 'Seasoncycle Suite', out in 2002 on Sublime label, will be re-printed [by] AMS/VM2000 label and will be available in [the] next [few] months with new artwork, remix, bonus tracks, etc. ... |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
| Posted by nightowl on Saturday, May 10 @ 19:00:00 GMT (17 reads) |
|
|
 |
|
|
German melodic metallers Edguy are preparing to enter the studio to begin recording the follow-up to 2006's Rocket Ride.
Commented frontman Tobias Sammet: "People think that we are quite fast but that's not the truth. I completed the Avantasia album last autumn, the Avantasia songwriting itself was completed even way back in 2006.
"All the new ideas I've had since then could be taken for Edguy. In fact, this is a long time to refresh your creativity and gather new stuff. The material sounds very fresh, it embraces all the different trademarks of Edguy, I think it is a logical continuation of Rocket Ride and Hellfire Club.
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
CD/DVD Releases: Yeti Rain's New CD Nest Of Storms Is Now Available On Sweden's Crimsonic Label
|
| |
|
| Posted by nightowl on Wednesday, May 07 @ 04:00:00 GMT (32 reads) |
|
|
 |
|
|
Yeti Rain is an experimental duo consisting of William Kopecky and Roger Ebner. Nest Of Storms (Crimsonic CLSCD-110), the band's second CD (but their first on the Crimsonic label), is a set of spontaneously composed music that is intense and visionary. The haunting sounds conjured up by Kopecky's basses and Ebner's sax and wind synth are by turns meditative and violent, the perfect soundtrack for a disturbing dream.
William Kopecky is known internationally for his progressive and experimental bass playing. His extensive discography includes CDs by Par Lindh Project, Kopecky, Far Corner, Michael Angelo Batio, Parallel Mind, Snarling Adjective Convention, and many others. On Nest Of Storms, Kopecky plays both fretted and fretless electric basses.
Roger Ebner is an adventurous musician who has forged a unique sound on his wind synthesizer and saxophone. His daring and expressive performances as a member of both Yeti Rain and the sinister avant-garde funk/rock ensemble Snarling Adjective Convention have earned him critical acclaim around the world. |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Concerts: Uriah Heep To Tour In Support Of New CD
|
| |
|
| Posted by nightowl on Wednesday, May 07 @ 04:00:00 GMT (70 reads) |
|
|
 |
|
|
British rock legends Uriah Heep have announced tour
dates in support of their first studio album in almost ten years, Wake The Sleeper, due out via Universal Music in June. [These dates take the band to Russia, Ukraine, The Netherlands, Austria...].
Recorded in 2007, Wake The Sleeper was produced by Mike Paxman (Status Quo, Judie Tzuke). In the words of Mick Box, "We are delighted to be reunited with a major label in Universal Music. Wake The Sleeper is an album we are incredibly proud of, and one that we
hope the fans will see as one of Uriah Heep's best. We can't wait to get back out on the road to showcase the new songs." |
|
|
 |
|
|
CD/DVD Releases: News On The Next Robert Svilpa and Paraesthesia EP Release
|
| |
|
| Posted by nightowl on Friday, May 02 @ 03:00:00 GMT (39 reads) |
|
|
 |
|
|
After a long delay, the next Robert Svilpa EP and full CD release dates have been set.
The full CD release A Fine Line Between... has been slated for a mid-October 2008 timeframe. Recording has been taking place with final writing sessions getting to their completion. Be prepared for a mix of classic progressive and psychedelic rock, electronic and ambient dance, some
metal, jazz and even new age all rolled into this eclectic set. More info regarding guest musicians (one of whom is mentioned below) and a well respected co-producer upcoming in the next week. But in the meantime...
An advance EP release previewing material from A Fine Line Between will be released June 30, 2008. Presales of the CD will started May 1, track listings are as follows:
|
|
|
 |
| |
 |
|
Notes From The Publisher |
|
 |
 |
 |
While we are still in the midst of our transfer from the old site to the new site, you'll find some of our earlier reviews and other content (circa 2000-2004) at their "old" location. (Anything published after Aug 2006 can only be found on this "new" site)
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Big Story of Today |
|
 |
 |
 |
| There isn't a Biggest Story for Today, yet. |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Contests |
|
 |
 |
 |
CONTEST #34: Coming Soon
Congratulations to: M.K. Dwyer, our winner of Contest #33, a copy of Magus' Lucid Dreamer CD |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Currently In Rotation |
|
 |
 |
 |
The following titles are currently among those in rotation at the editor's desk:
Flower Kings, The - Paradox Hotel
Flower Kings, The - The Sum Of No Evil
Foti, Gino - Sphere Of Influence
Foti, Gino - Bhavachakra
Foti, Gino - Vedic Mantras
Little Atlas - Hollow
Ritual - The Hemulic Voluntary Band
RPWL - The RPWL Experience*
Tangent, The - Not As Good As The Book
* currently playing
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Featured Reviews |
|
 |
|