The Custodian, the U.K.'s newest and most exciting progressive rock band, will release its debut album, Necessary Wasted Time, on June 18 via The Laser's Edge.

The band is lead by British musician Richard Thomson, better known as the vocalist of progressive metal group Xerath. The project was initially started in a bedroom in Warwickshire and has now, after several years of lying dormant due to other commitments, become a fully fledged band ready to take the prog rock world by storm.

Over the past couple of months, Musea Records have released or have distribution agreements for several titles. They are:

Apocalypse - The Bridge Of Light - Apocalypse was the first Brazilian band signed by Musea for a new record. Released at the end of the Eighties, Lendas Encantadas (1989) revealed an exceptional band playing Progressive rock music full of energy, obviously inspired by Marillion. The reissue includes four bonus tracks recorded in 1996.

Progressive instrumentalists Scale The Summit will release their new album, The Migration, in North America on June 11 via Prosthetic Records. Recorded earlier this year at North Carolina's Basement Studios with producer Jamie King (Between The Buried And Me, He Is Legend, For Today), the CD will contain the following 10 tracks:

California based band ScienceNV announced in April the release date for their third album, Last Album Before The End Of Time. Falling astronomically between April 28th's Saturn Opposition and May 4th's Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower, the group's third album was released on April 30th. Looking for reference points in the world of science makes sense since every member of the band works in science in one way or another.

Mike Portnoy To Play Drums On Forthcoming New Album

InsideOut Music is immensely pleased to announce the signing of progressive-rock powerhouse Bigelf for the release of their forthcoming new album later this year. Label-head Thomas Waber says about the signing: "We have been talking to Bigelf for quite some time now and I am really pleased that we finally managed to make this happen! Bigelf are an excellent addition to the InsideOut Music roster!"

Razor & Tie released a brand new Emerson, Lake & Palmer limited edition vinyl picture disc box set on Record Store Day, April 20th. The First Five: Picture Disc Collection brings the band's first five studio albums together in one special vinyl package and is limited to 1250 units with each set individually numbered.

The box set contains the band's most popular albums: Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Tarkus, Pictures At An Exhibition, Trilogy, and Brain Salad Surgery.

Melodic Revolution Records and their progressive rock recording artist Unified Past have announced that the band's new CD, Spots, will be officially released on June 11th of 2013. This follow up to their 2011 recording, Observations, is a highly anticipated release and is their most gripping recording yet that promises to connect to all fans of progressive rock."

So we're back... after a long, unintended hibernation. But, spring has sprung and so we have re-emerged, just in time for our 16th Anniversary.

John Wetton guests on the new Renaissance album Grandine il Vento, which is/was due out this month. A sample of the track "Blood Silver Like Moonlight" can be heard here: www.renaissancetouring.com.

dUg Pinnick, frontman for legendary hard rock trio King's X, releases his latest solo album, Naked, on May 7, 2013, through RockArmy Records with worldwide distribution through MVD.

Naked is a deeply personal release that represents Pinnick - who wrote, played, recorded, and produced the album alone at his own dUgtone Studio - at his most primal. Each of Naked's 11 guitar-heavy tracks are overflowing with Pinnick's unmistakable tone, groove, and heart-wrenching vocals, including the singles "What You Gonna Do?" - which took YouTube by storm with a self-shot video that Pinnick created and unleashed in late 2012 - and "That Great Big Thing."

InTheStudio With David Gilmour, Roger Waters And Nick Mason

North American syndicated Rock radio show and website InTheStudio: The Stories Behind History’s Greatest Rock Bands lights the candles for a very special Rock album birthday, the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon. Coming on the heels of perhaps the most important year in progressive rock, DSOTM would go on to spend a record 741 weeks on the Billboard Top 200 chart between 1973-1988, selling an estimated 45 million records worldwide and turning Pink Floyd into global superstars.