(53:56; 12 Sounds Production) Track list: 1. The False Awakening 2:47 2. My Mind 4:30 3. Who Are You 6:07 4. Solitude 4:56 5. About You 6:32 6. To Be Free 5:04 7. Yesternight 7:03 8. Lost 5:26 9. Just Try! 11:31 Line-up: Marcin Boddeman - vocals Bartek Wozniak - guitars, keyboards Kamil Kluczynski - drums with: Tomasz Znyk - bass Karol Tomas - vocals Dorota Tomas - vocals Filip Wisniewski - vocals Prolusion. Polish band Yesternights have a history that goes back to 2010 or thereabouts, but as far as I can tell they did not release any material in their formative years as a band unit. In 2017 they released their debut album "The False Awakening" through the label 12 Sounds Production, and as far as I can tell this is the sole album by the band as of 2024. Analysis. It is a widely compelling variety of progressive rock that Yesternight have chosen to explore on this debut album of theirs, and as far as the specific subset is concerned I'd say that neo-progressive rock is th

(44:23; 12 Sounds Production) Track list: 1. Ico 2:25 2. Devious Savior 7:26 3. Allegoric Fake Entity 5:14 4. Santa Muerte 6:44 5. Able to Abide 4:22 6. Cold War of Solipsism 8:03 7. King Errant 10:09 Line-up: Marcin Walczak - vocals Filip Wisniewski - guitars Pawel Lapuc - keyboards, piano Mateusz Wisniewski - bass Kamil Kluczynski - drums, backing vocals with: Barth Sobieraj - backing vocals Prolusion. Polish band Art of Illusion have been around for a decade and a bit, with their online presence dating back to 2012 or thereabouts. Since then the band have released two studio albums as well as a standalone single. "Cold War of Solipsism" is the most recent of their studio productions, and was released through the label 12 Sounds Production at the start of 2018. Analysis. In terms of style, Art of Illusion is a band that have chosen progressive metal as their specific form, and they explore these landscapes in a manner that combine classic era elements with more contemporary

(43:00; Art Beat Music) Track list: 1. Welcome to the Monochrome 0:59 2. The Curse of Dr. Caligari 4:00 3. The Light of Metropolis 3:54 4. Workers 5:54 5. Frankenstein 4:37 6. Nosferatu (The Great Vampire) 16:35 7. Waiting for... 6:18 8. ...the Colour 0:43 Line-up: Vladimir Mikhailov - guitars Ilya Frolov - keyboards Vladimir Nikonov - drums, harp Vladimir Kosygin - bass, percussion, voices Stanislav Tregubov - flute, djembe Prolusion. Russian band Enine was formed back in 2016, and released a live album fairly quickly after their formation that documented the output of the band from their very first live event. Since then the band have released a good handful of singles, as well as two studio productions. "The Great Silent" is their debut album, and was released back in 2018 through Russian label Art Beat Music. Analysis. In many ways I find this album to be a bit of a nod of the hat towards a few classic bands and the output they had in their most respected time periods. As

(40:48; Pink Tank Records) Track list: 1. Fives 8:40 2. Deadly Rage 5:04 3. Filter 6:44 4. Geocentric 10:09 5. Phantom 10:11 Line-up: Jannis Pfribn - bass Michael M. Pfohlen - guitars Richi Rich - guitars Ole Gustavson - drums Paul Payne - vocals Prolusion. German band AUX have been around since 2008 from what I can read on their Bandcamp page, and have two full albums to their name as of 2024. "Troubadour" is their second and most recent studio production, and was released in late 2017 through German label Pink Tank Records. Analysis. It is a rather distinct variety of progressive rock that is explored on this production, and one that blend elements that aren't all that common in a progressive rock context. Or, rather, they blend these elements in a manner that is probably a bit on the uncommon side of matters. For starters we do have a little bit of a doom metal influx as an ongoing feature. In this case not all that often of the kind that reminds me of any of the more

(51:45; Melodic Revolution Records) Multi-instrumentalist and singer Ellsworth Hall started Aethellis as a solo project in 2002, releasing his debut album the following year. He then brought in some other musicians so he could perform the music live, and in 2011 returned to the studio with them to record ‘Northumbria’. This was as a full band, but there have been some changes again since then and now Aethellis comprises just two other musicians, both of whom were involved in that, Mark Van Natta (guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards) and Erik Marks (bass), while Ellsworth provides keyboards, vocals, guitar and drum controller. I must confess this never sounds like a modern album, but instead has its heart very much in the very early Eighties, combining American melodic rock with lightweight progressive so it has a very different feel to what we were hearing in the UK with the likes of Twelfth Night, Marillion, Pallas, Dagaband and others. That is due to it being mostly soft melodic rock wit

(43:54; OOB Records) Residuos Mentales is a studio project from Athens, Greece, formed by  Stratos Morianos (keyboards, synthesisers) and Alexandros Mantas (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, flute, bass)  in 2012. It took until 2018 for their debut album to make an appearance, ‘Introspection’, and now a further five years for the next one. There are a lot of guests on this which turn it into a full band with Dimitris Radis (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass), Yiannis Iliakis (drums, percussion), Leonidas Sarantopoulos (saxophone, flute), George Karayiannis (guitar), Vaggelis Katsarelis (trumpet), and Maria Tseva (wordless vocals). Yes, this is an instrumental prog album (way too few of these around), and in true old school fashion it opens with a dynamic track which is more than 17 minutes in length. Actually, there are only four songs on this 44-minute-long release which gives plenty of time for the band to move and shift.   Here we have instrumental music with real purpose and d