Coming from things at roughly the same direction as, say, the guys in Riverside playing Opeth songs in a Katatonia covers band Enochian Theory are fine additions to the European prog metal canon – except they are as British as taxes and bad weather. The band wear their influences proudly on their collective sleeves although weave their own thread into the tapestry to come up with an overtly appealing album.

Formed towards the tail end of 2004, Enochian Theory are a massive talented three-piece consisting of Benedict Harris-Haynes (vocals, guitars and piano), Shaun Rayment (bass) and Sam Street (druns and percussion). The band already have two releases under their belts – their 2006 EP ‘A Monument To The Death Of An Idea’ and 2009’s debut album ‘Evolution: Creatio Ex Nihilio’, both self-released although the latter was picked up by Mascot and re-issued by the label in 2010 – and have maintained a fairly consistently high profile across the prog metal world both through well-received tours and a mass of highly complimentary reviews. Their second full-length offering ‘Life… And All It Entails’ should build nicely upon these solid foundations, presenting itself as it does as a full-blown challenge to the genre leaders to sit up and take notice.

With songs ranging from the introspective and alienated (opener ‘This Aching Isolation’, for example) to the more hard-edged and malevolent (‘For Your Glory’) ‘Life… And All It Entails’ encapsulates the beauty and majesty of contemporary progressive metal. The musicianship is flawless, the songs ebb and flow and twist and turn without ever losing their accessibility… It’s not so much an album as a masterclass of the genre. But that’s not to say it lacks soul: if you want to zero in on a highlight, check out the pairing of brooding and passionate ‘Nisi Credideritis, Non Intelligetis’ and its next-in-line, the cutting voice-overed instrumental ‘The Motives Of The Machine’: in just two songs the band say more themselves than many bands can manage in a whole album.

I’ve got a feeling that ‘Life… And All It Entails’ is just the tip of the iceberg for Enochian Theory. There’s a lot more hidden depths to reveal themselves yet.

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A little over a year ago I came across a band from down under, led by a member of progressive Metal band Anubis. This band goes by the name of Hemina. The Free dictionary says the meaning of Hemina is half a sextary or ten fluid ounces. I don't know about that. What I do know is that last year saw their debut with As we know it, an Ep with 5 tracks, three of the tracks we now find on their first full length debut album which goes by the name Synthetic.

With their Ep gaining grandeur reviews stating Hemina as an up and coming band, my expectations were rather high when I received the album. I work a little ahead if I say I was not in the least disappointed by the Hemina crew. Synthetic has become a stunning album from the first note until the last note rings away in the air.

From the opener "The Hour of Ours", slowly starting the album off, setting the mood of what is yet to come with the rest. It must be said that the album is best listened to if downloaded without pauses between the songs as all of them are linked together, and to avoid sudden stops no breaks please!

Having said that track one goes into track two, floating into one another very smoothly. With "To Conceive a Plan", mastermind behind Hemina Dougie Skene leaves no doubt, Hemina mean business. In doing that they have made a plan that is about to be conceived. In a musical sense it can be compared to the music of Dream Theater, complex but yet easy to grasp the tunes, with a lot of stunning guitar work and keyboards. Very good melody lines making the song stick in your mind when it has finished. It is quite refreshing to hear a band from down under play like this. After the band conceive the plan they find "The boy is Dead", how awful that must be. A song full of the characteristics of prog rock, changes in tempo, strange twists. Stunning guitar solos... what else is there to want. Doug Skene is the guitarist and singer in the band, he has a distinct voice. It can't be missed.

Next up are the three songs that have appeared on the EP from 2010. These are already known to a wider public, but if you don't know Hemina, this is brilliant. The song blend in nicely or should I say the album has evolved quite nicely around these songs. I guess which ever you prever.

Followed up by "Hunting is for Women", now I always thought it was for men, how mistaken I was. It a nice uptempo groovy song in the veins of the best prog around. Absolute smashing stuff, and this one is follwed by the bombastic & orchestral "Even in Heaven". A song that will grab audiences when doing it live I am sure. One thing I missed on the album, No real chorusses, or sing along songs. Still this is a typical Arena wide song. The short intermezzo "To cunduit To the sky" is very welcome after all the banging and fast playing. A moment to relax, before we go to the last tracks "Haunting Me" and "Divine". As two of a perfect pair to form the last 15 minutes.

All in all one can state: Douglas Skene is a great guitarist and singer, the rest of the band are Mitch Coull, guitar and vocals, Jessica Martin bass and vocals, Andrew Craig Drums and Percussion and last but not least Phill Eltachi keyboards. Together from down under they are Hemina.

01. This Hour of Ours 2:12
02. To Conceive a Plan 11:27
03. The Boy is Dead 9:07
04. For All Wrong Reasons 4:55
05. And Now to Find a Friend 11:20
06. With What I See 6:38
07. Hunting is for Women 6:44
08. Even in Heaven 7:05
09. Conduit to the Sky 2:50
10. Haunting Me! 3:58
11. Divine 13:28

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Band Phylter
Info: Phylter
Style: Progressive Rock
Years: 1978
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 111.51 Mb
Info: Belgium

Tracklist:

01 - Overture.
02 - Dreams Of Yesterdays.
03 - Phylter.
04 - Promenade.
05 - Consideration.
06 - Down And Mood For Change.

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Band Lone Star
Info: Lone Star
Style: Hard Rock / Progressive Rock
Years: 1976
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 88.67 Mb
Info: UK

Tracklist:

01 - She Said She Said.
02 - Lonely Soldier.
03 - Flying In The Reel.
04 - Spaceships.
05 - A New Day.
06 - A Million Stars.
07 - Illusions.

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Cross are one of the most spectacular, and, at the same time, seemingly one of the most underrapreciated bands on the modern progressive rock scene. The Swedes have been around now for quite some time, delivering one solid album after another, and this latest release Wake Up Call is certainly no exception. Band leader, and Progress Records boss Hansi Cross once again handles the guitars, vocals, and bulk of the keyboards, along with drummer Tomas Hjort, bassist Lolio Andersson, and a few guest musicians who flesh out the songs with additional keyboards, vocals, and violin.

The somewhat heavier approach of the last few releases is again evident here, mixing quite well with their symphonic prog sound. Opener "Human Resolution" is a gorgeous song, kicking off with thunderous guitar riffs that wouldn't sound out of place on a Dream Theater album, before the sumptuous keyboards and catchy vocal harmonies settle in, as the band show their vintage Genesis and Marillion influences. After the short instrumental interlude "Remembrance" (again, reminded of classic Genesis here), the band offer up the upbeat and quite symphonic "Falling Beyind", an 11-minute track littered with tasty keyboards, lyrical guitar solos, and lush, understated vocals. On "Racing Spirits", the band again pile up the crunchy guitar riffs alongside some splendid keyboard passages, while the haunting 17-minute epic "Waking Up" is a must hear for lovers of atmospheric, adventurous prog rock. The lovely violin lines work quite well next to the soothing keyboards and tasty guitar solos, and the vocals are simply intoxicating. The CD also includes a bonus track, the song "Now", which originally was supposed to be a Cross song back in 2001, but the events of 9/11 led the band to cancel the recording of their album and instead the song was donated to the band Spektrum to use. Hansi and the band now have recorded it themselves, and it's a good symphonic rocker. For those who know the Spektrum version now can compare the two versions and see which was one more successful.

Wake Up Call comes in a nice digipack with glorious green tinted artwork, though the lyrics in the booklet are extremely hard to read. Overall this is a lovely work from a band that never fails to deliver melodic, adventurous, and symphonic progressive rock of the highest quality.

Band Cross
Info: Wake Up Call
Years: 2012
Style: Crossover Prog
Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbps
Info: Sweden
Time: PROGRESS RECORDS
????? Tracklist: 53:02
Info: 121 Mb

Tracklist:
1 Human resolution 9:02
2 Remembrance 1:10
3 Falling beyond 11:08
4 Racing spirits 4:22
5 Waking up 17:28
6 Now (bonus track) 10:02

Hansi Cross - guitars, keboards, lead and harmony vocals, percussion
Lollo Andersson - basses, taurus
Tomas Hjort - drums, percussion
with:
Jock Millgardh - lead and harmony vocals
Mats Bender - keyboards
Hannah Sundkvist - electric violins
Stefan Damicolas - harmony vocals
Lizette von Panajott - processed female voice
Sabina Cross - additional violin

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Band Motis
Info: Prince Des Hauteurs
Style: Prog Folk
Years: 2004
Info: 320 kbps
Info: 107 mb
Info: France

Tracklist:

1. Roman De Renard
2. Chanson A boire
3. Prince Des Hauteurs
4. Sorcellerie
5. Le Rire et l'Ep?e
6. Le Temps, La terre, Et l'homme
7. Les Damn?s
8. Dans Dix Jours, Un An, Ou Six Mois
9. Les Sir?nes
10. L'?veil Des Gargouilles
11. Cornemuse

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Band Pyramid
Info: First Stone
Style: Progressive Rock
Years: 1978
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 86.72 Mb
Info: Sweden

Tracklist:

01 - First Stone.
02 - Getting Hot.
03 - Regrets.
04 - Sista Chansen.
05 - Dog'n Roll.
06 - You And Me.
07 - Desiree.
08 - Sweet Maria.

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I'd love to force this writer, Rory O'Keeffe, to attend Nearfest, just out of spite, with comments like that..That write-up, while intriguing, reeks of the attittude hordes of snobs (and Hipsters) who pine for the return of At the Drive-In.

"The best American Rock Band to come out of the second half of the 1990s"  ? well, not really.

They were good and can be applauded for ambition, but there are other bands that at least formed and recorded their earliest music then that I still would take easily over AtDI. How about dredg, for one.

01. The Whip Hand (4:49)
02. Aegis (5:11)
03. Dyslexicon (4:22)
04. Empty Vessels Make The Loudest Sound (6:43)
05. The Malkin Jewel (4:44)
06. Lapochka (4:16)
07. In Absentia (7:26)
08. Imago (3:58)
09. Molochwalker (3:33)
10. Trinkets Pale Of Moon (4:25)
11. Vedamalady (3:54)
12. Noctourniquet (5:39)
13. Zed And Two Naughts (5:36)

Line-up / Musicians

- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez / guitars
- Cedric Bixler-Zavala / vocals
- Juan Alderete / bass
- Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez / keyboards, synths
- Deantoni Parks / drums
- Lars Stalfors / synths

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Band Dreamscape
Info: Very
Style: Progressive Metal
Years: 1999
Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbs
Info: 138.25 MB
Info: Germany

Tracklist:

01 - When Shadows Are Gone.
02 - Lost Faith.
03 - Thorn in My Mind.
04 - Reborn.
05 - A Voice Inside.
06 - Winter Dreams.
07 - Fearing the Daylight.
08 - I Leave the Past Behind.
09 - Panterei- I. Alone.
10 - Panterei- II. She's Flying.
11 - Panterei- III. A New Beginning.
12 - Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (Bonus Track).

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Band Moahni Moahna
Info: Why
Style: Progressive Metal
Years: 1997
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 108.62 Mb
Info: Sweden

Tracklist:

01 - Tales Of Xet Sof.
02 - They Were Never Even Meant To Be.
03 - King Kong Song.
04 - The Melter Of Ice.
05 - Radio's To Blame.
06 - Don't Try This At Home!.
07 - The Past.
08 - Bring Us Back.
09 - I Lost It All.
10 - Angtoria.
11 - Why.

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Band Silver Lake
Info: Silver Lake
Info: Italy
Style: Progressive Metal
Years: 2011
Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbps [CD-Rip], lame 3.96 + [Covers]
Info: 115 Mb
???????Years: 8
????? Tracklist: 44:50

Tracklist:
1. Before The Storm
2. Help Me To Fight The Rain
3. Break (Instrumental)
4. Life
5. Slave To The Grind (Skid Row-Cover)
6. Holy Affinity
7. Meet You Again
8. Silver Lake

Davide Bertozzi: vocals
Giovanni Matichecchia: guitar
Riccardo Fabbri: keyboards
Luigi Rignanese: bass
Andrea Urbinati: drums

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Steam Theory is a project covering a few musical genres, influenced by intrumental prog rock, jazz fusion, blues, and classical music. Current work is focused on completing several albums for release. The music is written and recorded by Jason Denkevitz. There is a Steam Theory band which is focused on playing many of the songs live in the Baltimore/Washington area and beyond.

Band Steam Theory
Info: Helios Rider
Years: 2012
Style: Progressive Rock / instrumental
Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbps
Info: USA
Time: Unsigned
????? Tracklist: 56:32
Info: 136 Mb
Released 01 March 2012

Tracklist:
01. Daedalus
02. Helios Rider
03. Sunstorm
04. Appalachia
05. Striker
06. Camarilla
07. The Mule
08. Portent
09. Walking Tall

Jason Denkevitz - Guitar/Guitar Synth
Keith Misemer - Bass Guitar
Nick Costa - Drums

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The New Solo Album "Universal Melody" from Guitarist Tony Smotherman weaves in and out of many different genres, and shows a fascination for many varied and different musical styles.

Band Tony Smotherman
Info: Universal Melody
Years: 2011
Style: Instrumental Guitar / Progressive Metal
Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbps
Info: USA
Time: Tony Smotherman
????? Tracklist: 38:20
Info: 86 Mb

Tracklist:
01. Chaotic Endeavor
02. Dublin Jig
03. Gravity
04. Diary of a Gypsy
05. Valley of Dreams
06. Synthesis
07. A Hand to Hold
08. Trans Universum

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