Category: Progressive Rock
Progressive rock, also known as prog rock or prog, is a rock music subgenre that originated in the United Kingdom, with further developments in Germany, Italy, and France, throughout the mid-to-late 1960s and 1970s. It developed from psychedelic rock and originated, similarly to art rock, as an attempt to give greater artistic weight and credibility to rock music.
Gravestone – War (1980)
Band Gravestone
Info: War
Style: Progressive Rock
Years: 1980
Info: 320 kbps
Info: 112 mb
Info: Germany
Tracklist:
1.War
2.Waiting For Peace
3.Durchbruch 80
4.Morike
5.It’s Over
6.Hascher Blues
7.Summer ’79
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After Crying – Opus 1 (1989)
Band After Crying
Info: Opus 1
Style: Symphonic Progressive Rock
Years: 1989
Info: 320 kbps
Info: 129 mb
Info: Hungary
Tracklist:
1. Side A
2. Side B
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Reason – The Darkest Star (2012)
Coming from Cheltenham, UK, REASON was formed in 2009 by ex-Vandamne / Fyrebyrds / Empire / Crywolf guitarist & songwriter Chris Gyngell and vocalist Paul Mace. The band has just released their debut “The Darkest Star”.
Gyngell and Mace grew up in the same small town in central England. In fact, they grew up in the same street. Both aspired independently to become rock musicians, and even crossed musical paths in their teenage years.
Inevitably, as they all learned their trades, their paths separated, and both of them progressed through the variety of musical ventures.
Then in early 2009, by chance, Chris and Paul met up and came to the same conclusion; that they should invent their ideal band.
Chris was already a proven and accomplished songwriter, and set about creating an initial set of songs which embodied all of the things that they loved.
After recruiting the remaining members, Reason signed with a Swedish label.
“The Darkest Star” sums several influences from ’80s and ’90s classic bands, resulting in a more than interesting Melodic Hard Rock sound with a Progressive influence.
Possibly my favorite track on the album is opener “Another World”, a strong melodic hard rocker with a mysterious aura accented by the massive use of synths in the background.
Follower “Rise” is another really good track with a classic eighties vibe. This one has been mixed by veteran Beau Hill.
On tracks such as “Before The Dawn”, “The Darkest Star” and “Cool Starry Night”, Reason glides into a more progressive territory, adding to the songs colorful textures to enjoy.
The diversity of this band doesn’t ends here, as “Fire Eternal” has a commercial approach driven by a punctuated guitar line, “Life To A Flame” brings to the table traditional British metal sounds, and “Forever” has some American AOR elements in the style of earlier Journey, complete with nice keyboards.
On “The Darkest Star”, Reason makes clear their love for the classic sounds, evidenced by the arrangements and the overall vibe of the album.
Composer Chris Gyngell has learned the ’80s lesson, and his guitar licks (specially the solos) are solid, with a vintage sound. Paul Mace is a fine singer, owner of a tenor register which suits these songs well, while the rest of the band bring to the core a good musicianship.
The drawback here is the poor production, handled by the band. A pity, because the material on offer is really consistent and finely elaborated. But considering that “The Darkest Star” was initially conceived as an indie release, this a point to improve on the next release.
Reason is a more than promising new band, talented and well focused. Check them out.
01 – Another World
02 – Rise (Beau Hill remix)
03 – Before The Dawn
04 – Life To A Flame
05 – Fire Eternal
06 – The Darkest Star
07 – Forever
08 – The Crusade
09 – Evil Angel
10 – Cool Starry Night
11 – Revelation (2012 remix)
Paul Mace – Lead Vocals
Chris Gyngell – Guitar
Gil Hird – Keyboards
Graham Corbett – Bass
Sean Feeley – Drums
UK
Melodic Hard Rock
192
103 MB
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Sebastian Hardie – Blueprint (2012)
After going their separate ways in the late ’70’s Sebastian Hardie reformed in 1994 and performed a one-off concert in Los Angeles at Progfest ’94. The show was recorded featuring tracks from their two classic albums ‘Four Moments’ and ‘Windchase’ and the cd ‘Live in LA’ was released.
In March 2003 Sebastian Hardie again reformed for a performance at The Metro Theatre, Sydney followed by a concert tour of Japan. Returning home to Australia, enthused and inspired, the band decided to record their third studio album. What followed were six new tracks and the album Blueprint
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1. I wish (7:43)
2. Vuja de (8:21)
3. Art of life (6:22)
4. I Remember (7:36)
5. Another String… (7:09)
6. Shame (3:22)
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Spacecraft – Paradoxe (1978)
Band Spacecraft
Info: Paradoxe
Style: Progressive Electronic
Years: 1978
Info: 224 kbps
Info: 82 mb
Info: France
Tracklist:
1. Lumiere De Lune
2. Cosmic Wheel
3. Chromatique One’s
4. Harabizant
5. Ananda
6. Surface
Bonus track:
7. Pays De Glace
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Canzoniere Del Lazio – Spirito Bono (1976)
Band Canzoniere Del Lazio
Info: Spirito Bono
Style: Progressive Folk
Years: 1976
Info: 192 kbps
Info: 62 mb
Info: Italy
Tracklist:
1. Ballo in Re (Festa)
2. Ballu
3. Morte di Pulcinella
4. Coccod?
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Cast – Art (2011)
The Mexican progressive rock band, founded in 1978 by concerns of the founding and current member, Alfonso Vidales, inspired by the idea of creating music with symphonicpassages with the art of progressive rock.
I. 01 – Duction from the Intro (8:05)
II. Between the Face and the Mask
02 – a) A night of Candles / Our many hands (6:50)
03 – b) Handing a Challenge (4:00)
04 – c) Equal Strokes (3:50)
05 – d) Between the Face and the Mask / Reprise (10:09)
III. 06 – Return to Same (5:19)
IV. 07 – Ojales (2:39)
V. 08 – Selajo (3:21)
VI. The Rescue
09 – a) Intrada (3:50)
10 – b) Less Complicated / The Rescue (9:18)
11 – c) More Complicated (4:29)
12 – d) In front my Eyes (4:01)
VII. 13 – Pyro-Lamb (3:09)
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Patrick Vian – Bruits Et Temps Analogues (1976)
Band Patrick Vian
Info: Bruits Et Temps Analogues
Style: Progressive Electronic
Years: 1976
Info: 320 kbps
Info: 94 mb
Info: France
Tracklist:
1. Sph?re
2. Grosse Nacht Musik
3. Oreknock
4. Old Vienna
5. R & B Degenerit!
6. Barong Rouge
7. Tunnel 4, Red Noise
8. Bad Blue
9. Tricentennial Drag
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Mother Gong – Wild Child (1989)
Band Mother Gong
Info: Wild Child
Style: Progressive / Psychedelic / Space Rock
Years: 1989
Info: 320 kbps
Info: 136 mb
Info: U.K.
Tracklist:
1. Today Is Beautiful
2. Augment/Lady
3. Time
4. Between Us
5. Child
6. Room I
7. We Women
8. The Beach Is Hot
9. Superboots
10. Balein
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Riccardo Zappa – Chatka (1978)
Band Riccardo Zappa
Info: Chatka
Style: Rock Progressivo Italiano
Years: 1978
Info: 320 kbps
Info: 89 mb
Info: Italy
Tracklist:
1. Emphasis
2. St. Dumont
3. La Chitarra a Pila
4. Chatka
5. Vivre
6. Eleila
7. Piraeus
8. Numero Unico
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