KINO - I Won't Break So Easily Any More (5:26)
Album: Radio Voltaire (2018)
Label/Distribution: InsideOut/Sony
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There is no sign on "Radio Voltaire" that 13 years have passed since the KINO debut "Picture" was released. John Mitchell and Pete Trewavas have managed to preserve the special spirit of their little "Supergroup" and now let it out of the bottle again. And with a lot of verve.
The singer/organist ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF operates on "Dead Magic" in the field of tension between gothic, folk, ambient and modern sacral music. In "The Mysterious Vanishing Of Electra", horror lurks behind hypnotic drum beats, with the artist rising into a maelstrom of despair. Album of the month!
GLEB KOLYADIN - The Best Of Days (feat. Steve Hogarth) (3:22) Album
: Gleb Kolyadin (2018) Label/Distribution
: Kscope/Edelwww.kscopemusic.com/artists/gleb-kolyadin
MAGNUM - Forbidden Masquerade (4:58) Album
: Lost On The Road To Eternity (2018) Label/Distribution
: Steamhammer/SPVwww.magnumonline.co.uk
One direct hit at a time. No other MAGNUM album of modern times delivers as much classic-suspicious material as "Lost On The Road To Eternity". "Forbidden Masquerade" begins as if it were a "Lost" track from "On A Storyteller's Night" (1985), but MAGNUM have a lot more to offer here and on the album.
KOYO - Strange Bird In The Sky (5:36)
Album: Koyo (2017)
Label/Distribution: 88 Watt/Cargo
www.koyoband.com
A promising opener that makes you want a whole world, which reveals itself in the following three quarters of an hour. Keyboards, drums, guitar and sounds of birds condense to a modern Proghymne, which even Porcupine tree standards messes up. Great cinema and an even greater promise
WOBBLER - Fermented Hours (edit) (7:57)
Album: From Silence To Somewhere (2017)
Label/Distribution: Karisma/Soulfood
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For six years the Norwegian Retroproggers have put their fans to the test of patience. But they'll be merciful. The fourth album of the five not only seems more mature despite all the inventiveness, but also reveals a wealth of details thanks to fine production, which clearly underlines the class of the band.
CALIGULAʼS HORSE - Song For No One (7:42)
Album: In Contact (2017)
Label/Distribution: InsideOut/Sony
www.caligulashorse.com
The Australian Modern Progger/Progmetaller CALIGULAʼS HORSE always have a fine feeling for the respective song, no matter if it is passing the eight-minute limit or presents itself in a compact radio format. Liquid-tracked monumental reefing and goose-bump melodies are guaranteed in any case.
KADAVAR - Die Baby Die (4:17)
Album: Rough Times (2017)
Label/Distribution: Nuclear Blast/Warner
www.kadavar.com
RPWL - The Attack (Live) (10:20)
Album: A New Dawn (Live) (2CD) (2017, Release: 14.07.)
Label/Distribution: Gentle Art Of Music/Soulfood
www.rpwl.net
With "A New Dawn", the Freising art rockers have presented a great success to ambitious German rock theaters. But also on CD the floy music convinces, which is performed with instrumental impressive force and verve like the marching "The Attack", which is exemplary for the fight against populists and hooligans.
Bjørn Riis - Forever Comes To An End (8:17)
Album: Forever Comes To An End (2017)
Label/Distribution: Karisma/Soulfood
www.bjornriis.com
THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA - Something Mysterious (4:07)
Album: Amber Galactic (2017)
Label/Distribution: Nuclear Blast/Warner
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In the late seventies/early eighties, The Night Flight Orchestra would have filled arenas and stadiums with their songs. Today "Amber Galactic" is a passionate bow to Journey, Foreigner and (as in the case of "Something Mysterious") Survivor. The piano even brings a little Billy Joel into play.
AYREON - Deathcry Of A Race (4:43)
Album: The Source (2CD) (2017)
Label/Distribution: Music Theories/Mascot/Rough Trade
www.arjenlucassen.com
With AYREON, Arjen Lucassen is focusing more on catchability this time without running into shallow waters. His recipe for success: exquisite melodies, stylistic variety from metal to folk and medieval, opulent arrangements and, as always, a top group of singers led by Dream Theaters James LaBrie.
STEVE HACKETT - Behind The Smoke (6:57)
Album: The Night Siren (2017)
Label/Distribution: InsideOut/Sony
www.hackettsongs.com
From the album of the month "The Night Siren" comes this majestic song which opens this new HACKETT masterpiece. The piece seems like a mixture of classical quotations, oriental sounds, Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" and theatrical film music. Such a melange becomes favorite songs.
