The Hirsch Effekt - Der Brauch

4/5

Data aparitie - 30 ianuarie 2026 

Semantic Saturation - Solipsistic 2013

Proiect al chitaristului Shant Hagopian, in care ii regasim pe Derek Sherinian sau Virgil Donati. De bagat spre ascultare.

4/5









Songs:
1.Ambivalence 06:33
2.Make Believe 05:06
3.Lost and Found: Insanity 05:26
4.Stardust 06:49
5.Blessing in Disguise 04:48
6.Armchair Activist 04:10
7.Point of Singularity 03:50
8.Time is an Illusion 05:43
9.What if We All Stop 08:44

Musicians:
Shant Hagopian - guitar
Derek Sherinian - keyboards
Ric Fierabracci - bass
Virgil Donati - drums
Andy Kuntz - vocals

Votum - Harvest Moon 2013

Tot polonezi, la a treia lor realizare. Care nu e de ratat.

5/5










Songs:
1. Vicious Circle
2. Cobwebs
3. First Felt Pain
4. New Made Man
5. Numb
6. Ember Night
7. Bruises
8. Steps in the Gloom
9. Deadringer
10. Coda
11. Numb (reprise)

Musicians:
Maciej Kosinski - vocals
Alek Salamonik - guitar
Adam Kaczmarek - guitar
Zbigniew Szatkowski - keyboards
Bartek Turkowski - bass
Adam Lukaszek - drums

Riverside - Shrine of New Generation Slaves 2013

Cel mai fain album pe anul asta ascultat pana acum. E al cincilea de studio al polonezilor si e de bagat adanc urechea la el.

5/5









Songs:
1. New Generation Slave (4:17)
2. The Depth Of Self - Delusion (7:39)
3. Celebrity Touch (6:48)
4. We Got Used To Us (4:12)
5. Feel Like Falling (8:26)
6. Deprived (5:18)
7. Escalator Shrine (12:41)
8. Coda (1:39)

Musicians:
Mariusz Duda / vocals, bass
Piotr Grudzinski / guitars
Michal Lapaj / keyboards
Piotr Kozieradzki / drums

Dante - November Red 2013

Germani, la al treilea material. Peste care am trecut destul de repede.

2/5









Songs:
1. Birds of Passage 10:03
2. The Lone and Level Sands 06:39
3. Beautifully Broken 04:33
4. The Day That Bled 11:54
5. Shores of Time 07:48
6. Allan 07:29
7. November Red 12:41

Musicians:
Alexander Göhs / vocals
Markus A. Bader / guitars
Markus Berger / guitars, bass
Markus Maichel / piano, keyboards
Christian Eichlinger / drums

Voivod - Target Earth 2013

Canadienii revin dupa patru ani cu un nou material, al 13-lea de studio. De bagat spre auditie.

4/5









Songs:
1. Target Earth (6:05)
2. Kluskap O'Kom (4:24)
3. Empathy for the Enemy (5:46)
4. Mechanical Mind (7:40)
5. Warchaic (7:01)
6. Resistance (6:45)
7. Kaleidos (6:28)
8. Corps Étranger (4:35)
9. Artefact (6:26)
10. Defiance (1:32)

Musicians:
Denis "Snake" Bélanger / vocals
Daniel "Chewy" Mongrain / guitar
Jean-Yves "Blacky" Thériault / bass
Michel "Away" Langevin / drums

TOP 20 ALBUME PROG METAL/EXTREME/POST METAL 2012

1.       Isis – Temporal

2.       Neurosis - Honor Found In Decay

3.       Between The Buried And Me – The Parallax II: The Future Sequence

4.       Borknagar – Urd

5.       Dordeduh - Dar De Duh

6.       Ulver – Childhood’s End

7.       Aoria - The Constant

8.       Katatonia – Dead End Kings

9.       Soen – Cognitive

10.   Transcend – The Mind

11.   OSI – Fire Make Thunder

12.   PostHumanBigBang - PostHumanBigBang

13.   Incoming Cerebral Overdrive – Le Stelle A Voyage Adrift

14.   Ihsahn – Eremita

15.   Marching Mind – The Sickness And The Theory

16.   Devin Townsens Project – Epicloud

17.   Affector – Harmagedon

18.   Pigeon Toe – The First Perception

19.   Prisma – You Name It

20.   Meshuggah - Koloss

Kettlespider - Avadante 2012

Album de debut pentru trupa australiana. Unul destul de bun, de pus la ascultare.

4/5









Songs:
1. Introduction (0.37)
2. Discovery (4.38)
3. Avadante (4.52)
4. Comatose (5.55)
5. Revelations (6.32)
6. New Eyes (1.36)
7. Reflections (8.46)

Musicians:
Scott Ashburn / guitars
Haris Boyd-Gerny / guitars
Colin Andrews / bass
Geoffrey Fyfe / keyboards
Simon Wood / drums, percussion

Azure Agony - India 2012

Tot italieni, dar din zona de progressive metal, la al doilea album. Care nu prea iese cu nimic in evidenta.

2/5









Songs:
1. Twin Babel (6:32)
2. Private Fears (6:55)
3. Libra's Fall (7:18)
4. My Last Time On Earth (6:08)
5. India (10:45)
6. Hold My Hand (4:56)
7. A Man That No Longer Is (7:34)
8. Forever Blind (7:25)

Musicians:
Federico Ahrens / vocals
Gabriele Pala / guitars
Marco Sgubin / keyboards
Marco Firman / bass
Carlo Simeoni / drums

Geoff Tate - Kings & Thieves 2012

Al doilea album solo al vocalului Queensryche. Cateva momente care mi-au adus aminte de ce e unul dintre preferatii mei. De ascultat.

4/5









Songs:
1. She Slipped Away
2. Take A Bullet (6:51)
3. In The Dirt
4. Say U Luv It (9:00
5. The Way I Roll
6. Tomorrow
7. Evil (2:
8. Dark Money (6:01)
9. These Glory Days
10. Change
11. Waiting

Musicians:
Geoff Tate / vocals, saxophone
Kelly Gray / guitars
Chris Zukas / bass
 Randy Gane / keyboards
Gregg Gilmore / drums

Family - -Portrait 2012

Prima realizare a americanilor. De la prog la heavy, nu suna rau, i se poate da atentie.

3/5









Songs:
1. Bridge & Tunnel
2. Daddy Wronglegs
3. Bopsky
4. Illegal Women
5. Delphonika
6. The Wonder Years
7. Othermother
8. Exploding Baby

Musicians:
Steven Gordon / guitar
Joshua Lozano / guitar
Kurtis Lee Applegate / bass, vocals
Jody Smith / drums

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Aoria - The Constant 2012

Suedezi, la primul lor album. Extrem de fain, cap-coada. Iar prezenta in trupa a bassistului de la Katatonia se simte. E musai de ascultat.

5/5









Songs:
1. A Slow Moving Storm 07:09
2. The Black Heart 05:11
3. Assassination 07:36
4. The Bleeder 05:53
5. You Really Gave It All, Didn't You? 06:20
6. An Overwhelming Calm 04:13

Musicians:
Erik Nilsson / vocals, guitars
Niklas Sandin / bass
Robin Bergh / drums

Loch Vostok - The Doctrine Decoded 2012

Suedezi, la a cincea realizare. O portie sanatoasa de progressive metal si death, i se poate da atentie.

3/5








Songs:
1. Seeker
2. A Tale Of Two Kings
3. Syndrome Of Self
4. Citizen Cain
5. Twilight Of The Dogs
6. Inflict Chaos
7. Regicide
8. Claim The Throne
9. Ravenous
10. Common Ground
11. Beyond The Obvious

Musicians:
Teddy Möller / vocals, guitar
Niklas Kupper / guitars
Jimmy Mattsson / bass
Fredrik Klingwall / keyboards
Lawrence Dinamarca / drums 

 

To-Mera - Exile 2012

Trupa britanica, la al treilea album. Destul de bun, cu un minus, totusi, pentru vocea solistei...Dar, se poate asculta.

3/5









Songs:
1. Inviting the Storm (3:02)
2. The Illusionist (7:21)
3. The Descent (7:54)
4. Deep Inside (6:46)
5. Broken (10:04)
6. End Game (6:13)
7. Surrender (11:05)
8. All I Am (12:46)

Musicians:
Julie Kiss / vocals
Tom MacLean / guitars
Richard Henshall / keyboards
Mark Harrington / bass
Paul Westwood / drums

Transcend - The Mind 2012

Tot prog metal, prima realizare pentru trupa canadiana. Influente inerente de la clasicii genului, dar e unul dintre cele mai faine albume din zona asta scoase anul asta.

5/5








Songs:
1. Moment of Infinity [8:39]
2. Entity Divine [12:37]
3. The Love Song [7:38]
4. Reign Over Me [9:35]
5. The Mind [44:27]
(5) The Mind Part 1: The Mind Awaits [9:07]
(6) The Mind Part 2: To Walk Away [5:04]
(7) The Mind Part 3: New Horizons [1:40]
(8) The Mind Part 4: Carved in Stone [6:50]
(9) The Mind Part 5: In the Shadow of My Mind [6:01]
(10) The Mind Part 6: Downfall [5:14]
(11) The Mind Part 7: Ascension [4:32]
(12) The Mind Part 8: A New Mind for a New World [5:59]

Musicians:
Costa Damoulianos / guitar, vocals
Nico Damoulianos / bass 
Alexi Lagogianis / keyboards
Jake Shamash / drums

Prototype - Catalyst 2012

Un album pe aceeasi felie, al treilea pentru americani. Cu dese treceri spre trash, poate fi bagat in seama.

3/5









Songs:
1. Inceptum (1:28)
2. Catalyst (4:52)
3. Cynic Dreams (7:06)
4. The Chosen Ones (6:15)
5. Illuminatum (2:27)
6. My Own Deception (8:13)
7. Into Oblivion (5:02)
8. Impetus (1:35)
9. Gravity Well (7:11)
10. The Ageless Heart Of Memory (6:54)
11. Exiled (4:58)
12. Communion (5:18)

Musicians:
Vince Levalois / vocals, guitar
Kragen Lum / guitar
Kirk Scherer / bass
Pat Magrath / drums 

Spheric Universe Experience - The New Eve 2012

Trupa franceza de prog metal, la al patrulea album. Putine chestii care sa imi placa, desi albumele anterioare sunau destul de bine.

2/5









Songs:
1 Shut Up
2 The New Eve
3 Escape
4 Never Heal
5 Angel
6 The Day I Died
7 In This Place
8 Self Abuse
9 My Heart on The Cross

Musicians:
Franck Garcia / vocals
Vince Benaïm / guitars
John Drai / bass
Fred Colombo / keyboards
Christophe Briand / drums

Renaissance of Fools - Fear, Hope & Frustration 2012

Suedezi, album de debut, proiect in care este prezent si Daniel Magdic, care a trecut si prin Pain of Salvation. De ascultat, cu siguranta.

4/5









Songs:
1. Precious Life
2. Misguided Mind
3. Ordinary Mans Diary
4. Polarized Round
5. Leave It All Behind
6. Claws Of Norms
7. Sleep
8. The Child That Used To Play
9. The Chains Of Thought
10. Intervention Part I & II

Musicians:
Daniel Magdic – guitar, vocals
Kjell Bergendahl – voice, guitar
Magnus Karlsson – drums
Björn Tauman – bass, vocals

Devin Townsend Project - Epicloud 2012

Canadianul vine cu un nou material de studio, dupa cele doua de anul trecut, pe care nvitata e fosta solista de la The Gathering. De pus spre auditie.

5/5








Songs:
1. Effervescent!
2. True North
3. Lucky Animals

4. Liberation
5. Where We Belong
6. Save Our Now

7. Kingdom

8. Divine
9. Grace

10. More!
11. Lessons
12. Hold On
13. Angel

Musicians:
Devin Townsend / guitars, vocals, keyboards
Anneke Van Giersbergen / vocals
Dave Young / guitars 
Mike Young / bass
Ryan Van Poederooyen / drums

Pyramid Theorem - Pyramid Theorem 2012

Canadieni, la prima lor realizare. Un album destul de bun, prog-metal de calitate, merita atentie.

4/5








Songs:
1. The Olde Knew 07:44
2. Forever in Chains 09:01
3. Another Day Slips By 06:25
4. Primitive Design 12:11
5. The Dream 29:20

Musicians:
Stephan Di Mambro / guitars, keyboards, vocals
Sam Ermellini / guitars, vocals
Christian Di Mambro / bass, vocals  
Vito De Francesco / drums