My Tin Apple "The Crow’s Lullaby"

Country: Italy
Sub Genre: Alternative, Modern Prog, Progressive Metal
Label: Fuel Records
Release date: June 18, 2013
Tracklist: 
01 - The Crow's Lullaby (2:18)
02 - Here (4:04)
03 - Snow White (4:01)
04 - I Have Seen A Lie (4:15)
05 - The Flight Of Chamaleon (3:26)
06 - Drama (3:45)
07 - Different Places (1:12)
07 - Pixel (2:34)
09 - Dali (3:31)
10 - Alice (3:48)
11 - Sequoia (3:17)
12 - Missing (3:05)
13 - A Place To Go (3:38)

Line-up: 
Francesco Vannini - drum
Massimiliano Ciani - guitar and sinth
Marco Bruni - bass
Gianluca Gabriele - voice
Luca Checchi - guitar

Media/Samples 
Alice
I Have Seen A Lie

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Sanguine Hum "The Weight of the World"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Post Rock, Modern Prog
Label: Esoteric Antenna
Release date: March 26, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. From the Ground Up
2. System For Solution
3. In Code
4. Cognoscenti
5. Day of Release
6. Phosphor
7. The Weight of the World (Parts 1 to 3)

Line-up: 
Matt Baber: Keyboards
Joff Winks: Guitar and Vocals
Brad Waissman: Bass
Andrew Booker: Drums

Description/Reviews: 

“The Weight of the World” sees Sanguine Hum expand their musical horizons on all fronts with a seven-track collection of diverse compositions - technically challenging and exciting yet always melodic and direct. Songs such as “From the Ground Up” and “System for Solution” pursue the Porcupine Tree meets Radiohead approach of the debut record “Diving Bell” with powerful yet intricate riffs propelling the songwriting that continues to make ever more inventive use of surprising twists and turns in the arrangement. Surprises are to be found as well in the instrumentation as the band open up the sound and more explicitly reference a love of electronica and the music of artists such as Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin, best heard in the song “Day of Release” as synthetic percussion and rumbling synths give way to chiming acoustic guitar and a soaring vocal melody. Perhaps even more exciting for a band that perhaps held some of their Prog influences in check on their debut album, is the 15-minute title track that manages the task of combining effective and emotional songwriting with thrilling musical developments that push the band to the limit. “The Weight of the World” breaks new ground for a band at the forefront of truly “progressive” music.

Also read the review by Tonny Larssen at progplanet.com

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Red Nova "Sharp Colours And A Taste Of Dust"

Country: Sweden
Sub Genre: Modern Prog, Alternative, Pop
Release date: February 25, 2013
Tracklist: 
 1. T-Rex 3:27
  2. Dandelion Child 3:57
  3. Three Seconds 3:22
  4. Seven Days 3:21
  5. Fading Memories 4:31
  6. Appearances Are Deceptive 3:30
  7. Completion 4:00
  8. Puzzle 3:14
  9. Mindless Robots 3:36
10. Confusions 3:52
11. Last Time 4:04

Line-up: 
Pär Eriksson - Vocals/Guitar
Tobias Ohlsson - Bass/Backup vocals
Simon Hjortek - Drums/Backup Vocals

Description/Reviews: 

 The Music draws inspiration from acts such as Muse and Paramore but lets the arrangement take different directions and the listener is invited to a journey filled with adrenaline which is impossible to resist.

Media/Samples 
4 tracks online

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Humanfly "Awesome Science"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Modern Prog, Psychedelic, Post Metal
Label: Brew
Release date: February 11, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. Golden Arrows 8:33
2 A Majestic Story 6:11
3 The Apple That Never Fell 9:00
4 Poetry of Light 4:58
5 The Armour of Science 14:48
6 Frozen In Time, Billions of Light Years Away 6:36

Line-up: 
John Sutcliffe - Vocals/Guitar
Andy Sutcliffe - Guitar
Mat Dale - Bass
Dave Jones - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

Humanfly’s previous 3 albums saw them gradually edge away from their original fast, hardcore, DIY punk sound through to post-metal, now taking them to their current form which in the case of new album ‘Awesome Science’ is a massive prog beast.
There’s been a shift in dynamics which may come as a surprise to many who were used to the ‘quiet > loud > even louder’ formula that worked so well. ‘Awesome Science’ is very much and in every sense, shape and form a prog album.
Humanfly have crafted an astonishing record that moves, shifts and at certain moments elevates the listener leaving them gobsmacked by the sheer musicianship on display. Think King Crimson meets The Mars Volta and you are almost there.

Media/Samples 
Golden Arrows
Entire album online

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Phi "Years Of Breathing"

Country: Austria
Sub Genre: Modern Prog, Post Progressive
Release date: February 10, 2013
Tracklist: 
1.Years Of Breathing 03:18
2.Empathy And The Crowbar 07:15
3.Sustained Delusions 04:10
4.Exile 05:19
5.Cashflow Prayer Answering Machine 04:33
6.Singularity 04:13
7.Life Passing By 21:24
8.A Clear View 06:35

Line-up: 
Markus Bratusa - Guitar, Vocals, Noise, Additional Keyboards
Arthur Darnhofer-Demàr - Bass
Nick Koch - Drums, Keyboards, Vibraphone
     Guest musicians:
Hans Hausl - Grand Piano on "Life Passing By"
Ulrich Krieger - Saxophone on "Life Passing By"

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Bandcamp

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Coheed and Cambria "The Afterman: Descension"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Alternative, Modern Prog
Label: Hundred Handed/Everything Evil
Release date: February 5, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. "Pretelethal"   3:28
2. "Key Entity Extraction V: Sentry the Defiant"   5:17
3. "The Hard Sell"   4:39
4. "Number City"   3:52
5. "Gravity's Union"   6:45
6. "Away We Go"   3:45
7. "Iron Fist"   4:51
8. "Dark Side of Me"   4:20
9. "2's My Favorite 1"   3:23

Line-up: 
Claudio Sanchez – vocals, guitar
Travis Stever – guitar, backing vocals
Josh Eppard – drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
Zach Cooper – bass, backing vocals

Description/Reviews: 

The second part of a double album, the first part of which is The Afterman: Ascension (2012).

Media/Samples 
The Hard Sell

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Lamanaïf "L'uomo infinito"

Country: Italy
Sub Genre: Modern Prog, Progressive Metal
Label: Lizard Records
Release date: December, 2012
Tracklist: 
1) L'ipnotico salto
2) Rane
3) (In) Stabile
4) Magnolia
5) L'Uomo Infinito
6) H.E.N (Hic et Nunc)
7) Girotondo
8) Puzzle!
9) Insonne (Pavor Nocturnus)
10) Un amore chirurgico
11) L'amami
12) I/O

Line-up: 
Esteban Vidoz - vocals
Matteo Florian - bass
Simone Bianco - guitar
Simone Sossai - drums

Description/Reviews: 

A blend of new-prog close to Mars Volta, but with an original blend of music and theater  (Mars Volta meet Devil Doll and Fiaba, in heavy-prog way, some dark atmospheres but not gothic). A talented rollercoaster of high tensions, rhythms and melodies, with the charismatic vocalist Esteban Vidoz as the first protagonist of a thrilling nightmare. 

Media/Samples 
4 tracks at band's web page

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Enmarte "Enmarte"

Country: Argentina
Sub Genre: Modern Prog, Psychedelic
Release date: September 1, 2012
Tracklist: 
1. No juegues con las almas 03:45
2. Decadas Frias 06:34
3. B1 07:17
4. Mar de arena 05:48
5. Los verdaderos dioses son de hueso 03:35
6. Libres de inmensidad 05:28

Line-up: 
Pablo Torres - Bass
Diego Perez - Guitar
Eugenio Mazitelli - Vocals
Nahuel Zarate - Keys
Brain Nicassio - Drums
Sebastian Vazques - Sax
Juan Manuel Mazitelli - Accessories

Description/Reviews: 

The band plays heavy and complex psychedelic-influenced progressive rock, in the vein of The Mars Volta, Rishloo or Children Of Nova.

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp (free download)

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