Very good chamber-rock from Siberia (!) that uses two guitars, bass, drums, clarinet/bass clarinet, piano and female voice with guests on violin and viola on the majority of the tracks. For some reason, parts of this remind me a bit of Macchina...

Really, really pleased to see that his excellent (and funny!) young, modern, French trio have found a home on AltrOck. They put on a wonderful performance (even before they hit the stage!) at the RIO fest in 2013 and this is a band that fan of modern...

A RIO/chamber rock-styled band from Belarus. They are a 7 piece of Vitaly Appow-bassoon, Maxim Velvetov-guitars, Cyrill Christya-violin, Olga Podgaiskaja-keyboards, vocals, Anna Ovchinnikova-cello, Dmitry Maslovsky-bass and Nikolay Gumberg-drums...

Long-time Waysiders are aware of the great, under-acknowledged work of Guigou Chenevier, both as bandleader, composer and drummer, for his great work with such ensembles as Etron Fou Leloublan, Volapuk and a string of fine solo works under his own name.

Reve General is his latest project, which includes 75% of Volapuk + the band Metamorphosis.

Notice that the line-up is two violins, two cellos, two guitars and drums, which is, obviously, a very unique sound. AND it was recorded live...

Spaltklang is the long-running band led by Swiss saxist and composer Markus Stauss. The group here features Richard Koch-trumpet, Francesco Zago-guitar (of Yugen), Christian Weber-double bass and Rémy Strauli-drums. The sound here is definitely jazz...

I have long enjoyed the work of Simon Steensland, a Swede who has released a number of very good albums over the last 25 years or so, as the title alludes to. He is a multi-instrumentalist and generally releases heavy, zeuhl/Univers Zero-flavored heavy and dark progressive albums.
The 1st disc is made up of his favorite tracks taken from the long out of print and hard to find albums Led Circus, Phantom Of The Theatre, The Zombie Hunter, Lonesome Combat Ensemble, Under Uknar and Kamikaze United Live...

Eros & Thanatos is the sixth album of the revived progressive rock band Syndone, a band active during the early ’90s, andnow back in action with their reunion in 2010.

"The sixth work from this band from Torino is once again a concept album, inspired by the Song of Songs with translation of Guido Ceronetti, with the participation of two extraordinary special guests, the legendary Steve Hackett and Ray Thomas, guitar, flute and voice of the Moody Blues. Melody and groove, pathos and changing....

Nik Comoglio : keyboards
Riccardo Ruggeri : vocals
Francesco Pinetti : vibraphone
With
Marco Minnemann: drums
John Hackett: flute

"Odysseas is the fifth album of the renewed Syndone, a new progressive/progressive folk ban

VIII Strada are an Italian quintet whose first album from 2008 fell somewhere between progressive rock and progressive metal.

But since that time, they replaced their keyboardist, retooled their over-all sound and are much more aligned with progressive rock, while still having a modern, heavy sound.
The band is:
Tito Vizzuso - vocals
Daniele Zigliani - guitars
Silvano Negrinelli - keyboards
Sergio Merlino - bass
Riccardo Preda - drums

"In December 2008 "La..

"Very close to classic progressive rock, characterized by vintage sounds, The Worm Ouroborus remind us of bands such as King Crimson, Van der Graaf, Jethro Tull and the Canterbury scene, with a slight touch of craziness. Nevertheless this album...

The first album by this Italian/international avant-progressive supergroup, which has been eagerly anticipated. Their stated influences should tell you all you need to know: Satie, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Cage, Reich, Zappa, Henry Cow, Gentle Giant...