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Legendary Swedish progressive rockers Kaipa, led by mastermind Hans Lundin, have announced the release of their new studio album ‘Children of the Sounds’ for September 22nd, 2017. The band’s 13th album, and 8th since the act were reborn in 2002, this album features the line-up of Lundin, accompanied by Per Nilsson (Scar Symmetry), Morgan Ågren (Karmakanic), Jonas Reingold (The Flower Kings, Karmakanic), Patrik Lundström (Ritual) & Aleena Gibson, plus a guest appearance from violinist Elin Rubinsztein. Hans comments: “In November 2014 when...

Norway’s LEPROUS are rolling out the campaign for their much-anticipated new fifth studio album “Malina” (Out August 25th, 2017 via InsideOutMusic) by debuting its first single and video “From The Flame” today. Watch the video for “From The Flame”, which was directed by David Solbjørg of Twitchy Films, here: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZSlX1zXnfM?iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=1&feature=youtu.be&autoplay=0] The band checked in with the following comment about “From The...

Montreal-based Cydemind will release their first full length album ‘Erosion’ today, May 26th. The album is the follow-up to their 2014 debut EP ‘Through Mist and Ages’. Now you can listen to the album exclusively here. The band had this to say about the new album, “We’re very excited to finally release Erosion. We’ve been working on it for so long; to finally launch it feels like we’ve reached the summit of a mountain that took 5 years to climb. We hope you’ll appreciate the scenery as much as we do. Thanks for supporting us and here’s to...

new.progrock.com/ has a new look and feel! We hope you have enjoyed the new website over the past couple of weeks including the new station logo and art design from Mark Buckingham. Mark Buckingham is most well-known for his work with DC Comics and Marvel. Most recently, he has designed album covers for The Fierce & the Dead, Valdez, and The Tangent. We are excited to display his art on new.progrock.com/. We have taken your feedback from last summer's survey and used it to make upgrades to both the station and the website. Your...

Night of the Prog, the yearly festival that takes place in Germany and is now in its 12th year had a bit of a last minute shake last week when it was announced that Kansas had to be replaced.  Kansas were set to be the last night headliner. Marillion have been scheduled as the new headliner for the 3rd and final night of the festival which already includes Yes featuring Anderson, Rabin, and Wakeman, and Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress as the other 2 headliners.  The festival takes place July 14-16th.  For more information...