News of Prog [September 2014] - ProgressoR / Uzbekistan Progressive Rock Pages

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The German band Argos (whose style is a blend of symphonic Art-Rock and Jazz-Fusion) will soon release its new album, titled “A Seasonal Affair”. Tracklist: 1. A Seasonal Affair, 2. Divergence, 3. Silent Corner, 4. Silver And Gold, 5. Lifeboats, 6. Not In This Picture, 7. Vanishing, 8. The Forbidden City, 9. Stormland. Line-up: Thomas Klarmann - bass, flute, keyboards, guitars, lead vocals; Robert Gozon - vocals, keyboards, guitars; Ulf Jacobs - drums, vocals; Rico Florczak - el. guitar; With: Andy Tillison - keyboards; Marek Arnold - sax. Release date: October/November 2014. Label: Progressive Promotion Records.

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AC/DC
(UK/Australia) / September 28, 2014

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AC/DC will release its new album, titled "Rock or Bust", on December 2. The 11-song collection is the band's first since 2008's "Black Ice". AC/DC has also now made it official that founding guitarist Malcolm Young will not be returning to the group due to ill health. A statement issued by the group's Australian record label said, "Unfortunately due to the nature of Malcolm's illness, he will not be rejoining the band." His replacement is Stevie Young, the nephew of Malcolm and his brother and co-founder Angus Young. Stevie played on the new album, which was recorded in Vancouver, Canada, earlier this year. This is the first AC/DC album in the band's 40-year history on which Malcolm Young will not appear. AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd recently shot down reports that the band was considering retirement in the wake of Malcolm's illness, saying, "Angus Young will never retire. We were never going to retire. It'll never happen. Angus will never retire and as long as Angus never retires, I won't fucking retire either."

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Pink Floyd
(UK) / September 28, 2014

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The new Pink Floyd album, titled “The Endless River”, will be released on November 10, 2014. The project features material recorded by Floyd members David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright during the sessions for the band's 2004 release, "The Division Bell." The album is a tribute to keyboardist Wright, who died from cancer in 2008 at the age of 65. Produced by Gilmour, Phil Manzanera, Youth and Andy Jackson, its being billed as a four-sided instrumental album with one song, "Louder Than Words", to include new lyrics by Gilmour's wife, Polly Samson. "'The Endless River' has as its starting point the music that came from the 1993 Division Bell sessions," explains Gilmour. "We listened to over 20 hours of the three of us playing together and selected the music we wanted to work on for the new album. Over the last year we've added new parts, re-recorded others and generally harnessed studio technology to make a 21st century Pink Floyd album. With Rick gone, and with him the chance of ever doing it again, it feels right that these revisited and reworked tracks should be made available as part of our repertoire." Style: Instrumental Progressive Rock/Ambient. Tracklist: 1. Things Left Unsaid, 2. It’s What We Do, 3. Ebb and Flow, 4. Sum, 5. Skins, 6. Unsung, 7. Anisina, 8. The Lost Art of Conversation, 9. On Noodle Street, 10. Night Light, 11. Allonsy-1, 12. Autumn ’68, 13. Allonsy-2, 14. Talking Hawking, 15. Calling, 16. Eyes to Pearls, 17. Surfacing, 18. Louder Than Words. Line-up: David Gilmour: guitars, vocals; Nick Mason: drums; Rick Wright: keyboards; With: Guy Pratt: bass; &: three females on backing vocals.

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Stewart Bell
(UK) / September 28, 2014

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The mixing of "The Antechamber Of Being", the first solo album by Stewart Bell (Citizen Cain) is complete and the album was sent off to be mastered last week. Once that is complete it will go to the pressing plant, and Stewart will get an exact release date depending on when they will have everything finalised. It is looking like it will be a little later than planned, but somewhere around mid October is very realistic. The initial draft of the album cover and the track listing is now on the band’s website.
Stewart is also pleased to announce there will be a story book that will accompany the album. Sold seperately, the 28 page picture book chronicles the events from the first song on the album. Entitled 'The Cupboard of Fear', this 23 x 18 cm full-colour storybook contains 13 original drawings by Stewart and tells the story of the main character, The Dreamer, as he takes control of his dreams and becomes lucid for the first time.

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Devin Townsend
(Canada) / September 28, 2014

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"Z2", the new (double) album by Devin Townsend, will be issued by Century Media Records on October 27, 2014. Picking up right were they left off with Epicloud, Devin Townsend Project takes you through a roller coaster of emotions. Keeping it as heavy as possible at times while still mixing it up as the group is known to do, mostly to keep the audience on the edge of their seats upon first listen. Style: Prog-Metal. Tracklist: Disc-1: The Devin Townsend Project – “Sky Blue”: 1. Rejoice, 2. Fallout, 3. Midnight Sun, 4. A New Reign, 5. Universal Flame, 6. Warrior, 7. Sky Blue, 8. Silent Militia, 9. Rain City, 10. Forever, 11. Before We Die, 12. The Ones Who Love; Disc-: Ziltoid/Z2 – “Dark Matters”: 1. Z2, 2. From Sleep Awake, 3. Ziltoidian Empire, 4. War Princess, 5. Deathray, 6. March of the Poozers, 7. Wandering Eye, 8. Earth, 9. Ziltoid Goes Home, 10. Through the Wormhole, 11. Dimension Z. Line-up: Devin Townsend – vocals, guitars; Dave Young – guitars, keyboards; Brian Waddell – bass; Ryan Van Poederooyen – drums; With: Anneke Van Giersbergen – backing vocals.

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