Since the beginning, this year seemed to be an interesting one when it comes to all the announcements and planned releases. In the first five months we saw tons of good albums, but also lots of disappointing releases.
In the next few paragraphs (and pages), you can find out what 10 albums Prog Sphere extracted as the highlights of the first five months of 2014.
Feel free to name your favorites of the year so far and tell us about your expectations by the end of 2014.
Sonar – Static Motion
To the uninitiated, minimalism may seem like an intimidating concept, but in reality it’s just the embodiment of the common axiom “less is more.” And in the case of Sonar, less happens to be a lot more, especially on their second album, Static Motion. You don’t even realize how much extraneous material exists in most of the music you hear every day until you listen to something like Static Motion and get your senses realigned. By hewing to a cunningly crafted set of constrictions on this album of nine ultra-streamlined instrumentals, the Swiss quartet somehow manages to wring the maximum amount of music out of a minimalist agenda. [taken from the album's press release]
Nikola Savić is a prog enthusiast, blogger and author, in addition to being the founder of Prog Sphere, Progify, ProgLyrics and the ongoing Progstravaganza compilation series.
Saw Ian Anderson on the Homo Erraticus tour last week, First half of the show was a run through the new album and it was absolutely wonderful, if any of you get a chance to see the tour I really really recommend you do,.
headovmetal
May 15, 2014 at 4:50 pm
I really dig the new D’AccorD and Brimstone from Norway!
Nikola Savić
May 15, 2014 at 7:36 pm
Thanks for your comment, will be checking out these
Ian Blackwell
May 15, 2014 at 9:41 pm
Saw Ian Anderson on the Homo Erraticus tour last week, First half of the show was a run through the new album and it was absolutely wonderful, if any of you get a chance to see the tour I really really recommend you do,.
Frank Exelmans
May 16, 2014 at 6:37 am
don’t forget : @ATMOSPHERES : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIn_Mq4Wv08
They will be playing @Graspop Metal Meeting on the 26 june :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2jNDwgx7XM
jphebert
May 19, 2014 at 9:56 am
Maybe it’s me or it will be a weak year?
C.McFadden
May 21, 2014 at 4:52 am
I think that A Voice Within by Intervals should definitely be on here…am I the only one?
Cotramjoxxx
December 12, 2014 at 6:01 am
Transatlantic and Flying Colors?