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Bassist extraordinaire, Albero Rigoni has put out recently his third installment called Three Wise Monkeys, an album that features many great names from the world of prog, such former Dream Theater keyboardist Kevin Moore (OSI, Chroma Key), vocalist Göran Edman (Karmakanic, Marran, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, Brazen Abbot), drummer Mark Cross (ex-Helloween, Outloud, Firewind), Mistheria, Jonas Erixon, Tommy Ermolli, to name but a few.

Taken from the album’s press release, Three Wise Monkeys is the brand new recording by Alberto Rigoni, progressive rock composer & bass player (TwinSpirits, Lady & THE BASS), who is rapidly gaining audience in the international progressive rock fusion music scene for inventive genre-crossing compositions that paint alluring soundscapes comprehensible to wide vari...

Alberto Rigoni‘s new album’s title track “Three Wise Monkeys” is now available for free download via Soundcloud. The hard rock tune features Göran Edman (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, John Norum, Brazen Abbot) on vocals, Tommy Ermolli (TwinSpirits, Khymera) on guitars, Alessandro Bertoni (Aphelion) on keyboards and the young talented drummer Paco Barillà.

“Three Wise Monkeys” is the brand new recording by Alberto Rigoni, progressive rock composer & bass player (TwinSpirits, Lady & THE BASS), who is rapidly gaining audience in the international progressive rock fusion music scene for inventive genre-crossing compositions that paint alluring soundscapes comprehensible to wide varieties of listeners, yet artistically ...

Portland experimentalists The Mercury Tree emerged as a solo project of Ben Spees in 2004 and became a full band in 2006. The band is now: Ben Spees (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Aaron Clark (bass, backing vocals) and Connor Reilly (drums, backing vocals). They have released three albums and two EPs. The newest release, a full-length called Freeze in Phantom Form, sees the band shifting from everything previously released while still keeping their recognizable chemistry. The trio contributed a song to our latest Progstravaganza sampler. Here is what Ben, Aaron and Clark have to say about the new album, and some other things as well.

Nick: Hello there, guys! So it seems that summer 2012 was pretty busy for you, no? You gigged and finished a new album, so how do you keep yourselves sane meanw...

In anticipation of the imminent release of Husks from New Orleans dirgesmiths, haarp, this coming Tuesday, the full metal conjurors at Invisible Oranges are currently hosting an exclusive limited stream of the record in its entirety at THIS LOCATION.

Admiringly called “…a scourge on the human psyche…” by Hails & Horns, haarp‘s “most ferocious offering,” by About.com and “some of the heaviest stuff ever made,” by Metal Underground, Husks will be available for public consumption on September 18, 2012 through Housecore Records. The follow-up to 2010’s The Filth was recorded at the University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center, Fountainbleau Room 7011, and Nodferatu’s Lair by Philip H...

Alberto Rigoni‘s new album Three Wise Monkeys is due on October 1st and is seeing the talented bass player taking a big step forward after the 2011′s Rebirth (Nightmare Records). Rigoni has gathered again a great group of guest musicians that appears on the album: Göran Edman (Karmakanic, Marran, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, ex-John Norrum) on vocals, Kevin Moore (OSI, Chroma Key, ex-Dream Theater) on keyboards, Mark Cross (ex-Helloween, Outloud, Firewind) on drums, Mistheria, Jonas Erixon, Tommy Ermolli, Paolo Valli and many others.

Three Wise Monkeys is thematically centered around the Japanese folk legend of the three wise monkeys (together they embody the proverbial principle to “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”) and further refines the stylistic contrasts and progressive spirit cha...

Chris van der Linden (Photo: Paul Verhagen / www.achromemoments.nl)

The brand new project of Fourteen Twentysix‘s mainman Chris van der Linden called Bow has recently saw the light of the day, with the release of the debut Man In The Machine. The album premiered earlier this week. As of now you can purchase the digital version of the album on Bandcamp or order the deluxe digipack edition which will be available starting from October 1st.

We decided to host another “Ask a question” action what means that we want to hear from you. If you have any question for Chris, about Bow or Fourteen Twentysix, you can submit it in few ways:

* by sending it to info[at]prog-sphere[dot]com (make sure to change [at] to @ and [dot] to .),
* by posting on the Bow’s Facebook page, or
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Since we announced this exclusive one-day premiere of Bow‘s debut album, I have to say that I was very impatient to launch the whole thing. And here we are. The 13 track Man In The Machine is available for stream in the player down below. But let’s give few facts about the release.

Man In The Machine tells t...

Portland’s experimentalists The Mercury Tree are about to release their third album called Freeze in Phantom Form on September 15th. The follow-up to 2011′s Pterodactyls sees the band turning towards more spacey, jam-oriented shooegaze mood, with more use of live looping and keyboards.

After Interspatial, which is available to stream on the band’s Bandcamp page, Prog Sphere brings you an exclusive premiere of Frontera, the second song of the album. When asked about the song, as well as the album’s direction, Ben Spees (guitars, vocals, keyboards) and Aaron Clark (bass, backing vocals) say:

“This song went through so many mutations and yet it seemed to progress in a very natural way. It started with Aaron’s bass riff, which was originally in 7/4, then mutated to 13/8...

Today Decibel Magazine unveils the sadistic sounds of “3rd Space Guerrilla Generator,” from Maryland powerviolence miscreants STRONG INTENTION. The track comes off the band’s soon-to-be-unleashed Razorblade Express EP and features guest vocals by Eyehategod vocalist/wordsmith Mike Williams.

Comments STRONG INTENTION’s founding frontman Zac Ohler of the tune: “The song was written as a quick blast of venom directed towards the ongoing concrete sprawl and urban development around the town I was living in...