Recommend The Best Current Italian Prog

[spacefreak]

Pholas Dactylus Hieros Gamos

Any opinions on this come back album? Couldn't find any samples.

[mogilevs]

Pholas Dactylus Hieros Gamos

Any opinions on this come back album? Couldn't find any samples.

https://pholasdactylus.bandcamp.com/album/hieros-gamos

[mogilevs]

Italy is of course still one of the most productive countries but you can still see a decline:

Altrock/Fading - Gone
Mellowrecords - Down to selling their back catalogue on Bandcamp (with Maybe a new release or two a year)
Aereostella - Down to one or two Releases a year (they will do Barock Project though)
Andromeda Relix - Are much more into their Hard/Heavy side than before
Black Widow - Reduced the number of Releases and release more Black Metal than before
MaRaCash - Slowed down and went to "saver" grounds than before…

Etc. Etc. Etc.

Yes, Italian labels release less, but that's a general tendency at least for labels dealing with prog rock. There are more self-releases or digital-only releases. Some Italian artist also migrate to labels from other countries.

[TheH]

Pholas Dactylus Hieros Gamos

Any opinions on this come back album? Couldn't find any samples.

The first long track is really good, but all the rest is uninspired noodling on piano or acc. guitars.
I had to stop after a about half of those because I was nearly bored to death..

[TheH]

Yes, Italian labels release less, but that's a general tendency at least for labels dealing with prog rock. There are more self-releases or digital-only releases. Some Italian artist also migrate to labels from other countries.

There where always a lot of self-releases or digital-only Releases. I got many of my Italian Albums directly from
the bands.

Of course there where also some bands on foreign lables like Musea in France etc.

I can't see an increase in those channels latley. Do you have excamples here?

[mogilevs]

Of course there where also some bands on foreign lables like Musea in France etc.
I can't see an increase in those channels latley. Do you have excamples here?

Well, I wrote some ..also migrate to labels from other countries. Here are examples from the last two years.
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso "Transiberiana" - InsideOut
The Winstons "Smith" - Columbia
Eveline’s Dust "K"- GEP
Twenty Four Hours "Close-White-Lamb-Walls" - Musea
Ifsounds "An Gorta Mór" - Melodic Revolution Records
Laviàntica "The Experience" - Musea
Armonite "And the Stars Above" - Cleopatra Records

[spacefreak]

Thanks mogilevs. When I first looked it wasn't on Bandcamp yet.

[mogilevs]

The first long track is really good, but all the rest is uninspired noodling on piano or acc. guitars.
I had to stop after a about half of those because I was nearly bored to death..

By the way, I think the same

[TheH]

Well, I wrote some ..also migrate to labels from other countries. Here are examples from the last two years.
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso "Transiberiana" - InsideOut
The Winstons "Smith" - Columbia
Eveline’s Dust "K"- GEP
Twenty Four Hours "Close-White-Lamb-Walls" - Musea
Ifsounds "An Gorta Mór" - Melodic Revolution Records
Laviàntica "The Experience" - Musea
Armonite "And the Stars Above" - Cleopatra Records

Thanks for that, I'm just trying to figure out where the market for Italian Prog is moving to.

[spacefreak]

The first long track is really good, but all the rest is uninspired noodling on piano or acc. guitars.
I had to stop after a about half of those because I was nearly bored to death..

Right. Except for the title track, all the rest is needless filler.

[Progatron]

Quel Che Disse Il Tuono - debut album set for release in March 2020 on AMS Records. Former Unreal City guitarist Francesca Zanetta's new band.

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[TheH]

Aliante - Sul confine will be out on Sep 27th

LatteMiele 2.0 - Paganini Experience will also be released on that day (Maybe earlier)

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

Aliante - Sul confine will be out on Sep 27th

LatteMiele 2.0 - Paganini Experience will also be released on that day (Maybe earlier)

the first Aliante was very good... looking forward to the 2nd

[TheH]

the first Aliante was very good... looking forward to the 2nd

So do I:

[Sputnik]

So do I:

Interesting. I missed the first Aliante from 2017, not sure how. I'm sampling that album now. Sounds a lot like the better Taproban albums, which I like quite a bit. I may grab that one, and will definitely look into the new one.

Bill

[Crawford Glissadevil]

Quel Che Disse Il Tuono - debut album set for release in March 2020 on AMS Records. Former Unreal City guitarist Francesca Zanetta's new band.

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I wish her well. She's are really nice lady.

[TheH]

Retro Rockers (Prog, Psych, Hard Rock, Hendrix etc.)

Aldi dallo Spazio (funny Name for Germans )

On one the guitarists was with Witchwood before I think

[TheH]

A one off by Delirum IPG about the Genova Bridge Disaster

[TheH]

Giorgio “Fico” Piazza - Autumn Shades (original bass Player of PFM)

New versions of PFM classics, out on next Friday

http://store.maracash.com/product_in...roducts_id=507

[TheH]

First track from the debut Album by Melting Clock - "Destinazioni" (Black Widow, 31st October)

Great stuff!!

[TheH]

Released and though removed from the list
Imagin'Aria - E X E L I G E R E (August 20th)

Coming soon (some very soon)
Il Giardino Onirico - Apofenia
LatteMiele 2.0 - Paganini Experience (a spin off from Latte Miele, September 27th) [Black Widow]
Runaway Totem - Multiversal Matter [Black Widow]
Antonio Moresco - Fabio Zuffanti - "Camminare da solo, di notte" [AMS Records, Autumn]
Cellar Noise - Nautilus [20th September AMS]
Barock Project - Seven Seas (Aereostella - Immaginifica, 27th September)
Calibro 35 - High Tension (AMS Records, 20th September)
Falena - "Una seconda strana sensazione" [autumn]
Aliante - Sul Confine [27th september]
G.F. Piazza - Autumn Shades (Live in Studio) (ex PFM)

Sooner or later (or never) (some stay here forever it seems)
Asgard "Ragnarøkkr" (recording in October)
Entity "Il Naufragio della speranza" (rerecorded) (Recording finally started)
Homo Ex Machina (closing in) [Final steps]
Il Paradiso degli Orchi - Samir
Logos [in work]
Melting Clock -Destinazioni [Black Widow, 31st October]
Raven Sad - Leaf and a Wing 2020
Ske second album [composing]
Disequazione -"2084" (don't hold your breath) [recording]
Ianva - Fiume Centenary
Witchwood [recording]
Unreal City [preparing]
Fufluns [recording]
Submarine Silence [recording]
Bernardo Lanzetti (new solo album)
Nathan
Presence
Spettri [in work]
Altare Tothemico [in work]
Endless Season [recording]
Mangala Vallis [recording]
Goad - Live 1995
Quel Che Disse Il Tuono [March 2020 AMS]
Mad Crayon [back from the dead] [recording]
Semiramis
J'Accuse [new]
Sintesi del Viaggio di Es [new]
Il Castello di Atlante [new]
Fonderia [back from the dead]
La Torre dell'Alchimista [back from the dead]
IsProject [new]
Baba Yoga - L'Amour Fou


Comunication lost, No reported progress
Alphataurus Atto 3
La Fabbrica dell'Assoluto
La Bocca della Verita
Il Tempio delle Clessidre
PropheXy
Basta! - Oceanurina


Under Probation (maybe died trying)
Ad Maiora (lost their keyboardist (Habelard2))
Höstsonaten Ancient Mariner Part 2

[TheH]

Newbees

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

I dig that Prometheo clip. Do they have a studio album?

[moecurlythanu]

I liked the Hora Prima better. I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

[TheH]

I dig that Prometheo clip. Do they have a studio album?

Seems like they are mixing their debut Album at the Moment.