The new Progressive Metal album releases for the week of January 23, 2013 are here and this is a seriously amazing week for new releases. For starters, we’ve got the long-awaited Target Earth from the legendary Canadian progressive thrash band Voivod, the amazing Enigma from the U.K.’s Aeon Zen and the progressive (primarily) instrumental metal album from Syrian (and now based in Canada) guitarist Shant Hagopian’s project Semantic Saturation (featuring a killer lineup of Derek Sherinian (keys), Virgil Donati (drums) and Ric Fierabracci (bass) as well as Vanden Plas vocalist Andy Kuntz on the concluding, epic prog metal song). This week also sees the release of the debut album, One, by Brazilian melodic prog metal band Vandroya (fronted by female vocalist Daisa Munhoz) and Norewgian progressive power metal band Tellus Requiem. If that’s not enough for you all (and come on, is there ever really enough great music?), the new Swiss band Time Grid has just put out their awesome debut album of very sophisticated, rhythmically and harmonically complex progressive rock/metal and lastly, the debut album by 17-old (!) U.S. solo artist James Van Cleaf.
(Note to bands and fans: please let us know if any albums are missing from this week’s release schedule and we will gladly include them. No demos please but we will include E.P.’s if they’re available for purchase. If you do decide to purchase any of this week’s albums please do so via the links below as that does help to fund this webzine.)
| ALBUM COVER | ARTIST | ALBUM NAME | COUNTRY | PROGRESSIVE METAL STYLE / ALBUM DESCRIPTION | RELEASE DATE | LISTEN/PURCHASE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Aeon Zen | Enigma | United Kingdom | Progressive Metal (Seriously amazing new album by one of the best prog metal bands in the world. You can read our review here.) | 01/21/13 | (Download) (CD) |
 | James Van Cleaf | The Soul Imprisoned | United States | Progressive Metal (very cool atmospheric/djent metal from this 17 year-old prodigy. He's only asking for $1 from his Bandcamp page so let's all donate a few bucks to help keep him going.) | 01/11/13 | |
 | Semantic Saturation | Solipsistic | International | Progressive Metal (new project by Syrian guitarist/composer Shant Hagopian with a stellar lineup of top-notch musicians (Derek Sherinian, Virgil Donati and Ric Fierabracci). Great songs, top notch musicianship and a great epic prog metal conclusion featuring the vocals of Vanden Plas' Andy Kuntz.) | 01/21/13 | |
 | Tellus Requiem | Invictus (The 11th Hour) | Norway | Progressive Power Metal (beautiful second album by this very progressive power metal band. Great orchestral textures add to the epic scope of this deep album ) | 01/22/13 | (Download) (CD) |
 | Time Grid | Life | Switzerland | Progressive Rock/Metal (fantastic album by this very sophisticated and intricate melodic Swiss band. Should appeal to prog rock fans who don't mind a bit of crunch.) | 01/21/12 | |
 | Vandroya | One | Brasil | Progressive Power Metal (debut album by this excellent Brazilian prog power band featuring the powerful voice of the very lovely Daisa Munhoz.) | 01/22/13 | (Download) (CD) |
 | Voivod | Target Earth | Canada | Progressive Thrash Metal (long-awaited album by progressive thrash pioneers and first full album without founder Denis "Piggy" D'Amour. "Chewy" from Martyr ain't a bad replacement for a legend.) | 01/18/13 | (Download) (CD) |
One Response to “Progressive Metal New Releases – Jan 23, 2013”
Time Grid is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!