Renaissance – Grandine Il Vento (2013)
Though the release of Renaissance’s brand new album Grandine il Vento has been tempered somewhat by the recent passing of guitarist Michael Dunford shortly before its release, let’s not fail to state what is pretty obvious…this is a wonderful little album. Coming 12 years after their last studio album Tuscany, Grandine il Vento manages to successfully recreate the classic Renaissance sound just like its predecessor. The line-up for the album is Annie Haslam (vocals), Michael Dunford (acoustic guitar, backing vocals), David J. Keyes (bass, vocals), Rave Tesar (keyboards), Frank Pagano (drums), and Jason Hart (keyboards).
Days Between Stations – In Extremis (2013)
Released May 15, 2013, the sophomore album by celebrated LA prog duo Days Between Stations boasts an incredible guest line-up of music legends featuring Colin Moulding (XTC), Rick Wakeman (YES), Peter Banks (YES/Flash) Tony Levin (King Crimson/Peter Gabriel) and Billy Sherwood (YES/CIRCA:)
Ritual Steel – Immortal (2013)
RITUAL STEEL is the baby of drummer Martin Zellmer. In the middle of the nineties he had the idea to found a band which is absolutely different as everything what had come out up to now from Germany in Heavy Metal…
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