2025 Work in Progress..ive

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RHYS MARSH & MANDALA










ABOUT

RHYS MARSH & MANDALA

...RHYS MARSH & MANDALA
From official website

Rhys Marsh is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist & record producer. He has released 11 albums over the past 15 years — as a solo artist, and with his bands The Autumn Ghost, Mandala & Kaukasus.


— Solo —

In the autumn of 2013, after releasing four albums with The Autumn Ghost, Marsh put out his first solo release — a five-song collection of covers, called ‘Suspended In A Weightless Wind’. Songs covered included Nick Drake’s ‘Things Behind The Sun’ & King Crimson’s ‘Moonchild’.

Marsh’s debut solo album, ‘Sentiment’, was released in November, 2014. It was written & recorded over a two-year period in Marsh’s own Autumnsongs Recording Studio. A dark, yet accessible album, it was met with critical acclaim.

On the 1st of December, 2015, Marsh released his second solo album, ‘The Black Sun Shining’ — an album written & recorded in only seven days, with songs that were mostly built around rhythmic loops.

‘October After All’, Marsh’s third album, was released by Karisma Records on 22.02.19, and featured appearances from Arve Henriksen, Kåre Kolve & Tim Bowness. A beautiful album, full of lush synthesizers and choirs. While the vinyl release features 10 songs, the full album actually contains 22 songs.

Marsh’s fourth album, ‘Towards The West’, — an acoustic-based album, centred around the loss of his Dad — was released on the 1st September, 2023.

https://www.facebook.com/RhysMarshMusic


— Mandala —

Marsh’s first band, formed in London, in 1997. In 2014, after a seven-year break, Mandala got back together to record their debut album, ‘Midnight Twilight’. Released in 2015, the album reached number 3 in the iTunes UK rock charts.

They met again in the summer of 2018, to record a brand new album, ‘The Echoes Of Your Mind’, which was released on Friday the 13th November, 2020.

They’re currently recording their third album.

https://www.facebook.com/withinMandala


— Rhys Marsh And The Autumn Ghost —

‘Multi-national orchestra’, The Autumn Ghost, features members of Jaga Jazzist, Anekdoten, Enslaved, The National Bank, Wobbler, Änglagård, Highasakite, Emmerhoff & The Melancholy Babies, Flashback Caruso & The Divine Comedy.

Their debut album, ‘The Fragile State Of Inbetween’, was released in the autumn of 2008, to critical acclaim.

In the autumn of 2009, they released the follow-up, the first on Termo Records, ‘Dulcima’. Hot on the heels of the debut, the first pressing of ‘Dulcima’ sold out before it was even released.

The long-awaited third Autumn Ghost album, ‘The Blue Hour’, was released in the autumn of 2012, and featured woodwind & brass quartets, plus a rhythm section borrowed from Jaga Jazzist & Enslaved.

To support the release of ‘The Blue Hour’, Marsh formed a trio, with drums & electric piano complimenting his guitar & vocal. In the spring of 2013, they released ‘Trio’, the ensemble’s first release on Autumnsongs Records — an album recorded live in the studio, over the course of just two days, which successfully captured the fiery energy the band had become known for onstage.


— Kaukasus —

The spring of 2014 saw the release of the debut Kaukasus album, ‘I’. Kaukasus is a collaboration between Ketil Vestrum Einarsen, Rhys Marsh & Mattias Olsson. Written & recorded in two weeks, the album is an instinctive sum of its parts.

They released a new single in 2020, ‘To Give’, with plans to write & record a follow-up album at some point.

https://www.facebook.com/KaukasusBand


— Other projects —

Marsh is also a part of Unit, a collaboration with Takashi Mori & Ingrid Chavez. They have so far released one EP, ‘Falls From View’.

As well as this, Marsh has also contributed to albums by The Opium Cartel, Peter Broderick, Trouble Over Tokyo, When Mary, Silje Leirvik & Tim Bowness.




















These are my best tracks of 2025


Track Title-Group or Artist-Album

King Kong-AMPLIFIER-Gargantuan

Night Terror-DREAM THEATER-Parasomnia

Panopticon -GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Empires Must Fall

The End of Days Suite: 1. The City Lights at Twilight -THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-HERE COME THE ROBOTS!

Lucifer, Bringer of Light -MOTORSPSYCHO-MOTORSPSYCHO

Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET-Redemption

The-Shoreline-EYE 2 EYE-Lost Horizon

End of the Road-KARMAKANIC-Transmutation

These Hands That Build-BLACK NARCISSUS-There Lingers One Who's Long Forgotten

Objects Outlive Us-STEVEN WILSON-The Overview

Far From Here-IQ-Dominion

Sleeping on a Cloud-LET SEE THIN-Machine Called Life

Gone-BJØRN RIIS-Fimbulvinter

Deep Water Suite IX-COSMIC CATHEDRAL- Deep Water

Another Holy Grail-PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS-Friend Of All Creatures

Seraphina Moon-CEN-PROJEKT-Carnival Of Lost Souls

Demain a l’aube-GERALD MASSOIS- Demain a l’aube

-Considerations-THE FLOWER KINGS-Love

-The Passing-JACOB ROBERGE-The Passing

-Ordinary Gods-KARIBOW-PanTerrania

-Division Warning-COSMOGRAF-The Orphan Epoch

-De Tre Gratier-Lars Fredrik Froislie-Gamle Mester

-Terraforming-AMBIENT DEN-Ambient Den

-Fall Away-DAVE BAINBRIDGE-On The Edge (Of What Could Be)

-Remnants of Memories-DORACOR-Unexpected Intersections

-Insurrection-CRAYON PHASE-Synthetic Mind

-The Book of Hours Pt I-AGROPELTER-The Book of Hours

-Voice of God-ATOMIC TIME-Subsounds

-Atomic -STEPHAN THELEN-WORLDS IN COLLISION

-The Prophecy -LUNATIC SOUL-THE WORLD UNDER UNSUN

-Aragorn (Extended Version) (Bonus Track) -YAK-THE PINK MAN & THE BISHOP

-Everywhere I Rest My Head the Ground is Shifting -The Black Cat's Eye-DECRYPTING DREAMS OF WEIRD ANIMALS AND STRANGE OBJECTS

-Last Letter Home -HOOFFOOT-PHANTOM LIMB

-Tesselate-SMALLTAPE-TANGRAM

-Long Shadows-HEAD SPIN-High Orbit

-Keep a Silent Watch-MYTH OF LOGIC-The Memory Of After

-Darkest Day-RHYS MARSH & MANDALA-UNTIL THE END OF TIME

































Darkest Day-RHYS MARSH & MANDALA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT2Q...tart_radio =1




Hiraeth -RHYS MARSH & MANDALA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKG5...tart_radio =1




GOOD LISTENING

[nicola]

DAAL









ABOUT

DAAL

...DAAL
From progarchives.com


Daal biography
Formed in Bergamo, Italy, in 2008

DAAL is an Italian duet. It's a project by Davide GUIDONI and Alfio COSTA. They're both experienced musicians on Italian Prog rock scene - Guidoni is a drummer who had been working with Taproban, The Far Side, Gallant Farm, Nuova Era, Ozone Player and others. Costa (Tilion, Prowlers, Colossus project, Dark Session) plays keyboards - mostly vintage ones, as well as some softsynths.

It's not surprising their music is rich in lush textures, with emphasis on a multitude of layers; a heritage of Italian Progressive Rock movement is evident, as well as various other influences. A curiosity is their nod to a Swedish progressive rock scene.






















These are my best tracks of 2025


Track Title-Group or Artist-Album

King Kong-AMPLIFIER-Gargantuan

Night Terror-DREAM THEATER-Parasomnia

Panopticon -GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Empires Must Fall

The End of Days Suite: 1. The City Lights at Twilight -THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-HERE COME THE ROBOTS!

Lucifer, Bringer of Light -MOTORSPSYCHO-MOTORSPSYCHO

Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET-Redemption

The-Shoreline-EYE 2 EYE-Lost Horizon

End of the Road-KARMAKANIC-Transmutation

These Hands That Build-BLACK NARCISSUS-There Lingers One Who's Long Forgotten

Objects Outlive Us-STEVEN WILSON-The Overview

Far From Here-IQ-Dominion

Sleeping on a Cloud-LET SEE THIN-Machine Called Life

Gone-BJØRN RIIS-Fimbulvinter

Deep Water Suite IX-COSMIC CATHEDRAL- Deep Water

Another Holy Grail-PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS-Friend Of All Creatures

Seraphina Moon-CEN-PROJEKT-Carnival Of Lost Souls

Demain a l’aube-GERALD MASSOIS- Demain a l’aube

-Considerations-THE FLOWER KINGS-Love

-The Passing-JACOB ROBERGE-The Passing

-Ordinary Gods-KARIBOW-PanTerrania

-Division Warning-COSMOGRAF-The Orphan Epoch

-De Tre Gratier-Lars Fredrik Froislie-Gamle Mester

-Terraforming-AMBIENT DEN-Ambient Den

-Fall Away-DAVE BAINBRIDGE-On The Edge (Of What Could Be)

-Remnants of Memories-DORACOR-Unexpected Intersections

-Insurrection-CRAYON PHASE-Synthetic Mind

-The Book of Hours Pt I-AGROPELTER-The Book of Hours

-Voice of God-ATOMIC TIME-Subsounds

-Atomic -STEPHAN THELEN-WORLDS IN COLLISION

-The Prophecy -LUNATIC SOUL-THE WORLD UNDER UNSUN

-Aragorn (Extended Version) (Bonus Track) -YAK-THE PINK MAN & THE BISHOP

-Everywhere I Rest My Head the Ground is Shifting -The Black Cat's Eye-DECRYPTING DREAMS OF WEIRD ANIMALS AND STRANGE OBJECTS

-Last Letter Home -HOOFFOOT-PHANTOM LIMB

-Tesselate-SMALLTAPE-TANGRAM

-Long Shadows-HEAD SPIN-High Orbit

-Keep a Silent Watch-MYTH OF LOGIC-The Memory Of After

-Darkest Day-RHYS MARSH & MANDALA-UNTIL THE END OF TIME

- D.o.o.m. (Mortuarii Octavarii Obscuri Declamatio) -DAAL-DECODING THE EMPTINESS




























D.o.o.m. (Mortuarii Octavarii Obscuri Declamatio) -DAAL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgD7...tart_radio =1




GOOD LISTENING

[nicola]

JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE











ABOUT

JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE

...JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE
From official website



About

Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side is a Progressive rock project from Stockholm, Sweden founded in 2012 by bassplayer, songwriter and producer Jonas Lindberg.

It all started back in 2008 when the EP "IN SECRET PACE" was recorded by Jonas as an exam-project at the college of Music in Piteå, Sweden. The first recordings featured a large lineup of musicians and was originally intended to work as a demo for an upcoming band. But as term ended Jonas moved to Stockholm to pursue a career as a freelance musician and the idea got put on hold. In 2012 "IN SECRET PACE" was finally released on digital platforms as Jonas started to work on new material.

This time the lineup featured a 5 piece band and the second EP "THE OTHER SIDE" was finished and released in 2013. The project was named "JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE" from the title track of the album after its release. Playing on the album is Jonas LINDBERG on bass, backing vocals, keyboards and guitars together with Jonas SUNDQVIST (lead vocals), Jonathan LUNDBERG (drums), Calle STÅLENBRING (guitars) and Michael OTTOSSON (keyboards). Two more musicians, Nicklas THELIN (guitar) and Jenny SANDGREN (vocal) later joined for the live shows.

Following the enthusiastic reception of the 2016 album "PATHFINDER", Jonas began working on another full length album in 2019. The album - called "MILES FROM NOWHERE" - is more of a solo effort than the previous album with Jonas playing most of the instruments himself, and also features a few more guest musicians. Returning on a few tracks is Simon WILHELMSSON (drums) who some may remember from the first EP, as well as Jonas's brother Joel on lead guitar. Missing is Michael OTTOSSON who sadly passed away in 2020, leading up to Jonas taking on full keyboard duties.





















These are my best tracks of 2025


Track Title-Group or Artist-Album

King Kong-AMPLIFIER-Gargantuan

Night Terror-DREAM THEATER-Parasomnia

Panopticon -GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Empires Must Fall

The End of Days Suite: 1. The City Lights at Twilight -THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-HERE COME THE ROBOTS!

Lucifer, Bringer of Light -MOTORSPSYCHO-MOTORSPSYCHO

Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET-Redemption

The-Shoreline-EYE 2 EYE-Lost Horizon

End of the Road-KARMAKANIC-Transmutation

These Hands That Build-BLACK NARCISSUS-There Lingers One Who's Long Forgotten

Objects Outlive Us-STEVEN WILSON-The Overview

Far From Here-IQ-Dominion

Sleeping on a Cloud-LET SEE THIN-Machine Called Life

Gone-BJØRN RIIS-Fimbulvinter

Deep Water Suite IX-COSMIC CATHEDRAL- Deep Water

Another Holy Grail-PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS-Friend Of All Creatures

Seraphina Moon-CEN-PROJEKT-Carnival Of Lost Souls

Demain a l’aube-GERALD MASSOIS- Demain a l’aube

-Considerations-THE FLOWER KINGS-Love

-The Passing-JACOB ROBERGE-The Passing

-Ordinary Gods-KARIBOW-PanTerrania

-Division Warning-COSMOGRAF-The Orphan Epoch

-De Tre Gratier-Lars Fredrik Froislie-Gamle Mester

-Terraforming-AMBIENT DEN-Ambient Den

-Fall Away-DAVE BAINBRIDGE-On The Edge (Of What Could Be)

-Remnants of Memories-DORACOR-Unexpected Intersections

-Insurrection-CRAYON PHASE-Synthetic Mind

-The Book of Hours Pt I-AGROPELTER-The Book of Hours

-Voice of God-ATOMIC TIME-Subsounds

-Atomic -STEPHAN THELEN-WORLDS IN COLLISION

-The Prophecy -LUNATIC SOUL-THE WORLD UNDER UNSUN

-Aragorn (Extended Version) (Bonus Track) -YAK-THE PINK MAN & THE BISHOP

-Everywhere I Rest My Head the Ground is Shifting -The Black Cat's Eye-DECRYPTING DREAMS OF WEIRD ANIMALS AND STRANGE OBJECTS

-Last Letter Home -HOOFFOOT-PHANTOM LIMB

-Tesselate-SMALLTAPE-TANGRAM

-Long Shadows-HEAD SPIN-High Orbit

-Keep a Silent Watch-MYTH OF LOGIC-The Memory Of After

-Darkest Day-RHYS MARSH & MANDALA-UNTIL THE END OF TIME

- D.o.o.m. (Mortuarii Octavarii Obscuri Declamatio) -DAAL-DECODING THE EMPTINESS

- The Wind -JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE-TIME FRAMES
































The Wind-JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFjn...5SpKTI&index=7





End of the Road-JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRaP...5SpKTI&index=1





GOOD LISTENING