Space rock
Latest: Eclipsed (2020)
Secret Saucer is still active and are talking about releasing a recent live concert.
UMR review page for Secret Saucer2/8/11 (new entry)
September 15, 2025
September 10, 2025
Bi Kyo Ran ~ Japan
Progressive rock
Latest: Bloodliners (2025)
Here's a band I had no idea was still around. They don't maintain a traditional social media presence. So how did anyone know they had a new album? Disk Union's updates. Here's what they say about the new album, translated by Google: "Japan's leading progressive rock band, Bikyoran, has finally completed their new album, "Bloodliners"! This album approaches modern and alternative sounds, while maintaining the sharp, thrilling sound and incredible performance ability that make Bikyoran Bikyoran, reminiscent of King Crimson's "Sun and Terror" period!"
I'm going to guess that "Sun and Terror" period is Larks Tongues in Aspic to Red, which is what all Bi Kyo Ran albums are patterned after. I didn't know that Bi Kyo Ran meant Beauty Madness until now either.
UMR review page for Bi Kyo Ran
9/10/25 (new entry)
August 30, 2025
Accordo dei Contrari ~ Italy
Retro prog; Jazz rock; Neo Italian prog
Latest: untitled 6th album. TBD
UMR review page for Accordo dei Contrari
7/25/11 (new entry)
French TV ~ USA ~ Louisville, Kentucky
Avant prog; Canterbury styled; Jazz fusion
Latest: The Spanish Caper (2xCD). TBD
9/30/11 (new entry)
August 4, 2025
Ring van Möbius ~ Norway
Retro prog
Latest: Firebrand (2025). To be released Oct 3.
Well they said they were finished. And now they have a new album proclaiming they are done... done. Really, no really.
UMR review page for Ring Van Mobius
1/15/19 (new entry)
July 19, 2025
July 18, 2025
Witch Blade ~ Sweden
Heavy metal; NWOBHM styled
No official band sample page, but their albums are available to hear via the labels that released them.
Latest: Månsken (2022)
No activity since the above album was released. Building page since they'll probably pop up again at some point.
UMR review page for Witch Blade
7/18/25 (new entry)
July 15, 2025
Red Sand ~ Canada ~ Quebec
Neo prog
Latest: The Sound of Silence (2025). To be released Sep 15.
6/18/24 (new entry)
Crypt Sermon ~ USA ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Epic metal; Doom metal
Latest: Saturnian Appendices EP (2025). To be release August 8.
UMR review page for Crypt Sermon
6/1/24 (new entry)
Wucan ~ Germany
Progressive rock; Krautrock
Latest: Axioms (2025). To be released August 29.
6/16/23 (new entry)
Discipline ~ USA ~ Detroit, Michigan
Progressive rock
Latest: Breadcrumbs (2025). To be released August 1
UMR review page for Discipline
7/15/25 (new entry)
May 23, 2025
Hadal Sherpa ~ Finland
Space rock; UK Festival styled psych
Latest: Void Weaver (2025). CD to be released Jun 17. Apparently the digital version is available now.
UMR review page for Hadal Sherpa
7/18/18 (new entry)
May 6, 2025
The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus ~ England
Krautrock styled; Neo Gothic Progressive
Latest: Devotion to a Noble Idea (2025) EP
Beauty Will Save the World (2015)
The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus' debut Gift of Tears sounded like Popol Vuh and Emtidi met head on with Harmonia - with a big dose of intense spirituality a la Dead Can Dance. The EP Le Liturgie Pour le Fin du Temps sounded like a Krautrock Delerium. Other albums left a big WTF behind. And here we are with their first new album in 20 years. RYM gives it the genre of Avant Folk, the same as Moondog and Catherine Ribeiro (shakes head. Huh?). Anyway, forget it, the band defies categorization. Are they even from here? Earth, that is...
---12/5/15
Other albums I own and still need to review: The Gift of Tears (1987); Mirror (1991); Le Liturgie Pour le Fin du Temps (1993); Paradis (1995)
12/5/15 (new entry)
The Budos Band ~ USA ~ Brooklyn, New York
Jazz funk; Heavy psych
Latest: Budos Band VII (2025). To be released May 29.
UMR review page for The Budos Band
3/6/19 (new entry)
April 28, 2025
April 25, 2025
Oresund Space Collective ~ Denmark ~ Sweden
Space rock; Krautrock styled
Latest: Alotta Hella Down in Estrela (2025). To be released May 5.
UMR review page for Oresund Space Collective
9/8/11 (new entry)
April 20, 2025
Overworld Dreams ~ USA ~ New Jersey
Progressive rock
Latest: Geography (2024). Latest FB post suggests a 4th album is very much in the works.
UMR review page for Overworld Dreams
4/20/25 (new entry)
April 18, 2025
Vespero ~ Russia
Krautrock styled; Space rock
Latest: Lost Stories of Kilgore Trout (2025). To be released May 2.
8/10/17 (new entry)
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