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Ian Anderson — 3 Ships - 22nd Anniversary Edition, Caamora — Journey's End... An Acoustic Anthology, Campbell, Neil, With Michael Beiert & Anne Taft — Ghost Stories, Direction — Est, Hardin & York — The World's Smallest Big Band, Hawkwind — Hawkwind - Spirit Of The Age - An Anthology 1976 - 1984, Hawkwind — The Dream Goes On - From The Black Sword To Distant Horizons - An Anthology 1985 - 1997, Klotet — En Rak Hoger, Mahogany Frog — D05, Meshuggah — ObZen, Presto Ballet — The Lost Art Of Time Travel, The Resonance Association — We Still Have The Stars, Andrew Roussak — No Trespassing, The Web — Fully Interlocking, Zero Hour — Dark Deceiver, 3RDegree — Narrow-Caster
Abel Ganz — The Dangers Of Strangers - 20th Anniversary Edition, At Hands Productions — Prophecies Of War, Factory Of Dreams — Poles, Presence — Evil Rose, Qui — Qui, Rational Diet — At Work, Yak — Journey Of The Yak
Steven Wilson — Insurgentes (Limited Edition) [Round Table Review]
Christopher — Torched Laughter, D.F.A. — 4th, The Gourishankar — Close Grip, Votum — Time Must Have A Stop, Zip Tang — Pank
Frost* — Experiments In Mass Appeal [Duo Review], JPL — Retrospections Volume 1, Mindflow — Destructive Device, Quicksilver Messenger Service — Avalon Ballroom 9 September 1966, Quicksilver Messenger Service — Avalon Ballroom 28 October 1966, Quicksilver Messenger Service — Filmore Auditorium 4 February 1967, Quicksilver Messenger Service — Filmore Auditorium 6 February 1967, Quicksilver Messenger Service — Carousel Ballroom 4 April 1968, Rewiring Genesis — A Tribute To The Lamb Llies Down On Broadway
Bigelf — Cheat The Gallows, Fear Of Flying — Fear Of Flying, Haze — Stoat & Bottle, Haze — 30th Anniversary Shows, Jelly Fiche — Tout Ce Que J'Ai Reve, Overhead — And We're Not Here After All, Project Moonbeam — Project Moonbeam, Slav De Hren — Pictures At An Exhibition, Tribal Logic — Freaky Karma
Ansur — Warring Factions, Enslaved — Vertebrae, Fates Warning — Perfect Symmetrey (Special Edition), Iced Earth — Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part 1), Iced Earth — The Crucible Of Man (Something Wicked, Part 2), Judas Priest — Nostradamus, Malpractice — Triangular, Metal Church — This Present Wasteland, Moonsorrow — Tulimyrsky [EP], Nation Beyond — The Aftermath Odyssey, Odin's Court — Deathanity, Pharaoh — Be Gone, Planet Alliance — Planet Alliance, Shadrane — Temporal, Uli Jon Roth — Under A Dark Sky
Bruce, Jack & Friends — I've Always Wanted To Do This, Calvert, Robert — Freq, Satisfaction — Satisfaction, Supersister — Present From Nancy, Supersister — To The Highest Bidder, Supersister — Pudding En Gisteren, Supersister — Iskander, Stomu Yamashta & Come To The Edge — Floating Music, Stomu Yamashta Red Buddha Theatre — The Man From The East, Stomu Yamashta with Steve Winwood & Michael Shrieve — Go
Anathema — Hindsight, It Bites — The Tall Ships [Duo Review], Jefferson Starship — BB King's Blues Club - 30-31 October 2000, Jefferson Starship — Substage, Karlsruhe - 16 June 2005, Jefferson Starship — BB King's Blues Club - 9 September 2007, Mirage — Borderline, Moth Vellum — Moth Vellum, Pure Reason Revolution — Live At NEARfest 2007, Lynn Stokes & The Sol Surfers — Terra Nocturne, Urho — Urho
Believe — Hope To See Another Day (Live) [DVD], Circa — Live [DVD], Dream Theater — Chaos In Motion [DVD], David Gilmour — Live In Gdansk [DVD] [Duo Review], Gordon Giltrap & Raymond Burley — Double Vision | In Vision [DVD], Neal Morse — Sola Scriptura And Beyond [DVD] (Trio Review), Yes — The New Director's Cut [DVD]
Colour Haze — All, Headsets — Chapter I: Alone Out Here, Karmakanic — Who's The Boss In The Factory [Duo Review], Neal Morse — Lifeline [Duo Review], Walrus — Walrus, Various artists — Big Blue Ball
Art Of Infinity — Endless Future, Christian Brendel & Zomb — Le Peuple De Songes, Dungen — 4, Martin Orford — The Old Road, Matthew Parmenter — Horror Express, Billy Sherwood — At The Speed Of Life…, S.O.T.E. — Reasons, Teliof — Is It?
Marillion — Happiness Is The Road - Volume 1: Essence [Round Table Review], Marillion — Happiness Is The Road - Volume 2: The Hard Shoulder [Round Table Review]
ARZ — Soloman's Key, George Bellas — Planetary Alignment, Blackmore's Night — Secret Voyage, Cog — Sharing Space, D Project — The Sagarmatha Dilemma, Heavy Water Experiments — Heavy Water Experiments, The Treat — Phonography
After... — Hideout, Dorian Opera — No Secrets, Dr Hasbeen — Signs, Ephrat — No One's Words, Evergrey — Torn [Duo Review], Evolve IV — Decadent Light, Gandillion — The 4th Nightingale, RC2 — Future Awaits, Time Of Orchids — Namesake Caution, Tomorrow's Eve — Tales From Serpentia
Kevin Bartlett — Glow In The Dark, DeeExpus — Half Way Home, Gargantua — Kotegarda, LaBrie, James — Prime Cuts, Lot Lorien — Lot Lorien, Orenda — A Tale Of A Tortured Soul, Osada Vida — The Body Parts Party, Luca Scherani — Everyday's Life, Sieges Even — Playgrounds, Yesterdays — Holdfénykert
Hamill, Claire — Touchpaper, Keef Hartley Band — Halfbreed, Keef Hartley Band — The Battle For North West Six, Keef Hartley Band — Little Big Band, National Head Band — Albert 1, Quintessence — Self
After Forever — Prison Of Desire: The Album - The Sessions (Trio Review), Hÿdra — The Special One, Pre-Med — The Truth About Us, Silhouette — A-maze, Spirits Burning — Alien Injection, Spirits Burning & Bridget Wishart — Earth Born, Tanger — Mundos Paralelos, Willowglass — Book Of Hours
Curved Air — Live, Factor Burzaco — Factor Burzaco, Flaming Bess — Wachter Des Lichts, Hyacintus — Sinkronos, Signal To Noise Ratio — Stan Nieustalony, Sylvan — Leaving Backstage, Unifaun — Unifaun
Days Between Stations — Days Between Stations, Lemaire, Stéphane — L’Etang De Kukufah, Orne — The Conjuration By The Fire, Resistor — Resistor, Marco Sfogli — There's Hope, Voluntary Mother Earth — Unacceptable Vegetable, The Web — Theraphosa Blondi
Anthony Phillips — The Geese And The Ghost, Anthony Phillips — Wise After The Event, Anthony Phillips — 1984 [Duo Review], Stud — Stud, Darryl Way’s Wolf — Canis Lupus, Darryl Way’s Wolf — Saturation Point, Darryl Way’s Wolf — Night Music
Hands — Strangelet, Mostly Autumn — Glass Shadows [Duo Review], Jan Schelhaas — Dark Ships, Siena Root — Far From The Sun, Uriah Heep — Wake The Sleeper, The Wrong Object — Stories From The Shed, 7Ocean — The Mysterious Race Of Strange Entities
Acid Mothers Gong — Live At UNcon 2006 [DVD], Daevid Allen & University Of Errors — Play The Soft Machine [DVD], Genesis — When In Room 2007 [DVD], Pallas — Moment To Moment [DVD], Porcupine Tree — Lightbulb Sun [CD/DVD], SBB — Four Decades [DVD], Soft Machine — Alive In Paris 1970 [DVD], Spock's Beard — Live [DVD] [Duo Review], Sylvan — Posthumous Silence : The Show [DVD], Oliver Wakeman Band — Coming To Town - Live In Katowice [DVD]
Allen ~ Lande — The Revenge, Android Soul — Disappointing Paradise, Appearance Of Nothing — Wasted Time, Atrox — Binocular, Circle II Circle — Delusions Of Grandeur, Expedition Delta — Expedition Delta, Leech — Tram-O-Gram, Jon Oliva's Pain — Global Warning, Souljourners — Mind Control, VVerevvolf Grehv — Zombie Aesthetics
Antidepressive Delivery — Chain Of Foods, Jade Warrior — Now, Kingfisher Sky — Hallway Of Dreams, Machy Madco — Sueño Azul, Orphan Project — Orphan Project II [EP], Zone Six — 10 Years Of Aural Psychedelic Journeys, Never Wasn't — Never Wasn't
Believe — Yesterday Is A Friend, Brighteye Brison — Believers & Deceivers, Brother Ape — III, Everon — North, Gurth — Tormentes, Magellan — Innocent God, Majestic — Decension, Rick Miller — Angel Of My Soul
Amaseffer — Slaves For Life, Collins/Wardingham Project, The — Interactive, Demians — Building An Empire, Elbow — The Seldom Seen Kid, Invisigoth — Narcotica, Lobster Newberg — Vernal Equinox, Love Sculpture — Blues Helping, Love Sculpture — Forms And Feeling, Us — Climbing Mount Improbable, Vespero — Foam
Opeth — Watershed [Round Table Review]
Mike Grande — My Dash Between The Numbers, HannaH — A Life In Rock Minor, Jucifer — L’Autrichienne, Man — Back Into The Future, Man — Slow Motion, Man — Maximum Darkness, Oxygene 8 — Freak Of Chance, Pär Lindh Project — In Concert - Live In Poland [DVD]
The Amber Light — Play, Audiocracy — Revolution’s Son, Farpoint — Cold Star Quiet Star, Ghost Circus — Across The Line, KingBathmat — Blue Sea, Black Heart, Thieves' Kitchen — The Water Road, Snowy White & The White Flames — The Way It Is... Live [DVD/CD], Snowy White & The White Flames — Live Flames
Aeryal — Tenganan, Ian Anderson — Toltec, Ian Anderson — The Promise Ring, Birds And Buildings — Bantam To Behemoth, Delta Saxophone Quartet — Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening, The Divine Baze Orchestra — Once We Were Born, Les Fradkin — One Link Between Them, Yochk'o Seffer — My Old Roots
Asia — Phoenix [Duo Review], Denny Gerrard — Sinister Morning, Rick van der Linden — An Ekseptional Trace [DVD], Oceanfield — Stolen Time, John G Perry — Sunset Wading, The Pineapple Thief — Tightly Unwound, Random Touch — A True Conductor Wears A Man, Vega (Patrick) — Freefall Faith Firestorm
Cyril Achard Trio — Trace, Dark Suns — Grave Human Genuine, Simon Says — Tardigrade, Soul Secret — Flowing Portraits [Duo Review], Taylor's Universe — Certain Undiscoveries, Taylor's Universe With Denner — Soundwall
Abel Ganz — Shooting Albatross, Little King — Legacy Of Fools, Panzerballett — Starke Stücke, Procosmian Fannyfiddlers — The Horse From Hell, Rush — Snakes & Arrows Live [Duo Review], The Soft Machine Legacy — Steam, Steve Stevens — Memory Crash, Ünder Linden — Ünder Linden
Asia Featuring John Payne — Scandinavia, Beardfish — Sleeping In Traffic: Part Two, Harn, Tony — Loops, Holding Pattern — Breaking The Silence [Duo Review], Moorcock, Michael & The Deep Fix — The New Worlds Fair, Quietland — Output 1, Soma Planet — Bholenath, Soundborne — Hallucinations
Van Der Graaf Generator — Trisector [Round Table Review]
No-Man — Flowermouth, No-Man — Heaven Taste, No-Man — Wild Opera, No-Man — Speak, No-Man — Returning Jesus, No-Man — All That You Are [EP], No-Man — Together We're Stranger, No-Man — Schoolyard Ghosts [Duo Review]
Ayreon — Elected [EP], Fair Weather — Beginning From An End, Hamill, Claire — October, King's X — XV, Last People On Earth, The — Electric Angel, Mellow Candle — Swaddling Songs, Muse — HAARP, Greg Sherman — The Road Home
Don Airey — A Light In The Sky, Bob Lazar Story, The — The Silence Of Perez De Cuellar [EP], Genghis Tron — Board Up The House, Last Placid Days Of Plenty, The — Headphone Gallery, Mizukagami — Yugake, Moongarden — Songs From The Lighthouse, Project Creation — Dawn On Pyther, Room — Pre-Flight, St Mikael — Mind Of Fire, Zlye Kukly — The Strange Heavenly City
Barock Project — Misteriosevoci, Guapo — Elixirs, Here And Now — Coaxed Out From Oxford, Jeremy — Mystery And Illusion, Kramer — Life Cycle, The Mars Volta — The Bedlam In Goliath, Osada Vida — Three Seats Behind A Triangle, Panic Room — Visionary Position, Space Ritual — Otherworld, 7for4 — Diffusion
Magenta — Metamorphosis [Round Table Review], Magenta — The Metamorphosis Collection [DVD]
Azureth — The Promethean Syndrome, Charles Brown — Journey In A New Land, Craig, Jamie — The Lost Dream, Fernwood — Almeria, Izz — Live At Nearfest, Kayanis — Where Abandoned Pelicans Die, Marble Sheep — Message From Oarfish, Soniq Theater — Life Seeker
Circusfolk — Making Faces, IQ — Forever Live [DVD], Moon Safari — [blomljud], Seven Reizh — Samsâra, Spaced Out — Live At The Crescendo Festival [DVD], Taylor's Universe — Terra Nova
Agua De Annique — Air, Believe — Hope To See Another Day, Caamora — She, Campbell, Neil Collective — Particle Theory, Elfferich Four — Eccentricity, Eternal Wanderers — The Door To A Parallel World, Samurai — Samurai, The Web — I Spider
Asrai — Pearls In Dirt, By Blood Alone — Seas Of Blood, Crimson Glory — Crimson Glory, Crimson Glory — Transcendence, Dominici — 03 A Trilogy - Part 3, Dream Theater — Greatest Hit (...and 21 other pretty cool songs), Ebony Ark — When The City Is Quiet, Matos, André — Time To Be Free, Metro Society — A Journey In Paris, Moonlight Agony — Silent Waters, Mörglbl — Grötesk, Resistance — Patents Of Control, Royal Hunt — Collision Course, Sacrum — Cognition, To-Mera — Delusions
Artificial Light Attraction — Fragile Skin, Erik Baron & D-Z Akord — De Futura (Hiroshima), Beduínos A Gasóleo — Beduínos A Gasóleo, Black Mountain — In The Future, Little Tragedies — Chinese Songs Part II, Nosound — Lightdark, Sgt Sunshine — Black Hole, Splinter — Dreamers
Sérgio Benchimol — Ciclos Imaginários, Burness, Tim — Vision On, Hidria Spacefolk — Symetria, Kayak — Coming Up For Air, Mallone, Sean — Cortlandt, Radio Massacre International — Rain Falls In Grey, Subspace Radio — Random Ticket, tr-Ond & The Suburban Savages — tr-Ond & The Suburban Savages, Upsilon Acrux — Galapagos Momentum
Fiorletta, Simone — My Secret Diary, Harris, Michael — Ego Decimation Profile, House Of Shakira — Retoxed, MCM — 1900 - Hard Times, Palace Terrace — Flying Through Infinity, Waterclime — Imaginative
John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest — Legacy [DVD], Porcupine Tree — We Lost The Skyline, Random Touch — Alchemy, Rocket Scientists — Looking Backward [Boxset], RPWL — The RPWL Experience [Duo Review], SBB — The Rock, Shadow Circus — Welcome To The Freakroom, Thork — Nula Jedan
The Tangent — Not As Good As The Book [Round Table Review]
Aisles — The Yearning, Cathedral — The Bridge, Combination Head — Progress?, Ex-Vagus — Âmes Vagabondes, Odyssice — Impression, Side Steps — Alive II, Tiles — Fly Paper [Duo Review], Zao — In Tokyo
Dillinger Escape Plan — Ire Work, Flamborough Head — Live In Budapest, Francis, Chris — Studs n’ Sister, Maillet, Frédéric — Stratégie Lunaire, Might Could — Wood Knot, Neverness — Cuentos De Otros Mundos Posibles, Port Mahadia — Echoes In Time, Transmission — Id, Ego and Superego
Crooked Mouth — Hold In The Sun, Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland — Reversing Time, Lana Lane — Red Planet Boulevard, Lillian Axe — Lillian Axe, Lillian Axe — Love + War, Neal Morse — ? Live, Point Of View — Disillusioned, Redfearn, Alec K And The Eyesores — The Blind Spot
Aquaplan — Old Waves New Seas, Curtis, John — Short Songs About Affordable Food, Liberty, Steve — The Moment, Man — Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day, Man — Rhinos, Winos + Lunatics, Rotor — 3, Sense — Going Home, Touchstone — Discordant Dreams
Ayreon — 01011001 [Round Table Review]
Accordo Dei Contrari — Kinesis, Blesing, Alain — Songs From The Beginning, Contrarian — Minor Complexities, Hamadryad — Live In France 2006, Maestoso — Patahan, Protos — The Noble Pauper's Grave, simakDialog — Patahan, XCentrik — Welcome To The War
Amorphis — Silent Waters, At War With Self — Acts Of God, Dimension — Ego, Fates Warning — No Exit (25th Anniversary Edition), Fury N Grace — Tales Of The Grotesque And The Arabesque, Karnivool — Themata, Kategory V — Hymns Of Dissension, Opeth — The Roundhouse Tapes [Duo Review], Pathosray — Pathosray, Vanishing Point — The Fourth Season, Vanishing Point — In Thought, Vision Divine — The 25th Hour, Voyager — Univers
Alcest — Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde, Angel Of Eden — The End Of Never, GDeVA — Bubbles, Bubbles ..., King Crimson — The ConstruKtion Of Light, The Rebel Wheel — Diagramma, Theodore Ziras — Hyperpyrexia