The Professor’s Picks: New Prog, Fusion, and Metal Releases for March 21, 2025
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February 25, 2026 at 12:25 pm
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PREORDER
LARS FREDRIK FROISLE – Gamle Mester (CD and Vinyl) May 9
CDs
DON AIREY – Pushed To The Edge
ARCH ENEMY – Blood Dynasty
BERITS HALSBAND – Berits Halsband
BIG BIG TRAIN – Bard
CATS IN SPACE – Time Machine
DIM GRAY – Shards
DJABE & STEVE HACKETT – Freya – Arctic Jam (CD/Blu-ray)
EGG – Egg
ENVY OF NONE – Stygian Waves
THE FAR CRY – Once There Was
GHOST OF THE MACHINE – Empires Must Fall
IQ – Dominion
MOSTLY AUTUMN – Seawater (CD and Ltd 2CD)
NEKTAR – Journey To The Center Of The Eye (2CD and 5CD/Blu-ray Box Set)
O.R.k. – Firehose Of Falsehoods
ALAN PARSONS PROJECT – Tales Of Mystery And Imagination
RICOTTI & ALBUQUERQUE – First Wind
DOMINIC SANDERSON – Blazing Revelations
SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY – When Mountains Hide
RAY SUHY/LEWIS PORTER QUARTET – What Happens Next
HOZAN YAMAMOTO/MASABUMI KIKUCHI – Silver World
RESTOCK
JON ANDERSON – LIVE PERPETUAL CHANGE (2CD/DVD)
JUPITER FUNGUS – Garden Electric (CD and Vinyl)
VINYL
BIG BIG TRAIN – Bard (2LP Vinyl)
ALAN PARSONS PROJECT – Tales Of Mystery And Imagination
HEIKKI SARMANTO QUINTET – Counterbalance
CHEAP SHIT
HANNIBAL – Hannibal
JERUSALEM – Jerusalem
LED ZEPPELIN – Live In Montreux 1971 (2CD)
VSOP II – Live Under The Sky…’83
WEATHER REPORT – Weather Report
WEATHER REPORT – Sweetnighter
@noneya237
February 25, 2026 at 12:25 pm
I preordered echolyn cds when are they shipping. There no longer on site. Did release date get bumped?
@brianmorrison2578
February 25, 2026 at 12:25 pm
Goldstar by Imperial Triumphant. One of my favorite bands. They play weird avant-garde jazzy black metal that sounds like nothing else out there. Their last four albums including this one are perfect albums. Like the others this just has a lot of unusual instrumentation And there is even a short interlude piece that has a barber shop quartet in it. So far this is my favorite album for 2025 and it will be high on the year end list. They can do no wrong.
@TABL3SIX
February 25, 2026 at 12:25 pm
Had to investigate Ghost of the Machine. I'm a big This Winter Machine fan and this sounds like a heavier version of that. They only have three singles and the debut album on Spotify. From what I'm hearing I love it.
@terrymtbnurse4760
February 25, 2026 at 12:25 pm
Hey Ken, I slept on Limite Acque Sicure and absolutely love it and need it in my collection. Wondering if you're going to get it back in stock. In addition, somewhere on SOT they got me hooked on Ujig and Clearlight, two fantastic albums. Can't find those anywhere. Thanks man.
@fredholmes1
February 25, 2026 at 12:25 pm
Dominique is a dude!!!!
@jamesuden5219
February 25, 2026 at 12:25 pm
Hey Ken, Dim Gray is the main band of Oskar Holldorff, who is the current keyboardist of Big Big Train. You're right that they opened for both Marillion and Big Big Train. I have all three of their albums and am a big fan. You're right that it's not in the classic 70s mold, although this album does end with a spectacular 10-minute track.
@ulfodmark6992
February 25, 2026 at 12:25 pm
Ken Golden I have a dream that the Italian-American Jazzrock-Progrock-Pop band Nova with Corrado Rustici with some help can release a Box Set with the 4 albums they did. Their last album has not been released on CD. Their second album "Vimana" has Narada Michael Walden on drums, Phil Collins on Percussion and Percy Jones on Bass. Maybe they recorded some unreleased material? Corrado Rustici he will probably know
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@JoeChewBaca
February 25, 2026 at 12:25 pm
I had to snag that Jupiter Fungus and Kikuchi albums.
@thekivster
February 25, 2026 at 12:25 pm
Does Ken have enough influence to get Berits Halsband put on Spotify?
@iceclimbers22
February 25, 2026 at 12:25 pm
Very excited to heard about new music from Lars Fredrik Froisle!
@progfrogian9226
February 25, 2026 at 12:25 pm
Is the Alan Parsons Tales of Mystery a reissue of the original "vinyl" album or it is just another version with the added narration he did later? The original album on cd was only available on the MOFI version.
@johnmichaelwilliams6694
February 25, 2026 at 12:25 pm
Plenty to consider this week and though an order placed before the episode, more has caught my attention after this video. Thanks to Ken and Pete for this continuing series.
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