Just two months before the end of 2016, the major conclusions regarding this year’s releases are two. The obvious is that masterpieces are missing contrary to hidden gems, which are waiting to be discovered. The second concerns the apparent rise of the Greek prog scene. The albums of Fool In The Box, Borderline Syndrome, POEM, Mother Turtle, Verbal Delirium and Hail Spirit Noir were not accidentally released during the same year, and the year is not over yet…
Albums | |
| Dimitris Anastasiadis | Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Trouble Is… Andy Timmons – This Is Then, That Was Now Mountain – Climbing Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy |
| Giorgos Vatikiotis | Nektar – Down To Earth Alphataurus – Alphataurus Selda Bagcan – Selda Billy Cobham – Shabazz The Electric Flag – A Long Time Comin’ |
| Giannis Voulgaris | David Bowie – Blackstar Mother Turtle – II Goat – Requiem The Dear Hunter – Act V: Hymns With The Devil In Confessional Opeth – Sorceress |
| Lila Gatzioura | Marillion – F.E.A.R. God In A Cone – Agrypnia Rainbow – Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll Queen – Live At Wembley ’86 Karnivool – Sound Awake |
| Ilias Goumagias | Manu Chao – La Radiolina Joy Division – Closer Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads Calexico – The Black Light |
| Paris Gravouniotis | Family – Music In A Doll’s House Napoli Centrale – Napoli Centrale Bruford – One Of A Kind Ashra – New Age Of The Earth The Pentangle – Basket Of Light |
| Dina Dede | Alcest – Kodama Asphyx – Incoming Death Hail Spirit Noir – Mayhem In Blue Kollektiv – Kollektiv Serge Gainsbourg – Histoire De Melody Nelson |
| Meletis Doulgeroglou | Opeth – Sorceress Meshuggah – The Violent Sleep Of Reason Still Falling – Free Of Avidya Sinsaenum – Echoes Of The Tortured Anathema – Alternative 4 |
| Giannis Zavradinos | 10cc – Sheet Music Sparks – Indiscreet Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – The Roaring Silence Captain Beefheart – Doc At The Radar Station David Bowie – Diamond Dogs |
| Giorgos Zoukas | Grup Ses – Alliance Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition Blixa Bargeld + Teho Teardo – Nerissimo Beak – Couple In A Hole |
| Dimitris Kaltsas | Alcest – Kodama Antoine Fafard – Sphère Not Blood Paint – Believing Is Believing Tenderton – Tenderton Van Der Graaf Generator – Do Not Disturb |
| Dimitris Kastritis | Magma – Kobaïa Magma – Üdü Ẁüdü King Crimson – Lizard King Crimson – In The Wake Of Poseidon Verbal Delirium – The Imprisoned Words Of Fear |
| Artemis Kondilopoulou | Fleetwood Mac – Tusk In The Woods… – Pure Agnes Obel – Citizen Of Glass Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker White Lies – Friends |
| Vasilis Korolis | Alcest – Kodama Dark Tranquillity – Atoma Hail Spirit Noir – Oi Magoi Wardruna – Runaljod – Ragnarok Control Denied – The Fragile Art Of Existence |
| Alexandros Mantas | Voivod – The Outer Limits Mystery – Beneath The Veil Of Winter’s Face Van Der Graaf Generator – H To He, Who Am I The Only One Mother Turtle – II Riverside – Eye Of The Soundscape |
| Christos Minos | Agatus – The Eternalist Earth 2 – Special Low Frequency Version Giraffe Tongue Orchestra – Broken Lines Conditioned Response – In Flagranté Delecto Eternal Champion – The Armor Of Ire |
| Kostas Barbas | Alcest – Kodama Ash Ra Tempel – Ash Ra Tempel Hail Spirit Noir – Mayhem In Blue Not Blood Paint – Believing Is Believing Omar Rodríguez-López – Cell Phone Bikini |
| Thanos Patsos | Art of Simplicity – When Fables Have a Bitter Taste Karmakanic – Dot Aisles – Hawaii The Dear Hunter – Act V: Hymns With The Devil In Confessional HANDLINGNOISE – HANDLINGNOISE |
| Kostas Rokas | Seven Impale – Contrapasso Hidden Trails – Instant Momentary Bliss Tomorrow’s Gift – Tomorrow’s Gift Kylver – The Island Causa Sui – Return To Sky |
| Lefteris Statharas | Devin Townsend Project – Transcendence Dream The Electric Sleep – Beneath The Dark Wide Sky Fates Warning – Theories Of Flight Karnivool – Asymmetry Messenger – Illusory Blues |
| Panagiotis Stathopoulos | Kyle Dixon / Michael Stein – Stranger Things OST Volume 1 Survive – RR7349 The Nightcrawlers – Spacewalk Kuedo – Slow Knife Adelbert Von Deyen – Nordborg |
| Alexandros Topintzis | Horse – For Twisted Minds Only Brain Tentacles – Brain Tentacles Meshuggah – The Violent Sleep Of Reason Seven Impale – Contrapasso Ulcerate – Shrines Of Paralysis |
| Nikos Filippaios | Archimedes Badkar – II Trevor Something – Soulless Computer Boy And The Eternal Render Fontän – Babylon EP/ Polar Star EP Atelje – Meditation Niagara – Niagara |
| Giorgos Florakis | Icarus Peel – Forget-Me-Not Under Pussy Willow Laurie Shaw – Felted Fruit No Man’s Land – Infinite Equinox The Honey Pot – Ascending Scales Paternoster – Paternoster |
Δύο μόλις μήνες πριν ολοκληρωθεί το 2016, οι διαπιστώσεις που μας αφορούν άμεσα σε σχέση με τις κυκλοφορίες της χρονιάς είναι δύο. Η προφανής είναι ότι λείπουν τα πολλά αριστουργήματα και περισσεύουν οι μικρές ανακαλύψεις που περιμένουν να ανακαλυφθούν. Η δεύτερη αφορά το βροντερό παρόν της ελληνικής σκηνής στον ευρύ prog χώρο φέτος. Τα φετινά albums των Fool In The Box, Borderline Syndrome, POEM, Mother Turtle, Verbal Delirium και Hail Spirit Noir δεν κυκλοφόρησαν τυχαία την ίδια χρονιά. Kαι η χρονιά δεν έχει τελειώσει ακόμα…
Albums | |
| Δημήτρης Αναστασιάδης | Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Trouble Is… Andy Timmons – This Is Then, That Was Now Mountain – Climbing Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy |
| Γιώργος Βατικιώτης | Nektar – Down To Earth Alphataurus – Alphataurus Selda Bagcan – Selda Billy Cobham – Shabazz The Electric Flag – A Long Time Comin’ |
| Γιάννης Βούλγαρης | David Bowie – Blackstar Mother Turtle – II Goat – Requiem The Dear Hunter – Act V: Hymns With The Devil In Confessional Opeth – Sorceress |
| Λίλα Γκατζιούρα | Marillion – F.E.A.R. God In A Cone – Agrypnia Rainbow – Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll Queen – Live At Wembley ’86 Karnivool – Sound Awake |
| Ηλίας Γουμάγιας | Manu Chao – La Radiolina Joy Division – Closer Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads Calexico – The Black Light |
| Πάρης Γραβουνιώτης | Family – Music In A Doll’s House Napoli Centrale – Napoli Centrale Bruford – One Of A Kind Ashra – New Age Of The Earth The Pentangle – Basket Of Light |
| Ντίνα Δέδε | Alcest – Kodama Asphyx – Incoming Death Hail Spirit Noir – Mayhem In Blue Kollektiv – Kollektiv Serge Gainsbourg – Histoire De Melody Nelson |
| Μελέτης Δουλγκέρογλου | Opeth – Sorceress Meshuggah – The Violent Sleep Of Reason Still Falling – Free Of Avidya Sinsaenum – Echoes Of The Tortured Anathema – Alternative 4 |
| Γιάννης Ζαβραδινός | 10cc – Sheet Music Sparks – Indiscreet Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – The Roaring Silence Captain Beefheart – Doc At The Radar Station David Bowie – Diamond Dogs |
| Γιώργος Ζούκας | BGrup Ses – Alliance Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition Blixa Bargeld + Teho Teardo – Nerissimo Beak – Couple In A Hole |
| Δημήτρης Καλτσάς | Alcest – Kodama Antoine Fafard – Sphère Not Blood Paint – Believing Is Believing Tenderton – Tenderton Van Der Graaf Generator – Do Not Disturb |
| Δημήτρης Καστρίτης | Magma – Kobaïa Magma – Üdü Ẁüdü King Crimson – Lizard King Crimson – In The Wake Of Poseidon Verbal Delirium – The Imprisoned Words Of Fear |
| Άρτεμις Κονδυλοπούλου | Fleetwood Mac – Tusk In The Woods… – Pure Agnes Obel – Citizen Of Glass Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker White Lies – Friends |
| Βασίλης Κορολής | Alcest – Kodama Dark Tranquillity – Atoma Hail Spirit Noir – Oi Magoi Wardruna – Runaljod – Ragnarok Control Denied – The Fragile Art Of Existence |
| Αλέξανδρος Μαντάς | Voivod – The Outer Limits Mystery – Beneath The Veil Of Winter’s Face Van Der Graaf Generator – H To He, Who Am The Only One Mother Turtle – II Riverside – Eye Of The Soundscape |
| Χρήστος Μήνος | Agatus – The Eternalist Earth 2 – Special Low Frequency Version Giraffe Tongue Orchestra – Broken Lines Conditioned Response – In Flagranté Delecto Eternal Champion – The Armor Of Ire |
| Κώστας Μπάρμπας | Alcest – Kodama Ash Ra Tempel – Ash Ra Tempel Hail Spirit Noir – Mayhem In Blue Not Blood Paint – Believing Is Believing Omar Rodríguez-López – Cell Phone Bikini |
| Θάνος Πάτσος | art of simplicity – When Fables Have a Bitter Taste Karmakanic – Dot Aisles – Hawaii The Dear Hunter – Act V: Hymns With The Devil In Confessional HANDLINGNOISE – HANDLINGNOISE |
| Κώστας Ρόκας | Seven Impale – Contrapasso Hidden Trails – Instant Momentary Bliss Tomorrow’s Gift – Tomorrow’s Gift Kylver – The Island Causa Sui – Return To Sky |
| Λευτέρης Σταθάρας | Devin Townsend Project – Transcendence Dream The Electric Sleep – Beneath The Dark Wide Sky Fates Warning – Theories Of Flight Karnivool – Asymmetry Messenger – Illusory Blues |
| Παναγιώτης Σταθόπουλος | Kyle Dixon / Michael Stein – Stranger Things OST Volume 1 Survive – RR7349 The Nightcrawlers – Spacewalk Kuedo – Slow Knife Adelbert Von Deyen – Nordborg |
| Αλέξανδρος Τοπιντζής | Horse – For Twisted Minds Only Brain Tentacles – Brain Tentacles Meshuggah – The Violent Sleep Of Reason Seven Impale – Contrapasso Ulcerate – Shrines Of Paralysis |
| Νίκος Φιλιππαίος | Archimedes Badkar – II Trevor Something – Soulless Computer Boy And The Eternal Render Fontän – Babylon EP/ Polar Star EP Atelje – Meditation Niagara – Niagara |
| Γιώργος Φλωράκης | Icarus Peel – Forget-Me-Not Under Pussy Willow Laurie Shaw – Felted Fruit No Man’s Land – Infinite Equinox The Honey Pot – Ascending Scales Paternoster – Paternoster |
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