Album Spotlight: Pain of Salvation – “BE”

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Read my thoughts on the concept behind “BE” from Pain of Salvation.

http://theprogmind.com/2015/11/02/album-spotlight-pain-of-salvation-be/

Purgatorial Prog?

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A purgatorial prog album? I have no idea.
A purgatorial prog album? I have no idea.

For Christians, today is the Feast of All Souls, a day dedicated to praying for those trapped in a purgatorial state, somewhere between this existence and the next.

Yesterday, I posted “Calling All Angels” for the Feast of All Saints.

Try as I might, however, I can’t for the life of me think of any prog songs directly related to purgatory?  Am I missing some?  The closest I can think of would be Glass Hammer’s album, PERILOUS.  I don’t think Steve Babb, however, would see this album as purgatorial.  Maybe Big Big Train’s THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE?  Gazpacho’s NIGHT?  Maybe LIGHTDARK by Nosound?

Maybe “Arriving Somewhere But Not Here” by Porcupine Tree comes the closest.

Or, possibly, Anathema’s “Dreaming Light”?

Thoughts?

KINETIC ELEMENT at Terra Incognita

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Great news from Kinetic Element’s Mike Visaggio:

I guess we can let the cat out of the bag since Michel up in Quebec has posted on the website. We are the Church of Prog for next year at Terra Incognita! Our first festival on a main stage after doing the Prog Day Pre-Show twice. What else might happen between now and then!

http://www.terraincognita.quebec/english.html

Keep an eye on this because the lineup is pretty awesome.

For up to date information, go here: http://www.terraincognita.quebec/english.html

Calling all academics of Progarchy: The American Journal of Semiotics wants you!

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The American Journal of Semiotics (TAJS) is a peer-reviewed academic journal that is currently seeking contributors to a special issue on Music and Semiotics to be published in 2016.

TAJS has some contributors lined up for the topics of:

Grunge
Punk
Post-Punk
Alternative
Progressive Rock
Heavy Metal

TAJS invites your manuscript submissions, on these (or other) musical topics, by the deadline of January 1, 2016.

All submissions should be directed to the Managing Editor at: https://www.pdcnet.org/ajs/Editorial-Team

Source: The American Journal of Semiotics

More John Bassett/Arcade Messiah Information Just Released

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ARCADE MESSIAH II CD announced for Dec Release – http://arcademessiah.com/

John Bassett (the singer, songwriter and producer of UK Progressive Rock BandKingBathmat) has announced the forthcoming release of ARCADE MESSIAH II

Arcade Messiah II builds upon the elements of the first release with the genre blending of Metal, Stoner, Doom, Prog, Math rock, and ambient post rock continuing into an ever increasing dynamic storm of controlled chaos.

John Bassett: “after the surprise success of last year’s original Arcade Messiah album and after receiving feedback from fans of that album I decided to make a sequel, a continuation of that album, that is hopefully bigger, better, more refined and more dramatic, but which didn’t lose the vibe and atmosphere that was created on the original Album”

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