artists we have promoted
© Bad Dog Promotions - Last Update February 2026 - UK Prestige Awards Winner 2025/2026
Johan Steensland
Uppsala prog pioneer Johan Steensland—hailing from the same scene as Kaipa, HFMC, and The Flower Kings—returns with Duality, his second progressive rock-opera. Richer, deeper, and heavier than Crossfade (2024), it features guests Aleena Gibson (Kaipa) and Per Nilsson (Strandberg Guitars, Scar Symmetry, Kaipa).
Founded in 1996 by vocalist and songwriter Mark “Truey” Trueack (United Progressive Fraternity) and multi- instrumentalist and songwriter Sean Timms (Southern Empire, Damanek, UPF), the Australia-based sextet Unitopia has always been at the forefront of adventurous and altruistic modern progressive music. The band, now completed by UPF maestro Steve Unruh, guitarist Dr. John Greenwood, drummer Chester Thompson, and bassist (Chapman Stick® and NS/Stick™) Don Schiff, has announced a new live Blu-ray/CD and USB, Alive and Kicking (representing the 2023 Seven Chambers tour), which will be released through ProgRock.com’s Essentials label on 7th March.
UNITOPIA
EDENYA
Edenya is a French band inspired by many musical styles: from rock to folk including progressive or ambient music. Sometimes delicate and soaring, sometimes energetic, Marco's melodies are based on variations in dynamics, timbre and rhythm, with Ingrid's soft, powerful voice working wonders. Aerial layers of keyboard and violin, combined with heady guitar riffs, carry the listener away into intense atmospheres, a source of beautiful emotions.
Han Uil is a Dutch guitarist, singer, composer and producer known for his genre-blending style that weaves together progressive rock, blues and melodic mainstream influences. Over two decades, Han has built a distinct voice in the Dutch rock scene — both as a solo artist and collaborator in the progressive rock band TumbleTown.
Han Uil
A poetic, electrified, and instinctive universe, carried by French rock, torn between the hunger for life and the search for meaning. Music that captures the essence of human nature, of society, of life, and of the world around us. That’s what makes us Humans - with a capital H!
Homme
Myth Of Logic is rooted in a deep love of Progressive Rock of all eras, but primarily that of the 1970s. Main influences that can be heard include Genesis, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Rush, Kansas, Yes and Saga.
Myth Of Logic
Pinn Dropp is a Polish progressive rock band founded by guitarist and composer Piotr Sym. Their 2021 EP …Calling from Some Far Forgotten Land was promoted through a mini tour, including a high-profile support slot for Marillion in Łódź. Today, Pinn Dropp continues to blend complex progressive rock compositions with a distinctive, modern edge, earning a growing international audience.
Pinn Dropp
The sound of Hoopy Frood was shaped by a wide range of influences, from Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Free to Ozric Tentacles, Björk, Bob Marley, and Fleetwood Mac. But it was one hot, trippy summer day in 2003 when band members Steve and Rich discovered the music of Ott and Shpongle. Previously indifferent to electronic music, they were immediately captivated. Inspired, they bought a cheap PC, a copy of Reason, and began learning how to create the ethereal, mind-bending sounds they’d fallen in love with. The result? A unique blend of influences—from classic rock to psychedelic electronica - all infused with the spirit and creativity of the band.
Hoopy Frood
JPL (Jean Pierre Louveton) is no longer a newcomer to the music world. After celebrating his first 30 years of recording in 2024 with the release of a triple compilation featuring tracks by Nemo, WolfSpring and JPL, after the ‘Sapiens’ trilogy that dazzled fans of progressive music between 2020 and 2022, he returns this year with his 12th studio album: ‘Post Scriptum’.
JPL
Mihrax is a Progressive Rock-Band from Berlin, Germany that has released their second album ROX in March 2025. Their style is a blend of neo-prog, metal, rock, and pop with catchy hook lines and rich, colorful instrumental parts.
Mihrax
The FOUNDATION
The Foundation is a progressive rock project hailing from the Netherlands. Drawing inspiration from the golden era of the 1970s, the band crafts powerful, melodic compositions that blend classic influences with a contemporary edge. Expect richly layered soundscapes, soaring guitar solos, and thought-provoking lyrics that carry a message of hope and resilience.
Ambient Den is a new space rock project from Australian prog musicians Ben Craven, Tim Bennetts, and Dean Povey. Born from lockdown jam sessions, the band channels the spirit of '70s prog with a chemistry echoing Gilmour & Wright or Rutherford & Banks. Their debut blends atmosphere, melody, and storytelling, offering a cinematic sound distinct from Craven’s solo work.
Ambient Den
Daidrum
Foster has been writing and recording his own music as daidrum since lockdown 2020. Foster’s chosen artist name daidrum comes from an old nickname, gained when he was a drummer in Welsh Rock band Eight Miles High during the late 1980s, Dai being Welsh for David. Since then he has played in numerous bands as diverse as Death metal band Lord of Darkness, and Hertfordshire based National Funk Service.
Daughter of the Water
Daughter of the Water is the musical moniker of Sarah Lambert-Gates (Desdemona, The Dairy Project, The Jettes, The Retreat Singers, Dolly and the Clothespegs). Sarah is an archaeologist and musical time-traveller. Her pure crystalline voice has a fragile and ethereal quality. She also composes and plays on the banjola. Genres: Folk Noir, Gothically ethereal, folk, neo-medieval
Gabriel Keller is a composer and guitarist from the Lyon region of France. His music offers a poetic and powerful range of emotions unfold—blending joy, sorrow, nostalgia, melancholy, and more. A true chiaroscuro of sound. His work merge progressive rock, metal, classical influences, and a touch of chanson, crafting a distinctive and emotionally rich sonic universe.
Gabriel Keller
PrYzme is a band that, without revolutionising the genre, without hiding its influences, and without claiming to be groundbreaking, somehow manages to forge a unique identity of its own. Ten years of perseverance, patience and hard work have led to a sound that straddles the line between rock and progressive rock—music that resonates not only with aficionados of the genre but also with new listeners who may not be familiar with this particular style.
PrYZME
Mixing progressive rock, classical music, and some theatrical aspects, the band originally formed by Eric Bouillette, Laura Piazzai & Clive Nolan announced their debut album “The Rise of Medici”. This opus features some of the major episodes in the life of Cosimo and Contessina De’ Medici.
IMAGINAERIUM
Karmamoi are an Italian Prog-Rock Band inspired by old and new progressive rock music. Their unique sound and their continued research about musical form make them one of the most interesting bands in the Italian Prog-rock scene.
KARMAMOI
Age of Distraction is a thrilling new collaboration which spans across the contemporary UK progressive rock circuit. In 2023, founder member and lead writer John Cook (ex-This Winter Machine, ex-This Other Eden) recruited rising-star Charlie Bramald (Ghost of the Machine, Shadows On Mercury) on vocals, gravity-defying bassist Mark Gatland (Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, IT), and multi-instrumentalist plus producer- extraordinaire Dom Bennison (Last Motion Picture, ex-This Winter Machine) to occupy the drum stool and handle production duties. Together, the band has created a debut album which explores the boundaries of melodic, accessible progressive rock and metal, evoking an atmosphere all of its own in the process.
Age of Distraction
Long Earth is a prog rock band from Scotland, four decades in the making. All seasoned campaigners of the Scottish music scene, they came together through a shared love of progressive music.
LONG EARTH
A product of the new French scene, OIAPOK is the missing link between future jazz, progressive rock, exotica, and the music of Frank Zappa.
OIAPOK
Overhead is a Progressive rock band from Finland whose successful releases andlive performances around Europe have catapulted the band to the top of the Finnish prog hierarchy.
OVERHEAD
Ruby Dawn Band perform hypnotic powerful and ambient grooves with a social conscience creating a rich and unique progressive rock sound that weaves emotional intensity with captivating lyrical expressions and goosebump heart-pounding drive. Like an amalgamation of a Massive Attack, Pink Floyd with energy & passion. The listener is taken on a haunting mind-captivating journey.
RUBY DAWN
Amarok is a Polish band of Michał Wojtas, Marta Wojtas, Konrad Zieliński and Kornel Popławski. The Amarok recordings were attended by such artists as Colin Bass (Camel), Mariusz Duda (Riverside, Lunatic Soul) and others. Amarok have played live on the same stage with Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Gazpacho, Bjørn Riis, Riverside and other bands.
AMAROK
Flor de Loto
Flor de Loto is a rock band from Peru that has been blending progressive rock with Andean music for over 20 years. They’ve played all over the world, mixing heavy riffs with traditional instruments like the quena, giving their music a unique and powerful sound.
Moon Letters are a psych/prog rock band, formed in Seattle, USA, in 2016. Their debut album, 'Until They Feel the Sun', with renowned producer Barrett Jones (Foo Fighters), garnered positive reviews internationally and immediately placed Moon Letters in the vanguard of the new wave of American progressive rock. This spring will see the release of their 3rd album, 'This Dark Earth'. Following some US dates, they will make their way to Europe for a tour.
Moon Letters
"One of the most exciting progressive artists to have emerged over recent years...", "Prehistoric Animals are setting a new standard for this genre" (Powerplay Magazine) What happens when you love classic progressive rock, alternative rock and brilliant pop music? You make it very hard for yourself..... but despite that, PreHistoric Animals have gained huge success in all these areas.
PreHistoric Animals
Rocking Horse Music Club
Rocking Horse Music Club is a songwriting and performing collective that emerged from Rocking Horse Studio, a world-class recording facility in central New Hampshire, USA. The band’s eclectic sound blends elements of progressive rock with baroque pop, synth pop, art rock, blues, americana, and jazz fusion. The Last Pink Glow is an interpretation of Jack Kerouac’s unfinished novella, The Haunted Life.
Tom Lardat
Tom Lardat is a pianist trained at the Conservatoire de Versailles and at the Haute École de Musique of Lausanne and Basel, where he earned a Master’s degree in 2019. Long passionate about progressive metal—drawing inspiration from bands such as Dream Theater, Adagio, Opeth, and Symphony X—and a former keyboardist in several bands (Dark Milk, Conscience), he began composing in 2023 piano works at the crossroads of classical music and progressive metal, blending rhythmic energy, Romantic harmony, and Baroque forms.
It’s a story against violence, war, absurd hate, and behavior between humans. A deep dive into psychological human nature and what it has been able to commit in History. Orchestral and cinematic situations, presented in folk/prog/rock/Celtic music.
EREWÄN
NICK FLETCHER
Nick is a guitarist and composer. He has been playing the guitar and writing music professionally since 1981, starting out after leaving Music College as a classical guitarist and guitar teacher but also embarked on a career as a session guitarist. He has played in many bands with the likes of Dave Bainbridge and Tim Harries, who was previously the bassist with Bill Bruford’s ‘Earthworks’, Steve Hackett, and John Hackett.
STEVE ANDERSON
Debut solo album from guitarist and songwriter Steve Anderson. A founding member of melodic rock band, The Room; also a long-time member of progressive rock band, Grey Lady Down, and jazz-rock fusion Sphere³.
XAVIER BOSCHER
Xavier Boscher is a French musician and painter. Guitarist, keyboardist, and bass player, he has composed and released many albums since 1999 in progressive rock and metal genre, for himself and other projects (Nebuleyes, Misanthrope, and more…). He has recorded 2 albums with Misanthrope (‘Immortel’ and ‘Recueil d’écueils’) and the band has toured in Europe with Septicflesh.
XCIII
XCIII (To a passerby…) is an Avantgarde Rock / Metal project located in France. Its aim is to combine different styles going from Black Metal to Trip Hop with no limitation, but with the will to keep a musical and lyrical coherence between all the tracks. A kind of « Art Total », where music, lyrics, and pictures respond to each other.
NEMO
From 2002 to 2015, NEMO have been one of the leading Prog Rock bands in France. In 15 years of existence, they conquered the world community of Prog lovers with their nine studio albums. Nemo have shared the stage with: Focus, Adagio, The Flower Kings, 3, Anglagard, Galahad, Carptree, Pat McManus band, Fish, Vanden Plas, Saga…
THE RAGING PROJECT
The Raging Project emerges from Project Rage, conceived in 2007 in Besançon, France by Ivan Jacquin and Lionel Fevre, an electro-metal duo. They were later joined by female vocalist Jeannick Valleur. The album ‘Future Days’ features amazing artists such as Amanda Lehmann, Leo Margarit, Derek Sherinian, Jean-Pierre Louveton…
TemperToo are a UK based Prog-Rock/Alt Rock band inspired by old and new progressive rock and alternative rock music.
TEMPERTOO
Brendan Perkins
Brendan Perkins is a progressive rock composer & multi-instrumentalist who plays bass, electric & acoustic guitars, drums, keyboards, uke, mandolin & various percussive instruments. Brendan has a first class BA degree in Creative Music and over four décades of recording and sound engineering experience. Prog rock influences provide him with a perfect mix of virtuosity and emotional composition.
CASTLE MOUNTAIN MOON
Ropp and Dirk met by chance in a rehearsal room in an industrial complex. Ten weeks later, they had six songs, a band name and a clear vision of what the music of CASTLE MOUNTAIN MOON should sound like.They teamed up with drummer Gerry and a few other musicians to complete their debut "Six Tales Of Perception".
captain of the lost waves
The Captain is an ethereal troubadour, storyteller and free thinking renegade. His musical offerings are inspired by the great songwriters and philosophers of yesteryear. This is visceral music for the mind and body, full of dreamy verses, life affirming choruses and sheer audacity. Where melodic invention meets alternative folk, progressive, world and ambient sounds.
The Aurora Project
The Aurora Project hail from Katwijk, Netherlands. Formed in 1998, the band members bonded over their love for Magic: The Gathering and progressive rock & metal. Inspired by bands like Rush, Pink Floyd and the Gathering, they create intricate concept albums through extensive jam sessions.
The Ceres Phenomenon
The Ceres Phenomenon is a progressive rock project conceived by four experienced Dutch musicians. Ruud Stoker is the brain behind the concept and the story. The influences from their favourite bands such as Pink Floyd, Kansas, Saga, etc. are clearly present in The Ceres Phenomenon.
past and secrets
A masterful fusion of atmospheric, ambient, and djent elements, complemented by a progressive and quirky touch.
Spriggan Mist
Spriggan Mist deliver a unique take on progressive folk rock, blending overdriven guitars with saxophone, whistles, recorders, and even a crumhorn. Fronted by the charismatic Fay Brotherhood, their songs conjure vivid tales of steampunk dragons, fae, and mythical beings. Renowned for live shows compared to the likes of Hawkwind and Arthur Brown, Spriggan Mist return with their 7th studio album The Glare, out 2nd November 2025.
WEDINGOTH
Wedingoth is a musical project based on openness, a mixture of styles, whose claimed credo is eclecticism. It combines the power of rock served by a female voice charged with emotion, to atmospheric nuances inviting to travel, supported by an orchestral technique.
artists we have promoted
© Bad Dog Promotions - Last Update February 2026 UK Prestige Awards Winner 2025/2026
Johan Steensland
Uppsala prog pioneer Johan Steensland—hailing from the same scene as Kaipa, HFMC, and The Flower Kings—returns with Duality, his second progressive rock-opera. Richer, deeper, and heavier than Crossfade (2024), it features guests Aleena Gibson (Kaipa) and Per Nilsson (Strandberg Guitars, Scar Symmetry, Kaipa).
Founded in 1996 by vocalist and songwriter Mark “Truey” Trueack (United Progressive Fraternity) and multi- instrumentalist and songwriter Sean Timms (Southern Empire, Damanek, UPF), the Australia-based sextet Unitopia has always been at the forefront of adventurous and altruistic modern progressive music. The band, now completed by UPF maestro Steve Unruh, guitarist Dr. John Greenwood, drummer Chester Thompson, and bassist (Chapman Stick® and NS/Stick™) Don Schiff, has announced a new live Blu-ray/CD and USB, Alive and Kicking (representing the 2023 Seven Chambers tour), which will be released through ProgRock.com’s Essentials label on 7th March.
UNITOPIA
EDENYA
Edenya is a French band inspired by many musical styles: from rock to folk including progressive or ambient music. Sometimes delicate and soaring, sometimes energetic, Marco's melodies are based on variations in dynamics, timbre and rhythm, with Ingrid's soft, powerful voice working wonders. Aerial layers of keyboard and violin, combined with heady guitar riffs, carry the listener away into intense atmospheres, a source of beautiful emotions.
Han Uil is a Dutch guitarist, singer, composer and producer known for his genre-blending style that weaves together progressive rock, blues and melodic mainstream influences. Over two decades, Han has built a distinct voice in the Dutch rock scene — both as a solo artist and collaborator in the progressive rock band TumbleTown.
Han Uil
A poetic, electrified, and instinctive universe, carried by French rock, torn between the hunger for life and the search for meaning. Music that captures the essence of human nature, of society, of life, and of the world around us. That’s what makes us Humans - with a capital H!
Homme
Myth Of Logic is rooted in a deep love of Progressive Rock of all eras, but primarily that of the 1970s. Main influences that can be heard include Genesis, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Rush, Kansas, Yes and Saga.
Myth Of Logic
Pinn Dropp is a Polish progressive rock band founded by guitarist and composer Piotr Sym. Their 2021 EP …Calling from Some Far Forgotten Land was promoted through a mini tour, including a high-profile support slot for Marillion in Łódź. Today, Pinn Dropp continues to blend complex progressive rock compositions with a distinctive, modern edge, earning a growing international audience.
Pinn Dropp
The sound of Hoopy Frood was shaped by a wide range of influences, from Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Free to Ozric Tentacles, Björk, Bob Marley, and Fleetwood Mac. But it was one hot, trippy summer day in 2003 when band members Steve and Rich discovered the music of Ott and Shpongle. Previously indifferent to electronic music, they were immediately captivated. Inspired, they bought a cheap PC, a copy of Reason, and began learning how to create the ethereal, mind-bending sounds they’d fallen in love with. The result? A unique blend of influences—from classic rock to psychedelic electronica - all infused with the spirit and creativity of the band.
Hoopy Frood
JPL (Jean Pierre Louveton) is no longer a newcomer to the music world. After celebrating his first 30 years of recording in 2024 with the release of a triple compilation featuring tracks by Nemo, WolfSpring and JPL, after the ‘Sapiens’ trilogy that dazzled fans of progressive music between 2020 and 2022, he returns this year with his 12th studio album: ‘Post Scriptum’.
JPL
Mihrax is a Progressive Rock-Band from Berlin, Germany that has released their second album ROX in March 2025. Their style is a blend of neo-prog, metal, rock, and pop with catchy hook lines and rich, colorful instrumental parts.
Mihrax
The FOUNDATION
The Foundation is a progressive rock project hailing from the Netherlands. Drawing inspiration from the golden era of the 1970s, the band crafts powerful, melodic compositions that blend classic influences with a contemporary edge. Expect richly layered soundscapes, soaring guitar solos, and thought-provoking lyrics that carry a message of hope and resilience.
Ambient Den is a new space rock project from Australian prog musicians Ben Craven, Tim Bennetts, and Dean Povey. Born from lockdown jam sessions, the band channels the spirit of '70s prog with a chemistry echoing Gilmour & Wright or Rutherford & Banks. Their debut blends atmosphere, melody, and storytelling, offering a cinematic sound distinct from Craven’s solo work.
Ambient Den
Daidrum
Foster has been writing and recording his own music as daidrum since lockdown 2020. Foster’s chosen artist name daidrum comes from an old nickname, gained when he was a drummer in Welsh Rock band Eight Miles High during the late 1980s, Dai being Welsh for David. Since then he has played in numerous bands as diverse as Death metal band Lord of Darkness, and Hertfordshire based National Funk Service.
Daughter of the Water
Daughter of the Water is the musical moniker of Sarah Lambert-Gates (Desdemona, The Dairy Project, The Jettes, The Retreat Singers, Dolly and the Clothespegs). Sarah is an archaeologist and musical time-traveller. Her pure crystalline voice has a fragile and ethereal quality. She also composes and plays on the banjola. Genres: Folk Noir, Gothically ethereal, folk, neo-medieval
Gabriel Keller is a composer and guitarist from the Lyon region of France. His music offers a poetic and powerful range of emotions unfold—blending joy, sorrow, nostalgia, melancholy, and more. A true chiaroscuro of sound. His work merge progressive rock, metal, classical influences, and a touch of chanson, crafting a distinctive and emotionally rich sonic universe.
Gabriel Keller
PrYzme is a band that, without revolutionising the genre, without hiding its influences, and without claiming to be groundbreaking, somehow manages to forge a unique identity of its own. Ten years of perseverance, patience and hard work have led to a sound that straddles the line between rock and progressive rock—music that resonates not only with aficionados of the genre but also with new listeners who may not be familiar with this particular style.
PrYZME
Mixing progressive rock, classical music, and some theatrical aspects, the band originally formed by Eric Bouillette, Laura Piazzai & Clive Nolan announced their debut album “The Rise of Medici”. This opus features some of the major episodes in the life of Cosimo and Contessina De’ Medici.
IMAGINAERIUM
Karmamoi are an Italian Prog-Rock Band inspired by old and new progressive rock music. Their unique sound and their continued research about musical form make them one of the most interesting bands in the Italian Prog-rock scene.
KARMAMOI
Age of Distraction is a thrilling new collaboration which spans across the contemporary UK progressive rock circuit. In 2023, founder member and lead writer John Cook (ex-This Winter Machine, ex-This Other Eden) recruited rising-star Charlie Bramald (Ghost of the Machine, Shadows On Mercury) on vocals, gravity-defying bassist Mark Gatland (Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, IT), and multi-instrumentalist plus producer- extraordinaire Dom Bennison (Last Motion Picture, ex-This Winter Machine) to occupy the drum stool and handle production duties. Together, the band has created a debut album which explores the boundaries of melodic, accessible progressive rock and metal, evoking an atmosphere all of its own in the process.
Age of Distraction
Long Earth is a prog rock band from Scotland, four decades in the making. All seasoned campaigners of the Scottish music scene, they came together through a shared love of progressive music.
LONG EARTH
A product of the new French scene, OIAPOK is the missing link between future jazz, progressive rock, exotica, and the music of Frank Zappa.
OIAPOK
Overhead is a Progressive rock band from Finland whose successful releases andlive performances around Europe have catapulted the band to the top of the Finnish prog hierarchy.
OVERHEAD
Ruby Dawn Band perform hypnotic powerful and ambient grooves with a social conscience creating a rich and unique progressive rock sound that weaves emotional intensity with captivating lyrical expressions and goosebump heart-pounding drive. Like an amalgamation of a Massive Attack, Pink Floyd with energy & passion. The listener is taken on a haunting mind-captivating journey.
RUBY DAWN
Amarok is a Polish band of Michał Wojtas, Marta Wojtas, Konrad Zieliński and Kornel Popławski. The Amarok recordings were attended by such artists as Colin Bass (Camel), Mariusz Duda (Riverside, Lunatic Soul) and others. Amarok have played live on the same stage with Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Gazpacho, Bjørn Riis, Riverside and other bands.
AMAROK
Flor de Loto
Flor de Loto is a rock band from Peru that has been blending progressive rock with Andean music for over 20 years. They’ve played all over the world, mixing heavy riffs with traditional instruments like the quena, giving their music a unique and powerful sound.
Moon Letters are a psych/prog rock band, formed in Seattle, USA, in 2016. Their debut album, 'Until They Feel the Sun', with renowned producer Barrett Jones (Foo Fighters), garnered positive reviews internationally and immediately placed Moon Letters in the vanguard of the new wave of American progressive rock. This spring will see the release of their 3rd album, 'This Dark Earth'. Following some US dates, they will make their way to Europe for a tour.
Moon Letters
"One of the most exciting progressive artists to have emerged over recent years...", "Prehistoric Animals are setting a new standard for this genre" (Powerplay Magazine) What happens when you love classic progressive rock, alternative rock and brilliant pop music? You make it very hard for yourself..... but despite that, PreHistoric Animals have gained huge success in all these areas.
PreHistoric Animals
Rocking Horse Music Club
Rocking Horse Music Club is a songwriting and performing collective that emerged from Rocking Horse Studio, a world-class recording facility in central New Hampshire, USA. The band’s eclectic sound blends elements of progressive rock with baroque pop, synth pop, art rock, blues, americana, and jazz fusion. The Last Pink Glow is an interpretation of Jack Kerouac’s unfinished novella, The Haunted Life.
Spriggan Mist
Spriggan Mist deliver a unique take on progressive folk rock, blending overdriven guitars with saxophone, whistles, recorders, and even a crumhorn. Fronted by the charismatic Fay Brotherhood, their songs conjure vivid tales of steampunk dragons, fae, and mythical beings. Renowned for live shows compared to the likes of Hawkwind and Arthur Brown, Spriggan Mist return with their 7th studio album The Glare, out 2nd November 2025.
Tom Lardat
Tom Lardat is a pianist trained at the Conservatoire de Versailles and at the Haute École de Musique of Lausanne and Basel, where he earned a Master’s degree in 2019. Long passionate about progressive metal—drawing inspiration from bands such as Dream Theater, Adagio, Opeth, and Symphony X—and a former keyboardist in several bands (Dark Milk, Conscience), he began composing in 2023 piano works at the crossroads of classical music and progressive metal, blending rhythmic energy, Romantic harmony, and Baroque forms.
NICK FLETCHER
Nick is a guitarist and composer. He has been playing the guitar and writing music professionally since 1981, starting out after leaving Music College as a classical guitarist and guitar teacher but also embarked on a career as a session guitarist. He has played in many bands with the likes of Dave Bainbridge and Tim Harries, who was previously the bassist with Bill Bruford’s ‘Earthworks’, Steve Hackett, and John Hackett.
STEVE ANDERSON
Debut solo album from guitarist and songwriter Steve Anderson. A founding member of melodic rock band, The Room; also a long-time member of progressive rock band, Grey Lady Down, and jazz-rock fusion Sphere³.
XAVIER BOSCHER
Xavier Boscher is a French musician and painter. Guitarist, keyboardist, and bass player, he has composed and released many albums since 1999 in progressive rock and metal genre, for himself and other projects (Nebuleyes, Misanthrope, and more…). He has recorded 2 albums with Misanthrope (‘Immortel’ and ‘Recueil d’écueils’) and the band has toured in Europe with Septicflesh.
NEMO
From 2002 to 2015, NEMO have been one of the leading Prog Rock bands in France. In 15 years of existence, they conquered the world community of Prog lovers with their nine studio albums. Nemo have shared the stage with: Focus, Adagio, The Flower Kings, 3, Anglagard, Galahad, Carptree, Pat McManus band, Fish, Vanden Plas, Saga…
THE RAGING PROJECT
The Raging Project emerges from Project Rage, conceived in 2007 in Besançon, France by Ivan Jacquin and Lionel Fevre, an electro-metal duo. They were later joined by female vocalist Jeannick Valleur. The album ‘Future Days’ features amazing artists such as Amanda Lehmann, Leo Margarit, Derek Sherinian, Jean-Pierre Louveton…
TemperToo are a UK based Prog-Rock/Alt Rock band inspired by old and new progressive rock and alternative rock music.
TEMPERTOO
Brendan Perkins
Brendan Perkins is a progressive rock composer & multi-instrumentalist who plays bass, electric & acoustic guitars, drums, keyboards, uke, mandolin & various percussive instruments. Brendan has a first class BA degree in Creative Music and over four décades of recording and sound engineering experience. Prog rock influences provide him with a perfect mix of virtuosity and emotional composition.
CASTLE MOUNTAIN MOON
Ropp and Dirk met by chance in a rehearsal room in an industrial complex. Ten weeks later, they had six songs, a band name and a clear vision of what the music of CASTLE MOUNTAIN MOON should sound like.They teamed up with drummer Gerry and a few other musicians to complete their debut "Six Tales Of Perception".
captain of the lost waves
The Captain is an ethereal troubadour, storyteller and free thinking renegade. His musical offerings are inspired by the great songwriters and philosophers of yesteryear. This is visceral music for the mind and body, full of dreamy verses, life affirming choruses and sheer audacity. Where melodic invention meets alternative folk, progressive, world and ambient sounds.
The Aurora Project
The Aurora Project hail from Katwijk, Netherlands. Formed in 1998, the band members bonded over their love for Magic: The Gathering and progressive rock & metal. Inspired by bands like Rush, Pink Floyd and the Gathering, they create intricate concept albums through extensive jam sessions.
The Ceres Phenomenon
The Ceres Phenomenon is a progressive rock project conceived by four experienced Dutch musicians. Ruud Stoker is the brain behind the concept and the story. The influences from their favourite bands such as Pink Floyd, Kansas, Saga, etc. are clearly present in The Ceres Phenomenon.
past and secrets
A masterful fusion of atmospheric, ambient, and djent elements, complemented by a progressive and quirky touch.
It’s a story against violence, war, absurd hate, and behavior between humans. A deep dive into psychological human nature and what it has been able to commit in History. Orchestral and cinematic situations, presented in folk/prog/rock/Celtic music.
EREWÄN
XCIII
XCIII (To a passerby…) is an Avantgarde Rock / Metal project located in France. Its aim is to combine different styles going from Black Metal to Trip Hop with no limitation, but with the will to keep a musical and lyrical coherence between all the tracks. A kind of « Art Total », where music, lyrics, and pictures respond to each other.
WEDINGOTH
Wedingoth is a musical project based on openness, a mixture of styles, whose claimed credo is eclecticism. It combines the power of rock served by a female voice charged with emotion, to atmospheric nuances inviting to travel, supported by an orchestral technique.