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WITHOUTENDING IS SIGNED TO PROGROCK RECORDS AND RELEASES “WithoutEnding”

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – 1 March 2005 – WithoutEnding formed in Melbourne (Australia) in Autumn 2001. The core and founding members, Nicholas and Michael, set out to achieve a dark complex/progressive style using odd timing, unique guitar melodies and powerful vocals. Within one year of forming WithoutEnding entered the studio to record a two-track demo which was well received in Australia. Six months later, WithoutEnding entered the studio once more to start recording their debut album. Working

K2 SIGNED TO PROGROCK RECORDS, SET TO RELEASE “Book of the Dead”

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – 8 March 2005 – K2’s (K-squared) long awaited debut release is finally available! “Book of the Dead” features 5 tracks of pure progressive rock at its finest. Book of the Dead is a conceptual work written by bassist/keyboardist Ken Jaquess from the band Atlantis and is comprised of 5 songs presented as chapters. With ideas and stories taken directly from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, Ken has weaved an intricate, ornate tale of Pharonic rule, death and their ultimate

PROGROCK RECORDS SET TO RELEASE “Schematism ~ Onstage With Under The Sun”

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – 15 February 2005 – The first live album from Los Angeles progressive rock quartet Under The Sun is now available. “Schematism ~ Onstage With Under The Sun” is culled from the band’s performance in 2001 at the NEARfest music festival, held yearly in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and has been mixed by producer/engineer Brad Aaron (of Kansas fame). Brad came into the picture with this live recording full of energy and enthusiasm for the band; he’s known as having two of the

PLANET P PROJECT IS SIGNED TO PROGROCK RECORDS

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – 16 November 2004 -- The Planet P Project was started in 1983 as a method for Tony Carey to put out a certain style of music that didn't fit in with some of his other work under his own name. The first album garnered the radio and video hit "Why Me", a year later Tony followed it up with the 2nd Plant P album (a double) "Pink World" which has been compared to Pink Floyds "The Wall" for its depth and intensity. Tony has over 30 albums to his credit, including many radio and

FRAMESHIFT’S SECOND ALBUM FEATURING SEBASTIAN BACH TO BE RELEASED IN MARCH 2005

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - 11 January 2005 - An absence of Empathy with Sebastian Bach on lead vocals is the follow up album to Frameshift’s critically acclaimed 2003 debut Unweaving the Rainbow which featured James LaBrie of legendary progmetal veterans Dream Theater. This new CD is a concept album about the violent nature of humanity seen from different angles. Because of the more aggressive sound and darker subject matter, Sebastian Bach was the logical choice for this album. Bach has made a name

PROGROCK RECORDS SIGNS DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH OARFIN DISTRIBUTION

This is really amazing news, ProgRock Records is now going big time with main stream distribution in all the big chain stores in the United States. You can read the full text of the press release here

EYESTRINGS SIGNED TO PROGROCK RECORDS

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – 13 September 2004 – Evolving rapidly since 2001, Eyestrings is a four-piece band based outside of Detroit, Michigan, USA. Composer Ryan Parmenter is also the keyboardist and vocalist. Alan Rutter, a longtime friend and schoolmate of Ryan's, plays guitars and provides backup vocals. The Eyestrings rhythm section is composed of two experienced and accomplished musicians: Mathew Kennedy, formerly of the band Discipline (in which he played alongside Ryan's uncle Matthew

UNDER THE SUN IS SIGNED TO PROGROCK RECORDS

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – 30 August 2004 – Under The Sun exploded onto the scene in 2000 with their debut release from Magna Carta that was produced by the band and mixed by Terry Brown of Rush fame. The recording has garnered strong reviews overall and was hailed as Record Of The Year in Holland and has received a 4.5 out of 5 rating from Amazon.com. Unsolicited commentary from Amazon buyers include: “Few freshmen releases are this accomplished”. “Under The Sun (UTS) is one of recorded

ProgRock Records 1st Sampler "Analecta" Now Available

We are very pleased to announce our very first sampler CD, chock full of over 79 minutes of amazing music. Not only that, but it includes unreleased tracks Man on Fire and Aaron English that will be on their next albums, and tracks from Michael Sadler and Chain which won't be out for another week. Also as a special surprise there is also a remixed and reworked version of Gene Machine from Frameshift. Basically we re-recorded the bass and guitars and pumped up the mix on it. The best part of all is that

CHAIN RELEASES SECOND ALBUM “CHAIN.EXE”

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – 20 August 2004 -- Chain's second album "chain.exe" is now upon us. After the work on this CD had to be put on hold for the production of the critically acclaimed "Frameshift", featuring Dream Theater's James LaBrie, Henning Pauly has finished the follow up album. This time around he could gather some amazing musicians to help him make this CD a more impressive progressive metal experience. Among the musicians are Jody Ashworth of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Michael Sadler, lead