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  Picture Credit: Kings of the Valley Kings of the Valley - Kings of the Valley Release: September 18, 2020 Label: Wonderful & Strange Records / Stickman Records Format: CD / Digital Length: 40:40 Genre: Retro Prog Origin: Norway Rumour has it that Norway's quartet Kings of the Valley once said "Let's make Retro Prog great again". Whether that is true or not we can only guess. But I can comfort you that no walls haven been built since then. The Kings of the Valley are Christopher Roseth Sand (guitar and lead vocals), Esten Mortensen Holien  (drums, percussions, cymbals and vocals), Markus Margido Drazkowksi Tekusm  (bass and vocals), and  Øystein Megård (keyboard, guitar and vocals). And this album is their self-titled debut... sort of. Actually, three years ago the band released an EP that is called " Kings of the Valley ". And now, in the year 2020, there's their first full-length release which has the same title. "Kings of the Valley" ...

  Picture Credit: Motorpsycho Artwork:  Håkon Gullvåg Motorpsycho - The all is one Release: August 28, 2020 Label: Stickman Records / Noisolution / Soulfood Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 84:47 Genre: Prog Rock Origin: Trondheim , Norway "The all is one" is the final part of the Gullvåg trilogy. A giant opus of almost one and a half hours of Progressive and Psychedelic Rock. Wrapped up in a fantastic artwork by  Håkon Gullvåg , 13 songs fill either two CDs or two LPs. And there is much more. "The all is one" is not just an album; it actually contains the journey to extraterrestial spheres "N.O.X. ∞” which fills the B- and the C-Side while the album itself frames the work. Bent Sæther  (vocals, bass, guitar, keys, drums), Hans Magnus "Snah" Ryan  (vocals, guitar, bass, mandolin, keys, violin) and Thomas Järmyr  (vocals, drums) create finest and timeless Psychedelic Prog. A timeless masterpiece that makes the audience travel thrugh space, ti...