Charting new prog territories: Song for a Gorgeous Blonde crafts a heavily orchestrated vision of hopefulness and trepidation peering into distant fortunes. Ephraim delivers a raw, progressively brutal fairy tale of forbidden love — a debut album that darkens from Opeth-tinged sorrow into Devourment-brutal ferocity. Third Man Syndrome reimagines earlier work into cinematic soundscapes moving between minimal arrangements and Hans Zimmer-esque grandeur, while Imperial Measures weave heavenly vocals and collaborative lyrics through themes of love, loss and politics on their acclaimed Threefold. Joe Bailey twists vintage prog sounds into a modern exploration of fractured minds and looming catastrophe.