Zopp - Dominion (2023)

Dominion has been released last year, but if you and/or your dad listened to prog rock classics like Yes or King Crimson, you will definitely feel at home listening to it. But it's not just 70' prog worship with vintage synth and a bit of sax, there are also more modern influences, and it also often reminds me of Porcupine Tree. It's the second album from Zopp (which is Ryan W Stevenson doing nearly everything, plus Andrea Moneta playing the drums and a few guest doing some vocals, sax, flute, etc.) and its main evolution from the first one is that it's not only instrumental any more. Recommended for anyone into prog rock, but also as a good way to discover it.

The Bandcamp page.

 

Altar of plagues - Teethed glory and injury (2013)

Altar of plagues were an atmospheric black metal that had something special. now with Teethed glory and injury they went a step further from black metal and are even more special. this new gem in the Profound lore catalog see the band adding more "alien" sounds in their black metal with slight industrial / electronic elements, while the progressive / post nature of the songwriting gets even more developped. the album really gains from this diversity and the more agressive parts (there is still blast beats and black metal vocals in their music) and more ambient ones enhance each other while they embarks you in their constant dialogue.

you can listen to one of the song in the Profound lore page for the band.