The new Effloresce album will also be available as a special edition. The only way to obtain this nice collector’s package is through the Generation Prog online store or directly from the band. It includes the following:

• The regular CD edition
• A paper slipcase
• An Effloresce card deck
• A sticker

To stoke anticipation for the upcoming Effloresce album “Coma Ghosts” a bit, the song “Spectre Pt. I: Zorya’s Dawn” is now available on YouTube in its entirety:

Enjoy!

Effloresce’s “Coma Ghosts” to be the label’s first release on February 10, 2012

German record label startup Generation Prog Records is proud to announce the first two members of its band roster: The international prog fusion project Relocator and the Nürnberg-based prog metal quintet Effloresce. From jazz fusion to death metal—the stylistic diversity between the two bands is a perfect example of the modern prog approach the new label wants to showcase.

The first Generation Prog Records release will be the upcoming Effloresce album “Coma Ghosts”, scheduled for February 10. Label founder Michael Schetter comments: “It’s both a pleasure and an honor to be working with Effloresce on this album. I’ve been following the band’s career from the very start and it makes me proud to hear them finally unleash their potential with this CD.”

Coma Ghosts will be released on February 10, 2012

Effloresce combine an exciting blend of influences—ranging from the atmospheric death metal stylings of Opeth to the melodic playfulness of Dream Theater, but with female vocals and even a sprinkling of flute—into a style entirely their own. The new album’s songs, carefully crafted over the past two years, greatly profit from the epic sound courtesy of metal legend Dan Swanö (Edge of Sanity, Opeth and many more), who mixed and mastered the project.

Effloresce are a female-fronted prog metal band from Nürnberg

The band had this to say: “The last couple of months were extremely intense and exciting, and being signed to a label created by a talented and capable guy like Michael now tops it all. We cannot wait to show our thirst for action and our gratitude. We think that Generation Prog Records is the perfect home for us, it just feels very natural.” Effloresce will celebrate their new CD’s release on February 10 with a concert at the Nürnberg venue MUZclub, performing the full album live in sequence.

Several minutes of samples from Coma Ghosts are available on YouTube:

Label mates Relocator turned quite a few heads when their self-titled 2010 debut featured former Dream Theater keyboardist Derek Sherinian throughout. The album was praised by critics all over the world and nominated for “best debut album” at the Progawards. The project has since taken to the stage, playing two 2011 gigs with a multinational live band. Guitarist and principal composer Stefan Artwin is currently working on material for the as yet untitled second Relocator album.

Relocator: An international prog fusion project founded by Stefan Artwin (guitar) and Michael Schetter (bass)

The Generation Prog brand first gained international attention with the eponymous 2011 festival which saw both Effloresce and Relocator sharing the stage with some of the finest artists in modern prog: Andromeda, Subsignal, Haken and Exivious. The event drew an international audience from as far away as the UK, Sweden, Italy and the Eastern-most corner of Slovakia. It entailed a barrage of fan requests and band applications for a possible 2012 edition of the festival. The new label extends the Generation Prog brand to provide a home and promotional support for artists operating in the modern progressive music scene.

Label contact:
info@generation-prog.com
http://www.generation-prog.com
http://www.facebook.com/generationprogrecords

Relocator on the net:
www.relocator-project.com
www.facebook.com/relocatorproject

Effloresce on the net:
www.effloresceonline.com
www.facebook.com/effloresceonline

We have been toying with this idea for some time and now the moment has come to take the last step and go public: We are expanding the Generation Prog brand and starting a record label! The newly founded Generation Prog Records will specialize in modern progressive music — the kind of sounds you got to witness at last year’s Generation Prog Festival! Our first release will be announced very soon, so stay tuned!

A great prog weekend has ended and we’re finally starting to relax after the stress of the past few days. Time for a big “Thank you!” to all bands involved for their fantastic performances, to the Luise crew, to our most generous and helpful sponsors, to our supporters in the media and last but not least to our great audience! You make all the effort put into the festival organization worth it! 🙂

It would be great if you could send us links to photos, videos and reviews of the festival to info@generation-prog.com if you find any or if you even happen to post some yourself. Thanks!

Wie vermutet haben lassen wir nun doch Exivious das letzte Set am Freitag spielen und ziehen Haken vor. Hier ein ungefährer Zeitplan für das Festival (aktualisiert am 21. September):

Just as expected we ended up swapping Haken’s and Exivious’ sets so that Exivious will close the show on Friday. Here’s a preliminary festival schedule for you (updated September 21st):

Friday, September 23:
23:30 Exivious
21:40 Haken
20:25 Effloresce
19:30 Ocean Spout

Saturday, September 24:
23:00 Andromeda
21:45 Relocator
20:25 Subsignal
19:30 Theory of Elements
Einlass ist an beiden Tagen ab 19:00.

The hotel combo deals are no longer available. If you order your tickets now, you’ll have to pick them up at the venue. We can’t guarantee that wire transfers will reach us in time, so payment via PayPal is definitely the way to go for late buyers!

Note that tickets remain available until the afternoon of the respective festival day via our local pre-sales partners.

Single-day tickets are now available both via our online store and our pre-sales partners. The pre-sale price is 21 Euro (the regular price will be 22 Euro).

Sorry that our online store layout is a bit unpractical with all these ticket variations. The original plan was to have the single-day tickets replace the hotel combo deals, but the bookling deadline for those has been extended several times now.

Upadate from September 14th: The hotel still has 10 rooms available for us, so our affordable hotel deals remain available until September 16th. We can’t predict how much longer the offer will remain valid, but it is recommended that you don’t hesitate too long!

We didn’t want to create too many individual hotel + ticket combinations for our web store, so the combo deals are for two-night stays only, but we realize that some people might want a room just for one night – because they can’t make it on Friday or maybe because they want to go straight back home after the last Saturday band. Do you want a hotel room at the Mercure just for one night? Contact us at info@generation-prog.com and we’ll figure something out! 🙂

The following compilation from Prog Sphere offers an excellent overview of the bands playing at our festival. It’s a free download with the full support of the musicians and labels involved.