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NEW ADDITIONS TO A-Z LISTING
Written by Thedo Roes (Germany)

MACHINA COELI (Italy) - Electronic prog by guitar/keyboard duo with leanings to Bjorn LYNNE in style
MAESTOSO (UK) - BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST keyboarder Woolly WOLSTENHOLME with bombastic pretentious kitsch
MAGNITUDE 9 (USA) - Solid played heavy prog
MAGNUM (UK) - Melodic hard rock band around well-known vocalist Bob CATLEY with increasing progressive hard rock over the past years
MÄGO DE OZ (Spain) - Excellent folk prog metal by the Spanish Wizard of Oz. Combination of powerful as well as ballad-based metal with Spanish folk under the use of celtic instruments like flutes and bagpipes – vocals in national language. Highly recommended!
MANZAREK, Ray (USA) - Organist of legendary DOORS with very good keyboard-driven rock and an astonishingly eccentric voice
MARS VOLTA (USA) - Electronic triphop avant-garde art rock – or something like that!? Exquisite!
MARTIGAN (Germany) - Formidable neo-prog comparable to MARILLION and SAGA
MARTIN, Charlotte (USA) - Art pop chansonette like Kate BUSH with very similar voice
MARYSON (Netherlands) - Fantasy novels from author and keyboarder W. J. MARYSON (aka Wim STOLK) setting to music by neo-prog band like PENDRAGON, IQ and MARILLION
MASSAGE, Jomi (Denmark) - Pseudonym of many-sided female artist Signe Høirup WILLE-JØRGENSEN. Experimental and abstract sound sculptures close to Laurie ANDERSON and Kate BUSH
MATORE (Germany) - Experimental pop with lovely female vocals in the vein of Kate BUSH
McDONALD AND GILES (UK) - Substantial 70’s prog from the KING CRIMSON members Ian McDONALD and Michael GILES
McKENNITT, Loreena (Irland) - Brilliant progressive celtic folk by well-known female Irish harp player
MERCURY REV (USA) - Creative melodic psychedelic rock. Magical beautiful and apparently not from this world. Essential!
MERMAID KISS (UK) - Atmospheric progressive soundscapes with singer/songwriter feeling. Impressive female vocals
MEW (Denmark) - Easy swinging pop mixed with melancholic prog – called prog pop. Uncommonly sounding
MIDLAKE (USA) - Harmonic and psychedelic folk rock in the 70’s vein
MIDNIGHT (USA) - Ex-CRIMSON GLORY vocalist under his pseudonym. Excentric prog influenced psychedelic rock with an extravagant and fascinating voice. Impressive!
MIKE & THE MECHANICS (UK) - GENESIS guitarist Mike RUTHERFORD and his mechanics with tasteful and clever arranged pop music
MIND KEY (Italy) - Competent forceful progressive hard rock with dominant keyboard melodies and some innovative ideas
MIND’S EYE (Sweden) - Heavy symphonic prog rock with a little portion of prog metal
MINDFLOW (Brazil) - Well made powerful progressive metal as measured by FATES WARNING, RUSH and DREAM THEATER
MONKMAN, Francis (UK) - Excellent keyboard player from CURVED AIR and SKY
MORPHELIA (Germany) - The name of the band is consisting of mythologic ‘Morpheus’ and Shakespeares ‘Ophelia’. The music is made up of influences of MARILLION and SAGA, but its very good progressive hard rock
MORRIS ON (UK) - Folk rock family project produced by Ashley HUTCHINGS (FAIRPORT CONVENTION, STEELEYE SPAN, ALBION BAND) over the last three decades where the who’s who in folk rock takes part
MURPHY, Patrick (USA) - Beautiful electronic epics, predominant instrumental and orchestral sounding. Great!