Southern Empire

Southern Empire, hailing from Adelaide, South Australia will also release their second album mid year through GEP. Southern Empire, led by composer / producer / keyboardist Sean Timms was formed from the ashes of symphonic prog. band Unitopia in 2014 and have quickly established themselves as one of the premiere live and studio acts of the current prog. era. "It's always extremely exciting to release a new album and then take those songs on the road. I think we have a very strong set of new songs to compliment the older material and we're really looking forward to bringing our unique blend of 'prog 'n' roll' (as Danny Lopresto, our lead vocalist calls it) to our friends and fans in the U.K. and Europe." - Sean Timms.

Seven Steps To The Green Door made their mark on the music scene at the German Rock and Pop Awards (2006), the largest and most prestigious band competition in Germany. When a debut album wins first prize in two categories (Progressive and Experimental Rock) it is definitely a band to keep a close eye on. The seven-member band was formed around keyboardist & saxophonist Marek Arnold, who is best known as the frontman for Toxic Smile as well as his work with Flaming Row, United Progressive Fraternity, Stern Combo Meissen and other prominent bands; and drummer Ulf Reinhardt, formerly with Prophets of Prunes. The combined talents of these exceptional artists accounts for this unexpectedly successful first album, The Puzzle (2006) which comprised a wide-variety of style by mixing art-rock, progressive metal, jazz, rap, and pop. With the moderate use of cross-genre stylistic devices, a unique cast of three vocalists, and the courage to blend melody with rhythmic experiments, "Seven Steps To The Green Door" have amplified progressiveness in Progressive Rock.