The bands first new music for nine years and first to feature new singer, Benj, and drummer, Tom Mear, alongside founding members Dave Clarke on Guitars and Neil Cockle, formerly of Silmarillion, on keyboards; Mark ‘Cad’ Cadman on bass; and Mark Parker on violin.

Following on from 2014’s ‘Blue God and Other Stories’, Beyond the Gate brings a new voice and groove to The Mighty Bard sound and a whole new dynamic to the progressive musical landscape.

Featuring all the elements you’d expect from classic prog, tracks include the eponymous title track, Beyond the Gate; Magician; Guarded Secret; Illusion; Compound The Problem; Secret Garden; and Last Orders.

The album takes the listener on an exhilarating journey through light and shade to epic and baroque, complete with innovative rhythms, time signatures, song structures, and virtuoso playing.