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    Posted: March 10 2022 at 16:43
Blomljud by Moon Safari
The Tall Ships by It Bites
Experiments In Mass Appeal by Frost*
Happiness Is The Road (Essence, not The Hard Shoulder!) by Marillion
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Steven Wilson - Insurgentes
Marillion - Happiness Is the Road
Frost* - Experiments in Mass Appeal
Opeth - Watershed
Porcupine Tree - We Lost the Skyline
Cynic - Traced in Air
Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
VdGG - Trisector
The Tangent - Not as Good as the Book
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
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Here are my very loose answers, which will probably be different tomorrow:

1: Blomljud by Moon Safari
2: Bantam to Behemoth by Birds and Buildings
3: Sleeping in Traffic: Part Two by Beardfish
4: Who's the Boss in the Factory? by Karmakanic
5: Discesa Agl’Inferi d’un Giovane Amante by Il Bacio della Medusa
6: The Bedlam in Goliath by The Mars Volta
7: Traced in Air by Cynic
8: Love Remains the Same by Von Hertzen Brothers
9: 4th by D.F.A.
10: Spices, Species & Poetry Petrol by Jeavestone
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Elephant 9 - Dodovoodoo
Steven Wilson - Insurgentes
It Bites - The Tall Ships
Nosound - Lightdark
Dungen - 4
North Sea Radio Orchestra - Birds
Art Zoyd - La Chute De La Maison Usher
No Man - Schoolyard Ghost
Enslaved - Vertebrae
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
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Jannick Top - Infernal Machina
Irmin Schmidt & Kumo - Axolotl Eyes
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
North Sea Radio Orchestra - Birds
Art Zoyd - La Chute De La Maison Usher
Lite - Phantasia
God is an Astronaut - s/t
Halma - Broad Peak
Steven Wilson - Insurgentes
Van der Graaf Generator - Trisector
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The Tall Ships - It Bites

Lifeline - Neal Morse

Selective Memory - Témpano

Blomljud - Moon Safari

The Water Road - Thieves' Kitchen

Originallis - Cast

Insurgentes - Steven Wilson

Sleeping in Traffic Pt. 2 - Beardfish

Shooting Albatross - Abel Ganz

Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla - Keith Emerson
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1.Moon Safari- Blomljud
2. Beardfish- Sleeping In Traffic Part Two
3. Pandora- Dramma Di Un Poeta Ubriaco
4. Jean Louis- Jean Louis
5. Steven Wilson- Insurgents
6. Lunatic Soul- Lunatic Soul
7. Il Bacio Della Medusa- Discesa Agl'Inferi D'un Giovane Amante
8. Birds and Buildings- Bantam to Behemoth
9. Il Cerchio d'Oro- Il Viaggio Di Colombo
10. Karmakanic- Who's The Boss In The Factory
11. Hostsonaten- Winterthrough
12. Russian Circles- Station
13. Secret Chiefs 3 - Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9


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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

1. Magenta - Metamorphosis
2. It Bites - The Tall Ships


my lists are getting ever smaller it seems..
Great choices! They're on my list too. Thumbs Up
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1. Magenta - Metamorphosis
2. It Bites - The Tall Ships
3. Steven Wilson - Insurgentes
4. Martin Orford - The Old Road
5. Frost* - Experiments in Mass Appeal

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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

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8. DIAGONAL Diagonal
17. VOTUM Time Must Have a Stop

two great ones! TongueThumbs Up
Forgot about Diagonal, that's an excellent debut. 
Votum almost made my list, great debut as well. 
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1. Opeth - Watershed
2. Panzerballett - Starke Stücke
3. Rational Diet - At Work
4. Virus - The Black Flux
5. Universal Totem Orchestra - The Magus
6. Janick Top - Infernal Machina
7. Ogo Dys - Neptune Everywhere
8. Meshuggah - Obzen
9. Ohm - Circus of Sound
10. Protest the Hero - Sequoia Throne

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Steven Wilson- Insurgents
One Shot- Dark Shot
Jannick Top- Infernal Machina
Universal Totem Orchestra- The Magus
Elephant9- Dodovoodoo
Beardfish- Sleeping In Traffic Part Two
Jean Louis- Jean Louis
Il Bacio Della Medusa- Discesa ....
Diagonal- Diagonal
Willowglass- Book Of Hours
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1. NOSOUND LightDark
2. DUNGEN 4
3. DATURAH Reverie
4. UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA The Magus
5. JANNICK TOP Infernal Machina
6. BERSARIN QUARTETT Bersarin Quartett
7. JEAVESTONE Spices, Species and Poetry Patrol
8. DIAGONAL Diagonal
9. VON HERTZEN BROTHERS Love Remains The Same
10. FROM.UZ The Overlook

11. BELIEVE Yesterday Is a Friend
12. RATIONAL DIET At Work
13. MOON SAFARI Blomljud
14. CYNIC Traced in Air
15. PINEAPPLE THIEF Tightly Unwound
16. WILLOWGLASS Book of Hours
17. VOTUM Time Must Have a Stop
18. SYRINX Qualia
19. JELLY FICHE Tout ce que j’ai rêvé 
20. FROST* Experiments in Mass Appeal

Honorable Mentions: 
MAGENTA Metamorphosis
MOONGARDEN Songs from the Lighthouse
LUNATIC SOUL Lunatic Soul
DARK SHOT One Shot
SOMA PLANET Bholenath
PANZERBALLETT Starke Stücke
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1. Birds and Buildings - Bantam to Behemoth
2. Simon Says - Tardigrade
3. Willowglass - Book of Hours
4. The Red Masque - Fossil Eyes
5. Beardfish - Sleeping in Traffic Part Two
6. The Tangent - Not as Good as the Book
7. ExCubus - Mémoires incubusiennes
8. Versus X - Primordial Ocean
9. Magenta - Metamorphosis
10. Matthew Parmenter - Horror Express

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Anima Mundi - Jagannath Orbit
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Traumhaus - Die andere Seite
Van der Graaf Generator - Trisector
Efecto - Efecto
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1. Bryan Beller - Thanks in Advance
2. Thieves' Kitchen - The Water Road
3. It Bites - The Tall Ships
4. Spaced Out - Evolution
5. Marco Minnemann  - A Mouth of God - Girl of the Week
6. Ohm - Circus of Sound
7. Frost* - Experiments in Mass Appeal
8. The Tangent - Not as Good as the Book
9. King's X - XV
10. Todd Rundgren - Arena
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Pendragon - Pure
Pineapple Thief - Tightly Unwound
Karmakanic - Who's the Boss in the Factory
Marillion - Happiness Is the Road
Frost* - Experiments in Mass Appeal
Andromeda - The Immunity Zone
Zero Hour - Dark Deceiver
Ivanhoe - Lifeline
Dark Suns -  Grave Human Genuine
The Tangent - Not as Good as the Book


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Alphabetically

Apocalypse - Bridge of Light
Believe - Yesterday is a Friend
Detektivbyran - Wermland
Jade Warrior - Now
Brian Malone - The Mechanical Voices
Millenium - Exist
Resonaxis - s/t
Strawbs - Broken Hearted Bride
Tempus Fugit - Chessboard



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