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    Posted: October 11 2009 at 11:01
Lately I am listening to a lot of great scandinavian bands, who revisit the seventies. Bands like: Beardfish, Anekdoten, Anglagard, Panzerpapa, Gosta Berlings Saga, Wobbler, Gargamel and Morte Macabre. So which band(s) should I explore next?
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Metal:
Pain of Salvation - Be is in my opinion their best, but try their other high rated ones too. I'm not a fan but other people are.
Opeth - My favorite is Ghost Reveries
Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
Green Carnation - Try Light of Day Day of Darkness

There's a lot of metal coming out of this area...

Revistin' Seventies:
Flower Kings - I'm not a fan, but people think their the best thing since the 70's so check them out. Even I will have to admit that the music is top notch.
All the offshoots and solo projects of Flower Kings - see entry for Flower Kings
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If you accept the view that Finland is a part of Scandinavia, then get some Overhead. Albums And We're Not Here After All and Metaepitome are highly recommended.
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The first three Kaipa albums starting with Inget  Nytt Under Solen. Granted that was in the 70s so they weren't really revisiting that time period, but the music is still top notch symphonic prog. I'll add one more vote for The Flower Kings and its various offshoots which definitely revist the 70s.
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UNIFAUN - Genesis inspired prog

SINKADUS - Sounds like Anglagard, but very good.

SIMON SAYS - Really good symph prog

MOON SAFARI - Upbeat and cheerful prog, beatlesian, choir/vocal-fronted, peaceful and beautiful

PÄR LINDH PROJECT - Awesome prog

LANDBERK - Not too bad, above average albums.

KARMAKANIC - Flower Kings related, nice and more experimenting style (except for the most recent album)


BRIGHTEYE BRISON - With their last album this is a full-fledged prog band

BLACK BONZO - So called retro-prog
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WHITE WILLOW - Albums varying a lot from one to the next. Try Sacrament

PANZERPAPPA - One of my favourites. Try their latest album

MAGIC PIE - Quite kitschy, but good

KVAZAR - I only have their second album, really good though


By the way, the band you list that you like already are awesome!
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KOSMOS - Nice folky tunes

STRINGPURÉE BAND - Another nice foly-celtic inspired band.

UZVA - Cool, light jazzy rock

VIIMA - Beautiful music, start with the first with the female vocals
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Yeah, when I think of Scandinavian seventies inspired prog, The Flower Kings come to mind, first and foremost.

Lately, I've been listening a lot to Karmakanic and Agents of Mercy, both feature members of The Flower Kings and both will also be in my home town on Wednesday.
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Well, if you're into prog metal I recommend:

Edge of Sanity
Opeth
Pain of Salvation

And if you're into more prog rock I recommend:

The Flower Kings
Moon Safari
Kaipa

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Moving farther out but other good bands to try:
 
Burst- Lazarus Bird
Drawn- A New World?
In the Woods...- Omnio
The Opium Cartel- Night Blooms (not really prog, but made by member of White Willow and Wobbler and quite good)
The 3rd and the Mortal- Painting on Glass
Cult of Luna- Somwhere Along the Highway
Madder Mortem- Desiderata
Frantic Bleep- The Sense Apparatus
Enslaved- Vertebrae
 
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Points: 3472 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2009 at 18:06
Here's another vote for SINKADUS, very similar to ANGLAGARD but less complex
 
I myself don't like the death growl and so cannot recommend their other albums, but OPETH's "Damnation" is an incredible album
 
From the 1970s DICE is excellent, I think undervalued on this site
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Points: 264 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2009 at 10:42
Thanks everyone. I think I'll try Moon Safari, the clips I heard sound cheerful, fun and good.
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If you feel really open minded, try Meshuggah. It can be a bit hard but it will be worth it. This is a good description of them taken from Porcupine trees website:

Meshuggah
Steven Wilsons favourite metal group. Unbelievable musicianship and complexity, but also very extreme.
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