Retro Prog ?

Mentioned it earlier, but I love Kosmischer Laufer which not only tries to sound like it was made in the 70s and early 80s, but pretends to be of the past. I did a topic on Retro-Music Pretending to be of the Past

Constantine is another Retro-Prog one I like.  I used to dislike retro-prog, but I've come to appreciate a tonne of retro music or music that has qualities of the past such as Stereolab (not in PA but has a Prog relation) which draws on Krautrock groups like Can and Neu as well as 60s lounge music / on music such as Serge Gainsbourg and Alain Goraguer....

I tend not to like many of the retro-Symph ones. There are various excellent one for my tastes which draw on classic Krautrock, Progressive Electronic (many I know of the Berlin School ilk), retro Prog folk, retro Psych Prog and retro Canterbury Sound music.

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I'm not trying to start any kind of argument, but whoever argues this is just wrong. 

Just as wrong as those who say The Who invented death metal or that Genesis' ATOTT is a neo-prog album. 

''Elements of the past, elements of the future, combining to make something not quite as good as either''

Great post. 

I guess the term has become a bit derogatory, although I've seen people use it in a positive connotation, just meaning an artist that tries to recreate 70s style music. I don't mind this at all, I have discovered bands I enjoyed a lot, some didn't do much for me. 

The "retro" style exists in other music genres as well, in rock and metal and even pop (synth pop seems to have made a comeback). 

The metal scene has witnessed the rise of traditional heavy metal bands, the scene has even got a name - NWOTHM, New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal.  

The stoner rock and metal scene is 70s Black Sabbath worship and other late 60s & 70s blues-rock, heavy psyche and hard rock worship. 

I noticed there is an AOR/melodic hard rock revival in Sweden, don't know what's going on there.  Again, I'm fine with that. 

OSDM is a thing, "old school death metal", bands trying to sound like the early death metal/90s death metal. And I'm sure there's more.