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heeey isn't the whole point of neo-prog is to copy Gabriel-era Genesis and Fish-era Marillion???

just kidding, I LOVE the genre, specifically the bands that rip Genesis and Marillion off hehe. Try Shadowland's Ring Of Roses and Arlekin's The Secret Garden!

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Sorry for not being very active here, guys.  God, you wouldn't believe my week.  Goat pregnancies, rains, extra chores, busier at work, and the only real free time I had was to get a lavender latte at Starbucks (actually perty damn tasty) and to go see Mickey 17, which I've been waiting two years for since I'm a fan of the author.

Okay, so about Twelfth Night... I really can't with these guys.  It's so odd; the more "neo-prog" I explore, the less neo-prog I can justify with the tag.  Art and Illusion and XII are just pop rock albums that barely touch up on the genre at all, with XII being so generic and underwritten that it almost hurt in comparison to all the stuff I've been hearing.  They had the one neo-prog album, and it got a great rating from me, but these two are a 63 and 46.

So next I'm heading toward The Violet Hour, after a little Donald Byrd.
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Deluge Grander & Birds and Buildings By Dan Britton; Homunculus Res; Monomyth, Wobbler, Needlepoint They don't so much copy the great British pioneers, but rather try to create something new with those influences. It seems to me that Danish, Swedish, and Baltic bands in general have the richness, freshness, and freedom to embrace and fuse any genre, something that Italian and Dutch bands once possessed.
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It's not my fave sub genre but I have listened to a fair bit of the acts outside of the usual suspects, and do love some of them.  Here is a round up:

Aisles - Chilean band that is nothing if not diverse.  I'm not a fan but do like that they don't stick to a formula
Albion - love these Poles (that will be a recurring theme.  To me Poland is by far the best neo prog country)
  Female vocals and fairly diverse.  Easily likeable and doesn't grow stale with exposure
Asturias - Japanese and electronic instrumental neo.  Brilliant Streams and Circle in the Forest are both very good.  If you want to hear one piece, then make it "Rogus"
Believe - fronted by ex Collage and Satellite guy Mirek Gil.  His Mr Gil solo albums are perhaps more diverse but not always very neo.  I wqon't remention Satellite as you have rated their albums
Clepsydra - superb neo from the Italian part of Switzerland.  Not super diverse but not samey either
Collage - their Moonshine album is a must diverse or not, and their recent reunion album is great too
Earthstone - sole album is earth centered neo prog rather than the usual; self pitying lyrics
Egoband - Italian maybe worth checking out
Faun - German neo with lots of foplk elements.  Searing lead guitars, pagan themes, only released one album, a double live.  Listen!
Grace - English group with several phases.  Most not that great but highly recommend "Pulling Strings and Shiny Things".  Folk oriented, yes that's a recurring theme for me for obvious reasons
Harnakis - Spanish group that sounds more British, sole album pretty good
Haze - the British group.  Underwhelming but not your typical British neo.  Folk oriented
Jump - again folk oriented British group, very unlike the "masters".  Also rock way better.  Diverse styles, great singer, some more universal and less solipsistic themes
Mad Puppet - Italian group.  Album "Masque" worth checking out
Osiris - great Bahraini group most like Camel
Sigma - instrumental neo meets new age.  Some jazz aspects
Solis - unusual Brazilian one-off
Step Ahead - French neo from the original era
Visible Wind - Quebec diverse neo

Any questions just ask, and enjoy!






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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Gentle and Giant Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 hours 49 minutes ago at 13:07
^ As I'm always looking out for new 'Neo Prog' bands to discover that is a very useful list to me too. Many I've already found but some I've never come across before, so thank you.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote kenethlevine Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 hours 33 minutes ago at 14:23
My pleasure.  If it helps to read more each, here are my reviews.  Remember it's not the rating it's the review!

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