Willow (suggestion: Prog Metal)
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Topic: Willow (suggestion: Prog Metal)
Posted By: andrea
Subject: Willow (suggestion: Prog Metal)
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 15:43
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Italian prog band from Lombardia... http://www.willowband.it/ - http://www.willowband.it/ http://www.myspace.com/willowbandofficial - http://www.myspace.com/willowbandofficial |
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Posted By: sean
Date Posted: January 17 2008 at 13:27
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Listened to the songs on myspace, and they are very good prog rock/metal. i say rock/metal because they have an ability to switch between both, and are certainly not the typical metal band. the music and vocals are very powerful and emotional. I like that they are singing in Italian. It makes it feel more natural in the vocal department. The vocals here are simply great. The musicians are also very good here, though the focus isn't on showing off that fact, though there are some nice solos in the songs and also some tricky sounding rhythms. The keyboardist is more varied than the standard rock keyboardist, and utilizes some unique sounds, from organ to more electronic sounds. They have an album out which I would like to get based on the two full songs available. They are unsigned but perhaps they could be added because the album has been released independently. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 27 2008 at 09:41
checking this.. but judging by Sean's comments.. won't be in my zip code 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 27 2008 at 09:56
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another that is hard to place... so ...send it to Rico.. .he's got one of the sharpest minds here for this stuff hahahha. I don't pick out any dominent influences... which would put it toward eclectic.
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: January 27 2008 at 11:58
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There's at least a distinct metal influence in here, as indicated by the band themselves as well. I have contacted them on their album, and I will move them to Suggest New Bands right now - first to PMT.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 27 2008 at 15:57
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and if the PMT refuses. .they will probably have a home in AR
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Posted By: sean
Date Posted: January 27 2008 at 19:04
| I got in contact with them and they sent me their bio, is there anyone i could forward that to if it would help them in making the decision? |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 27 2008 at 19:08
Angelo is right... send it to Jody, Mike or Teo with the PMT. IF they refuse.. they'll kick it to AR and we'll see if we can find a place for it. Metal seems to be the predominant influence ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
sean wrote:Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: January 27 2008 at 20:37
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I will add them to the PMT chart and get back to you on how the voting went.
Thanks for the suggestion! -------------  |
Posted By: sean
Date Posted: January 27 2008 at 22:46
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could anyone PM me an email address so I could forward the email from WilloW? They sent it as a PDF and I don't have adobe so I can't just copy the text. also, if anyone wants to contact the band themselves the address is [email protected] |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: January 28 2008 at 00:59
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You can send it to my email addy Sean,it's in my profile. ------------- |
Posted By: willow-band
Date Posted: January 28 2008 at 04:56
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Hi everyone ! I'm Giovanni (Joey) bass player for WilloW. Thank you very much for your appreciation. So do you think that we are progressive metal ? IMHO :) we are progressive rock I will ship a copy of our album to Angelo |
Posted By: sean
Date Posted: January 28 2008 at 11:02
I think the metal elements are present in the music, but perhaps not enough to classify you as metal. I think there could be a good spot in either the heavy prog or eclectic prog subs for you. Good luck anyway, no matter what the music is called it's still good. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 28 2008 at 18:56
yeah.. that is why I suggested throwing them to AR.. but doesn't hurt to have the PMT take a look at it. I do believe they want strictly PROG METAL.. rather than metal tinged .. or influenced. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: sean
Date Posted: January 28 2008 at 20:21
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^ in that case I'd say heavy prog would be the best sub of art rock. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 28 2008 at 20:26
I'll toss them to the hard...err..heavy prog team then 
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Posted By: willow-band
Date Posted: April 13 2008 at 11:21
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Hi everyone ! We play with Kiko Loureiro, Mike Terrana and Felipe Andreoli in Milan on 18 March 2008 !! It was fantastic !!! Who can insert WilloW in prog archives ? Help me please ! Joey - WilloW !!! |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: April 14 2008 at 15:12
| I promised David of the Heavy Prog team to write your bio (I am Italian too), which I actually started doing. Unfortunately, I've been having quite a few problems these days, and that has held up the addition. I haven't forgotten, though, and I'll finish it as soon as I can. |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: April 14 2008 at 18:29
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The PMT cleared them for addition,but if Giovanni wants them in another sub instead of Prog Metal I have absolutely no problem with that. ------------- |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: April 14 2008 at 18:46
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and I have no problem with them in ProgMetal, so let's get these guys added.. looks like PMT is a Yes, so we can do that if everyone's happy, and Raffaella could still do the bio |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: April 14 2008 at 21:39
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If Raff wants to add them on behalf of the PMT I am cool with that.If she doesn't have the time just PM me the bio and I can do it ASAP. ------------- |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: April 14 2008 at 21:41
| great, thanks Jody, I'll let her know |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: April 14 2008 at 21:44
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Just make sure if Raff adds them to add them to the Progressive Metal sub,please.
Cause they sure aren't Tech/Extreme or Experimental/Post Metal......  ------------- |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: April 14 2008 at 21:46
yes I'll clarify that  |
Posted By: willow-band
Date Posted: April 15 2008 at 01:49
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I'm writing the new biography in english, I can post it on the forum today. There are good news for WilloW |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: April 20 2008 at 12:05
WilloW have finally been added... Sorry for the delay, but I hope it was worth the wait!
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: April 20 2008 at 20:38
Nice job Raff!
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