Recommendations from Scandinavia
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Topic: Recommendations from Scandinavia
Posted By: Agemo
Subject: Recommendations from Scandinavia
Date Posted: October 11 2009 at 11:01
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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? ------------- Dona Nobis Pacem |
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Posted By: DJPuffyLemon
Date Posted: October 11 2009 at 13:10
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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 |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: October 11 2009 at 13:14
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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. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: October 11 2009 at 13:15
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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.
------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: October 11 2009 at 13:19
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../artist.asp?id=3942 - UNIFAUN - Genesis inspired prog ../artist.asp?id=316 - SINKADUS - Sounds like Anglagard, but very good. ../artist.asp?id=416 - SIMON SAYS - Really good symph prog ../artist.asp?id=2124 - MOON SAFARI - Upbeat and cheerful prog, beatlesian, choir/vocal-fronted, peaceful and beautiful ../artist.asp?id=209 - PÄR LINDH PROJECT - Awesome prog ../artist.asp?id=196 - LANDBERK - Not too bad, above average albums. ../artist.asp?id=1093 - KARMAKANIC - Flower Kings related, nice and more experimenting style (except for the most recent album) ../artist.asp?id=1840 - BRIGHTEYE BRISON - With their last album this is a full-fledged prog band ../artist.asp?id=1406 - BLACK BONZO - So called retro-prog ------------- http://hangingsounds.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - Hanging Sounds http://www.progarchives.com/ProgRockShopping.asp" rel="nofollow - PA Index of prog music vendors |
Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: October 11 2009 at 13:22
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../artist.asp?id=350 - WHITE WILLOW - Albums varying a lot from one to the next. Try Sacrament ../artist.asp?id=1667 - PANZERPAPPA - One of my favourites. Try their latest album ../artist.asp?id=1679 - MAGIC PIE - Quite kitschy, but good ../artist.asp?id=872 - KVAZAR - I only have their second album, really good though By the way, the band you list that you like already are awesome! ------------- http://hangingsounds.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - Hanging Sounds http://www.progarchives.com/ProgRockShopping.asp" rel="nofollow - PA Index of prog music vendors |
Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: October 11 2009 at 13:25
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../artist.asp?id=3437 - KOSMOS - Nice folky tunes ../artist.asp?id=3899 - STRINGPURÉE BAND - Another nice foly-celtic inspired band. ../artist.asp?id=1309 - UZVA - Cool, light jazzy rock ../artist.asp?id=2506 - VIIMA - Beautiful music, start with the first with the female vocals ------------- http://hangingsounds.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - Hanging Sounds http://www.progarchives.com/ProgRockShopping.asp" rel="nofollow - PA Index of prog music vendors |
Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: October 11 2009 at 16:47
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Yeah, when I think of Scandinavian seventies inspired prog, http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=110 - The Flower Kings come to mind, first and foremost. Lately, I've been listening a lot to http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1093 - Karmakanic and http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4650 - Agents of Mercy , both feature members of The Flower Kings and both will also be in my home town on Wednesday. ------------- -------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob------- I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms. |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: October 11 2009 at 17:14
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Well, if you're into prog metal I recommend: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2098 - Edge of Sanity http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1122 - Opeth http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=284 - Pain of Salvation And if you're into more prog rock I recommend: ../artist.asp?id=110 - The Flower Kings ../artist.asp?id=2124 - Moon Safari http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=181 - Kaipa  -Jeff ------------- 
Check out my YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 16:37
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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
------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Todd
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 18:06
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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 ------------- "I have seen the broken sky turn blue." http://gnosis2000.net/ratertodd.shtml" rel="nofollow - My Gnosis Ratings |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 18:40
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In The Woods Ache Kingston Wall |
Posted By: Agemo
Date Posted: October 14 2009 at 10:42
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Thanks everyone. I think I'll try Moon Safari, the clips I heard sound cheerful, fun and good. ------------- Dona Nobis Pacem |
Posted By: hagguhsem
Date Posted: October 17 2009 at 15:02
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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: http://www.meshuggah.net/ - Meshuggah Steven Wilsons favourite metal group. Unbelievable musicianship and complexity, but also very extreme. |