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Kord 
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Posted: June 04 2006 at 13:36 |
....Discipline!!!!! great and marvellous...why don't you listen to "unfolded like staircase"?
..and also Anglagard and Citizen Cain
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Rashikal
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Posted: June 04 2006 at 10:35 |
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listen to Hella
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cucacola54
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Posted: June 04 2006 at 10:19 |
Trespass (Israel)
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Wobbler
Le Orme
Bacamarte
Discipline
Isildurs Bane
Harmonium
thats the ones that comes to my mind right now
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Posted: June 04 2006 at 09:39 |
 Rocktopus wrote:
1. Cressida.
Their flawless, mild and pleasant second and last album 'Asylum' sold only 800 ex. when it was released in '71. It makes me sad thinking about it. Please get this forgotten classic. |
My good man, you are so right! I was just listening to Asylum when I came across this thread and was about to add them to the list -thanks for doing it for me  I love Cressida's self-titled debut as well, but admittedly it is less symphonic and more straightforward. Both very worthy to check out, though!
800 copies sold, wow... Knowing this makes me even happier and more grateful to have the chance to listen to this gem over thirty years later.
I'm still on the look-out for lesser-known symphonic stuff (Greenslade is just about the only other band I'm familiar with thus far, also quite good btw) so thanks to everybody for all the bands mentioned here.
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Posted: June 03 2006 at 17:22 |
My votes for best "unknown" symphonic go to:
Gnidrolog: Great symphonic prog with mediaeval influences and very complex pieces. Also notable for the utter lack of a keyboardist, but the careful guitar and flute arrangements lend the band a symphonic grandeur. Impossible to dislike if you are a fan of Gentle Giant.
The Enid: Well, not much more to add that hasn't already been said. If you haven't bought Touch Me yet, do it!
Gravy Train: Okay, Gravy Train are usually a pretty mediocre band, who nonetheless managed to pull a fantastic symphonic album out of thin air with (Ballad of a) Peaceful Man. The writing has clear ITCOTKC influences, with some J. Tull-style rockers thrown in. The string arrangements on here are superbly executed -- highly recommended.
Kyrie Eleison: Austrian Genesis clone, mirroring the bands classic Nursery Cryme sound. Their Fountain Beyond the Sunrise album is notable for brilliant songwriting and playing . . . these guys occasionally match the quality of our favourite band!! Just ignore the horrible, ESL lyrics.
Edited by hegelec - June 03 2006 at 17:33
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Posted: June 03 2006 at 16:59 |
TAKO
SOLARIS
OMEGA
MUSEO ROSENBACH
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Ars longa , vita brevis
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progadicto
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Posted: June 03 2006 at 14:48 |
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SOLARIS
DFA
SPEKTAKEL
ASIA MINOR
WHITE WILLOW
R.U.
NEUSCHWENSTEIN
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... E N E L B U N K E R...
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Posted: June 03 2006 at 14:18 |
eugene wrote:
Geck0 wrote:
I would said Maneige were more fusion... well the album I've heard anyhow.
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That's what I was told as well, moreover band is listed here under fusion label. But the only album I heard so far "Les Porches" is purely symphonic in nature with very few jazzy touches.
Par Lindh - first and third albums I have are great - getting Mundus Incompertus soon....
White Willow - have only Ignus Fatuus and Storm Season so far - both are very good.
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I've yet to listen to "Les Porches", I have the other "Ni Vent... Ni Nouvelle" and that is more fusion based to my ears. I'll let you know about "Les Porches". I have the whole of White Willow's discography. I find they get better and better, but I also find they move away from the symphonic and get closer to prog metal. Storm Season infact, is a prog metal album. They've finished recording their new album and I've heard a demo of one of the tracks and it sounds like they're going back to their older style. I love both styles, so it's cool, but I do hope they include some heavier, more metal moments as well.
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Posted: June 03 2006 at 14:08 |
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Oh, I almost forgot (see, perfect example of an unknown). The California Guitar Trio. I know they are listed as art-rock, but they do play a lot of classical music.
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 08:52 |
My favourite unknown prog band is so unknown that I don't even know its name 
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Pierre R, the man who lost his signature
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 08:25 |
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Proto Kaw is an amazing band. I´m listening to the song "Leaven" at the moment, very nice..
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 06:43 |
Geck0 wrote:
I would said Maneige were more fusion... well the album I've heard anyhow.
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That's what I was told as well, moreover band is listed here under fusion label. But the only album I heard so far "Les Porches" is purely symphonic in nature with very few jazzy touches.
Par Lindh - first and third albums I have are great - getting Mundus Incompertus soon....
White Willow - have only Ignus Fatuus and Storm Season so far - both are very good.
Edited by eugene - June 02 2006 at 06:44
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 02:56 |
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Ah, okay. And American does not at all have to equal Blues/Rock, but that's a debate for another day.
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 02:05 |
^I said they vary from song to song in my first sentence whats not to understand? So if I have to spell it out that song represents that song. It is not representative of every song on the cd or in the three cd's they have produced. They run a gambit of AOR rock to Symph to Zappa. They are an American band and hence they like the blues feel also so if that is what you meant by rawkie in your Kansas comment then yes they do that too. Don't expect straight European Symphonic prog from them.
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 01:57 |
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You know, for all the words there, it still doesn't answer my question.
I found the track up here unremarkable - not bad, but nothing worth
writing home about.
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 01:56 |
- Petrus Castrus (Portugal)
- Frágil (Perú)
- Teru's Symphonia (Japan)
- Sagrado Coraçáo da Terra (Brazil)
- Stern Combo Meissen (East Germany)
- Tabula Rasa (Finland)
- Calliope (Italy)
- Kyrie Eleison (Austria)
Iván
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 01:48 |
Teaflax wrote:
Just curious, is the sample of Proto-Kaw here on PA representative? It's not as rawky-awful as Kansas, but it's really more jammy than Symphonic.
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^ They vary from song to song but the main theme is Symphonic. I think no matter what style he goes into Kerry Livgren always comes back to symph. He writes songs mainly with piano so that pretty much dictates the style a lot of times. The guitar written songs like Carry On My Wayward Son from Kansas or from Proto-Kaw Melicus Galdiator tend to be on a heavier edge and simpler in nature. The jammy parts are really when they play live and it is that which really separates P-K from Kansas. They play Belexis and Death of Mother Nature Suite in their set but they are a lot different than the way Kansas would have played them. They extend almost every song they play. The bass player and keyboard player are incredible live. Their main influences are Jaco Pastorius and Brian Auger so it isn't your usual prog sounds that come from them. VDGG and Frank Zappa are also big influences on the rest of the group. They are also most definitely an American band as was Kansas so expect some of that in the music too. 
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 01:47 |
see my next note. 
Edited by Garion81 - June 02 2006 at 01:48
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 01:43 |
cuncuna wrote:
This Heat, The camberwell now, Animal Collective,
CONGRESO, News from Babel, The underground Railroad, Halloween,
Pentwater (YES wannabes; still, more original than those horrible
Starcastle), errr... so many... Disco Inferno, Miriodor... |
This Heat and Camberwell Now, symphonic, I don't think so.... 
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 01:42 |
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This Heat, The camberwell now, Animal Collective, CONGRESO, News from Babel, The underground Railroad, Halloween, Pentwater (YES wannabes; still, more original than those horrible Starcastle), errr... so many... Disco Inferno, Miriodor...
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