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Points: 3659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2007 at 10:28
Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

 
Nightfly, good luck with your 70-77 Genesis investigations, the best prog ever made.... in my opinion Wink
 
 
I've been very familiar with Genesis since the seventies actually Erik and agree that it's some of the best Prog ever. I was just saying that at the time it was easy to take music of that quality for granted as it was a golden age for Prog and there was such a lot of great stuff about. As much as I enjoy many of todays bands few hit the spot like Genesis did between 7o - 77. Smile
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OK Paul, I understand and I agree, The Seventies were the Golden Age but I am also pleased with the possiblities that the Internet deliver, perhaps most recent bands are not on the level of the Classic Prog but many have adventurous ideas like William Gray, Nemo and Senogul Thumbs%20Up
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I am pleased to report that Metaphor have moved past their NEO-PROG roots and have delivered a very symphonic progressive CD called "The Sparrow". Almost every song is filled with constant time changes and many different atmospheres and melodies. Counter-melodies abound. Hammond organ sounds filled with great guitar work similar to Hacket. Many songs have a Gentle Giant difficulty in the music. Very impressive. A must-listen CD from this modern prog band. Possibly their break-out work! Clap


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Best of 2006 that I've heard:
PFM-Stati Di Immaginazione
Zenit-Surrender (Best "unknown" album)
Oaksenham - Conquest of Pacific
2007:
Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon
La Torre Del Alchimista - Neo
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         Thanks Dalt99, I will check out this band, by the way, long time no see Wink!
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Points: 3659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2007 at 16:16
Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

OK Paul, I understand and I agree, The Seventies were the Golden Age but I am also pleased with the possiblities that the Internet deliver, perhaps most recent bands are not on the level of the Classic Prog but many have adventurous ideas like William Gray, Nemo and Senogul Thumbs%20Up

 
Absolutely Erik, I have discovered loads of great bands through the internet, especially on this site and not forgeting this great thread started by yourself Thumbs%20Up
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                      This thread is my main motivation here on Prog Archives and
                     only enthousiastic progheads like you keep it alive, thanks Thumbs%20Up
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Hey, buddies, keep an eye in VIOLETA DE OUTONO - Volume 7 (2007 release).
 
Er... even being Brasilian I was never too much into this band but this review here made me think twice:
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Yes Guigo, I read it too but my problem is that I get so many new progrock releases, it sounds a bit 'spoiled' but sometimes I miss good prog because I have to make choices in reading the homepage and choosing which new prog I want to listen to Embarrassed 
 
By the way, tomorrow the one-in-two-month Progwalhalla meeting is at my home, I hope to welcome fellow PA member Glass House, Antennas, Dirk and Angelo and to treat them on some exciting new progrock bands like the new Spanish progrock sensation Senogul Thumbs%20Up 
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Senogul is great. And some Lazuli and Little Atlas I hope. 
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For Progwalhalla I have reviewed a Lazuli CD and DVD, this is wonderful progressive music with strong hints from the World Music sound of Peter Gabriel and I love their blend of ethnic - and modern electric/electronic instruments Thumbs%20Up And Little Atlas will be a pleasant surprise for those who are not familiar with this great new band!
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Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

Yes Guigo, I read it too but my problem is that I get so many new progrock releases, it sounds a bit 'spoiled' but sometimes I miss good prog because I have to make choices in reading the homepage and choosing which new prog I want to listen to Embarrassed 
 
By the way, tomorrow the one-in-two-month Progwalhalla meeting is at my home, I hope to welcome fellow PA member Glass House, Antennas, Dirk and Angelo and to treat them on some exciting new progrock bands like the new Spanish progrock sensation Senogul Thumbs%20Up 


eheh a good old reunion by great progheads! those meetings are the ones i miss not being able to go. I just hope september comes early so i can go there again and enjoy great time with ya'll folks. Senogul is allways a great company, but i only have heir first album. This thread though i dont say much, is myfavourite erik, so i keep coming back and chekcin up!!!
A Big cheers to Erik, Glass House, Dirk, Antennas and Angelo, for keeping with me and with those beers!!!Big%20smile


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Happy Family One Hand Clap, Four Went On But None Came Back
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                                       Obrigado Miguel Wink !
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I'm listening to the PA samples by Violeta De Outono, they sound good so far, quite floydian but enjoyable, the Portugese vocals give them a special flavour.
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 Yes Norbert, an album to check out, especially because I am a huge Pink Floyd fan Approve
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                                 I just read this enthousiastic review about the overlooked
                                 Chilean progrock band AngulArt:
 
LATEST 15 PROGRESSIVE ROCK MUSIC REVIEWS
ANGULART%20Donde%20Renacen%20las%20Horas%20progressive%20rock%20album%20and%20reviews Crossover Prog
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ANGULART — Donde Renacen las Horas
Review by Proglodita (Pablo Goffard)

4%20stars Angulart left us a great album, a solid piece of progressive rock, with lyrics in Spanish, and a variety of styles and moods through the 67 minutes “Donde Renacen las Horas” lasts, from howling pianos, like in ‘Judas’, to the progressive metal of ‘Locuzco’. This first song, the weakest moment in the album, has a sound similar to that of POLIMETRO, especially in the synthesizers. But it’s the only moment with this style, and also, the only weak moment (maybe progressive metal is not the area of Angulart). ‘Locuzco’ gave me a very bad first impression of the album, but after I got rid of that…

An atmospheric ‘Acta Non Verba’ follows a hurtful ‘Judas'. A short but beautiful crimsonian ‘El Gran Viaje’ leads to a happy (and a little paranoid at first) ‘Un Planeta en mi Retrovisor’. In ‘Ámbar’ I hear something of MARILLION, or PENDRAGON…

The result is a stream of great music, with clear influences from classic and contemporary prog, and with the addition of some quenas here and there. All in all, one can say it is the typical structure of a prog album (if that exists).

The wonderfulness of ‘El Atrás’, ‘Un Planeta en mi Retrovisor’ and ‘Ámbar’ is much more important than the weakness of ‘Locuzco’, and the consistency of the album, particularly beginning in ‘El Atrás’ and until the very end, are the good reasons for giving it 4 stars. An excellent addition.

 
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Tomorrow I hope to review and add the new album Breaking The Silence by Holding Pattern, my first listening session was a pleasant one, lots of excellent guitarwork and some flashy synthesizer solos.
 
Another interesting release is the live DVD Janos Varga Project Live, Janos Varga is the former guitarplayer of legendary Hungarian progrock band East, I hope to review this DVD tomorrow.
 


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Too bad I had to miss the Progwalhalla evening last Friday. I'll make up for it next time, Erik, and have agreed with Hans to set up a diner meeting with you, him and Dirk in Amsterdam later this month (bier & sate, as he put it).

In the mean time, here's another new band being moved out of Unsigned and hopefully into the archives: Sunpath from Germany. One of independent and promising bands that benefit from our new guidelines on being considered a 'released' band.
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Angelo, it was big fun Saturday evening with the Progwalhalla meeting, Dutch Tony was the first visitor and also the last one who left, after midnight Wink Antennas has made pictures, I hope she has time to put them in this thread, that would be a nice 'after party'!
Good idea to meet in Amsterdam, a nice blend of beer, sateh and music Approve !
 
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Hey Erik, this may get you interested . ENNEADE is available from Musea, so you can easily pick them when you want to I guess. Eclectic Heavy Prog Metal is the best description Highly recommended!!!
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Thanks for the Enneade recommendation, sounds interesting Thumbs%20Up
 
Igor, by the way, today the postman intended to deliver your CD but I was at my work so I hope to pick it up on the post office this wednesday.
 
Wednesday I hope to have time to review the Janos Varga (ex East guitarplayer) Project Live DVD from Hungary and the new Holding Pattern album entitled Breaking The Silence from the USA.
 
 
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Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:


Igor, by the way, today the postman intended to deliver your CD but I was at my work so I hope to pick it up on the post office this wednesday.


Ai carramba!!! It works!!!

Hope, the others will recieve their copies as well!!!
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