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Posted: November 14 2013 at 03:41
On the subject of heavy Krautrock you might also find Lucifer's Friend worth a listen too. They were like the German Black Sabbath.
"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
Lucifer Was recorded an album in the early 70's titled "Underground and Beyond". For whatever reason the album was never released. Close to some 30 years later..the band couldn't locate the original recording and so they re-recorded it and it was released. It was written in that time period of the "Heavy Prog Rock" bands in the 70's and it sounds that way. It's a cross between the Black Sabbath guitar style and the Jethro Tull flute and time signatures. Of course Tony Iomni played with Jethro Tull at "Rock n' Roll Circus and the "heavy" guitar tone was often applied by Martin Barre in the early days and so...the guitar sound of Sabbath is not dominating to Lucifer Was" music..it's just blending like it did with Tull in the 70's. You might like the album "Underground and Beyond".
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Posted: November 14 2013 at 10:05
JellySucker wrote:
Toaster Mantis wrote:
Check out Night Sun, they were like Germany's answer to Captain Beyond.
Thanks, i wonder if you know more German bands, i'm really into Germany's prog right now
Amon Duul II's "Wolf City" is a favorite of mine, with some really nice heavy moments! More guitar & bass oriented than the electronic music like Popol Vuh, Tangerine Dream etc.
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Posted: November 14 2013 at 10:43
Dr. Z. Though this band is in heavy prog category here, I doubt that it is any pure heavy prog, it looks more like a more violent subkind of symphonic prog. Definitely worth to check it out!
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Posted: November 14 2013 at 17:22
Wow, that first PG album is probably my favorite by him. "Modern love" on there is a bit heavy too. I think he was trying to keep up with punk rock at the time or something.
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Posted: November 14 2013 at 17:48
Toaster Mantis wrote:
On the subject of heavy Krautrock you might also find Lucifer's Friend worth a listen too. They were like the German Black Sabbath.
Killer band! Phenomenal vocalist in John Lawton (who went on to sing for Uriah Heep and Rebel). Killer stuff, especially the albums Banquet and Mind Exploding.
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Posted: November 15 2013 at 01:05
Prog_Traveller wrote:
Wow, that first PG album is probably my favorite by him. "Modern love" on there is a bit heavy too. I think he was trying to keep up with punk rock at the time or something.
Mine as well. Robert Fripp played on it and the LSO so perhaps not distancing himself that far from prog to start with. Its a fascinating album. Production wise it seems to have the sixties slightly mono/almost muddy production that was not the glossy Genesis sound. I think he was distancing himself from Genesis not alligning himself with punk as such (imo)
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Posted: November 15 2013 at 01:47
Prog_Traveller wrote:
Wow, that first PG album is probably my favorite by him. "Modern love" on there is a bit heavy too. I think he was trying to keep up with punk rock at the time or something.
Yes, Modern Love is heavy prog without a question.
Btw, The Knife from Trespass is also heavy prog epic.
I wonder if anyone could recommend me more than this, i know there are some good Heavy Prog which is more popular than what i am showing you (Bands like Kansas, Rush etc).
Karthago is an interesting one....the 1974 album Rock'n'Roll testament has Glenn Cornick (ex-Jethro Tull) on bass. There are a number of class tracks on this LP, especially the very catchy "I'm Back Again". Cornick's bass on the whole album is superb.
I will also nominate Wishbone Ash but only a sprinkling here and there e.g. "Don't Come Back" from "There's The Rub", "Mother of Pearl" and especially "Runaway" from "New England", "Stand and Deliver" and "Way of the World (part 2)" from "No Smoke Without Fire" and finally "Lifeline" from "Just Testing". Whoa...that's a big sprinkling!
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