Willow (suggestion: Prog Metal)

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.

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.

and if the PMT refuses. .they will probably have a home in AR

sean wrote: 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?

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


Edited by micky - January 27 2008 at 19:09

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]

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

sean wrote: willow-band wrote: 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 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.

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. 


Edited by micky - January 28 2008 at 18:57

I'll toss them to  the hard...err..heavy prog team then 

Edited by micky - January 28 2008 at 20:27

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.

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








Edited by Atavachron - April 14 2008 at 18:47