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    Posted: May 17 2006 at 02:44
Does anyone else out there have a well-developed taste for the obscure??

I just discovered Jimbo's comments on the StarUltimately Obscure Danish 1970s band Burnin Red Ivanhoe - who are still active this summer in DK, and still as rip-roaring good as they were 35 years ago. They continue to blend the Extreme and the Acoustic in a subtle and humorous way - as do contemporary Finnish band Zetaboo, whom I hope Jimbo will be reviewing soon...
 
Any others from Sweden or Norway
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Strictly speaking, Finland is not a part of Scandinavia... One Finnish contemporary band that I have high hopes of is Jeavestone. You can listen to whole their debut album from www.musex.fi. They'll be playing in Germany this summer, so maybe a bigger number of our forumists will be able to hear them.
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For me, quintessential 'Scandanavian progressive' means "The Flower Kings" from Sweden.
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Points: 7606 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 17 2006 at 04:39
I'm still trying to get into Samla Mammas Manna/Zamla/Von Zamla from Sweden.. these RIO bands are hard work, but I know that they're brilliant, just not resonating with me yet. Ouch
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The essential Scandanavian prog bands are Anglagard, Anekdoten, Landberk, Morte Macabre, Paatos, Trettioariga Kriget, Flasket Brinner, Opeth, Asoka, Dungen and also Bo Hansson. Ragnarok are also an enjoyable listen.
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Originally posted by Quiet Drops Quiet Drops wrote:

The essential Scandanavian prog bands are Anglagard, Anekdoten, Landberk, Morte Macabre, Paatos, Trettioariga Kriget, Flasket Brinner, Opeth, Asoka, Dungen and also Bo Hansson. Ragnarok are also an enjoyable listen.
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Don't Forget the folk-rock band, "KEBNEKAJSE" from sweden.
Probably the best swedish band i have ever heard
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What about Therion?
Du Skojar om att jag Skojar men jag skojar inte alls
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Originally posted by Abstrakt Abstrakt wrote:

Don't Forget the folk-rock band, "KEBNEKAJSE" from sweden.
Probably the best swedish band i have ever heard

They are great also, but all I've heard from them is their second album.
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that's good enough, it's their best!
try their third, too!
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Thanks I will try to check it out
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Points: 18292 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 17 2006 at 10:20
swedish folk are warm and a bit sad... don't you think so, too?
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Points: 6898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 17 2006 at 10:24
I wonder If velvet clown has seen this post yet? Anekdoten is one of my favourite "more recent " prog bands.
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he is in N.Y... isn't he?
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Scandinavian prog is among the best thing that ever happend to the genre...since the ´90 many of todays most important prog acts come from there: Opeth, Ark, The Flower Kings, Wobbler, Magic Pie, Pain of Salvation, Therion, ACT, Andromeda, Anekdoten, Bo Hanssen, Pär Lindh project, Messhugah, Sinkadus, White Wollow...and of course the kings of them all...ANGLAGARD!!!ClapClapClap
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Nobody except myself on this site seems to have heard of Midnight Sun from Denmark. I have two of their albums from the early seventies which feature Roger Dean covers. Although a little more on the jazz side like Eilliff from Germany they do have their prog moments.
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Thanks for your suggestions - and if we continue to include Finland in our Scandinavian trawl (and I live here so it's how I FEE Lit's a part!) there are some other very good bands operating here.
 
Try XL on Rockadillo Records (sometimes gigging with Pekka Pohjola) pure prog and great live - except they are now off the road!
And Rivendell - a good live act in Helsinki area (don't know their albums)


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I also endorse Danish greats from 1970s Midnight Sun - aslso known a short while as the Rainbow Band.
 
Great guitarwork fromm Peer Frost as I remember - often restrained, often explosive. A little like Ole Fick from Burnin Red Ivanhoe
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Points: 5308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 17 2006 at 16:43
Ulver - Perdition City, Blood Inside, Themes From William Blake's Heaven And Hell
In The Woods... - Omnio
Enslaved - Ruun
Paatos - Kallocain
Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors, La Masquerade Infernale
 
Some Scandinavian prog masterpieces. Some of these albums are rooted in Metal, but I also recommend them to non-metal fans as well.
 
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