FIN DE SIECLE

The Danish symphonic progressive rock band ETCETERA was formed back in 1986. At the end of 1998 they were discovered by the Swedish label Record Heaven. Until now they have been totally unknown for the progressive rock audience. There once was a Canadian band named ET CETERA but these guys have nothing to do with them. Record Heaven have previously released albums with LANDBERK, LOTUS, BIGELF, TIMESCAPE, TENEBRE, QOPH, ENSEMBLE NIMBUS, VALINOR'S TREE, FIVE FIFTEEN, BOOK OF HOURS etc. to name a few. While the Nordic countries have had quite a lot of bands in the progressive genre recently, Denmark hasn't been that well represented. Denmark once had many great bands such as CULPEPER'S ORCHARD, TÖMRERCLAUS and ZARAGON, but now they only have ETCETERA that I know about. ETCETERA's symphonic progressive rock also has some folk elements. Their influences are GENESIS, GONG, JETHRO TULL and LED ZEPPELIN, but I think you can hear reminiscences to EMERSON LAKE & PALMER, KING CRIMSON and YES too. Their music is sometimes catchy and sometimes complex with many instrumental passages. It's mainly 70's oriented with many long compositions and the front cover is also very 70's look-a-like. I don't know whether the track "Gongtric" is referring to their GONG influence of not, but track however does have some GONG reminiscences. My favourite track is the final epic masterpiece "Fin de Siecle" that has some beautiful Mellotron playing. ETCETERA have already started to work on material for the next CD. I'm already looking forward to it! Recommended!