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Nova - Blink 1976

12:55:00 AM / by алеко / in Italy, Jazz Rock/Fusion, N, ROCK PROGRESSIVO ITALIANO /

More active abroad than in Italy (where only one of their 4 albums was released), Nova are a unique case of an Italian progressive group that spent almost all of its career in foreign countries. After the split of Uno, former Osanna founders Elio D'Anna...

Vitriol - Into the Silence I Sink 2012

12:51:00 AM / by алеко / in Italy, Progressive Metal, V /

Italian band VITRIOL was formed back in 2007, the band name inspired by the quote "Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultam Lapidem" (English: Enter the bowels of the Earth and, through your purification, you will find the hidden stone)....

Ashra - New Age Of Earth 1977

12:46:00 AM / by алеко / in A, Germany, Krautrock, Progressive Electronic /

ASHRA was Manuel GÖTTSCHING's continuation of ASH RA TEMPEL, moving from the outerspace psychedelic realms of the temple to the electronic domain of Berlin characterized by TANGERINE DREAM. It's this aspect which leads to the "New Age", which has since...

A Band Called O - Oasis 1975

12:23:00 AM / by алеко / in A, Prog Related, United Kingdom /

As The Parlour Band brothers Craig and Mark Anders (guitar and bass respectively) and singer/lead guitarist Jonathan 'Pix' Pickford recorded an interesting slightly progressive-feeling LP - 1972's "The Parlour Band Is a Friend." Following the band's...

I Numi - Alpha Rapha Boulevard 1971

8:44:00 AM / by алеко / in I, Italy, N, ROCK PROGRESSIVO ITALIANO /

A band from Pavia formed around 1967 from the ashes of local beat groups Gli Spettri, I Solitari, Gli Imprevisti, they only released an album in 1971 for the small Polaris label (the same as I Teoremi). The band included lots of covers by the likes of...

Vitruvius - Vitruvius 2011

8:39:00 AM / by алеко / in Mexico, Progressive Metal, V /

Vitruvius is a young progressive metal band from Mexico. Female fronted band, Dulce Robles has a pleasant voice whom integrates very well in the music, but the cherry on the cake here is the instrumental passages, who really kick ass on every piece....

Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel 1971

8:34:00 AM / by алеко / in A, Germany, Krautrock /

One of the most formidable of the German Krautrock groups, ASH RA TEMPEL were a powerful force led by guitarist Manuel GÖTTSCHING, and also included former TANGERINE DREAM drummer Klaus SCHULZE at various points. Their music is very spacy and psychedelic,...

Cookin' Mama - New Day 1972

8:30:00 AM / by алеко / in C, Jazz Rock/Fusion, Prog Related, United States /

A fitting name for this outfit as they play cookin’ rock-n-roll, the late-‘60s San Francisco variety. Riding the trend set by SF jam bands like Quicksilver, Moby Grape and The Grateful Dead, Cookin’ Mama rocks heavily with sure-footed crankin’ bluesy...

New Trolls - Concerto Grosso Per I New Trolls 1971

3:16:00 AM / by алеко / in Italy, N, ROCK PROGRESSIVO ITALIANO /

Unique in the history of Italian progressive music, NEW TROLLS were leaders and were for a time the top band in Italy. In 1973, NEW TROLLS split into two camps, the hard-rocking IBIS and the symphonic-oriented NEW TROLLS ATOMIC SYSTEM. They crossed many...

Viuda Negra - La Voz De Los Bosques 2007

3:12:00 AM / by алеко / in Ecuador, Progressive Metal, V /

VIUDA NEGRA was born in the beautiful Andean city of Quito, capital-city of Ecuador, in 1996. The majestic mountains only worked as the perfect background for this progressive-metal band to come to existence; after years of playing in low-profile bands,...

Armaggedon - Armaggedon 1970

3:08:00 AM / by алеко / in A, Germany, Krautrock /

Their self-titled album is a heavy progressive masterpiece with excellent, Hendrix-influenced guitar work and vocals by Frank Diez. Armaggedon was the start of his long and impressive career. Their album had six tracks, and two of them were cover versions....

Svenska Löd AB! - Hörselmat 1971

3:03:00 AM / by алеко / in Jazz Rock/Fusion, S, Sweden /

One of the rarest albums from Sweden, if not THE rarest. Primarily a jazz funk album with blues overtones, that features none other than Janne Schaffer on guitar. Pressed in a micro quantity of 200 copies. Privately released album in an era when that...

Nuova Idea - Clowns 1973

11:16:00 AM / by алеко / in Italy, N, ROCK PROGRESSIVO ITALIANO /

Parallel to NEW TROLLS and OSANNA, this band made a psychedelic and heavy classical rock on their debut. Typically seventies group remarkable by the predominance of keyboards, singing (often in choir), beautiful and polished melodies. Evokes CITTA FRONTALE,...

Voivod - Nothingface 1989

11:13:00 AM / by алеко / in Canada, Progressive Metal, V /

Originally from Quebec, Canada, VOIVOD formed in 1982 as a fairly straightforward metal band, favoring the British Metal end of the spectrum. After a few years their sound took a major turn to the progressive side, incorporating futuristic imagery and...

Arktis - Arktis 1973

11:09:00 AM / by алеко / in A, Germany, Krautrock /

The German psych/prog label called Garden of Delights recently made a campaign to reissue a bunch of lost krautrock classics, Arktis is at the top of these 70s obscurities. Formed in 1973, the band released their first album the same year. This self...

Magna Carta - Lord Of The Ages 1973

11:03:00 AM / by алеко / in m, Prog Related, United Kingdom /

MAGNA CARTA is an English 'folk' band, formed in 1969 in London by Chris Simpson, Lyell Tranter, and Glen Stuart. They were part of the early progressive wave, but without really fully stepping into the progressive realm. Magna Carta's music is largely...

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