Category: Progressive Rock

Progressive rock, also known as prog rock or prog, is a rock music subgenre that originated in the United Kingdom, with further developments in Germany, Italy, and France, throughout the mid-to-late 1960s and 1970s. It developed from psychedelic rock and originated, similarly to art rock, as an attempt to give greater artistic weight and credibility to rock music.

Elephant9 – Atlantis (2012)

An offshoot project from members of Norwegian groups Shinning and Supersilent that could translate in Mwandishi meeting Keith Emerson. Drummer Thorsten Lofthuis (Shinning) and keyboardist Stale Storlokken (Supersilent) are completed by bassist Nicolas Haengsle to make a power trio that can rival the best, beit in the great70?s decade or in the last two.

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NEAL MORSE – MOMENTUM (2012)

Try keeping up with Neal Morse and you may have to catch your breath. The gifted musician and prolific composer is in full stride, seemingly unstoppable. Certainly, that’s what his seventh solo album of progressive of rock, Momentum, would suggest.

Momentum once more proves that Morse, in the company of longtime friends Mike Portnoy and Randy George, is a master of progressive rock. His music is as much as easily identifiable with him as it is also creative and fresh. This is notable on Weathering Sky where heaviness is juxtaposed against a soaring, melodic, vocal arrangement. But also on the following song Freak, which is as much prog as it is accessible melodic rock. It’s also a fine example of how Morse explores his Christian faith with honesty and gentleness. Then there’s the lighter, acoustic driven, Smoke & Mirrors, which takes a page from early English prog.

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Posted on September 11, 2012 by admin