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.

Oddland – The Treachery Of Senses (2012)

Someone has to popularize the term Nordic Progressive Metal. With bands like Leprous, Ihsahn, Shining, Enslaved, Vintersorg, ICS Vortex and Borknagar, there’s clearly something brewing up there in the northern regions of Europe. Cue Oddland, a Finnish quartet who won a national metal competition to get signed on Century Media. And they definitely fit in line with the mentioned bands as a force to be reckoned with in Progressive Metal. Imagine the groovy undertones of Gojira, Meshuggah and Lamb of God employed in a Leprous-like flamboyant progressive fashion. Imagine vocals that sound like Daniel Gildenlow of Pain of Salvation. And odd mix, is it not? Well, that’s what Oddland sounds like. Their debut album The Treachery of Senses is an enjoyable and refreshing joyride of progressive metal that will hopefully establish Oddland as a force to be reckoned with.

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Amanda Lepre – Beneath the Forest of Error 2012

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Amanda Lepre’s debut full-length album is of heroism, inspiration, and despair. Her appreciation for the stories and composition in video games is threaded into songs like “Undying Hero” (Final Fantasy 6) and “The Gift” (Actraiser), while others are of classic literature – most notably, The Inferno by Dante Alighieri. Her own journey in their quilted creation is chronicled throughout; the songwriting in Beneath the Forest of Error spans over a decade.

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Vitruvian Man – The Stranger Within (2012)

Vitruvian Man are a modern progressive rock band hailing from
Melbourne, Australia. Citing influences from progressive rock, metal & jazz-fusion, the act harbor a sound that is anything but conventional. Critically described as a crossbreed of The Mars Volta and Iron Maiden with a combined blend of compelling riffs, powerful harmonies and striking melodies, this is a band that continues to push musical boundaries.

The Stranger Within: The groups debut album, released March 1st, 2012, is a concept record completely self produced by the band. Applying a hands on approach to the engineering and mixing, making use of various contacts and resources at their disposal, the goal was to make a record that was as close to the live performance as possible.

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