Residuos Mentales-Instrumental Prog Rock

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Residuos Mentales is an instrumental, progressive rock studio project from Athens, Greece. 
They have released two studio albums so far “Introspection”  in 2018 and “A Temporary State Of Bliss” from 2023.  The both  albums received very positive reviews.Their music a mixture of 70's progressive rock, cinematographic music, metal ambient, electronica and elements from Greek  music. The members of the band are  Stratos Morianos (keyboards) and Alexandros Mantas (guitar, bass guitar, flute) 
You can listen to the albums here : 

https://residuosmentales.bandcamp.com/album/introspection

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7qasikNVdTDZ1eUY0FzIHv

Edited by Lesanderd - November 19 2023 at 14:57

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Lesanderd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 12 2023 Location: Serbia Status: Offline Points: 360	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lesanderd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Residuos Mentales-Instrumental Prog Rock Posted: November 19 2023 at 14:46
	Residuos Mentales is an instrumental, progressive rock studio project from Athens, Greece. They have released two studio albums so far “Introspection” in 2018 and “A Temporary State Of Bliss” from 2023. The both albums received very positive reviews.Their music a mixture of 70's progressive rock, cinematographic music, metal ambient, electronica and elements from Greek music. The members of the band are Stratos Morianos (keyboards) and Alexandros Mantas (guitar, bass guitar, flute) You can listen to the albums here : https://residuosmentales.bandcamp.com/album/introspection https://open.spotify.com/artist/7qasikNVdTDZ1eUY0FzIHv Edited by Lesanderd - November 19 2023 at 14:57

yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 5823	Post Options Post Reply Quote yam yam Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: November 20 2023 at 04:06
	The biography is a bit on the short side, and we really need to have a recognised Progarchives sub genre in the topic title to get the suggestion noticed by one of the teams. The first album 'Introspection' is very pastoral and cinematic in its overall scope, being a mixture of ambient, film score, folk and classical music really, with very little rock content apart from the final track, but based on the second album 'A Temporary State of Bliss', I think that this artist is most likely going to fall under the Symphonic Prog umbrella. --------------------------------------------------------------- RESIDUOS MENTALES is an instrumental progressive rock studio project based in Athens, which started in 2012 and consists of Stratos MORIANOS (VERBAL DELIRIUM) on keyboards, synthesizers, strings and percussion plus Alexandros MANTAS on guitars, flute and bass. After several years of developing their compositional style, the pair joined forces with several guest artists in 2018 to produce their debut album 'Introspection'. The duo are influenced by the traditional progressive rock of the 1970s (CAMEL, KING CRIMSON, GENESIS), but they also integrate cinematographic music, electronica and elements from Greek music into the overall mix. In 2023, after a five-year absence from the music scene, RESIDUOS MENTALES signed with OOB Records and returned with a second album 'A Temporary State of Bliss', in which the duo added other elements (ranging from progressive to metal to funk) to their overall sound, resulting in a much more dynamic and adventurous album than the debut. Introspection (2018): 1. Pandora's Box (3:42) 2. Alienated (1:34) 3. Immersed (2:06) 4. The Thorn In Me (5:15) 5. My Stories (3:05) 6. (A Prospect Of) A Blooming Life (2:43) 7. Home (2:37) 8. It All Becomes Clear (3:46) 9. Narrative (4:47) 10. On The Borderline (2:10) 11. A Promise Unkept / Mental Residuals (5:58) Total time 37:43 - Stratos Morianos / piano, strings, synthesizers, programming, percussion - Alexandros Mantas / guitars, flute, bass With: - Dimitris Radis / electric guitar (2,11), acoustic guitar (11), bass (7), programming - Theodoris Tzigourakos / violin (2,9) - Fifi Alexopoulou / cello (2,6) - Stelios Pavlou / drums (4,7,11) - Vangelis Spanakakis / jen (1), kazoo (5), synths (1,5), vocals (7), programming (1,5) Mastered by George Nomikos Mixed by Dimitris Radis Mixed and produced by Vangelis Spanakakis Artwork by Dimitris Tzortzis Produced, Mixed and Mastered at Home Studio CD InsideOut Music Web Promotion - 0002 (2018, Greece) Digital album 'A Temporary State of Bliss' (2023): 1. The Stuff Of Dreams (17:02) 2. The Missing Part (5:35) 3. A Series Of Self-Correcting Errors (12:03) 4. Impending Catastrophe (9:12) Total time 43:52 - Alexandros Mantas / electric guitar, acoustic guitar, flute, bass - Stratos Morianos / keyboards, synthesisers With: - Dimitris Radis / electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass - Yiannis Iliakis / drums, percussion - Leonidas Sarantopoulos / saxophone, flute (3) - George Karayiannis / guitar (3) - Vaggelis Katsarelis / trumpet (2) - Maria Tseva / vocals (1) Music by Stratos Morianos and Alexandros Mantas Arranged by Stratos Morianos, Alexandros Mantas and Vangelis Spanakakis Mixed and produced by Dimitris Radis and Vangelis Spanakakis at Home Studios Mastered by Apostolos Siopis Cover art by Alexandra Kipourgos CD OOB Records - OOB2023027 (2023, Netherlands) Digital album

rdtprog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Heavy, RPI, Symph, JR/F Canterbury Teams Joined: April 04 2009 Location: Mtl, QC Status: Offline Points: 5145	Post Options Post Reply Quote rdtprog Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: November 20 2023 at 12:38
	I hear some Symphonic (Camel), folk (Oldfield) and Neo (Marillion) I will forward this to our team.
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yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 5823	Post Options Post Reply Quote yam yam Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: November 23 2023 at 18:13
	Added, and in quick time too (would have been even quicker if the main site hadn't thrown a wobbly over the last couple of days). Thanks to Louis and the rest of the Symphonic team.