How about this new prog rock?

Or how about that US band LANDSEND??

Heard they were good

60+ mins of MP3s at www.transendland.net

At least then people can judge for themselves eh?

By the way, Discipline or Matthew Parmenter is my fave of the current crop of prog stuff..

But i also like: Flower kings, Cast, IQ, Mangala Vallis, Porcupine tree and DT

I have send a message to my fellow collaborators to join my two threads about new prog and new symphonic rock so I am looking forward to their contributions/opinions ...

Surely, a vast array of interests culminating in curiousity's apex, but I'll attempt to stand up to your requests:

I mostly like Pendragon, though I'm also suitable to hear from Echolyn, Anekdoten, Collage and Pallas.

All of which I professed to like have been heard on ProgArchives' mp3 stream (in exception to Pendragon and Collage, of which  I fortunately have them available to hear, at home, on  cd and  DVD, since PA doesn't have that many interesting songs to hear from those two).

It's always pleasant and appreciated to subject the newly born prog bands to the audience's delighted (or not) opinions, nonetheless, legends and ethereally superior veterans shouldn't suffer significant change in the assorted equilibrium.

It obviously depends on which band one is refering to, but overall, most emptions take place in two cd stores: one vibrant with bootlegs and rarities, though, relatively focused on metal, even if embracing many other different styles, as Yes and Rush can also there be found (and also Tool's Salival!!!); the other exclusively contains progressive rock - hence its name "ProgCds" - and 70's rock, whereas me and my brother have purchased what we considered very rare albums in Portugal, through ordering from foreign establishments and warehouses, including Pendragon's Liveosity!!.

Well, in jeopardy of exaggerating, ProgArchives is pratically my asylum from the world I've come to depict on another topic, thus, my second home.

Many other bands fail to appear in your list, as it's easily comprehend, of course, but I can always throw out my modest opinion on a few bands (don't know how much it'll contribute to): Andomeda (Sweden), Lord of Mushrooms (France - much better than the averagely stereotyped racial handicap), Little Atlas (USA - to support the general opinions), Oceansize (England), Spiraling (USA - not as intricate or appealing as the previous, perhaps), Forgotten Suns (Portugal - speaking of racial handicaps...), Apocaplypse (Brazil - not so much recent, though not that bad of a listen either, so as to retrieve recollections from Genesis, apart from the language sang, at some extent), Adagio (France - there is more to this band than the first track provided by the mp3 stream conveys, it seems), Frogg Café (USA), Stride (USA - a little better in comparison to what was here discussed towards Spiraling) and that's about all that imbues what I'm able to confide.

Also, thank you, Erik, for your contribution to the general knowledge on prog culture.


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Hello Carakhallo, I remember you from the Spanish prog thread .

Well I feel in some way like you, but as you said, I am of the ones who are able to not compare the new to the old. But I agree on the originality factor issue and the heard it before problem. There are however some new bands worthwell listening to which are presenting novel approaches to prog and hace this fresh new sound and not only in the symphonic prog genre - the list of bands mentioned earlier consist some of those and there are more. But there are those bands which are as you said not innovative and only redo what has been done before (in a good way, it nust be said) and yet I still manage to love and get excited when I hear them.

I Love Senogul, BTW.

 

Thanks for starting interesting topics like this one, Erik!

I think the main problem when listening new prog bands is that we already know we are not going to find a new Genesis. They are not going to be as good as the old dinosaurs from the 70s, for sure. Of course, prog style has changed since then and, ironically, now it shows much more influences from different styles than ever (it is difficult to link certain bands to only one prog style). But perhaps we expect to find the old "pure-symphonic" style in the new bands... and that's when we get disappointed. Also, I think that when these new bands try to mimic the style from the 70s the result is a complete failure, since they don't sound the same... they sound too clean, too refined, maybe too harmless. And we find ourselves saying "There's nothing innovative here". So there's no way we can be satisfied!! 

At least this is what happens to me, it's difficult for me to find a band from this century that really moves me. I guess we must learn to enjoy what these people can offer, without trying to compare them to anyone. I know some of you are able to do it, I am on my way...

Finally, I can't let the opportunity go by, now we can listen to some mp3 samples from SENOGUL in Progarchives. Enjoy some new prog!

http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAN D.asp?band_id=2349

I really like White Willow, Anekdoten and Echolyn.

Bands /artists that are likely to get a promotion in my test-taste laboratory: Salem Hill, Tim Morse, Neal Morse (no relation I suppose) and Moon Safari.

Haven't heard music of a lot of bands mentioned.

PA has become my main source for prog. It used to be iO-Pages (Dutch prog magazine), but PA is interactive and helps me more in finding new music, these days.

I own a Progfest video featuring Ars Nova, Solaris and .. White Willow, great vintage keyboard drenched progrock!

I would like to thank everybody for again joining this thread and good to notice that the new Italian progrock is so appreciated !

Chamberry, I will check out Menayeri + Asi somos !

Saludos, ciao, ayo, bey, salut, tot ziens ....  !

For those who want to expand their knowledge of this particular field you can do the following using PA.

Go to Switch Index in the main page and click on it until you see:

then you'll arrive here:

http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp

here you can choose to filter the list by subgenre.

Pick the Symphonic prog here:

http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?style_id=4

A page will be open with the 100 highest rated symphonic albums.

Then you can filter it by year with the scroll down menu to the right of the subgenres menu.

This is for example the list for 2005:

http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?style_id=4&a mp;a mp;year=2005

You will see in the years 2000-2006 the majority of the albums discussed above.

A good way to start investigating bands. And when you get to know something and love it please come back here - How about this new prog rock? and here - I Recommend... and tell the rest of us about it, and publish a review.

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Space Dimentia wrote: You forgot Orphaned Land from Israel

Orphaned Land is a progressive metal band with world music elements.

Not symphonic prog at all.

edit:Sorry,I thought this was one of Erik's symphonic threads.
 

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And I can recommend, apart from already mentionned bands:

Taal (France)

4/3 De Trio (France)

Grand Stand (Sweden)

Akacia (USA)

Aside Beside (France)

Cafeine (France)

Cast (Mexico)

Deus Ex Machina (Italy)

Ensemble Nimbus (Sweden)

Floating State (Italy)

Hamadryad (Canada)

Ken's Novel (Belgium)

Kopecky (USA)

Kotebel (Spain)

Krakatoa (USA)

Kvazar (Norway)

Moongarden (Italy)

Par Lindh Project (Sweden)

Parallel Mind (USA)

Quaser (Japan)

RC2 (Venezuela)

Spaced Out (Canada)

Talisma (Canada)

Tempano (Venezuela)

Trespass (Israel)

Visible Wind (Canada)

XII Alfonso (France)