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   Hi everyone,
I've been making a lot of great discoveries lately, and I've noticed that many of my recent favourites are bands like Alamaailman Vasarat, Taal, Mago de Oz and Stormy Six who, although not necessarily listed under a common sub-genre here on the site, definitely share similar qualities. They manage to fuse folklore elements (mostly Eastern European or influenced from their native region) with a very unique and lively, yet hard to describe, style of music. There's an energy and authenticity to bands like them that I particularly enjoy, and I'd like to know if you could suggest other bands that sound alike. 

And while I bothered to create this thread, I'm going to put a little suggestion of my own. Polémil Bazar are a band from my hometown (Québec City) who are not listed on the archives (and probably aren't prog), but their music is I think pretty original, immensely enjoyable, and very accessible as well.

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mosni lamf Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: May 04 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 50	Topic: Looking for bands similar to... Posted: March 10 2007 at 23:22
	Hi everyone, I've been making a lot of great discoveries lately, and I've noticed that many of my recent favourites are bands like Alamaailman Vasarat, Taal, Mago de Oz and Stormy Six who, although not necessarily listed under a common sub-genre here on the site, definitely share similar qualities. They manage to fuse folklore elements (mostly Eastern European or influenced from their native region) with a very unique and lively, yet hard to describe, style of music. There's an energy and authenticity to bands like them that I particularly enjoy, and I'd like to know if you could suggest other bands that sound alike. And while I bothered to create this thread, I'm going to put a little suggestion of my own. Polémil Bazar are a band from my hometown (Québec City) who are not listed on the archives (and probably aren't prog), but their music is I think pretty original, immensely enjoyable, and very accessible as well.
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Pablo_P Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 20 2005 Location: Poland Status: Offline Points: 1028	Posted: March 11 2007 at 14:05
	Mago De Oz is the only band from that list I know... If you like them, you should try a folk metal band SKYCLAD - if you didn't hear them before... These bands are quite similiar IMHO You can visit their homepage at: http://www.skyclad.co.uk
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MikeEnRegalia Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 22 2005 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 21885	Posted: March 11 2007 at 14:18
	Try Orphaned Land from Israel ... or Týr from the Färoer islands.
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avestin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 18 2005 Status: Offline Points: 12625	Posted: March 11 2007 at 14:30
	Not necessarily similar but you might fancy those if you don't know them already: Alamaailman Vasarat and Taal - HÖYRY-KONE (sadly out of print), SAMLA MAMMAS MANNA , MIRIODOR, ENSEMBLE NIMBUS, PANZERPAPPA , 4/3 DE TRIO , FRENCH TV, SILO, LE , YUGEN , U TOTEM (the first album), SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM , ESTRADASPHERE, TIPOGRAPHICA, BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC (Iridium and Petrophonics), BEGNAGRAD, FAR CORNER, FUKKEDUK, HAMSTER THEATRE, INTERFERENCE SARDINES, MIASMA AND THE CAROUSEL OF HEADLESS HORSES, NIMAL , UŽ JSME DOMA* , WHA-HA-HA for Stormy Six and Mago de Oz I find it a bit hard to give you more bands, but as for the Skyclad recommendation, I second it and would also suggest - Cruachan. If you want more info and samples to listen to, you are more than welcome to PM me.
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mosni lamf Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: May 04 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 50	Posted: March 11 2007 at 23:20
	Thanks a lot for the recommendations, guys! I do not know of Skyclad or Týr, so I will be sure to give them a look. I heard the Orphaned Land sample available on the site (listening to it for the 2nd time now), and to be honest I am not overly impressed. The idea of an album based on the bible doesn't really appeal to me to start with (I even have a hard time digesting the profusion of mythical references found in symphonic prog recordings sometimes!), and I am not a very metal-inclined person either (but then again I was happily surprised with Mago de Oz). Still, I might give them further listens eventually. Avestin, I have heard of some of the bands in your list (through song sampling, reading their bio or the opinions of other members on the site and this forum), but Samla Mammas Manna are admittedly the only ones I currently own an album by. I'll be sure to investigate more thoroughly many of those names. Curiously enough, Interférence Sardines come from my hometown as well (they're even mentioned in the booklet of the Polémil Bazar album that I own), but the only thing I ever heard from them were two very short song samples that I found on the net. Edited by mosni lamf - March 11 2007 at 23:22
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avestin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 18 2005 Status: Offline Points: 12625	Posted: March 11 2007 at 23:23
	I am intrigued now with Polémil Bazar that you mentioned, so I'll look for them. Thanks for the recommendation.
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Mascodagama Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 5111	Posted: March 12 2007 at 13:23
	You might also try out Finnish band Uzva - I believe there are sound samples here at PA. They are not so much avant-garde as the bands that you have named, but they play a kind of pastoral jazz rock incorporating a lot of folk and ethnic elements. It's mainly acoustic instrumentaion and frequently quite pretty but they also build up a real intensity on some tracks. I have their second album Niittoaika and would recommend it. Edited by Mascodagama - March 12 2007 at 13:26
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