Aussie Prog Rock

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I know little, but what I heard was quite nice.

Sebastian Hardie/Windchase is great, especially the Windchase album from 1977 - Symphinity.
Unitopia - liked what I heard, great band
Anubis - very good neo-prog
Voyager - great power-prog, I've listened to three of their albums.
Karnivool - sounds good, I need to explore more
Circles - I saw them featured here on PA, one of the few djent albums I listen to every once in a while. 

Be'lakor - not prog, but one of the best metal bands I've heard lately, fans of Opeth should give this band a chance. 

Edited by Cristi - February 08 2015 at 00:24

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Cristi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Online Points: 41606	Posted: February 08 2015 at 00:19
	I know little, but what I heard was quite nice. Sebastian Hardie/Windchase is great, especially the Windchase album from 1977 - Symphinity. Unitopia - liked what I heard, great band Anubis - very good neo-prog Voyager - great power-prog, I've listened to three of their albums. Karnivool - sounds good, I need to explore more Circles - I saw them featured here on PA, one of the few djent albums I listen to every once in a while. Be'lakor - not prog, but one of the best metal bands I've heard lately, fans of Opeth should give this band a chance. Edited by Cristi - February 08 2015 at 00:24

Kazza3 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 29 2009 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 557	Posted: February 07 2015 at 23:57
	Aussie prog does seem to be doing well at the moment, there's a small festival called ProgFest being held annually in multiple cities, and multiple bands are getting attention. That said, it's not exactly diverse- there's a heavy/prog metal scene and there's an instrumental/post/math scene, and that's the vast majority of Australian prog covered. The prog metal scene is not something I particularly love, but a bunch of bands like Arcane and Anubis seem to be getting a lot of love by followers of the genre. A lot of people in the 00's also talked about the 'Australian alt metal sound', led by Karnivool, Dead Letter Circus, Cog and The Butterfly Effect. Karnivool would be my favourite Australian band, 'Sound Awake' is phenomenal. The instrumental scene is surprisingly strong (and more up my alley), the biggest names are probably Sleepmakeswaves and Tangled Thoughts of Leaving- here's a good overview: http://arcticdrones.com/staff-picks/australian-instrumental-rock/ I went to see Tangled Thoughts a few months back, supported by Brisbane band Hazards of Swimming Naked and NZ's Kerretta, for an overly loud all-instrumental night of music. Also no one's yet mentioned Closure in Moscow, or Tame Impala, the latter of which isn't exactly prog but would be of interest to most prog fans. Edited by Kazza3 - February 08 2015 at 00:00

Tom Ozric Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916	Posted: February 07 2015 at 22:54
	Can't go past Sebastian Hardie (or their later Windchase incarnation) as far as classic, Aussie Prog goes. I live here and don't know much else (Aragon, Unitopia, that's about it).

Gallifrey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 15 2011 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 588	Posted: February 07 2015 at 22:09
	Big fan. If you're into metal, there's not much better than Chaos Divine. Their first album sucks, their second is one of my favourite metal albums of all time, and their third (soon to come) looks like it won't have much metal in it at all Also: Arcane Breaking Orbit Dead Letter Circus (if they are really prog) Battle Circus (from NZ but have the Aussie "sound") Hemina (kinda metal) Quiet Child Projected Twin Eleventh He Reaches London And Ne Obliviscaris if you like extreme stuff
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Svetonio Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 20 2010 Location: Serbia Status: Offline Points: 10213	Posted: February 07 2015 at 21:23
	Aussie Prog Rock is great, with a bunch of gifted young bands and artists as e.g. Plini, 22 yrs old guitarist and composer from Sydney.

tszirmay Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: August 17 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 6673	Posted: February 07 2015 at 18:55
	I also like the Merlin Bird, a fine prog-folk recording as well as the sensational Resonaxis, a band that has church-organ as lead instrument. Delicious!
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k3no444 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: July 10 2014 Location: San Diego Status: Offline Points: 23	Posted: February 07 2015 at 18:46
	Hey everyone! I'm hoping everyone is having a great weekend. I'm looking for new albums to review on my blog, and noticed that I've been writing a lot about Australian prog rock bands. I really dig the bands Karnivool, Caligula's Horse, Hibernal, Full Code, Anubis and more. How many here are fans of Aussie prog rock? Does anyone have other suggestions to list in my blog? Check out my blog if you're looking for something to pass the time. Have a proggy weekend!
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