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Topic: Your fave Swedish Prog Rock albums?
Posted By: David_D
Subject: Your fave Swedish Prog Rock albums?
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 03:32

Inspired by Nick's Danish thread, here's a Swedish one for albums, and my fave are (chronologically):


Bo Hansson  (S)  -  Sagan om Ringen   (1970)

Älgarnas Trädgård  (S)  -  ”Framtiden är ett svävande skepp...(1972)

Made In Sweden  (S)  -  "Where Do We Begin"  (1976)

Änglagård  (S)  -  Hybris   (1992)

Landberk  (S)  -  Rigtigt Äkta   (1992)

Anekdoten  (S)  -  Vemod   (1993) 

Anekdoten  -  From Within   (1999)

Opeth  (S)   -  Damnation      (2003)


not Prog/Prog?/not on PA:


Triangulus  -  Triangulus and Bjorn J.Son Lindh   (1985)

Hedningarna  (S)  -  Karelia Visa   (1999)

Goat  (S)  -  Commune   (2014) 


I hope you'll enjoy it! Tongue



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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 04:02
From Sweden they are coming..... a whole smorgasbord of Swedish artists, courtesy of the Prog Line channel. Thumbs Up

3 stars 1979: COSTE APETREA, STEFAN NILSSON & JUKKA TOLONEN - Vanspel (Jazz-Rock  Sweden) -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1vs6dxZvY8" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1vs6dxZvY8
5 stars 1977: DICE - The Four Riders of the Apocalypse (Symphonic Prog  Sweden) -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cipMqRHxXSs" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cipMqRHxXSs
4 stars 1999: INDISCIPLINED LUCY - About the Black Eyed Girl (Progressive Rock  Sweden) -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn4PXD2E0c0" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn4PXD2E0c0
4 stars 1976: SAMLA MAMMAS MANNA - Snorungarnas Symfoni (Symphonic Prog  Sweden) -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmqSvKw49V0" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmqSvKw49V0



Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 04:02
Here's twenty favorite swedish progalbums & more:

Ragnarök - Ragnarök
Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust
Kultivator - Barndomens Stigar
Oriental Wind - St
Björn J:son Lindh - Ramadan (Cous Cous is equally great)
Bo Hansson - Ur Trollkarlens Hatt (but all his four 1970's albums are wonderful)
Turid - Bilder
Merit Hemmingson - Huvva! (Trollskog is almost as great)
Kvartetten Som Sprängde - Kattvals
Nya Ljudbolaget - Nya Ljudbolaget
Samla Mammas Manna - Samla Mammas Manna (like their two next too, but this is more to my taste)
Dungen - 4 (but they're always pretty great)
Älgarnas Trädgård - Delayed (Framtiden är ett svävande skepp, förankrat i fortiden - also very good)
Arbete och Fritid - Arbete & Fritids Andra LP (love their debut too)
Archimedes Badkar - Tre (love their three first)
Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughish (Ja, dä ä dä is about equally awesome/uneven)
Pop Workshop - Vol. 1 (if you like it, you'd surely enjoy Song Of The Pterodactyl as well)
Vildkaktus - Vindarnas Vägar (Tidsmaskinen is quite lovely too)
Kebnekaise - Kebnekaise (III is nice as well)
Anna Sjalv Tredje - Tussilago Fanfara


Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 04:07

Very much welcome to the super quick ones, Paul of The Prog Line Chanel and Saperlip the O'Pette. Big smile

Paul certainly suprising with a RIO album.






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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 04:15
Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:


Very much welcome to the super quick ones, Paul of The Prog Line Chanel and Saperlip the O'Pette. Big smile

Paul certainly suprising with a RIO album.

A RIO album? There are no Brazilian bands in my line-up - nor any albums by Duran Duran. Tongue


Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 04:19
Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Very much welcome to the super quick ones, Paul of The Prog Line Chanel and Saperlip the O'Pette. Big smile

Paul certainly suprising with a RIO album.
 
A RIO album? There are no Brazilian bands in my line-up - nor any albums by Duran Duran. Tongue

LOL LOL LOL


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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 04:22
Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Very much welcome to the super quick ones, Paul of The Prog Line Chanel and Saperlip the O'Pette. Big smile

Paul certainly suprising with a RIO album.
 
A RIO album? There are no Brazilian bands in my line-up - nor any albums by Duran Duran. Tongue

LOL LOL LOL

Anyway, you got me curious, so I have to listen to it.



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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 04:37

13           Anekdoten            Vemod   Swe         1993      

13           Änglagård              Hybris     Swe         1992      

13           Paatos    Timeloss Swe         2002      

13           Samla Mammas Manna      Måltid     Swe         1973       Avant

12           Agusa     Katarsis  Swe         2016      

12           Agusa     Agusa     Swe         2017      

12           Älgarnas Trädgård         Framtiden Är Ett Svävande Skepp, Förankrat I Forntiden   1972      

12           Anekdoten            Until All the Ghosts are Gone            Swe         2015      

12           Änglagård              Epilog     Swe         1994      

12           Gösta Berlings Saga             Sersophane           Swe         2016      

12           Hooffoot                Hooffoot                Swe         2015      

12           Hooffoot                The Lights in the Aisle Will Guide You             Swe         2019      

12           Landberk               Riktigt Äkta           Swe         1992      

12            Pär Lindh Project,    Mundus Incompertus         Swe         1997      

12           Ragnarök               Ragnarök               Swe         1976      

12           Spacious Mind, The             Rotvälta      Swe     2005      

11           Agusa     Högtid    Swe         2014      

11           Agusa     Två          Swe         2015      

11           Agusa     En Annan Värld    Swe         2021      

11           Älgarnas Trädgård               Delayed Swe         1974      

11           Änglagård              Viljans Öga            Swe         2012      

11           All Traps on Earth A Drop of Light     Swe         2018      

11           Anekdoten            Nucleus  Swe         1995      

11           Gösta Berlings Saga             Tid Är Ljud             Swe         2006      

11           Gösta Berlings Saga             Detta Har Hänt     Swe         2009      

11           Grovjobb               Landet Leverpastej              Swe         1998                       

11           Kebnekaise (Kebnekajse)   Kebnekaise (aka II)              Swe         1973      

11           Landberk               Lonely Land           Swe         1992                       

11           Samla Mammas Manna      Samla Mammas Manna      Swe         1971      

11           Samla Mammas Manna      Klossa Knapitatet Swe         1974      

11           Sinkadus Aurum Nostrum   Swe         1996       Symphonic

11           Sinkadus Cirkus     Swe         1999       Symphonic

11           Spacious Mind, The             Cosmic Minds at Play          Swe         1993      

11           Spacious Mind, The             The Mind Of A Brother       Swe         1999      



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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 06:15
Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

13           Anekdoten            Vemod   Swe         1993      

13           Änglagård              Hybris     Swe         1992      

12           Älgarnas Trädgård         Framtiden Är Ett Svävande Skepp, Förankrat I Forntiden   1972      

12           Landberk               Riktigt Äkta           Swe         1992      

I've seen you before being very fond of those, Sean - very nice.




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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 06:26
Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor
Simon Steensland - Fat Again
Anglagard - Hybris
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious
Förträngt Hushållsarbete - Offret om att Älska...
Gösta Berlings Saga - Glue Works
Kultivator - Barndomens Stigar
Agusa - En Annan Varld
Älgarnas Trädgård - Framtiden Är Ett Svävande Skepp, Förankrat I Forntiden
All Traps on Earth - A Drop of Light
Anekdoten - Vemod
Hausswolff, Anna von - Ceremony
Hooffoot - The Lights in the Aisle Will Guide You
Ill Wicker - Untamed
Makajodama - Makajodama
My Brother The Wind - Once There Was a Time When Time and Space Were One
Ur Kaos - Av Sprucket Ut Är Valt Ett Inuti


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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 11:58
Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic, the Miraculous, Ceremony (been listening to her the most of late)
Anna Sjalv Tredje - Tussilago Fanfara (one of my absolute faves in Electronic)
Ragnarök - Ragnarök
Björn J:son Lindh - Från storstad till grodspad (but I like all his early one)
Kultivator - Barndomens Stigar
Bo Hansson - Sagan om Ringen (and others)
Dungen - Ta det lugnt
Älgarnas Trädgård - Framtiden Är Ett Svävande Skepp, Förankrat I Forntiden
Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor
Samla Mammas Manna - Måltid
Gösta Berlings Saga - Sersophane
Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust

With a special love letter to The Cardigans even if the ain't your grandma's kind of Prog (wouldn't have been my Swedish grandfather's kind of Prog either, or his grandson's even if he loves 'em). :)

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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 12:11
Anglagard : Epilog
Anglagard : Hybris
Agusa : Tva
Agusa : Hôgtid
All traps on earth
Anekdoten : Vemod
Anekdoten : From within
Anekdoten : Gravity
Anekdoten : Official bootleg live in Japan
Anekdoten : Time of day
Anglagard : Viljans Oga
Atlas : Bla Vardag
Bearfish : Mammoth
Beardfish : The Sane Day
Beardfish :Sleeping in traffic
Bodin Tomas : An ordinary night in my ordinary life
Elephant9/ReineFiske
TFK : Back in the world of adventures
TFK : Flower Power
TFK : The Rainmaker
TFK : Retrpolis
TFK : Stardust we are
TFK : Unfold the Future
Galleon : Mind over matter
Grand Stand : Tricks of time
José Gonzales : In our nature
In these murky waters : Same
Isildur's bane with Peter Hammill : In disequilibrium
Isildur's bane with Peter Hammill : In Amazonia
Bjorn Johansson : Discus Ursi
Junip : Black refuge
Junip : Fileds
Kaipa : Inget nytt under solen
Karmakanic : Who is the boss in the Factory ?
Landberk : One man tell's another
Landberk : Lonely Land
Landberk : Unaffected
Pär Lindh Project : Gothic Impressions
Liquid Scarlet : II
Makajodama : Same
Moon Safari : Blomljud
Moon Safari : A doorway to summer
Moon Safari : The Gettysburg Adress
Morte Macabre : Symphonic Holocaust
My Brother the Wind : I wash my soul in the stream of infinity ( what a title !)
My Brother the Wind : Live at Roadburn
My Brother the Wind : Once there was a time when time and space were one ( not bad ! )
Opeth : Damnation EP
Paatos : Kallocain
Simon Says : Ceinwein
Simon Says : Paradise Square
Simon Says : Tardigrade
Stille Opprör : same
Roine Stolt : The Flower King
Sinkadus : Aurum Nostrum
Sinkadus : Cirkus
Trentmoller : In the great wide yonder
Tusmorke : Fort bak lyset
Twin Age : Lialim High
Valinor's Tree : Kingdom of Sadness
Zello : Quodlibet










Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 12:32

You certainly seem to be an afficionado of Swedish Prog, Mellotronwave. Thumbs Up


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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 12:58
Has anyone mentioned The Flower Kings yet, or are they too obvious? Smile


Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 13:18
Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Has anyone mentioned The Flower Kings yet, or are they too obvious? Smile

They're just not very good.


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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 13:25
Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:


<span style="white-space:pre">     </span>You certainly seem to be an afficionado of Swedish Prog, Mellotronwave. Thumbs Up



I am :-) ( i like their prog norwegian neighbors a lot too)


Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 13:26
Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Has anyone mentioned The Flower Kings yet, or are they too obvious? Smile


I did   see under TFK and for me they are good enough


Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 13:28
There is a 480 page thread started in 2009 on TFK.......So they are more than good enough.

Nuff said.......


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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 13:30
I forgot to mention
Bo Hanson : Attic thoughts
Bo Hanson : Lord of the rings
Bo Hanson : Magician's hat


Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 14:42
1. Mats/Morgan - Live
2. Mats/Morgan - The Music Or The Money...
3. Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor
4. Ominox - Contemporary Past
5. Kultivator - Barndomens Stigar
6. Von Zamla - No Make Up!
7. Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion [half swedish...]
8. Samla Mammas Manna - Klossa Knapitatet
9. Mats/Morgan - Radio Da Da
10. Mats/Morgan - Thanks For Flying With Us

Honourable mentions:
* Samla Mammas Manna - Måltid
* Trettioåriga Kriget - Trettioåriga Kriget
* Förträngt Hushållsarbete - Offret Om Att Älska...
* Kaipa - Solo


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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 15:27
Every Freak Kitchen album, but they ain't prog according to PA.


All Traps on Earth - A Drop of Light
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Anglagard - Viljans Oga
Anekdoten - Nucleus


Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 15:40

I hope that I didn't come across any plans of yours, Mirakaze, as I remember you talking about Swedish thread, but now
I didn't reckon, it was actual anymore. Smile


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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 15:49
Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Anekdoten - Nucleus

That would be "avantgardish" for me, but I'll give it a new listen. Smile




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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 16:58
Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Anekdoten - Nucleus
That would be "avantgardish" for me, but I'll give it a new listen. Smile
After the first one, it looks like, this album has got a new friend, as maybe even more creative and interesting than Vemod, and different enough from Vemod.



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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 22:50
In no particular order:
Landberk Indian Summer
Landberk One Man Tell's Another
The Amazing Gentle Stream
Paatos Timeloss
Dungen 4
Demen Nektyr
Anna Von Hausswolff Dead Magic
All Traps on Earth A Drop of Light
Pär Lindh Project Mundus Incompertus
Brother Ape The Art of Letting Go



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Posted By: RockHound
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 23:40
My favorites are:

Back in the World of Adventures
Stardust We Are
Unfold the afuture
Banks of Eden

All the Anglagård albums

Blomlijud
Lover’s End


Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 23:46
I do have a few, but I'm not sure I know them well enough to pick my top ones. I do know Hybris are among my very favourite Scret of the Runes (by Therion). I enjoyed the Kaipa do Capo album well enough... more than the classic Kaipa albums I think. The last Anekdoten album was great too, I guess I should check out more from them. And I have been hearing a bit or Landberk's Riktigt Akta (on YouTube) and have been enjoying it very much, but it's been years and have not been able to find it available to buy it (and I do want the version in swedish). And it's not prog, but I have found about a band called Garmarna (folk) and have been enjoying that one too... specially the album Guds Spelleman.


Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 23:50
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic, the Miraculous, Ceremony (been listening to her the most of late)
As have I. Forgot she's from the geograpically same place as alll those hairy hippies and freaks on my list of favorites. Sure feels like another time and place entirely.


Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 25 2022 at 03:31
Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

The last Anekdoten album was great too, I guess I should check out more from them.

I can surely recommend their first two, or the third one if something more melodic and easier for the ears. Smile




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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 25 2022 at 06:14
Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Anekdoten - Nucleus
That would be "avantgardish" for me, but I'll give it a new listen. Smile
After the first one, it looks like, this album has got a new friend, as maybe even more creative and interesting than Vemod, and different enough from Vemod.

It definitely looks like, I'll become fond of Nucleus as well, Grumpy.

As a curiosity, it can be told that the last track on this album, In Freedom, echoes both Cream's Dance the Night Away and Metallica's Orion. Big smile


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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 25 2022 at 07:23
To be honest, I only have one, but love it very much!



Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 25 2022 at 11:30
A few more recent prog discoveries from Sweden, which reminds me of the time when Sweden beat England at football (or soccer to my American friends) and the headline in the papers the next day was:- SWEDES: 2  TURNIPS: 1 Tongue

Galleon  (Neo Prog)
Grand Stand  (Symphonic Prog)
Isidurs Bane  (Symphonic Prog)
Par Lindh Project  (Symphonic Prog)



Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 25 2022 at 13:40
Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

A few more recent prog discoveries from Sweden, which reminds me of the time when Sweden beat England at football (or soccer to my American friends) and the headline in the papers the next day was:- SWEDES: 2  TURNIPS: 1 Tongue

Galleon  (Neo Prog)
Grand Stand  (Symphonic Prog)
Isidurs Bane  (Symphonic Prog)
Par Lindh Project  (Symphonic Prog)

Actually, I am familiar and like the Par Lindh Project, my mistake in not mentioning them.Embarrassed When Triumvirat singer Barry Palmer went to St. Louis,Missouri, USA in the late 1990s for a couple of in part Triumvirat reunion concerts, PLP were there to back him.


Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: August 26 2022 at 01:45
Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:


I hope that I didn't come across any plans of yours, Mirakaze, as I remember you talking about Swedish thread, but now
I didn't reckon, it was actual anymore. Smile


That's quite alright; I'd kind of forgotten about those plans myself LOL


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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 26 2022 at 08:46
Originally posted by Mirakaze Mirakaze wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

I hope that I didn't come across any plans of yours, Mirakaze, as I remember you talking about Swedish thread, but now
I didn't reckon, it was actual anymore. Smile
That's quite alright; I'd kind of forgotten about those plans myself LOL

That's how it can be. Smile



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Posted By: Boojieboy
Date Posted: August 26 2022 at 13:59
ABBA has done a bit of prog, such as Intermezzo No. 1. LOL


Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 27 2022 at 07:00
Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Anekdoten - Nucleus
It definitely looks like, I'll become fond of Nucleus as well, Grumpy.

As a curiosity, it can be told that the last track on this album, In Freedom, echoes both Cream's Dance the Night Away and Metallica's Orion. Big smile

While Nucleus as a whole seems to me to be quite a lot inspired by Larks' Tongues in Aspic. 



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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: August 27 2022 at 17:24
Going with ten albums and one per band otherwise Anekdoten, Anglagard and Landberk will dominate it. I absolutely love Swedish music, the melancholic retro stuff especially. In no order.

Gosta Berlings Saga- Detta Har Hant
Lamagaia- Lamagaius
Anekdoten- Gravity or Until All The Ghosts Are Gone
The Spacious Mind- Rotvalta
All Traps On Earth- A Drop Of Light
Opeth- Damnation
Kultivater- Barndomins Stigar
Landberk- One Man Tells Another
Anglagard- Hybris
Sinkadus- Cirkus

Some fine albums right there from my music world. Big fan of that Dream Pop vibe on The Amazing's Ambulance. Or the Neo Prog from Twin Age called Lialim High. Liquid Scarlet's debut is cool. Flasket Brinner's debut for the jamming style. Katatonia's Great Cold Distance needs a mention.



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"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN


Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 28 2022 at 04:31
Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

4 stars 1976: SAMLA MAMMAS MANNA - Snorungarnas Symfoni (Symphonic Prog  Sweden)

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

.. you got me curious, so I have to listen to it.

This album seems to me to be RIO light. Big smile



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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 28 2022 at 04:53

As quite usually for "my" threads, some lyrics which here are English translation of 

Änglagård - "Vandringar i vilsenhet" (excerpt)

        Fragments from times past are now.
The world of loneliness where we live,
with everything that has been piled up
all around us,
constantly brings our inner being
towards disturbance and disharmony.
All dreamers who know
something else are wrong.
It may be that one is led astray.
Why exist here for no good?
Time goes suffering, my soul passes onwards
in the dream.


(from the album Hybris (1992), the source: http://www.arlequins.it/translations/Anglagard-Hybris.asp )


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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 31 2022 at 12:55

For whatever reasons, I surely find the Swedish post-70's Prog better than Danish. Star








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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 31 2022 at 14:39
Listing every artist just once I get to ten just about:

Anekdoten - From Within
Anna von Hausswolff - All Thoughts Fly
Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor
Gösta Berlings Saga - Glue Works
Opeth - Heritage
Bo Hansson - Lord of the Rings
RAF/Jonas Hellborg - Ode to a Tractor
Isildur's Bane with Peter Hammill - In Disequilibrium
All Traps on Earth - A Drop of Light
Anglagard - Hybris

For sure some more Anekdoten and Samla would be in the Top 10 otherwise, maybe also von Hausswolff, Opeth, Hansson, and I still have to get around listening to more Gösta Berlings Saga. I want to do that for ages, but so little time, so much music.


Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 31 2022 at 15:19
Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

...I still have to get around listening to more Gösta Berlings Saga. I want to do that for ages, but so little time, so much music.

After many years like that, I'm now in a period when I'm taking it more easy - for better or worse. Smile


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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 02 2022 at 08:40
not in any strict order

Angalgard - Hybris
All Traps On Earth - A Drop Of Light
Par Lindh Project - Veni Vidi Vici
Par Lindh Project - Mundus Incompertus
The Flower Kings - Banks Of Eden
The Flower Kings - By Royal Decree
The Flower Kings - Islands
The Flower Kings - Waiting For Miracles
Katatonia - City Burials
Gungfly - On Her Journey To The Sun
Gosta Berlings Saga - Sersophane
Gosta Berlings Saga - Et Ex
Opeth - Sorceress
Kaipa - Children of the Sounds
Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason 


Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 03 2022 at 04:09
The Par Lindh Project: a Swedish Symphonic Prog band par excellence. Their outstanding second album is beyond compare, although none of PLP's albums are ever below par - but why is being below par seen as such a bad thing anyway when golfers strive to be under par?  Geek I think the unlucky chap in the video below is going to struggle to make par though, especially when there's an annoying devil lurking about with a bucketful of golf balls. Tongue
 
5 stars 1994: Par Lindh Project - Gothic Impressions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mQqpd2920_ScceeTF9s0aZaYAj6lvb9BE " rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mQqpd2920_ScceeTF9s0aZaYAj6lvb9BE 
5 stars 1997: Par Lindh Project - Mundus Incompertus - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nwliqaTYHFhMZF4Y7LvHccUkaZf-bmt7s " rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nwliqaTYHFhMZF4Y7LvHccUkaZf-bmt7s 
5 stars 1999: Par Lindh Project - Live in America - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k2QsEBQmU_iy0JBGThfzYe_iH4-tyrtz8 " rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k2QsEBQmU_iy0JBGThfzYe_iH4-tyrtz8 
5 stars 2001: Par Lindh Project - Veni Vidi Vici - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mJ3K_J2mInAoRtPsQS7JEL3yB1LOrrWJY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mJ3K_J2mInAoRtPsQS7JEL3yB1LOrrWJY
4 stars 2002: Par Lindh Project - Live in Iceland - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lhmpoIPR0Eql8kdThiINVAK7FGSu82iLE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lhmpoIPR0Eql8kdThiINVAK7FGSu82iLE
4 stars 2011: Par Lindh Project - Time Mirror - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lNBFI6WagN2xIL2PQlE_c5B_VP-QMExo0" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lNBFI6WagN2xIL2PQlE_c5B_VP-QMExo0
 
 
 
 


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 04 2022 at 02:04
^ love the positivity on PLP Paul and I agree on the slight down marking of the last album. Its a bit like late seventies Triumvirat , not terrible but not great.


Posted By: Zeph
Date Posted: September 04 2022 at 23:01

Änglagard - Viljans Öga

Opeth - Ghost Reveries

All Traps On Earth - A Drop of Light

Samla Mammas Manna - Måltid

Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone

Withcraft - Legend (not on PA, but worth a mention)

Atlas - Blå Vardag

Karmakanic - DOT

Agusa - En Annan Värld

Simon Steensland - Oscillospira



Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: September 14 2022 at 09:00
Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Anekdoten - Nucleus
That would be "avantgardish" for me, but I'll give it a new listen. Smile
After the first one, it looks like, this album has got a new friend, as maybe even more creative and interesting than Vemod, and different enough from Vemod.

By now I've listened a number of times to Nucleus, but I doubt that I'll find it as good as Vemod
Something else which in fact even bothers me right now, after having got the 2004 CD reissue of it, is that I think of the layout of the booklet as rather poppish - and certainly not as cool as the 2003 CD reissue of Vemod.


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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: September 14 2022 at 09:57
Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:


<span style="white-space:pre">     </span>You certainly seem to be an afficionado of Swedish Prog, Mellotronwave. Thumbs Up


Me ? No !


Posted By: Magog2112
Date Posted: August 01 2023 at 03:36
The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Pt. I
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Moon Safari - Blomljud




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