Stencil Forest (USA)
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Topic: Stencil Forest (USA)
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Stencil Forest (USA)
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 09:39
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Formed in 1980, Stencil Forest was centered around the influences of
English progressive rock, with a strong melodic feel and song structure.
In 2005, the band embarked on an ambitious new project, "The Abyss",
released in 2006. True to the genre, the opening and closing pieces,
"Lifeline Suite", and "The Abyss", clock in at 11:00, and 24:00,
respectively, weaving musical themes together that are found throughout
the album. The current lineup, Frank Cassella, Doug Andresen, and Ron
Perron, are looking forward to recording a new offering in 2010. Frank
has begun writing new music for the project, and with Doug's help, demos
are in the early stages. They remind me a bit of Glass Hammer but I don't know if they're really strong enough for symphonic so crossover might be their thing, or maybe neo. This is from "Opening Act" 1983. That's the only sample from the first one that I could find. And this is from the last album "The Abyss". More samples can be found here: http://www.reverbnation.com/frankcassellastencilforest |
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: December 15 2011 at 00:58
| definetly belong to PA |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 19:06
| Another nice find. I'll notify the Symphonic Prog team. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 17 2012 at 21:36
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APPROVED for SYMPHONIC Please send the material to Scott for addition. Sorry for the unusual delay, but I was out of Lima for almost a month Iván
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: January 18 2012 at 02:42
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I am happy to add them right now - but i need info so just let me know what you can and I will type it up tonight. Cheers and excellent find for the site! ------------- 
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: January 18 2012 at 03:10
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I rephrased the info above and will add more later adding band now Stencil Forest was formed in 1980, with a strong melodic structure and clearly influenced by
English progressive rock. After many years together performing live gigs, the
band embarked on an ambitious new project in 2005. This project was "The
Abyss", an innovative album released in 2006 to some acclaim. Some of the
tracks were rather lengthy in true prog rock style, the opening track “Lifeline
Suite" with a running time of 11 minutes, and the epic closing track “The
Abyss” clocking a mammoth 24 minutes. This closing piece weaves many of the musical
ideas peppered throughout the album and works as a type of multi movement suite
as heard in traditional classical music. The current lineup
of Stencil Forest is Doug Andresen - Vocals; Frank Cassella - Guitars, Keyboards,
Vocals; Jim Cassella - Drums; Rick Cassella - Keyboards; Ron Perron - Bass;
Frank writes the music, and Ron records. Frank Cassella, Doug Andresen, and Ron Perron are recording new
material in continuation of their musical direction. The band’s
influences are Yes, Kansas, Ambrosia, Genesis, Moody Blues, Beatles, PFM, Happy
the Man. Likely to appeal to fans of Ambrosia, Yes, Kansas and ELP. -------------
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: January 18 2012 at 03:23
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Stencil Forest are added! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7050" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7050
Please add albums -------------
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 18 2012 at 08:54
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Cool, I can add the 1983 album as soon as rateyourmusic comes back up again (awareness about SOPA and PIPA). I think they had the info on exact line-up on the old album, track listing I will get from http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stencilforest" rel="nofollow - http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stencilforest . |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 18 2012 at 09:02
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Sh!t Scott, we are getting faster with time, I am back for less than 24 hours and already checked two bands, accepted one and you added them GREAT WORK AMIGO Iván -------------
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