martes, 16 de junio de 2009

SPOOKY TOOTH


Progressive Rock
UK
Official Website


Spooky Tooth is an English progressive rock band principally active, with intermittent breakups, between 1967 to 1974. In recent years, the band has been reconstituted at various points,[1] and continues to perform occasionally. Crucial to their sound was their instrumentation; they were one of the few acts within the rock forum of the time to adopt the twin keyboard approach (both an organ and a piano player) alongside The Band (whose "The Weight" was recorded by Spooky Tooth as a single in 1968), Procol Harum, and Mott the Hoople.
(Fuente - Wikipedia)



Supernatural fairy tales (1967)


It's All About (1968)


Spooky Two (1969)


Ceremony (1970)


The Last Puff (1970)





viernes, 12 de junio de 2009

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA


Crossover Prog
USA
Official Website


Trans-Siberian Orchestra (abreviado como TSO) es una orquesta de Metal fundada por Paul O'Neill, Robert Kinkel y Jon Oliva en 1996. El estilo musical de la agrupación incorpora metal sinfónico, rock progresivo y heavy metal, con influencias de la música clásica. Trans-Siberian Orchestra es bien conocido por sus versiones de canciones de Navidad. El grupo fue fundado en la ciudad de Nueva York en el año de 1996. El nombre está inspirado en el Ferrocarril Transiberiano en Rusia, del cual Robert Kinkel dice que conecta muchas culturas, al igual que la música. O'Neill había sido productor de bandas como Aerosmith, Humble Pie y Scorpions, luego de escribir y producir para la banda Savatage, donde empezó a trabajar con Kinkel y Oliva. En el estudio de grabación, Trans-Siberian Orchestra usa una orquesta completa y un coro. En su gira del 2004, la banda incluía catorce vocalistas, catorce músicos y dos narradores. Trans-Siberian Orchestra lanzó su álbum debut, Christmas Eve and Other Stories en 1996, el cual se ha mantenido como el más vendido de su repertorio. Su disco de 1998, The Christmas Attic, utilizó un concepto similar, con canciones populares navideñas. En el 2000, lanzaron Beethoven's Last Night (abandonando el concepto navideño), un álbum que trata de la última noche en la tierra de Ludwig van Beethoven. Después de algunos años de giras, volvieron al estudio para grabar Lost Christmas Eve, acogiendo nuevamente las canciones de Navidad.
(Fuente - Wikipedia)



Christmas Eve & Other Stories (1996)



The Christmas Attic (1998)



Beethoven's Last Night (2000)



The Lost Christmas Eve (2004)





NEW TROLLS


Italian Progressive Rock
Italy
Official Website
BuyMusic


La historia de New Trolls es una de las más difíciles de resumir, debido a que está llena de cambios en su alineación, a sus cambios de nombre y a su constante rivalidad entre sus miembros, pero sobre todo por el gran suceso que lograron, separándose y formándose de nuevo. En su larga trayectoria, New Trolls se ha forjado como uno de los grupos más conocidos en Italia, colocándose en los gustos por el beat, un poco de psicodelia, rock progresivo, hard rock y hasta el pop melódico. Aunque el grupo fue formado a mediados de los ’60, no es sino hasta 1968 que New Trolls empieza a grabar sus temas.



UT (1972)


Searching For A Land (1972)


Tempi Dispari (1974)


Concerto Grosso, The Seven Seasons (2007)




SPACESEED


Experimental Post Rock / Progressive Rock
USA
Official Website
MySpace


Spaceseed stands poised to set the multiverse on fire with its new release its fourth CD Architects Of Twilight. It will be a Zeta/Voiceprint release, but more on that in a bit. Here is the story thus far .This North American space rock act was founded in 1988 in Atlanta Georgia by guitarist John Pack. The group spent a number of years "testing" ideas in the studio as well as performing live. Breaking onto the international scene in 2003 the group joined forces with forces with Nik Turner (Hawkwind/Space Ritual). Turner is one of the founding fathers of the Space Rock. The combo recorded and toured together for two years delivering red hot renditions of Turner Classics and Spaceseed originals. It was during this time that Future Cities Of The Past Spaceseed's debut disc was produced and released. It features performances by Pack, Turner and Gal-Axy. In 2004, Mark Reiser became the official band artist. 2005 brought about the advent of the Pack, Fowler guitar team In this same year the group found itself paired with another space rock heavy ,Harvey Bainbridge. At this time the combo with Bainbridge in tow holed up in the North Georgia mountain town of Cartersville and recorded The Empire Of Night Featuring a demented, performance by Bainbridge, a cameo by Bob Harvey and a large chunk of lyrics by Bostonian space man Astro AL. On Empire the group cast space rock against the shadow of an Orwellian society. Dark and eerie it set the pace of the groups future work This mayhem was unleashed on the world by Zeta Reticuli Records.The disc also featured the first studio appearance by long time member of the groups touring unit John Stanton a veteran of the Washington D.C. music scene.More tours followed and the group proved equal to there work zig zagging the nation with a barnstorming, strobed out,mind melting set of authentic sweat stained space rock. The recently released limited edition Assault Transmission The Official bootleg features performances by Bainbridge, Lora Blooom and Ken. As beformentioned the group is preparing to release it's fourth CD Architects Of Twilight . Due for release in spring 2009. On this recording Spaceseed plays hammer to space rocks anvil. Woven of a tighter fabric and forged of a stouter metal than any off the groups previous works it marks the groups shift to more of a rock format It will feature the groups core Pack, Fowler and Tart as well as appearances by Bainbridge, Bridget Wishart (Hawkwind/Spirits Burning) Steve Hayes (Secret Saucer/Ultra violet Rays) , Bob Harvey( Jefferson Airplane) and Joshua Sattler(Speed X). Allen Welty Green(Zentropy)handled production chores at his Z-Drum studio Atlanta Georgia. Disc art is being produced by Mark Reiser outside of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania as well as a secret location know simply as ' space mountain space lodge'. The band is set to tour the states starting spring 2009 It also appears the bands entire Catalog will soon be re released.



Architects of Twilight (2009)

-Tracklist:
1. Achitects of Twilight
2. River in the Sky
3. Nebula, Pt. 1
4. The Saucer Incident
5. Blood on My Hands
6. Titan
7. Omega
8. The Insane Scientist
9. Nebula, Pt. 2
10. Warlords





jueves, 11 de junio de 2009

WINDS


Progressive Metal / Neo-Classical Metal
Norway
Official Website


Winds es una banda noruega de metal progresivo y metal neoclásico. Formados en 1998. Su música está fuertemente influenciada por la música clásica gracias al piano de Andy Winter y a los solos de guitarra de Carl August Tidemann. Las letras, escritas por Andy Winter, hablan sobre el existencialismo y la filosofía astral.



Of Entity And Mind (2001)



Reflections Of The I (2002)



The Imaginary Direction Of Time (2004)



Prominence And Demise (2007)





lunes, 8 de junio de 2009

ILUZJON


Progressive Rock / Art Rock
Poland
Official Website


Iluzjon is a progressive rock band from Warsaw, Poland. Their music can be described as a modern moody progressive rock.


-Line up:
Mike Dziadosz: vocal, deescapes
Greg Nowak: drums
Paul Sierakowski: guitar



City Zen (2005)

1. City Zen
2. Now
3. If
4. Darkland play
5. After All
6. Rivers
7. Hope
8. Fire





jueves, 4 de junio de 2009

CANNATA


Crossover Prog
USA
Official Website


Jeff Cannata is a Connecticut-based musician, songwriter, and record producer. Cannata was a founding member and driving force behind the New Haven-based progressive rock band Jasper Wrath. He was the drummer for the group, however he also sang, played woodwinds, and wrote a majority of the songs on their 1971 self-titled debut album. The band retained a huge local following and continued touring until they disbanded in 1976. Cannata later formed a new project called Arc Angel with former Jasper Wrath bandmate Michael Soldan. The group signed a record deal with CBS Records and released a self-titled debut in 1983. In Arc Angel, Cannata was the frontman as he sang and played guitar. He later made a number of solo albums under the name Cannata.
Jeff Cannata produces several local bands in the Connecticut area and manages the independent record label Oxford Circus Records. He released a new album with Arc Angel in 2002, followed by a new solo album, "Mysterium Magnum" in 2006.
(Fuente - Wikipedia)



Watching the World (1993)


Mysterium Magnum (2006)



My Back Pages: Volume I (2009)