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Sammal ~ Finland
Retro prog Facebook Bandcamp Latest: Aika Laulaa (2022) The group is active and it appears they are working on a 5th album, with no timeta...
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Berlin School Electronic Facebook Bandcamp Latest: Elektronische Klänge (2025) UMR review page for Level Pi 7/23/15 (new entry)
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Progressive rock Latest: Bloodliners (2025) Here's a band I had no idea was still around. They don't maintain a traditional social m...
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Berlin School electronic Website Bandcamp Latest: Archives Volume 2 (2025) It doesn't appear that FSP are active anymore, but they are i...
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Neo prog Facebook YouTube Latest: Voices Beyond My Curtain (1991) Talk about a band I never thought we'd hear from again! Apparently the...
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Krautrock styled; Neo Gothic Progressive Facebook Bandcamp (new) Bandcamp (old) Latest: Devotion to a Noble Idea (2025) EP Beauty Will Save ...
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Progressive rock Facebook Bandcamp Latest: Case a Chocs 2014 (2024). Live album. As of July, they are still working on their third album. -...
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News: Lumerians are another band that got away from me recently, but their latest album is titled Call of the Void and was released in J...
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Italian progressive rock Facebook Latest release: Storie Invisibili (2025). To be released Feb 28. Transiberiana (2019) Banco del Mutuo Suc...
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News: Looks like the 3rd album went by the wayside. Right now Phil Naro is dedicating his time to Yessongs (tribute band). Last check: ...
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Retro prog; Doom metal Facebook Latest release: The Old Ways Remain (2023) ---UMR notes Lord of Misrule (2016) Lord of Misrule is Blood Cere...
It is strange with PANDORA. Though I like very aggressive and raw metal and I don't care at all about the progressive metal style, the metal elements in PANDORA don't sound out of place for me. Probably because of the genre hopping and not its stylistic integration. And this is the second strange thing... genre hopping with this band also works for me. So much that I am rating higher, the debut and the 3rd over their 2nd. Strange these italians...
ReplyDeleteThe scary thing is... I understand everything your saying! It's so true.. the metal elements here definitely aren't typical prog metal (except the first two tracks on the debut). Before doing this article, I think I had the 3rd over the second as well. But changed my mind while going through each one back to back.
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