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Neo prog Bandcamp (Ma.Ra.Cash site) Latest: Nell'idea De Un Tempo Che (2025) 9/30 Following on the heels of Tale Cue comes another band ... -
Rock Andaluz Facebook Bandcamp Latest album: Escampa (2022) Recommendation from a friend. Not a lot of recent bands playing in this style, s... -
Neo prog Facebook YouTube Latest: Eclipse of the Midnight Sun (2025). 11/16 UMR review page for Tale Cue 10/7/24 (new entry) -
Progressive rock Website Bandcamp Latest: Nagelfar (2025) Nov 21. Here's another artist I thought had long hung it up. He's back! I ... -
UK Festival styled psych; Space rock Facebook Bandcamp YouTube Latest: Oneironauts (2024) UMR review page for Quantum Fantay 9/14/12 (new en... -
Progressive rock Latest: Bloodliners (2025) Here's a band I had no idea was still around. They don't maintain a traditional social m... -
Progressive rock Facebook YouTube Latest: Psy-Ko (2024) Another band from the great late 80s and early 90s period that has unexpectedly refo... -
News: Quaterna Réquiem are very active on the live front in their home country of Brazil. No word on a new album though. Facebook Sam... -
Progressive rock; Prog Metal; World Fusion Facebook Bandcamp Latest: Cosmos (2025). Just released. Imperio de Cristal (2011) I suppose it wa...
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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