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Retro prog Website Bandcamp Latest: The Book of Hours (2025) UMR review page for Agropelter 2/2/26 (new entry) -
News: A couple of years ago Purson broke up. But the Facebook page remains alive, and sure enough Rosalie Cunningham has gone solo. He... -
Retro prog; Heavy psych Facebook Bandcamp Latest: Retrieval (2024) to be released Jul 26. Sacri Monti (2015) Sacri Monti are a new band from... -
Canterbury styled; Alt rock All of their former internet presence has been wiped away. UMR notes 12/1/13 (new entry); 7/27/16 -
Progressive rock; Space rock Facebook Bandcamp Latest release: Mundos Paralelos (2008) ---UMR notes Mundos Paralelos (2008) With Mundos Pare... -
News: I thought this band were inactive and I'd already archived this page. But they're back with a new live album celebrating the... -
News: The band still actively posts, but no activity such as live shows or a new album since 2012's L'Esprit du Cercle. Last check... -
News: Another band I've lost touch with in the last 5 years, Not a Good Sign released their 3rd album Icebound in May of this year.... -
News: Well, forget what I said. There is a new album (see cover above)! It's noted as such in the comments but I missed the meaning.... -
News: There's talk of a second album and the band last validated that in April 2019, but nothing of consequence yet. Last check: Febru...
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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