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Facebook Soundcloud Latest: Ruins (2016) UMR review page for Wolf People 5/15/11 (new entry) -
News: We recently heard from a label called Essence Music, and they've informed us of a new Spacious Mind release called The No. 4 o... -
Krautrock styled; Neo Gothic Progressive Facebook Bandcamp (new) Bandcamp (old) Latest: Devotion to a Noble Idea (2025) EP Beauty Will Save ... -
Retro prog Facebook Bandcamp Latest: Panacea (2026). May 22 UMR review page for Agusa 5/10/14 (new entry) -
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Retro prog Facebook Bandcamp Latest album: The Songs & Tales of Airoea (2023) Recommended by a friend. 10/13/23 (new entry) -
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Progressive rock Facebook Latest album: Alter Ego (2023). Had no idea these guys were still around either! Though it appears the group is mo... -
Progressive rock; Hard rock Facebook Latest: Devoto (2016) Deux Ex Machina don't appear to have any new activity since 2018. Devoto (20...
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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