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News: A note from August 2019 gave an update on the various members, with no plans for new recordings. Last check: February 15, 2020 We... -
Facebook Soundcloud Latest: Ruins (2016) UMR review page for Wolf People 5/15/11 (new entry) -
Retro prog hard rock Facebook Bandcamp Latest album: The Magic of Sin (2023). Released Dec 1. Pictures in a Dream (2013) Robert Fripp has st... -
Retro prog Facebook Bandcamp Latest album: The Songs & Tales of Airoea (2023) Recommended by a friend. 10/13/23 (new entry) -
Progressive rock; Hard rock Website Bandcamp Latest: Genjitsumu (2026) Albums I own: Kumorigahara (2021). Haven't reviewed for UMR yet. ... -
News: Architectural Metaphor have released their 5th official CD called Galactus Interruptum in late 2016, without any fanfare at all (no... -
UK Festival styled psych; Space rock Facebook Bandcamp YouTube Latest: The Butterfly EffeX (2026) UMR review page for Quantum Fantay 9/14/12... -
Progressive rock Bandcamp (label) Latest: Terra Tiempo (2026) Mar 30 Yet another band making a return that I thought was long gone. UMR revi... -
Space rock; Neo Krautrock Facebook Bandcamp Latest: Alive at Roadburn (2017) Frid (2015) Frid is the 3rd studio album from this fine space ... -
Retro Hard Rock; Progressive rock Facebook Bandcamp Latest: Surgical Cuts in the Cosmos (2026). May 22. Astro Tongue in the Electric Garden ...
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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