Modern Prog Rock bands?

Karl Hungus

So, I've been quite a fan of the good old Prog for many a year now, and I've got quite a few albums from the likes of King Crimson, Yes, Camel, ELP, Jethro Tull and so forth, and of course Rush. But I'm kinda itching for some new blood so to speak, I'd like to hear some more modern, new bands approaching the style of music.

Now, I'm not after any Progressive Metal here, I'm more than familiar with the likes of Devin Townsend, Pain of Salvation, I'm really after some rock here.

For example, one band I've discovered a while back was Ashada, a Japanese Folk/Prog band:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88r2Pr6CH4U

IamMetaldave

They are super! Nice find!

Morf

Have a look out for Black Bonzo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtkDGNYAmaA

Kess73

You should try some Crippled Black Phoenix, especially their new album 200 Tons Of Bad Luck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI6OupafUgY

slave_screams

Morf wrote: »

Have a look out for Black Bonzo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtkDGNYAmaA

Uriah Heap could start lawsuit preceedings there

Morf

Kess73 wrote: »

You should try some Crippled Black Phoenix, especially their new album 200 Tons Of Bad Luck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI6OupafUgY

They're folk if anything. I don't hear any prog in them at all, certainly not from that album.

Kess73

Morf wrote: »

They're folk if anything. I don't hear any prog in them at all, certainly not from that album.

You here no prog on 200 Tons.....?


I can hear plenty of PF and Tull on it. They are defo a folk/Prog sounding band.

Karl Hungus

I'm hearing a lot of things in that track you posted Kess73, I may have to pick that up.

Trev M

Kess73 wrote: »

You should try some Crippled Black Phoenix, especially their new album 200 Tons Of Bad Luck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI6OupafUgY

Great album title too.

Kess73

Karl Hungus wrote: »

I'm hearing a lot of things in that track you posted Kess73, I may have to pick that up.

One of the album tracks on it, Wendigo, brings Morricone to mind in places for me.

MoominPapa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYxCqDmDiwg

PattheMetaller

Riverside from Poland are excellent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMqd7zYkQaw

MoominPapa

Check out these dudes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD0HWo0T_xQ

Just seen an ad for their debut, The Weirding, in Record Collector. Not to be mistaken with the Italian crowd of the same name
Very retro but very nice. Love the Ralf Backshi LotR clips

Kess73

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5zntaS0kzM

Another very good album, that is very chilled in parts.

big b

Karl,

Have you heard the Flower Kings?

If not, I'd highly, very highly, recommend Paradox Hotel.

Got a sh*t connection here, so can't post youtube links. But check 'em out!

ladystrange

You might like these guys Karl, their a local band to me (Derry). Their first album was very good but their second one - A Time Of Shadow - is just brilliant.

http://www.myspace.com/thedeadheroesclub

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMZdlecMk0E

MoominPapa

Anyone know these guys? Just came across them on ProgArchives - been around for ages but never heard of them, pretty good - kinda post rock with vocals, really nice vibe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75OHd3ULFAQ

This track is a bit of a slow burn but well worth sticking with

eddyc

There's always The Mars Volta, they came out with a new album there a few weeks ago that's pretty good

apoch632

Porcupine Tree if they have not already been mentioned

John

Ghost from Japan are my absolute favourite current band that could be best described as prog. Hypnotic Underworld is a stormer of an album.

Karl Hungus

apoch632 wrote: »

Porcupine Tree if they have not already been mentioned

I'd been wondering if they'd be mentioned. I'm very well familiar with them, and seen them live twice.

MoominPapa

Following on from Anekdoten came across another current Swedish group - Ritual, from the more upbeat livelier school - kind of like King Crimson, Yes and Jethro Tull sqiushed together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRk7Hd1qhPE

Contemporary Swedish Prog ftw!

1000th post! WooT

Karl Hungus

MoominPapa wrote: »

Following on from Anekdoten came across another current Swedish group - Ritual, from the more upbeat livelier school - kind of like King Crimson, Yes and Jethro Tull sqiushed together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRk7Hd1qhPE

Contemporary Swedish Prog ftw!

1000th post! WooT

Gah! I like it a lot musically, but lyrically it commits one of the very worst offenses in music to my ears; constant self-reference. I'm reminded of the Saw Doctors singing "We're the Joyce country ceili band..."

Sorry there Moomin, Anekdoten was great, but that Ritual track... Karl says no.

MoominPapa

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Gah! I like it a lot musically, but lyrically it commits one of the very worst offenses in music to my ears; constant self-reference. I'm reminded of the Saw Doctors singing "We're the Joyce country ceili band..."

Sorry there Moomin, Anekdoten was great, but that Ritual track... Karl says no.

Sgt Peppers, the Spiders from Mars - it has some valid uses. I do think Anekdoten are the real 'find' though
The Saw Doctors! Thankfully I don't know what you're talking about:p

Karl Hungus

Yeah, sometimes it can work I guess, but in general I just cannot stand self-referential lyrics, it's a sin, completely grates with me.

A pet hate, I guess?

MoominPapa

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Yeah, sometimes it can work I guess, but in general I just cannot stand self-referential lyrics, it's a sin, completely grates with me.

A pet hate, I guess?

Thats cool - we all have them - overused motifs drive me nuts - Ronnie Dio and his bloody Rainbows/Tigers, RHCP - We get it, you're from California, and so on

damonjewel

I saw this thread when I was holidays but was having too much fun to respond.

anyhoo, my suggestions are

Ankedoten, I have Nucleus by them its very good, the second half of the album from the track 'book of hours' to 'In Future' is amazing

There is also Beardfish, again I only have one of their albums Sleeping in traffic part one which ticks all the boxes for me.

However I think the thread opens up a whole discussion on what is Mordern Prog. There are bands that most definitely would be aligned with Prog and I know what you are looking for ...but then there are many bands I think that have extremely progressive elements e.g. Radiohead, Muse, Wilco etc there are the ambient bands such as Boards of Canada which could easily trace their roots back to early Tangerine dream\eno etc.Whilst also there is also the math-Rock scene with bands like Battles.

of course you are probably well aware of all of these bands, but what qualities distinguishes them from Progressive rock?

For more 70's prog. Check out Egg, Gryphon, Nektar, Gentle Giant, Magma and Gong

JBnaglfar

+1 on Anekdoten. I have A Time of Day, it's a great album.

I don't think Marillion have been mentioned yet. Been around for a while, but still making albums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMafOOAxa70

fortuneg

The Yellow Moon Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro2ecgkFL6k

Ally Dick

Check out Soundtrack Of Our Lives (or TSOOL) from Sweden. Terrific retro music, space rock in places. Go for the album "Behind The Music". First rate.

damonjewel

Ally Dick wrote: »

Check out Soundtrack Of Our Lives (or TSOOL) from Sweden. Terrific retro music, space rock in places. Go for the album "Behind The Music". First rate.

Seen them a few times on 'Later' and stuff and like them. They certainly are retro but would have thought them more akin to early 70's hard rock than prog. Not that there is anything wrong with! However spacerock you say..hmmm which tracks should I check out?

PattheMetaller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahtrXy3emOA

Pendragon are an excellent band

RayCon

I see Astra - The Wierding has already been mentioned and I second that - to me they play "classic Prog Rock" - in other words - when you think of stuff like Yes, early Genesis , Floyd's Meddle era , King Crimson - these guys fit that sound - unlike the term "Modern Prog" which is associated with The Mars Volta etc ...

.. but anyway , without getting into sub genre's of Prog (or even a debate on what constitutes Prog ?) I recommend :

Astra (classic prog sound)
Diagonal (classic prog sound)
Mastodon's Crack The Skye Album (not earlier Mastodon) - ok , so this is very heavy and sits in the "metal" category but there are some great heavy prog passages throughout the album - The Czar is brilliant
Mammatus - (Heavy Prog Psyche Space Jams) Check out The Coast Explodes
Porcupine Tree - 'nuff said.
Earth - check out thier album The Bees made Honey In The Lions Skull - not exactly Prog - but long passages of slow guitar driven music that sounds like a soundtrack to a sleazey , drug fuelled spagetti western filmed in slo-mo. Honestly - it's much better than that description.


Old stuff that you mightn't have heard yet :
Twenty Sixty Six and Then
Eloy
Khan
Nosferatu

in 2006 a German TV station broadcast 12hrs of Krautrock in a special called Krautrock Nacht ... it has since done the rounds in trading circles spread over 6 DVD's ... if you can track it down - get your hands on it ... there's some brilliant stuff on it (a lot of crap too though ...)

Info here : http://www.bigozine2.com/features06/DTkrautrock.html

greendom

Pallas definitely deserve a mention. Still going but their late eighties effort The Wedge is wonderful

PattheMetaller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w3Cp8h8flQ

Twinspirits from Italy are worth checking out. I got their debut album "The Music That Will Heal The World", which contains this track, a few weeks ago and it is an excellent album. Their new album, "The Forbidden City" is released this month.

RayCon

Just purchased the new Porcupine Tree album The Incident ... first listen , very good ... I predict a "grower" morphing into a "must have"

PattheMetaller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMZdlecMk0E

An Irish Prog Band for you from Derry. 2nd Album is out now

demanufactured

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjvtx3HMUks

Kess73

demanufactured wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjvtx3HMUks

Their first album is quite good, and the newest one is meant to be even better. There is a real Steve Wilson vibe on the new stuff that I have heard from them.

Have the album on pre order from Amazon as the european edition is not released until Friday week, and I am not paying the silly prices that HMV want for the Aussie import version from earlier in the year.

demanufactured

Kess73 wrote: »

Their first album is quite good, and the newest one is meant to be even better. There is a real Steve Wilson vibe on the new stuff that I have heard from them.

Have the album on pre order from Amazon as the european edition is not released until Friday week, and I am not paying the silly prices that HMV want for the Aussie import version from earlier in the year.

Where did ya hear em kess??

Kess73

I was a big fan of the Melbourne rock scene, and because of that I got to listen to a lot of the Perth and Queensland music scenes.


There was a really cool Thrash scene there in the 1990's when the rest of the world had grunge. Plus the Big Day out gigs were very cool through that decade and into the 2000's. I caught Karnivool at one of them last year and had liked them since seeing them playing with Electric Mary (at least I think it was Electric Mary that played at the same gig in 2004 or 2005)a few years back, so I started paying more attention to them from then.

demanufactured

Cool, ,they are great live, ,saw em this past weekend over in leeds, amazing show and it opened my eys too something more creative,plus i partied with ian till the small hours.

Mushy

Singers voice is a bit annoying, but not as much on other songs. This is from their 2nd album, prefer Drop Dead Days, but couldnt find clip.

Also got Insurgents by Steve Wilson, although you prob know that, but for those who don't:

bnt

Me, I'm rather pleased to see that Transatlantic is back:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3kQ5e5NYL8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FlN2ZOp2os

:cool:

Mushy

bnt wrote: »

Me, I'm rather pleased to see that Transatlantic is back:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3kQ5e5NYL8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FlN2ZOp2os

:cool:

Bahahah, I came looking for this thread to post up exactly this. Pity there aren't more sections of the main song up(from what I could find). 77 minutes of pure prog godliness. Am really enjoyin Neal Morse on it, def gonna check out his solo stuff more now, and expand on Spocks Beard. Favourite section from this would be the final section, the line 'dancing with eternal glory', all sounds so epic. Can't wait to watch the dvd and to hear the covers.

metzengerstein

Karl Hungus wrote: »

So, I've been quite a fan of the good old Prog for many a year now, and I've got quite a few albums from the likes of King Crimson, Yes, Camel, ELP, Jethro Tull and so forth, and of course Rush. But I'm kinda itching for some new blood so to speak, I'd like to hear some more modern, new bands approaching the style of music.

Now, I'm not after any Progressive Metal here, I'm more than familiar with the likes of Devin Townsend, Pain of Salvation, I'm really after some rock here.

For example, one band I've discovered a while back was Ashada, a Japanese Folk/Prog band:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88r2Pr6CH4U

i know there not new ,but old genesis albums are prog rock some songs are a bit mad as in changes here and there ,foxtrot and tresspass are not bad ,

RayCon

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