Lesser known Prog rock recommendations

Trollheart · 03-31-2022, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by rubber soul

I don't know if they would be considered obscure, but Starcastle got some radio play in the seventies. I remember them sounding a bit like Yes if you're into them.

From their debut album in 1976

Meh, I always say Starcastle should have been called Sugarcastle. There's just something sickly sweet about their music that turns me off. I got one of their albums - think it was that one - and the moment I heard the first track I knew it wasn't for me. They get a lot of love in prog circles, which kind of baffles me. But anyway.

Trollheart · 03-31-2022, 03:36 AM

Okay well in terms of bands who are generally unknown on the scene and are current, here are some links to reviews I wrote of a few last year.

Archetype Asylum by Exodus to Infinity

I Just Wanna Break Even by The Flying Caravan

You might also like The World We Used To Know by Shattered Skies

True North by Borknagar

(both prog metal)

or

Last Epic by A.C.T

These guys only had the one album but still very much worth a listen
The Hour is Upon Us by The Hour of the Shipwreck

Do you know The City Sleeps by Touchstone?

Also very good, excellent in fact is
From the Small Hours of Weakness by Verbal Delirium

I love this one to death
A Tower of Silence by Anubis

and this
A Story Two Days Wide by Iluvatar

LawryPopson · 03-31-2022, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Okay well in terms of bands who are generally unknown on the scene and are current, here are some links to reviews I wrote of a few last year.

Archetype Asylum by Exodus to Infinity

I Just Wanna Break Even by The Flying Caravan

You might also like The World We Used To Know by Shattered Skies

True North by Borknagar

(both prog metal)

or

Last Epic by A.C.T

These guys only had the one album but still very much worth a listen
The Hour is Upon Us by The Hour of the Shipwreck

Do you know The City Sleeps by Touchstone?

Also very good, excellent in fact is
From the Small Hours of Weakness by Verbal Delirium

I love this one to death
A Tower of Silence by Anubis

and this
A Story Two Days Wide by Iluvatar

Thank you for a very comprehensive list. I browsed the list and randomly picked The Flying Caravan to listen to and it sounded promising at least for a first listen. I'll have to listen some more and listen those other suggestions too. I'll probably do it today while I'm cleaning. I'm pretty sure I'll add some of those to my playlist.

Queen Boo · 03-31-2022, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Meh, I always say Starcastle should have been called Sugarcastle. There's just something sickly sweet about their music that turns me off. I got one of their albums - think it was that one - and the moment I heard the first track I knew it wasn't for me. They get a lot of love in prog circles, which kind of baffles me. But anyway.

Do Starcastle get that much love in prog circles? I thought they were just acknowledged as a decent Yes ripoff and not anything more than that.

Paul Smeenus · 03-31-2022, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Queen Boo

Do Starcastle get that much love in prog circles? I thought they were just acknowledged as a decent Yes ripoff and not anything more than that.

That's precisely how I feel about them.

Trollheart · 03-31-2022, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Queen Boo

Do Starcastle get that much love in prog circles? I thought they were just acknowledged as a decent Yes ripoff and not anything more than that.

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

That's precisely how I feel about them.

I wouldn't even put them in the same class, but yeah, I've seen a lot of people recommend them. Takes all sorts I guess. I mean, for me: hell, you only have to look at the name of the band: Starcastle? What the actual ****?

Maybe that was okay in the hippy-dippy sixties or very early seventies, but these days such a name just makes me chortle.

LawryPopson · 04-01-2022, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

I wouldn't even put them in the same class, but yeah, I've seen a lot of people recommend them. Takes all sorts I guess. I mean, for me: hell, you only have to look at the name of the band: Starcastle? What the actual ****?

Maybe that was okay in the hippy-dippy sixties or very early seventies, but these days such a name just makes me chortle.

It might be a bit more appropriate for a funk band name, but I don't know...its not that bad

03-31-2022, 03:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Okay well in terms of bands who are generally unknown on the scene and are current, here are some links to reviews I wrote of a few last year. Archetype Asylum by Exodus to Infinity I Just Wanna Break Even by The Flying Caravan You might also like The World We Used To Know by Shattered Skies True North by Borknagar (both prog metal) or Last Epic by A.C.T These guys only had the one album but still very much worth a listen The Hour is Upon Us by The Hour of the Shipwreck Do you know The City Sleeps by Touchstone? Also very good, excellent in fact is From the Small Hours of Weakness by Verbal Delirium I love this one to death A Tower of Silence by Anubis and this A Story Two Days Wide by Iluvatar __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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