10 best obscure prog/power CDs you own
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Harvester
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Michael was indeed a member at one point.
As for the power, how about Voice? "Trapped in Anguish" or "Golden Signs" perhaps?
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Pelata
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Hollow is a good one. The second album is good too although the production on both albums is dodgy. I have both on CD.
Tried Nation Beyond. Seems so so but didn't grab me but there's only one song on youtube that I can see.
Tried Payne's Gray. Sound's interesting though the vocals were a bit dodgy to my ears.
Mezarkabul is pretty obscure to me. It's a good one though. Of course they used to be Pentagram and their Anatolia album is one I own. Apparently there were bigger than Metallica in Turkey. I have the Mezarkabul as mp3s somewhere I believe. Will have to dig it out.
Black Symphony - I used to own but I must have sold it.
Good to see some Kenziner love. I also liked his follow up band Virtuocity which had two albums but had no joy at all in terms of success in the power metal community that is.
Tried Nation Beyond. Seems so so but didn't grab me but there's only one song on youtube that I can see.
Tried Payne's Gray. Sound's interesting though the vocals were a bit dodgy to my ears.
Mezarkabul is pretty obscure to me. It's a good one though. Of course they used to be Pentagram and their Anatolia album is one I own. Apparently there were bigger than Metallica in Turkey. I have the Mezarkabul as mp3s somewhere I believe. Will have to dig it out.
Black Symphony - I used to own but I must have sold it.
Good to see some Kenziner love. I also liked his follow up band Virtuocity which had two albums but had no joy at all in terms of success in the power metal community that is.
I know Voice and used to own Golden Signs but I sold it. It was just one of those that was good but I got rid of it in the end.
I just remembered a band I liked a lot. Valley's Eve - Deception of Pain. A really solid album of slightly prog power metal from RD Liapakis of Mystic Prophecy fame. Haven't listened to it an age but I have the original CD. It was really heavy and crunchy for a prog album. I think they gave up once they realised that Mystic Prophecy was enough hehe!
I just remembered a band I liked a lot. Valley's Eve - Deception of Pain. A really solid album of slightly prog power metal from RD Liapakis of Mystic Prophecy fame. Haven't listened to it an age but I have the original CD. It was really heavy and crunchy for a prog album. I think they gave up once they realised that Mystic Prophecy was enough hehe!
Only one band came to mind, and I do not know if they are obscure in this forum. Sortilege from France. Trad metal from the 80's. Anything by them but Metamorphose in particular.
Justin G
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Black Symphony- Tears of Blood. (Worth mentioning again.)
Black Symphony- Breathe (Also titled The Black Symphony on other versions)
Black Abyss- Angels Wear Black.
Black Destiny- Black Is Where Our Hearts Belong.
Dreamtail- Ocean's heart.
Ironware- Break Out.
Filthy Lucre- Popsmear.
Kerion- Holy Creatures Quest
Riot Act- What is Real.
Stormwitch- Dances with Witches. Witchcraft.
Twilight Guardians- Wasteland.
Timeless Miracle- Into the Enchanted Chamber.
Excelsis- Kurt Of Koppigen. The Legacy of Sempach. Tales of Tell.
Not sure if you'd call these obscure, but they're never discussed, and rarely even mentioned here.
Axxis- Eyes Of Darkness. Kingdom of the Night. Time Machine. Paradise In Flames.
Domain- Last days of Utopia
Heed- The Call
Iron Mask- Hordes of the Brave. Shadow of the Red Baron.
Magic Kingdom- Metallic Tragedy.
Full Strike- We Will rise.
White Skull- Tales from the North. Public Glory Secret Agony.
Black Symphony- Breathe (Also titled The Black Symphony on other versions)
Black Abyss- Angels Wear Black.
Black Destiny- Black Is Where Our Hearts Belong.
Dreamtail- Ocean's heart.
Ironware- Break Out.
Filthy Lucre- Popsmear.
Kerion- Holy Creatures Quest
Riot Act- What is Real.
Stormwitch- Dances with Witches. Witchcraft.
Twilight Guardians- Wasteland.
Timeless Miracle- Into the Enchanted Chamber.
Excelsis- Kurt Of Koppigen. The Legacy of Sempach. Tales of Tell.
Not sure if you'd call these obscure, but they're never discussed, and rarely even mentioned here.
Axxis- Eyes Of Darkness. Kingdom of the Night. Time Machine. Paradise In Flames.
Domain- Last days of Utopia
Heed- The Call
Iron Mask- Hordes of the Brave. Shadow of the Red Baron.
Magic Kingdom- Metallic Tragedy.
Full Strike- We Will rise.
White Skull- Tales from the North. Public Glory Secret Agony.
zedowns
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I looked around the other day to see if they were working on anything or had any sort of presence of the internet, couldn't find a damn thing.
My favorite obscure prog metal disc is easy.
CLOCKWORK - Surface Tension
Some others:
Dali's Dilemma - Manifesto for Futurism
Payne's Gray - Kaddath Decoded
Mind's Eye - A Gentlemen's Hurricane
Vauxdvihl - To Dimension Logic
Mind Key - Journey of a Rough Diamond
Greyhaven - Greyhaven
Lemur Voice - Insights
Madsword - The Global Village
Mayadome - Near Life Experience
Pelata
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Yep some nice picks Magius. Timeless Miracle especially is just brilliant. What a shame they could never get it together for the follow up album. There are some demo clips around and they sound even better than the debut. Those two White Skull albums are by far their best. They more or less completely lost the plot once they lost the lady growler they had. The two Iron Mask disks are both great and I have both. Some of these are not that obscure though and get mentions here from time to time though of course not exactly household names. Heed was good but nothing compared to LH. I am still waiting for Daniel to return to Lost Horizon and make the 3rd masterpiece. Once can dream can't one?
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Eternal Legacy - The Coming of the Tempest
Subterranean Masquerade - Suspended Animation Dreams
Animations - Animations
Everwood - The Raven's Nest
Dante - Saturine
The Third Ending - The Third Ending
Vox Tempus - The Eye of Time (I love this release so much)
IZZ - The Darkened Room
Atmosfear - Inside the Atmosfear
The Cancer Conspiracy - The Audio Medium
Crises - Coral Dreams
Dark Sun - Swanlike
Frost* - Milliontown (not really that obscur)
Shadrane - Temporal
Not prog/power but Moving Mountains - Pneuma is killer
Subterranean Masquerade - Suspended Animation Dreams
Animations - Animations
Everwood - The Raven's Nest
Dante - Saturine
The Third Ending - The Third Ending
Vox Tempus - The Eye of Time (I love this release so much)
IZZ - The Darkened Room
Atmosfear - Inside the Atmosfear
The Cancer Conspiracy - The Audio Medium
Crises - Coral Dreams
Dark Sun - Swanlike
Frost* - Milliontown (not really that obscur)
Shadrane - Temporal
Not prog/power but Moving Mountains - Pneuma is killer
I don't know if these are obscure or not, but:
Harrow-Call of the Unborn
Mystic Force- Man vs. Machine
Lydian Sea- s/t
Conditioned Response- Pavlov's Dog
Meduza- Now And Forever
Alice N' Thunderland
Syris-s/t
Z-Lot-Z- Tearing At Your Mind
Attack- The Secret Place
Harrow-Call of the Unborn
Mystic Force- Man vs. Machine
Lydian Sea- s/t
Conditioned Response- Pavlov's Dog
Meduza- Now And Forever
Alice N' Thunderland
Syris-s/t
Z-Lot-Z- Tearing At Your Mind
Attack- The Secret Place
Catharsis - Pathways to Wholeness
Oliver Magnum - s/t
Oracle - As Darkness Reigns
Pyramid - The Immaculate Lie
Thought Industry - MODs Carve the Pig
Thought Industry - Songs for Insects
All Too Human - Entropy
Archetype - Dawning
GracePoint - Science of Discontent
Mercury Rising - Upon Deaf Ears
Talamasca - Projection
Talamasca - Ascension
Onward - Evermoving
Antithesis - Dying for Life
Chastain - The 7th of Never
Pariah - Blaze of Obscurity
Division - Trinity
Delian League - Truth in Chaos
Lanfear - The Art Effect
Scariot - Strange to Numbers
Prototype - Trinity
Prototype - Cloned
Pathos - Uni Versus Universe
Pathos - Katharsis
Oliver Magnum - s/t
Oracle - As Darkness Reigns
Pyramid - The Immaculate Lie
Thought Industry - MODs Carve the Pig
Thought Industry - Songs for Insects
All Too Human - Entropy
Archetype - Dawning
GracePoint - Science of Discontent
Mercury Rising - Upon Deaf Ears
Talamasca - Projection
Talamasca - Ascension
Onward - Evermoving
Antithesis - Dying for Life
Chastain - The 7th of Never
Pariah - Blaze of Obscurity
Division - Trinity
Delian League - Truth in Chaos
Lanfear - The Art Effect
Scariot - Strange to Numbers
Prototype - Trinity
Prototype - Cloned
Pathos - Uni Versus Universe
Pathos - Katharsis
Burke
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AB-SO-FUCKING-LUTELY
Huge fan of Dwelling in the Out and took me a while however long ago to track down an original copy of this CD
LOVE it
Bad day at work? My buddy and I will invariably send emails to each other with
"WHO HIRED ME??!"
(best track on the album)
No Username
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It's so cool seeing DR on your list because the lead guitarist Dave Souza is one of my oldest friends since high school and I was in my first band with him called Syrinx.
P.S. I can work on a Digital Ruin reunion show for a future ProgPower
Name your price. I would gladly sponsor them.
"Listen" is one of my all time favorite albums, and I have yet to get a copy. Would gladly shell out a reasonable amount of money to throw away the burned CD. Sonically, this album has to be killer on vinyl. One can dream...
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What about Pathos - Hoverface? Unless you think they're too thrashy, they were a great band. Their third album, Katharsis, was also good.
There was another great Swedish band called Divine Sin. They released two amazing albums in the mid-90s, but they definitely had a heavy thrash vibe going on.
If you like Mezarkabul's Unspoken, you might want to check out its follow-up, Bir. It's in the same style but with Turkish lyrics.
For prog, has anyone mentioned Divine Regale - Ocean Mind?
J-Dubya 777
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Lots of cool stuff so far, in no particular order other than alphabetical:
Bad Moon Rising - Opium For The Masses
Brazen Abbot - Bad Religion
Clockwise - Nostalgia
D.A.D. - No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims
Dog Face - Unleashed
Dr. Sin - s/t
Great King Rat - Out Of The Can
Glory - Crisis VS Crisis
Harrow - The Rising Phoenix
Hollow - Architect of the Mind
Human Clay - U4IA
Jackal - Vague Visions
220 Volt - Eye To Eye
Trust - Repression
Trust - Savage
I could probably dig deeper, and find some others.....
Bad Moon Rising - Opium For The Masses
Brazen Abbot - Bad Religion
Clockwise - Nostalgia
D.A.D. - No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims
Dog Face - Unleashed
Dr. Sin - s/t
Great King Rat - Out Of The Can
Glory - Crisis VS Crisis
Harrow - The Rising Phoenix
Hollow - Architect of the Mind
Human Clay - U4IA
Jackal - Vague Visions
220 Volt - Eye To Eye
Trust - Repression
Trust - Savage
I could probably dig deeper, and find some others.....
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