Bigelf - I'm late to the party on this band

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So I read yesterday about InsideOut signing Bigelf and that Mike Portnoy will be drumming with them. I also read that the particular year "Cheating the Gallows" came out, Portnoy said it was hands down his fav album.

Hm, who are these Bigelf fellows... So I pulled them up on Spotify, listened to two songs, ordered both their albums immediately.

LOVED it, every song on the album. For those that haven't heard them I would describe their sound as:

Beatles + Black Sabbath + splash of Rocky Horror, stir, add in a little Ayreon and then a pinch of (can't quite place the missing ingredient...something exotic...).

For those that are familiar with them, chime in if you have a better way of describing them.

This is a video of theirs although it is not representative of the album, the album is literally all over the place sound wise but it's also very cohesive.



I saw someone describe them as "if Tim Burton did a remake of Sgt. Pepper" - and I can definitely see that!

 
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Its a shame they are getting attention now because of Portnoy drumming for them.
Good band indeed. I remember sampling them when their first one came out.
Sabbath and Beatles couldn't be any more dead on.

I believe they were on one of DT's "Progressive Nations" tours a while back.