We are proud to announce the PROGPOWER SCANDINAVIA 2009 PREPARTY event:
In true ProgPower fashion, as witnessed on both PP Europe and PP USA, we have decided to throw a pre-party on Thursday September 24th. This will be a chance for those fans already in town to have a little get-together the day before the big show. The event will be a three band evening at The Rock (our location for the 2 previous years of ProgPower Scandinavia). We have booked three bands that represents the very essence of the words "prog" and "power".
The event will open with Norwegian newcomer band LEPROUS (www.leprous.net). This band manages to combine ferocious black metal with melodic heavy metal, old school prog-rock and elements of the melo-death scene. Imagine a mixture of Opeth, King Crimson, Arcturus, Dream Theater, Van der Graaf Generator, Iron Maiden and Pink Floyd and you are somewhere close to the sound of these young Norwegian guys.
Second band of the evening will be French power metallers FAIRYLAND (www.fairyland-metal.com). The band, led by songwriter/keyboardist Philippe Giordana (and backed up by a host of guest-musicians a.o. from Italian band Pathosray) will release their third album "Score To A New Beginning" next month and it is a wonderful epic sounding album that easily should appeal to fans of Blind Guardian, Rhapsody and Symphony X.
As headliner of the evening we've booked Danish power-prog sensation ANUBIS GATE (www.anubisgate.com). Their 4th album, "The Detached", is right now creating rave reviews all around the World with its mixture of technical progressive metal and more laid-back heavy metal. This is a band that is able to combine the elements of Dream Theater, Crimson Glory, Fates Warning and Queensryche into an even and flowing sound. Featuring world-renowned producer Jacob Hansen (VolBeat, Mercenary, Destruction etc) on vocals, the band is easily only one of Denmark's finest exponents of progressive metal.
In true ProgPower fashion, as witnessed on both PP Europe and PP USA, we have decided to throw a pre-party on Thursday September 24th. This will be a chance for those fans already in town to have a little get-together the day before the big show. The event will be a three band evening at The Rock (our location for the 2 previous years of ProgPower Scandinavia). We have booked three bands that represents the very essence of the words "prog" and "power".
The event will open with Norwegian newcomer band LEPROUS (www.leprous.net). This band manages to combine ferocious black metal with melodic heavy metal, old school prog-rock and elements of the melo-death scene. Imagine a mixture of Opeth, King Crimson, Arcturus, Dream Theater, Van der Graaf Generator, Iron Maiden and Pink Floyd and you are somewhere close to the sound of these young Norwegian guys.
Second band of the evening will be French power metallers FAIRYLAND (www.fairyland-metal.com). The band, led by songwriter/keyboardist Philippe Giordana (and backed up by a host of guest-musicians a.o. from Italian band Pathosray) will release their third album "Score To A New Beginning" next month and it is a wonderful epic sounding album that easily should appeal to fans of Blind Guardian, Rhapsody and Symphony X.
As headliner of the evening we've booked Danish power-prog sensation ANUBIS GATE (www.anubisgate.com). Their 4th album, "The Detached", is right now creating rave reviews all around the World with its mixture of technical progressive metal and more laid-back heavy metal. This is a band that is able to combine the elements of Dream Theater, Crimson Glory, Fates Warning and Queensryche into an even and flowing sound. Featuring world-renowned producer Jacob Hansen (VolBeat, Mercenary, Destruction etc) on vocals, the band is easily only one of Denmark's finest exponents of progressive metal.
