2003. USA
Post-Grunge/Alternative Rock
http://www.myspace.com/themayanfactor
Forget about the tags I've just put above and let me give a more informal yet precise band classification. The Mayan Factor is Alternative Acoustic Tribal Rock. All of that in a kind of obscure, hauntingly intense mood.
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2003,
Alternative Rock,
Post-Grunge,
The Mayan Factor,
USA
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2008. Germany
Nu-Jazz/Soul/Electronic
http://www.myspace.com/jazzanovask
Berlin collective Jazzanova is a project embarked by six DJ/producers seeking to explore and put into the mix many different styles into a jazzy-electronic outfit.
Specialists in the art of the remix, Of All The Things is only their second self-written album contrasting with the more than 30 releases they have remixing others. Not considering the dozens of appearances in some of the most acclaimed and finest nu-jazz, chillout and electronic compilations out there.
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2008,
Electronic,
Germany,
Jazzanova,
Nu-Jazz,
Soul
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2000. Sweeden
Progressive Metal/Progressive Rock
http://www.myspace.com/painofsalvation
Pain Of Salvation is an outstanding Progressive Metal band from Sweeden leaded by mastermind Daniel Gildenlöw, who started the band at the age of 11. They are amongst other things responsible of maintaining the forgotten spirit of the conceptual album alive, as every album release of theirs is a unique statement musically and conceptually.
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2000,
Pain Of Salvation,
Progressive Metal,
Progressive Rock,
Sweeden
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2000. England
Indie/Alternative Rock
Not the average indie band. That's the headline I get every time I think in Manchester based band Doves. Without disrispect to the genre, the sound of this Indie tagged band goes way beyond the so called style.
Lost Souls is their first edited album about to reach it's 10th anniversary, deserving a rendition I post it up.
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2000,
Alternative Rock,
Doves,
England,
Indie
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2009. USA
Progressive Rock/Alternative Rock
The Dear Hunter is a project led by talented Casey Crescenzo. The band's sound is a unique combination (very difficult to describe, though very easy to identify) of alternative and progressive rock, with a very wide instrumentation, outstanding voicing and use of harmony, and somewhat visual and theatrical.
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2009,
Alternative Rock,
Progressive Rock,
The Dear Hunter,
USA
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2008. USA
Progressive Metal/Math Metal/Instrumental
http://www.myspace.com/animalsasleaders
Animals As Leaders is a project commanded by guitar virtuoso Tosin Abasi in an act that goes far beyond Instrumental Progressive Metal as we know it.
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2009,
Animals As Leaders,
Djent,
Instrumental,
Math Metal,
Progressive Metal,
USA
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2007. England
Electronic/Soul/Nu-Jazz
Dennis ‘Dego’ McFarlane and Mark ‘Marc Mac’ Clair both dj's and producers are more known as 4hero.
The act is a journey of both artists through electronic experimentation. From their pioneering roots in Drum 'N' Bass, Breakbeat and Jungle, House and Techno onto Soul, R&B and Nu-Jazz they've explored the many genres making up this fantastic duet.
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2007,
4hero,
Electronic,
England,
Nu-Jazz,
Soul
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2009. USA
Progressive Rock/Alternative Rock
Dredg is an interesting very melodic prog/alternative rock band from California, USA. They have an amazing ability to write songs and take them to life through the intelligent use of melody. Very good grooving and mind-blowing guitarwork by both singer Gavin Hayes and guitarist Mark Engles (including lap-steel guitar) make the footprint of the band.
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2009,
Alternative Rock,
Dredg,
Progressive Rock,
USA
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2005. Norway
Electronic/Nu-Jazz/Post-Rock
Jaga Jazzist is a norwegian multi-faceted and innovative jazz band, known to put together instruments and sounds from many different genres together into a modern jazz dressing with many other different flavours.
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2005,
Electronic,
Jaga Jazzist,
Jazz,
Norway,
Nu-Jazz,
Post-Rock
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2003. England
Alternative Rock/Indie
Sadly disbanded english group The Cooper Temple Clause was an alternative rock sextet that put their own stamp into the wide alternative rock concept with a sound of their own. This sound absorbs influence from genres such as Classic Rock, Brit Pop, Experimental Rock and even Progressive Rock.
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2003,
Alternative Rock,
England,
Indie,
The Cooper Temple Clause
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2009. USA
Progressive Rock/Experimental
Excentric rock band The Mars Volta was funded by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala. The band is widely known for their experimentation, latin music influence, sometimes nosense lyrics and live improvisation.
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2009,
Experimental,
Progressive Rock,
The Mars Volta,
USA
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2002. USA
Alternative Rock
From then to then you listen to a band you don't really understand why aren't they widely known... this happens to me with 3. And they've got all the ingredients to it: Talented musicians, great sense of melody, appeal, directness and somehow (in the good side of the coin) catchy and commercial sound.
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2002,
3,
Alternative Rock,
Live Album,
USA
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2005. Sweeden
Progressive Metal
And then Mikael Akerdfeldt came into the metal scene. Tagging a band like Opeth into one genre is a useless effort of trying to englobe what is a mashup of all things going around this swede genious head, including Metal, Rock, Jazz, Classic Rock, Death Metal.. put up in a prog manner and given the dressing of the obscure and dark classic Opeth appeal.
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2005,
Opeth,
Progressive Metal,
Sweeden
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2003. England
Nu-Jazz/Electronic/Soundtrack
Soviet film pioneer Dziga Vertov would've never expected when shooting his motion picture Man With a Movie Camera (1929) that even 70 years later bands like British CineMatic Orchestra would still be trying to reinterpret the score for his film (original score for the film was only interpreted live in theaters as at the time it was recorded silent).
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2003,
Electronic,
England,
Nu-Jazz,
Soundtrack,
The CineMatic Orchestra
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2008. Denmark
Progressive Rock/Alternative Rock
http://www.myspace.com/volaband
Starting the review I was wondering if to tag this band as amateur... well they are indeed young and unsigned, but their songs may point out the contrary. 4 song EP Homesick Machinery is a brave stand up by this Copenhaguen quintet, good riffing, good taste and mature composition. Warm voice Mikael Akerdfeldt alike singer and a formidable drummer make the rest.
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2008,
Alternative Rock,
Denmark,
Progressive Rock,
VOLA
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2009. England
Alternative Rock
Difficultly classifiable rock band Muse has been known for it's ability to conciliate fans from many heterogeneous music roots and tastes.
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2009,
Alternative Rock,
England,
Muse
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2008. France
Progressive Rock
Frenchman Nicolas Chapel founded it's own solo project Demians with, as he says, 'naive approach', though given it's success it would eventually become a real band with musicians chosen by his own.
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2008,
Demians,
France,
Progressive Rock
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2007. England
Progressive Rock / Post-Rock
With origin in Manchester, Oceansize is one of the most interesting and versatile bands of prog rock of our time.
Their natural ability to balance their music between the thoroughly complex and the inherentlty passionate has given them the key to reach a very wide range of listeners from all time prog and alt rock fans to the very occasional. Frames proves the band in the first statement with an album that does not present 4/4 figures at all and does again with the second with fragile melodies such as 'Savant' or 'The Frame'.
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2007,
England,
Oceansize,
Post-Rock,
Progressive Rock
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