#anglagard

[musicals-in-sweden]

Teaser for Änglagård (a new musical based on the movie) - Opening at Oscarsteatern September 10th 2023

#änglagård #anglagard #musikalen änglagård #musikalen anglagard #Tommy Körberg #tommy korberg #Helen Sjöholm #Helen Sjoholm #Oscarsteatern #teaser #2023 #musicals #musical theatre #musical theater #musicals in sweden

[jt1674]

#anglagard #hybris

[rastronomicals]

2:09 PM EST December 19, 2022:

Anglagard - "Snardom" From the album Viljans Öga (2012)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

File under: Neo-prog

#Anglagard #Viljans Öga #Snardom

[bungitonthen]

#frank zappa #the pretty things #egg #stevie wonder #anglagard #the firesign theater #amon duul 2 #karlheinz stockhausen

[blackbeardsrock]

Gentleoctopus: Änglagård / Buried Alive (1996)

#rock #progressive rock #symphonic prog #Änglagård #anglagard #isveç #buried alive

[db-reviews]

#170 - The Death Defying Unicorn - Motorpsycho (2012)

After Little Lucid Moments Motorpsycho has been pumping out hit after hit in the realm of their new found prog tendencies. However, it goes without saying that their magnum opus, the highest peak they reach in their prog rock ideals, comes in the form of a very strange, beautiful, intense, and highly magical album that is best described within the subtitle: “A FANCIFUL AND FAIRLY FAR-OUT MUSICAL FABLE”. This is The Death Defying Unicorn, the album that really gave Motorpsycho the big splash they needed within the prog rock community, highlighting that they aren’t just a rock band that dabbles in prog rock, but also bathe in it.

This is a collaborative album the band did with the Norwegian jazz and classical composer Ståle Storløkken. This collaborative work makes this album feel more tight knit since without the help of Ståle, this would not reach the same highs as it does in its current state, because this is some stellar music to be found here.

This feels like one big progressive rock epic with each track weaving around each other, like a moving gyroscope. There will always be a returning leitmotif or theme within this record that will be explored later on, and as someone who is a sucker for leitmotifs with my track record of being a fan of Undertale and Deltarune and other Toby Fox works, hearing these returning and winding themes always brings an intense joy within my heart that I cannot describe. This truly feels like a movie, with moments of fairly Disney-like romanticism with intense moments of avant-prog tendencies, like a bizarre, almost The Flyesque fusion between the jazz workings of Frank Zappa, the highly magical sounds of Renaissance, the bizarre wildness of The Cardiacs, and a good sprinkling of the more gothic prog orientation of Anglagard, and that is barely scratching the surface of the variety of sounds this album holds. Sometimes you might get very Swans-like post rock with tracks like La Lethe, or moments that feel very much like Soft Machine. This is, by definition, the most varied prog rock album I have ever heard, and no track feels out of place. Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken work in tandem with each other as they play this giant epic of prog proportions. It is just one of my favorites in this strange niche of more contemporary prog.

The story here is also fantastic in my opinion. It tells the journey of a poacher, who becomes a cabin boy for a crew that wishes to explore the hollow lands, with each song being a new encounter that winds and twists the mortal coils that dawn on the poacher. It is this almost lovecraftian epic that I cannot help but adore, especially within the movement between Oh Proteus - A Prayer through Oh Proteus - A Lament. It all just works in tandem with the music, and I just cannot help but adore it.

I think the album’s magnificent three piece closure of Sharks, Mutiny!, and Into The Mystic just makes this album more of a masterpiece than it already is for me, just how it loops back to the beginning, almost symbolizing that many more have been through the journey in the hollow lands many times before, and will continue afterwards. It is just a fine closure within the inherent epicness this album exudes, and for that, I cannot help but rank this any less than a five out of five.

If you want a very grand, beautiful, and highly varied prog rock work, stop what you're doing and listen to this album. It is one of those albums that keeps on giving with highly magical movements that take you on a trip through an extremely wild adventure that makes you want to come back for more. This album truly defies death, no matter how you scratch it.

5/5

#music review #album review #progressive rock #psychedelic rock #folk #jazz #post rock #motorpsycho

[rainbowreindeer]

From: Änglagård “Buried Alive” (1996) Solid symphonic prog from Sweden. A rich, special sound with a dose of Northern melancholy.

#prog picks #progressive rock #anglagard #prog rock #rock #symphonic

[jgthirlwell]

playlist 08.13.18

Koenji Hyakkei Dhorimviskha (Skin Graft) The Mercury Tree Permutations (The Mercury Tree) Yves De Mey Bleak Comfort (Latency) Forma Semblance (Kranky) Kaffe Matthews CD BEA (Annette Works) Harvey Milk Life…The Best Game In Town (Hydra Head) Anglagard Epilog (Energy / Krake) Eartheater Irsisiri (Pan) High Plains Pilot Hill (Bandcamp) Rational Diet  Rational Diet  (AltRock) Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy (WB) Christina Vantzou No 4  (Kranky)

#Koenji Hyakkei #playlist #The Mercury Tree #Yves De Mey #Forma #Kaffe Matthews #Harvey Milk #Anglagard #Eartheater #High Plains #Rational Diet #Black Sabbath #Christina Vantzou #JG Thirlwell

[charlottan]

progressive rock map

#i already did a prog map but i think this one has more artists #and also its easier to read i think #and its arranged better #yaaaaaa #music maps #199 artists #just noticed anglagard is fucked up but whatever lol #like it fucked up the name characteres thing stuff yeah

[eildotcom]

Dick's Picks: The Monster Rare Debut from Anglagard

Dick’s Picks: The Monster Rare Debut from Anglagard

Hybris by Anglagard is a Monster rare 1992 Norwegian 4-track vinyl LP released by the record label Colours with a Yellow & Black label design.

The debut album from the Swedish progressive rock band, featuring influences from King Crimson, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Trettioåriga Kriget, Schicke Führs Fröhling and Van der Graaf Generator. This became one of the most influential albums of the new wave…

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[musicals-in-sweden]

2024 winter/spring schedule

Happy New Year and as we say in Sweden God fortsättning! This season features several smash hits from last season, a Swedish premiere and some more exciting productions!

Stockholm:

Änglagård - Oscarsteatern, continues throughout the spring season https://www.oscarsteatern.se/shower/anglagard/

Moulin Rouge! - China Teatern, continues until March 23rd https://www.chinateatern.se/shower/moulin-rouge-the-musical

Matilda the Musical - Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, continues throughout the spring season https://kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/teater/matilda-musical

Lazarus - Göta Lejon, opens February 15th https://www.gotalejon.se/lazarus

Göteborg:

Wicked - GöteborgsOperan, continues until April 24th https://www.opera.se/forestallningar/sasong-2023-2024/wicked/

Malmö:

The last five years - Malmö Opera (Verkstan), opens January 27th. The production will tour in Skåne until April 21st. https://www.malmoopera.se/forestallningar/the-last-five-years

Next to Normal - Malmö Opera, opens March 15th https://www.malmoopera.se/forestallningar/next-to-normal

* De´ e´ det här vi kallar kärlek - Nöjesteatern, continues until February 11th https://musikalenkarlek.se/

tick, tick... BOOM! - Malmö Stadsteater, opens February 23rd https://www.malmostadsteater.se/tick-tick-boom

Touring Production:

Hair - the 2023 Göta Lejon production, opens March 1st and will tour until April 20th https://krall.se/show/hair/

#änglagård oscarsteatern #oscarsteatern #moulin rouge sweden #chinateatern #matilda the musical #matilda stockholm #kulturhuset stadsteatern #lazarus musical #lazarus sweden #göta lejon #wicked #wicked sweden #wicked göteborgsoperan #göteborgsoperan #the last five years #the last five years sweden #the last five years malmö #malmö opera #next to normal #next to normal sweden #next to normal malmö #de' e' det här vi kallar kärlek #musikalen kärlek #nöjesteatern #tick tick boom musical #tick tick boom sweden #tick tick boom malmö #malmö stadsteater #hair sweden #hair musikalen

[metalby]

Brighteye Brison “The Rise of Brighteye Brison” from [The Magician Chronicles - Part I] 2011 2000年に結成されたスウェーデン出身のプログレバンドによる4thアルバム．中心人物のLinus Kaseは，Anglagardでも活躍中．3rdアルバム辺りから大作志向で，美しいメロディと緊迫感のあるソロパート，サックスを含めたカラフルな音色が心地よい．どちらかと言えば牧歌的なMoon Safariをファンタジックにした感じ． Key, Sax, Vo : Linus Kase Gt : Johan Oijen Key, Vo : Per Hallman Ba, Vo : Kristofer Eng Ds : Erik Hammarstrom

Brighteye Brison [The Magician Chronicles - Part I] (Spotify) 分厚いキーボードを主体としたシンフォニック系のプログレ．全体的にスピード感もありメタル色もあってMoon Safariみたいなコーラスハーモニーもイイ感じ．アルバムのオープニングはUKかと思った． また，2019年発表の最新作には，本作の続編にあたる"The Magician Chronicles - Part II"(Spotify)という37分近い大作を収録． アートワークはMarkus Sigfridssonが担当． ----- 2019 [V] (Spotify) 2011 [The Magician Chronicles - Part I] 2008 [Believers & Deceivers] 2006 [Stories] 2003 [Brighteye Brison] ----- https://www.brighteyebrison.com/ https://brighteyebrison.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/brighteyebrison

Brighteye Brison [The Magician Chronicles - Part I]

#B #Brighteye Brison

[rastronomicals]

5:22 AM EDT April 3, 2024:

Anglagard - "Sorgmantel" From the album Viljans Öga (2012)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

File under: Neo-prog

#Anglagard #Viljans Öga #Sorgmantel

[bungitonthen]

#anglagard

[progarchy]

White Willow, Future Hopes

White Willow, Future Hopes

by Rick Krueger The only White Willow album I’d heard before their new effort was 2011’s doomy Terminal Twilight.  Gorgeous, Gothic stuff, but it didn’t leap out at me as anything special.  Future Hopes, however, is a gripping album, unpretentious in presentation (Roger Dean cover notwithstanding) but wonderfully ambitious in scope and sonics.  It starts in darkness, then doggedly journeys toward…

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#Anglagard #Buggles #music #Ornette Coleman #Tangerine Dream #U.K. #Vangelis #White Willow

[db-reviews]

#103 - Thank You From The Future - Moon Letters (2022)

We’ve looked at many bands and albums over these few months, so let’s keep this trend up. I have looked at more gothic bands, most notably Anglagard and Discipline, with both releasing albums that I think are all-time masterpieces. However, I never found a band that was gothic, but with the tempo of more happy bands, such as Moon Safari or Cheeto’s Magazine. A more pastel goth band if you will. That is until now. 2022 has been a great year for progressive rock and it just keeps on coming at you with great releases. I doubt that fact will end any time soon but I do think it is worth talking about this album since it has become a bit of a fan favorite for me.

Moon Letters is a Seattle-based supergroup made up of members from bands such as Wah Wah Exit Wound, Spacebag, Panther Attack!, Bone Cave Ballet, and The Autumn Electric, though I am not sure if those are real bands or just made-up names to spark attention. Besides that, little is known about the group besides the fact that they made an album in 2019, Until They Feel The Sun. This sophomore album, Thank You From The Future, was released this year and has gained some notoriety. I heard about it from the Youtuber Notes Reviews, so I’d like to thank them for introducing me to this album because it is great.

The first song of Sudden Sun sets the scene for this album, featuring fast rhythmic guitars and spacey keyboards. These two factors plus the very articulate drumming do bleed some of that more joyous progressive rock moods into my veins. Honestly, it very much reminds me of Cheeto’s Magazine, but a lot more hard-hitting and a bit more retro than contemporary. It is genuinely a mood lifter of a song that helps in its presentation. However, I have a problem with how this song is played out. It is a four-minute song, but it feels like it is multiple songs all at once. Now, this wouldn’t be an issue, after all, many Prog epics have this sort of thing, the problem is that it’s not a Prog epic, it is a four-minute song. I can never get any time to breathe because things change so rapidly that it feels less like a fun rollercoaster. It is like that one ride at a local fair that is supposed to be fun but instead jerks around causing a headache. A song that is fun but insanely chaotic doesn’t help it in the long run.

This also applies to The Hrossa. It is a very fun and jovial song, with a tiny hint of what would become the main staple through this album, and that is the more gothic flair added on. However, it does still have that incredibly jerky progression, where one minute it’s one thing, and the other is something else. It does try to be a bit more straightened out with the track being 6 minutes instead of 4, but the feelings are still there. These feel like concepts for something greater as a whole due to how they are presented in these differing lights, which is neat, but I do want something a little juicier without being bombarded with nothing but technical skill. There has to be something more.

And we’ll get something more with the rest of the album. The first two songs were the appetizer for the main courses, with the first being Mother River. Gone is the overly fast progression; instead, we get that revitalization of that more gothic sound The Hrossa hinted at. Now, instead of just the happier and go-lucky retro progressive rock bands, we get flavors of Discipline and Anekdoten. This one-two punch of the fun and happy side, with the darkness, gives this album a very interesting and flavorful palette to work with. We can also see some very cool space influences. It feels very Syd Barretesque at times, added with the modern skill presented, with the more straightened-out progression and you’ll get one great song. It is just a fun time for me to be perfectly honest.

These aspects continue with Isolation And Foreboding, which is probably the only track that is a little less happy, as seen with the title. The first half feels very mysterious, with the bass being at center stage, chugging the sound along this path. At the halfway point the song shifts gears quickly to something a lot more slower and concrete, with an almost psychedelic rock ballad that honestly moves me. It is so delicate, yet I feel like if I tear it apart it could never break. This song’s title does not lie, this song does have elements of isolation and foreboding; the first half being that isolation, that mystery, the intrigue, and resolve; the second half being that foreboding, the calm yet so strong movement that sets with you even after the song ends. This has become one of my favorites of this album, and I think it is hard not to see why.

Let us liven up the mood a bit with Child Of Tomorrow. This time we get a bit more of a European-influenced track, with a clear folk identity, but not scraping away their more rock-influenced sound. It is kinda like how Urskog by Kaipa was: a very European-flavored album that hailed its flag in the retro progressive rock scene. However here we get more of that rock emphasis, which I think suits this style well. It is very atmospheric, with visions of green plains and small villages filled with people. I know this will be an odd comparison, but this feels like a Gryphon track, but if it were designed to be less folksy, and a lot more rocking. It is honestly super fun hearing this more green-flavored style of progressive rock put through a new filter.

This album has the best for last, and that is Fate Of The Alacorn. This is the best conclusion the band can make for this album, really satisfying me with a good mix of that jovial sound, that gothic sound, and even a bit of that more Kaipa-influenced retro progressive rock sound thrown into the spin of things. I especially love the ending, how it builds with these horns that go through the wringer by the guitars and drums, creating this moody and intense melody that bleeds into me. It is a track that values what came before, almost like a generation-long tribute to the first, second, third, etc songs. It is satisfying to hear such a good closure on this album…wait what? There’s more? What do you mean there’s more? One last song…but this is the…oh wait never mind, I guess there is still one more song left to cover.

The REAL final song for this album is Yesterday Is Gone, and to be honest, it’s just fine. The track itself is basically what you might expect from this album, especially with how the album sounds, and it does do a good job of keeping the torch lit for a little while longer, but I do feel as though it is severely misplaced on the album. This does not feel like the last track on this album, it feels more suitable for the middle. With it being at the end I feel like this album, while still good, ends less with a bang and more with a whimper. Fate Of The Alacorn left me satisfied, and to be honest I am not hungry enough for dessert, so this track isn’t really necessary, at least not necessary to be the final piece on this album.

I’d say if you want more good modern progressive rock you’ll come to the right place with this one. It is a flavorful album that features many songs that while short leave a lasting impression on me. I will listen to some of these songs a lot more throughout the next few months because they are excellent in their stature, but some tracks are a bit lesser than those that I praised. This album isn’t perfect, but I do think all and all it is a fun time that harkens back to that more fun side of progressive rock, while also adding a bit more edge to the mixer. It is like a dark chocolate cake, it is darker, but still has an aura of happiness.

4/5

#music review #album review #progressive rock