Progressive metal | Musicosity

Progressive metal

Awake

There are 4 BANDS with the name "awake" and they share the same Wiki page on last.fm! 1) awake from Germany:
After their foundation in 2000 awake can look back on an interesting and diversified journey throughout the last years. In this time awake's way led from their rehearsal room in an old cellar to the "Neue Flora" theater in Hamburg, from youth festivals to village fairs, from a penitentiary to a football stadium and after two demo EPs to their first longplayer "fragments", being released in 2006.

Artist Type: 

Saille

ORIGIN: Saille was founded by Dries Gaerdelen in 2008, in order to create his favorite style of
music (melodic black metal with a threatening feel, like Tartaros, Limbonic Art and Keep of Kalessin).
The collaboration with Jonathan Vanderwal [guitars/vocals] was a logical result of their longstanding
cooperation in their previous band Mortifer. Filip Dupont of Gorath participated in writing lyrics and

Read more about Saille on Last.fm.

Artist Type: 

Aeon Zen

Aeon Zen released a debut album "A Mind's Portrait" in 2009. Noted for its catchy melodies, diverse mix of songs and styles, progressive time changes, there is something there for everyone. It started in 2006 when Rich Hinks, with his local Cambridge musician friends, played and composed music influenced by prog rock and metal. With the friends split to various universities around the UK at age 18 it was great that one of them, Lloyd Musto was at the same university in London UK as Rich.

Artist Type: 

Niagara

There are six artists using this name
1. A German jazz/funk-percussion group active in the early 70's
2. A French duo active from the early 80's until the early 90's
3. A Ukrainian group
4. A Spanish hard rock band
5. The lead singer for defunct 70's experimental band Destroy All Monsters
6. An Italian progressive rock band (1.) The German jazz/funk-percussion group, Niagara, existing between 1971-1973.

Read more about Niagara on Last.fm.

Artist Type: 

Apotheosis

There are five bands using this name: 1) A / one man band from Malta. Sauron composes all of the music for Apotheosis. Although the band was formed in autumn of 1993, it wasn't until 2002 that Sauron released a full length, the four track epic Farthest From The Sun. 2) A two piece band from Toledo, Ohio. Their first album, 'Husk', was self-released in 2011 and they are currently (9/12) completing their second release, 'Bane'.

Read more about Apotheosis on Last.fm.

Artist Type: 

Solefald

Solefald is a metal band from Norway that was formed by members Lars Are "Lazare" Nedland and Cornelius Jakhelln in August 1995, with Lars singing and playing keyboard/synthesizer/piano and drums, and Cornelius singing and playing guitar and bass. The meaning of the band's name is best explained in an interview from Century Media Records website. Lazare states "Solefald is an old norse word for sunset. We "stole" it from a painting by the Norwegian artist Theodor Kittelsen.

Last.fm Tags: 
Artist Type: 

Xentrix

There are atleast 3 artists with this name;
(1) Formed in 1985 in Preston, Lancashire, British thrashers Xentrix (pronounced Zen-tricks) began their careers by playing metal covers before focusing all of their efforts on coming up with original material. Initially known as Sweet Vengeance, guitarist/vocalist Chris Astley, guitarist Kristian Havard, drummer Dennis Gasser and bassist Paul Mackenzie created enough of a stir through their live performances that the English branch of Roadrunner Records took notice and signed the group in January 1989.

Read more about Xentrix on Last.fm.

Artist Type: