Anglagard - Jordrok (Hybris, 1992) [Part 1/2]

[1Heretic]

i dont care about labels, this music is genius!!!

[TwistedAnvil]

I keep coming back to this.. It's like a drug or something XD

It's so beautiful and magical and dark, a truly wonderful piece :)

[MagicAccent]

Reminds me of the Larks' Tongues in Aspic album cover.

Makes me kind of annoyed that I've never heard about this band before, because they're nothing short of amazing, and I'm gonna make room for a heavy listening session as soon as i can.

[cjgone2]

Thank you, progarchives.

[1Heretic]

@cjgone2 haha fantastic page!! :D

[venusfly9108]

My god. Amazing. I found this on the top list of symphonic prog albums. Can't believe I'm hearing this now.

[cimore000]

whoa fuck, i was on prog archives and checked out the category 'hidden gems'

and I found this. Very nice! Another gem I found was KAIPA which is on par with this stuff you guys need to check!

[Big77Jim]

Awesome symphonic prog not watered down neo-prog like so many other Swedish prog bands.I love the lights and darks and the extreme tempo changes while still being lovely music like symphonic prog should be.

[VirtualDynamite]

Hahaha holy shit, these guys must love king crimson.

[Tengent]

Too neoclassical for me (I know it doesn't scream neoclassical but that's the right word).

[cobalynn]

Una obra Maestra... grande Anglagard!

[KeithHarbaugh]

fuck yeah, my first anglagard experience

[RawekVamp]

King Crimson worship

[stiffaction]

@RawekVamp yes, even i see king crimson . Btw the other day some guy was talking about some new band who is considered a fuse of crimson and tool.....i forgot the name. do you happen to have any idea?

[underagedpickle]

@stiffaction well i know tool takes alot of inspiration from king crimson

[kerecseny1]

Ez annyira jó, hogy már fáj!

[RockHistoryTube]

Great prog song, WOW!!!

[doktorsteiner]

Castlevania Prog!!!!

[ericrob2112]

 beautiful... MY BEST PROG

[aaronlefler]

This is beautiful, i lover prog rock soo much! its sad that people dont make music like this anymore like really sad

[nintzelj]

Nothing short of brillaint! These guys were kids when they did this. Definitely in my all time favorite stack! I was grateful to see them at ProgFest twice in LA in the 90s.

[Anglagard1]

This album definitely makes my top 10 list. Other than Echolyn, Stackridge, and Genesis, I'm not sure who would join them on that list.

[SohrabF]

i`m a bloody prog-fan, so ashamed that did not know them up to now... great music, of course i think more close to camel rather than genesis, de facto, blend of Camel+more classical music elements... awesome...

[darkclownnizzo]

I've heard tell that their live performance in one of the Progfests was absolutely mindblowing. They were some random foreign band nobody had heard of, as most audience members were there for more popular bands like IQ, and yet by the time they finished they had converted practically the entire audience into fans. I wish I was born earlier just so I could experience it.

[68ELENI]

thank you Denis...

[royeh]

I play this at ear splitting level in the car after work some times to transition to my world.

[Anglagard1]

Anyone know where I could find the Nearfest recordings? I can't believe I will never hear their 2 unreleased songs again.

[Karate9582]

Caralho,FFFFOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDD­AAAAAAAAA

parece ate a trilha sonora do castlevania sotn ,no segundo castelo rsrs

[J0000OOOO]

A shame it's so hard to find this album. This is one of my favourite instrumentals of all time.

[THCSOUNDS1]

@metaleroOz ammm psz no de hecho no, jaja pero tambien esa expresion

es buena para clasificarla

[THCSOUNDS1]

@terra678 jeje, gracias! pero no soy español soy mexicano

[Tengent]

1:10 is such a great moment.

[mattbigbangflx]

one word wow

[crystina99]

its just so unpredictable like humans behaviors.... this track makes me think of life and all the moments, crazy, happy, sad, serious, etc.. that life its made of. this track its superior and i dedicate it to my soulmate.

[Novskij]

Finnally! i was searching for something like this, i just knew there had to be something, and i strike gold here.

[GrazFlow]

I like it

[THCSOUNDS1]

mitologico

[MetaleroOz]

@THCSOUNDS1 quisiste aver dicho epico noo?

[BenniMuzak]

most underrated prog band of the 90ies... and THIS song is an epic WIN...

[STCCLover]

Sounds very likely to Gentle Giant

[THCSOUNDS1]

esto me suena muy mistico suena bueno mas bien genial jaja

[terra678]

@THCSOUNDS1

por fin un español que sabe apreciar lo bueno de esta musica ya desaparecida o mas bien despreciada por la sociedad de hoy... xD

[mtopper66]

These guys really did the best approximation of their 70s symphonic-prog heroes. One of the best post-70s prog efforts, actually. What a great cover, too!

[felikane]

amazing- prog 4 live

[ElFlakoRompanTodo]

reminds me of tim burton

[feritciva]

I remember the first time I listened to this song, it took my breath away & I couldn't speak for a long time. The only piece of art ever did the same effect was the first The Matrix movie years later.

So what The Matrix is for cinema, Hybris is the same for popular music. It changes the perception.

[RangFlash]

Mindblowingly epic

[marloweowsley]

Some bastard at my work was shitting on prog a few weeks ago, so I gave him this song...

[fantaaaasy]

@marloweowsley

I cannot understand him. Symphonic progessive rock albums like this one or Foxtrot from Genesis belong to my all time favourites.

Maybe he is not so busy with music in general. Many people just hear the music that is most advertised and then think it is good because everyone buys it. The mainstream has unfortunately no taste for good music. It is so.

And, did that "bastard" change his view???

[marloweowsley]

No. He has pretty decent taste (ex: we both adore Wolves in the Throne Room). His taste is more rooted in punk and old school death metal. So symphonic prog isn't heavy enough for him (he acknowledged the composition/technical aspects though!), especially YES (there's a forty year old YES patch on my bag--that's how prog came up).

[marloweowsley]

...He just thinks its lame (like most of the mainstream...). Likes angrier, heavier music that generation(s) produced as discontent reactions to the previous generation(s), not the earnest artistic endeavors of the previous generation(s) themselves. Maybe I'm wrong...

On Genesis' Foxtrot--I agree!

cheers.

Marlowe.

[Crosso979]

Some events that are called musical are people gatherers in the first place, and music is used there as a basic "excitement generator".

Very elaborate work. Crafty !! BUT I find it mostly doesn't "sound". Maybe it's the tempo...The closely-miked -drums recording approach

Many people, whether they tire at complex structures or not, are looking for the right "sound" that they want to hear repeatedly.

[perrottafamily1]

@marloweowsley Prog pwns noobs.

[nebulabob]

Does anyone know if it is possible to buy this music anywhere?

[fantaaaasy]

Hybris CD is available on the label website alvarsdotter. Epilog CD not available there at the moment.

Prices for LPs at eBay are from 150€ to 300€ at the moment. Hard to find.

[juanpablogorgias]

@fantaaaasy ...... :O expnsv!! ja!

[BenniMuzak]

@nebulabob there's a chance to get the CD and the second album epilogue via Just For kicks music for about twenty something i think...

[Poschmania]

Has anyone noticed that the beginning is very similar to Providence by King Crimson (off Red)?

Both great songs, and bands.

[enrikan]

I cried the first time I heard this song about four years ago because I didn't think *anyone* had made prog this good since the late 70s. Thanks for posting. :)

[howdyfeller]

@enrikan Loads of great prog out there, too bad mainstream record labels dont promote it because they push their own controlled garbage cookie cutter dumbed down music for the robot sheep to be entranced by.

[enrikan]

@howdyfeller Indeed. I've been discovering that recently. Echolyn's As The World leaps to mind. :)

[howdyfeller]

@enrikan Check out these bands, Unitopia, Big Big Train, Lands End, Landberk, Nosund, Kaipa, The Flower Kings, Everon, Forgotten Suns, Frost*, Koyaanisqatsi, Parallaxe, Phideaux, Pendragon, Satellite, RPWL, Ritual, and gobs more for pure prog excellence

[enrikan]

@howdyfeller Thanks so much!! :)

[novan08]

@howdyfeller Or maybe people just don't like it because it's not accessible. how about that?

[ScreamingBeast]

This is fucking amazing.