Änglagård

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Leader: Xhi
Criteri di appartenenza: Aperto
Data creazione: 24 Lug 2006
Descrizione:

Brilliantly precise and yet more emotional than you would normally think of Progressive Rock, this group of swedish shamans gives you a Walden-Mind-Trip.

Änglagård is Anna Holmgren, Thomas Johnson, Jonas Engdegård, Johan Högberg, Mattias Olsson, Tord Lindman.

In the summer of 1991 Tord Lindman and Johan Högberg were looking for musicians with an interest for the progressive and innovative music of the early seventies. Thomas Johnson and Jonas Engdegård replied to their ads and eventually they met and listened to each others material. They became friends very fast and started writing and arranging songs immediately. In September Mattias Olsson joined the group and influenced the music with his classical training as a drummer. Anna Holmgren joined Änglagård in the spring of 1992 replacing the previously engaged flute player.
With their line-up completed the band played several appreciated concerts in their hometown Stockholm. In April they visited Studio Largen and recorded a demo. The following two months were spent rehearsing and arranging the material for their first album "Hybris". The record was the result of not only four months hard work in the studio but the harvest of a one year struggle of creating music far from the commercial, musical nonsense of today. The progressive rock scene raved about the album and eventually the band was invited to play at the annual Progfest in L.A. in May 1993.
The new track "Gånglåt från Knapptibble" was recorded in August 1993, because the English magazine Ptolemaic Terrascope wanted to release a single to come with the magazine. It was during a period of energetic flow that the song (which is an early version of "Skogsranden" from the "Epilog"-album) grew to something crazy and funny. In December the band toured the U.S. playing their own compositions as well as a couple of cover-versions.

"Epilog" was recorded in the summer of 1994. While "Hybris" featured some moments of somberness, "Epilog" finds this emotion intensified in an all-instrumental setting which is sometimes aggressive, sometimes contemplative and almost always heavy with wistfulness and stoicism. The music sometimes sounds closer to the band's Scandinavian roots than the more overt symphonic progressive of their first album. Flute and mellotron are both given prominent roles in defining the morose nature of the sound here, while electric guitar and organ are often at the forefront of the harder sections.
At this time the band was already falling apart. In November Änglagård headlined the first day of the Progfest in L.A., which would become their last concert. The band stopped rehearsing and writing. A year later they met again to edit the recordings made during the Progfest which were eventually released as "Buried Alive".

THE END

Well, not really. 2002 saw the band rehearsing again, without Tord Lindman, though. "Wether it is an annoying nostalgia thing or an actual effort time will tell", said Mattias Olsson.
After countless rehearsals the band finally returned to the stage in June 2003, playing a highly anticipated headlining show in their hometown Stockholm. Eventually they appeared at the German Freakshow-Festival and at NEARfest in the United States, both a huge success for the band and an unforgettable experience for the audience. After a few more shows in France and Belgium, Änglagård are currently taking a break, focusing on their jobs, families and other musical activities.

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2	Phideaux	4
3	Änglagård	4
4	King Crimson	4
5	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	4
6	Led Zeppelin	4
7	Porcupine Tree	4
8	Black Sabbath	3
9	Marillion	3
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BBart9

Great news: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=74458&FID=19

Dicembre 2010
Xhi

maybe the new group-description sounds a bit more accurate.

Febbraio 2010
PabloBC

The re-release of Hybris is amazing! :)

Gennaio 2010
Tecfan

the re-issue of Hybris smells good. yum

Ottobre 2009
pancakesforme

Actually, two weeks and two days later, I'm loving it, really. I do love the "if you can" part, though. Got me right in the teeth, that one did. Right in the teeth. But it's snazzy imagery, which these gifted bastards are evidently king shit at. Kung Bore FTW.

Luglio 2009
Xhi

So .. suggest a better one, if you can.

Luglio 2009
pancakesforme

Whenever I think of prog, these guys're the first to come to mind. Mighty He-Man bless these tragic warriors of music. Only real problem's that pretentiously lame description for the group. Please tell me it's some sort of joke, or something.

Luglio 2009
Domfunkle

Änglagård is why I want to live in Sweden..

Dicembre 2007