Bands

Enciclopèdia de bandes: història, formació i discografia, per estils.

The Nice

The Nice, Keith Emerson’s band before Emerson, Lake & Palmer and a pioneer in fusing rock and classical music.

Procol Harum

Procol Harum, the authors of “A Whiter Shade of Pale” and pioneers in bringing classical music to rock.

The Aristocrats

The Aristocrats, the instrumental fusion trio of Guthrie Govan, Bryan Beller and Marco Minnemann.

TesseracT

TesseracT, one of the founding and leading bands of the British djent scene.

Animals as Leaders

Animals as Leaders, Tosin Abasi’s instrumental trio and one of the founding bands of the djent scene.

Leprous

Leprous, the Norwegian band that grew in the shadow of Ihsahn (Emperor) to become one of the big names in today’s progressive metal.

Death

Death, Chuck Schuldiner’s band, regarded as the founder of death metal, with a second, progressive phase from “Human” onwards.

Atheist

Atheist, one of the founding bands of progressive death metal, pioneers in blending jazz fusion into it.

Cynic

Cynic, the pioneers of progressive death metal, known for fusing robotic vocals and jazz-fusion technique on “Focus”.

Watchtower

Watchtower, the Texan pioneers of progressive thrash, with Jason McMaster (Dangerous Toys) on vocals.

Psychotic Waltz

Psychotic Waltz, one of the cult bands of American progressive metal in the 1990s.

Fates Warning

Fates Warning, one of the pioneering American progressive metal bands of the 1980s.

Anathema

Anathema, the Liverpool band that evolved from doom metal towards atmospheric progressive rock.

Katatonia

Katatonia, the Swedish band that evolved from doom-death towards a dark, melancholic progressive rock.

Pain of Salvation

Pain of Salvation, the Swedish band of Daniel Gildenlöw, a leading name in conceptual progressive metal.

Gazpacho

Gazpacho, the Norwegian band of dark atmospheres straddling progressive rock and post-rock.

Beardfish

Beardfish, the Swedish band of Rikard Sjöblom (now in Big Big Train), reunited since 2023.

Anekdoten

Anekdoten, the Swedish band that revived the Mellotron sound of King Crimson from the 1980s onwards.

White Willow

White Willow, the Norwegian symphonic retro-prog band with touches of folk and gothic.

Wobbler

Wobbler, the Norwegian band reviving the symphonic prog of the 1970s with Mellotron and Hammond organ.

Frost*

Frost*, Jem Godfrey’s British band, which combines neo-prog with electronic pop.

Big Big Train

Big Big Train, one of the leading bands of contemporary British neo-prog.

Flying Colors

Flying Colors, the supergroup of Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, Steve Morse and Casey McPherson.

Transatlantic

Transatlantic, the supergroup of Neal Morse, Roine Stolt, Mike Portnoy and Pete Trewavas.

Snarky Puppy

Snarky Puppy, the jazz-fusion collective led by Michael League, winner of several Grammys.

Allan Holdsworth

Allan Holdsworth, a leading guitarist of jazz fusion and progressive rock, admired by Eddie Van Halen and Yngwie Malmsteen.

Return to Forever

Return to Forever, the band of Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, a benchmark of 1970s jazz fusion.

Weather Report

Weather Report, the band of Josef Zawinul and Wayne Shorter, one of the pillars of 1970s jazz fusion.

Brand X

Brand X, the jazz-fusion band in which Phil Collins played drums while he was a member of Genesis.

Bruford

Bruford, the solo band of drummer Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson) with Allan Holdsworth on guitar.

UK

UK, the supergroup of John Wetton, Bill Bruford, Allan Holdsworth and Eddie Jobson.

Asia

Asia, the supergroup of John Wetton (King Crimson), Steve Howe (Yes), Geoff Downes (Yes) and Carl Palmer (ELP).

Styx

Styx, the band behind “Come Sail Away” and one of the key American progressive rock and AOR bands of the 1970s.

Kansas

Kansas, the band behind “Carry On Wayward Son” and a benchmark of 1970s American progressive rock.

Curved Air

Curved Air, the British band that combined progressive rock and electric violin, with Stewart Copeland (The Police) as a former drummer.

Soft Machine

Soft Machine, the founding band of the Canterbury scene and a pioneer of rock–jazz fusion in the United Kingdom.

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