Arco Iris
Arco Iris, a band formed in El Palomar (Buenos Aires) in 1968 by Gustavo Santaolalla, fused progressive rock and jazz with Latin American folk on records such as “Sudamérica o el Regreso a la Aurora” (1972).
Bands
Enciclopèdia de bandes: història, formació i discografia, per estils.
Gravity Fields
Gravity Fields, an instrumental Barcelona project blending jazz, progressive rock and electronics.
Exxasens
Exxasens, a Barcelona cosmic post-rock project influenced by Pink Floyd and Explosions in the Sky.
Ethic Labs
Ethic Labs, a Barcelona experimental jazz-fusion quintet with elements of Indian classical music.
Fusion Code
Fusion Code, a Barcelona jazz fusion quintet with reference points such as Chick Corea, Pat Metheny and Marcus Miller.
Audiolepsia
Audiolepsia, the Cornellà de Llobregat instrumental post-rock band with emotive landscapes and intense atmospheres.
Otxque!
Otxque!, the symphonic rock band from La Canonja (Tarragonès), active in the 1990s, reunited at Tótum Revolútum in 2025.
Maat
Maat, a Barcelona instrumental post-rock and math rock band.
Pardals
Pardals, the instrumental post-rock project of four musicians from Ibiza, with Toundra and Böira as reference points.
Vincent Black Shadow
Vincent Black Shadow, veterans of Barcelona hard rock and garage since 2001.
Regna
Regna, a Barcelona progressive rock band that emerged from the former thrash band Full of Anger.
Aran Prog Project
Aran Prog Project, a conceptual progressive rock project born in Barcelona from Italian bassist MarFi Gentilini.
White Chameleon
White Chameleon, the Mataró neo-prog band with six studio albums.
Orella d’Ós
Orella d’Ós, the Matadepera progressive pop-rock band with influences from Porcupine Tree and Radiohead.
Golconda
Golconda, a band from the Baix Llobregat fusing Irish and Balkan folk with progressive rock.
Fireplace
Fireplace, a Catalan project fusing jazz, folk and progressive rock, formed in 2017.
We Are Impala
We Are Impala, the “BCN Cosmic Twisters”, a Barcelona instrumental psychedelic post-rock band.
Ursa
Ursa, the Terrassa trio of instrumental and experimental progressive rock.
Face The Maybe
Face The Maybe, the Barcelona progressive metal band with fifteen years of career.
Onyric Joy
Onyric Joy, the Barcelona psychedelic and stoner rock trio rooted in Greek Stoic philosophy.
Time Lost
Time Lost, the Barcelona progressive metal band behind the concept series “Stages of Grief and Loss”.
Cheeto’s Magazine
Cheeto’s Magazine, a Barcelona band with a theatrical, colourful live show, a regular on the Tótum Revolútum circuit.
Gato Pérez
Gato Pérez, the Argentine adopted by Barcelona who fused Catalan rumba with funk and salsa.
Sau
Sau, the Vic band, a pioneer of modern Catalan rock, led by Carles Sabater and Pep Sala.
Sopa de Cabra
Sopa de Cabra, the Girona band, a reference of 1990s Catalan rock, with “Camina Vora Meu”.
Orquestra Plateria
Orquestra Plateria, a Barcelona orchestra of popular dance music, born at the Zeleste club in 1974.
Jaume Sisa
Jaume Sisa, an essential figure of the Catalan underground, founder of Música Dispersa and author of “Qualsevol Nit Pot Sortir el Sol”.
Jane’s Addiction
Jane’s Addiction, the Los Angeles band that founded the Lollapalooza festival.
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth, the New York band, a pioneer of noise rock and experimental alternative.
Pixies
Pixies, the Boston band, a direct influence on Nirvana and 1990s alternative rock.
R.E.M.
R.E.M., the Athens (Georgia) band, a pioneer of American alternative rock.
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins, the Chicago band that fused alternative rock and symphonic ambition in the 1990s.
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots, the San Diego band, a reference of 1990s post-grunge.
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains, the Seattle band with grunge’s darkest sound, marked by the death of Layne Staley.
Soundgarden
Soundgarden, the Seattle grunge pioneers, with Chris Cornell on vocals.
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam, the Seattle band, a leading name in 1990s grunge and alternative rock.
Nirvana
Nirvana, the band from Aberdeen, Washington, that took grunge to worldwide stardom with Nevermind.
Dire Straits
Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler’s band, a reference of melodic, sophisticated 1980s rock.
Whitesnake
Whitesnake, David Coverdale’s project (ex-Deep Purple), a pillar of British blues rock and hard rock.
Def Leppard
Def Leppard, the Sheffield band, a leading name in 1980s melodic hard rock.