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ANGLA LINK E OVO JE JEDNO ČUDO OD BANDA..LUDOG IMENA.ONI SU POD VELIKIM UTJECAJEM KING CRIMSONA..I ĆINI SE ŽELE BIT POD SVAKU CIJENU LUĐI OD NJIH.PREPORUČAM SVIM ISTINSKIM LJUBITELJIMA PROG ROCKA. [B]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 Engdegĺrd 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 Änglagĺrd 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 "Gĺnglĺt frĺn 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 Änglagĺrd 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, Änglagĺrd are currently taking a break, focusing on their jobs, families and other musical activities.[I] D I S C O G R A P H Y The Largen Demo cassette 1992 1. Ifrĺn klarhet till klarhet 2. Jordrök 3. Kung Bore 4. Vandringar i vilsenhet Hybris (info) LP 1992 1. Jordrök 2. Vandringar i vilsenhet 3. Ifrĺn klarhet till klarhet 4. Kung Bore CD 1992 1. Jordrök 2. Vandringar i vilsenhet 3. Ifrĺn klarhet till klarhet 4. Kung Bore CD 2000 / 2003 1. Jordrök 2. Vandringar i vilsenhet 3. Ifrĺn klarhet till klarhet 4. Kung Bore 5. Gĺnglĺt frĺn Knapptibble Gĺnglĺt frĺn Knapptibble Bonus single in Ptolemaic Terrascope N° 5 1994 *. Gĺnglĺt frĺn Knapptibble Epilog (info) LP 1994 1. Prolog 2. Höstsejd 3. Saknadens fullhet 4. Rösten 5. Skogsranden 6. Sista somrar CD 1994 / 2003 1. Prolog 2. Höstsejd 3. Rösten 4. Skogsranden 5. Sista somrar 6. Saknadens fullhet Progfest '94 Double-CD compilation 1994 *. Höstsejd Progfest '94 Day One Video (VHS/NTSC) compilation 1994 *. Höstsejd *. Ifrĺn klarhet till klarhet Buried Alive (info) CD 1996 1. Prolog 2. Jordrök 3. Höstsejd 4. Ifrĺn klarhet till klarhet 5. Vandringar i vilsenhet 6. Sista somrar 7. Kung Bore[/[/I]B]

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