Tuesday, November 11, 2014

A Background On Scandinavian Prog Rock

By Christa Jarvis


Progressive rock has been one of the most popular genres of rock over the years of music. This sub genre of music was known to have stemmed out from the United Kingdom and spread to countries near that area. Scandinavian prog rock is known to be one of the best in this sub genre and is also known to have a very interesting history.

Now for those who do not know, progressive music is the type of music that uses all kinds of beats and music sounds that are not in ordinary music. Now this type of music is usually known for its sudden shifts in tempo as well as sudden shifts in beat and rhythm. Songs in these genres are known to give listeners variety so that the listeners can enjoy different shifts in the rhythm and beats.

Of course this genre became a big hit in the region of Scandinavia which can be located somewhere in the European region. Now the main countries that would make up this region would be Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. Now some of the secondary countries in this region would also include Iceland, Holland, and of course Finland.

Now one of the first bands that came out for this music scene was a band known as Steppeulvene from Denmark. After the emergence of this band, many more other bands like Ache, Blue Sun, and of course the very famous Alrune Rod. What makes these bands really authentic is that they would make songs in their own native language and played songs inspired by their folk music.

One of the very big bands in this music scene was of course the Dutch band Burnin Red Ivanhoe which became popular sometime in 1969. Now they had a rather unique sound in which they combined many genres like rock, jazz, and even rhythm and blues. They were also very known for their heavy use of organs and harmonicas.

Now the Swedish also entered this music scene with their own brand of Progressive rock which was similar to the music created by the Dutch. However, their bands only became really popular during the very early nineties. Now Sweden still did not reach the level of Denmark when it comes to this type of music but the Swedish bands have proven to be just as good as the Dutch bands in the field.

Holland was also very known for their prog rock scene which really boomed in the start of year 2000. They combined both elements of rock and roll as well as elements from folk music too. The bands from this country made a lot of melodic songs that had very slow and then very quick tempos and disjointed rhythms.

So basically, those are some information about this kind of scene that stemmed up in Scandinavia. Although this trend originally started in the UK, people from the other parts of the Scandinavian region enjoyed listening to it. It is because of this that they were able to create their own brand of songs and made them very appealing to the ears of the public.




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