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A Brief History 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 as stated above, Scandinavia readily accepted this type of trend and adopted it. Now if one is wondering what is Scandinavia, basically, it is an area that is made out of three main countries namely Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. Of course there are also secondary countries too like Holland, Greenland, and Finland.

Now Denmark was one of the pioneering countries in the Scandinavian region. Probably one of the first bands in this field to surface was Steppeulvene which is a band that uses its native language quite often when making songs. Of course there are more bands that came after this like Blue Sun, Alrune Rod, Ache, and actually many more.

Now a very big name in the industry was the prog band known as Burnin Red Ivanhoe which was created some time in the late sixties. What made them really well known was for their smooth combination of many different genres like rock, jazz, and blues. They were also known to add a lot of sounds from organs as well as violins and trumpets.

Now the Swedish also had their own bands that they could be proud of. Now one thing to take note of is that prog rock did not become that popular among the Swedish unlike around the Dutch. This type of music only became extremely popular in the nineties when many artists and bands emerged from the underground.

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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