Letter S

NEW ADDITIONS TO A-Z LISTING
Written by Thedo Roes (Germany)

SAINT-PREUX (France) - Nice prog rock from the 80’s with classical adaptations in the vein of SKY and EKSEPTION
SALTATIO MORTIS (Germany) - Dark folk metal rock with melodious folk tunes and heavy folky metal riffs
SAMSAS TRAUM (Germany) - Odd progressive gothic rock with imaginative verses sung in German language and created by mastermind Alexander KASCHTE. Essential!
SANDSTONE (Poland) - Ordinary melodious prog metal
SARACEN (UK) - Bombastic and epic melody rock group from the 80’s in the vein of KANSAS or early MAGNUM, with a great comeback in 2006
SARCASME (France) - Neo-progressive rock group with affinity to ANGE, PINK FLOYD and PULSAR with predominance of flute
SAVA (Germany) - Melancholic medieval folk rock and beautiful renaissance music tunes
SCAB, Dom F. (Spain) - Wonderful electronic music adapted from the 70’s Berlin School ideals like Klaus SCHULZE and TANGERINE DREAM
SCHANDMAUL (Germany) - The best German folk rock band of the new millennium. Combination of pretty lyrical songs and harder tracks with a little approach to folk metal
SCHERPENZEEL, Ton (Netherlands) - Ex-CAMEL member and classical solist with an CAMEL-like side project
SCHIFF, Don (USA) - Stick player from ROCKET SCIENTISTS, Eric NORLANDER and Lana LANE with high technical instrumental music between progressive rock, rock, jazz and fusion
SCHMOELLING, Johannes (Germany) - Early TANGERINE DREAM member with very ambitious solo works in the same electronical genre
SCHÖNHERZ (Austria) - Independent music between Krautrock and electronic by Richard SCHÖNHERZ
SCHØNNING, Klaus (Denmark) - Spheric symphonical electronic music with mostly long tracks
SCHRÖDER, Robert (Germany) - Great electronic music in the vein of Berlin School. For fans of Klaus SCHULZE and TANGERINE DREAM a must!
SCHULTZE, Kristian (Germany) - Keyboarder from famous German jazz rock group Klaus DOLDINGER’S PASSPORT with his own electronic progressive music
SECOND CALLING (Germany) - Prog rock with a little portion of prog metal and very good ballads
SECTION A (Denmark) - Exciting progressive metal experience with an own unique brand
SEVEN STEPS TO THE GREEN DOOR (Germany) - Very peculiar prog rock with elements of jazz, rock, rap and alternative music. Great!
SEVENTH KEY (USA) - KANSAS vocalist and guitarist up from the mid-80’s until today with his own project supported by KANSAS members Steve WALSH, Phil EHART, Richard WILLIAMS and other well-known musicians. Brilliant!
SEVENTH WONDER (Denmark) - Very good prog metal band in the vein of DREAM THEATER, but without to be a clone
SHAA KHAN (Germany) - Essential symphonic Deutschrock from the end-80’s with a splendiferous vocalist
SHARAM, Max (Australia) - It’s not a pseudonym by Tori AMOS, but it seems so. Brilliant female singer. A must!
SIEGES EVEN (Germany) - One of the best German prog metal bands with very complex and melodious songs and lightly jazzy influences
SIGUR RÓS (Finland) - Famous new art rock band of the beginning of the new millennium with spheric soundscapes, native lyrics and marvellous verbal paintings
SILLY WIZARD (UK) - Famous Scottish folksters with excellent (traditional) folk rock led by John and Phil CUNNINGHAM
SILVER (USA) - Excellent melodic hard rock with progressive ingredients
SINCLAIR, Dave (UK) - Famous keyboarder and founder from brilliant group CARAVAN with his own work in the Canterbury style
SIOBAN (Belgium) - Very good neo-prog with excellent mellotron chords and partly near to early MARILLION
SIXTY-NINE (Germany) - First-grade Krautrock from the beginning 70’s with very good mixture of prog rock and psychedelic
SJÖBLOM, Rikard (Sweden) - Instrumental interpretation of Swedish novel ‘Cyklonmannen’ by rock group and classic orchestra. For fans of EKSEPTION and TRACE
SKY (UK) - Instrumental progressive rock supergroup with classical themes by well-known musicians Tristan FRY, Francis MONKMAN, John WILLIAMS, Herbie FLOWERS and Kevin PEEK, similar to TRACE and EKSEPTION
SLAMER (USA) - Melodic hard rock with progressive approach by Mike SLAMER. Terry BROCK (STRANGEWAYS) on vocals
SNOWBALL (Germany) - Popular Krautrock band in the late 70’s with a mix of rock, jazz and blues
SOLAR (UK) - Sophisticated solo project by ARENA vocalist Robert SOWDEN with John MITCHELL (ARENA, KINO) as guest musician, but it’s more straight rock music than neo-prog
SOLAS (Ireland) - Refreshing, dreamy and mystical folk rock with amazing songs and tunes
SONÍQ THEATER (Germany) - One-man project by Alfred MÜLLER, keyboarder of RACHEL’S BIRTHDAY, with instrumental symphonic progressive rock, electronic music and ambient soundscapes
SOPHE LUX (USA) - Theatralic prog rock with grandiose female vocals like Kate BUSH or Tori AMOS
SOUL CAGES (Germany) - Fantastic prog rock/prog metal with calmer songs predominantly, but also very good faster tracks
SOURCE, THE (USA) - Wonderful symphonic rock with long-tracks in the 70’s tradition
SPACELEMON (Germany) - Excellent space music with a lot of progressive and psychedelic elements
SPECTACULATIUS (Germany) - Fantastic folk rock from medieval annual fairs with traditional instruments like hurdy-gurdy, shalm, mandolin, rauschpfeife, flutes, lutes, bagpipes and historical drums
SPHERIC UNIVERSE EXPERIENCE (France) - Amazing progressive metal band with great instrumentalists and mainly beautiful melodies in the classic prog metal style
SPIN GALLERY (Sweden) - Very good hard rock respectively adult-oriented rock with an approach to prog rock
STAINTON, Lisbee (UK) - Contemporary singer/songwriter prog rock with refreshing female voice and lyrics
STRAIGHT SHOOTER (Germany) - Mix of straight hard rock and melancholic progressive Krautrock
STRAMONIO (Italy) - Recognizable and strong sounding progressive metal act with stunning songs
STRANGE FLOWERS (Italy) - Relaxed and melodic psychedelic rock as well as multicoloured jamming space rock which reminds to PINK FLOYD in the Syd BARRETT era
STYX (USA) - AOR supergroup with ingenious pop rock and influences of symphonic and art rock led by vocalists Dennis DE YOUNG (keyboards) and Tommy SHAW (guitar)
SUNSTORM (USA) - Beautifully constructed melodic rock and first class song writing covering from up-tempo ballads to straight rock songs by mastermind Joe Lynn TURNER (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE)
SUPPER’S READY (Luxembourg) - As the name suggests: GENESIS clones, but absolutely well-done!
SWEENEY’S MEN (Ireland) - One of the first modern folk-traditional groups in the mid to late 60’s in the same league as STEELEYE SPAN and FAIRPORT CONVENTION
SYMPHONY X (USA) - Ingenious killer prog metal with phat and bombastic epics as well as crystal clear melodies