Friday13th: Prog - An End - Semifinals

Friday13th 09.05.21	Voting ends this Friday. This one is easy for me. All four have been on continuous rotation since I first discovered them, but 2 and 3 moreso. 3 was one that I happily voted for against my own recommendation: Heldon's Stand By (a great album nonetheless)! Voting 2 and 3
Divaman 09.05.21	Btw, when is the voting due for this? Not that I'll need it. I vote for 1 and 3.
Zig 09.05.21	- T2 - UTO easy :D
Friday13th 09.05.21	@Divaman just edited my comment. This Friday.
Friday13th 09.05.21	T2 v. Landberk Divaman Zig Friday 2:1 UTO v. Wobbler Friday Divaman Zig 3:0
Jethro42 09.05.21	Landberk UTO
bgillesp 09.06.21	Landberk Wobbler RIP all our fallen heroes
Inoculaeted 09.06.21	UTO is coming alive for me on relisten. At first I was a little hesitant with those operatic vocals but I’m digging it now, especially the vocal harmonies. Production is perfect. It will not overtake Wobbler for me but damn this is a great find.
Inoculaeted 09.06.21	Getting a little bit of a Tool vibe from some of the bass grooves on UTO.
Friday13th 09.06.21	@Inoculaeted yup, definitely some Tool like in track 3, and some Dream Theater as well. It’s got a great combination of styles.
TwigTW 09.06.21	Landberk & Universal Totem Orchestra
twlight 09.06.21	RUSH done
Friday13th 09.06.21	T2 v. Landberk Divaman Zig Friday Jethro bgillesp Twig 2:4 UTO v. Wobbler Friday Divaman Zig Jethro Twig bgillesp 5:1
Jethro42 09.07.21	I know Landberk can do it, as always. ''You Are'' is so poignant and gives me shivers all the time. Album is nearly perfect. Time - 4.5/5 Kontiki - 4/5 Mirror Man - 4/5 You Are - 5/5 Rememberence - 5/5 Valentinsong - 5/5 Tell - 3.5/5
Jethro42 09.07.21	RIP all our fallen heroes [2]
Friday13th 09.08.21	@Jethro The Landberk album is a great album for sure. Definitely obscure and underrated as well. Even on Progarchives it has little more than 100 ratings and mostly lukewarm reviews. Makes one wonder: what album are they listening to? Maybe the altered youtube playlist ;) Some people say they hear Anekdoten. I agree a little, but I think Landberk is more modern than Anekdoten's first album, the only one released up to that point. My guess is the lukewarm reviews are from people are expecting a more straight-forward retro prog sound like Anglagard and to a lesser extent Anekdoten, and are not expecting something more modern and alt-rock. It really is a shame that it is so hard to snag a physical CD. Not available on any reputable streaming/download service, and it was never released on vinyl.
Jethro42 09.08.21	''Makes one wonder: what album are they listening to? Maybe the altered youtube playlist'' Hope not :/ It was the band's intention to give a quit following the album's release, but they finally released another so-so album before doing so. I just called my favorite prog music store, and Landberk was even not listed anymore. I've purchased my own CD's copy right there in the nineties. By the way, I cannot hear much Anekdoten save for rare passages where we find mellotrons in particular.
e210013 09.10.21	These are all great albums in their own way. However, for my taste, there two that stand out. I'm talking about "One Man Tells Another" and "Mathematical Mother". The first one has some of best things I love most in the modern prog, a perfect marriage between the old and new with the dark melancholia so typical of the Nordic prog bands. The second one has, for me, a perfect way to interpret, what can will be one of the ways for the modern prog. A perfect fusion between almost all styles of music with a real avant-garde aproach. So, it must be Landberk and UTO.
e210013 09.10.21	By the way. If the finalists come to be Landberk and UTO, which I sincerely hope, it will be a very problematic and tuff decision for me. That's for sure.
Friday13th 09.10.21	T2 v. Landberk Divaman Zig Friday Jethro bgillesp Twig e21 2:5 UTO v. Wobbler Friday Divaman Zig Jethro Twig e21 bgillesp 6:1
Mythodea 09.10.21	Alright, going with the T2 and UTO
wham49 09.10.21	hard 1 and hard 4
Friday13th 09.10.21	T2 v. Landberk Divaman Zig Mythodea wham Friday Jethro bgillesp Twig e21 4:5 UTO v. Wobbler Friday Divaman Zig Jethro Twig e21 Mythodea bgillesp wham 7:2
wham49 09.10.21	4-5 7-2 you mean
Friday13th 09.10.21	you posted your vote right before I posted the tally, I updated it
Inoculaeted 09.10.21	T2 and Wobbler for me. Much love for Landberk and UTO though. Sick list.
Friday13th 09.10.21	T2 v. Landberk Divaman Zig Mythodea wham Inoculaeted Friday Jethro bgillesp Twig e21 5:5 UTO v. Wobbler Friday Divaman Zig Jethro Twig e21 Mythodea bgillesp wham Inoculaeted 7:3
Friday13th 09.10.21	T2 and Landberk are dead heat rn.
Divaman 09.10.21	Wow.
Jethro42 09.10.21	Ah well :/
TheIntruder 09.10.21	Landberk and UTO.
MrSirLordGentleman 09.10.21	T2 and Wobbler
Friday13th 09.11.21	T2 v. Landberk Divaman Zig Mythodea wham Inoculaeted Gentleman Friday Jethro bgillesp Twig e21 Intruder 6:6 UTO v. Wobbler Friday Divaman Zig Jethro Twig e21 Mythodea Intruder bgillesp wham Inoculaeted Gentleman 8:4
Friday13th 09.11.21	We need a tie breaker. Let’s give this another day. Where’s everyone at? We should at least be getting the 14 users who voted in the rediscovery of the eight albums.
someone 09.11.21	T2 Wobbler
Friday13th 09.11.21	T2 v. Landberk Divaman Zig Mythodea wham Inoculaeted Gentleman someone Friday Jethro bgillesp Twig e21 Intruder 7:6 UTO v. Wobbler Friday Divaman Zig Jethro Twig e21 Mythodea Intruder bgillesp wham Inoculaeted Gentleman someone 8:5
Jethro42 09.11.21	Ah well :/
Jethro42 09.11.21	Try to listen to Landberk you guys if you get free time :)
bgillesp 09.11.21	My favorites are struggling. RIP Landberk
MiloRuggles 09.11.21	Landberk UTO Sorry for late vote! Thanks for the reminder Friday!
bgillesp 09.12.21	Oh it isnt over!
Inoculaeted 09.12.21	To the greater prog community beyond sputnik I gotta think UTO over Wobbler would be seen as an upset.
e210013 09.12.21	I'm not so sure. But, probably you are right. The prog community is very diversified in terms of taste. And that is a good thing for sure and one of the main reasons I love so much prog.
Inoculaeted 09.12.21	Totally agree. I’d guess Wobbler is the bigger band but I could be wrong. It’s always hard to gauge that kind of thing nowadays unless you go to a lot of their shows and see what sort of venues they fill out.
Friday13th 09.13.21	okay y’all, even after Saturday, we still have a tie on our hands with T2 and landberk. We’ll have to have a creative final.
e210013 09.13.21	I just changed my rating of "It'll All Work Out In Boomland" from 4.0 to a 4.5. The album is really very impressive and amazing. Now I can see the reason why so much votes on it. However, I'm not going to change my final decision. It still keeps with "One Man Tells Another". Anyway, I felt that I need to say this. This is really a true amazing and unique album iof the 70's. So, if it hand down to the final, I have nothing to complain. I'm completelly enthralled with the album.
Divaman 09.13.21	No one has seen MeatSalad in years, or I'd suggest he and Jethro settle it with - water balloon fight!
e210013 09.13.21	Yeah Diva. Interesting proposal. May be the anti-Diva also agree, this time. Lol.
Jethro42 09.13.21	I'd win at it, Diva. I use to be a baseball pitcher :D
e210013 09.13.21	That is too much American to a European guy like me. Here, we prefer football, soccer as you call it. Lol. I really didn't know that you played baseball in the good old days, my friend. You never ceased to surprise me. Another lol.
Jethro42 09.13.21	I was a stable sportsman. I also played soccer and hockey. For baseball, as a pitcher, I had a good reputation on my ball effects.
e210013 09.13.21	I didn't know that. That's a nice surprise. I never was a real sportsman as you was. Lol. By the way. How is everything with your health my friend? I hope everything is ok, inside the possibilities.
Friday13th 09.13.21	haha no water balloon fight needed for now. It will all come down to our highly technical and hair-splitting rankings.
e210013 09.13.21	Absolutely, as always.
Jethro42 09.13.21	Well I still have chronical diseases of course, but it's stable, thank you e21.
TwigTW 09.13.21	I could vote for Landberk --again-- if that helps. [edit] Oh, I see we've moved on...
Jethro42 09.13.21	:D
e210013 09.13.21	I'm very glad, my friend. I hope that everything remains stable with you, even your knight in this tournament. Lol.
Jethro42 09.13.21	Thanks bro. I need luck in both :D