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The progressive community is buzzing with anticipation of the upcoming release by New York prog ensemble IZZ. In the past decade the group has released several highly acclaimed albums and have accumulated a large dedicated following in the process. The band's newest CD The Darkened Room is scheduled for release on November 17th and is part of an ongoing series. "This is sort of a 'Part One' of a two-part album series," says John Galgano, who plays bass with the band. "We have already started recording on the next part. There is a concept but we’d prefer to let people take from it what they get out of it, without the influence of our explanation." "There are many new bands out there in the prog rock scene who try to recreate the spirit of the good old Seventies. I for one always thought that IZZ isn’t simply one of them. Yes, they may have lent some aspects of that retro sound but IZZ is a truly special case here. The term 'recreating' doesn’t really cover their potential of the band, so 'reinventing' could be a better one instead." - DPRP Although IZZ has its own unique sound there are several influences: "Each person in the band brings a different aspect of music with them, but there is certainly a shared passion for The Beatles, Genesis and Yes," says Brian Coralian, who with fellow drummer Greg DiMiceli makes up IZZ's potent double-drumming duo. "But as individuals, our musical influences and experiences run the 'genre' gamut from jazz to musical theater to classical to latin to celtic." Some individual artists/bands who influence the members of IZZ are Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, King Crimson, Jonatha Brooke, St. Vincent, ABBA, Ben Folds, Marillion and Dave Brubeck just to name a few. IZZ’s new studio album, The Darkened Room, offers the listener music which is at once both adventurous yet still uniquely IZZ. "Each band member gives amazing performances on this new record," says guitarist Paul Bremner, "but each of us really keeps the song and melody at the forefront of our minds and I think that is evident throughout the entire album."

Tracklist:

1. Swallow Our Pride (5:16) 2. Day Of Innocence (2:56) 3. Regret (4:32) 4. Can't Feel The Earth, Part I (4:39) 5. Ticking Away (2:47) 6. Can't Feel The Earth, Part II (10:36) 7. Stumbling (5:23) 8. The Message (3:07) 9. 23 Minutes Of Tragedy (7:00) 10. Can't Feel The Earth, Part III (5:07)

Total Time: 51:23

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Released: 2002 Klasse 2. Album der US Progband. Für Fans von Echolyn und 3RDegree

Tracklist: 1. Spinnin' Round 2. I Move 3. Weak Little Lad 4. I Already Know 5. I Wanna Win 6. All The New 7. Star Evil Gnoma Su 8. Another Door 9. Something True 10. Believe 11. Knight of Nights 12. The Mists of Dalriada 13. Oh, How It's Great 14. Coming Like Light 15. Light From Your Eyes

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3.Album Für Fans von Echolyn und 3RDegree

Released: 2004

Tracklist: 1. Ancient Memory 2. Afraid to Be Different 3. The Wait of It All 4. One Slice to Go 5. Confusion 6. The Bar Song 7. My Best Defenses 8. Molly Jig (Live) 9. Razor (Live) 10. Another Door (Live) 11. Star Evil Gnoma Su (Live)