01	Jordrok						11:10
	02	Vandringar I Vilsenhet						11:56
	03	Ifran Klarhet Till Klarhet						08:08
	04	Kung Bore						13:04
	05	Ganglat Fran Knapptibble						07:19

This album is 2000-reissue of original disck with one bonus track.

Jordrok (11:10)
Vandringar i vilsenhet (11:56)
Ifran klarhet till klarhet (8:08)
Kung Bore (13:04)

CD (Mellotronen) MelloCD 004 / LP (Colours) COSLP 013 / CD* (Mellotronen) MelloCD 4004
*-remastered version with 1 bonustrack (Ganglat fran Knapptibble)

MUSICIANS

Thomas Johnson: Mellotron, Hammond organ B-3 and L-100, solina, clavinet, pianet, korg mono/poly, piano and church organ electronic version
Jonas Engdegard: Stratocaster, Gibson 335, nylon and steel acoustic guitars
Tord Lindman: vocals, Gibson 335, nylon and steel acoustic guitars
Johan Hogberg: Rickenbacker bass, basspedals and mellotroneffects
Anna Holmgren: flute
Mattias Olsson: Sonor drumset, Zildjians cymbals, concert bass drum, triangles, tambourines, vibraslap, po-chung, gong, castanets, line-bells, cow-bell, wood-blcok, glockenspiel, tubular bells, bongos, bells, ice-bell, finger cymbals, waterfall, a-gogo bells, cabasa, claves, French cowbell, African drums, effect-flute

Par Lindh: keyboard

All music is written and arranged by Anglagard
The lyrics is plotted by Tord Lindman
Recorded in Studio Largen July-September 1992
Engineered by Roger Skogh
Mixed and produced by Anglagard and Roger Skogh
Cover Illustration: Goran Stenberg
Cover design: Anders Johansson
Photos: Goran Stenberg, Anna Holmgren, Johan Hogberg, Tord Lindman, a Rabaini
The english translation was the work of Hans C. Larsson and Sandy Santra, with modifications by Ron Chrisley and Jonas Mellin. Sandy writes: "In some cases, I have made some guesses as to meaning. These words are in brackets. The lyrics were translated by Hans C. Larsson, and he deserves much thanks in this, but there were places that did not even make sense to him, so I have taken "artistic license" on account of being an "educated writer of the English language" (please, no flames!) and done what I can to make sense where it seemed lacking. If I am wrong or have badly botched it, so be it! I am the first to admit error. The first song is particularly difficult for me to understand; I had to give up on it and mostly let it be."


HISTORY

In the summer of 1991 Tord Lindman and Johan Hogberg were looking for musicians with an interest for the progressive and innovative music of the early seventies. Thomas Johnson and Jonas Engdegard replied to their ads and eventually they met and listened to each others material. They became friends very fast and started writing and arranging songs immediately. In September Mattias Olsson joined the group and influenced the music with his classical training as a drummer. Anna Holmgren joined Anglagard in the spring of 1992 replacing the previously engaged flute player.
With their line-up completed the band played several appreciated concerts in their hometown Stockholm. In April they visited Studio Largen and recorded a demo. The following two months were spent rehearsing and arranging the material for their first album "Hybris". The record is the result of not only four months hard work in the studio but the harvest of a one year struggle of creating music far from the commercial, musical nonsense of today. The progressive rock scene raved about the album and eventually the band was invited to play at the annual Progfest in L.A. in May 1993.
The new track "Ganglat fran Knapptibble" was recorded in August 1993, because the English magazine Ptolemaic Terrascope wanted to release a single to come with the magazine. It was during a period of energetic flow that the song (which is an early version of "Skogsranden" from the "Epilog"-album) grew to something crazy and funny. In December the band toured the U.S. playing their own compositions as well as a couple of cover-versions.
"Epilog" was recorded in the summer of 1994. While "Hybris" featured some moments of somberness, "Epilog" finds this emotion intensified in an all-instrumental setting which is sometimes aggressive, sometimes contemplative and almost always heavy with wistfulness and stoicism. The music sometimes sounds closer to the band's Scandinavian roots than the more overt symphonic progressive of their first album. Flute and mellotron are both given prominent roles in defining the morose nature of the sound here, while electric guitar and organ are often at the forefront of the harder sections.
At this time the band was already falling apart. In November Anglagard headlined the first day of the Progfest in L.A., which would become their last concert. The band stopped rehearsing and writing. A year later they met again to edit the recordings made during the Progfest which were eventually released as "Buried Alive".
THE END


(Most parts were actually taken from the "Hybris"-inlay and from Sean McFee.)


MEMBERS

Tord Lindman (born in 1968): Whilst he handled the vocals on "Hybris", he focused mainly on his acoustic guitar playing on "Epilog". After the band split up he studied at a music-school in Stockholm. Later he went to India for four months and then went on to work for a Swedish ferry company.

Jonas Engdegard (born in 1974): He was the lead-guitarist who was also the main composer of "Epilog" together with Thomas Johnson. Later on he worked as an engineer for local bands in Stockholm.

Anna Holmgren (born in 1969): After the band split up she continued studying music in Katrineholm and playing tennis. Actually, I don't have any information except what was mentioned on the old Anglagard homepage.

Thomas Johnson (born in 1974): In the post-Anglagard years he played in the Swedish version of Jesus Christ Superstar together with Mattias Olsson. The pair also got involved in the Krake-project where they played music in the vein of Swedish jazz pianist Jan Johansson. For over a year he was a member of the band Reminder as well, but eventually he withdraw from playing music focusing on his scientific research instead. He is currently a PhD student in theoretical fusion plasma physics, pretty advanced stuff that no one else understands.

Johan Hogberg (born in 1969): His signifcant bass sound was always a remarkable element of Anglagard's music. He was seen studying at a music-school close to Uppsala while workign part-time at a record shop. Once again, I lack further information.

Mattias Olsson (born in 1975): Shortly after the band's end he became a member of Pineforest Crunch, whose debut album "Make Believe" sold in excess of 50,000 copies in Sweden alone. For several years he played with Reminder (semi-acoustic melancholic pop/rock), appeared as a guest musician on various albums and founded the pop-project Geller (formerly known as Andreas jag), who has just released its first professional single ("Judas"). These days he's "very pleased with being on the production side of the recordings". He has not only produced most of his own music, but also produced an album with Texan Prog rockers Deadwood Forest a few years ago.




DISCOGRAPHY

The Largen Demo
cassette 1992
*. Jordrok
*. Kung Bore

Hybris
LP 1992
1. Jordrok
2. Vandringar i vilsenhet
3. Ifran klarhet till klarhet
4. Kung Bore
CD 1992
1. Jordrok
2. Vandringar i vilsenhet
3. Ifran klarhet till klarhet
4. Kung Bore
CD 2000
1. Jordrok
2. Vandringar i vilsenhet
3. Ifran klarhet till klarhet
4. Kung Bore
5. Ganglat fran Knapptibble

Ganglat fran Knapptibble
Bonus single in Ptolemaic Terrascope N° 5 1994
*. Ganglat fran Knapptibble

Epilog
LP 1994
1. Prolog
2. Hostsejd
3. Saknadens fullhet
4. Rosten
5. Skogsranden
6. Sista somrar
CD 1994
1. Prolog
2. Hostsejd
3. Rosten
4. Skogsranden
5. Sista somrar
6. Saknadens fullhet

Progfest '94
Double-CD compilation 1994
*. Hostsejd

Progfest '94 Day One
Video (VHS/NTSC) compilation 1994
*. Hostsejd
*. Ifran klarhet till klarhet

Buried Alive
CD 1996
1. Prolog
2. Jordrok
3. Hostsejd
4. Ifran klarhet till klarhet
5. Vandringar i vilsenhet
6. Sista somrar
7. Kung Bore




FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Where can I get the albums?
Musea Records are still distributing the "Buried Alive"-CD. It can be obtained from various mailorders as well as directly from the label. The remastered "Hybris"-CD is also listed on some mailorder lists. The "Epilog"-album is out of print and therefore difficult to get. In June 2001 I was in Stockholm at the Mellotronen store which offered all three CDs. Another source is Greg Walker who still lists the LP-version of "Epilog" that features a beautiful layout. Check out the links-section for furter details on the vendours.

What about the other releases?
Since 1996 I've been looking for Anglagard-stuff all over the world, but I rarely found the regular releases. I never encountered the original "Hybris"-releases, the "Ganglat fran Knapptibble"-single and the demo.

Are there any unofficial recordings?
Yes, there are a couple of live-recordings. One was made in May 1993 during the Progfest, the other one in December 1993 in Millwaukee. The last song in the media-section was taken from the latter one. A recording of the whole Progfest-gig from 1994 is supposed to exist as well. In some reviews an unreleased song was mentioned that was supposed to be included on a "Buried Alive"-2CD version. I do not know if it exists or not.

Is this an official site?
No, it is a fanpage.

How can I contact the band?
The band exists no longer. Maybe the following two links can help you: Mattias and Thomas. Please note that all mail concerning this homepage should be send to me, since the band members have nothing to with it it (see above).

Can you sell/copy me some Anglagard-stuff?
I do not sell anything. I will not copy the original material. You can probably find the songs with (illegal) share-programms. You might also search for Anglagard-stuff on eBay, although there are rarely any results.






Anglagard 'Hybris'

Tracks
1) Jordrok
2) Vandringar I Vilsenhet
3) Ifran Klarhet Till Klarhet
4) Kung Bore
5) Ganglat Fran Knapptibble 2000 re-master (Bonus track).,

Musicians
Tord Lindman Guitars and vocals
Jonas Engdegard Guitars
Thomas Johnson Keyboards
Anna Holmgren Flute
Johan Hogberg Bass
Mattias Olsson Drums and percussion


Hybris (or hubris) - Origin : Greek
1.Arrogant pride or presumption
2.Presumptuous pride that invites disaster
3.Very great pride and belief in your own importance.
4. (In Greek tragedy) Excessive pride towards or defiance of the
gods, leading to nemesis.


Now I have found what this album title means, I can truly say that I have never come across a more aptly named work. Originally released in 1992, Hybris is one of, perhaps THE, lost classic of modern Prog, and that's Prog with a skyscraping, heavy-duty capital P.

I have a blank spot in my Prog history, which roughly ranges from 1987 to 1997. I got married etc, and as there also appeared to be nothing happening, just plain lost interest in the whole scene. It was BoA new boy Gareth that, on our first meeting, highly recommended me to listen to this album at my very first opportunity. Only one problem - it was deleted.

So, I thought, let's just ring my favourite supplier (GFT) and see if there was a dusty copy just forgotten in the warehouse. "Ah, I can do better than that," said Malcolm. "It's been re-mastered, has a bonus track, and I've got a few of its limited (500) run". Ker-ching! - SOLD!

What is it about Sweden? Once the land of boring cars, porn, ABBA and suicide, it now seems to have become the European if not worldwide centre of the Progressive movement. Must be the long nights . . . What happened in 1992 to start this mini-revolution I don't rightly know, but can only guess:.

In a deep Scandinavian forest six young and extremely talented musicians were out to prove that there was one major 'Symphonic' Prog album left to be made. 1.Arrogant pride or presumption

To aid their task they each brought with them one classic album of the genre:-

Camel - The Snow Goose
The Enid - In The Region Of The Summer Stars
Focus - Moving Waves
Genesis - Trespass
Gryphon - Midnight Mushrumps
King Crimson - Red
Yes - Close To The Edge

They then proceeded to take these albums apart, analysed what made them instrumentally 'tick', learnt all their tricks and nuances and then set out to make something better - 3.Very great pride and belief in your own importance.

The amazing thing is they mostly succeeded.

It took me a while to fully appreciate this album - but Hybris is just PURE Prog heaven.

From the opening piano figure of Jordrok you are taken on a complicated, extremely satisfying musical ride into the annals of all that was once good and great with the original 'symphonic' movement. Within this one track the bleak pastoral awareness of 'The Snow Goose' meets the heavy Mellotron-driven chaos of 'Red'. The classical compositions of The Enid meet the delightful English folk of Gryphon. On the first few plays it's a bit overwhelming and easy to dismiss (as I almost did). But with repeated listens you are truly rewarded, as the album's overtly complex melodic structure unfolds and reveals itself.

The twin guitar work of Tord and Jonas echoes Hackett and Akkerman at their finest. Anna's flute - Thijs Van Leer (but better). Thomas' keyboards (purely analogue or acoustic) - The Enid's Robert John Godfrey (but with a MAJOR Mellotron fixation). However, Johan Hogberg's bass work combined with Mattias Olsson's drums and percussion is just something 'better' than I have ever heard in the Classic Prog idiom. You would have to look at least to the fringes of the Jazz world to find a rhythm unit of this quality.

The thing that I really appreciate is that with all these virtuoso musicians no one person or section is allowed to dominate the proceedings. All skills are, of course, blatantly shown off but kept within the tight structure of the compositions.

The only letdown of the whole album is the occasional Swedish vocals (now I realize why Swedish bands sing in English). However they are very few and far between and if you treat them as just another instrument they don't distract your attention too much.

After some very well received concerts in Stockholm, in 1994 the band recorded the follow-up album, the totally instrumental EPILOG. 'Epilog', some say, is even finer than 'Hybris'. I don't know, because - you guessed it - it's deleted (if anyone out there reading this has a copy for sale - please email me). The same year the band made the flight across the Atlantic to storm 'Progfest'. And then . . .

What happened to them, I don't think anyone knows. Their official site has not been updated since 1995 when this was placed on it: -

Date: 18 Apr 1995 13:46:46 GMT Subject: Re: Swedish prog update
What we're doing musically follows here:
Johan (bass) - Studying at a music-school close to Uppsala.
Anna (flute and tennis) - Studying at a music-school in Katrineholm.
Tord (guitars and coffee-machine) - Studying at music-school in Stockholm.
Thomas (keyboards) and Jonas (guitars) - Totally isolated, writing music.
Mattias (drums and heavy coffee-drinker) - Playing with a commercial pop-band.

But maybe the best clue is this from the liner notes of the re-master: -

This music is built on a very human base. through conflict. It's created with the thought of each person's momentary feelings, with a lot of variations as a starting point.
Personal feelings and the impulsiveness has been the hardest adversary in our struggle to put the tunes together. We don't seek a well balanced of predictable entirety.
This pot is cooked by six fanatic cooks, each one a victim of HYBRIS.

2.Presumptuous pride that invites disaster.



Ian Oakley January 2001







Anglagard - Hybris

Member: belaoxmix

Anglagard is from Sweden and is a sextet of young musicians - 2 guitars, bass, keyboards, drums and flute. The music on Hybris ( 92 ) is great classic symphonic prog of the early 70's pioneering mold. As you're listening, Yes or Crimson may come to mind, but not because a chord or a guitar or keyboard note sounds like a part of a Yes song, but because the essence of the old and the new are similar:something like that. How about this?:you can play this for some one and tell them it's an obscure Swedish band from 1973 and this is just getting released now:and they'd believe it.

Hybris has been reissued with an extra song:only 5 total:each song is lengthy:11, 12, 8, 13 and 7 minutes:every song goes thru many changes in tempo, volume and mood:many times within one minute:and without sounding like it's straying, but adding and building. What's also interesting is that there isn't any one keyboard song or guitar song:all songs get an even amount of keys, guitar, guitar-guitar interplay, keys-guitar interplay. There are vocals, in Swedish, but of a short duration of only a minute in each song:one song is instrumental. After 51 minutes, I still wanted another hour.

These young Swedes have been inspired by the classic stuff and have created a great and original work of power & beauty!

Anglagard - Hybris is a must have!

The following is an excerpt from an on-line review that is right on the mark:

"In a deep Scandinavian forest six young and extremely talented musicians were out to prove that there was one major 'Symphonic' Prog album left to be made. To aid their task they each brought with them one classic album of the genre:

Camel - The Snow Goose
The Enid - In The Region Of The Summer Stars
Focus - Moving Waves
Genesis - Trespass
Gryphon - Midnight Mushrumps
King Crimson - Red
Yes - Close To The Edge

They then proceeded to take these albums apart, analyzed what made them instrumentally 'tick', learnt all their tricks and nuances and then set out to make something better. The amazing thing is they mostly succeeded."