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Oklahoma City based powerhouse VANGOUGH may be named after a post-impressionistic artist, come from a conservative bastion of the U.S. and draw inspiration from a variety of exotic musical styles; yet driven by the explosive, cutting edge vision of guitarist and lead vocalist Clay Withrow, the band’s incisive and infectious songs and intense energy requires adjectives far beyond words that describe mainstream artists. So here’s an opening attempt: committed to drawing listeners into their melodies before totally upending the tea table, they spit fiery madness by drenching your ears with a purple sunrise of melodic cocaine.

Originally formed around Withrow’s well-received 2007 solo debut and evolving over two incredible discs, Vangough - whose current killer lineup includes drummer Kyle Haws, keyboardist Corey Mast and bassist Jeren Martin - combines the groovy attitude of southern metal stalwarts and the quirkiness of contemporary art rock with melodies and textures inspired by music from all over the world. Their often times vintage sound harkens back to the forebearers of progressive rock, giving them a slightly retro feel while retaining the freshness of a forward thinking contemporary band.

With their newly completed second album, the grandiose “Kingdom Of Ruin”, VANGOUGH have taken their conceptual visions another step ahead. The story of The Rabbit Kingdom is about a man who is stepping through the veil of two realities. One of his human life and the other a land where rabbits rule in an idyllic forest kingdom. Through the course of the story he begins to realize his link to this other world and has to come to the difficult decision if he should stay a human or take his place as the rightful heir to the throne in this faraway kingdom.
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  • killerose

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yx48oXUm1A - a fan video made by me! Spread the word and I hope you like it. :)

    25 Feb 2012 Reply

  • millarddj

    Review of Vangough's new release "Kingdom Of Ruin" featured at Black Wind Metal: http://blackwindmetal.com/?p=1754

    28 Nov 2011 Reply

  • r0ryb0ryalis

    Listening to this band for the first time! Loving it!

    11 Nov 2011 Reply

  • killerose

    Incredible album... I'm speechless!

    30 Oct 2011 Reply

  • Neotrix7

    Ladies and Gentlemen, (almost!) Album of the Year! Yeah, there's still Road Salt Two.

    27 Oct 2011 Reply

  • Neotrix7

    new album coming, yeee!

    24 Aug 2011 Reply

  • Trolllis

    Sounds fantastic! Both albums :)

    9 May 2011 Reply

  • Lemursman38

    Sounds awesome...POS references are true but hey...Pain Of Salvation are kings.

    6 Sep 2010 Reply

  • Neotrix7

    the new album is good, but not good enough in comparison to Manikin Parade. Lack of vocals certainly didn't do any good. However, it was released so quickly after the previous one that I really don't mind the slight lack of quality.

    10 Jun 2010 Reply

  • arcarneiro

    WOW... the new album sounds really good!!! keep the great work!!!

    4 May 2010 Reply

  • hurricane_mario

    sounds like non-metal pain of salvation. What idiot tagged this as 'dream theater'? And i'm not sure how it got into metal-archives. wait... halfway through track 2 i finally hear some meatl.

    30 Sep 2009 Reply

  • neondreamer89

    Very good Album...sounds like Pain of Salvation and it's a very good thing...the vocals are something between POS and Wastefall...TWO THUMBS UP...

    1 Aug 2009 Reply

  • trigoesrodrigo

    Impressive album. And thanks, I knew the estranger's main riff reminded me of something. Now I know what :P

    28 Jun 2009 Reply

  • Neotrix7

    Various VG's songs have elements of The Mirror by the same band

    20 Jun 2009 Reply

  • Neotrix7

    not exactly a rip-off, but hell yeah. They're very similar

    15 Jun 2009 Reply

  • George85

    the main riff of 'Estranger' sounds like 'Wait For Sleep' by you-know-which band ;)

    11 Jun 2009 Reply

  • Neotrix7

    I agree. They don't sound exactly like PoS, not even close. They are sensation, though. New gods of progmetal are born. Best album of 2009 so far.

    11 Jun 2009 Reply

  • sampo

    They're obviously influenced by Daniel and PoS (among others) but I wouldn't say that they sound exactly like them. In fact I can't pick a single band that do sound like PoS.

    8 Jun 2009 Reply

  • Dustspell

    New Pain Of Salvation sensation!?

    29 May 2009 Reply

  • nikkagee35

    I shall echo what has been said, this is quite impressive...The dream theater tag...is kinda true though

    29 May 2009 Reply
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