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Vangough is a progressive metal band from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma formed in late 2007 by Clay Withrow, Abe Hartley and Brandon Lopez. Despite a few line-up changes on bass, the band still maintains the three original core members today in support of their new release Manikin Parade.
Originally founded around Clay’s solo debut Dissonance Rising (2007), the band now known as Vangough came into contact with each other through mutual friends. Clay first discovered drummer Brandon Lopez working in the Oklahoma City Guitar Center where the two immediately hit it off and agreed to start on a new project. Within a few months the entire line-up was formed, which now includes Abe Hartley on keys, as well as Carlton Dorsey on bass.
Their showcase performances at Dfest 2008 and Play: stl 2008 solidified the band as a unique combination of musical theater and heavy prog rock. Vangough wears their influences on their sleeves, which includes everything from Pain of Salvation and the Flower Kings, to classic video game music from companies like Nintendo and Capcom. This tends to manifest itself in the form of twisted cover tunes like Wily’s Castle from Mega Man 2 or Corneria from Star Fox.
Their upcoming album “Manikin Parade” was recorded and performed by Clay Withrow on guitars, bass, keyboards, and vocals with Brandon Lopez on drums. It was mixed by legendary engineer Sterling Winfield who is most famous for his work on many Pantera albums, Damage Plan and Vinnie Paul’s latest group Hell Yeah!
Originally founded around Clay’s solo debut Dissonance Rising (2007), the band now known as Vangough came into contact with each other through mutual friends. Clay first discovered drummer Brandon Lopez working in the Oklahoma City Guitar Center where the two immediately hit it off and agreed to start on a new project. Within a few months the entire line-up was formed, which now includes Abe Hartley on keys, as well as Carlton Dorsey on bass.
Their showcase performances at Dfest 2008 and Play: stl 2008 solidified the band as a unique combination of musical theater and heavy prog rock. Vangough wears their influences on their sleeves, which includes everything from Pain of Salvation and the Flower Kings, to classic video game music from companies like Nintendo and Capcom. This tends to manifest itself in the form of twisted cover tunes like Wily’s Castle from Mega Man 2 or Corneria from Star Fox.
Their upcoming album “Manikin Parade” was recorded and performed by Clay Withrow on guitars, bass, keyboards, and vocals with Brandon Lopez on drums. It was mixed by legendary engineer Sterling Winfield who is most famous for his work on many Pantera albums, Damage Plan and Vinnie Paul’s latest group Hell Yeah!
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millarddj wrote:
Review of Vangough's new release "Kingdom Of Ruin" featured at Black Wind Metal: http://blackwindmetal.com/?p=1754
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r0ryb0ryalis wrote:
Listening to this band for the first time! Loving it!
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killerose wrote:
Incredible album... I'm speechless!
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Neotrix7 wrote:
Ladies and Gentlemen, (almost!) Album of the Year! Yeah, there's still Road Salt Two.
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Neotrix7 wrote:
new album coming, yeee!
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Trolllis wrote:
Sounds fantastic! Both albums :)
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Lemursman38 wrote:
Sounds awesome...POS references are true but hey...Pain Of Salvation are kings.
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Neotrix7 wrote:
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.
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arcarneiro wrote:
WOW... the new album sounds really good!!! keep the great work!!!
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hurricane_mario wrote:
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.
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neondreamer89 wrote:
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...
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trigoesrodrigo wrote:
Impressive album. And thanks, I knew the estranger's main riff reminded me of something. Now I know what :P
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Neotrix7 wrote:
Various VG's songs have elements of The Mirror by the same band
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Neotrix7 wrote:
not exactly a rip-off, but hell yeah. They're very similar
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George85 wrote:
the main riff of 'Estranger' sounds like 'Wait For Sleep' by you-know-which band ;)
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Neotrix7 wrote:
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.
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sampo wrote:
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.
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Chasezas wrote:
they sound exactly like pain of salvation.
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Dustspell wrote:
New Pain Of Salvation sensation!?
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nikkagee35 wrote:
I shall echo what has been said, this is quite impressive...The dream theater tag...is kinda true though
News
Vangough - Disloyal
4 Nov 2011 | from www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=evilromero
Vangough - Disloyal
"Disloyal" off the new Vangough album Kingdom of Ruin from
Nightmare Records, a rabbit-fueled dreamland concept from the mind
that brought you the critically acclaimed Manikin Parade. Get the
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9 Aug 2011 | from www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=evilromero -
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