Genre: Heavy Prog/Crossover Prog Country: Sweden Year of publication: 1974-2016 Audio codec: MP3 Rip type: tracks Audio bitrate: VBR V0-320 kbps
Albums: 1974 - Trettioåriga Kriget [1:04:49] 1975 - Krigssång [57:08] 1978 - Hej På Er [1:01:13] 1979 - Mot Alla Odds [34:59] - VBR V0 1981 - Kriget [38:21] 1992 - War Memories (Live) [1:07:59] 2004 - Elden Av År [56:51] 2004 - Glorious War [53:10] 2007 - I Början Och Slutet [1:00:23] 2008 - War Years (Live) [2:19:21] 2011 - Efter Efter [49:12] 2016 - Seaside Air [43:28]
Legendary Swedish progressive band that released six albums between 1974 and 1992. The name "TRETTIOARIGA KRIGET" means Thirty Years' War. This actually refers to the first pan-European war in 1618-1648, in which Sweden, together with other Protestant states (England, the Netherlands, German Protestant states) plus France fought against the Austrian and Spanish Habbsburgs, Rome and the Catholic German principalities (Bavaria, etc.) . The band's first album is high-quality heavy prog, and the vocalist's singing in Swedish, even though he is an Austrian by birth, reminded me of... King Diamond. If you don't believe me, listen to this album, which can be recommended for all fans of heavy prog. The group's second album is considered the best. Here the music is no longer so “heavy”, more progressive. Overall, this work is rightly rated as one of the best in Swedish progressive rock of the second half of the 1970s. In some ways, it determined the development of Scandinavian prog in general. It is no coincidence that musicians ANGLAGARD and LANDBERK noted the influence of TRETTIOARIGA KRIGET on their work. Unfortunately, starting from the third album, the group began to play simpler, commercial music, which was not more successful among listeners and the group soon disbanded. There was a short-term attempt to revive his activities in the early 90s, but it was not very successful. At the beginning of this century, TRETTIOARIGA KRIGET resumed its activities again. Three albums were recorded, of which the most interesting is the 2004 album
