Annalist biography (http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=21)
If there's a country where Neo Prog is the favorite sub-genre, we are talking about Poland; bands like Pendragon have the status of semi-gods, so it's not strange that we find a lot of followers.
ANNALIST was formed in Warsaw in 1992 by the multi instrumentalist Robert Srzednicki who plays guitar, piano and vocals, they have managed to keep the same lineup until their last release with the birth of the new millennium, completed by Krzysiek Wawrzak in the bass and backing vocals, Bartek Gotembnik in the keyboards and Artur Szolc in the drums.
Added to the obvious MARILLION and TWELFT NIGHT influences, we can find some KING CRIMSON touches but mainly a lot of Hard Rock and mainstream.
During their career they have released four albums in 1994 the strong debut called "Memories" which is extremely dark with clear KING CRIMSON reminiscences specially the epic "Lunacy" the strongest track, sadly the vocals of Srzednicki don't help too much.
Their second album "Artemis" is released in 1996, not as strong as the debut but still pretty good, with heavy atmospheres and still a darl mysterious touch,, the vocals are both in English and Polish.
The following two albums "Eon" (1997) and "Trial" (2000) don't have the same quality, specially the last one which shows a band that has apparently left their best years behind.
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