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Mechanical Poet
12+ albums
Progressive metalsymphonic metalrussianPower metalprogressive power metal
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Mechanical Poet was a Russian progressive metal band led by Lex Plotnikoff (1977-2022). His quirky, whimsy music was influenced by film composers like Danny Elfman, with lyrics based on fantasy, gothic and science fiction stories. Early albums leaned towards symphonic metal, while late releases were more of Post-prog. The band sang in English and only released three Russian versions of its songs. Mechanical Poet was founded in Moscow in 2002 as a studio-only project by ex-members of Russian avant-garde band Glazemaker Lex Plotnikoff, Tom Tokmakoff and Sebastian Trifonoff. For a few years the band known as Glazemaker was working on creating a "sound" of their own, till they evolved a sound which was a mixture between melodic metal with progressive metal riffs and symphonic metal orchestrations using electronic instruments. In 2003 Sebastian Trifonoff left the band and was soon replaced by Эпидемия's frontman Max Samosvat. With the new singer the band released its first EP, Handmade Essence. After the EP the band received several offers from various music companies, and finally signed a record deal with Italian label Aural Music In 2004 the debut album Woodland Prattlers, was released, the band's most successful CD to date. It featured a mixture of symphonic and progressive metal with heavy use of keyboard and songs based on fantasy books by authors like Astrid Lindgren and Oscar Wilde. The album was based around the concept of a "Mechanical Poet" who gathers stories fro
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Woodland Prattlers
Creepy Tales for Freaky Children
Eidoline: The Arrakeen Code
Handmade Essence
Who Did It To Michelle Waters? Vol. I
Who Did It to Michelle Waters?
Ghouls
Eidoline - The Arrakeen Code
Who did it to Michelle Waters Vol. II
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Creepy Tales For Freaky Children (Director's cut)
Who Did It To Michelle Waters
Who Did It To Michelle Waters? Vol. II