Paternoster s/t 1972

From This is My Affliction Blog: "Nightmarish organ fueled/heavy prog/proto-proto-proto funeral doom from Austria. Lengthy instrumental passages dominated by eldritch pipe organ and fuzzed-out near-black metal guitar interspersed with harrowed, mock-operatic vocals hymning frustration and despair. Standout track, "Stop These Lines" goes from almost ludicrous descriptions of mundanity "Lunchtime snack-bar eating chips, ketchup dripping down your lips") into the repeated impassioned  plea to "Stop These Lines." Elsewhere, "Paternoster" and "The Pope is Wrong" turn the formal liturgies of the Catholic church into bitter hymns of  cynicism."
The band's lifespan was only a brief two or three years (no one can quite remember) and this would be their one and only release.

Zarathustra - s/t 1972

Formed in Germany in 1969, Zarathustra chose a name associated with both Nietzsche and Strauss. They were Ernst Hernzer (lead vocal), Wolfgang Reimer (guitar/vocals/percussion), Michael Just (bass/vocals), Klaus Werner (organ), and Wolfgang Behrman (drums/percussion). Throughout 1969, two of the members also were part time members of the beat group: Why Five, contributing to an obscure beat-age sampler "Ausgerecitent Bananen (Elite Special XZ LP 5105). Hardly distinguishing from other raucous progressive bands of the time, Zarathustra were still able to get a recording contract with Metronome in 1971. It seemed this label was quite open-minded when it came to signing bands, but on the other hand failed to promote their artists in a proper manner. Zarathustra were booked into the Windrose Studios in Hamburg in November of 1971 with an unknown production team of Till Landsman (producer) and Freidrick Bischoff (engineer). The resulting album was a tour-de-force of energetic heavy rock, a kind of Teutonic Uriah Heep ("Gypsy" was one of their live favorites) with some added Jon Lord like organ licks. Six great tracks with "Nightmare" as the melodic highlight. The group was not "progressive" in the sense of expanded instrumentation and arrangements, rather it was a straight power-rock album the way it used to be. Zarathustra broke up in spring of 1972.

Message - "At Dawn Anew is Comin" LP 1972 / "From Books and Dreams" LP 1973 / "Smile" b/w "Painted Lady" debut single 1971

Message were a progressive rock band based in Germany formed by British guitar player Allan Murdoch and vocalist/woodwinds player Tommy McGuigan. Between 1972 and 1980 the released seven albums. McGuigan left after the fourth, Synapse. Murdoch continued to lead the band through several lineup changes and a succession of three different singers.

Florian Geyer - "Baeggar's Pride" 1976

From Prog Archives: "German act Floria Geyer, named after a prominent knight in the time of Martin Luther was formed in Rheinland in 1971 by Jergun Gluge (drums), J Dieter Stieg (bass/vocals), and Manfred Wolf (vocals/guitar).

It took the band five years to produce their one and only album "Beggar's Pride", a curios collection of glam inspired songs heavily spiced with psychedelic elements.

The band recorded some material for a sophomore effort planned to be issued in 1980, but for some reason or another this project was shelved. In 1982 they changed their name to Hurrican, and issued one single under that name before dissolving."

Page 45 Singles 10 - Opus Est / Hammerhead / Palace / Master Danse

Opus Est - "Maggie Johnson's" / "Bed"
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Hammerhead - "Summer Nights" b/w "Jewels"
GNP Crescendo GNP 499 U.S. 1975
Known for their affiliation with Kim Fowley.

Palace - "Baby Jane" b/w "One of Those Days"
Purple Eye Productions P.E. 1205 Netherlands 1971

Master Danse - "Feelin' Dead"
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