Hybris
Studio album by
Änglagård
Released1992
RecordedJuly–September 1992
GenreProgressive rock, symphonic rock
Length51:39
LabelMellotronen, Alvarsdotter
ProducerÄnglagård, Roger Skogh
Änglagård chronology
Hybris
(1992)		 Epilog
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Hybris (Swedish: hybris 'hubris') is the first studio album by Swedish progressive rock group Änglagård.

Released in late 1992, it would become one of the most influential albums of the new wave of progressive rock in the 1990s. It begins with "Jordrök" (which means 'earth-smoke'), the only fully instrumental piece on the album.

The music is quite similar to 1970s progressive rock groups such as Yes and King Crimson, but Änglagård has also created their own style, thanks to Holmgren's folklore-sounding flute playing and Olsson's highly distinctive drumming (he was only 17 in 1992). There are also obvious similarities to the obscure 1970s band Cathedral's one-shot album Stained Glass Stories. Keyboardist Pär Lindh makes an uncredited guest appearance on the album.

The remastered CD version of the album contains a bonus track called "Gånglåt från Knapptibble", which seems to be a demo of the song "Skogsranden" from their second album, Epilog. The song was originally included on the Ptolemac Terrascope Number 5 CD sampler. The song also appears on the Hurricane Katrina benefit album After the Storm (NEARfest Records, 2005).

Track listing

  • All music written and arranged by Änglagård. All lyrics by Tord Lindman.
  1. "Jordrök" ('Earth Smoke') – 11:10
  2. "Vandringar i vilsenhet" ('Wanderings in Confusion') – 11:56
  3. "Ifrån klarhet till klarhet" ('From Clarity to Clarity') – 8:08
  4. "Kung Bore" ('King Winter') – 13:04
  5. "Gånglåt från Knapptibble" ('Marching Tune from Knapptibble') (bonus track) – 7:19

Personnel

Production

  • Produced and mixed by Änglagård and Roger Skogh
  • Engineered by Roger Skogh

Reception

In February 2018, Hybris was ranked twentieth on the Prog Archives Top Studio Albums of All-Time.[2] It is additionally the highest-ranked album of the entire 1990s on this list and the third-highest album released after the 1970s (after Wobbler's From Silence to Somewhere [2017], at #15 overall, and Rush's Moving Pictures [1981], at #16).

References

  1. ↑ Little, Patrick. Hybris at AllMusic
  2. ↑ http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?salbumtypes=1#list Progressive Rock Ultimate Discography. Retrieved on 2018-02-18.
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