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SILENT TEMPLE is a progressive rock band from Portland, Oregon. Directed by multi-instrumentalist and composer Amos Hart. SILENT TEMPLE blends folk music with a plethora of styles from classic rock to heavy metal to soul-jazz.
SILENT TEMPLE began in Ames, IA in 2013 with the release of "Ruins", a neo-folk metal solo album by a young Hart. Amos has played the piano since before he can remember, but upon discovering the early 90's prog/power metal scene (Gamma Ray, Symphony X, Rhapsody of Fire), and the progressive folk rock of the early 70's (Pearls Before Swine, Yes, Malicorne, Kansas), he ...read more
SILENT TEMPLE is a progressive rock band from Portland, Oregon. Directed by multi-instrumentalist and composer Amos Hart. SILENT TEMPLE blends folk music with a plethora of styles from classic rock to heavy metal to soul-jazz.
SILENT TEMPLE began in Ames, IA in 2013 with the release of "Ruins", a neo-folk metal solo album by a young Hart. Amos has played the piano since before he can remember, but upon discovering the early 90's prog/power metal scene (Gamma Ray, Symphony X, Rhapsody of Fire), and the progressive folk rock of the early 70's (Pearls Before Swine, Yes, Malicorne, Kansas), he was inspired to make epic music with a full rocking band. In 2015 he created the band's second full-length release "Place of the Forgotten" featuring members of Chicago folk-metal band EIKTHYRNIR, and a few years later at music school in Chicago, Hart recruited bassist Mike Ewers.
2018 saw the birth of SILENT TEMPLE's live capacity as a progressive folk-rock outfit, playing various bars and art venues around the Chicago area. Most notably, the band had the honor of opening for Drag-City's Faun Fables in Milwaukee. Honey Jam Records in Chicago captured the music of this time with the album "Where the Waters Run Clear".
Months after, Amos and Mike acted on their dreams and musical ambitions out west. They landed in Portland, Oregon. Before COVID hit, SILENT TEMPLE had been successfully helping build a vibrant underground music scene together with classic rocker Rossi and her band Ten Spiders, and psychedelic folk star Natty Isabell and her band Flying Caravan. With the addition of these songstresses, choral style three part harmonies have taken SILENT TEMPLE's sound to a whole new level.
Joined also by Owen Kelley on guitar, Harrison Games on drums, and Mike Ewers on bass, SILENT TEMPLE recorded and released in 2020 their fourth album, "Marvelers of Creation", a double album.
SILENT TEMPLE now composes, practices, rehearses, and waits for opportunities to present their music, live and on record. The story continues.
SILENT TEMPLE's music creates a sound that includes a vast array of influences, both prog and otherwise, with an emphasis on acoustic atmospheres. HART's piano work is featured throughout the music. The nature of the project is very eclectic. Fans of Tori AMOS' piano work and JETHRO TULL may enjoy SILENT TEMPLE.
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