Nautilus - 20000 Miles Under The Sea (CD) (CD)

Prog Rock

SWITZERLAND

Originally released 1978
CD reissue 2020 Paisley Press

Nautilus was a Swiss Band, that combined the talents of Urs Lerch on bass, Dieter Ruf on guitars, Peter Fibich on drums, Ralph Stucki on keyboards, and Christian Bauer on guitars

They only released two albums (1978's "20,000 Miles Under the Sea" and 1980's "Space Storm")

This band is a bit of an oddity, given the time period. At a time when prog was on its way out, they decided to record psychedelic, proto-metal inspired, symphonic rock. There is a strong early Uriah Heep component, with touches of John Lord, a smidgen of Genesis, a dash of Black Sabbath, and even some ELO style harmonies. But that's not all. Don't forget the Psychedelic component. The best analogy I can make, is imagine if Iron Butterfly went symphonic.