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This is Discordia - a rather progressive polyrock band from Helsinki, Finland.

Discordia was founded in 2001. After several changes in personnel the current line-up was formed in early 2006. The two remaining founding members Antti Tolkki (guitar) and Petri Sallinen (bass) consider the current line-up as the tightest and most innovative in the band history.

The new members Otto Mäkelä (drums), Liisa Lipas (keyboards) and Tero Väänänen & Riikka Hänninen (vocals) share the original idea of combining ambitious yet enjoyable musical elements with forceful performance.

Tero and Riikka left the band in January 2008, and new lead singer Hannu Hiltula joined the band in February 2008.

Discordia is best described as Art Rock. The music somewhat resembles bands like Camel, Gentle Giant, Rush, Marillion, Renaissance, King Crimson, Porcupine Tree, ELP and Faith No More.

The term 'polyrock' refers to the bands love for polyrhythmics and polyphony: between independent melodic lines, musical elements, and even different musical styles. Discordia plays many kinds of rock, along with influences from classical and modern concert music, not to forget about folk, traditional and world music. Despite the variety of musical elements, the band aims at coherency.