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Epitaph is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Black Sabbath, Rory Gallagher, Yes, Argent and Omega. Those roots explain a lot about how Epitaph arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kraan, Eloy, Edgar Broughton Band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Wishbone Ash, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Victory and Eloy, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Epitaph, reaching back through Black Sabbath and forward to Victory. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Epitaph is an Anglo-German rock band, formed in Dortmund in 1969. Playing initially what AllMusic described as "post-psych progressive rock, spiced with occasional jazz accents and widespread twin-guitar harmonies", in 1973 they started shifting towards more straightforward hard rock stylings. After releasing six studio albums, they disbanded in 1982. In 2000, Epitaph reunited and several new releases followed.
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Epitaph grew out of Black Sabbath, Rory Gallagher, Yes and Argent, shares an orbit with Kraan, Eloy, Edgar Broughton Band and Manfred Mann's Earth Band, went on to shape Victory and Eloy. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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