Neograss

Neograss is a progressive rock band from Norway, formed in 2010 with members Emil Bekkevold (banjo, vocals), Tore Morten Andreassen (guitar, mellotron), Benjamin Mørk (mellotron/piano/keyboards) Åsmund Wilter Eriksson (double bass) and Aleksander Kostopoulos (drums).

Neograss released their debut album "The Sea of Tranquility" in August 2010, where they try to blend two very seemingly so different genres: bluegrass and prog rock.

[3] They were soon reinforced with Åsmund and Aleksander,[4] and started adding progressive elements like mellotron and china-cymbals.

During TIFF's Silent Film Days 2011 at "Verdensteatret" in Tromsø, Neograss and the thrashmetalband Defender kicked off the festival with a newly written soundtrack to the silent film "The Lost World".

In February 2012 Neograss themed up with Tromsø Chamber Orchestra[8] and recorded the album "Overtru fra Yttersia" (superstition from the coast), an album where they tell the tales and myths from the northern part of Norway about Draugen, Nøkken and Hulder.

Åsmund and Emil 2011