Landberk was a Swedish progressive rock band active in the early 1990s, noted for melancholic, Mellotron-driven arrangements and emotive guitar work. Key albums include Riktigt Äkta (debut), One Man Tell's Another and Indian Summer. The band ceased activity in 1996.

Part of the early-90s Swedish progressive revival frequently mentioned alongside Änglagård and Anekdoten. Their sound is often compared to early King Crimson for mood and Mellotron use. Members mentioned in reviews include Reine Fiske (guitar), Patric/Patrick Helje (vocals), Stefan Dimle (bass), Simon Nordberg (keyboards), Jonas Lidholm (drums) and Andreas Dahlbäck (drums).

Reviews present Landberk as a melancholic Swedish progressive-rock group whose sound centres on Mellotron and emotive guitar. Their key albums—Riktigt Äkta (debut), One Man Tell's Another (often cited as a masterpiece) and Indian Summer (final album)—are highlighted. Comparisons to King Crimson and association with the early-90s Swedish prog revival (Änglagård, Anekdoten) recur. The band is described as having disbanded in 1996.

For:Fans of melancholic progressive rock, Mellotron-driven music and atmospheric guitar-based bands (King Crimson admirers, followers of Swedish prog).

 The music of Landberk is like this: suspended between the crimson melancholy of autumn and the chill of those who are used to carrying the cold even in their hearts, between sweet and soft layers of mellotron and frippian guitar evolutions and slow and measured notes like the falling snow.

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 In my opinion, it is the masterpiece of Landberk, a group that, along with compatriots Anglagard and Anekdoten, brought the Swedish progressive movement to the fore in the early 90s.

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 Looking at it as a whole, the career of Landberk seems like the result of a pact with the devil; an occult contract ensuring imperishable glory at the cost of the very soul of a band that expired in 1996, but that had already artistically let itself die the day after the release of "Riktigt Äkta", a raw and pure gem from a mine that would mark the ultimate reopening of the progressive gold rush, still being mined today, sometimes with astonishing results.

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