{"id":22649,"date":"2026-05-19T11:30:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantasyfestival.gr\/?page_id=22649"},"modified":"2026-06-29T10:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:29:29","slug":"paul-roland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fantasyfestival.gr\/en\/paul-roland\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Roland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Psychpop prince, goth rock guru and baroque acoustic troubadour PAUL ROLAND is a prolific and fiercely independent recording artist with 25 diverse albums to his credit ranging from gothic rock through baroque psychpop to highly literate, wistful acoustic vignettes and character sketches.<\/p>\n

In recent years Paul Roland has established himself as a composer of contemporary classical works, having produced a gothic ballet (\u2018Nosferatu-The Curious Case of Jonathan Harker\u2019 premiered in Italy), a Gothic chamber opera (\u2018Carmilla\u2019) and a 30-minute \u2018Grimm Fantasy\u2019 for orchestra.<\/p>\n

Since the release of his first album \u2018The Werewolf of London\u2019 in 1980 (a John Peel favourite and a regular featured album at London\u2019s legendary Bat Cave) Roland has earned a loyal cult following in the UK, Europe and the US.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

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\u201cRoland has a very distinctive voice and a highly personal style. His songs are like short stories set to music.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Greg Lake<\/p>\n

\u201cPaul Roland writes nice melodies and has a very particular personality, but he’s too intellectual for me!\u201d \u2014 Frank Zappa, 1988<\/p>\n

\u201cRoland is the male Kate Bush.\u201d \u2014 Robyn Hitchcock<\/p>\n

\u201cPaul Roland is the author of some of the most beautiful songs ever written in the English language.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Rockerilla<\/em>, July\u2013August 2022<\/p>\n

\u201cRoland\u2019s gaslight world is one of quaint but dark English folklore, sinister Victoriana and bittersweet stories\u2026 a steampunk prophet not without honour in his own land, either.\u201d \u2014 Uncut<\/em> (UK)<\/p>\n

\u201cRoland approaches his songs like hand-stitched labours of love to be glimpsed through an arcane wonder-tinted microscope\u2026\u201d \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606 \u2014 Classic Rock & Prog Rock Magazine<\/em>, 2016<\/p>\n

\u201cRoland is a maestro of melancholy and madness\u2026 ornate gothic\/baroque songwriting and quintessentially English pop-psych dementia\u2026 princely stuff.\u201d \u2014 Ptolemaic Terrascope<\/em> (UK)<\/p>\n

\u201cPsych-pop genius\u2026 Paul Roland has remained a cherished figure on the gothic rock and psych-pop periphery for 30 years.\u201d \u2014 Record Collector<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cPaul Roland could well claim to be the world\u2019s most famous singer-songwriter, author and paranormal researcher.\u201d \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606 \u2014 Vive Le Rock<\/em> (UK)<\/p>\n

\u201cGothic-psych-baroque-rocker waxing demented in a way only an Englishman can\u2026 impeccable.\u201d \u2014 Goldmine<\/em> (USA)<\/p>\n

\u201cPaul Roland has a unique gift for songwriting unlike anyone else\u2026 we clearly are in the presence of a master storyteller.\u201d \u2014 Louder Than War<\/em> (UK)<\/p>\n

\u201cRoland has released many fine albums, all of them have moments of greatness.\u201d \u2014 Jim DeRogatis (Rolling Stone<\/em>, Chicago Sun-Times<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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