Persephone's Dream

Hailing from Pittsburgh, PA, Persephone's Dream offers a blend of neo-prog and prog metal rock, drawing from Rush and Dream Theater, but also from song-based prog groups like Marillion and Renaissance. They are mostly noted for their female vocalist, Karin Nicely, and their use of a percussionist, something rare in the world of metal rock. Their activities remain confined to the United States. Persephone's Dream is the project of guitarist Rowen Poole and bassist Chris Siegle. The two met at a Thanksgiving Party in 1993. Poole, a software engineer who also used to play bass, ...