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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYnSgsVw1Zk&NR=1
I just recently found that song. It's odd cuz I usually hate slow songs but I find this song amazing.
EDIT: Wrong link my next post has the right one.
I just recently found that song. It's odd cuz I usually hate slow songs but I find this song amazing.
EDIT: Wrong link my next post has the right one.
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My Idea of Progressive Metal was always with bands like Symphony X, Dream Theatre, some Opeth songs and other bands like it.
Bullet for my Valentine is more like Metalcore/Emometal, though.
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I never really considered Dream Theatre a prog metal band. . . not sure why, just didn't.
As far as genres and subgenres go, I'm not sure what Broken Social Scene fall under— though I'm certain it's prog. They're not metal, but they are a Canadian rock-ish band; lots of experimentation with song structure.
Anyone listen to Porcupine Tree? Great band.
As far as genres and subgenres go, I'm not sure what Broken Social Scene fall under— though I'm certain it's prog. They're not metal, but they are a Canadian rock-ish band; lots of experimentation with song structure.
Anyone listen to Porcupine Tree? Great band.
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Although indeed DT are, along with Queensrÿche and Fates Warning, the founders/fathers/creators of Prog Metal (to a point!), I wouldn't go as far as saying Images and Words (or any DT album) saved Prog Metal.
We could argue for hours about this, but IMO Prog itself sounds better when it's un-commercialised. True, DT brought Prog to the masses, so to speak, but in doing so, they've been overcommercialised as a band and their music has suffered a bit as well.
I like DT, and some songs of their are among my favourites ever (Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence being among my favourite all time albums), but when I want to listen to 100% Prog metal, I listen to other bands. Or the older works of the previously mentioned bands.
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Porcupine Tree is a great band, and incredibly prolific:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine_Tree_discography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine_Tree_discography
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My Idea of Progressive Metal was always with bands like Symphony X, Dream Theatre, some Opeth songs and other bands like it.
Bullet for my Valentine is more like Metalcore/Emometal, though.
Hmmmmm.....That was not the song I mean't to link too. Odd.
Here's the link I mean't to put up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e73OPUs_eMA
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Yeah that's what I actually meant.
DT with Images and Words did something very different from anything that Fates Warning or Queensryche had done till that day. However, Operation Mindcrime is
still my favorite concept/prog album (more than my favorite band's -Iron Maiden- Seventh son of a Seventh Son)
I'll agree with that, too. 👍
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A recent purchase of mine, Jethro Tull's 'Minstrel In The Gallery' (1975) is one of those albums you hear and wonder why or how you didn't listen to it sooner. Being a fan of Tull's heavier, more complicated music (e.g. 'Thick As A Brick'), this album is right up my street. I recently got back into Tull, having bought 'Songs From The Wood' and rediscovered 'Too Old To Rock And Roll, Too Young To Die'... both good albums, but the former is quite folkish and the latter more pop-orientated. 'Minstrel In The Gallery' is proper hard rock with the usual Tull folk leanings, but for the most part, it is decidedly more prog rock than is typical for Jethro Tull. I reckon this album captures the power and energy of the band at their peak - and the songs are just on the right side of being cohesive as opposed to the rambling 20+ mins per track of 'Thick As A Brick'. Here's a clip of the title track - excuse the German dude at the start, but Ian Anderson's comment right at the end of the video is priceless...
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Jethro Tull are awesome, I saw them live 2 years ago and they are still a lot energetic, impressive. I love how they mix their rock with the british folk music.
A bunch of 70' semi-unheard but really good italian prog bands:
AREA
Maxophone
Biglietto per l'inferno
Il rovescio della medaglia
A bunch of 70' semi-unheard but really good italian prog bands:
AREA
Maxophone
Biglietto per l'inferno
Il rovescio della medaglia
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About two or so months ago I ran into a band called Demians, well it's not so much a band but a single french musician that wrote and recorded a whole album "Building an Empire" in his bedroom. A little house in Normandy over looking the sea. Its a lot like Porcupine Tree so if your a fan of them you will like this. He also has a new album called "Mute" but I haven't gotten a chance to listen to that but if its anything like his previous work its freakin' amazing.
Its so perfect its quickly becoming a top 10 favorite song of mine. A top then that is overwhelmed with 10 minute prog songs
This next band Sylvan I have found to be musically very intriguing and share a similar style to Dream Theater but a bit funkier and less metallic. I've only been able to listen to about half of their stuff but most of the stuff is fantastic.
Here is another epic modern prog masterpiece. It is cut to fit youtube but you get the idea. I don't really know what prog band to relate Karmakanic too but that is a good thing =)
Sitting here with my eyes closed at my desk in my dark room this song kind of takes over my mind and does the thinking for me. Maybe its more on the ambient side of things and that's not everyone's taste but I love it.
If you like Lunatic Soul check out later Katatonia and later Anathema and all of Antimatter because you will enjoy that heavily too.
I wasn't sure wither to put this in the metal thread or this one but I figure this one could use a bump and its all prog some more metallic then others. Enjoy =)
EDIT: I just did a quick rummage through the thread and was pleasantly surprised with mentions of Anathema and Pelican.
I have a bunch more bands to bring up that I think will fit perfectly in this thread but I'll save that for another time.
Its so perfect its quickly becoming a top 10 favorite song of mine. A top then that is overwhelmed with 10 minute prog songs
This next band Sylvan I have found to be musically very intriguing and share a similar style to Dream Theater but a bit funkier and less metallic. I've only been able to listen to about half of their stuff but most of the stuff is fantastic.
Here is another epic modern prog masterpiece. It is cut to fit youtube but you get the idea. I don't really know what prog band to relate Karmakanic too but that is a good thing =)
Sitting here with my eyes closed at my desk in my dark room this song kind of takes over my mind and does the thinking for me. Maybe its more on the ambient side of things and that's not everyone's taste but I love it.
If you like Lunatic Soul check out later Katatonia and later Anathema and all of Antimatter because you will enjoy that heavily too.
I wasn't sure wither to put this in the metal thread or this one but I figure this one could use a bump and its all prog some more metallic then others. Enjoy =)
EDIT: I just did a quick rummage through the thread and was pleasantly surprised with mentions of Anathema and Pelican.
I have a bunch more bands to bring up that I think will fit perfectly in this thread but I'll save that for another time.
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- No....just no.
Man, I've always loved Rush...
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Opeth has a new album out in a couple of days I think. It's apparently very "proggy" and I've listened to about half an hour of it which sounds great. Unfortunately I've been listening to the new DT album so it's really nothing special at the moment, maybe in a month or so I'll buy it.
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Gawd. New DT album is boring IMO. It doesn't drag you in and blow you away like past epicness.
One band that I've recently got back into is Phideaux. They do what most Prog/Art rock bands fail to do miserably. Add atmosphere into their music. They also add a sense of doom that at times can be a bit overpowering and can and will lead to mood alternating. But you get that with Pink Floyd, which is really the closest thing I can relate them too but still they are far off. Not in a good nor bad way. But I can't think of a single other band that sounds anything remotely like Phideaux on a consistent basis. They change their sounds and influences too much, but they never water it down and they never come across as pretentious like most prog/art/indie bands do.
God this band is excellent.
One band that I've recently got back into is Phideaux. They do what most Prog/Art rock bands fail to do miserably. Add atmosphere into their music. They also add a sense of doom that at times can be a bit overpowering and can and will lead to mood alternating. But you get that with Pink Floyd, which is really the closest thing I can relate them too but still they are far off. Not in a good nor bad way. But I can't think of a single other band that sounds anything remotely like Phideaux on a consistent basis. They change their sounds and influences too much, but they never water it down and they never come across as pretentious like most prog/art/indie bands do.
God this band is excellent.
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Massive thread bump.
Storm Corrosion just came out.
STORM CORROSION is the long-discussed and highly anticipated collaboration between two of the current music scene's most innovative and multi-talented artists; Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth. The pair have been friends since the early '00s, when Wilson co-produced Opeth's revered 'Blackwater Park' album.
Over the years, they'd often spoken of working on a project together, but it wasn't until recently that they managed to make something happen, when Mikael flew over to visit Steve in the UK and they ended up in Wilson's home studio throwing ideas around. That visit was the nascence of a whole self-titled album, written and produced by the pair and mixed by Wilson.
The sound of STORM CORROSION can best be described as enchanting, orchestral, ambient, epic (half the album's tracks clock in around the 10 minute mark) and nothing short of surprising to the new ear. However, the musicians' respective fanbases will be primed to appreciate the new output, with Wilson's recent solo album, 'Grace For Drowning' and Opeth's 'Heritage' having brought them to a logical place to understand STORM CORROSION.
This eponymous collection is almost viewed as one side of a musical triangle.
Storm Corrosion just came out.
STORM CORROSION is the long-discussed and highly anticipated collaboration between two of the current music scene's most innovative and multi-talented artists; Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth. The pair have been friends since the early '00s, when Wilson co-produced Opeth's revered 'Blackwater Park' album.
Over the years, they'd often spoken of working on a project together, but it wasn't until recently that they managed to make something happen, when Mikael flew over to visit Steve in the UK and they ended up in Wilson's home studio throwing ideas around. That visit was the nascence of a whole self-titled album, written and produced by the pair and mixed by Wilson.
The sound of STORM CORROSION can best be described as enchanting, orchestral, ambient, epic (half the album's tracks clock in around the 10 minute mark) and nothing short of surprising to the new ear. However, the musicians' respective fanbases will be primed to appreciate the new output, with Wilson's recent solo album, 'Grace For Drowning' and Opeth's 'Heritage' having brought them to a logical place to understand STORM CORROSION.
This eponymous collection is almost viewed as one side of a musical triangle.
Pako
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How, in all my years at GTPlanet, did I miss this thread? Being a long time fan of Rush, Pink Floyd, I found myself drawn to other bands such as, Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Ozark Tentacles, Tool, Opeth, Riverside, etc. It was later I discovered that I was a fan of progressive rock and many of the sub genres related to it. What draws me to a particular band is usually drums and bass relationships in the songs, odd time signatures, and usually songs of epic proportion. The rest comes as layers to sweeten track. Another band that dabbles what I would call southern prog rock would be Government Mule, but mainly their older albums, Dose in particular.....live they are even better.
This thread has given me a couple new names to check out. 👍
This thread has given me a couple new names to check out. 👍
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If you hit the name "Gong, Continental Circus" it will take you directly to a YouTube audio file of Gong's prog rock album based on motorcycle racing from the last 1960's. If you don't trust links, just Google the name and you can find the video easily.
Gong, Continental Circus
Gong, Continental Circus
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Oh man, I didn't know that Daevid Allen had died earlier this month.
Thanks for the link though - I consider myself a fan of Gong but I'd never come across this particular album.
RIP Daevid Allen... a true one-off.
Thanks for the link though - I consider myself a fan of Gong but I'd never come across this particular album.
RIP Daevid Allen... a true one-off.
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Same here.
Some of my favorite 70s prog bands.
Rush - Here Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SojuN3Dg9Yc
Gravy Train - Think of Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIC8AORmI0Y
Jefferson Airplane - Aerie (Gang of Eagles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GWrXOsZNDM
