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    Posted: December 26 2009 at 12:55
Can anyone explain why Nightwish and Epica are considered Prog (hence their inclusion in Prog Archives) but Within Temptation are not? To my untrained ears all three bands sound as if they belong to the same genre.  Am I missing something?
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Points: 512 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 26 2009 at 13:07
I don't know anything about any of those bands, but is it possible that Within Temptation just hasn't been suggested for inclusion? 
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Points: 38044 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 26 2009 at 13:43
Originally posted by Kestrel Kestrel wrote:

I don't know anything about any of those bands, but is it possible that Within Temptation just hasn't been suggested for inclusion? 


It has been: Within Temptation (?!)
Why did you reject Within Temptation?


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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 26 2009 at 17:02
Is it because we got it wrong twice?Confused ErmmClownWacko
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Points: 38044 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 26 2009 at 17:17
The Nightwish and Epica additions are controversial as is, so no need to compound the problem (I seem to remember reading that Nightwish was added before there was a working PM team and doubt it would meet today's more exacting standards -- though I believe that Epica was accepted by the PM team).

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Points: 1698 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 26 2009 at 19:06
^This, and as I understand, Epica is said to have more complex compositions than either, though I'm not familiar with them. Plus, Nightwish was more complex in their earlier power metal days, and only their recent albums are similar to Within Temptation.
 
Great pop-goth metal band, but hardly prog IMO.

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