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Calvo 
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 Posted: March 08 2005 at 08:30 |
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From my point of view, Nightwish is a power metal band with some progressive elements. I don't think that Nightwish should be is this site.
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Jim Prog Wizard
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Posted: March 09 2005 at 05:56 |
Blind Guardian should be on the archives long before anyone like Nightwish gets on. BG have genuine progressive elements in their music. Nightwish are merely symphonic metal with operatic vocals. Big difference.
The most prog thing Nightwish have ever done is cover Pink Floyd.
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Radioactive Toy
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Posted: March 09 2005 at 07:38 |
 Eemu Ranta wrote:
Joren wrote:
I think I've only heard a song or two from them
and it SUCKED
so I voted NO!
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"Sucking" doesn't equal non-prog.
I rate their first album quite high, after that it became a keyboard show.
The rest of the albums just have a few long-lived songs each. Not prog
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Indeed listen to ELP for example 
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arkitek
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Posted: March 09 2005 at 11:13 |
My opinion is that Nightwish are a Gothic Band and should Not be onthis forum
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Aaron
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Posted: March 09 2005 at 11:43 |
there certainly are a crap load of NO's, so what should we do about this?
Aaron
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Metropolis
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Posted: March 09 2005 at 11:46 |
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I really like them, but I do agree that they don't belong here
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Joren
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Posted: March 09 2005 at 11:58 |
Aaron wrote:
there certainly are a crap load of NO's, so what should we do about this?
Aaron
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REMOVE THEM!
People who are writing crappy reviews like "This band is not prog" do it in the wrong manner, but I think they are right.
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Valarius
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Posted: March 10 2005 at 03:23 |
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Nightwish are nothing more than a heavy metal band with keyboards.
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valravennz
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 05:47 |
I am draging this up again because I am intensely annoyed at the sl*gging off of Nightwish.
They should be on this site! They are prog power metal and a heap sight more listenable to than some of the other groups mentioned here. What is wrong with power metal - Nightwish style or is it that they have an enormously talented female lead vocalist, who easily rates with some of our favourite male lead vocalists in prog?
I say 'Nightwish" stays and groups like TMV should go. Perhaps there should be a discussion as to the advantages and disadvantages of having such a male dominated music genre in which female artists are 'generally' excluded . It is great to see prog groups today including and using a female as a lead vocalist and promoting them as such. And they are doing a fine job of it too
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geezer
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 06:30 |
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This debate is quite useless. All the hatred is because they have
become very popular. If they were not popular nobody would care if they
are in this site or not. It's a matter of taste. I wonder why there is
not a debate why these oher popular bands like Porcupine Tree and
Radiohead are in this site? I don't think these bands are progressive
at all!! Everything I have heard from PT since "The Sky Moves Sideways"
and all Radiohead is just british pop music to me. They belong to the
same category as Oasis and Blur. This is just my opinion on some other
"popular" bands. There is tons of bands in this site that many people
don't consider progressive, not only Nightwish. As you can see it is
quite useless. A matter of taste.
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Logos
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 06:35 |
valravennz wrote:
I am draging this up again because I am intensely annoyed at the sl*gging off of Nightwish.
They should be on this site! They are prog power
metal and a heap sight more listenable to than some of the other groups
mentioned here. What is wrong with power metal - Nightwish style or is
it that they have an enormously talented female lead vocalist, who
easily rates with some of our favourite male lead vocalists in prog?
I say 'Nightwish" stays and groups like TMV should go. Perhaps
there should be a discussion as to the advantages
and disadvantages of having such a male dominated music genre
in which female artists are 'generally' excluded . It is great to
see prog groups today including and using a female as a lead vocalist
and promoting them as such. And they are doing a fine job of it too |
I can only laugh at you saying that Nightwish is prog and TMV is not. That is the most ridiculous thing I've heard in a while.
And another point: there's nothing wrong with power metal, I just often
find it too cheesy for my taste; but I do enjoy many power metal bands.
But the point is that power metal is not prog.
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valravennz
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 06:36 |
geezer wrote:
This debate is quite useless. All the hatred is because they have become very popular. If they were not popular nobody would care if they are in this site or not. It's a matter of taste. I wonder why there is not a debate why these oher popular bands like Porcupine Tree and Radiohead are in this site? I don't think these bands are progressive at all!! Everything I have heard from PT since "The Sky Moves Sideways" and all Radiohead is just british pop music to me. They belong to the same category as Oasis and Blur. This is just my opinion on some other "popular" bands. There is tons of bands in this site that many people don't consider progressive, not only Nightwish. As you can see it is quite useless. A matter of taste. |
Some very good points there, Geezer and you are right it is a matter of taste - it doesn't pay to be popular in the prog world does it ? 
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valravennz
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 06:41 |
Logos wrote:
valravennz wrote:
I am draging this up again because I am intensely annoyed at the sl*gging off of Nightwish.
They should be on this site! They are prog power metal and a heap sight more listenable to than some of the other groups mentioned here. What is wrong with power metal - Nightwish style or is it that they have an enormously talented female lead vocalist, who easily rates with some of our favourite male lead vocalists in prog?
I say 'Nightwish" stays and groups like TMV should go. Perhaps there should be a discussion as to the advantages and disadvantages of having such a male dominated music genre in which female artists are 'generally' excluded . It is great to see prog groups today including and using a female as a lead vocalist and promoting them as such. And they are doing a fine job of it too
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I can only laugh at you saying that Nightwish is prog and TMV is not. That is the most ridiculous thing I've heard in a while.
And another point: there's nothing wrong with power metal, I just often find it too cheesy for my taste; but I do enjoy many power metal bands. But the point is that power metal is not prog.
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It may be ridiculous to you but it is just as ridiculous to me that TMV can even come close to being prog. What I have heard of them does not impress me in the least.
However this is just going to go around in circles so lets agree to disagree ok?
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Logos
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 07:41 |
valravennz wrote:
It may be ridiculous to you but it is just
as ridiculous to me that TMV can even come close to being prog. What I
have heard of them does not impress me in the least.
However this is just going to go around in circles so lets agree to disagree ok? |
Consider this: The Mars Volta have very long songs (up to 32min!) and
the mellotron! If that doesn't make a band prog, then what does???
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Gentle Ronnie
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 09:00 |
If effort was spent to get the band on the website, then they should as well stay here forever.
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Petra
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 09:15 |
Well I voted yes to Nightwish but I agree with a couple of others here that Blind Guardian should be here too if Nightwish is.
I think the problem with a lot of people that dont agree with Nightwish being here is they just don't like Metal full stop and cannot see the prog elements because they are blinded by this idea that prog has be of just one certain style. A lot of Prog rock snobs basically!
I think its brilliant that so many more bands are in this site than 6months ago.
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frenchie
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 11:23 |
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there was another band on here that werent prog at all and it was a mistake so they got removed. Another band should be radiohead! But nightwish are even less proggy than radiohead. I wish i had an angel! what a piece of crap! The only relation i've see between nightwish and prog is that they can both be very OTT!!!
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Vince
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 12:14 |
I think the problem comes down to what is the definition of Progressive music. And unfortunately, this has been an endless debate. I have not seen it here yet, but I am very new here and have not read everything. But I've seen it on many other boards. If I would ask "what is progressive rock for you", everyone would give a different answer. Why don't we just accept the fact that the term "progressive" has become more widely used than some would like, that it includes much more bands than one would think. Why don't we just welcome any band that is more or less related to others already featured here. Does it hurt anyone to give any band a chance of being discovered by people who don't know them? If you like them, good. If you don't, that's just fine too. Case closed. I don't see why Nightwish sould not be included here.
My two cent...
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billyshears'67
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 14:03 |
Petra wrote:
I think the problem with a lot of people that dont agree with
Nightwish being here is they just don't like Metal full stop and cannot
see the prog elements because they are blinded by this idea that prog
has be of just one certain style. A lot of Prog rock snobs
basically!
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'Ello,
Yeah, I've been listening to metal since the age of 5 and I'm 19 now
and I've been exposed to EVERY form of metal out there. So I myself
know what I'm talkin' about.
Secondly, I've heard ALL of Nightwish's albums plenty of times (my
older bro is a Nightwish freak) and there's hardly even a progression
from album to album, especially now, since they've developed into
a predictable euro/metal/pop unit. Though, they did come up with a
metal formula all their own, I just don't see them as a group treading
new territories that would be considered "progressive."
I feel beside myself when I ask a question like "is this or that band
progressive" y'know. When I listen to a band I don't wonder "is this
progressive?" yadda yadda. I think is this music good? Is the
musicianship there? Is there some sort of musical identity? Really when
comes down to the whole categorization of music, it doesn't bloody
matter.
P.S.
Thanks Petra, for the kind thoughts in regards to my interview! No animosity here.
Peace & take care 
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bluetailfly
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Posted: April 05 2005 at 15:35 |
Do you mean "Nightranger"? If so, I'll agree that they can get rather proggy... 
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