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Drew

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Posted: May 24 2006 at 00:56

TheProgtologist wrote:

Tool - 10,000 Days

The Tangent - A Place in the Queue

Devin Townsend - Synchestra

Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue

La Maschera di Cera - LuxAde

Novembre - Materia

Don Caballero - World Class Listening Problem

Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway

Vanden Plas - Christ.0

The Flower Kings - Paradox Hotel

Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis

my favs

Littlewashu5 View Drop Down

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Posted: May 24 2006 at 01:15

In no paticular order:

Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops
Devin Townsend - Synchestra
Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue
Pure Reason Revolution - The Dark Third
Novembre - Materia
Yakuza - Samsara
Enslaved - Ruun
Communic - Waves of Visual Decay
Green Carnation - The Acoustic Verses
Mutemath - s/t
Paatos - Silence of Another Kind
OSI - Free
Proto-Kaw - The Wait of Glory

Top Non-Prog albums:

The Gathering - Home
Celebrity - Mining for Twilight
Poets of the Fall - Carnival of Rust
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
Amorphis - Eclipse
Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
Disarmonia Mundi -Mindtricks
Scar Symmetry - Pitch Black Progress
Raunchy - Death Pop Romance
In Flames - Come Clarity
Moonspell - Memorial
Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion
Eyes of Fire - Prisons

stewe

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Posted: May 24 2006 at 06:00

PROTO KAW - Wait of Glory.. what a great band!
Tangent - A Place in the Queue
OSI - Free
Gathering - Home
Gilmour - On a Island

Joren

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Posted: May 24 2006 at 06:05

MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Also listen to Zaar, Joren. Unless you're still angry about me putting them onto the RIO/Avant chart without asking you! Wink

What makes you think I was angry about that?

But I can't listen to Zaar if I don't own any of their music...

GPFR

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Posted: May 24 2006 at 06:20

I haven't gotten much prog, but the stuff I like so far is this:

David Gilmour: On an Island
Devin Townsend: Synchestra
The Flaming Lips: At War with the Mystics
My Morning Jacket: Z
The Flower Kings: Paradox Hotel

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Posted: May 24 2006 at 06:55

Definitely Tool:10 000 Days heads and shoulders above others.

These have been okay to good as well:
OSI:Free
Vanden Plas: Christ 0
The Flower Kings: Paradox Hotel
Queenryche: Operation Mindcrime 2
Devin Townsend: Synchestra
Katatonia: Great Cold Distance (not that prog, but good anyhow)

I'm suprised to see Novembre mentioned here, I saw them as a warmup for Katatonia few weeks back and they sounded REALLY medicore.

Edited by GFoyle - May 24 2006 at 06:56

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Posted: May 24 2006 at 08:38

I simply don't get people who respond to such threads as this, posting more than 20 albums. Can you see that it says "your best"? I could post the list of all new music I've heard this year too.

-- Ivan

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prog4evr

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Posted: May 24 2006 at 08:45

Maverick wrote:

The Flower Kings - Paradox Hotel...

Agreed. The Flower Kings continue to be in top form with this album.

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Posted: May 24 2006 at 10:14

Littlewashu5 wrote:

Top Non-Prog albums:

The Gathering - Home
Celebrity - Mining for Twilight
Poets of the Fall - Carnival of Rust
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
Amorphis - Eclipse
Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
Disarmonia Mundi -Mindtricks
Scar Symmetry - Pitch Black Progress
Raunchy - Death Pop Romance
In Flames - Come Clarity
Moonspell - Memorial
Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion
Eyes of Fire - Prisons

All high quality as well, but not in my top list. Thumbs Up

The moonspell and Gathering albums were both just OK IMO. nothing terribly special going on.

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Posted: May 24 2006 at 10:34

ivansfr0st wrote:

I simply don't get people who respond to such threads as this, posting more than 20 albums. Can you see that it says "your best"? I could post the list of all new music I've heard this year too.

-- Ivan

I've listened to more than 40 albums of 2006 ... and I already have a backlog of more than 20 albums that I still haven't listened to. And the list is growing ...

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Walri

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Posted: May 25 2006 at 15:14

The new Townsend is incredible. Other than that, I really haven't heard much of this year's stuff - I'm still giving myself a foundation in prog and metal (though I enjoy a great variety), so I don't feel I have the right to be ranting about how great most new bands are when I haven't heard many of the old ones.

EDIT: Why do people on PA, of all places, give even a moment's notice to new In Flames material? It saddens me.

Edited by Walri - May 25 2006 at 15:15

Kleynan

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Posted: May 25 2006 at 20:49

I don't know about you guys, but i was impressed by Gilmours' "On An Island". A nice and very mellow album.

You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks.

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Posted: May 25 2006 at 21:36

I knew everybody would say 10,000 Days. Im not a tool fan so its not on my list, but my top five so far are (in no particular order)

Enslaved - Ruun

Devin Townsend - Synchestra

David Gilmour - On An Island

Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue

Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway

When the world is sick
Can't no one be well
But I dreamt we were all
beautiful and strong

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Posted: May 26 2006 at 04:42

Kleynan wrote:

I don't know about you guys, but i was impressed by Gilmours' "On An Island". A nice and very mellow album.

i agree

Nothing can last
there are no second chances.
Never give a day away.
Always live for today.

Wilcey

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Posted: May 26 2006 at 04:44

me too...............definitely my fav purchase for a long time!

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Posted: May 26 2006 at 05:15

The news I get from other progheads is that most of them tend to fall asleep during David Gilmour's new album, I have to check out this soon

retuow

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Posted: May 26 2006 at 05:36

The only 2006 album's I've listened to so far are:

David Gilmour - On An Island (rating: 4.5/5])
Peter Hammill - Veracious (rating: 4/5)
Dream Theater - Dark Side Of The Moon (rating: 3/5)

I'm currently wrestling my way through Peter Hammill's back catalogue. So far, I've got 14 albums, 30+ to go

. So it looks I'll be spending much of the year purchasing "old" music...

Human beings were created by water to carry it uphill.

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Posted: May 26 2006 at 11:35

I bought the new Ministry album as well as an album by a band from Australia called Wlfmother which reminds me of old Black Sabbath meets Led Zep meets The Doors. I also bought the CD ( finally ) of the Original Vital Information album. The music I buy is usually old music or second hand vinyl.

Kleynan

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Posted: May 26 2006 at 15:39

erik neuteboom wrote:

The news I get from other progheads is that most of them tend to fall asleep during David Gilmour's new album, I have to check out this soon

Then they clearly have no taste in music of the beautiful and mellow kind

Seriously... check it out, you won't be dissapointed. Gilmour is still just as good at singing and playing guitar. Just check out the solo in "The Blue" for example. He even makes his debut at the saxophone on the album. Very nice string arrangements by polish Zbigniew Preisner by the way. Can't compare it to PF though. 4,5/5.

You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks.

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Posted: May 26 2006 at 16:04

I have to add a band I forgot.....Textures and their new album Drawing Circles.

I also just got the new Communic album Waves of Visual Decay today and it's pretty sweet.

Edited by TheProgtologist - May 26 2006 at 17:11