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Orion-GER
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Joined: July 03 2006
Location: Bhutan
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Points: 43
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Posted: July 08 2006 at 09:48 |
Quote: There simply isn't any way to understand the addition of Blind Guardian without having listened in detail to Nightfall and NatO.
Dude, that's what I did, but still I can't understand their addition here. If it's so easy to be added to the PA, than nearly every band would fit in, that's a fact! BTW: ANATO is added? Okay, why not Powerslave?
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MikeEnRegalia
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Joined: April 22 2005
Location: Sweden
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Points: 21616
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Posted: July 08 2006 at 09:59 |
^ I also don't know why people think that ANATO is their most progressive album ... Nightfall is twice as prog.
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Orion-GER
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Posted: July 08 2006 at 12:55 |
Yes, totally, if not three times! Can't wait 'til WHILE HEAVEN WEPT get added, because they covered JANE  .
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AtLossForWords
Prog Reviewer
Joined: October 11 2005
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Points: 6699
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Posted: July 08 2006 at 17:28 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
AtLossForWords wrote:
I agree with the categorization, but I think two genres would give enough clues to a listener. Progressive Metal and Extreme Progressive would be sufficient classicication for now on the site. |
Why not do further splits while you're at it? With only those two genres people would still get these associations:
- You like Riverside -> maybe you'd like Tool
- You like Anathema -> maybe you'd like Ron Jarzombek
- You like Pain of Salvation -> maybe you'd like Rhapsody
- You like Cult of Luna -> maybe you'd like Dream Theater
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I just think that's all we can really hope for right now. I'd like more genres too, but it just doesn't seem like it can be done right now.
I just think by making two categories for extreme progressive metal an progressive metal, we will relieve the biggest misleading factor that
- You like Death-> maybe you'd like O.S.I.
- You like Dillinger Escape Plan-> maybe you'd like Pain of Salvation
- You like Borknagar-> maybe you'd like Magellan

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"Mastodon sucks giant monkey balls."
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MikeEnRegalia
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Joined: April 22 2005
Location: Sweden
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Posted: July 08 2006 at 17:33 |
^ fair enough.  But from a technical standpoint it doesn't make much difference how many new categories you introduce ... you have to go through the list of PM bands and move them. BTW: I'm volunteering to do that ... all M@x would have to do is create the new categories.
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AtLossForWords
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Joined: October 11 2005
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Posted: July 09 2006 at 17:33 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
^ fair enough. But from a technical standpoint it doesn't make much difference how many new categories you introduce ... you have to go through the list of PM bands and move them.
BTW: I'm volunteering to do that ... all M@x would have to do is create the new categories.
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When you move a band, do the reviews move as well? I would hate for my Into Eterniy, Opeth, Death, and Vintersorg reveiws to be lost forever. 
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"Mastodon sucks giant monkey balls."
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MikeEnRegalia
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Joined: April 22 2005
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Posted: July 09 2006 at 17:36 |
Why should the reviews be affected? It's like moving a band from Symphonic Prog to Art Rock.
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