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heyitsthatguy 
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 Posted: November 22 2007 at 01:11 |
Dream Theater- Scenes from a Memory Pain of Salvation- Be Dream Theater- Awake Opeth- Blackwater Park Devin Townsend- Ziltoid the Omniscient not exactly representative of all aspcets of the genre but IMO the top 5 for me 
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ProgBagel
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Posted: November 22 2007 at 01:40 |
Ugh this is impossible...and completely unrepresentative of my metal tastes.
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Death - Symbolic
Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye
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The T
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Posted: November 22 2007 at 15:12 |
 Majestic_Mayhem wrote:
The T wrote:
archivep wrote:
Majestic_Mayhem wrote:
archivep wrote:
1.DT "Images & Words" 2.DT "Awake" 3.ARK "Burn The Sun" 4.DT "Metropolis..." + "Train..." 5.FATES WARNING "A Pleasant Shade of Gray" "Images..." is for me the absolute peak of progressive metal with the perfect songwriting, musicianship and the production. I think it has not been reached yet. |
Quite an overstatement there my friend. Images and Words is trully a benchmark of progressive metal as a genre, but there are loads of other bands other than Dream Theater who made better albums than that. So anyways, here is my top 5 in no particular order:
Pain of Salvation- Entropia
Dream Theater- Awake
Tool- Lateralus
Symphony X- V
Ayreon- The Human Equation
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No everstatement my friend... For me it´s a fact. I´ve heard plenty of prog metal and so called prog metal albums in many years, but simply DT is the top for me.
Everybody has an opinion, so I respect yours, my friend. |
I'm with Archivep on this one Mike...and not because of DT (in fact, I DO think therer are better albums than Images...)... Why would you or me qualify his opinion as an overstatement? I think you putting Entropia above SX's V is outrageous, but it's just opinions, and for you, a fact. So, for Archivep, his staemente must also be a fact, as it's his opinion.
My top-five:
1 - Scenes from a Memory - DREAM THEATER
2 - Age of Impact - EXPLORERS CLUB
3 - Various - LEONARDO THE ABSOLUTE MAN
4 - Tyranny - SHADOW GALLERY
5 - Images and Words - DREAM THEATER
Yes, how "uncool" I am, not one single extreme or post metal band on my top 5, and TWO DT albums... and such an unknown thing as Explorer's Club, very much criticized as well as praised....... What the hell, it's my list, isn't it? For me, it's a FACT.
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I wrote "In no particular order". And I often don't consider my opinions as absolute facts. We both agree that there are much more better album than Images and Words. I reacted when he wrote "it has not been reached yet",,,, that I don't think so, and is really quite an overstatement. There's no need for much argument really. 
btw, my name is not Mike.   |
You avatar fooled me.... 
Sorry man, you're most definitely not Mike...
And good answer anyway. Though he has the right to think that Images and Words is a peak that hasn't been reached yet.
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JayDee
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Posted: November 22 2007 at 19:23 |
Yes of course T.
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The T
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Posted: November 22 2007 at 20:22 |
Majestic_Mayhem wrote:
Yes of course T.
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Count me in!
(though I hate to give blood...can't stand the needles...) 
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el böthy
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Posted: November 22 2007 at 20:24 |
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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The T
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Posted: November 22 2007 at 20:25 |
EDIT: (now that I read my answer, count me in)....
Edited by The T - November 22 2007 at 20:26
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JayDee
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Posted: November 22 2007 at 20:35 |
Admit it, you want to join the brotherhood, dont you? Spread the love man!
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Dim
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Posted: November 22 2007 at 20:47 |
Ermmm... DT, no thanks.
I hate listing my favirotes. If you really want to know, check out Omega Massif!
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Norbert
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Posted: November 23 2007 at 09:09 |
To make it easier I consider now only the "regular" prog metal bands, no post and extreme this time. But it's still thoug enough.
So the going gets though and the though gets going as Peter Gabriel wrote:
5 brilliant albums in chronological order:
Fates Warning:Awaken the Guardian
Dream Theater:Images and Words
Fates Warning. A Pleasant Shade of Gray
Pain of Salvation.Entropia
Pain of salvation:the Perfect Element Pt 1.
Honourable mention to DT's Awake, V and Divine Wings by Symphony X, Pain of Salvations other albums, except Scarsick.
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Soul Dreamer
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Posted: November 23 2007 at 12:03 |
Very difficult to choose only 5, 10 would have been more appropriate...
Well, limiting myself to only one album per band it would look something like this
- Dream Theater: Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
- Riverside: Second Life Syndrome
- Ayreon: Into The Electric Castle
- Symphony X: The Divine Wings of Tragedy
- Vanden Plas: Christ 0
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