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    Posted: January 21 2008 at 22:16
I am looking for more Progressive Metal (or even Rock) Narrative Concept Albums.

I suggest these:
Ayreon - Everything
Mind's Eye - A Gentleman's Hurricane
Pain of Salvation - Pretty much anything
Spock's Beard - Snow
Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence and Metropolis Part II: Scenes from a Memory
Shadows Gallery - Tyranny, and Room V
Evergrey - In Search of the Truth
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Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating by the Stars
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I believe Alternative 4, Judgement and A Fine Day to Exit were concepts

All by the band Anathema, very depressing and emotional metal...don't expect over the top instrumentation, just very touching passages. Great stuff.
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Aina - Days of Rising Doom: The Metal Opera.  Frameshift - Unweaving the Rainbow (with James LaBrie on vocals).  Shadow Gallery.  Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime 1 and possibly 2 (I like part 2, most don't).
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Originally posted by ProgBagel ProgBagel wrote:

Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating by the Stars

I have actually been meaning to get this. Just gotta find it.
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Aina - Days of Rising Doom: The Metal Opera.  Frameshift - Unweaving the Rainbow (with James LaBrie on vocals).  Shadow Gallery.  Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime 1 and possibly 2 (I like part 2, most don't).


I have heard Aina, Shadow Gallery, and have heard OF Operation: Mindcrime

I shall check the other out. Thanks
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On a side note, please forgive my horrible misspellings in my initial post.
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OPETH has a few, Still Life and Ghost Reveries (minus the last track), of which I'd highly recommend Ghost Reveries.

Also SYMPHONY X's V: The New Mythology Suite is built around it's own theme, which works out well for a Symphonic Power-Progressive band.

Another one that pops into my head is ORPHANED LAND's album, although I haven't heard it yet (I've been meaning to get to it).

I'm guessing this should go into another section though, because it seems to be listing stuff/recommending so far.
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Originally posted by asimplemistake asimplemistake wrote:

OPETH has a few, Still Life and Ghost Reveries (minus the last track), of which I'd highly recommend Ghost Reveries.

Also SYMPHONY X's V: The New Mythology Suite is built around it's own theme, which works out well for a Symphonic Power-Progressive band.

Another one that pops into my head is ORPHANED LAND's album, although I haven't heard it yet (I've been meaning to get to it).

I'm guessing this should go into another section though, because it seems to be listing stuff/recommending so far.


I have heard all of those except for Ghost Reveries. Orphaned Land's Mabool is an amazing album.

You think it should have gone elsewhere? Well, I just joined, so, I get a free mess up. >__>
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Not metal, but Pink Floyds The Wall is the obvious choice.
and Fear Of a Blank Planet by Porqupine Tree
 
who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob
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A few come to mind for me, but they arent metal. Still classics though.
 
Tarkus (just the main suite)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Return to the Center of the Earth
 
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Originally posted by Tarkus31 Tarkus31 wrote:

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Wait...wait...wait...Someone did a musical version of the Jules Verne classic?
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Originally posted by koffeeben koffeeben wrote:



I have heard all of those except for Ghost Reveries. Orphaned Land's Mabool is an amazing album.

You think it should have gone elsewhere? Well, I just joined, so, I get a free mess up. >__>


Haha ya don't worry about it, it's no big deal.

But I would highly recommend Ghost Reveries if you haven't heard it, that and Blackwater Park are among the few albums I consider true masterpieces (in metal).


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Originally posted by asimplemistake asimplemistake wrote:

Haha ya don't worry about it, it's no big deal.

But I would highly recommend Ghost Reveries if you haven't heard it, that and Blackwater Park are among the few albums I consider true masterpieces (in metal).


I have Blackwater Park as well. I am not a big fan of Death Metal, so, Opeth is taking me a bit to get into, but, I will definitely get Ghost Reveries.
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Originally posted by Proletariat Proletariat wrote:

(...) and Fear Of a Blank Planet by Porqupine Tree
 



This reminds me also of In Absentia, which is has a major theme throughout most of the album, although it's not a narrative concept like the title of this thread.  Both FoaBP and IA are great albums.
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Originally posted by koffeeben koffeeben wrote:

Originally posted by asimplemistake asimplemistake wrote:

Haha ya don't worry about it, it's no big deal.

But I would highly recommend Ghost Reveries if you haven't heard it, that and Blackwater Park are among the few albums I consider true masterpieces (in metal).


I have Blackwater Park as well. I am not a big fan of Death Metal, so, Opeth is taking me a bit to get into, but, I will definitely get Ghost Reveries.



Hmm ya death metal can be hard to get into for sure, so I understand why it'd be hard to get into Opeth.  I always forget how long it took me to like them whenever I recommend them Confused.
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Yep, Rick Wakeman. I just bought it on vinyl for a buck (or maybe 50 cents) and I've been meaning to listen to it. The reviews here make it sound cheesily awesome.
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How can we forget Savatage? they are the masters of narrative concept albums
i would moslty recommend: Streets (A Rock Opera), Dead Winter Dead & The Wake of Magellan
 
& you can also check Trans-Siberian Orchestra
 
& Although it's not prog: you can check out "The Crimson Idol" album By W.A.S.P., it's a great narrative album...
 
 
{Flashlights shade shrunken views
Of a red demon’s foxtrot in brews
Guns & flowers crown morning news
Panic-stricken guilt now ensues}
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Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Pain of Salvation - One Hour by the Concrete Lake, Perfect Element Pt. 1, Remedy Lane
Neal Morse - Testimony, One, ?, Sola Scriptura
Kevin Gilbert - The Shaming of the True
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BTW: If you like you can help me compile a more complete list of concept albums here ... you just need to rate albums and tag them "concept" to get them on that list. As for the distinction of "narrative" concepts ... I'll think of a proper tag.Big%20smile
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Ghost Reveries is a great album, highly recommended... The growling vocals will never be my cup of tea either, but Åkerfeldt more than makes up for them with his fantastic 'clean' vocals.

Anyway, I'm not a Prog-Metal expert, so my recommendations will be more geared towards Prog Rock, or even Classic Rock. Talking of what, The Who's Tommy and Quadrophenia are amongst the very first concept albums - without them there would probably be nothing like SfaM or Operation: Mindcrime. Then, of course, don't forget Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick (I am not a fan of A Passion Play though), and Pink Floyd's The Wall.
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Originally posted by koffeeben koffeeben wrote:

Originally posted by Tarkus31 Tarkus31 wrote:

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Wait...wait...wait...Someone did a musical version of the Jules Verne classic?
 
Rick Wakeman did. I really like it, and its hard to describe it really. Its his band with an orchestra and choir.
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Thanks guys, I shall check some of these out.
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