PA's Battle to Stardom C2: Opeth v. VDGG

I 've just realized something , both bands have a "Still life" album. What a pointless founding!

I pick VDGG because i love Hammill's lyrics combined with his amazing voice. I also enjoy VDGG's musical style more.

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VdGG may be the more emotional of the two bands, but it's also their own undoing IMO. They are almost grotesquely so, their music collapses under its own weight.

And while it's true that VdGG did more than for their respective instruments than Opeth for theirs, it's also true that many other musicians did much more for those instruments than VdGG did. Basically if I start listening to VdGG nowadays, I'll end up listening to some heavy avantgarde. If I start listening to Opeth, I'll end up listening to... more Opeth. This is why I voted for Opeth.

But anyway, I'm not bothered about VdGG taking this one, they're very talented musicians and I used to love them a lot a few years ago.

No hesitation what so ever!!     OPETH! 

VdGG

VdGG, simply because they were consistently stunnig, where Opeth only had a short period like that.

      It  Makes  No Sence at all to Compare  , Opeth  and  V.D.G.G    by all means   VDGG  are a million miles Away  from  Opeth  ..  So  i'm not casting  my vote now  to back - up VDGG  , Hammill  and Friends  Doesn't  need my Help  ,   even  if I  Smell  that  the  War  is  Crossing  over  the Big Ocean of Progressive Music  .   Since   it's not a    <  Battle  >    Anymore  ,  and  I Smell  that  it's  <  War  >   ,   I Felt  , one Way or Another  ,  Obliged  and Pushed  to  Participate  in  this  Poll  .   So  ,  I'm  Giving  my  Vote to  One of the Best  10 Bands  that  I  consider  < the  Pioneers  >   of  Progressive Music  for all times  .

           What  the  Hell  is  Going on  these Days  ///

                           --      40 Years  of  Excellent  Career   ,  6  Masterpieces    by  all means    ,  Best Stage   

                                   Performances  around the Planet   ,   and More  than  5  Excellent  releases  since

                                   the first  album  ,  and  a worldwide  recognition  for  their  achievments in 40 years //

    

       Against       --     A New  Born  Child  (  of  Porcupine Tree )  called   <  Opeth  > 

         

             ===    A Small but Important  Remark  ,  I love

                       Opeth  ,  I Also  Enjoy  All Their Works , except the Early

                       ones  ,  as Most of  You ,  i dislike  Death metal  and  i  

                        Believe  that their early releases  aren't

                        Progressive   !!!!!!!  and Sorry  for Being

                        Aggressive  in  my  Opinion  ///////////////// 

                                                                                                  

Van Der Graaf Generator

Avantgardehead wrote: Hercules wrote: Opeth. I just do not get VdGG. I can't stand Hamill's voice, there's virtually no decent guitar, no bass and the music is dark, and I hate dark. I do like Hugh Banton's keyboards, though. So you hate "dark" but like Opeth? And woo-hoo @ VDGG's comeback!

Yeah that struck me too.

VDGG. Could never accept Opeth as a prog band, I still can't hear the prog influences... And I hate that cliche Death Metal grunting