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Negoba 
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 Posted: June 02 2011 at 08:18 |
I went back and looked at the last 5 years and I'm pretty certain 2011 will probably eclipse all of them.
2010 and 2006 seemed especially weak. 2007 with Fear of a Blank Planet, etc. was very strong at the top, but fell off. 2009 had lots of great albums but no true banners. But I challenge anyone to do the same and think of this year's crop of albums.
One caveat is that I think if you don't listen to prog metal at all, then it's going to skew your view of modern prog.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: June 02 2011 at 08:47 |
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The year is really solid so far.
Make A Rising, Tartar Lamb, Between the Buried and Me, and Protest the Hero have superb albums out.
Grayceon, Ulver, Human Abstract, Scale the Summit, Man Man, and Radiohead have good albums out.
There's plenty more on the way too. We're only at the halfway point.
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Padraic
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Posted: June 02 2011 at 09:17 |
 Negoba wrote:
I went back and looked at the last 5 years and I'm pretty certain 2011 will probably eclipse all of them.
2010 and 2006 seemed especially weak. 2007 with Fear of a Blank Planet, etc. was very strong at the top, but fell off. 2009 had lots of great albums but no true banners. But I challenge anyone to do the same and think of this year's crop of albums.
One caveat is that I think if you don't listen to prog metal at all, then it's going to skew your view of modern prog. |
I agree with the caveat Jay. I think this year is particularly strong on the metal side, if that ain't your cup of tea you'll probably have a different take on how the year is shaping up. Hell, I'm far from a huge prog metal fan, and I'd say my most anticipated albums this year are all prog metal.
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TheGazzardian
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Posted: June 02 2011 at 09:34 |
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I'm not really a metal fan and so far this year has impressed, although I've only heard three albums. There's still a lot on my radar I'm excited to check out ... Gosta Berlings Saga, Cheer-Accident, Grails, Korekyojin, Dear Hunter, etc...
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darkshade
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Posted: June 02 2011 at 13:11 |
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As far as prog metal, I'm not the biggest fan, but many interesting albums are coming out.
The new Symphony X seems interesting, being a double album, and it's been while since their last album.
Dream Theater, Opeth, and Pain of Salvation are all coming out with a new album around September. DT is, of course, a highly awaited and controversial release. Opeth peaked my interest with what Akerfeldt was saying about the new album, and that new cover art got me excited, so we'll see. PoS; well, I have trouble getting into them, but by the sound of what Road Salt 2 is going to sound like, I'm interested.
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seb2112
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Posted: June 02 2011 at 17:17 |
sleeper wrote:
seb2112 wrote:
sleeper wrote:
2011 is looking like a very good year actually. Fen's Epoch is a masterpiece and the best thing released this year so far, but Altar of Plagues, Between the Buried and Me, Credo, Enslaved, Grails, Grayceon, Hiromi, Mastodon, Moonsorrow, Obscura, Paatos, Pendragon, Phideaux, Protest the Hero, The Tangent, Tartar Lamb, Ulver, Unexpect, and Virus have all released excellent EP's, studio or live albums, and the albums from Pallas and VdGG are decent as well, though I wasnt expecting them to really impress me anyway. Plus, I just got the new King Crimson ProjeKt and My Dying Bride albums in teh post this morning and I'm still to listen to the new Karda Estra.Wobbler's Rites at Dawn has been the only disappointment so far this year, which when you consider the amount of music I've bought from the first 5 months thats quite impressive. |
I thought Virus' new album come out late 2010, but you're right its a 2011 release. It's easily album of the year so far for me, such a good album, it really delivered on the potential that the black flux had shown on the better tracks
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I found The BlackFlux pretty lackluster to be honest but The Agent that Shapes the Desert takes the same style and really develops some very interesting music out of it. |
The Black Flux had 2 excellent songs (one of which was a re-recording of a song they released back in the Ved Buens Ende days) and the rest was indeed lackluster. The new album is all at the same level of those 2 tracks
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NecronCommander
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Posted: June 02 2011 at 17:24 |
Hell no. 2011 has been a f*cking great year so far, especially for prog metal.
We've already seen some spectacular releases this year from Between the Buried and Me, Cave In, Earth, Graviton, Grayceon, The Human Abstract, Jesu, Protest the Hero, Scale the Summit, *shels, TesseracT, Ulver, UnexpecT, Virus, and Windmills by the Ocean, and there are too many other good releases on the horizon to even list. Even on the non-metal side we've had some great releases from the Dead Kenny G's, Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, Tartar Lamb, and Thomas Giles, with bands like Battles, Fair to Midland, Primus, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor releasing things later this year, it's hard not to be excited for what's in store too.
The only really disappointing albums I've heard this year have been the new things from the Decemberists, dredg, and Periphery.
Edited by NecronCommander - June 02 2011 at 17:31
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: June 02 2011 at 18:02 |
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Tartar Lamb II is awesome
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cannon
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Posted: June 03 2011 at 01:23 |
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Generally I think it's been good year. Revou$ion by Nemo, Deep Politics by the Grails(my fav), Testimony 2 and Summereve are all fantastic. Snowtorch, Passion by Pendragon and Mammoth are very good. Wobbler's Rites At Dawn is a disappointment for me. Still need to listen to other releases to really give a more definite answer.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: June 03 2011 at 01:46 |
Negoba wrote:
I went back and looked at the last 5 years and I'm pretty certain 2011 will probably eclipse all of them.
2010 and 2006 seemed especially weak. 2007 with Fear of a Blank Planet, etc. was very strong at the top, but fell off. 2009 had lots of great albums but no true banners. But I challenge anyone to do the same and think of this year's crop of albums.
One caveat is that I think if you don't listen to prog metal at all, then it's going to skew your view of modern prog. |
Well, I'll be honest. I only really started to follow new releases towards mid 08 (thus prior to things kind of fuse together and I'm not all too sure what came out when) but...
2010 was easily the best year in music since I started to really listen to music (back in 05, with the caveat I stated above). Three five star albums IMO, which doesn't even come close to any of those other years. (Even though 08 and 06 have a six star album each  .) For me, 2011 is more or less equal to 09 at this point. Some really good stuff, but nothing overly the top great, at least not yet. Still plenty to listen to, both released and not as such.
As for your caveat...I do like certain prog metal, but admittedly I'm not in a very metal mood right now so I still need to listen to some of the bigger releases (Fen, AoP, Grayceon), which of course I will do by years end. And the best releases have been outside of the metal world for the most part in these 5.5 years, again IMO.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: June 03 2011 at 01:48 |
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2010 was brilliant, I'm not expecting 2011 to top it, but it may come close.
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valravennz
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Posted: June 03 2011 at 01:59 |
Triceratopsoil wrote:
2010 was brilliant, I'm not expecting 2011 to top it, but it may come close. |
I beg to differ. I thought 2010 was a particularly dull year for progressive rock. Only a handful releases registered on my radar. So far 2011 has been very interesting with, Snowtorch; Kate Bush's Directors Cut, The Decemberists and Beardfish just to name a few off the top of my head. I am also looking forward to hearing new releases from Yes and Opeth and there are lots of releases that I am itching to get my hands on like Grail and Hiromi. 2011 does indeed seem to be more promising than 2010 ever was!
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paulwalker71
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Posted: June 03 2011 at 04:43 |
I think there have been a few outstanding releases in 2011 so far
Testimony 2 : Neil Morse The Suffering Joy : Magic Pie - this is amazing  Snowtorch : Phideaux Mammoth : Beardfish
That's just off the top of my head.
Thanks for the thread though. its pointed out one or two that I missed 
Edited by paulwalker71 - June 03 2011 at 04:45
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: June 03 2011 at 05:44 |
OMG I thought I saw James trolling us with Neil Morse and Magic Pie  
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sleeper
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Posted: June 03 2011 at 05:50 |
^I fell for that a couple of days ago, took me a while to work out Pauls avatar isnt animated! 
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 03 2011 at 06:14 |
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Hahahahaha.
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paulwalker71
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Posted: June 03 2011 at 06:18 |
Whoops, it's hard to find an avatar thats new 
I'll try and find something unique
That said, I still think Magic Pie 'The Suffering Joy' is the best prog album this year so far |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 03 2011 at 06:20 |
Even I got confused! I didn't remember posting that and then I realised it wasn't me. But wow, you joined in 2005 and only 185 posts? Oh and don't worry, I stole my avatar from someone on last.fm.
Edited by James - June 03 2011 at 06:20
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: June 03 2011 at 06:35 |
Sepparated at sign-up? 
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topographicbroadways
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Posted: June 03 2011 at 06:51 |
Wait that wasn't James? ha I was slightly confused at the Neal Morse compliments 
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