Sonata Arctica?

ive tried but came not very far

on Sonata Arctica i find it fair to try to suggest them when similar sounding bands have come in on the story tha the inclusion of those happend when PA was a bit more liberal or the control was less tight to who could add bands and the desissions were not always discussed,
like the old Nightwish debate, or Epica (are they inn), they are epic band with symphonic structure to metal and operatic and thematic music which is sort of similar to progressive metal, or symphonic neo prog, but more weight on theatric and strong vocalism and fast riffage, less technical, (even if it is pretty good musicians) and who can't deny Dragonforce as a technical band,

has it happend that bands have been added by one team member as he thought it was prog without telling the other members, of the team,

I speak now as a collab of MMA so im just curious couse when i find a band i know is doom metal i add them and later discuss it with team mebers if it is correct i doo nothing. If it is another genre i change what genre it belongs to, re-fassion the BIO and woalla, so far i have added mostly correct (I have a sixt sence for stoner/doom metal, and im in sludge team but seems to find most doom metal)


Edited by aginor - May 19 2012 at 18:06

Dean wrote: so simple that even Lars Ulrich could do it

I lol'd

I think MMA handles that well.  Not only are artists sorted into subgenres by album, but it's pretty simple to throw a blurb in the bio along the lines of "So And So are a progressive acid electro-death blues band from Madeuptown, Alaska"

And IIRC PA's policy is that at least one album has to be overridingly progressive


Edited by Triceratopsoil - May 19 2012 at 22:32

dtguitarfan wrote: Alright, so here's the question though - this site, as well as MMA, don't handle a particular situation well: when an artist doesn't fit neatly into one category but fits many molds.  Not criticizing anything, just stating a fact.  So, how do the voters handle this situation?  Are they thinking "at least 50% of their music must fit the prog category" or are they thinking "as long as one of the categories they fit into is prog, they're on the site"?

Jonas has it - one album at least has to be 100% Prog. 50:50 bands have no place here. It is that simple.

Edited by Dean - May 20 2012 at 03:43

^ that pretty much decribes the ethos of Prog Related additions.

Edited by Dean - May 20 2012 at 06:36

You're not even poking fun at it. All you are doing is demonstrating is a continuing misunderstanding.

dtguitarfan wrote: So basically, what you're telling me (just so I have this 100% clear) is that if SA had released a CD with just the tracks I posted, they would be in the club but because they chose to spread 'em out they're not?  Just so that is 100% clear....

What if Scorpions had put Lonesome Crow, Fly to the Rainbow, China White and Coast to Coast all on one album instead of spreading them out?  And, additionally, not released any further albums due to some misfortune?  Would it not make a more convincing case as an addition than with isolated moments of ambition in largely hard rock/heavy metal oriented albums?  So it is actually a perfectly logical way to go about it. 

rogerthat wrote: What if Scorpions had put Lonesome Crow, Fly to the Rainbow, China White and Coast to Coast all on one album instead of spreading them out?  And, additionally, not released any further albums due to some misfortune?  Would it not make a more convincing case as an addition than with isolated moments of ambition in largely hard rock/heavy metal oriented albums?  So it is actually a perfectly logical way to go about it.

I'm not sure if you're supporting my argument or against it there.

Hey, you do what you want with Sonata Arctica.  And I'm not going to be sore either way.  But I'm just pointing out some things I think should be thought about.  And when I point out other similar artists that have made it onto this site, you can go ahead and say "things were different back in the day", but you've kinda set a precedence there, like it or not.  Like I said, I'm not going to be sore either way on this one.  But in all likelihood, there are probably other people who would be because of the precedence that's been set.

Oh for crying out loud Geoff, there is a time and a place for everything - this section of the forum is for serious suggestions, not for making "funny" hypothetical situations.