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Posted: January 23 2005 at 22:53

Deliverance is also a heavier Opeth album

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Posted: January 23 2005 at 23:19

Opeth "Blackwater Park" although "Still Life" is very heavy too.

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Posted: January 23 2005 at 23:29

yeah, i think it's all about how you define heavy

like Iron Maiden (not calling them prog) is a heavy band, but the guitar riffs aren't bone crunching

i dont know, maybe something like watchtower

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Posted: January 24 2005 at 05:49

Dragon Phoenix wrote:

Dream Theatre Live at Budokan.

It consists of three CD's, so it must be the heaviest.

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Posted: January 24 2005 at 05:50

I'd say Dream Theater's "Train Of Thought".

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Posted: January 24 2005 at 05:58

I think DT isnt much heavy as symphony x, for example

The Odyssey could be the heaviest album...

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Posted: January 24 2005 at 06:41

The world would be a boring place if we all had the same opinions.

The Odyssey is an amazing album, but I just think ToT is heavier.

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Posted: January 24 2005 at 06:57

maybe ToT, but it's all depends how we define heavy..

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Posted: January 24 2005 at 08:02

jonaev wrote:

maybe ToT, but it's all depends how we define heavy..

That's a good point. I guess we're talking about 'sonic' heaviness rather than emotional heaviness but I could be wrong.

For me nothing is as heavy prog than Crimson's THRaKaTTaK but I guess Tool outdoes them for sheer sonic assault.

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Posted: January 24 2005 at 13:31

Everyone here looking for heavy but well-written owe it to themselves to get Cynic - Focus.

It is, to this day, one of the best albums I've ever heard. A prog album at heart, but with some metal intentions.

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Posted: January 24 2005 at 13:54

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Everyone here looking for heavy but well-written owe it to themselves to get Cynic - Focus.

It is, to this day, one of the best albums I've ever heard. A prog album at heart, but with some metal intentions.

the albums here aren't about just making loud music.. I agree on you that focus is one of the best albums ever.. and it took about 5 years to make it.. and you can hear this..

and there are a lot of bad written not heavy albums on this archives too!!

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Posted: January 24 2005 at 17:24

jonaev wrote:

I think DT isnt much heavy as symphony x, for example

The Odyssey could be the heaviest album...

I love Symphony X, but I just have a hard time calling it "heavy" because sometimes those synths really smooth the sharp edges of a song.

I do agree they're heavier than DT (though ToT gives them a run for their money), but Opeth is heavier than either.

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Posted: January 24 2005 at 18:42

The heaviest I have heard is Tools "Lateraus". Heavy in sound and intensity and in a few spots rage, especially the song "Ticks and Leaches" the final minute or so is the heaviest moment in prog. I never considered Dream Theaters Met pt2 heavy I just got their new album but haven't heard it yet but that is heavy from everything I have heard.

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Posted: January 24 2005 at 21:29

Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

The later albums are both softer and more boring...

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Posted: January 25 2005 at 06:01

If all you can come up with in the heavy category is opeth, tool or dream theatre, you guys are seriously missing out on the real heavy sh*t. I suggest you listen to Emperor - IX Equilibrium and Prometheus: The discipline of fire and demise. Emperor was Progressive black metal that will raise those little hairs on your neck. IX and Prometheus are their price albums. Enjoy!

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Posted: January 25 2005 at 06:48

Elephant wrote:

If all you can come up with in the heavy category is opeth, tool or dream theatre, you guys are seriously missing out on the real heavy sh*t. I suggest you listen to Emperor - IX Equilibrium and Prometheus: The discipline of fire and demise. Emperor was Progressive black metal that will raise those little hairs on your neck. IX and Prometheus are their price albums. Enjoy!

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Posted: January 25 2005 at 19:57

Those two albums pale in compairison to their first two. The later are definately more progressive, but they seemed forced. Their early material truly had soul IMO.

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Posted: January 25 2005 at 20:02

madgo2 wrote:

Yeah but can they carry a tune?

This is exactly my problem with some metal. If I were in it purely for getting my ass kicked by noise, I'd just sit around listening to Cannibal Corpse all day.

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Posted: January 26 2005 at 18:57

Theres are many bands better than cannibal corpse that could do that for you better

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Posted: January 26 2005 at 19:31

This album i think is the progmetal early heavy album.very famos in my country (greenland)

I think you should like it very much if you can here it. they play melotroms and some heavy gutitar. Big smile

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