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A Crimson Mellotron 
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What are the heaviest songs recorded by classic prog bands? Off the top of my head, I would start off with 'Red' by King Crimson and 'White Hammer' by VdGG; put 'The Knife' by Genesis in there, too. What else?
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Logan
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Posted: May 27 2021 at 13:53 |
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I'd mention Darkness from VdGG.
Heavy in a rather different way than I think you mean would be Comus' Drip Drip. Message's Dreams and Nightmares (Dreams) is a fave with heavy riffing. All of Univers Zero's Heresie is heavy in its way... So many could be listed. Edited by Logan - May 27 2021 at 13:55 |
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Posted: May 27 2021 at 13:55 |
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"Red" is an obvious contender, but a lot of King Crimson's songs from the 90s and early 2000s qualify as well. Part 4 of "Larks' Tongues In Aspic" comes to mind: |
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Posted: May 27 2021 at 13:56 |
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If you consider Pink Floyd classic prog, then "The Nile Song" (also covered by Voivod) fits the bill quite nicely. Regarding King Crimson, besides "21st Century Schizoid Man" and "Red", I believe "Level Five" deserves a mention.
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I think I would add any of the songs on 'Zeit' by Tangerine Dream to this category, as well. Very abstractly heavy. Some Tull could qualify, too.
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Posted: May 27 2021 at 14:17 |
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Yep.\Oh, one with the kind of heavy, evil riffage that you find in Red (and Darkness as well as that Message track I mentioned) is Gentle Giant's The House, The Street, the Room. Love it. |
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Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son
Gentle Giant - Free Hand National Health - Dreams Wide Awake Rush - 2112 Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery Genesis - Dance on a Volcano Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue Frank Zappa - Zomby Woof Edited by Grumpyprogfan - May 27 2021 at 14:59 |
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Lucifer's Friend - Ride In The Sky
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Genesis - Return of the Giant Hogweed
Gentle Giant - Peel the Paint Van der Graaf - The Arrow King Crimson - 20th Century Schizoid Man (very heavy for its year of release) CAN - Father Cannot Yell Camel - Separation |
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Stick it Out by Rush
I admit the downtuned guitars may be influencing my “heaviness” assessment. Kickbutt riff though. Edited by HolyMoly - May 27 2021 at 15:22 |
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Off the top of my head (and without looking too much at what has already been said).
Genesis - The Knife Pink Floyd - The Nile Song Yes - Machine Messiah ELP - The Knife Edge King Crimson - Larks Tongues in Aspic part 1 (part 2 also) " " - Red Camel - Freefall Gentle Giant - A cry for everyone " " - The House, the Street, The Room Jethro Tull - The Minstrel in the Gallery (album version) The Moody Blues - After You Came (well, it's heavy for them anyway  )Rush (if they count)- 2112 overture Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - May 27 2021 at 16:00 |
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Larks' Tongues Part 2 is the proto-metal blue print IMHO.
They were already several levels ahead of Black Sabbath by this point without even trying.
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If we’re mentioning The Nile Song then how about the equally cool and heavy Ibiza Bar from the same album? 
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I'm keeping the line of king crimson with Happy with what you have to be happy with. And from the 70s KC I'll choose Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Pt. 1. Damn, KC are heavy.
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King Crimson: Fracture > Red
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I see a lot of 90s to present KC mentions. Most of the tracks off those last three albums are heavy as hell. That era, plus the mid-70s era, make KC a good contender for Heavy Prog on PA in my opinion.
Anyway, Valedictory by GG.
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