10 heavy brain-melting prog albums
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Topic: 10 heavy brain-melting prog albums
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Subject: 10 heavy brain-melting prog albums
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 11:27
So, this title is taken from an article posted at Louder, the exact name being:10 brain-melting prog albums that are as heavy as any metal bandThis obviously cannot fit the space left for the subject but you get the idea. I decided to put these in a poll and see what responses the fellow forum users will give, so please vote (I will allow multiple voting) and comment whether or not you agree that these albums are 'as heavy as any metal band'. Should you disagree, please feel free to give your personal suggestions for this category, I am curious to see.  With all this being said, I have to admit I haven't listened to all of these but the ones I know I absolutely love and I can see why they are being included, so how do you find them? Here's also the link to the article, in case you want to see for yourself: http://www.loudersound.com/features/10--heaviest-prog-albums-ever-pallbearer" rel="nofollow - http://www.loudersound.com/features/10--heaviest-prog-albums-ever-pallbearer
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Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 11:31
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Khan - Space Shanty. ------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 11:48
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Captain Beyond piloting the Space Shanty, in that order. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 11:49
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I love Space Shanty, but I have to give it to Les Morts Vont Vite - incredibly underrated album. ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 11:55
Khan - melts in your brain, not on your wrist, just like a Chocolate Watchband. 
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 11:56
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I love Zeit and Heresie. I don't quite get what Space Shanty is doing on that list, but then that particular album never got me anyway. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 11:59
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By the way, Art Zoyd's Champ des Larmes is really really heavy, even more so than they usually are. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 12:15
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Khan . . . ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 12:58
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5 of those on that list I know nothing about, of the others Khan and Captain Beyond are often on my turntable. Brain mellting...? Not so much. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Crane
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 13:00
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Totally forgot about how muscular that Khan album is. Sounds like a powered up version of Zappa’s Roxy band. ------------- “Art is the recognition of the universal presence of God.” —Ernest Hello |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 13:17
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My brain is pretty safe with these albums. Shubby ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 13:18
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The Sahara album is sadly very overlooked. I like the albums of Khan, Universe Zero, Tangerine Dream and Captain Beyond a lot too. Ramses and Shub-Niggurath never really got me. I am not familiar with the other three. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 13:20
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Khan - Space Shanty (1972) Tangerine Dream – Zeit (1972) Morte Macabre – Symphonic Holocaust (1998) Captain Beyond – Captain Beyond (1972) ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 13:21
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^^ I have For All The Clowns by Sahara...I'll definitely ck out Sunrise.
------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 13:56
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Interesting list! When I think of using the term "brain-melting" I can't help but turn to the Back to the Future reference: (which was, appropriately, an acerbic guitar solo from Eddie Van Halen). With this in mind, I find three of the six that I know to be appropriate "brain melters" but can't figure out the inclusion of Space Shanty, Mort Macabre, or even Zeit! Perhaps something more like King Crimson's In the Court of the Crimson King or Magma's MDK or Klaus Schulze's Irrlicht or Peter Gabriel's third eponymous album would have been more fitting--something that hits you like nothing you never, ever expected to hear upon first listen. I'm looking forward to exploring the four I don't know! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 14:14
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Univers Zero ahead of Shub Niggurath. Khan is a great album but positively soothing in comparison to those 2. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 14:21
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Khan, followed by Morte Macabre and Univers Zero ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Duddick
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 16:04
| Apparently I can’t vote in this poll for some reason but if I could it would be for AFT since no-one else has. An album totally ignored upon release and ever since. A marvellous barrage of interlocking dual guitars and inventive rhythm section |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 16:12
I think you need 40 points before you can vote in a PA poll, so you shouldn't have to wait too much longer.
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Duddick wrote:Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 18:23
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 22:30
| Zeit! |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 14 2021 at 23:48
It's a little gem for sure! It also got my vote. Great record. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: March 15 2021 at 07:15
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Automatic Fine Tuning - A.F.T. (1976), way ahead of its time album, before Malmsteen, or any guitar hero out there |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: March 15 2021 at 23:08
| Space Shanty. |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: March 16 2021 at 03:27
| A fine selection but in the spirit of the poll question, then it comes down to the wire between the Shubs' scare fest and the terror that is the UZ masterpiece! |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 18 2022 at 03:15
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bump!
Captain Beyond – Captain Beyond (1972)
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: January 18 2022 at 05:35
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Khan is my favorite but it's far from heavy IMO. ------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: January 18 2022 at 08:06
Same votes for me. Most of the options on offer here have a fond place in my collection (though I have not heard the Saharah - probably should). Heresie is maybe the heaviest platter UZ laid down other than Ceux du Dehors - which is just about maximum heaviosity possible. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: January 21 2022 at 19:57
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Les Morts Vont Vite is an amazing album but Space Shanty is one of my favorite albums of all time. ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: January 22 2022 at 03:35
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Space Shanty all the way. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: January 22 2022 at 04:06
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I find Captain Beyond quite a bit heavy but certainly not as much as Il Balletto di Bronzo's Ys. I'm not familiar with all the albums on the list, but the comparison to 'as heavy as any metal band' seems surely to me exaggerated.
------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 04 2022 at 14:20
| Synphonic Holocaust |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: July 10 2022 at 05:58
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Khan - Space Shanty ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 10 2022 at 06:54
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Heresie or Symphonic Holocaust but also love Zeit and Les Morts Vont Vite. |