Narrative Concept Albums
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Topic: Narrative Concept Albums
Posted By: koffeeben
Subject: Narrative Concept Albums
Date Posted: January 21 2008 at 22:16
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I am looking for more Progressive Metal (or even Rock) Narrative Concept Albums. I suggest these: http://www.last.fm/music/Ayreon - Ayreon - Everything http://www.last.fm/music/Minds+Eye - Mind's Eye - http://www.last.fm/music/Minds+Eye/A+Gentlemans+Hurricane - A Gentleman's Hurricane http://www.last.fm/music/Pain+of+Salvation - Pain of Salvation - Pretty much anything http://www.last.fm/music/Spocks+Beard - Spock's Beard - http://www.last.fm/music/Spocks+Beard/Snow - Snow http://www.last.fm/music/Jeff+Wayne - Jeff Wayne - http://www.last.fm/music/Jeff+Wayne/Jeff+Waynes+Musical+Version+Of+The+War+Of+The+Worlds - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds Dream Theater - http://www.last.fm/music/Dream+Theater/Six+Degrees+of+Inner+Turbulence - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence and Metropolis Part II: Scenes from a Memory http://www.last.fm/music/Shadows+Gallery - Shadows Gallery - Tyranny, and Room V Evergrey - In Search of the Truth |
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Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: January 21 2008 at 22:55
| Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating by the Stars |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: January 21 2008 at 22:59
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I believe Alternative 4, Judgement and A Fine Day to Exit were concepts
All by the band Anathema, very depressing and emotional metal...don't expect over the top instrumentation, just very touching passages. Great stuff. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 21 2008 at 23:05
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Aina - Days of Rising Doom: The Metal Opera. Frameshift - Unweaving the Rainbow (with James LaBrie on vocals). Shadow Gallery. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime 1 and possibly 2 (I like part 2, most don't). ------------- 
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Posted By: koffeeben
Date Posted: January 21 2008 at 23:21
I have actually been meaning to get this. Just gotta find it. ----
I have heard Aina, Shadow Gallery, and have heard OF Operation: Mindcrime I shall check the other out. Thanks ---------- On a side note, please forgive my horrible misspellings in my initial post. |
ProgBagel wrote:Posted By: asimplemistake
Date Posted: January 21 2008 at 23:30
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OPETH has a few, Still Life and Ghost Reveries (minus the last track), of which I'd highly recommend Ghost Reveries. Also SYMPHONY X's V: The New Mythology Suite is built around it's own theme, which works out well for a Symphonic Power-Progressive band. Another one that pops into my head is ORPHANED LAND's album, although I haven't heard it yet (I've been meaning to get to it). I'm guessing this should go into another section though, because it seems to be listing stuff/recommending so far. |
Posted By: koffeeben
Date Posted: January 21 2008 at 23:34
I have heard all of those except for Ghost Reveries. Orphaned Land's Mabool is an amazing album. You think it should have gone elsewhere? Well, I just joined, so, I get a free mess up. >__> |
Posted By: Proletariat
Date Posted: January 21 2008 at 23:54
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Not metal, but Pink Floyds The Wall is the obvious choice.
and Fear Of a Blank Planet by Porqupine Tree
------------- who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob |
Posted By: Tarkus31
Date Posted: January 21 2008 at 23:55
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A few come to mind for me, but they arent metal. Still classics though.
Tarkus (just the main suite)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Return to the Center of the Earth
------------- ~~~Brian~~~ "And if we all did the things we knew to be right, left would be the childish fears of danger in the night." -Graeme Edge |
Posted By: koffeeben
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 00:04
Wait...wait...wait...Someone did a musical version of the Jules Verne classic? |
Posted By: asimplemistake
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 00:41
Haha ya don't worry about it, it's no big deal. But I would highly recommend Ghost Reveries if you haven't heard it, that and Blackwater Park are among the few albums I consider true masterpieces (in metal). |
Posted By: koffeeben
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 00:51
I have Blackwater Park as well. I am not a big fan of Death Metal, so, Opeth is taking me a bit to get into, but, I will definitely get Ghost Reveries. |
Posted By: asimplemistake
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 00:52
This reminds me also of In Absentia, which is has a major theme throughout most of the album, although it's not a narrative concept like the title of this thread. Both FoaBP and IA are great albums. |
Posted By: asimplemistake
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 00:54
Hmm ya death metal can be hard to get into for sure, so I understand why it'd be hard to get into Opeth. I always forget how long it took me to like them whenever I recommend them  . |
Posted By: KeleCableII
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 02:08
| Yep, Rick Wakeman. I just bought it on vinyl for a buck (or maybe 50 cents) and I've been meaning to listen to it. The reviews here make it sound cheesily awesome. |
Posted By: Ahmadbarqawi
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 02:17
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How can we forget Savatage? they are the masters of narrative concept albums
i would moslty recommend: Streets (A Rock Opera), Dead Winter Dead & The Wake of Magellan
& you can also check Trans-Siberian Orchestra
& Although it's not prog: you can check out "The Crimson Idol" album By W.A.S.P., it's a great narrative album...
------------- {Flashlights shade shrunken views Of a red demon’s foxtrot in brews Guns & flowers crown morning news Panic-stricken guilt now ensues} |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 02:35
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Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth Pain of Salvation - One Hour by the Concrete Lake, Perfect Element Pt. 1, Remedy Lane Neal Morse - Testimony, One, ?, Sola Scriptura Kevin Gilbert - The Shaming of the True ... BTW: If you like you can help me compile a more complete list of concept albums http://ratingfreak.com/home/charts.xhtml?chart.tag.1=concept - here ... you just need to rate albums and tag them "concept" to get them on that list. As for the distinction of "narrative" concepts ... I'll think of a proper tag.  ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to: 
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 03:19
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Ghost Reveries is a great album, highly recommended... The growling vocals will never be my cup of tea either, but Åkerfeldt more than makes up for them with his fantastic 'clean' vocals. Anyway, I'm not a Prog-Metal expert, so my recommendations will be more geared towards Prog Rock, or even Classic Rock. Talking of what, The Who's Tommy and Quadrophenia are amongst the very first concept albums - without them there would probably be nothing like SfaM or Operation: Mindcrime. Then, of course, don't forget Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick (I am not a fan of A Passion Play though), and Pink Floyd's The Wall. |
Posted By: Tarkus31
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 08:48
Rick Wakeman did. I really like it, and its hard to describe it really. Its his band with an orchestra and choir. ------------- ~~~Brian~~~ "And if we all did the things we knew to be right, left would be the childish fears of danger in the night." -Graeme Edge |
Posted By: koffeeben
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 13:41
| Thanks guys, I shall check some of these out. |
Posted By: everyone
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 15:09
| Check out the live version of the Pretty Things/ S. F. Sorrow. Narration is by Aurthur Brown. This is the first rock opera. Pete Townsend heard the album and this record was the inspiration for "Tommy." |
Posted By: koffeeben
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 19:07
| How about some newer stuff, like, after 1999. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 23:15
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Not prog per se, but how about Magica from Dio. It is a metal concept album from one of the best voices in heavy metal.
Also, ex-Dream Theater vocalist, Dominici, has released 2 of the 3 albums of his O3 Trilogy. The first album is more him singing with acoustical instruments, whereas the 2nd album has more of a DT type feel to it.
And how could I forget Fates Warning's A Pleasant Shade of Grey. -------------
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 23:41
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While I am at it: I mentioned Frameshift in my first post. The creative mind behind Frameshift is Henning Pauly. He has a solo album called 13 Days which is a concept album. He also is the main cog behind the band Chain and they have two concept albums called ".exe" and "Reconstruct". Probably worth checking at least one of these out and if you like it there is a good chance you might like all of them.
In addition, new supergroup, Amaran's Plight released an album in 2007 called Voices in the Light, which is also a concept album. -------------
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Posted By: koffeeben
Date Posted: January 23 2008 at 16:56
Checked this out, I am liking it, except for the narratives, the "actors" aren't that good. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: January 23 2008 at 22:08
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The Wall - Pink Floyd (obviousely)
In Absentia and Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree (more the former, as it tells a direct story, Fear only observes general themes)
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Posted By: Tarkus31
Date Posted: January 23 2008 at 23:36
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I'm sure its been mentioned, but I cant find it, DT's Metropollis 2000 Scenes From A Memory.
And seriously, check out Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Center of the Earth. Sure it has its cheesy moments, but overall, its an amazing album. ------------- ~~~Brian~~~ "And if we all did the things we knew to be right, left would be the childish fears of danger in the night." -Graeme Edge |
Posted By: koffeeben
Date Posted: January 24 2008 at 19:48
| Come on people, I know you can do better than this, I have heard most of this before, I need new stuff. Also, this decade, please, not that I don't like older stuff, but, I would prefer the stuff of today. |
Posted By: Proletariat
Date Posted: January 24 2008 at 20:08
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Well here are some modern ones:
Coheed and Cambria: their albums all form a story together
The Dear Hunter: all of their albums form a story line, but so far only 2 acts of 6 have been released
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero: not prog but amazing for a modern (commercial) record ------------- who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob |
Posted By: koffeeben
Date Posted: January 24 2008 at 23:37
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I really dislike Coheed and Cambria's vocalist's voice. So warbly.' Also, Sieges Even's The Art of Navigating by the Stars is not a narrative concept album, nor is Fates Warning's A Pleasant Shade of Gray, at least from what I can tell. |
Posted By: koffeeben
Date Posted: January 27 2008 at 17:57
| Dead thread is dead. |
Posted By: Lofcaudio
Date Posted: January 28 2008 at 14:18
What about Devin Townsend's Ziltoid the Omniscient? Have you heard that one? Here are my favorites:
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Posted By: koffeeben
Date Posted: January 29 2008 at 05:58
I have heard of all of these, but, I think I might check out some of Neal Morse's solo stuff.. Also, Ziltoid is fantastic. |