(Classic) Prog Metal thread
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Topic: (Classic) Prog Metal thread
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Subject: (Classic) Prog Metal thread
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 09:17
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My latest reviews concern Prog Metal albums (or related) and I think that the Classic Prog Metal is a genre little understood, though very popular.
Have you wanted to start a healthy debate? (
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Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 09:21
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Watchtower pwns. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 09:42
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Michael Romeo, Vitaly kuprij and Mike Portnoy as three of my all time preferred musicians. And they are part of Prog Metal movement! -------------
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Posted By: progmetalhead
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 12:44
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 14:37
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Cynic's Focus is such a legendary album, never gets old. I think that could be called classic prog metal.
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 14:44
| I´d say Cynic is more on the extreme side of progressive metal. I´m not sure? but I think Mandrakeroot meant this thread to be for bands like Dream Theater and Fates Warning. The more classic definition of progressive metal. |
Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 14:47
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^ agreed. I think that both Watchtower and Cynic made classic albums, but I don't think that they could really be called "Classic Prog Metal". For that they were a little too experimental ... and not popular enough. A bit like Gentle Giant and Van der Graaf Generator in the classic prog movement, compared to Yes and Genesis.
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 14:51
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Classic Prog Metal is Mindcrime. There is no other. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 15:25
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Spinning Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry right now, such a great album I hardly listen to anymore for some reason. Dream Theater were obviously big fans of it too. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 16:04
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classic progressive metal = everything made from 88 to 95, which are usually the milestones of the genre I.E.: Control and Resistance, Nothingface, Mindcrime, Perfect Symmetry, Images and Words, Focus, everything from Atheist, etcetcetc. -------------   
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 16:08
I second Mindcrime. Such a majestic and powerful album.
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Negoba wrote:Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 16:32
I dunno, I would still class GG and VDGG as part of the classic prog movement. Just like Fernando Sor was part of the Classical Music movement. I think all the extreme prog metal bands from that kind of era (i.e. Cynic, Death, Atheist, Pestilence) were part of the classic prog metal movement, despite only really having a cult following. But then again it's all up for debate. ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 16:45
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If I enjoy something from Metal, or at least Prog Metal, it should be the Classic Prog Metal, even though I only have 3 DT albums, some Symphony X stuff I heard and Queensryche are a bit to my apeal. |
Posted By: Anirml
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 18:23
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I love lots of Thrash/Speed metal and NWOBHM stuff. (Adding some links to some Gems) Virtue - "We Stand To Fight" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-ZkOFRdIFI - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-ZkOFRdIFI Witchfinder General - "Burning a Sinner" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59jSZEr7EJE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59jSZEr7EJE Magnum - "Kingdom of Madness" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5EUe9ChGTY - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5EUe9ChGTY Praying Mantis - "Children of the Earth" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVxeibTj670 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVxeibTj670 Don't you like these? |
Posted By: DJPuffyLemon
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 18:35
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Cynic = not so amazing. it sounds dated and crappy.
Classic metal is kind of tame so its not really my style but Its not bad either. I know a lot of people that think that 70's and 80's metal are the best thing ever but unfortuntaley its not for me.
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: March 26 2009 at 05:23
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Classic metal Prog ... With this definition I would say all that Prog Metal is not Extreme Prog Metal or Post Metal...
I believe that in a serious debate also bands such as Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Rush, Rainbow, Cacophony, Malmsteen, Magnum, Asia ('80's production), Warlord, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Black Sabbath... So... All those who have created the foundations of Prog Metal should be included, just for historical completeness.
P.s.: I love the Cynic... Great band... But they are Extreme Prog Metal (Death Jazz Metal... A definition that I love, referring to their music). -------------
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: March 26 2009 at 05:24
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: March 26 2009 at 05:26
Magnum? 'Kingdom Of madness'? Well ... I think that this song is one of the songs that have helped to codify the Prog Metal! -------------
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: March 26 2009 at 05:33
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Interesting news (I think):
For Epica (Ita) 'Confini' see this site (is the first album in the list... Is avaible):
http://www.pickuprecords.it/SHOP/ListProducts.asp - http://www.pickuprecords.it/SHOP/ListProducts.asp
P.s.: see the correct post in 2nd page!!! -------------
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: March 26 2009 at 05:36
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To me classic Prog Metal is Iron Maiden. -------------  |
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: March 26 2009 at 05:37
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Epica (Ita) 'Confini' is still avaible from Pick Up Records store (in 1995 Pick Up Records published this album):
http://www.pickuprecords.it/SHOP/ListProducts.asp - http://www.pickuprecords.it/SHOP/ListProducts.asp ---> (Parola chiave): Epica ----> first item in list products.
Notturna 2nd album 'Le Tue ali' is avaible from:
http://www.musicalboxstore.com/ita/shop/shop.php - http://www.musicalboxstore.com/ita/shop/shop.php ---> (autore): Notturna (cerca ----> acquisto)
All these two sites are in Italian.
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: March 26 2009 at 06:09
Well... 'Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son' is a true all time Prog Metal masterpiece as Dio/ Powell Rainbow Era's albums, Warlord 'Deliver Us' album (I have 'The Best Of Warlord' i.e. 'Deliver Us'+ bonus), Cacophony 'Speed Metal symphony', Magnum 'Vintage Magnum', Rush's 70's albums (Well... First...?!?) and Metallica '...and Justice For All'! -------------
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: March 26 2009 at 14:18
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Classic prog metal for me is Images and Words, Perfect Symmetry/Parallels and Rage For Order/Operation. In my mind, almost nothing can compete these gems. Bands that came out a bit later like Symphony X and Shadow Gallery are worthy successors of the three 'big ones'... |
Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 03:50
Back in the 1970s (here comes the old git again) there were no real sub-genres of metal. Just heavy rock (which was quickly christened heavy metal) and hard rock, with a lot of blurring of the edges between the two.
Today, although I've read all the definitions on PA, I couldn't even truly tell which genres of metal I like more than others. I know the basics like thrash, black and death but after that I get lost. My son understands them all but he's only 17 and naturally at that age a committed fanboy of Megadeth, Metallica and SOaD and an enthusiastic Kerrang! reader.
All I know is I love modern metal just as much as the old stuff: Orange Goblin, Spiritual Beggars, System of a Down, KSE, etc, etc. But I find it hard to pick up on just how progressive any of the bands I like are - I just like them.
The older I get the less I'm able to categorise the modern stuff I like - without PA and El Dingo Jnr I'd probably struggle to keep up at all. Guess if I follow the thread I might learn something ------------- It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough. |
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 04:24
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el dingo: All true what you say. But without the band that I have mentioned (and other) Prog Metal probably would not be born. Or maybe yes...
Is true, then, that Prog Metal is a recent definition and that Prog Metal is a musical genre that is not totally clear in their boundaries... And we can not do anything. Believe me... I know musicians that indicate the groups that I mentioned (with Hawkwind and Eloy) as Prog Metal bands!
el dingo wrote:
'Back in the 1970s (here comes the old git again) there were no real sub-genres of metal. Just heavy rock (which was quickly christened heavy metal) and hard rock, with a lot of blurring of the edges between the two.'
Is true, however, that some bands are considered the fathers of Prog Metal. And, although I'm totally agree with you, we can not forget these bands in our debates and our discographies.
I'm sharing the Classic Prog CDs from the Prog Metal CDs. And the CDs of the fathers of Prog Metal (also Prog related, not only Heavy Prog) I put them in Prog Metal part of my CDs collection. Even just for gratitude towards them!
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Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 04:51
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If you go back even further, it can get even more confusing. I'm no expert, but some journalists have claimed that in 1964 the riff to The Kinks' You Really Got Me founded Heavy Metal. Others claim it originated from blues jams and heavy chording therein. Some say Blue Cheer (who I've never heard) were the first heavy band. Others say that Free's manager suggested they called themselves The Heavy Metal Kids and they refused because they wanted to be a pure blues band - there was a band of that name later btw, and IMO they were sh*te.
As much as I love metal (and I do) I still think Spinal Tap got it right ------------- It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough. |
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 05:56
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What you wrote is all true (but I know of Spinal Tap) and reflects the collective thinking.
Is true, also, that almost all the European Power Metal basnds have written at least one song Prog Metal (Judas Priest and Saxon have debuted with two Prog albums).
In these days I'm rediscovering great Prog Metal bands like Warlord, Cacophony, Narnia, Elegy, Shadow Of Steel, Elvenking, Excelsis... All arenot present in PA, for one reason or another. And I must be honest... How musical diversity present Prog Metal ... -------------
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 06:00
Well, many people think they should not even be here  .... If they see this post, they'll have a fit! |
Posted By: progmetalhead
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 06:23
I'll help them along then Raff!
 I'll +1 Jody's post and go further by saying that Priest beat them to it years earlier!
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 06:45
And you rock, sir  ! Sad Wings of Destiny and Sin After Sin are masterpieces that would have deserved a spot here.... I am not sure we would be talking about Prog-Metal today if it hadn't been for the mighty Priest. |
Posted By: progmetalhead
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 06:47
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Absolutely Raff!
...and I know I'll also get support from Micky when I say they also released one of the classic live albums ever in "Unleashed In The East". ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112" rel="nofollow - http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112 Colt - Admin Team MMA
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Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 06:48
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 06:51
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We did have Unleashed in the East in our collection, but my dear hubby somehow managed to lose it... No big deal, though, since it's very easy to find even in mainstream music stores.
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Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 07:24
no they won't!  ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: progmetalhead
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 07:24
Yikes!,
I hope the punishment levied was appropriate Raff! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112" rel="nofollow - http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112 Colt - Admin Team MMA
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 10:52
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Well... Judas Priest... From 'Rocka Rolla' to 'Unleash In The East'... Well they are really Prog.
But also this is a great Prog album:
 Saxon: 'Saxon' (their debut album)
...But... They are between the father albums of Prog Metal... Not Prog Metal albums... Yes... Heavy Prog albums!!!
And all are great Heavy Prog albums!!! -------------
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Posted By: angelmk
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 15:08
saxon  , i tried to listen them but no success , now i hate them 
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 15:19
Saxon Heavy Prog ? I know them fairly well (even saw them live some time in the Eighties), but never thought of them as even remotely progressive... Great heavy metal band, though!
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 15:43
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Is Halford doing the Y in YMCA in that picture???
Sorry, they're actually pretty great. My first metal album, a collection had "Some heads are gonna roll" what a friggin voice. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 15:47
| I saw Priest live in 1988, when they were touring following the release of Ram It Down. To say they smoked would be an understatement... They played all their classics (including the marvellous "Victim of Changes" and "Beyond the Realms of Death"), and even brought the Harley on stage for "Hell Bent for Leather"! |
Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 16:15
Sure looks like it to me!!!
Good band - my 17-y-o metalhead son loves em too. My only trouble is I can't forgive them for Livin' After Midnight - probably needed the $. ------------- It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough. |
Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 16:21
When you're as old as me you realise Maiden ARE classic metal (how prog is an open question): the natural successors to Sabbath, in a way.
I'm deciding what sort of fit to have 'cos I'm flying to Spain on Monday and Bruce Dickinson might just be the pilot. Hope I don't end up like "Eddie"... ------------- It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 16:22
You probably didn't look at my profile, did you ? |
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 16:29
Well... Only in their first album Saxon are Prog. For the rest... Yes... Saxon are (with Motorhead) the best Heavy Metal band for bikers (and one of the inventors of Power Metal)! -------------
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Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 16:30
Nope - but I have now. I've got three years on you
 "What a drag it is getting old"... BUT PROG METAL IS THE ANTIDOTE ------------- It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough. |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: March 27 2009 at 21:31
i was listening to Maiden since their first album and when I would gush to my friends about it they would go......"Iron who??"
That's how old I am.
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Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: March 28 2009 at 01:45
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Yeah - understand that only too well. Some of my friends would probably say Iron Who? to this day.
They were the best of the NWOBHM bands by a mile - I was lucky enough to see them at the legendary Ruskin pub on Wanstead Flats, East London, in the very early days.
btw due solely to the wonders of PA I've discovered I'm eight years older than you, three years older than Raff and feeling...old ------------- It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough. |
Posted By: angelmk
Date Posted: March 28 2009 at 06:24
| Iron Maiden are class .. masters .. i love them .. and their live act is a story to remember .. i've seen them live 2 years ago in Belgrade, Serbia supporting A matter of life and death ..and i was amazed .. they did great show .. bruce is such a showman .. |
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: March 28 2009 at 10:44
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In 2000 (if I think correctly the year... Sorry) I attended a concert of Symphony X with Dyslesia as opening act. Two great Prog Metal band. I am sincere: I am pleased to Dyslesia more... Dyslesia are more Power Prog Metal in the vein of Elegy... One other band that I have not yet understood because this is not in PA (as the same Dyslesia)! -------------
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Posted By: Arachnid1111
Date Posted: March 28 2009 at 21:05
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Symphony X All the way for me!
just thought i would say that ------------- "Your`e such an inspiration of all the ways i will never choose to be" -APC |
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: March 29 2009 at 10:42
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Artension is another band that I like very much! -------------
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Posted By: angelmk
Date Posted: March 29 2009 at 14:37
| i like Artension too |
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: March 31 2009 at 10:35
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Because, for you, PoS 'The Perfect Element Pt 1' is the best Prog Metal album between the PM album presents in PA? -------------
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