Is Prog Metal a "fusion" genre? |
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Faul_McCartney
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Is Prog Metal simply a mix of metal and prog rock in the same way jazz fusion is a mix of jazz and rock, or country rap is a fusion of country and rap? Or is it a legitimate progression of metal that builds upon and/or subverts established trends of the genre in the same way that the original progressive rock had continuity with the (mostly) psychedelic rock bands of the 60s?
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My personal opinion is the 'Metal' and 'Prog' and mutually exclusive. I know that some 'Metal' bands have done songs with 'Prog elements. But does that mean if a metal bands uses some polka elements it should be classified as metal polka? That's for other's to debate, I say no.
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And the difference of prog metal and prog rock in this regard is?.. I think prog metal took most of its elements from prog rock. Not sure about the exact origins (I know the history, but haven't given a proper thought about the issue), but Dream Theater are/were the most illustrious torchbearers of the genre and they were hugely influenced by Rush. |
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I guess is a matter of personal interpretation. I think every genre, after some time, develops the need for pushing beyond it’s boundaries, unless it’s destined to go into total oblivion.
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I see the two bands highlighted above to be more progressive bands than metal bands. Only DT uses metal elements waaaaay more than Rush.
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^ Actually, I was questioning your take, not judging.
Dream Theater is quite a mixed bag. They "use" metal as a dominant element, and they obviously have lots of pure "metallic" songs; but I agree with you in essence. Prog metal is like the "advanced" or more sophisticated form of metal. I think they got the idea from prog rock. Edited by Archisorcerus - December 14 2022 at 16:54 |
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To me it seems obvious to me that prog metal was influenced by prog rock to a degree, though to what extent I'm not sure. Was it just them taking inspiration from the "prog movement" and applying its advances to metal, or was it more "let's do prog, but metal".
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ALL metal is a fusion genre. Prog metal included.
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Yes, and at one time it required a violinist named David Cross and had some jazz mixed in with it.
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In reading the OP's question, I'd say the answer would have to be No. First, ProgMetal is not a mix of metal and prog, it's metal taking a progressive approach to music. In other words progmetal does not often sound like Yes meets Exodus. Second, incredible as it may seem now, early heavy metal ~ Blue Cheer, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, the Scorps, Judas Priest, etc. ~ was an outgrowth of the progressive rock movement in the late '60s, not just the hard rock scene around the same time, giving license to push & expand the different threads of rock 'n roll that had emerged and then diverged into what was later termed "progressive" or "heavy" or "psychedelic". |
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^ LOL. you've been fauled!
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^ But it's not April 1st!
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^was it april 1st when paul supposedly croaked?
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Imo, prog-metal is a subgenre of metal and not necessarily part of prog-rock with some exceptions. I think there are some bands where the prog maybe outweighs the metal element (arena and Riverside come to mind) and so they are borderline and could maybe go either way(usually prog imo though). A band like Haken sounds more metal to me although they clearly have prog rock influences. There's room enough under the prog umbrella for prog-metal but at the same time it also is part of heavy metal too.
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The sophisticated part? I think many were just fans of both prog rock and metal. It could be argued Rush were the first prog-metal band because they were influenced by both Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath but also Yes and Genesis.
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The first Prog metal songs, like Larks Tongues in Aspic Part 2 by King Crimson from the early 1970s were, in my opinion, very much a fusion among Prog, metal, jazz, and eastern sounds and even had some lovely and also cacophonous avant-garde violin. So, I would say that it started out as a form of fusion but has since changed. What I appreciated before was the wide degree of variation between the lovely and the harsh. Sometimes, it is now all harsh. When there is an interplay between the two, the contrasts make the heavy parts sound even heavier. The auditory nerve can only take so much of a constant barrage, just like I wouldn’t want every course of a meal to be drowned in hot chili powder.
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very nicely put!
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No it wasn't! Early metal was a product of psychedelic blues rock and angst. Both prog and modern metal came from many sources including prog, blues, jazz, and many other genera. Prog metal was a direct result of the sounds of heavy metal colliding with 70s prog rock. Dream Theater was about as obvious as it gets mixing metal angst with Kansas symphonic prog. Anglagard, Anekdoten and other bands took on a heavier King Crimson vibe Spock's Beard upped the ante for heavier symphonic prog Symphony X took neoclassical well into symphonic prog Gorguts, Death, Deathspell Omega etc embedded the prog so well into their now classic sound that many still dont recognize it In reality ALL music is a hybrid of what came before and something new
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[QUOTE=Atavachron]
In reading the OP's question, I'd say the answer would have to be No. First, ProgMetal is not a mix of metal and prog, it's metal taking a progressive approach to music. In other words progmetal does not often sound like Yes meets Exodus. Second, incredible as it may seem now, early heavy metal ~ Blue Cheer, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, the Scorps, Judas Priest, etc. ~ was an outgrowth of the progressive rock movement in the late '60s, not just the hard rock scene around the same time, giving license to push & expand the different threads of rock 'n roll that had emerged and then diverged into what was later termed "progressive" or "heavy" or "psychedelic". |
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In the very beginning … more prevalent
What is now considered PM … not so much, but still can find instances of it |
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