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Atavachron 
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 Posted: May 31 2007 at 02:15 |
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Behold.. the Arctopus, the F***ing Champs, Planet X, Indukti, LTE,
all for the same reasons.. they kick ass, breathe life into metal, and did I mention the ass-kicking part?
Edited by Atavachron - May 31 2007 at 02:18
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Joseth On Kings
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Posted: May 31 2007 at 01:54 |
This message is for A Simple Mistake:
Now I know if you have a favorite band you should stick by it and to me it seems like you're a big Opeth fan but you gotta mix it up I mean I listen to Dream Theater, Tool, Rush, A little Opeth now, The Who, Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd and so on.
So don't be all about one band man!!!
Edited by Joseth On Kings - May 31 2007 at 01:55
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sleeper
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Posted: May 17 2007 at 17:07 |
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Pain Of Salvation are my favourite Prog metal band. The main reason is that they are brilliant at infusing emotion in to very technical music with really impressive compositions, in short, Daniel Gildenlow belongs to that very small group of people that I would class as geneiuses. The fact that all five member are very proficiant on their instruments (well, I've yet to hear Simon Anderson play, but I doubt he'd be in the band if he couldnt keep up) is is a bonus that I think lets them do what they do so well.
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Zargus
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Posted: May 17 2007 at 11:23 |
TOOL no doubt.. why? well Lateralus simply the best prog metal album ever made. and Aenima & 10.000 days arent that bad ither. 
But my favorite metal band over all have to be Monster Magnet thats the band i probobly lisen most to and never get tierd of.. yust love thiere mix of hawkwind spacerock and slow heavy black sabbath riffs.  |
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oracus
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 20:47 |
 it was impulse wrote:
I don't believe it, I've read alot of peoples posts and still no one has mentioned Umphres McGee. They play with crazy polytonality and time signatures I can't even count out. they also blend almost every kind of music: metal, soft rock, jazz,classical, and in one song they even did a blue-grass sequence!
other than that my favorites are TOOL, Dream theater, Opeth, Mastidon, and A Life Once Lost. |
Umphrey's McGee are really good. They are not as much prog metal as Fusion though
Edited by oracus - May 16 2007 at 20:48
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oracus
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 20:30 |
Rivertree wrote:
SIEGES EVEN is one of my favourites  I'm looking forward to see them live in October ...
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I will travel from Greece all the way to Netherlands just for them:D
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it was impulse
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 20:28 |
I don't believe it, I've read alot of peoples posts and still no one has mentioned Umphres McGee. They play with crazy polytonality and time signatures I can't even count out. they also blend almost every kind of music: metal, soft rock, jazz,classical, and in one song they even did a blue-grass sequence!
other than that my favorites are TOOL, Dream theater, Opeth, Mastidon, and A Life Once Lost.
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it was impulse
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 20:14 |
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I couldn't agree with you more...
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it was impulse
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 20:12 |
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O.K., if you're into progressive metal you gotta check out Opeth. they are by far one of the best prog metal bands I've heard. their music is really smart because of all the awkward time signatures and chords. check out their album Ghost Reveries.
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Ryth
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 19:53 |
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Ayreon, Dream Theater, and Opeth are the superior prog metal bands.
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heyitsthatguy
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 19:44 |
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Has anyone mentioned Russian Circles yet? Excellent post-metal in the vein of Pelican
Progmetal bands I like:
Dream Theater
Tool
Opeth
Mastodon
Fates Warning
Symphony X (people say they're power metal but they're far more progressive than any power metal band I know of)
Ayreon
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum (Avant/RIO metal)
Pain of Salvation (I only have TPE1 which I haven't listened to in a while, it's pretty good....Scarsick is just painful to me though)
Porcupine Tree post Stupid Dream-era
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Anguiad
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 15:49 |
Seems there are not a lot of Fates fans here. I suggest you should hear them, specially A Pleasant Shade of Gray, one of my favourite albums of all time. Kevin Moore and Matheos are excellent composers.
If you do dig into Fates, then I recommend Office of Strategic Influence(OSI). That trademark Matheos riffing is at its best in this band's first album. Moore shines a lot also, makes a slight regression to the early DT days, but maybe because Portnoy is on drums. Though, his style on this band is really different from Dt and LTe.
Iron Maiden is also a great starter. Not prog metal for definition but their style influenced a lot most of the progmetal bands, along with Metallica. Somewhere in Time is my favourite as of now(have not heard Powerslave or Seventh Son). But you should pick the Number ofthe Beast first. A classic and must-have to all metalheads!
What the guys say about Rush is true! The pioneers of the genre could be Fates, Queensryche and Dt, but their parents are Metallica and Maiden( the last being the mom hehe  ). BUT the grandfather is RUSH!!
Also, while searching through this site, I found Andromeda. Simply amazed!! The voice is kinda dull, but at least give em a listen in the samples.
I say this as a progmetal amateur though. My suggestions are similar from where I once started not so much ago, after DT of course, he. They are still the best in metal IMHO!
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Bj-1
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 15:00 |
Rivertree wrote:
SIEGES EVEN is one of my favourites
I'm looking forward to see them live in October ...
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Glad to see some other fans of them here. They're hugely overlooked! Wonderful band indeed 
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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JgX 5
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 14:50 |
HELLO EVERYBODY!!
is hard to me choose a one band of metal/prog so i will put a good list with the best bands in the metal progressive SCENE...
PAIN OF SALVATION
DREAMSCAPE
ICE OF AGE
AGE OF SILENCE
VANDEN PLAS
THOUGTH CHAMBER
ANDROMEDA
DREAM THEATER
TOOL
AGE OF NEMESIS
ANGRA
VANISHING POINT
DALIS DILEMMA
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mcxwell
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 09:23 |
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Pain of Salvation
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There is no Best, just DIfferent..
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valravennz
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 09:09 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
^ I wasn't totally serious anyway ... it's an entirely subjective distinction. |
^ Yes it is an entirely subjective distinction ... and I know you were not being serious - I admire your vast knowledge of prog metal and appreciate your comments either way - keep up the good work Mike. 
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 08:50 |
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^ I wasn't totally serious anyway ... it's an entirely subjective distinction.
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valravennz
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 08:23 |
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"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence"
- Robert Fripp
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 06:32 |
^ IMO Kamelot don't really fit in your non-prog list, especially since you list Rhapsody in the prog department. 
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valravennz
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 06:01 |
I really like a lot of the prog metal that is available these days. My favourites are:
- Opeth
- Ayreon
- Star One [ Arjen A Lucassen side project]
- Dream Theater [specifically "Awake"]
- Riverside
- Fates Warning
- Shadow Gallery
- Symphony X
- Rhapsody of Fire
- Queensryche
- Tool
Non-prog:
- Lacuna Coil
- Within Temptation
- Epica
- Kamelot
- Metallica
- Stratovarius
- Katatonia
- Leaves Eyes
...I think that is about it for the moment
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