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Nuke 
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 Topic: Favorite Prog Metal band, why
Posted: December 18 2007 at 22:27 |
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Meshuggah! They are the undisputed kings of math metal. Their drummer is a god, and their guitarist is pretty great too. However, take fair warning. To apprectiate them fully takes a great understanding of rhythm. Otherwise, chances are you will hate them.
Cynic is great, but don't be boring and just get focus, check out their demos too! You can see a progression from death metal to whatever the heck they became (let's just call it progressive)
Of course, you should have already checked out thrak by king crimson.
For something accessible (but amazing), check out kamelot.
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Dim
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Posted: December 18 2007 at 21:39 |
This should be renamed the nastalgia thread.
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heyitsthatguy
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Posted: December 18 2007 at 21:37 |
 heyitsthatguy wrote:
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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lol@ past me I still agree with all of these  but I like PoS more because I own Be now....now to add to that list: maudlin of the Well- Gleam in Ranks=crack Cynic- strange case band, sometimes I hate them, sometimes I love them...it's really weird Devin Townsend- holy a;lsdjf;saldjf;lsjdk this stuff is good...Ziltoid is a masterpiece on several levels Between the Buried and Me- came out of left field for me, though Colors is the only entire album I like by them....select tracks from Alaska (Backwards Marathon, Selkies, etc.) and Mordecai from The Silent Circus are the few non-Colors tracks I like Behold...the Arctopus- They will eat your mind with music Boris- ok not prog at all but still rocksome Blind Guardian- don't know if prog, don't care Buckethead- this guy needs to be in progressive metal already, I don't care how all over the place his stuff is, just put him SOMEWHERE UneXpect- only like their latest (their debut sounded a tad generic to me) but can't wait to see these guys (hopefully) next month!
Edited by heyitsthatguy - December 18 2007 at 21:38
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Dim
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Posted: December 18 2007 at 21:17 |
WHOA!
I just realised that I made this thread like, six months ago! Damn, my taste has changed.
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kcmadman
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Posted: December 18 2007 at 18:20 |
1.- Dream Theater
2.- Opeth
3.- Pain of Salvation
4.-Katatonia
5.- Tool
6.- Death
7.- Andromeda
8.-Between the Buried and Me
9.-Ayreon
10.- Unexpect
Special Mention is deserved by Ayreon, and it's "Human Equation", which I think is the most significative, enjoyable, diverse and creative prog metal album ever!
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Proletariat
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Posted: December 17 2007 at 20:54 |
well here we go
Classic Prog Metal:
Symphony X
Kamelot
Ayreon
Tech/Extreme Prog Metal:
Death
Cynic
Athiest
Meshuggah
Opeth
Ephel Duath
Blotted Science
Voivod
Experimental/Post Metal:
Isis
Agalloch
Tool
In the Woods...
Kayo Dot
Neurosis
Pax Cecilia
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micky
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Posted: December 17 2007 at 20:47 |
Aeternus wrote:
Dream Theater. Why? Kiddin'?
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Have yourself a clappie...
Not for your choice of band... for which you lost a clappie.. but for using the search function. 
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Dim
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Posted: December 17 2007 at 20:44 |
Isis, Tool, and *shels are all up there for me. All atmosheric and slightley depressing.
All post metal is great, and definately against the grind, so if you dont like tech or classic metal, you like post! Or you're hopeless.
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King Crimson776
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Posted: December 17 2007 at 19:43 |
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DEATH!
Well, they're not my favorite, DT is but check them out if you haven't.
Edited by King Crimson776 - December 17 2007 at 19:45
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Posted: December 15 2007 at 17:21 |
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Dream Theater. Why? Kiddin'?
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zFrogs
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Posted: June 07 2007 at 19:29 |
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For me Opeth, The Mars Volta and Tool are fantastic but Dream Theater and Fates Warning are both classics.
Another cool bands:
Threshold
Neurosis
State of Mind
Voi Vod
Pelican
Mastodon
Sieges Even
Pain of Salvation
Queensryche
Opus Dai (new discover for me, for fans of The Mars Volta)
Alchemist
Riverside
and a many more
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Dim
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Posted: June 07 2007 at 16:09 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
Is "crap" really the right word to use in this context? |
Extremely disgusting?
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Proletariat
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Posted: June 07 2007 at 13:37 |
My favourite prog metal are
The florida prog trinity:
Death
Cynic
Athiest
The dark moody stuff:
Tool
Opeth
Green Carnation
Post-Metal:
Isis
Neurosis
Agalloch
Red Sparrowes
Jesu
Pelican
Others:
Kayo Dot (is this really metal)
Goreguts (not listed but should be)
Meshuggah
In the woods...
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YouLovett
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Posted: June 07 2007 at 13:26 |
darkmatter wrote:
YouLovett wrote:
Not sure if they're PROG metal but Lamb of God kick serious ass as well and are relatively accessible for casual metal fans. |
Well, I don't know how you're defining "casual" here (I guess I could be a casual fan of metal, as I don't listen to or like much outside of prog metal), but I don't find Lamb of God the least bit accessible. Their music is way too heavy for my taste, I don't like their lyrics, and their singer sounds awful (this is all just my opinion). And the reason I'm familiar with them is because my brother likes them a lot.
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yeh i guess that was worded poorly...when I think of really difficult metal to listen to, stuff like Nile comes to mind...I hate the whole screaming instead of singing bit, but I think Lamb of God has more to offer than most metal bands I've heard in terms of composition of their songs. there are certain songs that I can't listen to at all but I do enjoy some of their stuff and they put on a great live show minus their alcoholic singer
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darkmatter
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Posted: June 07 2007 at 10:49 |
YouLovett wrote:
Not sure if they're PROG metal but Lamb of God kick serious ass as well and are relatively accessible for casual metal fans. |
Well, I don't know how you're defining "casual" here (I guess I could be a casual fan of metal, as I don't listen to or like much outside of prog metal), but I don't find Lamb of God the least bit accessible. Their music is way too heavy for my taste, I don't like their lyrics, and their singer sounds awful (this is all just my opinion). And the reason I'm familiar with them is because my brother likes them a lot.
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Posted: June 07 2007 at 10:44 |
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Is "crap" really the right word to use in this context?
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Dim
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Posted: June 07 2007 at 10:41 |
^ I'm not sure, but it started with a cool guitar fill, then turned to crap when the guy started singing 
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magnus
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Posted: June 07 2007 at 08:13 |
schizoid_man77 wrote:
I've listened to one mastadon song, and it was way to ugly for me!^ |
Which song was it? From what I've heard, their oldest stuff("Remission" etc.) is a lot harder/"uglier" than their newer stuff("Leviathan", "Blood Mountain"). I dare say they're perhaps the best prog metal band nowadays. Blood Mountain is nothing short of a masterpiece.
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Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie
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Dim
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 23:23 |
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I've listened to one mastadon song, and it was way to ugly for me!^
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YouLovett
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 22:50 |
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If you're looking for darker, heavier stuff new Tool and any Opeth kicks ass. New Dream Theater is more metal too than the older stuff in my opinion and rocks hard.
Meshuggah can hit the spot too although occasionally they're a bit much for me to take.
Not sure if they're PROG metal but Lamb of God kick serious ass as well and are relatively accessible for casual metal fans. I used to be into Mastodon despite the brutalizing vocals but after seeing them botch live I've lost a certain amount of interest.
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