Are you prog only? Or do you like prog metal?

I like EVERY genre music that is enough progressive for me (those genres that aren't here in progarchives, and that aren't so progressive - still if it's new or good, it's usually somehow progressive). Also it should be enjoyable in more conservative way, but not always. Also, if it's weird, I usually like it. But I'm a burning soul, so the music should be aggressive - of course the not-aggressive parts of it makes it more aggressive, because by aggressiveness I mean contrasts and basically progressiveness. Though I've listened very much different music.

When I was younger, I was searching for progressive metal etc. Nowadays it's more extreme metal. That's mostly because progressive metal has usually so much basic rock parts. Though, progressive rock has usually too much psychedelic and jazz rock. I listen to them, but I'm always wanting more prog.

Avant-prog has solved my problem in many ways, since there isn't so much progressive symphonic/eclectic prog. Also, I can listen very light music nowadays, but mostly it's nearer to modern classical etc.

But anyway, I actually think many of those who can't stand metal and listens to soft prog, post-rock, art rock, chill-out... are very different proggers than me . I've seen they are more simple and dull and.. well, at least regular. I've seen the phenomenon that under same artist or genre, some are much more popular than others, and it's often those "chill-out" songs/artists. There's much that kind of jazz, indie, folk etc. I mostly hate chill-out. I get very frustrated when the most bad song of some my favorite artist is the most popular.

But I understand it.  I just don't like it, or those people.

Actually every genre has it's chill-outs and aggressions, simplicities and progressivenesses, in a way or another. Maybe I should get into post-rock and ambient more, and Porcupine Tree and light not-so-progressive stuff like that.

All music is equal, though some of it is sh*t - for me.

Some examples of genres that aren't on this site so much but are progressive in some cases: IDM, indie-pop, noise things, all kinds of experimental stuff (not much here, actually - only some main avant-prog - though it's better :P), MPD, modern classical (!!!!), jazzes, atmospheric/experimental doom/black/death metal for example some grindcore and sludge, noisecore and black metal, or something else crossover.... and crossover styles in general.

But at least the most important names of those genres are here, except for classical, jazz, and crossover without big peculiarities. So I use rateyourmusic.com because there's much more genres

"progressive" usually = interesting aurally and intellectually. Metal edge may not be everyone's cup of tea, but kindred souls need to stick together!

~Ben Sommer
http://bensommer.com

Windhawk wrote: Heh. I like prog in all it's varieties. I also like jazz. pop, some classical, mainstream rock, synth, new age...just about every style of music will have something that I like. I tend to prefer sophisticated music though, and prog has a bit more of that than other genres out there :-)

I like Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, more because of the Thinking Plague/Henry Cow influences that the metal parts.
 

I love Tool, The Mars Volta, Indukti 

I love Prog Metal... I know there are too many alike bands but I really enjoy it... Dream Theater, Fates Warning, Liquid Tension, Symphony X, Anubis Gate, Pagans Mind, Mechanical Poet, Threashold and so on...

The only metal genre I like on this site is  Post Metal. I like the more atmospheric, slugde, stoner , Art metal. Sometimes I still listen to the classics, not much lately. Recently I have been really into all types of jazz , underground hip hop and indie rock. Im not  just stuck on Prog, im not picky about the era of music i choose as long as it is a killer tune.

WalterDigsTunes wrote: I have two prog metal albums by bands that have been active since the 80s (Queensryche and DT), but I just can't stand the cliches and samey sounding modern gloss of this genre. I'll take prog from 70s and the 80s over the claptrap being issues these days. As for metal... its all been done before and since cookie monster vocals seem to be the biggest innovation of the past 20 years I count myself out of this goofy game.

I'm a prog fan and I'm a metal fan but I can't usually do them together...

 Oh yeah ,prog metal is cool ,one of my fav bands is Threshold .Aso the early heavy prog stuff such as Heep ,early Queen ,Sabbath ,early Rush(Exit Stage Left) ,Kansas & Budgie .