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    Posted: October 14 2005 at 16:28

Originally posted by Man Overboard Man Overboard wrote:

Prog metal's not a bad genre.  Before you write it off completely, listen to the album "Be" by Pain Of Salvation, with the lyric booklet with you.  If anything, you'll at least get a much different view than you currently possess.

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Definitely get Tool - Lateralus if you liked what you initially heard, it is a brilliant record (my personal all time favorite along with Aenima), but not for everyone.

I think other good distinct choices might be:

Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane or Perfect Element
Queensrĸche - Operation Mindcrime
Fates Warning - Parallels (quite soft) or Awaken the Guardian (quite old and "heavy")
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Dream Theater - Images and Words

There are tons of others, but I think those are the ones to check out first (at least I did before venturing to the lesser know prog metal bands). Rush in modern standards are not metal so I wouldn't include them into this list.







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Prog metal's not a bad genre.  Before you write it off completely, listen to the album "Be" by Pain Of Salvation, with the lyric booklet with you.  If anything, you'll at least get a much different view than you currently possess.
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  The only good thing Iīm getting after bashing The Flower Kings and metal prog is that next time I will place all my senses on The Flower Kings. Now Iīm interested ĄĄ. If many people like it, it canīt be as boring as I hear it.

  Metal prog....naaahhh. That requires too much of a wide mind for my taste.
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Originally posted by eduardossc eduardossc wrote:

My best advise is: Keep away from Metal prog. There is way too much real progressive rock to stay busy for the rest of your life.

I once started buying "Iron maidenīs" albums, "Dream Tīs" and some other metal bands. I might have spent enough money to buy every important album by "Banco", "PFM", "Rush", "Camel", "Jethro", and many "one album" bands I had not in that period of time. Today I still donīt have them all and regret everyday I bought all that metal.

If you were not impressed and found out every album is similar to other, trust me, buying more wonīt make you feel any different.



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I love irony ... I admit it was borderline sarcasm though.

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^ Hey, hey I'm also a Jazz and Classical freak, Mike

That was very narrow-minded though.
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You view get's more and more narrow ... btw: also stay away from Classical and Jazz ... it will only distract you from Prog Rock, the only good genre.
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Originally posted by ShW1 ShW1 wrote:

As a matter of fact, i do not interest in progressive metal very much. it is not my cup of tea. all those distortion guitars all the time, you know...

but i would like to try just ONE prog- metal album, only one band.

which album and band do you recommend?

i've listen to dream theatre - didnt like it. I've listen to tool - quite impressed. BUT i heard two tracks from the LATERALUS album - they looked quite similar to each other.

SO shall i try another band/album, or shall i try TOOL?

what are your recommandation for me, progressive-metal heads?

My best advise is: Keep away from Metal prog. There is way too much real progressive rock to stay busy for the rest of your life.

I once started buying "Iron maidenīs" albums, "Dream Tīs" and some other metal bands. I might have spent enough money to buy every important album by "Banco", "PFM", "Rush", "Camel", "Jethro", and many "one album" bands I had not in that period of time. Today I still donīt have them all and regret everyday I bought all that metal.

If you were not impressed and found out every album is similar to other, trust me, buying more wonīt make you feel any different.
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I would recomend "dead soul tribe" and their album Murder of crows. Prog-metal without beeing to metal. Baybe even anekdoten at their heaviest? Vemod and nucleus is king crimson with metal influenses. Norwegian Magic pie would also do the job.
It is said to be the first Test-pressing of the corean release??

http://www.freewebs.com/ligyrophobia/
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If someone gets scared by something like Pain of Salvation or Symphony X then they probably shouldn't listen to anything harder than Yes.   (don't get me wrong, I love Yes)
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Erotomainia- DT- would be a good pick

 

 
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Originally posted by ShW1 ShW1 wrote:

Hellow everybody

As a matter of fact, i do not interest in progressive metal very much. it is not my cup of tea. all those distortion guitars all the time, you know...

but i would like to try just ONE prog- metal album, only one band.

which album and band do you recommend?

i've listen to dream theatre - didnt like it. I've listen to tool - quite impressed. BUT i heard two tracks from the LATERALUS album - they looked quite similar to each other.

SO shall i try another band/album, or shall i try TOOL?

what are your recommandation for me, progressive-metal heads?



This'll probably seem n00bish but..."Moving Pictures" by Rush might be a good start.
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I cant think of mine yet- it will need some time!
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Points: 6699 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2005 at 18:42

Originally posted by King of Loss King of Loss wrote:

^ What bias

 

I can already guess yours.

Disc I
Pain Of Salvation (BE)

Disc II
Pain Of Salvation (12:5)

Disc III
Pain Of Salvation (BE DVD)

"Mastodon sucks giant monkey balls."
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Here's my compilation:

  • Heaven's Cry - Divisions
  • Ice Age - Ice Age
  • Dream Theater - 6:00
  • Pain of Salvation - People Passing By
  • Devin Townsend - Ants
  • Adagio - Next Profundis
  • Ayreon - Isis and Osiris
  • Shadow Gallery - Cliffhanger 2
  • Symphony X - The Edge of Forever
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Points: 27802 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2005 at 18:35
Originally posted by AtLossForWords AtLossForWords wrote:

Originally posted by Drew Drew wrote:

Are we going to do this compolation or not? haha

The compilation already exists, but it's a dvd (Dream Theater's live at Budokan).

My more serious proposal for a compilation would look like this:

Disc I
1. Dream Theater (Regression)
2. Shadow Gallery (Vow)
3. Pain Of Salvation (Idioglossia)
4. Vanden Plas (Rainmaker)
5. Zero Hour (Metamorphosis)
6. Rush (YYZ)
7. Porcupine Tree (Gravity Eyelids)
8. Tool (Eulogy)
9. Dream Theater (Finally Free)

Disc II
Dream Theater (Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence)

Disc III
Pain Of Salvation (BE)

 

Forty Six and Two would be a better choice for a song off of Aenima


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Points: 16451 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2005 at 18:32
^ What bias
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Originally posted by Drew Drew wrote:

Are we going to do this compolation or not? haha

The compilation already exists, but it's a dvd (Dream Theater's live at Budokan).

My more serious proposal for a compilation would look like this:

Disc I
1. Dream Theater (Regression)
2. Shadow Gallery (Vow)
3. Pain Of Salvation (Idioglossia)
4. Vanden Plas (Rainmaker)
5. Zero Hour (Metamorphosis)
6. Rush (YYZ)
7. Porcupine Tree (Gravity Eyelids)
8. Tool (Eulogy)
9. Dream Theater (Finally Free)

Disc II
Dream Theater (Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence)

Disc III
Pain Of Salvation (BE)

 

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