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blazno

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Posted: June 02 2007 at 11:24

Enslaved - Ruun, Isa
Death - everything from Human to ITP
Opeth - everything
Atheist - both
DT - Awake,6 degrees, Scenes, Images &words
Savatage - Streets, Dead Winter Dead, Poets&Madmen, Edge of Thorns, The Wake oh Magellan

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Posted: June 02 2007 at 12:33

They have been mentioned but I will mention them again incase you miss it.

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Posted: June 02 2007 at 15:34

1) Cynic - Mixing jazz, death metal, some middle eastern influences and a whole sh*t ton of virtuosity, Cynic were far and away the ultimate statement prog metal has ever made.

2) Death - The founders of death metal, Death started off as a pretty simple band with some pretty killer riffs. Chuck worked on his playing constantly and as he improved, he used a revolving door line up to keep up with his new skills. By the end of Death's 7 album run, they were playing a very technical brand of prog death metal, and tearing new assholes for chumps and chumpettes everywhere.

3) !T.O.O.H! - The czech are f**king insane. There is no way to describe this music other than bizarre, so I won't even try. Pick up Order and Punishment to hear the most inventive and progressive metal this side of 1994. NOW.

4) Isis
5) Mastodon
6) Opeth
7) Sikth
8) Demilich
9) B...TA
10) Atheist

No real order aside from 1-3.

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Posted: June 02 2007 at 16:51

I really need to look up more of these bands I hear so much about and think they sound amazing but never look. Anyway a list because I'm like that;
OPETH
Death
Isis
Intronaut
Gojira
Meshuggah

and I really doubt this counts for both progressive and metal but being wide ranging
Rolo Tomassi
cos they are amazing

Edited by rawk - June 02 2007 at 16:52

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Posted: June 02 2007 at 17:07

My favorite present bands are:

- Porcupine Tree
- Dream Theater
- NeBelNeST
- Devin Townsend
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
- Neurosis
- The Mars Volta
- Tool
- Opeth

And clasic bands:
- King Crimson
- Henry Cow
- Frank Zappa
- The Lounge Lizards
- Yes
- Genesis
- Area
- Soft Machine

Why? Because they make me fly

Edited by 69xxx - June 02 2007 at 17:09

Paleviper

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Posted: June 02 2007 at 17:55

Prog Metal is something that I am slowly getting into. I like bands like Tool and Opeth a lot and also Green Carnation, Katatonia, Pain of Salvation but any recommendations would be appreciated

Edited by Paleviper - June 02 2007 at 17:55

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Posted: June 02 2007 at 22:31

I'm pleased at the diversity of bands being mentioned in this thread. Smile

That being said, a couple of bands I don't think anybody's mentioned who I would place in the absolute upper tier of the prog-metal world are Maudlin of the Well and Hammers of Misfortune. The former are as perplexing as they are brilliant and encorperate all kinds of styles into their music, the latter quite simply kick ass.

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Posted: June 02 2007 at 22:58

Well, I never realised porc tree was a metal band? I have foabp and besides a couple heavier riffs I would never consider them metal.

I listened to some of our samples to pain of salvation, and I must say it sound quite bad? Whats that all about?

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Posted: June 06 2007 at 18:26

With regards to Porcupine Tree 'In Absentia' and especially 'Deadwing' are probably heavier but I dont think I would consider them a prog metal band.

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Posted: June 06 2007 at 18:39

Dream Theater. They are creators... really

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Posted: June 06 2007 at 19:09

I don't think anybody mentioned To-Mera yet. They're an absolutely great, new band from England, mixing polyrhythmic metal with haunting female vocals.

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Posted: June 06 2007 at 22:50

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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Posted: June 06 2007 at 23:23

I've listened to one mastadon song, and it was way to ugly for me!^

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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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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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Posted: June 07 2007 at 10:44

Is "crap" really the right word to use in this context?

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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 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.

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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