20+ Minute Prog Epics - Progressive Rock Music Forum

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JCDenton wrote:

That's what much of my time on here is for: searching for a new epic. Doesn't even have to be 20 minutes long. Just needs transitions, dynamic, and complexity (and preferably, to be longer than 10 or 12 minutes). Here are my favorite songs to give an idea of what I'm generally looking for:

1. "Supper's Ready" Genesis

2. "Thick as a Brick" Jethro Tull

3. "Duel with the Devil" Transatlantic

4. "Tarkus" Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

5. "The Gates of Delirium" Yes

6. "Stardust We Are" IQ

7. "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" Van der Graaf Generator

8. "Octavarium" Dream Theater

9. "Ommadawn" Mike Oldfield

10. "Al of the Above" Transatlantic

My latest findings that are AWESOME and will also help give an idea of what I might be looking for: "Mei" by Echolyn, "Milliontown" by Frost*, "Visions" by Haken, "The Province" by IQ, "Pulsar" by Cast, "Zarathustra" by Museo Rosenbach. The list goes on. If you've a total epic that you want others to hear or just want to declare your admiration for, then voice it!! Big smile

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

That is my favorite part on the whole idea of this genre. Anyway, another epic could be the whole Tales from Topographic Oceans album by Yes because all the songs on it are NOTHING but 20 minute epics.

Edited by Michael678 - July 12 2013 at 15:07

Mandalaband - Om Mani Padme Hum, from their eponymous 1st album, one that gets overlooked a lot around here and deserves far more recognition than it gets.

Symphony X--The Odyssey. Man that's a good one!!

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That album overall is a masterpiece - every song. My favorite by far is Canto IV. Really grabs me in many ways.

Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.

Horizons wrote:

That album overall is a masterpiece - every song. My favorite by far is Canto IV. Really grabs me in many ways.

Such a strong start to an album too! Even though they're all masterpieces on a basically flawless album, my favorite has to be Crutches. Lyrically, it's so powerful, and the music is so evocative I can't help but feel like I've been through an emotional marathon every time I hear it. Like the others, it only gets better with each listen too.

Edited by Neo-Romantic - July 12 2013 at 23:43

Let me repeat:

Tuzvihar wrote:

Krywaniu, Krywaniu Krywan, Krywan, 1972

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"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."

Charles Bukowski

Rush - Cygnus X-1, Book II: Hemispheres
Yes - The Revealing Science of God
Pink Floyd - Dogs

Edited by lerxt - July 13 2013 at 18:05

An obvious one...

A change of Seasons--Dream Theatet

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