Favorite Prog Metal band, why

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

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

Aeternus wrote: Dream Theater. Why? Kiddin'?

Have yourself a clappie...



Not for your choice of band... for which you lost  a clappie.. but for using the  search function.

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

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

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.