reconsider prog metal band Elegy

I realize they have probably already been rejected but please reconsider prog metal band Elegy to be added for inclusion on this site mainly for their release "manifestations of fear" I was absolutely stunned to find they were not here on the site when I looked them up. Not my favorite band but really they should be here just to cement the claim that this is prog archives after all with some of the latest "iffy" inclusions its probably time to save face .    

Edited by Yorkie X - August 21 2008 at 20:20

Interesting ..  thanks Logan  

Hmmm, as long as Ian Parry has been accepted by the prog metal team (according to the progfreak charts), with his brand of melodic power metal, I am a bit curious as to why this band was rejected ;-)

From what I´ve heard of Elegy ( not my favorite band either, but I do own a couple of albums) there are plenty of reasons why they should be included in the progressive metal catagory. I was also confused when I learned that they were not here. When bands like Section A and Royal Hunt are considered progressive I see no reason why Elegy shouldn´t be a part of PA and not in the prog-related catagory. They should be added to progressive metal if you ask me.

fandango wrote: Windhawk wrote: Hmmm, as long as Ian Parry has been accepted by the prog metal team (according to the progfreak charts), with his brand of melodic power metal, I am a bit curious as to why this band was rejected ;-)   If I may cast my two penneth in here, I agree wholeheatedly with Windhawk on this one...I don't think you can really differentiate between Elegy & Ian Parry's Consortium in terms of progressiveness.. either they should both be included, both put in Prog Related, or both rejected....   My personal feeling is that while they may be a borderline case, I would be happier to see them in PM than Prog-Related, which can become a bit of a general receptical for borderline cases which no-one is sure what to do with, if we aren't careful...   right...I'll crawl back into my box now, and close the lid....

Very interesting thoughts, fandango and windhawk!

And the Ian Parry vote was unanimously in favour with three votes, whereas the Elegy one was unanimously against with two votes.  My first thought was maybe it's because the Elegy vote came quite a bit earlier.  Parameters often expand over time considering what's acceptable and what's not as more artists are included that share similarities to other artists.  Melodic power metal would not have been as acceptable, methinks, for team inclusion before certain additions -- additionally, parameters can expand/ change when new team members come and older ones go (different people have different ideas of Prog).  Now, I don't know the date when Elegy was rejected and Parry was accepted, but I had expected that the Elegy was rejected a fair time before before Parry was evaluated (though both were additions to the progfreak database quite some time ago, so I don't know).  That said, those initial assumptions aside, looking closely at the charts, TP, T, and UI accepted Parry, and TP and T rejected Elegy, so the same people (plus/minus one) evaluated both.  Be interesting to hear from the evaluators on the merits of both (both would have been evaluated on their own perceived merits, I expect).  Sometimes it also depends on what material the evaluators are working with.

^ Absolutely.