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Kashmir75 
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 Topic: Are you prog only? Or do you like prog metal?
Posted: February 11 2010 at 20:38 |
I've noticed on this site that there seems to be a lot of proggers who only enjoy classic prog, like Yes, Crimson, Floyd, Genesis, Gentle Giant, etc. Anything with a touch of metal is looked upon with suspicion.
For me, and I'm sure many others, I discovered prog through listening to Dream Theater, Opeth, etc. These modern bands are a great gateway drug into the older stuff.
So, are you into straight up prog; prog/metal crossover, or both?
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progmatic
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Posted: February 11 2010 at 21:37 |
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I enjoy "straight-up prog", prog-folk, etc. Prog metal I enjoy provided it does NOT have death growls. Not fond of the cookie monster. But I like some Opeth, some Dream Theater, After Forever, Lacrimosa, Pain of Salvation -- anything with some feeling and melody, and again, no cookie monsters.
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Xanthous
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Posted: February 11 2010 at 21:50 |
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Haven't really gotten into prog metal... or metal at all. I like Tool and Primus, but I usually just can't stand metal. I enjoy pretty much every other genre on this sight except for prog-metal. I'm going to try to get more open to it, but it just hasn't clicked with me so far.
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thellama73
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Posted: February 11 2010 at 22:13 |
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I love classic prog, and I love a lot of straight ahead metal, but prog metal is, to my ears, mostly self indulgent nonsense devoid of originality or strong compositions. Opeth is okay, and I like Mastodon a lot, but bands like Dream Theater and Shadow Gallery do nothing for me.
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MrEdifus
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Posted: February 11 2010 at 22:13 |
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I like prog-metal. And non-metal prog. And non-prog metal.
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Progosopher
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Posted: February 11 2010 at 22:15 |
I'm not real big on prog metal, so I guess you could call me a 'straight up' kinda guy. I do listen to some of the genre, however, such as Dream Theater and Rush. Symphonic Prog and Prog-Folk are my mainstays.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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WalterDigsTunes
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Posted: February 11 2010 at 22:39 |
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I have two prog metal albums by bands that have been active since the 80s (Queensryche and DT), but I just can't stand the cliches and samey sounding modern gloss of this genre. I'll take prog from 70s and the 80s over the claptrap being issues these days. As for metal... its all been done before and since cookie monster vocals seem to be the biggest innovation of the past 20 years I count myself out of this goofy game.
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Posted: February 11 2010 at 22:43 |
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Walter, I assume that you do like a little song called 21st Century Schizoid Man though, eh?
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Dellinger
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Posted: February 11 2010 at 22:55 |
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I got into prog via Pink Floyd, but even before that I liked some metal, which has grown on me too. When I found about DT and prog-metal, well it was real cool to have them both mixed... and as a matter of fact, metal seems a rather natural evolution of prog.
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CryoftheCarrots
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Posted: February 11 2010 at 23:25 |
No boundaries in my tastes.If it sounds good I'll listen. 
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kawkaw123
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Posted: February 11 2010 at 23:55 |
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I started out listening to prog when I was a little kid because my dad listened to some prog bands like Jethro Tull and Yes, but at the time I didn't know what prog even was I just thought it was good music. I really didn't discover what progressive music was until my guitar teacher made me listen to Dream Theater and from that point on I liked prog rock/metal. Its kinda a curse really.
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Tarquin Underspoon
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Posted: February 11 2010 at 23:59 |
I listen to it all. The more the merrier. Unless it sucks. 
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b_olariu
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 01:08 |
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I like both, prog and prog metal equaly.
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zbida
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 02:14 |
I must say that prog metal rather doesn't especially affect me. First I love the great 70's oldschool prog era, second - its 80's neo-continuation. I respect 'modern' prog sound too - especially symphonic.
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LinusW
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 02:21 |
Used to be a big metal fan, not knowing or caring that a lot of what I listened to was labelled prog metal. Not so much these days, when I prefer classic metal and some selected power/speed metal and thrash metal bands for my dose of the harder stuff.
However, good prog-rock is so much more than classic prog and good prog is so much more than prog-ROCK. And good music is so much more than good prog 
Edited by LinusW - February 12 2010 at 02:23
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 02:40 |
I may like some progressive or post-metal as long as it is kept clean of death-metal growls. Tech/Extreme Prog Metal is, generally spoken, not my cup of tea.
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Camel666
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 03:18 |
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I was raised a metalhead, so I obviously enjoy a lot prog-metal. Actually, I listen to a lot of different things, even though progressive rock and prog-metal amount to 70-80% of it.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 03:37 |
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Classic prog + a bit of Dream Theater.
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bsms810
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 03:39 |
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I was also raised a metalhead, then from that got more and more into progmetal, thinking that was the best thing ever created, then found this site, and discovered all manner of older gems that werent metal in the slightest. So i love both 'classic prog' and prog metal. However I agree that some prog metal is a bit self indulgent for me, like DT
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 03:41 |
 WalterDigsTunes wrote:
.... I just can't stand the cliches and samey sounding modern gloss of this genre. ........ As for metal... its all been done before and since cookie monster vocals seem to be the biggest innovation of the past 20 years I count myself out of this goofy game.
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 As for 21st Century Schizoid Man, it has NOT the cliches metal has. And yes, there are lots of great music outside of classic prog.
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