Prog Metal: Organizing the categories

In my opinion there should be a seperate category for technical metal. Bands like Spiral Architect, cynic, atheist, and meshuggah should be placed in there. But it is easier the way it is.


i will exhaust my opinions on genres in prog metal:

prog metal :

the classic stuff. Dream theater, Pain of salvation, IQuuensryche, Fates Warning, Iron Maiden. Many genre influences but firmly rooted in metal primarily of the 1980s wave of Brititsh Metal.

progressive power metal:

Bands like Kamelot, Pyramaze, Blind Guardian, and Rhapsody of fire. Hugely influenced by Iron Maiden, Queensryche, or Fates Warning. Big emphasis in either folk or classical music, paired with power metal.

prog death metal:

Opeth, Death, Quo Vadis, Suffocation, and Nile are big bands in the genre. Brutal, yet melodic at times with an emphasis on Speed and solo work. Technical , but not exactly extreme.

prog thrash metal

Martyr, Believer, Mekong Delta, Watchtower, Pestilence are names in the genre. Thrash metal with a different approach that focuses on clever songwriting and melodic guitar work rather than just all out speed.

avant garde metal

Canvas Solaris, Unexpect, Behold the Arctopus, Kayo Dot, and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum are all unique bands that push the limits of metal as well as prog. Not recommended for first time listeners of either genre.

technical metal ( in all its forms)

Twisted into Form, Atheist, Cynic, Meshuggah, Spiral Architect, Gojira and others are bands that play outlandish metal yet still keep some sense of either melody or atmosphere (or both) in their music.



Edited by Yontar - October 18 2007 at 19:41

sleeper wrote: Wouldnt it be split like it was sugested in the other thread about Post/Sludge metal?

Exactly. We'll let you know as soon as we're certain what exactly will be done, and when.

Wouldnt it be split like it was sugested in the other thread about Post/Sludge metal?

^ creating new genres is primarily a decision made by the site owners.

^ I wish I knew ... we'll have to wait and see. Keep your fingers crossed!

First time since this discussion (the recent one) started that all three prog-metal team members have spoken in a row... 

^ granted, but this thread was the first one.

schizoid_man77 wrote: Tony R wrote: start at page uno schizo man..    I read it, but I still am not sure what the overall point of the thread is. Excuse me for my dumbness.

The thread is about how the current category of prog metal could be divided into smaller sections.

1800iareyay wrote: TheProgtologist wrote: Lucent wrote: Dream Theater, Dream Theater clones Any other suggestions?   Yes,make a thread in the Recommendation section instead of hijacking this one. Yes, but then we'd have a useless thread based on a topic of which there is already a large number, all created by folks like this who think their DT hate is somehow original and witty.

1. The topic was about "prog metal subcategories."  Really, it doesn't need to be divided down any further.

2. This was a form of sarcasm in order to show that a lot of people are not making their original mark in prog metal anymore (Darkwater, Heart of Sun)

3. I have NO hate towards Dream Theater.  I love them.

4. Thread hijacking is not the appropriate term as much as humoring things up.