Rainbow and the creation of Dragon Rock.

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 Certif1ed wrote:

Combining Prog and Metal would be a good start.
And from the few Dream Theater and Opeth albums I've heard (the ones
that are reputed to be the masterpieces), there is precious little on
either that resembles Prog Rock.
In all honestly, I'm beginning think that "Prog Metal" is a
style - not something that's actually related to "Real" Prog Rock.
Can you honestly say that you hear such a common style between
Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Yes, ELP, Genesis, VDGG, Pink Floyd or any
of the other "Classic" bands?
Prog Rock emphatically isn't a style - it's really difficult to define (although I think I'm getting there...).

(thanks for the reccomendation by the way, I'll look into Heaven And Hell)

I don't think that prog. metal is like the classics at all, I think
it's more related to heavy metal bands who experiment heavily as the
classics did. Bands like Dream Theater and Opeth definetely aren't
conventional metal bands. They combine complex musicianship, odd time
signatures, and often some sort of classic dabblings into their music,
and the lyrical themes are often quite progressive compared to most
metal. They combine the complexity of fusion bands with the
experimentation of prog. rock with the thundering power of heavy metal
to create something very unlike regular metal bands.

As far as Rainbow is concerned, they combined the majesty of medieval
music, the complexity of classical music (Blackmore did, anyway) with
metal, which is more progressive than any metal band of their day, or a
while after their day for that matter.

Edited by Stargazer