Progressive Metal Appreciation - All Subgenres

There's way more heavy progressive rock than progressive metal that I like, and much more classic 70s "heavy metal" that I like than later metal, or metal metal.

This is a favourite heavy rockin' track of mine (did a poll using another track the other day):



It;s included in Psych, but could easily be described as Heavy Prog and of the Krautrock ilk.

Some of m favourite classic albums on the heavy side are (some are heavier than others and some are heavier in different ways):

Armaggedon - Armaggedon (1970)
Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You (1970)
Birth Control - Hoodoo Man (1972)
Black Widow - Sacrifice (1970)
Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum (1968)
Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond (1972)
Coven - Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls (1969)
Damnation of Adam Blessing - The Damnation of Adam Blessing (1969)
Gun - Gun (1968)
High Tide - Sea Shanties (1969)
Lucifer's Friend - Lucifer's Friend (1970)
Message - From Books and Dreams (1973)
Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come (1970)
Writing on the Wall - The Power of the Picts (1969)
Yesterday's Children - Yesterday's Children (1970)

Did a poll of those before.

As for PA's "progressive metal" genres, I tend to favour Post Metal.

Agalloch is a favourite of mine.

Kayo Dot is one I like with metal qualities (really diverse discography) and used to be included ian metal category here. I like bands such as Secret Chiefs 3, Hoyry-Kone Taal, and Alamaailman Vasarat that incorporate metal.

My favourite band included in the "Progressive Metal" category is Diablo Swing Orchestra.



Edited by Logan - September 24 2020 at 05:19

Cristi wrote: Frenetic Zetetic wrote: Cristi wrote: can we not complain anymore actually discuss, mention bands we listen and like and so on. Just saying...  Sure we can, it just keeps getting ignored. I made an entire thread for Pestilence Spheres that nobody cared about, lol . I don't think you are ignored, just that people either don't know or do not listen to progressive death metal.  I know Pestilence, although I haven't listened to them in a long time. Guitar work and rhythm section are great, the vocals not so much. If the vocals don't grate my ear I can listen to any kind of death metal.  There are a few bands but not that many.

^I'm a mild Evergrey fan and that was a good song.

Their DVD "A Night to Remember" is amazing. Not only good music and audio, but the extras are extensive and worth your time.

Edited by Grumpyprogfan - September 23 2020 at 15:29

FatherChristmas wrote: Catcher10 wrote: FatherChristmas wrote: I've only just realised Haken are heavy prog, opinions on the new album? I should have a review for it soon. Everything is "Heavy Prog" and "Crossover Prog", nothing is "All Prog"..........LOL I know what you mean  What I meant was is that I just realised this is a good place to discuss Haken.

FatherChristmas wrote: I've only just realised Haken are heavy prog, opinions on the new album? I should have a review for it soon.

Dellinger wrote: Catcher10 wrote: A lot of bands and the videos to me are prog metal lite, like reeeeeeally lite. I don't do any death metal so I guess prog metal sits between death metal and heavy prog/hard rock prog. Some of Redemption is about as hard as I get, Snowfall On Judgment Day is a great album. As far as DT goes, I listen to everything up to BC&SL, after that it really is boring music. Some of ADToE is very good but I suspect Portnoy had a lot of collab with Petrucci on those songs before MP exited stage left. Train Of Thought to me is the classic prog metal album, I love that album and doubt DT will record anything like it ever. It has all the excesses of prog and the metal drumming and guitar, Labrie actually sounds good on that one. I also love DT up tu Silver Clouds... though I don't really find much to rescue from ADToE. And my favourite album is indeed Train of Thought too. Usually they have songs that I like and some others that I find rather weak, but this one is mostly great. The only disc better, for me, than this one is disc one of Six Degrees, but unfortunatley that's a double one, and the second disc, the title suite, just doesn't do anything for me.

Freak Kitchen are superb but not prog enough for PA?

I really like Prog Metal. Perhaps my favourite sub-genre after 70's symphonic. And I do believe they reigned supreme in the 00's. However, it would seem that by this decade their time has already past. My favourites would be, I guess, the more common names: Dream Theater, Ayreon, Riverside, Pain of Salvation, Opeth, Devin Townsend. And if they are really considered Prog Metal (though not really for me), then also Nightwish, Epica, Therion, Rhapsody of Fire. About the growlings, I have never been much of a fan of them. The only artist that has made me enjoy them, in some songs, is Devin Townsend, anyone else, I might like the songs despite the growling (and then, usually I choos none growling songs).

Grumpyprogfan wrote: FatherChristmas wrote: I like Antidepressive Delivery, by the way, Grumpy Prog Fan. Cool. You like one of the five I posted. 20% is better than zero.     Pyramid Theorem, was good. I shall check them out.

^Great. Their bassist by the way, Christian Di Mambro is a member here, under the name of PT2112.

FatherChristmas wrote: I like Antidepressive Delivery, by the way, Grumpy Prog Fan.

Cool. You like one of the five I posted. 20% is better than zero.    

Pyramid Theorem, was good. I shall check them out.