Is there still groundbreaking prog these days?

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   There is plenty of groundbreaking music these days. I don't know quite when "before" is, but we'll say from the late, late 20th century: The Mars Volta, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sigur Ros, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Isis, Therion...to name a few.

Edited by Moatilliatta - April 20 2007 at 16:10

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Moatilliatta Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: December 01 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3083	Posted: April 20 2007 at 16:06
	There is plenty of groundbreaking music these days. I don't know quite when "before" is, but we'll say from the late, late 20th century: The Mars Volta, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sigur Ros, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Isis, Therion...to name a few. Edited by Moatilliatta - April 20 2007 at 16:10

erik neuteboom Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659	Posted: April 20 2007 at 15:52
	There are lots of prog bands with original ideas, very inventive and adventurous but in my opinion most progheads are focussed on the known bands so it's hard for those bands to survive. A few names of lesser and unknown prog rock bands I would like to recommend (see my reviews): Gosta Berlings Saga/Szkitia/Karfagen/GOAD/Lost World/Infront/Seven Reizh/William Gray/Nemo/Deluge Grander/Yesterdays/Ex-Vagus/Ashada/Kotobel/Rain/Angulart/Roz Vitalis/Supay/Riverside...

clarke2001 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 14 2006 Location: Croatia Status: Offline Points: 4160	Posted: April 20 2007 at 15:38
	There is still enough space to merge rock subgenres that are not merged already. There are some more-or-less groundbreaking names nowadays, but they are not necessary in the prog realm. And the term "groundbreaking" is really difficult to pin down, really. Sometimes, while listening to The Mars Volta I think of them as of true inovators. In the next moment, I realise there's nothing new under the sun - just a pile of different subgenres/ideas that are making an unique, homogenic texture.
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fuxi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: March 08 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2463	Posted: April 20 2007 at 15:27
	The Japanese prog band KENSO sound quite original to me. Especially their album FABULIS MIRABILIBUS. I don't think you could call their music genuinely groundbreaking, since they place themselves in the same tradition as Brand X and (ONE OF KIND-era) Bruford. But if you accept that they operate within an existing genre, you'll find they are doing amazing things. Each melody, each solo is inspired and full of surprises. In my opinion Kenso are far more adventurous than the Tangent, Wobbler or other 'retro' bands...

Witchwoodhermit Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 23 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 871	Posted: April 20 2007 at 15:12
	I think rock music has been basically repeating itself over and again for the past twenty years or more. Not that there are not any good bands out there, just nothing particulary groundbreaking. Edited by Witchwoodhermit - April 20 2007 at 15:13
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unclemeat69 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 14 2007 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 362	Posted: April 20 2007 at 14:56
	I've been thinking lately: back in the old days (late 60's early 70's) there was so much music around that was truly groundbreaking, new and without precedent (Hendrix, Beatles, Zappa, KC, Magma, Yes, Miles Davis going electric etc). with the second 'wave'of prog late 70's it became (at least to my ears) more of a follow-up ("let's do some of whatever those guys did a couple years ago") rather than experimental truly progressive (as in giant leaps forward or progress), and now I can't really think of anything remotely groundbreaking, adventurous and exploring truly unchartered territory. The only band that comes to my mind is Meshuggah. Sure they're heavy and noisy, however their main focus lies not in the heaviness but rather in rhythm and groove, using hard-to-figure-out time signatures, strange sogstructures. As usual, the band is criticised by people who don't really seem to understand or feel the music (Of course, I could be wrong here). Does anyone here know any other bands that are truly innovative, doing stuff that has never been done before?
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