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Petrovsk Mizinski View Drop Down

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Posted: May 09 2009 at 06:09

Sure thing, I'll grab that album.

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Posted: May 09 2009 at 06:09

Obscura is the only album you'd have to get. Really, the band's proginess rests on that one album.

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Posted: May 09 2009 at 06:06

Gorguts actually only needs one more yes vote to be put on the cleared list.

Gorguts

4 yes votes, 4 no votes and one undecided.
The band was put on the rejected list before Plankowner or I even joined the PMT anyway, so we never had the chance to vote on it the first time around.
Given how close the band are to being a yes, I'm going to get some of their albums to make my decision.
Hopefully my man Planky is going to lend his vote too.
I can't guarantee a vote soon, because our cleared list is still quite big. Hopefully in about a month, I can get a vote in.

Edited by Petrovsk Mizinski - May 09 2009 at 06:08

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Posted: May 09 2009 at 05:56

Petrovsk Mizinski wrote:

Visitor13 wrote:

Jake Kobrin wrote:

Gorguts - Obscura (one of the most complex and technical albums of all time... I truly don't understand how this isn't in PA already)

This is a perfect example why PA should be album-based instead of artist-based. As far as I understand Gorguts have not been included because the rest of their material is quite conventional death metal.

AFAIK PA already is album based instead of artist based. IIRC, the rules are if a band has one progressive album, they can get in on the site.

Then it's probably time to add Gorguts to the reevaluation list.

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Posted: May 09 2009 at 05:55

Now, if only we can objectively pin down what "progressive" is. Wink

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Posted: May 09 2009 at 05:42

Visitor13 wrote:

Jake Kobrin wrote:

Gorguts - Obscura (one of the most complex and technical albums of all time... I truly don't understand how this isn't in PA already)

AFAIK PA already is album based instead of artist based. IIRC, the rules are if a band has one progressive album, they can get in on the site.

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Posted: May 09 2009 at 04:53

Visitor13 wrote:

Jake Kobrin wrote:

Gorguts - Obscura (one of the most complex and technical albums of all time... I truly don't understand how this isn't in PA already)

Indeed, it should follow the same pattern as other major prog sites such as Babyblaue on which only Death albums as of Human were included and Ground and sky on which for example Joni Mitchell's album The hissing of summer lawns is featured.

Why Death is on this site and not Gorguts is something difficult to understand as both have non-prog and prog-related albums in their discography.

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Posted: May 09 2009 at 04:17

Jake Kobrin wrote:

Gorguts - Obscura (one of the most complex and technical albums of all time... I truly don't understand how this isn't in PA already)

Jake Kobrin View Drop Down

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Posted: May 09 2009 at 04:13

Hi,

Why are there several arguably progressive (or that have at least released one fully progressive albums in their discography) Tech/Extreme Metal acts that have been rejected from Prog-Related but yet rock bands with similar situations are accepted all the time. Some suggestions for Prog-Related would be:

Emperor - The prog album being Anthems for Welkin at Dusk
Strapping Young Lad - Alien
Gorguts - Obscura (one of the most complex and technical albums of all time... I truly don't understand how this isn't in PA already)

There are plenty of others but those three profoundly stick out. What are your thoughts?

Jake

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