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Cristi 
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Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Online Points: 44345 |
 Posted: September 03 2010 at 13:21 |
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Threshold is a great British prog metal band, don't know if it's been mentioned.
Circus Maximus
Andromeda
Dereck Sherinian/Planet X
Enchant
Guilt machine
the Quiet Room (their debut album especially, the second one not so much)
Eldritch (the albums before 2001 especially)
Sieges Even/Subsignal
Pagan's Mind
OSI
I'll be back...
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Epignosis
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Posted: September 03 2010 at 13:00 |
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Snow Dog
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 23 2005 Location: Caerdydd Status: Offline Points: 32995 |
Posted: September 03 2010 at 12:50 |
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I know ACT well and the reason they are not on my list is because I have never considered them Prog Metal. Just don't hear it myself.
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rogerthat
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Posted: September 03 2010 at 12:44 |
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ACT is called eclectic prog here but I put them down as prog metal and their album The Last Epic is truly epic. It doesn't have any epics, though.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: September 03 2010 at 12:05 |
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Ok......you guys have given me a lot to think about.
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Klogg
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Joined: April 10 2010 Location: Goiânia-Brazil Status: Offline Points: 682 |
Posted: September 03 2010 at 12:01 |
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Try Atheist. It's a very ecletic death metal band. Their last album Element is a link between Death-Symbolic, Jazz fusion and latin music.
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progmetalhead
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Joined: May 15 2007 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 2081 |
Posted: September 03 2010 at 10:09 |
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I would definitely concur!!
Have a look around my sig Ian. PM has such vast differences in soundscapes you may have to try a number before you find what you are looking for.
I could go on all day but taking into account who you have mentioned try these bands first:
Time's Forgotten
Heavens Cry
Cirrha Niva
Fragile Vastness
Dante
Haken
Myrath
Redemption
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Negoba
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Joined: July 24 2008 Location: Big Muddy Status: Offline Points: 5208 |
Posted: September 03 2010 at 09:50 |
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A few others Animals as Leaders - excellent djent influenced instrumental jazz metal
Exivious - instrumental album from the "other guys" on Cynic's new album - very good instrumental jazz metal
The Wolverine comment reminded me of Dark Suns - Grave Human Genuine. Kris Gildenlow plays on it, it's a little uneven but the high points are really good.
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You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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rushfan4
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Posted: September 03 2010 at 09:46 |
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How ironic!!!! I included Pravda on my list and when I go back to the main menu there is a brand new interview of the band by Torodd. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=70960&PID=3828469#3828469
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rushfan4
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Posted: September 03 2010 at 09:43 |
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Blurring the line between heavy prog and prog metal:
Heavy Prog bands:
Enchant
Tiles
Prog Metal bands:
Thought Chamber - singer from Enchant, with some excellent instrumental work. This one always seems to be my first prog metal recommendation. For some reason it just really wowed me when I first heard it.
Hourglass - Oblivion to the Obvious. An excellent double CD in my opinion. I believe that Steve (progmetalhead) would concur, although I have seen others who didn't like it.
Anubis Gate - pretty good prog power metal.
Darkwater - debut album was really good. New album coming shortly.
Mindkey - Journey of A Rough Diamond. Good prog metal from Italy. Have a similar sound to DT and Vanden Plas.
Savatage / Jon Oliva's Pain - Progressive power metal/progressive symphonic metal. Metal centered around the keyboards of Jon Oliva.
Pravda - some excellent mostly instrumental prog metal.
Wolverine - strangely enough, a band with death metal growls that really don't bother me all that much.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: September 03 2010 at 09:23 |
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Blending what with metal? I don't like these words so I don't think I'll bother.....maybe I'll listen to some samples.
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lucas
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Posted: September 03 2010 at 09:10 |
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just browse the tech/extreme metal section of PA, and you will find a lot of these bands. These are bands blending hardcore with metal.
You may be interested in jazzcore as well (John Zorn's projects Painkiller and Naked City)
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Snow Dog
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Posted: September 03 2010 at 08:22 |
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^ You are correct about Riverside and thanks for the rest.
I may try some Cynic then.
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Negoba
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Joined: July 24 2008 Location: Big Muddy Status: Offline Points: 5208 |
Posted: September 03 2010 at 08:15 |
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Cynic and Devin Townsend are musts. Both Cynic albums are phenomenal, though they are a bit different as some 15 years went by between them. For Devy, Ocean Machine, Terria, Synchestra are the usual starting points.
If you like Opeth, Edge of Sanity's Crimson is great. For gonzo avant-metal, Unexpect's In a Flesh Acquarium is an amazing piece of work.
To-Mera and Aghora, both female-fronted jazz-metal outfits are okay. They both have some really good moments and some well played but color by numbers metal.
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Indukti is a very cool band. I assume you have a little Riverside (they're both Polish and there is some cross-pollenation).
I really like the last Dead Soul Tribe album. Actually better than Psychotic Waltz which I understand is historically important, but doesn't do alot for me now. (Same Singer)
Missed a must have looking at your list:
Sieges Even: Navigating by the Stars If you like modern prog a la Flower Kings and Spock's Beard, this album is just amazing. The metal isn't really aggressive but the prog is strong with this one.
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You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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Snow Dog
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 23 2005 Location: Caerdydd Status: Offline Points: 32995 |
Posted: September 03 2010 at 08:14 |
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Green Carnation and Devin Townsend I know
 As I said...the obvious ones I know. And Devin is pretty well known.
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tamijo
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Joined: January 06 2009 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 4287 |
Posted: September 03 2010 at 08:11 |
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Green Carnation - The Quiet Offspring, solid - hard but not too hard
Devin Townsend - Ki, again on the borders of metal and other styles of Prog,
Cynic - Traced in Air, just such a great album, the kind that seems very hard when you get to it, but lightens up as time passes.
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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Snow Dog
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Posted: September 03 2010 at 08:09 |
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I have a few Opeth. Most of the obvious ones I know
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Snow Dog
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Posted: September 03 2010 at 08:08 |
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I don't even know what it is.
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lucas
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 06 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 8138 |
Posted: September 03 2010 at 07:56 |
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Loch Vostok
Seventh Wonder
A Piedi Nudi
If you like tech metalcore :
Dillinger Escape Plan
Born Under Saturn
Candiria
iwrestledabearonce
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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VanVanVan
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Posted: September 03 2010 at 07:52 |
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I see Opeth is not on your list... Blackwater Park is a really stellar example of tech/extreme PM. In that same vein I would recommend Between the Buried and Me's Colors, imo one of the best metal albums ever.
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