Teramaze

That upload includes the two 56-minute albums 'Eli: A Wonderful Fall From Grace' and 'Her Halo', followed by the 25-minute track 'Sorella Minore'.

Whether this band is Prog Metal or not, that's one Hell of an impressive slab of music right there - and this is coming from someone who doesn't normally consider himself to be a 'metalhead', prog or otherwise.

(Riverside used to be a favourite of mine, today I'm more into bands like Distorted Harmony, Haken and the like)

I have never heard a single song from Teramaze, and had always assumed they were just a power metal band. Appearing at ProgPower would never dispel that notion, as the festival is named because it brings together bands from the prog and power metal bands. Some of the bands are one, some are the other, and there are some bands who have a foot in both camps.

But there is no doubt that there is a broader view of what constitutes prog metal outside PA, hence why I suggested that, in my opinion, PA is not the best place to look for prog metal specifically. That was not a criticism of PA. I don’t have a problem with the boundaries it has drawn, or with any of the bands it has rejected. It’s not often I can’t see why a band is not accepted into PA, when that occurs. Conversely, I can sometimes understand why others do not see this, as they are aware of the band’s prog metal cred outside PA.

I think PA is probably still the best place to find about prog bands, in general, but when it comes to specifics like prog metal, then it’s not so great. I definitely know and listen to far more bands that I would call prog metal, and which are generally considered to be prog metal outside PA - but are not present here. And often, it’s not because they haven’t been suggested, but because they have not been accepted.

If someone is particularly into prog metal, PA is definitely not the best place to look, in my opinion. There’s plenty here - but there’s even more that’s not. (And while you could argue that is the same for all genres on PA, I think some are more “exclusive” than others.)

But, as Cristi says, if anyone is looking, you can always post in the forum and there will always be people who can recommend bands that fit the bill, even if they don’t fit PA. 🤗

It's also not the first time it's been rejected. It was rejected before with a different PM team.

I really hope VOLA will be reconsidered, seems Applause of a Distant Crowd wasn't part of the evaluation last time.

At least crossover or something...

I actually agree, although I dislike the argument, if X is this then so is Y . 

I think based on the bands last two albums, they deserve a re-evaluation. If they get rejected again, so be it.