Prog Metal: Suggest new additions

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Radioactive Toy wrote: nimrodel wrote: sonata arctica, katatonia, amorphis, cult of luna and iced earth aint prog...  maybe they'll ever listen.. add nile to that list too by the way! Although I don't make these decisions on my own, I think that it is safe to say that we will most likely NOT add Nile, Amorphis or Iced Earth. Katatonia have been added as Prog Related, and Sonata Arctica ... well, I can imagine them in Prog Related, but I don't think that we will add them.

I like Nile,Amorphis and Iced Earth alot but they are absolutely NOT prog.

captainbeyond wrote: I see that Cynic, Watchtower, Dillinger Escape Plan are all already in the archive. Along similar lines (although more modern and intense), perhaps you should include bands such as PsyOpus, Gorod and Deadsea, all of whom play not only highly technical death/grind-related music, but also music that is highly "prog" i.e. crazy time signatures, song structures, etc.

Much as I like tech death and much as I haven't heard those three bands, I think we have to be careful here as there are a lot of bands that fit under that stylistic boundary but remain without (so far as I can see) any prog elements - Cryptopsy, Origin, Wormed, Necrophagist... Gorguts are a bit closer I think, but I haven't listened to them all that much. I'll give a listen to these chaps you mention and see if I like, anyway

I don't know what progressive power metal is but after hearing that title it
made me think of "Avenged Sevenfold." I'm actually not sure if they're are
Progressive power metal but they very well could be (on their new album.)
Their new album is a concept album that's very interesting I like it a lot. The
two song clips they have on their site are not that good of examples are
their progressiveness. I would recommend "the Wicked End" or "Sidewinder",
two of my favorite tracks from the album.

Now I don't want anyone to think I'm just trying to include one of my favorite
bands. There just a really good band for their genre IMO.

I know you guys already mentioned it, but Blind Guardian should be here in at least prog related. They have concept albums, epic songs, and a few crazy time signatures. It's starting to show in their 2 newest albums. All the ones before those weren't really prog, but were close.

Listen to the track And Then There Was Silence.

Prog/Power Metal. (Orchestral/Neoclassical)


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I see that Cynic, Watchtower, Dillinger Escape Plan are all already in the archive. Along similar lines (although more modern and intense), perhaps you should include bands such as PsyOpus, Gorod and Deadsea, all of whom play not only highly technical death/grind-related music, but also music that is highly "prog" i.e. crazy time signatures, song structures, etc. Some might be turned off by the growly vocals but if we're going to consider Nile, these bands are (to my ears) more "prog." If you want blazingly mind-blowing technicality in your "extreme metal," I don't think any band tops Cryptopsy.

On a slightly different vibe, perhaps you should consider Don Caballero. Fascinating band that has gone through several iterations. They started as a complex, instrumental hard-core band and evolved into a "post-rock prog band" defined by very tricky, intertwining guitar lines (think early 80s Crimson) and fantastic drumming somewhere in between prog, hard rock and free jazz.

 

There are plenty more, but maybe start with these for consideration.

nimrodel wrote: sonata arctica, katatonia, amorphis, cult of luna and iced earth aint prog...

 maybe they'll ever listen..

add nile to that list too by the way!

Vanwarp wrote: aapatsos wrote: Ok, so Stratovarius is a power metal band definitely. They have no prog elements at all... I beg to differ.  Obviously, you haven't listened to the following tracks:  "Destiny" (10m16s), "Visions Southern Cross" (10m20s), "Infinity" (9m21s), "Fantasia" (9m56s), "Papillon" (7m01s), "Elements" (12m01s)... Having said that, they would definitely fall under prog related as only one or two songs per album are progressively influenced...with the exception of the album Elements Part 1 which is very progressive in nature.

Yay!!!!!!!, I love Infinite!!!!!

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Ah well i was just amazed that some bands where missing while those bands where included on the list...

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Lindsay Lohan wrote: MikeEnRegalia wrote: Lindsay Lohan wrote: Tsk tsk...Sonata artica, nightwish, iced earth, mastadon..tsk tsk..what about bringing out the band that is the origin for all this music who said that we will add Sonata Arctica or Iced Earth? They where proposed and they are on your list of POSSIBLE additons! I just wanted to point out that you where better off starting from the BEGINNING.. Well, I'll look for a better word than "possible" then ...

Why bother including them if you yourself do not belivie they should be included?

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Lindsay Lohan wrote: Tsk tsk...Sonata artica, nightwish, iced earth, mastadon..tsk tsk..what about bringing out the band that is the origin for all this music who said that we will add Sonata Arctica or Iced Earth?

They where proposed and they are on your list of POSSIBLE additons! I just wanted to point out that you where better off starting from the BEGINNING..