Prog Metal: Organizing the categories

Yes, I have been making big changes ... I should have announced them first.

Here's what I did:

• The "Epic" bands (The Gathering, Devin Townsend, etc) weren't getting along with the Experimental bands. At the same time I started thinking about the Metal-Fusion bands which are currently filed under Jazz-Fusion.
• These Epic bands are similar to the Gothic/Doom bands (e.g. Dead Soul Tribe), so I decided to move Gothic/Doom/Epic to their own genre.
• I merged the Orchestral bands (e.g. Therion) to Power, which becomes its own genre (so it is also no longer named "Heavy", but "Power").
• Gothic/Doom/Epic was named just "Epic", as this is the common property of all those bands.
• I added "Fusion" to the experimental genre. Metal-Fusion bands are quite similar to the experimental bands which are already in that category.

King of Loss wrote: ^ I like the Epic/Doom/Gothic inclusion, but sometimes some Epic bands aren't Doom/Gothic and sometimes some Doom/Gothic Prog Metal bands aren't Epic at al..

Can you give me an example? It's obvious that some Epic bands aren't Gothic or Doom. The genre is meant for bands which are Gothic or Doom or Epic ...

^ I don't know the bands, Kohllapse ... I can't just have a brief look at their websites and decide whether they're prog or not. Please be more patient ... we don't have to add all possible bands today.

Edit: I'm also going to bed ... let's continue this tomorrow. Please remember (all of you) that this is a work in progress, and there is no need for urgency. Just relax, sleep over it ... and tomorrow we can think about Fusion, Doom vs. Epic and where Tool fits in - that's one question that I'm still unsure of.

"Bands in GRAY have not been accepted by the archives. They might be prog ... but their status has not yet been determined.. "

 Could you make them BLUE instread of gray it makes them easier to distinguish.

I have made some major changes:

• The color marking for non-prog bands is gone. Bands that are not in the archives are printed in ITALICS, and the fact that a band appears in the list doesn't mean anything - it may be prog related, non-prog, subject to addition to the archives or not - please don't take offense if you think that the band is not prog, or if you think that they're prog but printed in italics ... RELAX, CHILL, TAKE A PILL.
• Many people have complained about Neo bands being Symphonic or vice versa. I created a mixed genre Neo/Symphonic for these borderline cases. By moving the bands which are difficult to tax out of the Neo or Symphonic categories, hopefully the remaining bands will show more clearly where the difference is between these genres. Please tell me about any band which you think is borderline between Neo and Symphonic.
• I expanded Power, Epic and Experimental - there are now sub genres, which are only used to make it more obvious why a band is listed in a genre. Please report any errors (Gothic band listed as Doom etc.).

Progzilla wrote: I've been listening to bands in the experimental/avant-garde section. I feel Orphaned Land and Pan-thy-monium stick out a bit, as the major part of their production is black metal. The extreme category could be a better place, as the rest of (post) black metal bands are currently there.

I'm planning to divide the Extreme genre also ... in Death/Thrash/Black sections. Please comment on what to put where ...