Prog Metal you don´t get - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I can listen to Tool and I admit they are a good band but I just can't get into them. Just can't stand their style....

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I like all of 'em, except for Symphony X and Riverside, which I haven't heard.

I absolutely don't get Fates Warning and Threshold. Nothing special, just plain heavy metal with a bit of prog influence.

Weasels ripped my flesh

"Don't get?"

Perhaps as far as opinions go, it would make more sense to say that people who like the groups I dislike don't get them? Anyway, I refuse to admit that any of the groups in the poll deserve to be used as a measuring stick for other good progmetal groups.

-- Ivan

Edited by ivansfr0st - May 01 2006 at 15:10

I dont like Symphony x...but I voted Riverside, as I think I can like it...but I cant seem to get into it...

"You want me to play what, Robert?"

Never really saw the big deal with Queensryche.

I enjoy all the others except Pain of Salvation - I still haven't listened to anything by them so I can't comment one way or the other.

Edited by NaturalScience - May 01 2006 at 15:43

The only band on that list I DO get is Tool.

The rest all fall under a similar style, Tool is completely different. Tool probably shouldn't be thrown in with those bands anyway, its hard to say whether they are really prog or metal at all.

As far as bands in the archives go I like tons listed as prog metal, but none of the ones that actually are prog metal...

int_2375 wrote:

sleeper wrote:

I get 'em all, its Opeth that I'm currently haveing trouble with on acount of the vocals.

See, they aren't prog metal either. Probably the best description is Melodic Death Metal, or Gothenburg Sound.

Opeth are not Death Metal - they are only associated with that style because of the vocals.

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The only Melodeath albums Opeth released were the first two. The rest is Progmetal, well, besides Damnation.

-- Ivan

I don't own any Symphony X, but from what I've heard thus far... the musicianship is impressive, but it doesn't seem overly passionate or emotionally moving to my ears.

I also don't own any Riverside yet, but what I've heard, I liked.

Same with Pain of Salvation... I already really like the title track on Remedy Lane, have listened to it repeatedly. It's definitely high on the list of purchase priorities for me.

Dream Theater, I still appreciate them... but I think I'm finally growing weary of them.

Tool is absolutely phenomenal. I find their music extremely cathartic, and their conceptual depth astounds me. Can't wait for my copy of 10,000 Days to arrive (In the mail now!)

Queensryche was groundbreaking "back in the day". Rage for Order and Operation: Mindcrime were absolutely ahead of their time. Those albums are definitely Prog Metal to my ears. These days... I'm afraid they've lost their magic. I'm giving Mindcrime II a chance, though (it's coming in the same package as 10,000 Days).

I just realized I hadn't voted! LOL

I went with Symphony X, although that may change once I actually put some time into it...

Edited by Empathy - May 05 2006 at 09:59

Pure Brilliance:

What if I get them but don't like them?

Poll Question: I just can´t get into...
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Symphony X	9	[10.00%]
Tool	22	[24.44%]
Dream Theater	10	[11.11%]
Pain of Salvation	6	[6.67%]
Queensryche	10	[11.11%]
Riverside	4	[4.44%]
I´m into them all of these	17	[18.89%]
I´m not into any of these	12	[13.33%]
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