Best Neo-symphonic Band

Where's Änglagård?

Out of those, The Tangent.

dagrush wrote: Where's Änglagård? Out of those, The Tangent.

D'oh! I knew I forgot one. I was thinking sort of in the past five years for this poll, however Anglagard ranks as one of my favorite prog bands of the past 20 yrs.

Transatlantic. Definitely. With only two albums (and maybe only EVER two albums), they have made quite an impact on the progressive community, and even non-prog fans, I'm sure. The group, whose whole is far greater than the sum of it's parts, is an amazing collection of ideas, thoughts and musical compositions.

The Flower Kings follows VERY closely behind in second. The band's epics and beautifully constructed melodies and themes really speak volumes about the band as a whole. Even though they've had almost a different line-up for nearly every album, their changing sound really makes it their own. Even though some say their immediately noticable influences from Yes and Genesis detracts from their originality, I say it adds more to it. They take what they know and love, and add themselves to it, making it something completely new, which is what the prog band of the 70's did - take their existing influence (jazz, blues, metal, rock) and make it something new and amazing.

Spock's Beard would be third for me, and to make this short, Neal has really been a strong driving force in the modern prog-band community, doing his own solo Christian-prog projects with Portnoy, as well as Transatlantic. But even without Neal Morse, SB still plays on, and quite well. I cannot wait until their new album in the coming months!

-Marc.

I gonna go with The Tangent, their latest album A Place in the Queue is fantastic. Wobbler is second but since they have only released one album I don't have much to go on.