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    Posted: January 02 2007 at 17:34
Post Heavy Prog bands that aren't metal or directly related to metal, like being on the hard rock/heavy metal border, my list may help you see my definition of heavy

Amon Duul II - first three albums are very heavy, and Eye Shaking King might as well be the heaviest song ever written

Mahavishnu Orchestra - goddamn they were heavy

Guru Guru - possibly the dirtiest music ever made (that is still very listenable)

King Crimson - generally a heavy atmosphere to their music but the always managed to knock you to the floor at least once on an album

Magma - very weird, very dark, very heavy

some honorable mentions

ELP, Nektar, Univers Zero , German Oak, Lard Free, Ash Ra Tempel


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2007 at 17:41
Rush

While I dont feel they are prog but since they are on this website Led Zepplin

Porcupine Tree
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2007 at 17:46
Present and Shub-Niggurath are heavy and doomy, a lot like Univers Zero.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2007 at 17:58
Many modern KC-inspired bands: Anglagard, Anekdoten, Landberk, Liquid Scarlet, etc.

Zeuhl seems to be pretty heavy overall.  In addition to Magma, Dun have some heavy moments, and Ruins seem more like avant punk than anything else. Tongue  A lot of Avant/RIO stuff in general is, such as Taal's Skymind and Henry Cow.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2007 at 18:18
Try White Willows album, Storm Season. The second guitar player is riffing and sounds like a metal player but overall the music isnt metal at all.
Wobbler can get a bit heavy, especially in Rubatto Industry and Clair Obscur
Tiles are very similar to Rush so they're an obvious choice.
Strangefish are heavy but can sound very upbeat.
Proto-Kaw are another obvious group due to their relationship with Kansas





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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2007 at 18:24
Explosions In The Sky are surprisingly heavy and loud, especially in concert. "Greet Death" is by far their most intense song.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2007 at 18:31
Some modern ones: Taal, Nemo, Muse (not Prog, but on this site as Prog related...), Pure Reason Revolution (they have a couple of pretty heavy moments) and of course modern KC. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2007 at 21:25
Night Sun's only album mournin is very heavy,a bit like sabbath with organ, Atomic Rooster's death walks behind you, Il Balleto Di Bronzo's YS is very dark and heavy, the guitars have that hendrix influence, Comus' First Utterance has some heavy moments, and Blackwater Park's dirtbox
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2007 at 21:34
Hey aaron i'm glad to hear that AMON DUUL II and GURU GURU are heavy because i had them both on my list to order,and i love heavy.How about AZIOLA CRY,TOOL and KING CRIMSON's ba#%$rd child!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2007 at 22:02
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum are very heavy, without being metal...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2007 at 22:16
Aside from the ones mentioned here are some names from the top of my head:

Bigelf
Guapo
Eskaton
Island
Hoyry Kone
Out of Focus
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2007 at 02:53
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2007 at 04:57
I love heavy prog bands which are NOT Prog metal.I like some Prog metal,but no the most(and I say ABSOLUTELY NO to Power-Prog metal,sorry).This is always a surprise to find that Prog band ROCKS! While Porcupine Tree or PRR have their guitars tuned in D,they are not Metal...anyway,they are pretty ROCKY...
Same goes to Scandinavian Prog - even guitarless parts in ANEKDOTEN music are heavy due to Jan Erik's wonderful roaring bass! Listen to Russian LITTLE TRAGEDIES - they are growing heavier and heavier!!! I always loved this ROCKY side more then simply METAL one.Listen to "Get'em Out By Friday" - it ROCKS and it needs no low-tuned guitars or two bass-drum drumkits...and it's beautiful!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2007 at 11:48
Sieges Even's albums A Sense Of Change and The Art Of Navigating By The Stars. They are hard to describe but a bit like early Rush. Especially A Sense Of Change is worth a listen.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2007 at 12:44

Obviously Crimson -- the terriffic The Power to Believe is about as close to modern metal as my collection gets. Awesome power -- even scary at times!

IQ can be rather heavy (at least to my old ears), especially with some guitar work that's "metal-esque." (I like it though -- when they "cook," they really cook!)
 
Another guy who can really rock, and bring in metal elements (despite being listed under "prog folk, last time I checked) is multi-instrumentalist Steve Unruh. (He's really all over the place, stylistically -- another example of the inexact process of assigning narrow genres to artists, who "care not" for our restrictive categories.)
 
Porcupine Tree can be really heavy at times, too (too much for me -- I also find their stuff too overtly derivitive of Floyd for my tastes).
 
Finally, good old Steve Hackett can really get heavy, at times. Check out tracks like "Mechanical Bride," "A Tower struck Down," etc. Smile


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2007 at 13:03
What about Steve Howe - Quantum Guitar? Compares well to the John Petrucci solo album.Cool

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2007 at 13:35
Originally posted by memowakeman memowakeman wrote:

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum are very heavy, without being metal...

True
The same thing could be said about The Mars Volta, specially in De-loused
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2007 at 14:20
Originally posted by Harry Hood Harry Hood wrote:

Explosions In The Sky are surprisingly heavy and loud, especially in concert. "Greet Death" is by far their most intense song.


Along this line, Mono is the loudest band I have ever heard live (and I've been to lots more metal shows than anything).  Undeniably heavy.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2007 at 17:25
The early (progressive) era QUEEN was really heavy. Thumbs Up

Pink Floyd's "The Nile Song" is worth mentioning too.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2007 at 03:22
The mars volta can be pretty heavy at times and they're not prog metal (despite many claims to the contrary)
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