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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 01 2008 at 20:16
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2008 at 13:25
LOLYou gotta love it. I used to be a big fan of Stratovarius but I wouldnīt consider them progressive. One of the best live acts I ever saw though.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2008 at 13:38
Originally posted by Pafnutij Pafnutij wrote:

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Originally posted by Pafnutij Pafnutij wrote:

No, I dont think you can be power metal and prog  simultaneously.

Do you know Adagio and Symphony X?

Well yeah SyX is quite power-metallish and I think DT's Images and Words is too, but they are different  Stratovarius and their clones cause they use that power-metal approach in a more creative  way (damn, i guess there IS prog power metal then )

 
Could you explain what's power metal in I&W?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2008 at 14:11
Stratovarius are definitely prog. They even have keyboards, don't they?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2008 at 14:16
They're listed in The Progressive Rock Files by Jerry Lucky. I was surprised to see them there.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2008 at 23:05
I love the band and just out of love I'll be happy to see them. But prog they really aren't.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 11:15
Hahahaha , Yes Stratovarius is one of the best bands ever, I like'em a lot. They are in between I think, melodic power metal with prog leanings. So an entry in PA I think is fair
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 11:17
oh no....please don't try and add Stratovarius... not even to 'related'...they just aren't Prog, or even influenced by...Ouch

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 11:33
WHy, I don't want to begun with if one is added then why not other. You guys I think you  are not open minded, or you are to much, thats why is Metallica here , and more than 25 % of so called prog metal bands. So don't start with not even influenced by.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 11:34
Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

oh no....please don't try and add Stratovarius... not even to 'related'...they just aren't Prog, or even influenced by...Ouch
 
The Yes influence in keyboards was the first thing I noted when I first listened to them. And I didn't even knew Yes!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 12:44
I've seen them listed as prog in a couple of places, but this matter has been discussed to death already on ProgArchives and we should respect the decisions of the genre teams, who have rejected them.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 12:46
Originally posted by King By-Tor King By-Tor wrote:

I've seen them listed as prog in a couple of places, but this matter has been discussed to death already on ProgArchives and we should respect the decisions of the genre teams, who have rejected them.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 13:15
Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

Originally posted by King By-Tor King By-Tor wrote:

I've seen them listed as prog in a couple of places, but this matter has been discussed to death already on ProgArchives and we should respect the decisions of the genre teams, who have rejected them.
 
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Clappies seconded. This one has gone on too long.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 13:35
^^ yes, do you think we could find a friendly Shed affiliated Admin to lock it?...Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 14:04
I would agree with a prog-related consideration... not a prog one, as I said before.
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 15:52
There is something about Stratovarius , not an average metal band to me. Their music is more technical (while somewhat unoriginal) and they had some good musicians among them Like Timo Tolkki and Jens Johansson.
And their first record was released in 1989 but they were formed since the mid 80's the same time as Helloween. They are at least as important as some of the bands under the prog metal.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 16:16
So if Stratovarius is prog-related how about a band like Necrophagist? They also use neo-classical elements along with a thousand other metal bands in different metal sub-genres. Now I aggitated for an inclusion of Necrophagist but have gotten wiser since they were discussed and I donīt see why we should start adding metal bands just because they got neo-classical elements in their music when the rest of their music is so obviously basic heavy metal.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 16:28
From what I remember of Stratovarious they were excellent instrument masturbators. If that translates into progressive is another matter entirely ;-)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 16:29
Originally posted by Windhawk Windhawk wrote:

From what I remember of Stratovarious they were excellent instrument masturbators. If that translates into progressive is another matter entirely ;-)
 
whatever it is PA are paying you Olav, it just isn't enough...LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 17:15
Originally posted by Windhawk Windhawk wrote:

From what I remember of Stratovarious they were excellent instrument masturbators. If that translates into progressive is another matter entirely ;-)


I see all hope isn't lost for the PA members to make it on the Ruthless forums.
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