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Ivan_Melgar_M
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 27 2004 Location: Peru Status: Offline Points: 19535 |
Posted: July 05 2009 at 15:59 | |||||||||||||
Claude, after so many posts, I only have to say something.
As long as I don't insult anybody (And I haven't done it), I will give my opinions and arguments.
I stand on everything I said.
Iván Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - July 05 2009 at 16:00 |
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Transgressor
Forum Newbie Joined: July 04 2009 Status: Offline Points: 12 |
Posted: July 05 2009 at 16:12 | |||||||||||||
x debrewguy
Yes, I know that not so many people know the technical metal movement of the '80. Only who is keen on technical metal knows these things so it's obvious that for many people Metallica (a really really really famous band) are innovators also for techno-thrash metal because a lot of them knows only and justice for all...and maybe other who knows also Megadeth mentioned them together with the san francisco band. It's the same thing for people that thinks that Dream Theater invented prog metal. That it's not true. But a lot people knows only them. By now, I'm thinking about some presentations for other bands....maybe! I don't think that the add of "prog related" section to the site is a good think. But it's only my opinion... P.S. I can recommend some band to you, but it depends on your musical tastes... |
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Tony R
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: July 16 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 11979 |
Posted: July 05 2009 at 16:25 | |||||||||||||
Who joins a Prog Rock site just to discuss Metallica and Metal?
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Certif1ed
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
Posted: July 05 2009 at 17:19 | |||||||||||||
Ahem...
True, but 5 utterly progressive (including 3 pure Prog Metal albums a Prog Metal band easily makes.
No, it isn't.
It's a good album, but Megadeth never got into the purely progressive way of writing that Metallica did on albums 2-4.
I'll re-listen, but Megadeth are a technical metal band, not a progressive metal band.
Tech is not the same as prog.
Coroner were never as progressive as Metallica - and I cannot think of any band as progressive or more important for prog metal than Metallica.
Can you provide good examples of how Coroner are important to Progressive Metal?
On the contrary, they were probably the first Prog Metal band. They are not simply Prog related, they are Prog. By every definition.
Really - I don't ever remember seeing them saying that - can you point me to an article where they said that? They always wanted to push the envelope (which they did), hence Cliff Burton was the bassist of choice, not Ron McGoverney.
They wanted someone who could think coherently about pushing musical boundaries, which is why Dave Mustaine was fired from the band. (Nothing against Dave or his phenomenal abilities, just bluntly stating what actually happened).
Actually, no - if you listen to the music, it is true!
Some tracks have passages of open E riffing, it's true, but not the whole album - that is a fallacy!
You could say the same about many Hawkwind albums, but you'll never see Hawkwind being disputed on this forum.
Sorry - I don't follow the logic.
How is that point proven?
Please explain, and use musical examples so that your logic may be followed more clearly.
Not at all, unless both bands can be proven to have been as significantly Progressive Metal as Metallica. Which I doubt - but would be very interested to read the arguments, as I like both bands.
And Ride The Lightning - and parts of Kill 'Em All too.
Isn't it wierd how commercial success hasn't affected Genesis, Yes, Tull or especially Pink Floyd's standing as Prog Rock groups?
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JJLehto
Prog Reviewer Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: July 05 2009 at 17:30 | |||||||||||||
Hey, feel free to use my posts as examples but I'm officially done with this thread.
Not that I'm angry but I've heard sufficient explanation's from the mods/collabs I still don't really agree...but I DO see why Metallica has been included, I really do see their points. Besides, debating is fun...but pretty pointless since they are on. So don't worry guys, no more trouble from me Edited by JJLehto - July 05 2009 at 17:42 |
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Certif1ed
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
Posted: July 05 2009 at 17:35 | |||||||||||||
Now THIS needs its very own reply...
Ah-ehm.... YES!!!
Can you be more specific - "Prog Influences" - what do you mean?
Both albums are so intensely influential that they don't need to have Prog influences - indeed, surely if you're influenced by a Prog Band, that pretty much denies the possibility of your band being Prog!
Hang on - you've forgotten about all the thrash that existed before 1985 - these albums did not come out of a vacuum!
Killing Is My Business was released TWO YEARS after Kill 'Em All, yet features some of the same riffs.
It is obviously more rock/metal based than "pure metal" based, and is more technically aligned than Kill 'Em All, which is a perfect blend of technicality (considering it was released so much earlier) and developing riffs more closely aligned with King Crimson than Judas Priest or Black Sabbath.
The Fates Warning album I'm not sure about - I heard a couple of tracks from it, and it's not very progressive.
Watchtower I've reviewed - it's not Prog, it's pure tech, which is something different.
Hang on - What are all these Prog elements?
Master of Puppets doesn't just have elements, it drips Prog - it out-Progs Prog - it is one of the Proggiest Prog Metal albums I have EVER heard.
There's stuff on "Master..." that you still hear being recycled by other bands - and Dream Theater are only one of the bands that were HIGHLY influenced by that one album.
Trying to think of a successful band that has been as strongly influenced by any of the other albums... Nope.
OK, the big mistake you're making is equating tech with Prog - it's not the same thing.
Celtic Frost I'd agree with - that's one quirky album, and I love it.
BUT
Despite the varied styles on that album, it's not as inherently Proggy as Master Of Puppets - or Ride The Lightning, come to that.
Man - you can't be serious!
Testament?
Anthrax? (You're making me laugh!)
Sorry, but the entire list here is made up of albums that are either technical, or only partially Prog (ie, Prog-Related, which is what Queensryche arguably are). Metallica's first 5 albums changed heavy metal forever - especially their 3rd and 4th albums (with a large consideration to the 5th, no matter how standard it is now).
Metallica were pure, aggressive leaders - but they were also humble followers - they knew the music they liked, and they played it.
More often than not, they played it better than the people who originally wrote it - but always gave full credit and support to those bands.
Yes, back in the day, Metallica were a seriously good (and PROGRESSIVE) band.
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Ivan_Melgar_M
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 27 2004 Location: Peru Status: Offline Points: 19535 |
Posted: July 05 2009 at 18:06 | |||||||||||||
Seems a paradox, but I'm sure that if added to Prog Metal, probably all this problems would have been avoided, because the Metal component is so strong in Metallica, that nobody would had questioned the decision of the team.
The rejection of Prog Metal caused this conflict of watching a 100% Metal band, rejected by all the three Prog Metal sub-genres added to PR.
But the Prog Metal team took a decision from the start and that's what they are here for.
Iván
BTW: I like your signature:
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. " Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - July 05 2009 at 18:07 |
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The T
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: July 05 2009 at 19:41 | |||||||||||||
I added this band so I feel specially compromised when people say that metallica was added just because of sheer pressure put on by a group of members.... sounds like a big ugly mob just swept away with reason and logic and got Metallica into the weak and easy-to-manipulate heads of the Admin team and the site's owner....
By the way, just a useless personal point.... Metallica's been here for a loong time... I still haven't reviewed one SINGLE ALBUM.... and I have reviewed plenty of albums since they were added.... maybe, just maybe I (as well as the rest of the "add metallica" crew) HONESTLY THOUGH METALLICA BELONGED HERE as honestly as you Ivan believe they didn't? Maybe?? Maybe???
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JJLehto
Prog Reviewer Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: July 05 2009 at 19:48 | |||||||||||||
So......all that red and big font was totally necessary.
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The T
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Posted: July 05 2009 at 19:57 | |||||||||||||
Was it the big black font that preceded it?
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JJLehto
Prog Reviewer Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: July 05 2009 at 19:59 | |||||||||||||
So guys, why hasn't Slayer been added to the archives yet?
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The T
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Posted: July 05 2009 at 20:14 | |||||||||||||
It can be done... give us enough time... none withstands our pressure....
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Easy Money
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 11 2007 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 10618 |
Posted: July 05 2009 at 20:15 | |||||||||||||
Because you haven't added them yet, ...yeah that's right, you have to work your way up to collab so that you can add any band you like, I like to do it late at night when no one is watching, how do you think all these bands got here: Miles, Hendrix, Funkadelic, Jethro Tull (loved seeing their album cover in the above dadaistic explosion of fonts) Earth Wind and Fire, Led Zeplin, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, The Beach Boys etc, all added by me when no one was looking, ha ha. |
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The Whistler
Prog Reviewer Joined: August 30 2006 Location: LA, CA Status: Offline Points: 7113 |
Posted: July 05 2009 at 20:35 | |||||||||||||
Damn it man...I actually just went and looked for the Beach Boys here...
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JJLehto
Prog Reviewer Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: July 05 2009 at 20:40 | |||||||||||||
Make me a collab and I'd be glad to And I was just kidding about Slayer obviously.....but I'm sure if you tried hard enough someone could find an argument for them. Anyway, I'm done with this Metallica thing, seriously. But add Megadeth! |
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rogerthat
Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869 |
Posted: July 05 2009 at 20:55 | |||||||||||||
Uh... Hell Awaits IS prog-metal if you ask me, Until Dawn They Sleep, Crypts of Eternity, even the title track, they don't follow the typical verse-chorus pattern of thrash metal. It has a well etched, cohesive atmosphere and speaks feelings of its very own to you and whether those are feelings you find edifying is beside the point; that is not, at least ought not to be, a pre condition to determine how prog they are. About Rust In Peace, I agree with Mark that it is technical rather than prog but I have found that a lot of bands commonly referred to as prog metal actually play technical metal so I also think Megadeth should be here. By the way, I think Peace Sells is more proggy than RIP, they cover a wider variety of styles in that album.
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JJLehto
Prog Reviewer Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: July 05 2009 at 21:15 | |||||||||||||
Well, glad to see more agree about Megadeth.
I dont know so much about RIP but Peace Sells....absolutely! |
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JLocke
Prog Reviewer Joined: November 18 2007 Status: Offline Points: 4900 |
Posted: July 05 2009 at 21:15 | |||||||||||||
Well, the fact that Metallica is in a prog-RELATED section and not a PROG section should be obvious enough. To hell with what other conclusions might be drawn from it. |
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Ivan_Melgar_M
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 27 2004 Location: Peru Status: Offline Points: 19535 |
Posted: July 05 2009 at 21:55 | |||||||||||||
From all your colorful post (which you are entitled to write) I only will point a couple contradiction.
According to you I have to accept that you insist hundreds of times if you want for a band addition, even if the owner says no and Easy Livin asks you to respect this position...................But you insist that I have to be silent about what I believe................Learn to accept everybody is entitled to his opinion and to voice it.
Again if you agree with this Ok, if you don't.........It's not my problem, I will use my right to voice my opinion as many times as I feel it's necessary.
If you don't like my arguments.....Go to another post.
I don't give my opinions to please you or anybody, I write them because I believe in them....If this pleases you or not.....Matters very little to me
Preasure is not brainwashing (You are watching too many spy movies ), better study the meanigs of the words, every post we make, every suggestion we do is a form of preasure in one form opr another, but a 26 pages thread for a band rejected several times is too much in my opinion.
Now I know Metallica are here to stay and believe it or not, doesn't affect me, so this point is over for me, write as many red posts as you want.
Iván Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - July 05 2009 at 23:01 |
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The T
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Posted: July 05 2009 at 22:35 | |||||||||||||
Ivan, what you still don't understand is that your disagreeing with Metallica's inclusion is no big deal to me... what pisses me off is how you repeat, every chance you have, that we added the band out of pressure and pushing for it and convincing the owner of something against any logic.... you understand that that could be slightly offensive, don't you? I don't really give a damn whether you think Metallica is prog-related or not, and I'm happy you don't give a damn about my opinion either.... but at least RESPECT THE PEOPLE WHO, ONCE A DECISION WAS MADE, ADDED THE BAND AND THE WORK IT DEMANDED.
Anyway, I known this is not your usual self... your policy is "once an addition is done i let it be"... Curiously, your biggest concern seems not to be the addition, but how it was achieved (pressure, convincing, group, etc etc)...
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