All PA artists distribution by subgenre (UPDATED!)

Ricochet wrote: Dean wrote: Ricochet wrote: Let's move Oldfield to Eclectic, so we can break that tie between it and Crossover.  Very nice statistics and good job! On the strength of their last two albums - I'll take VdGG into Xover then If you find that the second disc from Present is Xover, be my guest.

harmonium.ro wrote: Great job! Did you count them? I hope not  I suppose it's enough to copy the lists to Excel and delete the blank rows to get the exact count. And, how about that growth rate check, is it coming soon?

I wasn't that smart. I pasted the tables in Microsoft Word.

Growth rate will be in a week or so (approximately 1 months after my initial post). The longer the period, more accurate the rate. Besides..I have to wait for some bands to be added in Eclectic Prog.

Prog Metal : 411

debrewguy wrote: genuine prog ? some of the extreme / tech metal bands make most of the symphonic prog instrumentalists sound like grade school musicians taking their first step beyond 4/4. Genuine prog is whatever is progressive. And even a Symphonic prog lover like myself has no problem saying that this sub-genre has hardly "progressed" since the 70s. A lot of great acts have come out since then, and many match most of the symphonic prog of the so-called golden era. But there's a reason why some call it "retro-prog". Which doesn't bother me, because it is just a description.

I have to agree with Claude on this one - and I'm anything but an an expert on metal (dipping my toes in it though - thanks, Planky!). Since I have recently started reviewing for another website, I have to listen to a lot of different things, and many of those 'retro-symph' bands are just appalling in their complete lack of originality. I understand that seeing the site taken over by prog-metal can be offputting, but I believe we should be more open-minded, and not dismiss anything just based on preconceived ideas. Just my own 2 cents...

Okay folks, here's the update after three months - to see the additions rate.


The number is the number of artists in a certain subgenre, the bold number is a number of bands added in three months.

Zeuhl 34     -1
Indo Raga 38     +1
Proto Prog 39     +2
Canterbury 48     0
Prog Electronic 135     +2
Krautrock 154     +10
Prog Related 160     0
Post/Math Rock 162     +5
Tech/Extreme Metal 174     +17
Experimental/Post Metal 178     +25
Heavy Prog 215     +3
Rock Progressivo Italiano 236     +12
RIO/Avant 243     +4
Crossover Prog 268     +6
Prog Folk 274     +17
Eclectic Prog 278     +16
Neo Prog 304     +17
Psych/Space 321     +37
Jazz Rock/Fusion 391     +13
Symphonic Prog 427     +3
Prog Metal 429     +18

Ricochet wrote: Lazy Canterbury!  On the other hand, quite an astounding new batch of psychedelics. -1 Zeuhl? What happened? How can you score negatively in additions?

Don't worry - our government do it all the time

Okay, here's some more statistics:

This is the chart of the most numerous additions in a subgenre for 3 months time span:

Psych/Space                          +37
Experimental/Post Metal      +25
Prog Metal                               +18
Tech/Extreme Metal              +17
Prog Folk                                 +17
Neo Prog                                 +17
Eclectic Prog                           +16
Jazz Rock/Fusion                   +13
Rock Progressivo Italiano    +12
Krautrock                                 +10
Crossover Prog                      +6
Post/Math Rock                      +5
Rio/Avant                                  +4
Heavy Prog                              +3
Symphonic Prog                     +3
Prog Electronic                       +2
Proto Prog                               +2
Indo/Raga Rock                     +1
Canterbury                                0
Prog Related                            0
Zeuhl                                         -1

Prog Archives total:                 +207 (that's 4508 bands in total)

This is the chart of percentages of additions relative to the number of artists in a subgenre. Note that a small genre with only one addition can get a higher percentage than a 400+ subgenre with 10 additions. This is simply to put a perspective for less inhabitated subs. It may also serve (as a rough overview) which subgenres are presently more "in crisis" or "more active" in additions than average.

Experimental/Post Metal       +16,34%
Psych/Space                           +13,03%
Tech/Extreme Metal               +10,82%
Krautrock                                   +6,94%
Prog Folk                                   +6,61%
Eclectic Prog                             +6,11%
Neo Prog                                   +5,92%
Rock Progressivo Italiano      +5,36%
Proto Prog                                 +5,13%
Prog Metal                                 +4,38%
Jazz Rock/Fusion                     +3,44%
Post/Math Rock                        +3,18%
Crossover Prog                        +2,29%
RIO/Avant                                   +1,67%
Prog Electronic                        +1,50%
Indo/Raga                                 +1,42%
Heavy Prog                                +1,41%
Symphonic Prog                       +0,71%
Canterbury                                  0,00%
Prog Related                              0,00%
Zeuhl                                          -2,86%

Prog Archives Total:                +4,81%

Anything, it depends of a definition. But 'Art Rock' in a narrower sense, as recognized on this web site,  is Crossover Prog, Eclectic Prog and Heavy Prog.

Anyone willing to count new numbers ?