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Pain of Salvation
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Flower Kings (sorry for those who don't want see this...)
Anglagard
Garden Wall
Dream Theater
Anekdoten


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The Mars Volta
The (only) Bill Reiflin Album
Indukti
Townsend (especialy Ki)
Diamanda Galas
Sepultura (especialy on ROOTS)
 
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My Top Ten:
Tool*
Porcupine Tree
Mr. Bungle
The Mars Volta
Pain Of Salvation
Sigur Ros
Anekdoten
The Tea Party*
Indukti
Opeth*

Honorable Mentions:
Anglagard
Man Man
Jaga Jazzist*
Meshuggah✟
The Decemberists
Cynic




* I can't believe nobody has mentioned them yet!

✟ They were formed in the late 80s; that's why they couldn't make the list.


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As for most original:

The Mars Volta
Tool
The Decemberists
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Opeth*

* I can't believe nobody has mentioned them yet!


Wow, I'm an idiot. I completely forgot about Opeth, one of the most innovative and original prog metal bands ever! I'm getting them into my list right now...

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I love Anglagard but what they did was already done on "Trespass" and ITCOTCK. I wouldn't add them to this top.

The Mars Volta - maybe the only original post '89 band who doesn't have followers because they are too unique (but if there are other bands out there resembling them please share).

Sigur Ros - most post-rock bands sound like each other but no one sounds like Sigur Ros.

After Crying - their debut is a superb and original avantgarde album. I haven't heard anything like it yet.

Atheist and Death, agreed on that; but I don't think they're so unique any more (and I like Cynic and Blotted Science more).

Replikas - eclectic prog with turkish themes and motifs, very original.

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Suspended Animation Dreams - the only thing I can relate them to is "Part The Second", only better, with more variety and melody
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Originally posted by J-Man J-Man wrote:

Originally posted by p0mt3 p0mt3 wrote:


Opeth*

* I can't believe nobody has mentioned them yet!


Wow, I'm an idiot. I completely forgot about Opeth, one of the most innovative and original prog metal bands ever! I'm getting them into my list right now...


Me too, i forgot Opeth, What a shame... and maybe others...Embarrassed
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I thought of Opeth but that's like saying Nirvana...in the beginning they were remarkably innovative but so many imitators have made them far from unique now. (I guess the same could be said of Tool).
 
 
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Originally posted by Negoba Negoba wrote:

I thought of Opeth but that's like saying Nirvana...in the beginning they were remarkably innovative but so many imitators have made them far from unique now. (I guess the same could be said of Tool).
 
 


But that doesn't change the fact that bands like Opeth and Tool did that type of stuff first. I don't think we should ostracize them from the rest just because so many people have copied them. That isn't the original bands' faults.

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Originally posted by Negoba Negoba wrote:

I thought of Opeth but that's like saying Nirvana...in the beginning they were remarkably innovative but so many imitators have made them far from unique now. (I guess the same could be said of Tool).
 
 


I actually disagree with that. Does the fact that other bands are unoriginal enough to imitate other bands change the impact from the originals? That can be said about any successful or innovative band. Should we say that King Crimson isn't as innovative anymore because other people take influence from them? That doen't change their originality at all IMO.

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1 is easy- Mars Volta
The rest...hard...
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You guys are probably right, but then it's hard not to include Nirvana. (Not my favorite band but the most innovative / unique post-1990??? gotta include them)
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Originally posted by Negoba Negoba wrote:

You guys are probably right, but then it's hard not to include Nirvana. (Not my favorite band but the most innovative / unique post-1990??? gotta include them)


Well, that's what I did with TMV in my list. I enjoy those 'honorable mentions' all a lot more than I enjoy TMV, but I included them in the list anyway because I cannot deny the impact they have had on the modern Prog world.
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The Mars Volta appears to be No. 1
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Originally posted by J-Man J-Man wrote:

I just hope people don't just list bands that they like here. That's not the intention of this thread.

As for me:

1. Dream Theater (Images & Words was groundbreaking)
2. The Mars Volta (I actually can't stand them, but they are very unique)
3. Athiest (The first tech/death/jazz metal combo)
4. Death (constantly pushed the boundaries of metal)
5. Pain of Salvation (the most original straightforward prog metal band!)
6. Opeth (one of the most innovative prog metal bands in existence!)
 
I hope so as well.  Thanks for the list.
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Originally posted by peart_lee_lifeson peart_lee_lifeson wrote:

The Mars Volta appears to be No. 1


Thank you, captain.

Meh . . . gotta boost post count somehow, I guess.


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Kayo Dot
maudlin of the Well
Ulver
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Radiohead
Mr. Bungle
Cynic
The Mars Volta
Animal Collective
Massive Attack
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The Mars Volta
Radiohead
Kayo Dot
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Sigur Ros
Animal Collective
Mr. Bungle
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Ulver
Tortoise
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Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

Mars Volta
The Red Masque

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