Neo-Prog Concept Album Recommendations

Negoba wrote: A not-metal prog concept album that I love is   Sieges Even - Navigating by the Stars   I know they're metal and there are metal elements but it's actually pretty clean guitar oriented, more along PT or other modern neo-prog lines.   And it's spectacular.

I still consider that a metal album as the bass and drums are both played in a metal style, even if the guitar is some of the time.

And yes, its a fantastic album I should have mentioned.

This one :

From your list I have not heard 5, 12, 13, and 21.  Are they all technical metal albums? 

rushfan4 wrote: From your list I have not heard 5, 12, 13, and 21.  Are they all technical metal albums?    Also, I really want to hear Caamora's She.  I had kind of forgot about it until seeing it posted here and it reminded me how much I want to hear that.

No, they are not all technical metal albums. I would really only classify #13 as technical metal.

5. Crimson by Edge of Sanity is a 40-minute death metal epic. You probably have to have a little bit of a background in extreme metal to appreciate it, but it's really symphonic and progressive. If you're into Opeth this is essential listening.

12. The Shaming of The True by Kevin Gilbert is prog pop/rock opera about a struggling musician named Johny Virgil, and it's a really magical album. It's really beautiful (you can read my review for more details). I think you would definitely like this one.

13. Symbolic by Death is a technical/prog metal album. It's focused much more on melody and harmony than many other bands in the genre.

21. The Closing Chronicles by Nightingale is neo-prog with a darker mood than we're usually used to from the subgenre. It's got some hard rock, goth rock, and metal leanings, but it is firmly rooted in neo-prog. This is one of my favorite albums that Dan Swanö (also responsible for Crimson - Edge of Sanity) has participated in.

sleeper wrote: richardh wrote: Magenta - Seven and Revolutions deserve mentions. Actually all Magenta's albums are concept albums and fit well into the ''neo prog'' category.   Check out their version of Wonderous Stories on http://www.magenta-web.co.uk/index2.html its really good I'd avoide there album Home though, much weaker than the other three IMO.

Agreed

Quite a poor list of concept albums. Either I do not understand your question, or i did indeed collect many of those concept albums. Here is a first selection of the genre.

- Julian's Treatment - A Time Before (This is a gem of a concept album by Julian J. Savarin)

- All Magma albums. The ultimate concept story, told in numerous consecutive sequels. Magma even have their own language and planets. Christian Vander once said 'if Magma dies, I die'.

- Absolute Elsewhere - In Search of Ancient Gods (based on Erich von Däniken's books)

- Brainticket - Celestial Ocean (came also with a celebrated theatre piece by Pavel Smok) 

- Aphrodite's Child - 666

- Deep Purple & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Concerto for Group & Orchestra

- Centipede - Septober Energy (a huge group formed by Keith Tippett)

- Emerson Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition

- Hesse Between Music (A Tribute to Hermann Hesse, project of Peter Michael Hamel)

- Incredible String Band - U (A Surreal Parable in Song & Dance, concept by ISB & Stone Monkey)

- Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (complete with Opera booklet)

(to be continued)

Though al of these have been mentioned (Neo-Prog concelt albums excluding Marillion and IQ), I can't help mentioning them again: