Yes vs Protest the Hero

I think Formentera Lady has a problem with her ears.Meshuggah and Opeth sound the same?.These bands have their own sound and style.Ok!

Edited by Prog Geo - January 02 2011 at 11:51

CCVP wrote: LOL, troll threads are always amusing.

This one isn't as good as my DT vs. Magma one was, though.

NecronCommander wrote: Well, I guess I was mistaken then.  I'd think at least Meshuggah's polyrhythms are instantly spottable, but I guess I was wrong.

You mean, Opeth never uses more complex rhythm textures than in this example? Sorry to hear that.

BTW, polyrhythm is for me if one instrument/voice plays in one time signature (e.g. 4/4) and the other instrument plays in a different time signature (e.g. 3/4) as in Debussy's Arabesque, where left and right hand plays in different time signatures. (Also very common in certain world music especially from East Asia.) This is not the case in this Meshuggah song. It is simply an odd time signature with an interesting off-beat.

Just listened to the samples and to me at least Opeth sound different to Meshugga. I do like some Metal in my diet though.

Well, I'm a bit confused by some of the ones you've listed there.  If by Crimson you mean Edge of Sanity (Crimson being their most famous album) and if #3 is supposed to be Disillusion, then that I can understand more, since the first three are all technical death metal bands, that kind of music is only really discernible by the trained ear.

Yes

Oh my God! One could think that poll isn´t worth while. Too many posts in such weird contest are surely the first surprise in the new year. It seems you all had got limed to "Equality 7-2521"!

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote:   Take five of the most common prog metal bands. 1) Dream Theater 2) Pain of Salvation 3) Opeth 4) Meshuggah 5)  maudlin of the Well Guarantee everyone here can tell them apart within about 5 seconds of a song. Did you read my post? I'm not sure if most of the non Metal listeners will distinguish all the most popular extreme bands. We were talking about Tech Extreme Metal,  and except Messhugah and Opeth (which are extremely similar to PtH), you don't mention another Tech/Extreme Prog Metal band I could mention Opeth Atheist Crimson Dissilution Unexpect Don't tell me they don't sound incredibly similar (Not saying exact)...At least for me Even NecronCommander, a mainly Metal listener, gently accepted my point: NecronCommander wrote: Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:   I'm not sure if most of the non Metal listeners will distinguish all the most popular extreme bands. This was more or less what I was trying to get at in the first place, yeah. And this is a valid point too, I don't know if I considered that. So please If you want to contradict me, do it, but please don't change my words, I can recognize Pain of Salvation, Maudlin of the Well and Dream Theater, but none of them are Tech/Extreme Prog Metal bands You will probably say you can recognize all Tech Extreme Prog Metal bands, but please ask to people who don't listen Prog Metal, I'm sure many will say they sound almost exactly the same. Don't use "The "No, thank you. Let's move on" argument, because that's a cheap trick to stop me from answering, I gave you the 5 bands, ask the people. Iván Edit: I asked why all songs by this band sound exactly the same, read the previous post, seems that Formentera Lady agrees with me.

Iván, these bands are as similar sounding metal bands as Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and King Crimson are similar sounding rock bands.

CCVP wrote: Iván, these bands are as similar sounding metal bands as Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and King Crimson are similar sounding rock bands.