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It's an insult that this crap Steven Wilson album is at number two. Comparing this album to "Ok Computer" is complete nonsense.

The only list he deserves to be on is the most disappointing albums of 2021
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it's just a list and lists are subjective. One could agree or disagree, that's all. 
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Coming from something calling itself Prog Magazine, I find this list quite silly, but magazines will always magazine.

If I made a list of the best prog magazines, PM would not be on it.

I like the new Mollestad album though.
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Originally posted by Zeph Zeph wrote:

If I made a list of the best prog magazines, PM would not be on it.
Are there any other prog magazines? 
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Do people still buy magazines?
I see them in stores and it feels like relics from the dinosaur days.

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They always seem to have the same bands from the same labels. Also, it's almost like Steve Wilson pays them to have an album in their list no matter what it sounds like. Confused
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Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

Do people still buy magazines?
I see them in stores and it feels like relics from the dinosaur days.

Yes.

Some of us, strangely, prefer to read stuff on paper rather than wasting our time goggling at inanities on a screen.

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I own and have heard 4 of the albums . 
Frost* - Day and Age is my favourite album of the year. Also a fan of BBT and Steve Hackett and both will feature high up in my list as well.
Steven Wilson. I guess this is included for 'political' reasons. They probably don't want to get on his wrong side and so for self survival reasons are buttering him up a bit. That's my guess. It's a 3 star album and honestly I do like some of the tracks on it but NO2 for the year is very perplexing.
BTW I don't have any problem with Iron Maiden being included in a prog list whatsoever! (but I've not heard the album)
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

BTW I don't have any problem with Iron Maiden being included in a prog list whatsoever! (but I've not heard the album)

so many better releases than the new Maiden. Also they are not progressive metal, or even progressive I dare say,  with a lot of their songs being repetitive and being a bit too long, predictably starting with a long intro-verse-chorus- long solos - verse-chorus -outro. And this happened on all long songs on the new album. It gets tiring at some point. 
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

BTW I don't have any problem with Iron Maiden being included in a prog list whatsoever! (but I've not heard the album)

so many better releases than the new Maiden. Also they are not progressive metal, or even progressive I dare say,  with a lot of their songs being repetitive and being a bit too long, predictably starting with a long intro-verse-chorus- long solos - verse-chorus -outro. And this happened on all long songs on the new album. It gets tiring at some point. 

I can't argue specifically about the latest album , and yes I agree they have not progressed that much Historically I believe the albums they made in the eighties are important and progressive musically speaking ,whether you label them 'progressive metal' or not. (I would).
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

BTW I don't have any problem with Iron Maiden being included in a prog list whatsoever! (but I've not heard the album)

so many better releases than the new Maiden. Also they are not progressive metal, or even progressive I dare say,  with a lot of their songs being repetitive and being a bit too long, predictably starting with a long intro-verse-chorus- long solos - verse-chorus -outro. And this happened on all long songs on the new album. It gets tiring at some point. 

I can't argue specifically about the latest album , and yes I agree they have not progressed that much Historically I believe the albums they made in the eighties are important and progressive musically speaking ,whether you label them 'progressive metal' or not. (I would).

their long(er) songs after Brave New World (some songs there are repetitive, but it not annoying, at least not then, but starting with the next album) are like that. Predictably there is a pattern and it gets old. 
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They should just let Sid Smith do their list, then it wouldn't be sh*t.  
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Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

Do people still buy magazines?
I see them in stores and it feels like relics from the dinosaur days.
I still buy Big Bang Magazine (France) and Prog-résiste (Belgium). There are more "progressive" discoveries in these magazines than on Internet for me. And for metal music, I read Rock Hard.


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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Y'all are so grumpy. It's not like our individual top 2021 albums would be agreed upon. Dewa Budjana anyone?

I like the Indonesian guy, but you're right, intersubjective agreement doesn't look easy.
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I honestly thought there was nothing here worth while. I endured most of this list that I hadn't heard already. Actually, the Isildur's Bane/PH album is fantastic. Just weird and complex enough to hold my interest. Will likely make my list.

Most of the list is pretty pedestrian and very borderline progressive by my standards.


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What a shame. I've not listened to any Top 20 album yet. Pinch

I'll get busy this yearend. 
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Originally posted by DamoXt7942 DamoXt7942 wrote:

What a shame. I've not listened to any Top 20 album yet. Pinch

I'll get busy this yearend. 

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I think our list will be better, especially since they omitted black midi.
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Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Iron Maiden should not be in this list. There, I said it. LOL


And you are SOOOOO right for saying it. In a year that has some extremely innovative prog ranging from Black Midi in avant to Ad Nauseum in tech/extreme and other outstanding releases such as Shamblemaths and many, many more, this list should be called the best crossover prog list.

Granted it's getting harder and harder for anyone to keep up with it all though!

The Black Midi and Ad Nauseam records are simply amazing! 
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