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    Posted: January 08 2024 at 07:39

Who do you think is the most successful modern progressive music nation, and on what basis do you think so? 
- I'm not just asking about your favourite. Smile

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USA. In my opinion, they have the most quality and quantity of modern prog.
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Unfortunately the war is having its bad impact, but both Ukraine and Russia were making excellent prog
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The UK, obviously! Because we’re the best at everything, right?

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Nowadays, I'd say USA
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Norway or UK to me
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Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

Nowadays, I'd say USA

How?! Confused Other than some fusion and some progressive metal, I don't see it. 
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USA & Italy
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It's hard to say, since there are so many sub-genres in prog these days. Italy, UK, USA, Germany, Sweden, etc, all have many good bands. Depending on what kind of prog you are into, the result could be quite different.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

Nowadays, I'd say USA


How?! Confused Other than some fusion and some progressive metal, I don't see it. 


The U.S. has a number of contemporary bands producing quality prog in a wide variety of styles. It sort of comes down to what one means by successful.

If you measure success by number of artists, variety of styles, musicianship, and quality of music, the USA does well in these areas. If you are looking success as album and ticket sales, maybe not.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

Nowadays, I'd say USA


How?! Confused Other than some fusion and some progressive metal, I don't see it. 
If we look only at the Coniguliaro brothers output of music. Eyeless Owl, Wyxz, In-Dreamview, The Filibuster Saloon, Wippy Bonstack, and Sun Colored Chair. All these projects are a breath of fresh air for the prog world. None are fusion or progressive metal. Of course, there is plenty more. What has Scandinavian prog given us but mostly retro bands?

What country do you choose, Cristi?

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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

Nowadays, I'd say USA


How?! Confused Other than some fusion and some progressive metal, I don't see it. 
If we look only at the Coniguliaro brothers output of music. Wyxz, In-Dreamview, The Filibuster Saloon, Wippy Bonstack, and Sun Colored Chair. All these projects are a breath of fresh air for the prog world. None are fusion or progressive metal. Of course, there is plenty more. What has Scandinavian prog given us but mostly retro bands?

What country do you choose, Cristi?

I honestly do not know. I also find the question unimportant. The country an artist is from does not matter much to me. If I enjoy the music, that's all that matters. How would I even assess the most successful country? Is it the number of bands that have become popular? Confused The country with the biggest number of popular bands is the most successful country?! Confused


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If it’s a numbers game, they should perhaps be adjusted for population numbers.
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Norway by miles
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I think France has to be in consideration with the entire Dur et Doux roster making waves in recent years. https://duretdoux.bandcamp.com/
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The question is open-ended. By modern, are we walking about 1980 and later? 1990 and later? 2000 and later? 2020 and later?

In recent years I have found the most quality coming from the avant and eclectic bands from the US and France. I want to also add Japan because everything Tatsuya Yoshida touches is gold, but I don't think the quantity is as much as those two countries.

If we're talking about sales, I suspect it would be UK. If we're talking about overall from 1990 onwards, I'd be inclined to say Sweden and Italy.

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Originally posted by mathman0806 mathman0806 wrote:

If you measure success by number of artists, variety of styles, musicianship, and quality of music, the USA does well in these areas. If you are looking success as album and ticket sales, maybe not.

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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

The question is open-ended. By modern, are we walking about 1980 and later? 1990 and later? 2000 and later? 2020 and later?

post-1990s

Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

If we're talking about sales, I suspect it would be UK.

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It's definitely either Sweden or Norway imo. 

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