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King of Loss 
Prog Reviewer
Joined: April 21 2005
Location: Boston, MA
Status: Offline
Points: 16665
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 Posted: October 29 2005 at 17:31 |
 JesusBetancourt wrote:
I used to be a metal fan, then I got into prog metal for about 3 years. After that I got exposed to the Genius of Gentle Giant, Genesis, Yes, King Crimson,etc, etc.....Its has been a year since I have been exposed and now I traded in EVERY prog metal album for prog rock albums. Prog metal is just too cheezy for me now.
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Too Cheesy? Have you ever read Yes lyrics? 
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MikeEnRegalia
Special Collaborator
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Joined: April 22 2005
Location: Sweden
Status: Online
Points: 21250
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Posted: October 29 2005 at 17:31 |
Of course my work is primarily useful to fans of Prog Metal. The Prog Rock categories are also quite confusing for newbies and generally only useful to fans of Prog Rock ...
Isn't the following a good procedure for getting to know Prog Metal:
- Find out the names of some key bands which are recommended by people
- If you like one of them, try to find similar bands
- If you like one of these, try to find similar bands etc. etc. etc.
IMO my categories can be helpful in finding similar bands. Currently the Avant/Experimental genre is confusing, but in all the others there is a much better chance that people find similar things.
Example: Someone likes Dream Theater and tries the next best band in the general Prog Metal top 100. He might end up with Devin Townsend, or Psychotic Waltz, or Opeth. With the sub genres there's a chance that he might find Pain of Salvation or Shadow Gallery first ...
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King of Loss
Prog Reviewer
Joined: April 21 2005
Location: Boston, MA
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Points: 16665
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Posted: October 29 2005 at 17:37 |
^ Yep, and what is Progarchives about? Introducing people more into other aspects of Prog, not just the snobby five.
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Pseud0
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Joined: July 31 2005
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Points: 415
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Posted: October 29 2005 at 17:51 |
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i like metal thats actually progressive - not w**kery like shadow gallery, dream theater, symphony x or whatever
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Kohllapse
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 14 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 1063
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Posted: October 29 2005 at 17:54 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
Of course my work is primarily useful to fans of Prog Metal. The Prog Rock categories are also quite confusing for newbies and generally only useful to fans of Prog Rock ...
Isn't the following a good procedure for getting to know Prog Metal:
- Find out the names of some key bands which are recommended by people
- If you like one of them, try to find similar bands
- If you like one of these, try to find similar bands etc. etc. etc.
IMO my categories can be helpful in finding similar bands. Currently the Avant/Experimental genre is confusing, but in all the others there is a much better chance that people find similar things.
Example: Someone likes Dream Theater and tries the next best band in the general Prog Metal top 100. He might end up with Devin Townsend, or Psychotic Waltz, or Opeth. With the sub genres there's a chance that he might find Pain of Salvation or Shadow Gallery first ... |
If what Mike is doing now had been done long ago,finding new bands would be "easy"and i wouldnt have had to search for hours and hours frustrated trying to find bands i was interested in . Thank you Mike and all those who participate in this project. 
Edited by Kohllapse
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Arnold Layne
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 28 2005
Location: Canada
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Points: 324
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Posted: October 29 2005 at 17:57 |
I love it, thanks Jody
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HELP!
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MikeEnRegalia
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Joined: April 22 2005
Location: Sweden
Status: Online
Points: 21250
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Posted: October 29 2005 at 18:02 |
King of Loss wrote:
^ Yep, and what is Progarchives about? Introducing people more into other aspects of Prog, not just the snobby five.
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People can choose freely ... stay in one genre or move to another. Or not use genres at all of course.
Think of a search form where you have a checkbox for each genre, for example.
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TheProgtologist
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin
Joined: May 23 2005
Location: Baltimore,Md US
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Points: 27802
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Posted: October 30 2005 at 21:12 |
Arnold Layne wrote:
I love it, thanks Jody |
Your welcome,arnold
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Drew
Forum Senior Member
Joined: June 20 2005
Location: California
Status: Offline
Points: 12600
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Posted: October 30 2005 at 21:15 |
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I can't remember if I have posted on this topic or not.......maybe its due to the fact that Im currently drinking........but YES- I LOVE prog metal
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valravennz
Forum Senior Member
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Joined: March 20 2005
Location: New Zealand
Status: Offline
Points: 2546
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Posted: October 30 2005 at 21:36 |
I like Prog Metal - and great work Mike, Jody et al on the re-organisation project
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"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence"
- Robert Fripp
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W.Chuck
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 27 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 606
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Posted: October 30 2005 at 21:40 |
Prog-metal is amazing!!!
I wouldn't know what to do without! 
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Joined: April 27 2004
Location: Peru
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Points: 19557
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Posted: October 30 2005 at 22:04 |
I'll be 100% honest, I like some Prog Metal, it's not my favorite sub-genre, but there are good and bad bands as in any other genre, for example yesterday got a Pain of Salvation album and found it pretty Good (Thanks for the tip Proctologyst and Bryan), but I get bored after 10 minutes of Dream Theater (Not saying they are bad or suck, just not my cup of tea).
What I don't like is the desperation to consider any metal band with keyboiards as Progressive, as I don't like to see so many AOR bands compared with Kansas or Alternative bands mentioned as the new Pink Floyd.
Iván
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