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Poll Question: Are Death Prog?
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    Posted: August 21 2005 at 14:22
I'd say the title speaks for itself.

I say yes. Only for Symbolic-onward.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2005 at 14:50
I love them, every Death album since '91 is a masterpiece, but not prog.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2005 at 15:03
Hmm, tough one.  I like 'em, and listen to "Live in LA" at least once a week, but I don't think that they're progressive enough.  I mean, they have certain proggish tendancies, like unusual scales, time signatures and whatnot, but they're not quite prog.  I would have loved to hear them incorporate more of a classical influence in their music, then I would vote 'em prog for sure!  Death shredding out classical music at breakneck tempos, how cool would that have been? 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2005 at 15:20
Why, yes, I do believe they are. They are nowhere near as prog as "pure" prog bands, but the thing I like about Death are the unusual time signatures and mind-boggling drumming that I find in many prog metal bands I like. Cynic is featured on prog archives, and Death is somewhat similar (besides having the same drummer...), so why not acknowledge the prog elements in Death. They did something special and innovative, didn't they?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2005 at 15:32
Original and adventurous, but no.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2005 at 15:47
Death to prog, prog till death YES they are progressive since "Symbolic"
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2005 at 17:53
Melodic Thrash Metal, but not Progressive at all.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2005 at 19:09
It would seem that non-prog metal people find the prog, yet prog people
don't. That's quite an awkward spot to be in.

By the way, in this thread, we're talking about Symbolic-on Death, not
Scream Bloody Gore-era Death.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2005 at 23:06
WITH SOME OF THE NEW ADDITIONS ON THIS SITE- YES- THEY SHOULD BE HERE
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2005 at 23:55
Yes,they are prog from Human onward.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 22 2005 at 03:56
Originally posted by EnragedLobster EnragedLobster wrote:

It would seem that non-prog metal people find the prog, yet prog people
don't. That's quite an awkward spot to be in.


Do you really think there are non-prog people on this forum?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 22 2005 at 10:57
YES- prog
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 22 2005 at 11:53

Originally posted by Progzilla Progzilla wrote:

Originally posted by EnragedLobster EnragedLobster wrote:

It would seem that non-prog metal people find the prog, yet prog people
don't. That's quite an awkward spot to be in.


Do you really think there are non-prog people on this forum?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 22 2005 at 12:23
Originally posted by Progzilla Progzilla wrote:


Originally posted by EnragedLobster EnragedLobster wrote:

It would seem that non-prog metal people find the
prog, yet prog people
don't. That's quite an awkward spot to be in.



Do you really think there are non-prog people on this forum?

I was more talking about the non-prog people from other forums. Who all
seem to think Death is prog.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 22 2005 at 14:15
Originally posted by EnragedLobster EnragedLobster wrote:

Originally posted by Progzilla Progzilla wrote:


Originally posted by EnragedLobster EnragedLobster wrote:

It would seem that non-prog metal people find the
prog, yet prog people
don't. That's quite an awkward spot to be in.



Do you really think there are non-prog people on this forum?

I was more talking about the non-prog people from other forums. Who all
seem to think Death is prog.


So I guess that's a no then .


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 22 2005 at 17:58
Death isn't prog... it might look a bit like, but well, jazz also, and classical music too then. Why not add them too?
Vive le Québec libre!...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 23 2005 at 02:06
"Why, yes, I do believe they are."
"Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day"
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 23 2005 at 02:08
Oh, no, my fine sir, I am against this belief.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 23 2005 at 03:48

Originally posted by Hawkeye Hawkeye wrote:

YES- prog

YES-PROG

DEATH - NO

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 25 2005 at 21:32

The neoprog rotates "roundabout" the same thing, and that way seems dead. 
At the moment the prog could be alive in the new ways opened by bands like GYBE, Radiohead, Sigur Ròs, Mogwai or The Mars Volta.

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