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norbert88

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Topic: Looking For New Bands/Albums
Posted: August 02 2005 at 16:31

I have been looking for new music for a while and I haven't really found much recently except for Mago De Oz. I'm going to list my favorite bands/albums and maybe you guys can recommend some similar stuff that I should check out. So heres my list:

Dream Theater (my favorite by far)

Genesis (I own Foxtrot and I like the song Cinema Show, I need recommendations for my next step in Genesis-dom)

Rush (I own 2112 and The Spirit of Radio (greatest hits), I also need recommendations here)

Symphony X

Pain of Salvation

Emerson, Lake and Palmer (I like the few songs I downloaded)

Yes (I own The Yes Album, I like Starship Trooper the best, also need recommendations here) (I downloaded Machine Messiah and it is so awesome)

Transatlantic

King Crimson (I like 21st Century...so maybe I should get that album?)

Mago De Oz (I really like the song Finisterra so I'm probably going to purchase that album)

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Anything you think I am missing, just tell me :) Thanks for your help.

norbert88

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Posted: August 02 2005 at 16:39

Shadow Gallery, Ice Age, Heaven's Cry, Adagio, Threshold, Vanden Plas - those are my recommendations in the prog metal area.

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Posted: August 02 2005 at 17:38

My recommendation on Rush and Genesis, the albums I like best for each and in decreasing order:

Genesis: Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Wind and Wuthering, Foxtrot, Trick of the Tail, Selling England by the Pound, all are safe bets.

Rush: Moving Pictures, 2112, Caress of Steel, Hemispheres, A Farewell to Kings

Following on the Rush, Genesis, Yes, ELP vein, you need to check out bands like: Camel, Marillion, IQ, Flower Kings, Arena, Eloy, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Le Orme and maybe Porcupine Tree.

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Posted: August 02 2005 at 17:49

Try Arcturus!

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Posted: August 02 2005 at 17:50

Sir Millard Mulch. Get his new album "How to sell the Whole F#@!ing Universe to Everybody...Once and for All!"

One time, he inturrpted a Dream Theater Concert to give a demo to Mike Portney. About a year later, Mike bought one of Sir Millard's cd off of his website.

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Posted: August 02 2005 at 18:03

Spock's Beard, the Flower Kings,

Albums:

For Rush, Get Hemispheres and A Farewell To Kings

For Genesis, get Selling England ANd Thick

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Posted: August 02 2005 at 18:37

Anythng by Evergrey or Shadow Gallery! Also try EXPLORERS CLUB!!!!!!

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Posted: August 02 2005 at 22:57

For ELP, I'd get Brain Salad Surgery, Pictures at an Exhibition, their self titled album, and Tarkus.

For Yes, I'd go with Relayer, Fragile, Close to the Edge and Drama.

Just to let you know, 21st Century Schizoid Man is COMPLETELY different from the rest of ITCOTCK. The rest of the album is softer, more melodic and at times, somewhat boring. If you want other King Crimson stuff, I'd go with Red or Larks' Tongues in Aspic.!-- var SymRealOnLoad; var SymRealOnUnload; function SymOnUnload() { window.open = SymWinOpen; if(SymRealOnUnload != null) SymRealOnUnload(); } function SymOnLoad() { if(SymRealOnLoad != null) SymRealOnLoad(); window.open = SymRealWinOpen; SymRealOnUnload = window.onunload; window.onunload = SymOnUnload; } SymRealOnLoad = window.onload; window.onload = SymOnLoad; //-->

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Posted: August 03 2005 at 02:04

Some huble suggestion from me:

Genesis: "Trespass"

Rush: "Exit...Stage Left" (live)

Emerson, Lake and Palmer: their 1st self-titled studioalbum

Yes: "Close to the edge" and "Relayer"

King Crimson: "The Night Watch" (live from Amsterdam 73)

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Posted: August 03 2005 at 02:11

MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Shadow Gallery, Ice Age, Heaven's Cry, Adagio, Threshold, Vanden Plas - those are my recommendations in the prog metal area.

On top of Mike's prog metal recommendations I will recommend Tool,Dream Theater,Andromeda,Pagan's Mind,Sieges Even,Angra,Pain of Salvation,Riverside,Power of Omens,Pantommind,Mind Key,Opeth,Kamelot,Evergrey...to name but a few

I see you like Transatlantic,try:The Flower Kings,The Tangent,Kaipa,Spock's Beard,Marillion

If you like symphonic prog try this new band Wobbler...I have been recommending them all over the place

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Posted: August 03 2005 at 02:18

I saw you already like Dream Theater,a cool thing to do is check out all the members various side projects and solo albums.

James Labrie:

Elements of Persuasion-Solo cd

Mullmuzzler

Framshift-Unweaving the Rainbow

Tim Donahue's Madmen and Sinners

John Petrucci:

Suspended Animation-Solo cd

Liquid Tension Experiment

Explorers Club

John Myung:

Platypus

The Jelly Jam

Explorers Club

Jordan Rudess:

Various solo cd's-Feeding the Wheel and Rhythm of Time are good

Liquid Tension Experiment

An Evening with JR and John Petrucci

For NYC

Mike Portnoy:

Liquid Tension Experiment

Transatlantic

O.S.I.

John Arch-A Twist of Fate

Neal Morse's solo albums Testimony and One

I know I missed some things but it's late and I am tired

norbert88

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Posted: August 03 2005 at 10:51

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I'll be checking many of them out shortly.

Re: Progtologist - I like a lot of their side projects, I just didn't feel like listing LTE, John Petrucci, Mullmuzzler.....

You recommended bands but not albums, can you recommend some albums from:

* The Flower Kings

* Threshold

* Tool

* Andromeda

* Spock's Beard

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Posted: August 03 2005 at 21:03

The Flower Kings
Space Revolver, Unfold the Future (if you don't mind Jazz improv.)
Threshold
Subsurface, Critical Mass, Hypothetical
Tool
Lateralus
Andromeda
II=I
Spock's Beard
The Light, V, Snow (if you like highly polished albums)

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Posted: August 03 2005 at 21:23

MikeEnRegalia wrote:

The Flower Kings
Space Revolver, Unfold the Future (if you don't mind Jazz improv.)
Threshold
Subsurface, Critical Mass, Hypothetical
Tool
Lateralus
Andromeda
II=I
Spock's Beard
The Light, V, Snow (if you like highly polished albums)

Mike pretty much listed all the albums I would have but I would also add Aenima for Tool and Extension of the Wish for Andromeda.

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Posted: August 04 2005 at 07:32

I would definitely second the Kamelot suggestion, and recommend trying the new album "The Black Halo". Very awesome.

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Posted: August 04 2005 at 07:37

hotbelly wrote:

I would definitely second the Kamelot suggestion, and recommend trying the new album "The Black Halo". Very awesome.

The Black Halo is an incredible cd

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Posted: August 08 2005 at 13:25

You can give AREA 39 a listen at www.area39project.com

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Posted: August 13 2005 at 17:56

norbert88 wrote:

Dream Theater (my favorite by far)

Genesis (I own Foxtrot and I like the song Cinema Show, I need recommendations for my next step in Genesis-dom)

Rush (I own 2112 and The Spirit of Radio (greatest hits), I also need recommendations here)

Symphony X

Pain of Salvation

Emerson, Lake and Palmer (I like the few songs I downloaded)

Yes (I own The Yes Album, I like Starship Trooper the best, also need recommendations here) (I downloaded Machine Messiah and it is so awesome)

Transatlantic

King Crimson (I like 21st Century...so maybe I should get that album?)

Mago De Oz (I really like the song Finisterra so I'm probably going to purchase that album)

---------

Anything you think I am missing, just tell me :) Thanks for your help.

norbert88

You are a progger! You should be ashamed, asking for similiar sounds. Expirement! Be free! There are over a thousand bands and you ask for similarities! Try! Try! LIVE!

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Posted: August 13 2005 at 18:36

Norbert YOu gotta try Tyranny and Room V by Shadow Gallery.. awesome work