Extreme technicality: sugestions?
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Topic: Extreme technicality: sugestions?
Posted By: Komuna
Subject: Extreme technicality: sugestions?
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 15:15
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Greetings, everyone! I'm really impressed with this website, which has, for these couple last months, been my reference on Progressive Music. As most kids, I was for a long time induced to listen to the popular references on music. Being from Portugal, I would most certainly listen to portuguese bands and single artists, whether good or just plain ridiculous.  Well, as time went by, I started to define my preferences and choosed Queen. They were ["aren't" anymore, to me, since Mercury's death] obviously a popular band, and their latest albuns were fancy for the common listeners, pretty much like Pop. However, their early songs became of my greatest interest, because of the tempo changes, and their musicality and variety. My next step was Deep Purple. They threw me into the world of metal. But Deep Purple is an "all-genre" influential band. Deep Purple would also "throw" me into the discovery of Jazz and Rock. Unfortunately, and due to the influencies of friends and family, I went deep into Metal, mainly "Thrash", and technical¬-so-gutural "Deathmetal". But, on the other hand, these genres would induce me a better hearing and a need for higher standards... Is it fair to label music by "genres" or consider "higher standards" of it? Well, this was just and aside, anyway...  The first so-called progressive-metal band I've ever listenned to was Dream Theater. I felt amased after meeting Awake and A Change Of Seasons, so, I wanted more... Symphony X, Pain Of salvation, Aghora, Spock's Beard, some Kamelot, some Evergrey, some The Gathering, Fates Warning, Liquid Tension Experiment, Gordian Knot, Transatlantic, and a few more, which I can't remember, at the moment. But heavier metal bands could be considered in this list of progressive: Atheist, Control Denied, Cynic [Amasing! *Cough* just another aside.], latest Death, latest Opeth. But it's still not enough... Therefore, I came here, to Progarchives.com, to find more and more about progressive bands and their music. In fact, several bands in the above mentioned list were discovered while browsing this site. I'm already looking for albums of most progressive metal that I found here. One of the most interesting I've found was the MCM trio. Those guys are amasing, quite fast and technical, even though their songs tend to have repeated... erm... how do you call it? Guitar riffs? Drum parts? Sorry, I'm a really newbie, here... Besides, english is not my primary language. My point is that I'm looking for more technical bands, preferably with metal influence. But not just technical, I want a non-stop blender of tempo changing, guitar solo & jamming, and versatile rythms. Where can I find such a band? Is there such a band? By the way, I don't just stick on "metal" or any sort of "heavy" music. That increases the change of existing such band, I hope. I'm looking for other genres, even if less "loud". Heavy and intense is not their sound, yet their melody and rythm. Two nice examples of not-so-heavy are Spock's Beard and ELP. This last, ELP, even if not mentioned in my "preferred" list, is and amazing trio of musicians with lots of those things I'm looking for... It's a pitty their sound is so old, though. I hope you got it. I'm willing to participate on your discussions about progressive music and music as a whole. Therefore, don't mind posting some links to the history of this genres, and their technical details and aspects, too.  Thank you very much! |
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 25 2005 at 15:19
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Power of Omens. By the way: WELCOME! ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to: 
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Posted By: Zarquino
Date Posted: August 26 2005 at 14:14
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Well I'm a newbie in prog (I come from the metal side) but maybe one of those: -Into Eternity : death with prog. Technical, growls, clean voices...everything... -Ayreon: They have a lot of cds and there are always lots of colaborations. The creator is Arjen Lucassen, multiinstrumentalist and producer. -Mundanus Imperium -Ark -Beyond Twilight : in those three sing Jorn Lande (master singer) -Sieges Even (Rhapsodys drummer and his brother prog metal band) Now I cant tell more...if I remember I'll tell. But this is not unstopping uptempo...they have technic and metal in through veins. Bye guys ------------- There's nothing left to loose |
Posted By: Toob-Wurm
Date Posted: August 26 2005 at 16:01
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Hey Komuna! Welcome to the boards. By the way, if you like Dream Theater, you'll love this band: https://cdbaby.com/cd/strangeland2 - Strange Land They're a local prog metal band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 05:44
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Spastic Ink've got to be listened to! Watchtower also.
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 05:45
| Oh, and Behold... the Arctopus, Canvas Solaris, there's plenty more for sure. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 10:45
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And if you want non-metal technicality then Gentle Giant's essential.
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 12:02
Hell, King Crimson are up there too! 
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Posted By: porter
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 13:36
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meshuggah? I'm not a fan but they're definitely amazing!!! very original (and technical of course). ------------- "my kingdom for a horse!" (W. Shakespeare, "Richard III") |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 13:42
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Try some Tribal Tech as well ... excellent Jazz-Fusion technicality. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Trouserpress wrote:Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 13:44
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How bout DeadSoul Tribe? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 13:46
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I'm surprised that nobody mentioned Psychotic Waltz so far ... VERY technical, at least their first two albums. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: GreenB
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 19:34
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I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned ANGRA from Brazil. Cheers. -------------  = LIGHT
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