Something Heavy
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Forum Name: Prog Recommendations/Featured albums
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Topic: Something Heavy
Posted By: Tasartir
Subject: Something Heavy
Date Posted: March 19 2019 at 18:08
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Hey everyone! I have suddenly become interested in the heavier side of Prog again. I have been listening to a lot of Still Life/Blackwater Park era Opeth and The Sham Mirrors by Arcturus. I also really enjoy Enslaved's album "E". My question to you is: Could you recommend something proggy but also heavy along these lines? I have tried to YouTube new bands, but a lot of them just seem to focus on straight up Black Metal or Death Metal, and I need a little more prog in the mix to enjoy this type of music. Thanks! ------------- ...Histoires Sans Paroles... |
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: March 19 2019 at 21:23
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Ihsahn's solo albums |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 19 2019 at 22:11
| Devin Townsend... try Retinal Circus. There's another one I liked a little while ago, the band is Wilderun, the album Sleep at the Edge of the Earth. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 20 2019 at 01:16
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Sons Of Apollo -Psychotic Symphony It features 2 ex Dream Theater members ( Portnoy and Sherinian) plus Billy Sheehan and a guitarist that was once in Guns N Roses ( not that one!) . It's filed under Prog metal and a lot of people have avoided it because of the Dream Theater connection but it is rather good actually. In my top twenty albums for 2018 and there wasn't too much in this genre that I liked or had heard during the last 12 months.
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: March 20 2019 at 01:31
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Haken's latest album Vector is much harder than previous releases. -------------   
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Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: March 20 2019 at 01:38
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-Agalloch: The Mantle, Ashes Against The Grain, ... -Borknagar: Urd.
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 20 2019 at 02:17
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My bench marker for "heavy progressive" is Gorguts, so I may be of little/maximum use depending on your ears today, lol. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: March 20 2019 at 02:49
| Meshuggah - Chaosphere. It literally crushes your soul. |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: March 20 2019 at 05:52
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-Between The Buried And Me, -Vektor.
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: March 20 2019 at 07:42
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Borknagar is perhaps something you should seek out they are really cool and progressive, but also Ved Buens Ende is quality -------------  
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Posted By: Tasartir
Date Posted: March 20 2019 at 09:50
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Thanks so much, everyone! I'm currently trying out Borknagar and Agalloch. Looks like Agalloch is what I was looking for. I'm into Devin Townsend already. Gonna try Sons of Apollo soon. ------------- ...Histoires Sans Paroles... |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 21 2019 at 01:25
yep good one that.
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Catcher10 wrote:Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 21 2019 at 01:26
yep probably the only band with 'growling' vocals that I can stomach
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: March 21 2019 at 02:36
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Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: March 21 2019 at 03:41
Last week, I ordered The Mantle and Ashes Against The Grain. And I've got Narrow Of The Margin.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 21 2019 at 04:21
well, if you like the prog death Opeth, you should try Witherscape, Barren Earth and Be'Lakor. Even Insomnium might do the trick.
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 21 2019 at 09:49
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Hi Easy ... turn the bass knob all the way to that end, and then the trouble knob all the way to that end. Then get speakers that have heavy duty WOOD cabinets, and a nice magnet on its 12 inch woofer ... now get a room with lousy acoustics (typical living rooms!), turn it up loud and .... There you go heavy. Or you could cheat ... do what LA radio used to do in the early FM days ... change the turn table 1% slower, and most listeners can not tell the difference, and it always sounds heavier ... specially when the band wasn't! Have fun! I'm the worst "suggester" around here ... metal machine music might be the heaviest album I got ... but I'm not sure that metal heavy folks will get it ... wtf is this?  ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 21 2019 at 11:13
are you making fun of the OP and his thread? Because that's rude and I do not see the point. Or is it that anything metal related is to be ridiculed or something?
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: March 21 2019 at 12:11
Something heavy? ------------- |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 21 2019 at 14:37
Not really ... what is hard to figure out is what is his definition of "heavy" ... because there are so many things that are so heavy as to be weightless ... up to and including lyrics. My only thoughts were that I hoped that it would bring about a clearer definition of what he was looking for ... because I'm not sure it is clear at all ... there is a lot of very light stuff in progressive that is very heavy ... however, I am not sure that this is something that he is looking for or wanting. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: March 21 2019 at 14:49
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i stil reccomend Ved Buens Ende album Written in Waters from 1996, equal to thr quality of Sham Mirrors imo -------------
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 21 2019 at 16:47
it's clear to me what he's looking for, he mentioned after all a couple of bands.
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: March 21 2019 at 17:13
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maudlin of the Well/Kayo Dot and Sigh's Imaginary Sonicscape come to mind ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music 
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Posted By: VicRelayer
Date Posted: March 23 2019 at 09:50
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Some NWOBHM bands experimented with prog, at least trying to make songs more elaborated. For example Dark Star's Green Peace, or Cloven Hoof's Return of the Passover.
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: March 23 2019 at 10:32
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For an up-to-the-mnute suggestion, how about Waste of Space Orchestra: It's a collaboration between Oranssi Pazuzu and Dark Buddha Rising. The album, Syntheosis, comes out in a couple of weeks. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: March 24 2019 at 02:00
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Maybe Leprous from Norway.
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Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: March 25 2019 at 11:12
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Cellar Darling. Their new album (The Spell) is just amazing, as was their first (This Is The Sound). Not mega-heavy, but definitely prog metal, with folk influence (flute and hurdy-gurdy). Brilliant!...... |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: March 25 2019 at 11:22
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Diablo Swing Orchestra is also quite something -------------
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Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: March 25 2019 at 11:30
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Check out Karnivool. Sound Awake is their best. ------------- Z |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: March 25 2019 at 11:58
| SHARDBORNE - Living Bridges |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: April 01 2019 at 08:48
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Ok, so if you don't know Devin Townsend already, you REALLY should check out his new album Empath! It is currently blowing my mind......... |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 06 2023 at 10:47
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bump! I will be back to this with a couple of bands.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 06 2023 at 11:22
You could try Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti, and when you've had enough of that, you could always try Writing on the Wall.   1969: Writing on the Wall - Power of the Picts - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mXEQJubcY7JTh7GRyD1A5OFrYHq1GwZm0" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mXEQJubcY7JTh7GRyD1A5OFrYHq1GwZm0  1994: Writing on the Wall - Rarities from the Middle Earth - 1996: Writing on the Wall - Burghley Road - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kJ4qGsglkOrorw7qz9to9qqo1TV1W9pUI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kJ4qGsglkOrorw7qz9to9qqo1TV1W9pUI 2014: Writing on the Wall - Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_loXY5d9h1t1Y7QomhUI5T_LUqean_7pU0" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_loXY5d9h1t1Y7QomhUI5T_LUqean_7pU0 2015: Writing on the Wall - The Rockfield Sessions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lS3qfLVpjpOdvRfcckBE6jWTJzNCCmr2o" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lS3qfLVpjpOdvRfcckBE6jWTJzNCCmr2o |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 06 2023 at 11:31
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Erebe from France https://erebeband.bandcamp.com/album/aeon" rel="nofollow - https://erebeband.bandcamp.com/album/aeon The Enigma Division from Ireland https://theenigmadivision.bandcamp.com/album/the-enigma-division" rel="nofollow - https://theenigmadivision.bandcamp.com/album/the-enigma-division
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: March 06 2023 at 13:23
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Unexpect is simultaneously the most chaotic, proggy, heavy, and intense music I've listen to that I actually enjoy. Edge of Sanity's album Crimson is also a must ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 06 2023 at 13:50
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Voivod - Nothingface ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |