So your'e done. All the songs are recorded, mixed and ready, now you only need to pick a name for your album.

A few rules to help and progify you album:

1. Look out of the window. What do you see? The view. There are landscapes, horizons, the sun, the sea, the ocean, the forest. Just pick some of them. "Horizons of the Sun" will be a good name for your symphonic prog album. "A Landscapic Forest" will also do the job. If your band is about searching for the 70's prog style, a long name will do the job. "The Horizons Suns of the Landscapic Forest of the Sea" is about right.

2. If your into prog metal. You MUST deal with the future. It has the be about the future, or futuristic preset. For example - "The Futuristic Future of the Futurism" will most defenetly reflect you as a prog metal band. If not the future as a stand-alone word, think of futuristic things you can watch on Star Trek. "Planet of the Lazer Beam" will surely get your fans enthusiastic.

3. Invert words. Make them sound cool by using non-common letters like Z,X,Q etc. "The Futuristic Ocean of Quezlax" is a good name for a progressive album.

4. If your band is about Zeuhl- you MUST NOT pick an English name. Pick a name by using above and following rules then translate it to another language. If you must have a name in English, try to make as many spelling mistakes as you can: "A Futwristik Motiw of Quazoh".

5. The Symphonic prog band has to like fantasy. Think of magic, dragons, fairies and the name will come on its own "Legends of Magic Fairy Dragons" is one such thing. "Magicians of the Inner World Sea" is another.

6. A RIO or Avant-Prog bands must first get rid of logic. A good name for a RIO album will be made with an adjective or a verb attached to a noun, without any connection between them. The lazier RIO musician can open the dictionary on a random spot choosing a noun then about a week later do the same thing with the adjective or the Verb. That way your RIO band should call your album with a name like "The Rewriting Fork" or a "Tired Fax-Machine Inevitable".

7. Another option is one 7 or more letter word. The more it has to do to do with the concept the worse. That way you should the album "Conspiracy", "Arachnophobia" or "Geography". If you manage to change the words into non-existig words that still sound good it's better. "Geographity" or "Conspirocity" are excellent.

8. Word games are necessary. Think of a known phrase and change it to you means. Auld Lang Syne for example could be changed to "Auld Lang Sin" if your'e a prog-metal band, "Odd Leg Sign" for a RIO band or "Oheld Land De Synew" for Zheul band.

9. Live Albums must include the word "live", "songs", "segments" etc. with word game in it and preferbly the city or country name where the show took place- "Nine Lives of the CATmandu" or "Songseattle 1994" is OK.

10. If you still can't think of names just use the band name. Ofcourse marking the albums with numbers is boring. Let's say your band is called "The Pencils" instead of having  "The Pencils 1/2/3" try to make it more dramatic. After "The Pencils" (Self Title), you can have "Here are The Pencils", "Moving on with The Pencils", "Songs from the The Pencils" and "A Better Morning with The Pencils"

btw, welcome to the forum

7 - You are definitely right!! what the heck does "Magnification" mean? Or "Keys To Ascension"??

Song from Tsongas are my favourite.

But first, welcome to progarchives, Winters!!

Thanks all...

Raph, my album will be "The Futuristic Future of the Futurism", it was my first prog-mock invented long time ago. My band will be called "Sigma F"

And horza, welcome to our forum...

horza wrote: I don't think i EVER got a welcome to the forum

welcome

Welcome to progarchives, Horza. Your posts and topic are always marvellous and hilarious. Oh, you've posted already three hundred?? Clever chap...

Winters wrote: Another option is one 7 or more letter word. The more it has to do to do with the concept the worse. That way you should the album "Conspiracy", "Arachnophobia" or "Geography". If you manage to change the words into non-existig words that still sound good it's better. "Geographity" or "Conspirocity" are excellent.

Octavarium!!!

Biggles wrote: Winters wrote: Another option is one 7 or more letter word. The more it has to do to do with the concept the worse. That way you should the album "Conspiracy", "Arachnophobia" or "Geography". If you manage to change the words into non-existig words that still sound good it's better. "Geographity" or "Conspirocity" are excellent. Octavarium!!!

Octavarium has a symbolic meaning

but what the hell are Undertow? AEnima? Lateralus?

The Miracle wrote: Biggles wrote: Winters wrote: Another option is one 7 or more letter word. The more it has to do to do with the concept the worse. That way you should the album "Conspiracy", "Arachnophobia" or "Geography". If you manage to change the words into non-existig words that still sound good it's better. "Geographity" or "Conspirocity" are excellent. Octavarium!!! Octavarium has a symbolic meaning but what the hell are Undertow? AEnima? Lateralus?

Symbolism schmymbolism.

Trouserpress, one day you will write scenario for progressive "Spinal Tap" movie

You're forgetting groups made of virtuoso musicians who are all named like lawyer firms - bozzio, levins & stevens / emerson, lake & palmer/ torn, karn, bozzio / anderson bruford wakeman & howe / etc

Good point, lordoflight. I'm a lawyer myself (just a rookie in fact), but I remember that during my schooling we were to emulate the trial, I was playing the role of barrister and named my firm "Anderson Bruford Wakeman & Howe". One day I will open a firm with such name  with my colleague who is also a great progger.

I guess Jon, Bill, Rick and Steve would have nothing against it.

Winters wrote: Look out of the window. What do you see? The view. There are landscapes, horizons, the sun, the sea, the ocean, the forest. Just pick some of them. "Horizons of the Sun" will be a good name for your symphonic prog album. "A Landscapic Forest" will also do the job. If your band is about searching for the 70's prog style, a long name will do the job. "The Horizons Suns of the Landscapic Forest of the Sea" is about right.

Based on looking out of my windows I have a few great album names.

#01.     2 bums and a couple of bushes.

#02.     Between the venetian blinds.

#03.     These windows needs to be cleaned.

krauthead wrote: Winters wrote: Look out of the window. What do you see? The view. There are landscapes, horizons, the sun, the sea, the ocean, the forest. Just pick some of them. "Horizons of the Sun" will be a good name for your symphonic prog album. "A Landscapic Forest" will also do the job. If your band is about searching for the 70's prog style, a long name will do the job. "The Horizons Suns of the Landscapic Forest of the Sea" is about right. Based on looking out of my windows I have a few great album names. #01.     2 bums and a couple of bushes. #02.     Between the venetian blinds. #03.     These windows needs to be cleaned.

My album would just be called Trees...

Frasse wrote: krauthead wrote: Winters wrote: Look out of the window. What do you see? The view. There are landscapes, horizons, the sun, the sea, the ocean, the forest. Just pick some of them. "Horizons of the Sun" will be a good name for your symphonic prog album. "A Landscapic Forest" will also do the job. If your band is about searching for the 70's prog style, a long name will do the job. "The Horizons Suns of the Landscapic Forest of the Sea" is about right. Based on looking out of my windows I have a few great album names. #01.     2 bums and a couple of bushes. #02.     Between the venetian blinds. #03.     These windows needs to be cleaned. My album would just be called Trees...

That's something 

If none of these rules aply to you, you can just take a normal word and add a x

Symphony x

Planet x

Dimension x

eternity x

the list goes on....

krauthead wrote: Winters wrote: Look out of the window. What do you see? The view. There are landscapes, horizons, the sun, the sea, the ocean, the forest. Just pick some of them. "Horizons of the Sun" will be a good name for your symphonic prog album. "A Landscapic Forest" will also do the job. If your band is about searching for the 70's prog style, a long name will do the job. "The Horizons Suns of the Landscapic Forest of the Sea" is about right. Based on looking out of my windows I have a few great album names. #01.     2 bums and a couple of bushes. #02.     Between the venetian blinds. #03.     These windows needs to be cleaned.

My album would probably be called hell.

Mine would be "A Man in a Suit Walking Past a Luxurious House with a White Facade Turns Around to See a Car Going Down the Road in His Direction."

Really funny! Great thread...

Winters wrote: You see? It actually works. Krauthead, I like your third suggestion.

Thanks mate

Toob-Wurm wrote: krauthead wrote: Winters wrote: Look out of the window. What do you see? The view. There are landscapes, horizons, the sun, the sea, the ocean, the forest. Just pick some of them. "Horizons of the Sun" will be a good name for your symphonic prog album. "A Landscapic Forest" will also do the job. If your band is about searching for the 70's prog style, a long name will do the job. "The Horizons Suns of the Landscapic Forest of the Sea" is about right. Based on looking out of my windows I have a few great album names. #01.     2 bums and a couple of bushes. #02.     Between the venetian blinds. #03.     These windows needs to be cleaned. My album would probably be called hell.

Is it really that bad?