Storm Corrosion: What sub-genre?
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Topic: Storm Corrosion: What sub-genre?
Posted By: Anthony H.
Subject: Storm Corrosion: What sub-genre?
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 15:26
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Now that Storm Corrosion (the collaboration between Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt and Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson) has officially been released, under what genre should it be placed here?. It is obviously prog, but I can't figure out which subgenre would be most fitting. -------------  |
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 15:38
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Just based on that one track, an Art Rock sub. That's all I know, but Eclectic or Crossover based on that. By the way, I'm not really an Opeth fan nor big on Porcupine Tree, but I love that. |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 15:47
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Crossover prog.
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Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 15:49
I couldn't disagree more. ------------- |
ole-the-first wrote:Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 16:04
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Why? Eclectic was my first impression, but I think Crossover could work based on that one track. To me that definitely sounds like Art Rock category suitable material, and there are a lot of similarities between Eclectic and Crossover (both categories often being very eclectic) often (both categories split from Art Rock). I think it has poppy qualities. |
Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 16:43
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I don't see any poppy qualities, especially listening to the album as a whole. Unless long-form ambient/folk soundscapes are poppy?
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Posted By: GoldenGod2112
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 17:00
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Experimental? ... Nah, because after Experimental it says metal. Ahhh I am really not sure. ------------- The future's uncertain and the end is always near. - Jim Morrison |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 20:30
It's hard for anyone making some form of rock and folk related music to completely divorce itself from pop and popular music. I was thinking of some rather avant-poppish vocals, and some GGish vocal harmonies (hey I think GG made a form of pop music), as well as something else about it that came across to me as rather mainstream in a cinematic composer way. But Eclectic was my first choice and remains so, and Crossover more of an alternative based on that one track. I just wouldn't see it outside of the Art Rock subs based on that one track. How would you feel about Eclectic having heard the whole album? Eclectic is what I would think based on that track. Great track, I think. |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 20:41
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I believe folk was decided upon. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 20:43
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Now watch their 2nd album sound like death metal. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 20:58
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Folk? really...... hmmm ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 21:25
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I don't think that there's that much of folk in Storm Corrosion stuff. Well, folk is widely presented here, but this is not a dominant genre. I'd say there's more ambient than folk. Both Wilson and Åkerfeldt wanted to create a completely new sound which would be rather impossible to categotize. So they did it. It's very hard to define genre category here. Still I'd stick with crossover prog or eclectic prog. Storm Corrosion's music is a mix of prog, folk and ambient, so you can ecxlude all the other categories except those two. Except for prog folk maybe, but it's not a folk album at all, as I've said before. ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 02:00
| Eclectic prog, for the very reason that we're having a hard time agreeing on where it fis. |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 03:01
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Neo-wyrd. ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 03:34
Wow, this is the first time I heard something related to Steven Wilson that I can actually like
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 09:55
+1
Listened to the album in full yesterday.....It will be background music for me. I doubt it would ever be serious sit down listening session for me -------------   
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Posted By: StyLaZyn
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 10:21
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Ambient Crap
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 10:28
+1......I like that better than Neo-wyrd.....Both should be added to the database
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Posted By: StyLaZyn
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 10:50
+1 -------------
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 10:51
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Eclectic. Maybe Psych.
Better not put it in folk. Because it ain't even vaguely folk.
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Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 10:58
Agreed. Folk is much too narrow of a category to put it in. ------------- |
Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 10:59
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Crossover prog doesn't necessarily need to be poppy does it? Seems like maybe a decent fit for crossover, eclectic, or post-rock to me, but mostly eclectic. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 18:53
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How on Earth could anyone determine a subgenre if there's only one song posted?
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 19:18
Because the album's been released.  ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 19:51
That makes sense.  ------------- |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 20:10
I agree, sometimes an album is not enough (Specially with a band that has few releases), because a band can change dramatically from one release to another. I like what I heard, seems Crossover oriented more than Folk, but one track is not remotely enough. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Riuku
Date Posted: May 10 2012 at 23:57
| It' not even that far from Symphonic. But maybe Avant will work, or psych. I would go with post-metal over post-rock. Eclectic definitely works though, probably the best bet. It hardly has metal, but it sure as hell is heavy, so post-metal works. I think folk is a by large stretch. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: May 11 2012 at 06:36
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Avant, Pysch, Post-Rock and Post Metal are bad catagorization in my opinion. Eclectic is my favorite.
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Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: May 11 2012 at 14:19
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When I hear it I think "Post-Folk Prog" haha |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: May 11 2012 at 18:20
| Eclectic. I think we have a winner! |
Posted By: EatThatPhonebook
Date Posted: May 13 2012 at 20:00
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I'm tempted to say Prog Folk, but I wouldn't have a problem seeing it in Eclectic Prog, Crossover or Psychedelic Prog. ------------- 
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: May 13 2012 at 20:34
 ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: EatThatPhonebook
Date Posted: May 18 2012 at 07:17
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Ok, I think it's time to add the band... the website feels incomplete now, without Storm Corrosion. -------------
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Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: May 18 2012 at 08:51
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So ... who want to take a first chew on this band, what team ? Us, Eclectics or Folks ?
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: May 19 2012 at 00:38
| I'll pass them over to Eclectic in a bit. |
Posted By: felipeterry
Date Posted: May 22 2012 at 17:48
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Here, Mikael and Steven talk about the genre. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojauxAoY_7I
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: May 22 2012 at 17:54
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Just in case somebody doesn't know, they're added. http:// http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7352" rel="nofollow - www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7352 ------------- |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: May 22 2012 at 18:27
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