Progressive Metal Discussion Thread

The wacky Ziltoid. What�s not to love. Great album.

any comments on our Progressive Metal section on our Metal download site are appreciated:

opeth is interesting, but unfortunately their evolution into progressive metal took that "something" away from them that made them tick

dream theater...well, their three last albums sound like their first three or four, but with different riff arrangements

i await the day when i will discover a more interesting band than liquid tension experiment (in my opinion, the most complete progressive metal band...and yes, i am a petrucci fan)

other interesting prog metal that i listen to a lot: necrophagist (brilliant technical death metal band), meshuggah (for their polirithms) and blotted science (started to listen to 'em 'coz of my jarzombek-fan era a while ago)


Edited by kogaionon - 18 Aug 2010 at 5:58pm

Anybody familiar with Heaven�s Cry ( http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/heavens-cry.aspx?ac=heaven)? They are a pretty unique progressive metal act. The melodies aren�t too obvious and their albums takes a bit of getting used to but that�s what I like about them. The three guitarists in the band also gives them quite a unique sound. Oh and I enjoy that keyboards/ synths are only used occasionally.

Yeah Heaven�s Cry has been one of my favorite PM bands in the last couple of years too. They deserve much more recognision than they have gotten so far.

Aw man . . .
Dont get me started on Spiral Architect and Twisted Into Form! some true "Math Metal" at its best!
(along with Watchtower, Cacophony, To-mera, A ((wake)), Continuo Renacer and many others).
I have still not heard Manitou, but you may want to hear "Scariot" with the SA vocalist on their last
album (I believe).
Still in the works to put up a Tech-Thrash/Math/Death Metal Post sometime before 2012 .
Still need to add my Prog Metal faves here as its my fave genre . . .


Edited by MAVIIIVAM - 19 Aug 2010 at 10:07pm

Hahaha! 
Really!? We in America would say, "What? I have PULL"?
About Spains "Continuo", I'm telling you, ALL you guys would LOVE the Internet Station I listen to,
if you like Progressive Rock and Prog Metal and all its sub-genres, its a GREAT place to discover
the obscure and talk to the Fans that worship them . . .

Ulfednar wrote: Any thoughts on Jon Oliva's Pain?

I actually haven't checked that out yet. I absolutely love his stuff with Savatage, though.

Psychotic Waltz is a fave of mine. One of the most unique sounding prog metal acts. I saw them live twice ( got two tour longsleeves to prove it ) and they were great on stage too. I guess bad promotion and worse distribution killed them in the end ( and something about a law suit from a former roadie if I remember correctly). Really sad they never got the recognision and commercial success they deserved. I�m still dreaming of a reunion.

It�s been a while since I gave Pain of Salvation a chance ( I reviewed the debut album for PA a while back, but wasn�t too thrilled), but I�ll give the albums a spin sometime in the future to see if I dig them better now. Sometimes a little time between listens helps.