Neal Morse (Prog metal)

The ex-lead singer of Spock's Beard and lead singer of Transatlantic has released both prog metal albums and christian rock albums (going along with his born again christain faith).

Look at CMX..... It's even worse there. I think Dinosaurus Stereophonicus is prog metal though, but still.

I support the addition of Neal Morse. The only album of his I'm really familiar with his Sola Scriptura, but that alone warrants his inclusion in my opinion. I've heard his others and although I'd have to listen to them again before I can really comment, I think that most if not all his 'prog rock' albums could be tagged as prog metal, from what I remember of them. 

Edited by adg211288 - 19 Jan 2011 at 3:16am

The Block wrote: J-Man wrote: Oh boy... this is a toughie... I considered discussing this a week ago when I listened to Sola Scriptura - basically a full-fledged prog metal album IMO. I agree with Sola Scriptura and ?. But, is that enough to put him in?

Yes. If a band has only one full-on metal album, we should add the artist with just that album (or albums) tagged as metal.

The question is whether or not Neal Morse's metal-oriented albums are enough to warrant an inclusion here. I could see that addition taking a beating from a few metal purists, despite my support.

^ True, but I think it has enough of a metal taste to be called prog metal.

And mine, and personally I wouldn't worry about backlash from metal purists, there's many artists listed on MMA already that could give such people a field day. I doubt that Neal would be their high priority really.

I've only heard One, but it's not remotely metal IMO

The Block wrote: J-Man wrote: adg211288 wrote: And mine, and personally I wouldn't worry about backlash from metal purists, there's many artists listed on MMA already that could give such people a field day. I doubt that Neal would be their high priority really. That's a good point. Hadn't thought of that. I'll have to put my vote forward too, I guess, being the Neal Morse fanboy I am , and also I have to admit Sola Scriptura is pretty metal in spots.

You'll appreciate this story, Brian... For those unfamiliar with my father (Brian knows my dad personally), he is a HUGE Neal Morse fanboy. I asked him what he thought about this addition, just out of mere curiosity. Here's how the conversation went down...

Me: "At MMA we're considering adding Neal Morse to prog metal... do you think that's warranted?"
Dad: "Metal is a type of music, correct?"
Me: "Yeah..."
Dad: "Neal IS music. Music IS Neal Morse. Therefore, how can he not be any certain genre of music?"

If that's not the response of a fanboy, I don't know what is.

No thanks, I HATE Neal Morse

Edited by Triceratopsoil - 19 Jan 2011 at 8:32pm

Triceratopsoil wrote: No thanks, I HATE Neal Morse

Is it the entire religion thing, or the music in general? Sometimes his lyrics can really irk me, but I can always look past it for the great music (IMO).