Prog or not ?

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Edited by IMPF - 13 Feb 2019 at 5:57pm

As much as I love prog metal (DT and FW are among my favorite bands), I can't say that it's the metal subgenre that I love the most. I like a lot of other metal subgenres equally, as I think they have a lot of different things to offer.... so I voted no.

Edited by Time Signature - 03 Mar 2012 at 12:37pm

I love progressive music in general but by "progressive" I mean unusual, fresh, intricate etc. I can't see almost anything interesting in DT's music despite the fact it's one of the most important prog metal bands and the most popular for sure. So yes, I think it's the genre I listen to most of the time, but I prefer those modern eclectic prog metal bands over these, well, "mainstream" ones. Opeth is a definition of modern progressive metal to me, and while they've fought their way to prog metal mainstream, they developed and defined a new branch of prog metal, very different from what an average Joe would associate with "prog metal" tag.

Picking up on a couple of themes here. I grew up on the likes of Sabbath, Maiden, Priest as well as heavy rock acts like Lizzy, Zep, AC/DC and Queen before embracing the thrash bands of the 80s. It was always the clever wankery that I really got off on though and as the years flew by, it was prog and especially progressive metal that rocked for me. As others have said, our tastes change, may be when we expose ourselves to music outside of our comfort zones.
That said, I'm more likely to be listening to some progressive death, black, metalcore, grind or AG band than a band in the prog metal bucket. I do love the generic prog metal bands, but progressive metal is a lot wider than Fates Warning and DT. And there's some great rocking progressive shit that falls way outside of this site's span too!

Edited by Bosh66 - 03 May 2013 at 1:49pm

Nope. I will often avoid prog stuff if I can. I like metal in general, but I'd have to say thrash, death, grindcore are my favourites, and I'll give most things a go.