Progressive Metal Discussion Thread

And here I thought my hearing was good too, hmm . . .  -wha?
Over 30 years listening to Heavy Metal and collecting Albums = an experienced skilled labourer .
I think something has been happening here at MMA too, knowing "music terminology" automatically
makes you an "expert" on what "Heavy Metal should sound like", well I dont have a tin ear and I do
play Guitar, even though I cant read like most Guitarists or play (most) others music, but I can
improvise my own . . . and I think thats more original (thats what folks keep telling me ).
Most of what I play is influenced by Metal, but by no means is it conventional.

And Raff, how DARE you! "Personal taste"!? TREASON!!!

I like Duda and Wilson very much, and I was actually upset that DT let Dominici go because I
purchased WDADU when it debuted.  But I acknowledge now that LaBrie "is" (imo) the voice
of DT.  But I would never call Dominici's voice on that album bland, it was his vocals that set
the tone for all the musicianship on their 1st outing for me.
Glenn Hughes laid down some varied styles with Coverdale in the Deep Purple days, and
his work with (2?) Iommi and Sabbath, I like him very much.
To me its all more a variety for Heavy Metal, its either I like or do not like . . . thats all .

But hey, Lucas, to each his own .


Edited by MAVIIIVAM - 18 Jul 2010 at 4:08pm

^I know Mechanical Poet. Their debut album is pretty good.

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: Prog metal is as good as metal gets   Some of the best bands are   DREAM THEATER RIVERSIDE PAIN OF SALVATION QUEENSRYCHE BELIEVER OPETH SHADOW GALLERY

lucas wrote: Isn't Believer a thrash metal band ?

yeah definitely but they are progressive thrash. On the PA they are listed and I have heard their more progressive songs such as the violin heavy track on the second album.  

Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - 23 May 2010 at 3:57am

Sounds very emo, a cross between Coldplay and Talk Talk (at least the only song I heard from them, see below). This performance was made during semifinal for EUROVISION (!!!!!) : from the obscure prog/alternative metal band to the mass appealing pop band ???? 

lucas wrote: Sounds very emo, a cross between Coldplay and Talk Talk (at least the only song I heard from them, see below). This performance was made during semifinal for EUROVISION (!!!!!) : from the obscure prog/alternative metal band to the mass appealing pop band ????

Emo? Nah... the whole album sounds like a cross between 70's blues rock and modern pop/rock.

I'm pretty dissapointed by it... I loved all of their other albums, but this one just doesn't cut it for me.

Thanks to Dream Theater I had become a metal fan and a progressive Metal fan as well

Sleeper wrote: Love the new PoS album myself, not their best but miles better than Scarsick. It shows a huge change in direction but keeps a lot of the old PoS traits as well.

Threshold is my favourite progressive metal band; such a shame Andrew McDermott gave up on them; albums like Hypothetical, Critical Mass, Subsurface are almost flawless, to me at least.

other bands i often listen to - DT (especially the albums with Kevin Moore), Shadow Gallery, Circus Maximus, Riverside, Queensryche, Fates Warning, OSI, Redemption, Ark, Enchant, Psyco Drama, Thought Chamber, Sieges Even, Subsignal (from the ashes of Sieges Even), Psychotic Waltz/DeadSoul Tribe, Conception, Mindflow, Evergrey, Vanden plas, Dark Suns, Darkwater.

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: I quite like Arena too especially "Peppers Ghost" album.   Anyone like Devin Townsend? 'Ziltoid',  'Terria'... Or Ayreon   'Human Equation', '01011001',   great prog metal

I love Ziltoid.