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Collapse - The Sleep In Me (2017) - a sort of instrumental progressive metal, but there's some post rock in there |
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Distant Dream - It All Starts From Pieces (2017) - instrumental djenty post rock, catchy yet complex and competent |
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Psyco Drama - Bent (1997) - US heavy/power, their first album is influenced by Queensryche, this one not so much |
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Soul Cages - Soul Cages (1994) - German progressive metal |
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TunnelVision - Tomorrow (2002) - prog-power from Finland, catchy but competent |
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Freedom Hawk - Into Your Mind (2015) - successfully cloning Black Sabbath |
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7 Days - The Weight of the World (2006) - proggish power metal from Sweden, catchy |
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Stolen Memories - Paradox (2017) - prog-power from France |
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Seventh Sign - Perpetual Destiny (1996) - proggish US Power |
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Fifth Season - Journey Through An Open Mind (1997) - progressive metal from UK |
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Arlon - Mimetic Desires (2015) - these guys sound a bit like Riverside, but good stuff |
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The Quiet Room - Introspect (1997) - solid progressive metal debut, they have 2 albums, the second one is not as good |
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Frontal Cortex - Passage (2018) - Riverside meets Tool, fans of Soen will enjoy this |
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Space Is Not Empty - The W.D. Experience (2016) - another djent album I enjoy |
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AudioPlastik - In The Head Of A Maniac (2015) - prog-rock/metal, keyboardist of Threshold is in here. |
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Universe Effects - Desolation (2018) - Canadian progressive metal, a pleasant surprise. |
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Aching Beauty - L'Ultima Ora (2004) - solid progressive metal from France, they did this album and vanished, a shame. |
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Ghostbound - All Is Phantom (2018) - a mix of post rock, shoegaze, prog rock, a little bit of post black. |
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Secret Silence - Escape From Reality 1996 - little known progressive metal band from Germany |
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Power of Omens - Eyes of the Oracle 1998 - small progressive metal band from the US, technical, yet melodic, which makes me think these musicians are influenced by the likes of Watchtower and Cynic, their vocalist sounds like Geoff Tate, they're also influenced by Fates Warning |
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Buddy Lackey - The Strange Mind Of Buddy Lackey 1993 - for Psychotic Waltz fans a must listen, as well as fans of progressive metal, hard'n'heavy. |
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Innerchaos - Different Stories 2005 - this obscure (for me at least) French progressive metal is worth listening because it's not the DT cloning style, love the guitar work especially. |
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Madsword - The Global Village 2000 - Italian progressive metal, a mix of DT, Quensryche and Fates Warning, but it's done well. |
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Slander - Careless Talk Costs Lives 1991 - UK heavy metal band, catchy and competent, great vocals. |
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Burnclear - Lost for Life 2016 - catchy Finnish power metal, proggish, that's why I like it I guess, good vocals. |
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Lemur Voice - Insights 1996 - excellent progressive metal from the Netherlands |
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Parish - Envision 1995 - excellent US Power |