Evolution: Sailing The Seas Of Prog
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Recently, instead of scouring too much the albums of the year I'm in, I decided to take a deeper journey and appreciate progressive music (prog metal/rock). While I'm still in the early beginnings of my journey, I decided to make a list to the albums I fully listen to so that I can keep charting my voyage in these vast seas. Some albums are not yet added because I need to listen them well and grab my favorites out, and some bands are on queue. I'm also eager to hear some recommendations, so thanks in advance for them!
Bands on queue: Porcupine Tree, Leprous, Winds, In Vain, Ikuinen Kaamos, Disillusion. The list is in alphabetical order.
Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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---- To their tombs the people are immured, There is their gold, treasure and wealth, The only condition is to ignore them, Those who feed on corruption and weave death
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| mz Posts: 4837 |
Written by Iron Nostarion on 23.09.2013 at 08:00 no problem. I also have my own list but it is much shorter than those. Check it out if you want
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Written by mz on 23.09.2013 at 08:19 Pretty good list. Reminded me to queue Edge Of Sanity and Leprous as well. 
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| Erik M. Posts: 3104  |
Disillusion - Back to Times of Splendor seems to be missing from all these progressive metal lists. What the hell is up with that?   Also, this list has way too many albums/band. You should limit the amount of albums/band to 2 or 3 at most. But that's just my opinion. 
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Written by Erik M. on 23.09.2013 at 18:45 I personally really like that album but there are other ones which I prefer. It might be because I go for edge of sanity when I am in mood for melodic extreme progressive metal
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| Erik M. Posts: 3104 |
Written by mz on 24.09.2013 at 11:21 It's lacking your progressive list either.  Just kidding. But seriously though, even though Disillusion and Edge of Sanity are both progressive, their music is still totally different. Disillusion is just progressive metal, whereas EoS is progressive death metal. Oh, for the record, I think Crimson is the best progressive metal and also the best death metal album ever.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
But Disillusion - Back To Times Of Splendor is almost an Opeth rip-off, so why would you list it?
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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Account deleted Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.09.2013 at 18:19 It's been a while since I listened to that album but I recall no Opeth in their sound whatsoever. Totally different.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by [user id=4365] on 24.09.2013 at 18:27 on Gloria they didn't have that Opeth sound but if I remember correctly their debut was extremely a lot like Opeth.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Sznc Posts: 46  |
A standard list with standard/popular choices, at least for the Prog Rock part. I wouldn't call this an "evolution" of the genre, tbh.
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| Erik M. Posts: 3104 |
Written by [user id=4365] on 24.09.2013 at 18:27 I'm with Joe on this one. Listened to Disillusion's debut many times and it doesn't resemble Opeth AT ALL, despite the fact that it's both progressive.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by [user id=4365] on 24.09.2013 at 18:40 I ahven't got the album any more so I can't check, maybe I am confusing it with something else. But regardless, this album is totally generic the way you describe it 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Account deleted Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.09.2013 at 18:42 You're not thinking of Farmakon are you? Now that's an Opeth clone.
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| Erik M. Posts: 3104 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.09.2013 at 18:42 Nope, not generic at all either. At least not for me... I think it's a brilliant album and no-one can change my mind. 
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Written by [user id=4365] on 24.09.2013 at 18:43 yep, that's the one. Thanks for refreshing my dodgy memory
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by [user id=4365] on 24.09.2013 at 18:49 but then again prog is Always being overrated by the metal masses and that for one of the most generic genres around
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| mz Posts: 4837 |
Written by Erik M. on 24.09.2013 at 18:08 I did not meant that they sound same. EoS plays progressive melodeath and Disillusion plays prog metal with melodic elements and extreme moments. These bands play somehow extreme and melodic prog metal.other than that, I do not see any similarities but this can not discredit my statement: I prefer EoS over Disillusion when it comes to extreme melodic prog .
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| Erik M. Posts: 3104 |
Written by mz on 24.09.2013 at 22:12 Thanks for clearing that up. Now it makes sense to me.
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.09.2013 at 19:04 that I would disagree. I personally hate prog bands that focus on technicality more than songwriting, like those who imimtate the sound of dream theater (and also most of dream theater albums) but progressive metal as a genre is IMO much more diverse than most of metal genres. Also, while I disagree that prog in general is generic, I do not see the point of bringing up this argument, considering that you are a huge fan of a genre as generic as traditional doom (which I also started to love recently and for sure will spend more time on it in future)
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by mz on 24.09.2013 at 22:23 doom is certainly generic and I would be the last one to refute that fact. But why can't I say that progressive metal is generic just because I enjoy doom? Maybe I am more capable of juging what is generic and what's not exactly because I am a doom fan so am acquainted with generic music. As for the diversioty of progressive metal I beg to differ. Black metal and also doom metal (so not just traditonal doom) are more diverse in my opinion.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.09.2013 at 22:29 I did not say that you can not say that prog metal is not generic. I meant that being generic is not necessarily a bad thing, which is the case for traditional doom metal. I also definitely agree that black metal and doom metal are much more diverse than progressive metal, despite the fact that I have listened to much more prog albums but I definitely think that progressive metal is more diverse than, let's say, heavy metal, power metal, thrash meta and even death metal. Based on my experience up to now, I call progressive metal the third most diverse metal genre, right behind doom and black metal
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Written by [user id=4365] on 24.09.2013 at 23:14 I somehow agree with you, but do not have any other more tag to throw on EoS. Extreme prog maybe?
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Written by Sznc on 24.09.2013 at 18:36 I was mentioning that as an evolution of my music taste; not that I objectively think prog "is an evolution of music", but more like in the notion of the word "progress" as with the genre tag. xD
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.09.2013 at 18:19 Considering your expertise Lord Marcel, should I also add Disillusion to the queue of bands as well? 
---- To their tombs the people are immured, There is their gold, treasure and wealth, The only condition is to ignore them, Those who feed on corruption and weave death
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