Man, "Swim to the Moon" by Between The Buried And Me is such a brilliant song with a great structure, riffs, and a keyboards solo!

Blind guardian- and then there was silence: a masterpiece of a song the vocals on it are insane
isole- from the dark
ereb altor- the final war(the end part III)
iron maiden- rime of the ancient mariner: what is left to be said? the song is amazing great vocals and i love the opening riff
wintersun- sadness and hate: amazing lyrics with just some amazing vocals
iced earth- dantes inferno and gettysburg trilogy
bathory- blood fire death,shores in flames, twilight of the gods,one rode to asa bay,blood and iron,the wheel of sun: love bathory quorthon had a great way of keeping songs fresh and enjoyable over long amounts of time
guns n roses- coma: killer riifs, vocals and some of the best lyrics ever written
nightwish- the poet and the pendulum, ghost love score

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Equilibrium: Mana
Neurosis: Through Silver in Blood, Aeon
Opeth: To Bid You Farewell, The Drapery Falls
Agalloch: In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion, Fire Above, Ice Below
Be'Lakor: Countless Skies
Wintersun: Sadness and Hate

Blind Guardian - And Then There Was Silence (probably my favorite song of all time) 14:08
Genesis - Supper's Ready (i know, it's prog rock, not metal, but it's still amazing :p) 22:53
Yes - Awaken (still not metal, but this is a very exciting and epic number) 15:36
Pink Floyd - Dogs (even all the metalheads on this site have to admit this is an awesome song) 17:05
Agalloch - In The Shadow of Our Pale Companion (very atmospheric and breathtaking) 14:45
Opeth - Hessian Peel (probably the most diverse, and at times creepy song in their catalogue, i love it!) 11:26
Burzum - Det Som En Gang Var (monotonous, but hypnotizing) 14:22
Seventh Wonder - Great Escape (30 minute masterpiece)
Edge of Sanity - Crimson (40 minutes of pure bliss)
Dream Theater -Scarred (jazzy at first, but builds to a powerful climax) 10:59
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Take A Pebble (this is a very calm song that is able to entrance me all throughout) 12:32
King Crimson - Moonchild (very jazzy and improvisational song throughout most of it) 12:13
Fen - Carrier of Echoes (one of the best songs I heard last year) 10:38
Fates Warning - Still Remains (the intro really captivates me) 16:08
ISIS - Hand of the Host (one of my favorites from Wavering Radiant) 10:43
Bathory - Blood Fire Death (any sane man will find themselves lulled to the heat of battle after hearing this) 10:21
Katatonia - Velvet Thorns (Of Drynwhyl) (the doom atmosphere is chilling and the keyboards are amazing) 13:57
maudin of the Well - Excerpt from 6,000,000,000,000 Miles Before the First, or, the Revisitation of the Blue Ghost (awesome song, enough said :p) 10:56
Ne Obliviscaris - Every song from Portal of I
Neurosis - Purify (bagpipes for the win) 12:18
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element (the title of the song is a dead give away for how i feel about this song) 10:10
Porcupine Tree - Time Flies (it totally does when listening to this) 11:41
Storm Corrosion - Ljudet Innan (totally reminds me of the prog rock glory days of the 70s!) 10:20
Tool - Reflection (very mesmerizing, especially when listening to Lateralus from front to back) 11:08
Ulver -Not Saved (the piano is very soothing and relaxing) 10:27

Sorry for the long list, I just love long songs. Makes sense in that regard to have a long list I suppose. :p

Haken's "Visions" is a 22-minute prog masterpiece.

How about Beardfish's "Sleeping in Traffic, Part 2?" - a 35-minute journey. It's really a journey: pay close attention to the lyrics, which are also a whole lot of fun.

How they managed to pull these off still baffles me.

There is your portion of prog epicness for today.

Oh this is cool. Recently I've practically been nonstop Rwake's 'Was only a Dream' on repeat (13 or so minutes). This song is amazing. Instant classic, one of my favorites ever and I only heard it for the first time two weeks ago. Amazing.

Before that I probably would have talked about Opeth or something. They are good at constructing long songs, obviously.

Long songs are an interesting. The time allows for more transformation development and delivery, but at the same, if a band is not careful, it can easily leave a listener bored. It's a delicate balance, which is one reason why Opeth is so impressive for writing so many great long songs. They don't always work. I feel Symphony X's longer compositions, especially the 20+ minute ones, just tend to leave the listener behind. I love Symphony X and sections of Divine Wings and the Odyssey are brilliant, but not as complete songs. There are so many parts that feel like 'parts' instead of cohesive material. Perhaps that is a common issue with prog in general. However, if it's too monotonous, it can leave the listener behind just the same. Striking the perfect balance is just not easy.

Opeth has Ghost of Perdition and Black Water Park
Tarby has Born Cross Eyed and A Turn for the Worse
Dream Theater's Octavarium
Mastodon's The Czar
Porcupine Tree's Somewhere But Not Here
Iron Maiden's Where the Wild Wind Blows
Meatloaf's I'll Do Anything For Love
Watain's Waters of Ain
Cult of Luna's Dark City, Dark Man
Devin Townsend's Project's Might Masturbator
Yoshiki's Blind Dance
Nightwish's Poet and the Pendulum
Savatage's Morphine Child
Led Zepplin's Achille's Last Stand

I'm also going to count Parabola by Tool, because while the tack is only a little more than 6 minutes, if you combine it with the previous track, which is the intro for it and counted together in the music video, it's over 10. I know I also have a few more, but this is what I get off the top of my head as well as cleaning through my favorite's playlist and counting the one's which are actually in my all time favorite songs more than just "a like this quite a bit and want to bookmark it".

I guess spambots are one way to revive the threads then?

Anubis Gate - The End of Millenium Road
Blind Guardian - And Then There Was Silence
Darkwater - Tallest Tree
Dream Theater - Learning To Live
Dream Theater - Scene Six: Home
Dream Theater - Stream of Consciousness
Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno
Iron Maiden - Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
Iron Maiden - Empire Of The Clouds
Iron Maiden - When The Wild Wind Blows
Iron Mask - Cursed In The Devil's Mill
Opeth - White Cluster
Opeth - Drapery Falls
Opeth - Ghost Of Perdition
Symphony X - Through the Looking Glass
Zero Hour - Demise And Vestige

Those are the ones that come first to mind. Not surprising since these are played by some of my favourite bands.

Honestly I like almost all the longer tracks from Iron Maiden (often prefer them over the shorter tracks) and there are a lot more from Opeth and Dream Theater that I could pick but I tried to keep it at maximum 3 songs per band (and from different albums).

Written by Karlabos on 19.11.2016 at 14:08

I guess spambots are one way to revive the threads then?

Yeah, why not?

My fave, at the moment, is probably "For El Ahrairah To Cry":



I love the build up, and the samples are fricking well used here.

I listen to post rock/metal. That means I could put 4,287 songs in this thread.

Written by tea[m]ster on 19.11.2016 at 16:32

I listen to post rock/metal. That means I could put 4,287 songs in this thread.

You know what? I would love to see dat list

My recent favorites since most of the all time favorites were already listed


Ne Obliviscaris - And Plague Flowers The Kaleidoscope
Avantasia - The Scarecrow
Iron Maiden - When the Wild Wind Blows
Myrath - SIlent cries
Constantine - The Darkest Grace
Flaming Row - A Place To Revive Your Soul
Heathen - No Stone Unturned
Death angel - the ultra violence
Ensiferum - Victory Song
Lord Vicar - Between the Blue Temple and The North Tower

Iron Maiden - Empire Of The Clouds. Masterpiece, musically and lyrically. I don't particularly enjoy Maiden's prog phase, but they do it better than everyone else.

Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Queensrÿche - Suite Sister Mary
Mercyful Fate - Satan's Fall
Uriah Heep - Salisbury
Rush - Cygnus X-1 Book II
Heathen - No Stone Unturned

The Doors - The End
(It may not be metal but it's in my opinion the greatest 10+ minute song ever made)

Iron Maiden - Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, Empire Of The Clouds
(Of course just like the op says Iron Maiden is a band that needs to be on this list and also they happens to be my favourite band. I've chosen the obvious one but also one from their latest album; the 18-minute epic Empire Of The Clouds. Rime and Empire are among the two greatest 10+ minute songs ever made IMO)

Helloween - Keeper If The Seven Keys, Halloween
(Simply two masterful power metal epics)

Opeth - The Drapery Falls
(Simply beautiful, Opeth at their finest)

Mastodon - The Czar: Usurper/Escape/Martyr/Spiral
(A masterful and strange piece of art)

Pink Floyd - Pigs (Three Different Ones)
(Such an interesting listen. A true masterpiece)

Dream Theater - Illumination Theory (their best epic imo)
Helloween - Skyfall (Fav Helloween song, just crafted really well)
Haken - Visions (Enjoyable, something I can listen to again and again)
Anthriel - Fallen Souls (This song is so good, it doesn't even seem like it lasts 19 mins)

Watain - Waters of Ain
Ne Obliviscaris - Devour me Colossus (Part 1)
1914 - The Hundred Days Offensive
Edge of Sanity - Crimson
Iron Maiden - Empire of the Clouds
Be'Lakor - Much More Was Lost

Midnight Odyssey - From a Frozen Wasteland
Nightwish - Ghost Love Score, The Poet And The Pendulum
Equilibrium - Mana
Burzum - Tomhet
Darkthrone - Leave No Cross Unturned
Guns N Roses - Coma, Estranged

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