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Master of Time
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Topic: Progressive metal with happy/positive/fun lyrics Posted: January 27 2017 at 03:43 |
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Lately I've been wanting to listen to progressive metal but without being filled with angst when I listen to the lyrics.
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Watchmaker
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Posted: January 27 2017 at 04:03 | ||||
Devin Townsend maybe? Search his discography, I'm sure you will find something that matches your preferences.
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Thatfabulousalien
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Posted: January 27 2017 at 04:13 | ||||
lol, you got there before me
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Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.
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Thatfabulousalien
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Posted: January 27 2017 at 17:46 | ||||
I was reminded of this beautiful song today:
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Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.
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HemispheresOfXanadu
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Posted: January 27 2017 at 18:24 | ||||
Primus are heavy enough in some albums to be metal. Definitely funny.
System of a Down have some funny stuff and are sometimes proggy. Wo Fat are a stoner rock/metal band but they have really funny lyrics (especially on Psychedelonaut). They jam enough to be included here though. =) Yoosi Sassi's Desert Butterflies is really nice.
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Tapfret
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Posted: January 27 2017 at 19:10 | ||||
Isn't like 90% of all music lyrics angsty? I mean, the ones that aren't straight propaganda.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: January 28 2017 at 02:59 | ||||
Very difficult to sing 'flowers are nice, I love life' to such 'heavy' music. It just doesn't work.
Only Anthrax can sing dark lyrics and present it as 'positive music' with their uplifting way of things. It just couldn't be 'happy' and heavy at the same time convincingly. That's why Maiden sung in an epic 'story telling' formula using past histories as subjects. Even GORGUTS went back in time to incorporate themes of ancient history to base their concepts on. Not everything is death, but ultimately, it is........ |
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Master of Time
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Posted: January 28 2017 at 04:29 | ||||
Thank you, it's been a long time since I've listened to him and I didn't consider him, I'll dig him back him out.
Great song, thank you.
Thanks, I'll check out your recs.
Well, yeah, the vast, vast, vast majority, but there're always exceptions, and this is the place to look for the experts that know those exceptions.
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Mascodagama
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Posted: January 28 2017 at 07:44 | ||||
Not exactly progressive metal, but Lykathia Afkame are perhaps worth mentioning here for maybe the biggest disconnect between musical style and lyrical content - a no-bullsh*t brutal death metal band with spiritually uplifting lyrics relating to the journey towards enlightenment and universal love. Of course you really have to read the lyrics in the booklet to grok that as the vocalist sounds like a downtuned fuzz bass played through a broken sub-woofer. It's very good stuff if you dig that style, though.
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EGallager
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Posted: February 02 2017 at 16:30 | ||||
Arjen Anthony Lucassen might be a good one to try out, not necessarily all happy music but not down in the dumps. More fantasy/sci-fi music from his projects like Ayreon and Star One. Into the Electric Castle and Universal Migrator have some good songs for what you're looking for.
You may also be into Allen - Lande. It's got Russell Allen and Jorn Lande on vocals, lots of major chords for more uplifting power metal.
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micky
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Posted: February 02 2017 at 18:42 | ||||
yeah man... I got 5-1 odds from Vegas this thread never sees a page 2 |
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Thatfabulousalien
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Posted: February 02 2017 at 19:29 | ||||
As close as you can get:
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Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.
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Thatfabulousalien
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Posted: March 21 2017 at 01:47 | ||||
Apart from that ironic post above, I'm actually interested myself right now. Especially for bands with very uplifting, esoteric spiritual (but not preachy religious) lyrics/themes.
Though this is different from my usual sarcastic posting style, any suggestions?
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Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.
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micky
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Posted: March 21 2017 at 16:16 | ||||
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fourrobert13
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Posted: March 24 2017 at 13:52 | ||||
Anubis Gate comes to my. They sing about psychological cleansing, purity of body & mind for the most part.
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