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Maceta
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Topic: What was the genesis of Prog-Metal? Posted: March 18 2017 at 18:25 |
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I´m very interested in when/what was the genesis of Prog-Metal as there really doesn´t seem to be a consensus at all on this subject. Some people argue as back as early 70`s while others push it to late 80`s.
Wich was the first Prog-Metal song for you? Wich was the first prog metal band?
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: March 18 2017 at 18:50 | |
For me, Sabbath, for the down-tuning and tritones
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Atavachron
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Posted: March 18 2017 at 19:20 | |
What's interesting is that metal itself was considered a form of progressive rock, Sabbath included, and so by its nature heavy metal was prog metal; Sabbath, Priest, Queen, Scorps, UFO, Maiden, Ozzy, Angel Witch, MSG, Rising Force, Voivod; each a form of metal (or in some cases heavy rock), all progressive by nature. Additionally there were smaller acts that quietly contributed and only occasionally got their due such as A.F.T., Uli Roth's Electric Sun.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: March 18 2017 at 19:34 | |
^ .........and BUDGIE !! Let's not forget Budgie.
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sidc58
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Posted: March 18 2017 at 20:31 | |
For me it was early Black Sabbath and the first four Alice Cooper albums had a lot of proggy tracks.
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: March 18 2017 at 22:03 | |
Uh, more like let's not forget Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Rush. King Crimson too. Yeah Budgie also. Modern prog metal started in the mid eighties with Fates Warning, Queensryche and Watchtower(especially these guys although hey are more obscure). However, as was said the seeds for prog metal go way back. I think you can trace it back toa band called High Tide who were early prog and early metal at the same time. Then LZ, DP, Black Sabbath, Atomic Rooster, Lucifer's Friend and all the other usual suspects. Some bands were heavy on the metal and not so heavy on the prog but as far as prog metal goes I think Uriah Heep and Rush were prototypes of the genre with some stuff by Black Sabbath and King Crimson being important as well.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: March 18 2017 at 22:04 | |
^ So true
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: March 18 2017 at 22:08 | |
Which one?
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Thatfabulousalien
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Posted: March 18 2017 at 22:48 | |
Voivod, Fates Warning and Watchtower
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: March 18 2017 at 23:09 | |
I also would like to give an honourable mention to the incredible power-trio MAY BLITZ. These guys have flown under the radar for far too long. About time they are out in the open, so to speak. Way ahead of their time. |
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: March 18 2017 at 23:56 | |
If you go to the metal music archives site you will find a plethora of these proto metal/ proto prog metal bands. They have them listed as proto metal but a lot of them have prog elements too as you can imagine.
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Atavachron
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Posted: March 19 2017 at 00:14 | |
The term 'progressive metal' was being used in California as early as 1980 in reference to bands as Iron Maiden ~ several years before acts as Watchtower existed, and in wide use by 1984 (many years after High Tide or Led Zeppelin who had almost nothing to do with progressive metal) .
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: March 19 2017 at 00:27 | |
That's all well and good but we all know that terms can and do change with time. Heavy metal itself was used in a much broader way then it eventually was to be used. Also, even "progressive rock" was used in a slightly different way even before ITCOTCK was released. So it doesn't surprise me that even progressive metal could be used in a different way then it was eventually used. Iron Maiden and even Metallica did have some progressive elements but they weren't really part of the scene that came to be known as prog metal. As for LZ or HT having barely anything to do with prog metal well ok but then neither did any band back then especially since the genre was in a proto stage at best.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: March 19 2017 at 01:09 | |
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Pastmaster
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Posted: March 19 2017 at 02:45 | |
Not Metal Archives, Metal Music Archives: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ Much better and much more inclusive.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: March 19 2017 at 03:23 | |
^ Thanx Pastmaster. You and Jonas (Umur) are my 'go to' guys for Metal. I am no longer a Prog snob.........
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PhideauxFan
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Posted: March 19 2017 at 06:33 | |
From the 70's with Uriah Heep, Rush and Kansas ...
To the 80's with Queensryche, Heir Apparent and Fates Warning ... To end, in the 90's to nowadays with Dream Theater, Pain Of Salvation and Leprous ... |
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SteveG
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Posted: March 19 2017 at 09:27 | |
Duh. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly (1968).
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Tapfret
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Posted: March 19 2017 at 11:28 | |
^Going to have t disagree with you on this one. Any criteria that makes In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida a prog-metal progenitor also existed in Time Has Come Today by The Chambers Bros (album version)the year earlier.
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Pastmaster
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Posted: March 19 2017 at 11:35 | |
How is there no mention of Eloy or Hawkwind yet? The original space metal bands:
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