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Dellinger 
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 Posted: September 19 2017 at 21:34 |
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Iron Maiden's "Empire of the Clouds" is just sublime. One of the best things I have heard in a while.
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omphaloskepsis
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Posted: September 21 2017 at 08:42 |
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Edited by omphaloskepsis - September 21 2017 at 08:45 |
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Kingsnake
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Joined: November 03 2006 Location: Rockpommelland Status: Offline Points: 1578 |
Posted: September 21 2017 at 10:54 |
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Flower Kings - Numbers - 25.27
Unitopia - Travelling Man (The Story of ESHU) - 21.42 Southern Empire - The Bridge that Binds - 28.22 Big Big Train - The London Song - 34.03 Big Big Train - The Underfall Yard - 22.54 The Tangent - Slow Rust - 22.32 Uzva - Vesikko part I, II and III - 23.10
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Mascodagama
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 5111 |
Posted: September 22 2017 at 01:45 |
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Wry smile this morning at how this thread is paradigmatic of a certain type of PA thread.
1. Noob starts thread. "Why isn't there any X any more?? It used to be so great when bands were all doing X, but now nobody does X because modern bands suck! Just name me some good modern X." Subtext: "Bet ya can't, because there isn't any." 2. PA headz post 150 examples of modern X. 3. Noob never returns to thread and is generally not heard from again. 4. PA headz, drunk with the joy of sharing their latest obsessions, nevertheless continue to add to the thread for the next seven years.  Edited by Mascodagama - September 22 2017 at 01:47 |
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Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to.
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Kingsnake
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Posted: September 22 2017 at 03:27 |
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hahahahahahaha....
He's slapped silly with modern epics. Got enough music to listen to for the coming 1.000.000 years....
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: September 22 2017 at 04:04 |
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Yeah this is a recurring thing around these parts. He may just have found a couple of pieces to his liking but were to embarrased to admit to actually liking something that wasn't produced 40 years ago. |
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams |
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Kingsnake
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Joined: November 03 2006 Location: Rockpommelland Status: Offline Points: 1578 |
Posted: September 22 2017 at 04:19 |
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Tapfret
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 12 2007 Location: Bryant, Wa Status: Offline Points: 8571 |
Posted: September 22 2017 at 11:36 |
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Haken - Visions
Motorpsycho - Ratcatcher, Through the Veil (Death Defying Unicorn is a double album concept with orchestra...pretty epic) Shamblemaths - Conglomeration and Stalker Pain of Salvation - The Passing Light of Day Magma - KA Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Baby doctor Combat Astronomy - Symmetry Through Collapse Ukandanz - Ambassal to Brussels ...just to name a few. |
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Mascodagama
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Posted: September 22 2017 at 13:03 |
Cool track, but of course the version on the Live at Wraysbury Village Hall bootleg, with with the fifteen-minute crumhorn solo, is superior for the true afficionado. Edited by Mascodagama - December 19 2017 at 04:32 |
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Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to.
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essexboyinwales
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Joined: April 27 2015 Location: Bridgend Status: Offline Points: 4481 |
Posted: October 09 2017 at 15:05 |
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Dream Theater - The Count Of Tuscany
IQ - Harvest Of Souls IQ - Without Walls Moon Safari - Methusaleh's Children Moon Safari - Other Half Of The Sky Nightwish - The Greatest Show On Earth Transatlantic - several! |
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omphaloskepsis
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Joined: October 19 2011 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 5862 |
Posted: December 19 2017 at 02:26 |
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Wobbler- "From Silence to Somewhere" Haken- "Crystallized"
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: December 19 2017 at 04:18 |
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^As mentioned earlier on this page we're basically just throwing tracks down the rabbithole here. The OP wasn't interested in listening to new epics. On the contrary he seems more content with having proven his "point" ie modern epics are poor.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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richardh
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Posted: December 19 2017 at 06:17 |
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and also it can't be a string of songs so that rules out anything a bit crap like Suppers Ready and Close To The Edge..
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Jeffro
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Posted: December 19 2017 at 07:30 |
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From The Darkness - Spock's Beard (16:53) Jaws Of heaven - Spock's Beard (16:22)
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Jeffro
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Posted: December 19 2017 at 07:34 |
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I have no idea which prog genre this falls into but I love it.
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We all live in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain.
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 16143 |
Posted: December 19 2017 at 08:34 |
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Is the prog epic dead? I don't know but my guess would be probably not. However, I think it's mainly something symphonic bands do and I don't think most modern bands(specifically those from this decade) fall into that category. I don't think many crossover prog bands are doing the longer songs. I don't really know for sure but it's just a feeling I get.
If we go back to the previous decade bands such as Big Big Train, Transatlantic, the Flower Kings, Spock's Beard, Wobbler, The Tangent, IQ, Deluge Grander and others did epics and yes some of them are recent but those bands have been around longer. I think most newer prog bands are focusing on other things.
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: December 19 2017 at 09:09 |
I guess it all boils down to what one defines as an epic...but then again pretty much 90% of all the new prog artists I bump into here on PA make looooong tracks. Be that symph, neo, psych, avant, crossover, kraut whathaveyou. The following all make retro styled prog with heaps of epics and solos galore: Jordsjø Astra The Winstons The Psychedelic Ensemble Willowglass Magic Bus Sound Of Contact Sky Architect The Tea Club Hooffoot Karfagen Karda Estra Phideaux Unreal City Ingranaggi della Valle aaaand the list literally goes on and on and on. Truth be told I have a hard time trying to come up with a single modern retro styled prog band that doesn't do epics....and there are literally thousands of retro styled prog bands out there. As for crossover acts, post rock and modern metal? Just as many make long tracks. Again whether one hears them as prog epics or not is entirely subjective. |
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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RoeDent
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Joined: September 08 2009 Location: Wales Status: Offline Points: 850 |
Posted: December 19 2017 at 13:17 |
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No. The prog epic will never die, because we have all the past epics to listen to and enjoy. And bands are continuing to make them. I mean, Marillion joined the party last year by including three songs over 16 minutes on their most recent album (El Dorado, The Leavers and The New Kings). The Tangent have added further to their arsenal of epics this year.
And, as it just about falls within the 10-year period issued by the OP, we have the mighty Sleeping in Traffic by Beardfish, at 35:44 managing to out-epic many of the great epics of our time.
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Mascodagama
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Posted: December 19 2017 at 14:39 |
Edited by Mascodagama - December 19 2017 at 14:41 |
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Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to.
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moshkito
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Posted: December 19 2017 at 19:22 |
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Hi, Kinda hard to decide ... epic's ... but in my book, Klaus Schulze is the king of "epics" ... when over the years he has made more out of this universe stuff that makes some of the rock stuff mentioned here ... really poor high school stuff!
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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