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Poll Question: Which band do you prefer?
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25 [34.72%]
22 [30.56%]
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    Posted: November 11 2020 at 10:48
I think I came across Dream Theater first and listened to their stuff for some time, but the interest faded and now it's mostly for nostalgia if I put something on. Never been a fan of LaBrie's vocals.

Tool is also something I found relatively early in my prog era and took some time to get into, but once I was there, it's been one of my favorite bands. I have lost some interest in prog metal, so they don't get too much playtime these days, though Fear Innoculum brought a spark back.

Opeth is my favorite of the three. By miles on Dream Theater and significantly on Tool. I love their sound, changes from heavy to soft parts, growling and clean vocals. I've listened to their later albums a lot, but the favorites are still from the growling era.


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None..not a fan of 'prog metal'....as heavy as I get is some Sabbath, Rush, Maiden, and PT...
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Tool!!
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Metal is not a sub- that I seek out--I have to force myself to listen to it. But, I do try--especially based upon other "prog lovers'" suggestions. There have been albums and bands that I have been impressed by--Tool, Opeth, and Dream Theater being among them--but also some of the stuff by Savatage, Angra, Agalloch, Green Carnation, Toby Driver projects, Into the Woods, and Devy Townsend. I don't like it all--and I don't reach out for any of them when I want to hear "music that I like"--it's more of a intellectual stimulus: for the challenge of trying to find beauty within chaos and cacophony. 

The three bands of this poll (and the many offshoot albums and projects from solo and outside collaborations by members and former members) are always interesting.
  
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I'm a fan of Opeth, I have quite a few of their albums.

I have 2 Tool albums  - Lateralus and 10K Days.

I have owned some DT CDs but they haven't really grabbed me and I've never recovered from their version of Xanadu.
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1 - Opeth i really like all the albums, my favorites are "Still Life" and "Blackwater Park"
2 - Tool, love "Aenima" and "Lateralus", "Undertown" and "Opiate" are good albums and "10000 days" and "Fear Inoculum" average albums
3 - Dream Theater, only like "I&W" and "Awake", post kevin Moore find them boring to hell
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Originally posted by thief thief wrote:

Opeth > Dream Theater > Tool

Not sure where the gap is wider, but Opeth is so, so brilliant

They stand similarly in my book also.
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Opeth > Dream Theater > Tool

Not sure where the gap is wider, but Opeth is so, so brilliant
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Tool 
Dream Theater 
Opeth I don`t like I have really tried to get into them but NO!!!! 
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Dream Theater I really like, Opeth I sort of like and Tool I don't like much though I've tried real hard to get into them ... it never happened Disapprove

Edited by Enchant X - February 04 2020 at 03:14
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Opeth easily, Tool and DT are less innovative when it comes making compositions.


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Easy. Opeth.
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Not really a Prog Metal fan but I do find Tool and Opeth interesting. Not the case for DT.
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Dream Theater

I enjoy the Moore era of the band more than anything those other bands did.

Specific albums from these bands in a poll would make for much interesting discussion.
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Opeth > Dream Theater >>> Tool
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Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

Not my thing. Metal is Metal. Prog is Prog.

But it's all good. 

 Portnoy era DT was pretty cool, I guess...

So you you think prog metal is part of metal and not prog?
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Not my thing. Metal is Metal. Prog is Prog.

But it's all good. 

 Portnoy era DT was pretty cool, I guess...
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Tool with miles in front of Opeth with several lightyears in front of DT
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Since I'm not into prog metal, I took the last option. However, I'ver heard some of the music from these three bands, trying to get into their musc, and I would say probably Opeth is the only one I could possibly try again. 
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Dream Theater > Opeth

I don't like Tool

Edit: I think Opeth had more time-sig changes, solos and moments of fury mixed with calm when they played death metal. Soft Opeth is just...soft, with little to no in-track variation. There's no ups and downs or the crazy stuff you might find in Genesis, Caravan, Camel, Yes, KC etc. They became rather bland.

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