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Poll Question: Which band do you prefer?
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17 [23.61%]
25 [34.72%]
22 [30.56%]
0 [0.00%]
4 [5.56%]
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    Posted: October 28 2019 at 16:08
When I say prefer I mean which one do you like the best. I'm not sure if they are the big three of prog metal these days but they very well might be. 
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Tool in general sucks

Dream Theater sucks besides two or three awesome albums

Opeth is awesome and has never released a bad album

Edited by dougmcauliffe - October 28 2019 at 16:34
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Not a fan of prog metal but I like some Tool.
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DT>>>Tool>>>>>Opeth.

No close calls here.
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Opeth at the top with Tool close behind and DT far behind

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Originally posted by dougmcauliffe dougmcauliffe wrote:


Opeth is awesome and has never released a bad album

That is your opinion. I don't agree with your statement.




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Haken should have been in this poll.
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by dougmcauliffe dougmcauliffe wrote:


Opeth is awesome and has never released a bad album

That is your opinion. I don't agree with your statement.






Hmmmm, I don’t think they’ve ever made a clear blatant stinker like the other two have, moreso dream theater. Tried listening to black clouds and silver linings earlier and man it was hard to sit through
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Fischman Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 28 2019 at 18:48
Originally posted by dougmcauliffe dougmcauliffe wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by dougmcauliffe dougmcauliffe wrote:


Opeth is awesome and has never released a bad album

That is your opinion. I don't agree with your statement.




Hmmmm, I don’t think they’ve ever made a clear blatant stinker like the other two have, moreso dream theater. Tried listening to black clouds and silver linings earlier and man it was hard to sit through


The Astonishing can be hard to get through, but Black Clouds an Silver Linings is particularly excellent.
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Haken should have been in this poll.

Ha ha. You know what? While I don't think they are quite as well known as the other bands in this poll I agree that they should have been included. I just totally forgot. I'm only familiar with affinity which is good(apparently the others are better)but have seen Haken live twice(0 times for Opeth and Tool and once for DT when they opened for Yes). But anyway, yeah stylistically Haken fits right in. I'm not the biggest prog metal fan but all these bands are pretty top notch imo even though Opeth became less metallish later on. 


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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Haken should have been in this poll.


Ha ha. You know what? While I don't think they are quite as well known as the other bands in this poll I agree that they should have been included. I just totally forgot. I'm only familiar with affinity which is good(apparently the others are better)but have seen Haken live twice(0 times for Opeth and Tool and once for DT when they opened for Yes). But anyway, yeah stylistically Haken fits right in. I'm not the biggest prog metal fan but all these bands are pretty top notch imo even though Opeth became less metallish later on. 



The Mountain is also excellent. I need to explore more of their catalog.
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Originally posted by Fischman Fischman wrote:

Originally posted by dougmcauliffe dougmcauliffe wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by dougmcauliffe dougmcauliffe wrote:


Opeth is awesome and has never released a bad album

That is your opinion. I don't agree with your statement.




Hmmmm, I don’t think they’ve ever made a clear blatant stinker like the other two have, moreso dream theater. Tried listening to black clouds and silver linings earlier and man it was hard to sit through


The Astonishing can be hard to get through, but Black Clouds an Silver Linings is particularly excellent.


I haven’t touched that one yet but I’ve heard, I’m not sure what it is for me exactly on BC&SL. Cringe worthy lyrics, generic dream theater w**kery. It feels like they’ve become a generic prog metal band and lost their charm that got me into them in the first place, luckily they have a loyal fan base. Opeth however has never disappointed me.
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Doug, do you like the growling vocals Opeth?
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Doug, do you like the growling vocals Opeth?


Yes, but I like the soft vocals as well

Edited by dougmcauliffe - October 28 2019 at 19:52
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Dream Theater and Opeth are both awesome. 
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Dream Theater because of a small handful of albums although they have lower moments than the other 2 bands.
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Originally posted by Fischman Fischman wrote:

DT>>>Tool>>>>>Opeth.

No close calls here.

Opeth>>>>Tool>>>>DT
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Tool for me

but all 3 are pretty good
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Tool > Opeth >>>>>>>> DT
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Dream Theater Liked them in the 90s for a handful of songs when I was exposed to little else in the genre.
Tool Always found them to be thin and tiresome.
Opeth
Though admittedly most of the material prior to Watershed was less than appealing to me. Their recent endeavors have been great.
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