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Legoman 
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Posted: September 08 2006 at 14:09 |
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I haven't really heard much from them, only a few songs here and there, but I was wondering if anyone else thinks they are prog at all. They would either fall into Prog Metal or Post Rock if they were. Apocalyptica features four classically trained cellist, and... not... too many other instruments.
Though they do a lot of covers from bands that many of us would probably hate to even be associated with this website (ie: HIM and Metallica), I think they are worth a professional look into just to see if they are prog.
Check them out. I'm not saying you'll like it or anything but...
** Should have put this topic in a different forum. Please move...**
Edited by Legoman - September 08 2006 at 14:10
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Benjamin_Breeg
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Posted: September 08 2006 at 14:13 |
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Early they used to play metal songs covers only with four cellos but now they have a different music, with drums, percussion and sometimes guest vocal appearances. I think they earlier works are not a bit progressive at all but the lastest works i would classify as progressive metal
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Jimbo
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Posted: September 08 2006 at 16:56 |
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Honestly, it never even occurred to me that someone might consider them prog -- It's not post-rock, that's for sure, and I really can't picture them in prog-metal either. However, it's up to the prog-metal specialists to decide this one, so I'll shut up at this point.
Edited by Jimbo - September 08 2006 at 18:19
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video vertigo
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Posted: September 08 2006 at 17:54 |
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I disagree, I like their music but I couldn't imagine a place on this site for apocalyptica
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Barla
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Posted: September 08 2006 at 23:53 |
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I've just heard some of the Metallica covers so I can't make a solid statement. But they do it well !!
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AtLossForWords
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Posted: September 09 2006 at 01:05 |
 Jimbo wrote:
Honestly, it never even occurred to me that someone might consider them prog -- It's not post-rock, that's for sure, and I really can't picture them in prog-metal either. However, it's up to the prog-metal specialists to decide this one, so I'll shut up at this point.
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I'm a fence sitter on this one, and I seem to have the strictest voting record on the team, so it's not likely you'll hear any strong opions from us.
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GoldenSpiral
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Posted: September 09 2006 at 10:53 |
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I love 'em, but they're not really prog in any way except in that they play pretty standard metal tunes on cellos.
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Abstrakt
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Posted: September 09 2006 at 10:57 |
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There's no way that they are prog.
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Posted: September 14 2006 at 15:38 |
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I'll take that as a "no" then.
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