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    Posted: January 18 2007 at 06:46
Hey there! :)
I'm planing on getting an album for my fiancè. The good thing is that me and her have a very simulair music taste, so what she likes is generally what I like, but the problem is that becouse of this, we bout know the same music.

So I need something else, unheard. Prefferably something that combines rare instuments with the thypical, simulair to Pain of Salvation's Be and Ayreon's The Final Experiment. She loves that, but anything else you think she might like would be great.

Here's what she likes;
Ayreon.
Dream Theater.
Liquid Tension Experiment.
Ark. (The Norwegian band)
Pain of Salvation.
Orphaned Land.
Opeth.
Pink Floyd. (Not metal, but their music perfect in every way according to my taste and my fiancés taste!)
Nightwish.
Xandria.
Leave's Eyes.

So, any suggestions? I've had a look around but I can't seem to find anything fitting, but I won'r testrict you by telling you what we don't like, atleast not now, as I might give it a seccond try if many sugest it and thus it'll grow on me, I think!
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Symphony X maybe ? Green Carnation would also be nice, IMO
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^^^ Coming from Norway, what about Pagan's Mind?
 
here's 5 I'd strongly recommend:
 
Pagan's Mind: Celetial Entrance
Vanden Plas: Christ.0
Beyond Twilight: For The Love Of Art
Threshold: Subsurface
Mind Key: Journey Of A Rough Diamond
 
hope they help...Wink
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Thank you two very much!

The situation is that I'm from Norway, and she's from Australia. :) We met online, and we're in a very happy relationship. She's comming here in 4 days so I need to act quick. Once she's here I'll only be able to check out the music at my job, which is a bit dificoult at times. :)

But I'll check out your sugestions.Threshold? Isn't that Damian Wilsons old band? I know she loves his voice. And Symphony X is also quite a good band. :)
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Originally posted by Lystmaler Lystmaler wrote:

Thank you two very much!

The situation is that I'm from Norway, and she's from Australia. :) We met online, and we're in a very happy relationship. She's comming here in 4 days so I need to act quick. Once she's here I'll only be able to check out the music at my job, which is a bit dificoult at times. :)

But I'll check out your sugestions.Threshold? Isn't that Damian Wilsons old band? I know she loves his voice. And Symphony X is also quite a good band. :)
 
Damian Wilson sang for Thresold on Wounded Land (1st) and Extinct Instinct (3rd) albums.  Of those, WL shades it, but their later material is generally stronger. 
 
If it's vocals she likes, you really ought to play her some Pagan's Mind...Wink
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I'll try out Pagan's Mind first, then. :) She's a big fan of vocals, yea. She also enjoy the rest, tough, aslong as it 'sounds good' in her ears. :)

Do anyone here know of any bands with females on instruments that play music that she might enjoy?
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Get her Dali's Dillema: Manifesto for Futurism. It's their one and only album. Influnced mainly by Dream Theater and Fates Warning.
These bands are worth checking out as well:
1. Lord of Mushrooms: Seven Deadly Songs
2. Andromeda: Extension of The Wish
3. Stream of Passion: Embrace The Storm ( Vocals by Macela Bovio produced by Mr. Ayreon/ Arjen Lucassen)
4. Anathema: Natural Disaster ( Melodic and melancholic prog metal)
5. At War Withself -- Instrumental progmetal ala LTE.
 
Hope that helps.

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i forgot to mention Kamelot, it's good though sometimes more to metal than prog. And if she like female vocalists, i would recommend to try Epica as well
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I would suggest Mindflow-Mind over Body.
The sound is a mixture of DT, Floyd and POS
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I've checked out a few song samples now, and I must say that I like what I hear! :)

I like Pagain's Mind, they've got style I think. :)

I love your sugestions, Majestic_Mayhem. I know she'll love Stream of Passion, and I quite liked Lord of Mushrooms. :)

Green Carnation sounds good! I'll try out everything else also. :)

I'll be sure to check out Mindflow as soon as I'm home!

I'll check out the rest as times comes. It's, as you probably guess, a bit hard here at my job to do anything but typing. :)


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Originally posted by Lystmaler Lystmaler wrote:

I've checked out a few song samples now, and I must say that I like what I hear! :)

I like Pagain's Mind, they've got style I think. :)

I love your sugestions, Majestic_Mayhem. I know she'll love Stream of Passion, and I quite liked Lord of Mushrooms. :)

Green Carnation sounds good! I'll try out everything else also. :)

I'll be sure to check out Mindflow as soon as I'm home!

I'll check out the rest as times comes. It's, as you probably guess, a bit hard here at my job to do anything but typing. :)
Good! Also, if she likes DT that much, the tibute album entitled Voices is worth a listen. less popular progmetal bands at their best!

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What about LUMSK? Their album "Troll" from 2005. I was pretty impressed with it. Progressive folk metal.

And maybe The 3rd & the Mortal's "Tears laid in earth".

But I am no prog metal expert, to say the least...and maybe you know both already...

http://www.lumsk.no

http://www.lumsk.no/video/Trolltind.mov
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Man what good taste your girlfriend has!!! This is to you:   

Anyway, Threshold is a good idea, seeing what she likes, Pagan's Mind... but why don;t you follow the collaborators advice and get her some Kayo Dot? It would be new for her and maybe she will like it.
    
But better yet, if you can find it (???), get her Eternity X's THE EDGE... a wonderful piece of prog witrh DT and Symphony X's elements.... Also you can try Ivory Tower, Vanden Plas, latter Symphony X (Twilight in Olympus I would say), but try also some NAbool or specially, some Green Carnation's LIGHT OF DAY.... a masterpiece.

Show her some non-prog-metal (though for me it is) like AMORPHIS' TUONELA.... wonderful, wonderful.

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Originally posted by Trickster F. Trickster F. wrote:

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Well, I was gonna say the exact same thing...
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My wife and myself both love prog and metal (prog metal included) and she likes basically the same bands you've mentioned as well.

So I would highly recommend Subterranean Masquerade and their album Suspended Animation Dreams.

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Originally posted by avestin avestin wrote:

My wife and myself both love prog and metal (prog metal included) and she likes basically the same bands you've mentioned as well.

So I would highly recommend Subterranean Masquerade and their album Suspended Animation Dreams.

 
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Altura - 'mercy', one of the best prog metal albums ever.
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If she likes Ark, maybe she could be introduced to Conception as well?
If you want to be patriotic and show what our beautiful country has(had) to offer when it comes to prog metal, I think Conception would not be a bad choice. Big smile
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Thank you all very much for all your suggestions. Many of you based your suggestion on my nation which isn't as bad of an idea considering the fact she's planing on moving here. I've also arranged some Italian Progressive, as it interests her. (I'm part Italian, you all see)

But I'll be sure to check out all the good suggestions you've all made.

I need to arrange it tomorrow, so I'll just get what I can get. :) Thank you all.
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