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buddler
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Topic: Heart of Cygnus (Progressive Metal, USA) Posted: September 24 2009 at 01:18 |
I recently got their album "Utopia" and i am very impressed by their work. You can hear a big influence from Iron Maiden, but they evolved their very own style.
I am surprised that they are not listed here on PA. http://www.myspace.com/heartofcygnus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX6K8ghQTOM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkp27oZBmeY Edited by buddler - September 24 2009 at 01:28 |
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progmetalhead
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 15 2007 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 2081 |
Posted: September 24 2009 at 02:39 |
The band are already under evaluation by the Prog Metal Team.
Thanks for the suggestion anyway
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MrPlow
Forum Newbie Joined: August 14 2007 Status: Offline Points: 24 |
Posted: September 24 2009 at 02:44 |
Just got an email from them and a Google alert... Looks like the new CD is ready for pre-order and some new samples are up.
http://www.heartofcygnus.com |
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MrPlow
Forum Newbie Joined: August 14 2007 Status: Offline Points: 24 |
Posted: October 22 2009 at 20:18 |
WTF is taking so long... Mike Portnoy is playing their song "Under Hill" before their shows.. ;)
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AnchovyRun
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Posted: October 22 2009 at 20:45 |
I thought that they would have been more like Heavy Prog? They remind me an awful lot of RUSH.
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UMUR
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 3010 |
Posted: October 23 2009 at 00:31 |
Well if you look at the list of artists currently being evaluated for the three metal genres I think itīs self-explanatory why it takes so long: http://progfreak.com/go/home/progarchives?path=pm/nw&block=2. Thatīs one explanation. The second IMO is that they are not chief-written for progressive metal. They are not the most progressive act Iīve heard. Enough for me to vote yes ( which I did before seing this thread), but itīs a small yes. I donīt know what the other four members of the Team think of Heart of Cygnus, but right now they need three yes votes to be cleared.
If you look at the cleared list with bands that are just waiting to be added to PA it makes even more sense: http://progfreak.com/home/progarchives?path=pm/cleared. All these acts need a bio ( not a copy/ paste one), a picture and album info before they are added. Now thatīs a lot of work.
If youīre interested in writing a bio if/ when Heart of Cygnus is cleared Iīll try and remember to ask you. That way they are added quicker.
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Mr ProgFreak
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
Posted: October 23 2009 at 01:43 |
I have an idea: I'll change the charts so that bands which currently have a new album out are highlighted. I think we can all agree that those should be processed ahead of the others ...
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UMUR
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 3010 |
Posted: October 23 2009 at 02:24 |
I like the idea Mike.
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Mr ProgFreak
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
Posted: October 23 2009 at 04:45 |
I just implemented it. :-)
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UMUR
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 3010 |
Posted: March 19 2010 at 10:51 |
Heart of Cygnus are now cleared for addition to PA. http://progfreak.com/home/progarchives.xhtml?path=pm/cleared
Edited by UMUR - March 19 2010 at 10:51 |
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Mr ProgFreak
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
Posted: March 19 2010 at 11:36 |
I'm curious (and please don't take this as criticism): Are you using the artist highlighting in the team charts? Considering that it took about half a year to clear the band, my assumption would be that you didn't prioritize them based on the fact that they released an album last year.
BTW: Great band, and I strongly recommend their recently released EP. |
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Epignosis
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32476 |
Posted: March 19 2010 at 11:40 |
For what it's worth, Mike, I happen to find that feature helpful.
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Mr ProgFreak
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
Posted: March 19 2010 at 11:53 |
Thanks. But maybe we can improve it a little bit so that genre teams can make better use for it. For example, I could change the genre charts so that priority artists would be listed at the top. But before I do that, I would like to know if the genre teams agree with it.
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UMUR
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 3010 |
Posted: March 19 2010 at 14:52 |
I think you should make a thread in the collab zone and ask that question Mike. Thereīs a much better chance that all teams using the charts can speak their opinion. In regards to Heart of Cygnus and the slow process of getting them cleared, the PMT have had a number of challenges in the last couple of months that have slowed down the evaluation process + we at the moment have close to 300 acts under evaluation and I think most team collabs ( and former ones like yourself) understand how large a task that is. I think I have a couple of ideas if you make that thread in the collab zone.
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Logan
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Posted: March 19 2010 at 14:59 |
Unfortunately, Mike stepped down as a collab so he can't post in the collab zone..
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Just a fanboy passin' through.
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UMUR
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 3010 |
Posted: March 19 2010 at 15:04 |
Oh, well then maybe in another more public thread where thereīs a chance more genre teams will see it.
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UMUR
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 3010 |
Posted: March 22 2010 at 03:16 |
Heart of Cygnus added to Progressive Metal: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=5403
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