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    Posted: August 07 2005 at 15:11
Has anyone noticed how Nightwish are one of the least prog related bands ever yet they still have a place in the archives. What is going on? Queen, Steve Vai and Neutral Milk Hotel must look like prog giants comared to Nightwish!

Whoever requested them for PA must have thought "heavy use of keyboards and operatic style vocals... hey magma is a bit like that, ergo, Nightwish must be prog!"

I officially rate Nightwish's place on this website... AN ATROCITY TO MANKIND!!!

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Points: 606 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 07 2005 at 15:26
I agree, but bands like Rhapsody, Asia, Tool and so on are not one bit more prog.
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Points: 20527 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 07 2005 at 15:28

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Points: 2383 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 07 2005 at 15:38

Frenchie couldn't be more right.

BTW a thought that just occurred to me..

Just yesterday Nightwish performed in the opening ceremony of the athletics world champs. Must have been the first time A PROG METAL BAND performed in the worlds largest sporting event.

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Points: 20527 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 07 2005 at 15:43

Originally posted by frenchie frenchie wrote:



I officially rate Nightwish's place on this website... AN ATROCITY TO MANKIND!!!

No, that would be Haggard.
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Points: 3013 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 07 2005 at 16:15
Originally posted by geezer geezer wrote:

I agree, but bands like Rhapsody, Asia, Tool and so on are not one bit more prog.


I never thought I'd see the day where Tool was lumped in with Rhapsody and Asia...
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Points: 1617 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 07 2005 at 16:51
Kick`em out. I was on their concert (they`ve suppored Iron Maiden) and trust me it had NOTHING to do with prog. But Marco was drinking polish vodka on stage, no one can resist it
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Points: 521 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 07 2005 at 18:23
Well, I rather like NIGHTWISH, and their first two albums probably contain
enough neoclassical and progressive elements to justify a place here (just
about). But the later albums are definitely melodic power metal with a few
progressive moves thrown in rather than progressive metal per se.
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Points: 2546 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2005 at 22:56
Nothing wrong with Nightwish being in the archives. Long may they reign

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Points: 30 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 07 2008 at 02:51
I don't get why people say Nightwish isn't prog. If you listen to their music:

There are influences from classical/baroque music

Their lyrics usually involve the supernatural

There is heavy influence on melody

The music is much more complex than that of bands like Styx and Queen, who are often considered prog

So why the fuss over them not being prog when they obviously are? Seriously, this band is the pure embodiment of progressive metal. I guess since they didn't come from the 70s and they don't have some name like "Zeus Starship Fantasy" then they're not good enough to be prog. You traditionalists need to realize that prog means "progressive," meaning it's always changing. There are only two or three other bands that play a style remotely similar to this, whereas everyone sounds like Queen these days.
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Points: 5777 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 08 2008 at 14:27
Originally posted by geezer geezer wrote:

Tool


Stop
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Points: 17534 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 08 2008 at 14:43
Originally posted by analogkid529 analogkid529 wrote:

I don't get why people say Nightwish isn't prog. If you listen to their music:
 
while I personally have some sympathies with your point of view, I can't help noticing that you've deliberately dug up a thread which was 3 years old, and was better off being left buried...
 
....flamer....Wink
 
 
 
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Points: 27802 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 08 2008 at 22:20
No need to resurrect this thread.The band was added by this sites founder,so whether you think they are prog enough or not to be here is irrelevant.


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