Which is your Prog band of the 2010s?
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Topic: Which is your Prog band of the 2010s?
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Subject: Which is your Prog band of the 2010s?
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 06:41
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For me, it would be a toss up between Haken, IQ and Between the Buried and Me. I am curious to see what others will say! |
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 06:45
| Yes |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 06:57
| Maybe Porcupine Tree. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 06:58
| I'd go for Abel Ganz, I think. |
Posted By: Mudpuppy64
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 07:16
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IQ Resistance |
Posted By: Deadwing
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 07:26
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Hard to choose between Leprous, Big Big Train, Airbag, The Pinneaple Thief, Wobbler, Riverside and SW Solo music. |
Posted By: TerLJack
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 08:31
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Pete Jones Big Big Train, Steve Wilson are contenders too A couple of odd albums stand out here and there... Bent Knee, IQ, Modern Rock Ensemble, Wobbler, more
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Posted By: TerLJack
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 08:36
I don't think they released an album this decade. Unless this poll is about what you've been listening to in the 2010s, regardless of release date.
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Manuel wrote:Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 09:05
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Tough one for me as I don't see a particular band jumping head and shoulders above the rest in the decade and most of the bands I'm into released 2 or 3 albums max. Knifeworld Guapo North Sea Radio Orchestra Alec K Redfearn & The Eyesores Cheer-Accident PoiL Schnellertollermeier Thinking Plague Miriodor Bent Knee It's probably Bent Knee with 5 albums and having seen them over a dozen times. Cheer-Accident & Knifeworld would probably make up a top 3. If I was going to cheat I'd go with the Lyon based music collective Dur Et Doux which includes the bands Poil, Piniol, Ni, Chromb!, Icsis, Le Grand Sbam. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 09:17
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 09:22
Seriously? ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 09:28
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Swans > North Sea Radio Orchestra & Sonar |
Posted By: Homotopy
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 09:59
| Poil (Piniol), BTBAM, Haken, though the latest albums by all three were humongous disappointments. |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 11:50
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There are prog bands of 2010s? I'm too old to ... <you know what>.  Fortunately, no matter how old farts like me are stuck in the 70s, the show will never end. Hope one long-hair new band or another will be a discovery for me. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: judahbenkenobi
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 11:52
| It's between Riverside and Porcupine Tree |
Posted By: SbMSU
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 12:01
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Haken. Devin Townsend Project. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 12:15
Yes, Fly from Here (2011) and Heaven & Earth (2014) are two of my favourite Yes albums, and besides which, I barely know any other prog albums from this past decade, so I'm with NotaProghead.
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Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 12:29
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The Psychedelic Ensemble: The Myth Of Dying 2010 The Dream Of The Magic Jongleur 2011 The Tale Of The Golden King 2013 The Sunstone 2015 Mother's Rhymes 2019 Dream... Tale... and Sunstone are my fav's.
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Posted By: friso
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 12:51
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For me it's IQ for sure. ------------- I'm guitarist and songwriter for the prog-related band Mother Bass. Find us at http://www.motherbass.com. I also enter stages throughout the Netherlands performing my poetry. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 12:53
Nobody said it had to be a newer band.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 12:55
Me neither. My idea of a modern prog band is the Flower Kings.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 12:57
Have you heard Wobbler yet? They all have long hair.
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 13:19
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Hackett. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 13:23
I thought The Flower Kings were a modern prog band. I've heard of Wobbler, but I haven't heard any of their albums. I listen to as many as eight prog albums a day, but that's mainly old-school prog.
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 13:27
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I'd have to say that Big Big Train are my favorite band of the 2010's but there have been a lot of great prog releases in the last 10 years. ------------- 
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Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 13:30
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Well, many of my favorite albums of the 2010s come from bands who didn't release music in any sort of consistent stream. As far as the artist that I think best represented the prog sound in the 2010s, it would have to be a toss up between Haken, Steven Wilson and Thank You Scientist My personal favorites would be Wobbler, Opeth and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 13:39
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I have to go with IQ. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 14:30
A debut in '95 makes them a modern prog band, a band who debuted in '69 and last good album was '77 is not a modern prog band. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 14:31
Finally someone I agree with.  ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: ralphabet
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 14:46
| PoiL and Motorpsycho would be mine! |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 14:56
| For me maybe Corde Oblique |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 15:01
Drama and 90125 are good albums, the 2010s have certainly not been the decade of Yes though ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 15:13
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Two bands qualify: Big Big Train and The Tangent. Both are great, but based on personal tastes BBT pulls it off. ------------- 
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 15:29
Not a fan personally but I tend to agree on BBT. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 19:37
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Big Big Train, The Psychedelic Ensemble, Bent Knee, Corde Oblique, Steven Wilson, Motorpsycho, Magma, iamthemorning, Thieves' Kitchen, Arnaud Bukwald, and Wobbler are all worthy choices for best band of the 20teens, but I'd have to go with one of the bands that have most occupied my listening time: Homunculus Res Alio Die Battlestations Cicada (neo-classical Post Rock from Taiwan that has been rejected for submission by PA) Faun Ulver Unaka Prong These are the artists I have listened to and continue to listen to the most (from that decade). It's a tough choice, but my single favorite band has to be either Homunculus Res or Unaka Prong. The music of both bands makes me so feel so good! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 22:08
To you maybe. It's all relative. If we're talking "modern history," then Bach is modern.
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: December 16 2020 at 23:23
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Gorguts ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: December 17 2020 at 00:19
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Probably Homunculus Res (very subject to change as I'm still busy catching up with stuff from the last decade) |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: December 17 2020 at 00:24
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And apparently I forgot about Steven Wilson, The Tangent & Leprous. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 17 2020 at 00:33
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Disperse Skyharbour Needlepoint Kingcrow Subsignal Mothers of Millions Caligula's Horse The Pineapple Thief Spock's Beard Retrospective If These Trees Could Talk Naxatras and many others...
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 17 2020 at 02:08
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Big Big Train would have said IQ if they had released Frequency in that decade. Others: Steven Wilson Haken Bent Knee Moulettes Glass Hammer The Tangent |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 17 2020 at 02:15
ridiculous...
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 17 2020 at 02:29
It's not ridiculous when you consider that two of my favourite Yes albums were released in the 2010's. Not that I've heard many other albums from the last decade.
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: December 17 2020 at 03:14
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John Zorn. Kinda cheating since it encompasses at least three different bands that have done seminal avant-prog work in the decade (Moonchild, Simulacrum, Insurrection) as well as multiple ‘solo’ works. But that’s how I roll. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 17 2020 at 04:43
We aren't talking modern history, we are talking prog bands in the last 10 years. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 17 2020 at 05:09
I think that's the point - there are so many prog albums from the last 10 years that are better than the very mediocre Heaven & Earth. Fly From Here is good though!
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 17 2020 at 05:13
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^ The "If 5" comeback album from 2016 is very good, but only if you like Jazz.
https://youtu.be/DnaZXJnH_NA" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/DnaZXJnH_NA
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 18 2020 at 01:10
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Paul is allowed to have an opinion personally I do like the the Heaven and Earth album but got bored with Fly From Here very quickly. Both are probably 3 star albums in my book. 'Prog lite' although Paul is not one for prog metal or eclectic prog. Paul , check out some Lonely Robot or Mute Gods. Both excellent modern day projects that may suit your taste better, and also please stop winding up Cristi
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: December 18 2020 at 01:45
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Not sure about "The" band but my favorite modern bands of the last decade are Aquaserge Bent Knee Chromb Goat Knifeworld Sky Architect Trojan Horse Vespero Ut Gret Poil
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: December 18 2020 at 03:03
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I like 'Fly From Here' a lot, very enjoyable and reminiscent of 70s Yes, can't say the same for 'Heaven and Earth' but this doesn't matter at all. There are no wrong answers to this question, after all... |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: December 18 2020 at 03:12
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Lazuli or Sonar, and I cannot think of a third one that really deserves the label "top"... ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Zeph
Date Posted: December 19 2020 at 12:57
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Steven Wilson tops it easily. Wobbler would’ve been a contender for the top spot if I’d discovered them sooner, but it’s still tough to beat SW. I didn’t love To The Bone, but all his other albums are good. Others: Opeth Riverside IQ Thank You Scientist Jordsjø Gazpacho The Pineapple Thief Soen Barock Projeckt I’ve mostly based this on what I’ve listened to the most. The list would have been different if I should list my favorite bands based on the albums released. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 21 2020 at 09:40
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I would say Porcupine Tree, but since their last release was 2009 and we are talking 2010-2019, they don't count. *Rush would be up there with Clockwork Angels and their final tour, closing the doors on an institution of progressive rock music. *Riverside starting with Shrine Of New Generation Slaves. *I'd have to go with The Pineapple Thief as my favorite, starting with the excellent Someone Here Is Missing and finishing with Dissolution. -------------   
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 21 2020 at 10:31
If I'm not allowed to choose Yes, then my second choice would be Renaissance for "Symphony of Light" (2014) and "A Symphonic Journey" (2018). 
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 21 2020 at 11:55
So you swap one '69 band long past their best for another? You're having a laugh aren't you?  ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 21 2020 at 12:23
How are Renaissance past their best when Symphony of Light and A Symphonic Journey are two of their finest albums?
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 21 2020 at 14:38
So maybe I misunderstood the OP question......
OP listed IQ, so I take it that any artist as long as they released something in 2010-2019, which means Yes would qualify with 2 releases....so prog on with Yes, Paul! -------------
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 21 2020 at 14:51
Thanks Catcher. That's the way I interpreted the question, and I think Jon Anderson deserves an honourable mention too for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_%26_Other_Stories" rel="nofollow - - 1000 Hands: Chapter One (2019), even though he's not a band. And not forgetting Steve Hackett, who's released no less than five very good albums in a row between 2011 & 2019.
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 21 2020 at 15:04
Well, I only looked at "bands" since that's what OP stated, had he stated "Prog artist", I would have gone with Steven Wilson. -------------
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Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: December 21 2020 at 22:13
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Too many great new bands who gave us great albums from 2010´s Kayo Dot God speed You Balck Emperor!Miriodor Steve Wilson Anekdoten Daal Panzerpappa Enslaved Ulver Mastodon Knifeworld Motorpsycho Bent Knee Needlepoint |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: December 22 2020 at 04:54
And you're perfectly right! I never said that the bands have to be formed in that period, they must have released music that you think was very important between 2010 and 2019, so a big yes to Yes!
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 22 2020 at 05:13
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Yes and Renaissance being very important or relevant to the 2010s is like an invitation for sarcasm. There is a lot of new great music out there in the 2010s, new artists that deserve to be given a chance...
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 22 2020 at 05:16
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For me, it's Marillion and Edison's Children. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 22 2020 at 05:18
thank you for mentioning Marillion. I also agree about Edison's Children, definitely worth checking out.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 22 2020 at 07:12
Yes and Renaissance are still important and relevant to me in the 2010's, even if to no one else here, and I'm accustomed by now to being mocked for my eclectic and sometimes bizarre tastes in prog, so no worries on that score.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 22 2020 at 07:39
I'm not mocking you, just disagreeing to something you stated here, that's all.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 22 2020 at 08:05
I've been mocked here more times than the fabled Mock Turtle, but not necessarily by you.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: December 22 2020 at 11:34
| I don't know. I guess it would be something between Steven Wilson and Big Big Train. I also loved Edison's Children a lot, and Georgious released a few really wonderful albums. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: December 22 2020 at 11:36
| Wobbler, I think. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 22 2020 at 11:58
And that's how I am taking the OP's question, not so much what band I think had the "best" output in the 2010s. That to me is a different topic altogether.........What's f'ed up about this notion is not a damn person would complain if someone mention the Fab Four as still being relevant in the 2010s, but yet we get our panties all in a wad if someone picks Yes and Renaissance. My list would be: The Pineapple Thief Rush Riverside Marillion Haken The Flower Kings Neal Morse -------------
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 22 2020 at 16:00
I just disagree that Yes did anything relevant in the 2010s. Or Renaissance for that matter. It's that what panties in a wad means? Good for you, man, good for you.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 22 2020 at 16:09
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^ Sorry to be "Captain Obvious" again, but getting your panties in a wad is the American equivalent of getting your knickers in a twist.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 22 2020 at 16:18
argh... you sure love it to stir some trouble....
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 22 2020 at 17:05
To disagree with Paul is fine on his choices, both released music in the 2010s and are relevant to him. Again, had OP stated only bands that started in the 2010s, which I think most were siding with, then his knickers or panties would be up his wad........ -------------
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: December 22 2020 at 18:17
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Part of that decade I was on hiatus and missed out on some stuff. My tastes have changed over that time too, but some of the newer stuff I like now I haven't had the chance to go backwards into the 2010s to assess. So with that caveat in mind, I think I'm going to pick a not so well known Italian symphonic prog band called Conqueror with the excellent keyboardist and singer Simona Rigano. I think The Tangent, Izz, and Spock's Beard also had a pretty good run of albums during that time period. Once I get around to assessing the stuff I missed, I very much expect to have a different answer when the question comes up in the future. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: December 22 2020 at 22:35
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To answer the question honestly I'd have to give it to bands who have improved over the journey of the 2010's, not bands who have either stayed the same or gone backwards. That eliminates a lot of bands I like. So that leaves: Big Big Train (with Dave Gregory and David Longdon) Spock's Beard (with Ted Leonard) Steven Wilson Steve Hackett IQ Dream Theater (with the new drummer) Flying Colors Opeth Anathema The Flower Kings (with the new drummer and keyboard player)
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Posted By: TheUniversalMigrator
Date Posted: December 25 2020 at 20:45
| My personal favorite is Riverside. I first heard them in 2014 and I saw them live in 2019. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: December 30 2020 at 03:04
| many |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: December 30 2020 at 03:30
Feel free to name them.
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