Heart of Cygnus (Progressive Metal, USA)
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Forum Name: Suggest New Bands and Artists
Forum Description: Suggest, create polls, and classify new bands you would like included on Prog Archives
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Topic: Heart of Cygnus (Progressive Metal, USA)
Posted By: buddler
Subject: Heart of Cygnus (Progressive Metal, USA)
Date Posted: September 24 2009 at 01:18
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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.myspace.com/heartofcygnus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX6K8ghQTOM - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX6K8ghQTOM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkp27oZBmeY - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkp27oZBmeY |
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Posted By: progmetalhead
Date Posted: September 24 2009 at 02:39
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The band are already under evaluation by the Prog Metal Team.
Thanks for the suggestion anyway  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112" rel="nofollow - http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112 Colt - Admin Team MMA 
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Posted By: MrPlow
Date Posted: September 24 2009 at 02:44
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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 ------------- Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast for it is a human number its number is six hundred and forty two. |
Posted By: MrPlow
Date Posted: October 22 2009 at 20:18
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WTF is taking so long... Mike Portnoy is playing their song "Under Hill" before their shows.. ;) ------------- Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast for it is a human number its number is six hundred and forty two. |
Posted By: AnchovyRun
Date Posted: October 22 2009 at 20:45
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I thought that they would have been more like Heavy Prog? They remind me an awful lot of RUSH. ------------- <>< The Anchovy Run ><> ------------------------------ Caravaning For Your Convenience |
Posted By: UMUR
Date 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 - 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 - 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. ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
MrPlow wrote:Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date 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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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: October 23 2009 at 02:24
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I like the idea Mike. ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: October 23 2009 at 04:45
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I just implemented it. :-)
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: March 19 2010 at 10:51
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Heart of Cygnus are now cleared for addition to PA. http://progfreak.com/home/progarchives.xhtml?path=pm/cleared - http://progfreak.com/home/progarchives.xhtml?path=pm/cleared ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: March 19 2010 at 11:36
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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. ------------- https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike" rel="nofollow - https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: March 19 2010 at 11:40
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For what it's worth, Mike, I happen to find that feature helpful.
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Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: March 19 2010 at 11:53
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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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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: March 19 2010 at 14:52
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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. ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 19 2010 at 14:59
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Unfortunately, Mike stepped down as a collab so he can't post in the collab zone..
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: March 19 2010 at 15:04
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Oh, well then maybe in another more public thread where thereīs a chance more genre teams will see it. ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: March 22 2010 at 03:16
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Heart of Cygnus added to Progressive Metal: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=5403 - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=5403 ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |