Prog Bands You've Ignored

Prog metal.. DT, Opeth, Pain of salvation, Mastodon and so on.., the only prog metal band i realy like is Tool, but the other ones i have heard one or 2 song from but the vocals destroy it for me cant stand the growling. Im not saying i will ignore em forever but right now there is so much other great music i wana get.

 Nothing reaaly, albums,artist are just rather delayed.

  Althoug there artists who don't sound very encouraging, so it's not my priority to get into them more any time soon. Like some German bands from a mainly German subgenre.

Drakk wrote: As much as I've loved almost all I've heard from RIO/Avant/Zheul I'm laregely ignorant to the vast amount of styles and bands in PA.   I have, however, loved: Koenjihyakkei Henry Cow Frank Zappa SGM Hoyry-Kone Discus Estradasphere Mr. Bungle Fantomas X Legged Sally Univers Zero Akineton Retard John Zorn   Yet there's always more.

Re : "I have loved" ... does that mean you no longer like them -

As much as I've loved almost all I've heard from RIO/Avant/Zheul I'm laregely ignorant to the vast amount of styles and bands in PA.

I am gonna get quite a few rocks thrown at me for this...

Gentle Giant.

Finnforest wrote: I feel that the Italian Prog would have the same effect since I would have no idea what was being sung. Rushfan4, certainly I don't think you're racist to answer your question.  But you should reconsider this statement after giving 4 or 5 Italian classics a fair dozen spins or so.  What you will find is that after you get "used" to the sound of the language, it quickly just becomes another instrument in the band, but a lead instrument.  Eventually, it blends with the music and you hear only the quality and the passion of the vocal, you won't care than you can't understand the lyric.  I'm a huge Italian fan and I speak only Engish.  It's not a problem.  In fact, I almost enjoy foreign language music more now because I'm not distracted or hung up on content.  I'm enjoying the music and not worrying about the lyrics say.  It will take a little work, yes.  You won't love it on your first play.  But once you get over the language thing, you open up a whole new world.  Any of us sell ourselves short in a big way if we only listen to music in our native language.

I'd like to add that sometimes understanding the lyrics can be a definite drawback. This is one of the reasons why I've never been too much into Italian prog - the lyrics tend to be a bit on the overwrought side, though of course this is not the case for each and every band. The Seventies band Pholas Dactylus are musically very good, very much in the KC vein - yet, I can't listen to their "Concerto delle Menti" without laughing because of the lyrics. Micky knows what I'm talking about... He's seen my expression often enough whenever he puts on that album!

I feel that the Italian Prog would have the same effect since I would have no idea what was being sung.

Rushfan4, certainly I don't think you're racist to answer your question.  But you should reconsider this statement after giving 4 or 5 Italian classics a fair dozen spins or so.  What you will find is that after you get "used" to the sound of the language, it quickly just becomes another instrument in the band, but a lead instrument.  Eventually, it blends with the music and you hear only the quality and the passion of the vocal, you won't care than you can't understand the lyric.  I'm a huge Italian fan and I speak only Engish.  It's not a problem.  In fact, I almost enjoy foreign language music more now because I'm not distracted or hung up on content.  I'm enjoying the music and not worrying about the lyrics say. 

It will take a little work, yes.  You won't love it on your first play.  But once you get over the language thing, you open up a whole new world.  Any of us sell ourselves short in a big way if we only listen to music in our native language. 

rushfan4 wrote: Hi Darqdean:  Do you recall a couple weeks back in a poll regarding the best songwriters Ivan brought up that Peter Sinfield was commissioned to translate a non-English language band's lyrics into English and he completely re-wrote the lyrics.  Was this for one of these albums?