What does age have to do with Prog Metal?

^ Can't believe it.. Opeth are from Sweden right?? You should be an Opeth maniac! LOL just kidding.

I would have to answer, I'm not young and i like Prog Metal. What use would that information have, when I certainly think its age-related to like it myself?

I'm open to any extreme music including metal, and continued liking a lot of what i listened to in my teens. Of course listening to norwegian death-prog metal, and not laugh out loud at bands like Rhapsody is age related. I love Enslaved myself, but to make a point I have to generalize a little, although nothing is absolute.

Music interested people past their teens has obviously heard a lot more music than a teenager. So when you've heard all variations of 70's prog, you'll hope that when someone writes: OMG!! DT is the best band ever!!! - that they will in time find out that they were wrong.

How about I'm not young/young: I think it is age related, and young people like it more?...or something.

Well, I wouldn't really trust the result anyway, and I'm not really qurious because I know what the right answer is. Prog-metal is in general and as a phenomena in the world outside of here, mainly for young boys broadening their metal tastes.

Mainly or not, I know it for myself that I got into Prog-Metal all the way from Classic Rock myself, and now it is the genre I have the strongest bonds with. I do not believe I will outgrow it with age, as I have already discovered groups that do not swim on the surface and that are deep enough to be returning to all my life long.

^ no, but I'm looking at the results and the posts and in this case, I rather believe the poll result than your statement that you "know that Prog Metal is mainly for young men".

prog metal is not for young people in particular but for people without a sense of "aesthetic", people blinded by "easy" musical expressions and conventions. Prog metal is for the alienated mass.

imoeng wrote: philippe wrote: prog metal is not for young people in particular but for people without a sense of "aesthetic", people blinded by "easy" musical expressions and conventions. Prog metal is for the alienated mass.   Excuse me, I dont know whether its my english or what.. But you were saying prog metal is for people without a sense of aestethic and using easy musical expressions and conventions... Is that right??

Doesn't matter if you trust me, or your own poll. The answer is the same.

I've been to a DT concert  (Ha-ha. Don't wanna talk about it) and seen the fortysomething Rush nerds there. Nothings all black and white.

I've also seen Opeth and Enslaved in concert and was one of the oldest in the audience. These are far from the most extreme ones, and thev've both been around for ca. 15 years.

The poll is pointless because most things that contains extreme noise, attracts young men (boys) first and foremost. And an official prog-metal poll in a newspaper with random representatives of all ages or whatever, would prove that even clearer than a poll for members of a progarchive.




Edited by Rocktopus - July 05 2006 at 06:52

What do Enslaved prefer to play live, Rocktopus?  Any preferred tracks, or whole albums?

^ thanks.