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dreadpirateroberts
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 27 2011 Location: AU Status: Offline Points: 952 |
Posted: June 12 2011 at 22:06 |
Hi Fyrus, if you enjoy Tool - there's an Australian band 'Karnivool' that are clearly influenced by the Tool sound. They have been tagged as alternative metal at times, but their albums 'Themata' and 'Sound Awake' are much closer to prog metal, especially 'Sound Awake'. Might be worth a look if you hadn't already heard of em |
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Drew
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 20 2005 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 12600 |
Posted: June 12 2011 at 13:14 |
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Anthony H.
Prog Reviewer Joined: April 11 2010 Location: Virginia Status: Offline Points: 6088 |
Posted: June 12 2011 at 13:08 |
He said that he likes Spock's Beard and Transatlantic, so clearly he is a fan of Neal's music. Replying to this question with "NO" really isn't contributing anything and certainly isn't helping the guy who who made the OP. |
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MillsLayne
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 14 2010 Location: East Bay, CA Status: Offline Points: 2504 |
Posted: June 12 2011 at 13:02 |
^Yes, Oceansize is a must! Maybe check out Sky Architect, Indukti, and Amplifier.
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Garden of Dreams
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 26 2011 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 336 |
Posted: June 12 2011 at 13:01 |
A great place to start. For #5- Go with The Tangent.
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Horizons
Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 20 2011 Location: Somewhere Else Status: Offline Points: 16952 |
Posted: June 12 2011 at 11:38 |
Try out Oceansize, Lunatic Soul, and Camel.
Lunatic Soul is Mariusz Duda's side project. It's alot more laid back, in the sense of Riverside's Ok.
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Fyrus
Forum Groupie Joined: January 13 2011 Location: US Status: Offline Points: 44 |
Posted: June 11 2011 at 22:54 |
This thread is awesome.
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Harry Hood
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 15 2005 Status: Offline Points: 1305 |
Posted: February 12 2011 at 00:15 |
1. Are BlackField or No Man worth listening too? (Steven Wilson stuff) That's really up to you to decide 2. I've listened to (and loved) Blackwater park and Ghost Reveries, what Opeth album is good to go to next? Still Life. Work your way backwards from there. 3. Are any of Neal Morse's christian prog albums any good, and, if so, which ones. Sola Scriptura is really solid. All of it's great if you enjoyed what he wrote in Transatlantic. Musically it's basically a continuation of that. Whether or not you can listen past the lyrical themes is really up to you. 4. I've been dying for some prog metal along the vein of Riverside or Tool, any other bands that fit the bill for that? Deal Soul Tribe, Control Denied, Cynic, Death, Green Carnation, Evergrey. and 5. Name any bands that you think really deserve a good listen. Van Der Graaf Generator, IQ, Arena, The Tangent, Marillion (both Fish and Hoagie eras but for different reasons). Anything Swedish (especially if Roine Stolt and/or Jonas Reingold is involved).
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Fox On The Rocks
Forum Senior Member Joined: February 10 2011 Location: Toronto, Canada Status: Offline Points: 5012 |
Posted: February 11 2011 at 23:51 |
1.Selling England By The Pound - Genesis 2.Larks Tongues In Aspic - King Crimson 3.Close to the Edge - Yes But if your more of a Prog Metal guy as I can see from your comment you should start listening to Colours - Between The Buried And Me, A Complete Modern day Prog masterpiece. And also Foretress - Protest The Hero, Again an Unbeleivable Album. |
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The Highly Charged
Forum Newbie Joined: September 21 2010 Status: Offline Points: 6 |
Posted: January 15 2011 at 10:03 |
I still have fond memories of early Genesis, and still regret never seeing them live as I was a little too young, but I never listen to more than the odd track these days. If you are interested in early Genesis Selling England is good, but their stand-out track is Supper's Ready and that's on Foxtrot - still gives me goosebumps 35 years after hearing for the first time.
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Fyrus
Forum Groupie Joined: January 13 2011 Location: US Status: Offline Points: 44 |
Posted: January 14 2011 at 19:59 |
Oh, I'm actually a big fan of Rush. In fact Rush was the first prog band I even listened to. Hemispheres is my personal favorite from them, but even their late 80s stuff is good.
It's not that Riverside is my core, it's just something that I enjoy a lot. Dark soundscapes, driving, melodic guitar, awesome bass lines. All coming around soothing vocals. Good stuff. Bombastic stuff, such as Marillion is nice too. Misplaced Childhood is an album among my favorites. I also mentioned Beardfish, whom I quite enjoy, and are way stranger than Spock's Beard (in my opinion) :p I enjoy neoprog just about as much as any other type. The only type of prog that I like less than the others is Between the Buried and Me technical crazy mash up stuff that some people call "progressive". I was pretty damn obsessed with Dream theater for months on end, so I think cheesy stuff doesn't really bother me :p I've heard very, very good things about maudlin of the Well, so I might check them out soon. I also figured I'd download the apparent number 1 prog album "Selling England by the Pound".
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The Highly Charged
Forum Newbie Joined: September 21 2010 Status: Offline Points: 6 |
Posted: January 14 2011 at 19:20 |
Hello there,
first thing to say is that prog is quite a bit wider than the prog-metal that you've mentioned. Some of the other posts direct you to this material and much of it is well worth looking at. Thing is, if Riverside is your aesthetic core and Spock's Beard is at the edge of the landscape you may not enjoy some of the classic prog like Magma and Rush as their early albums have 70s production values. My recommendations are for relatively contemporary material. 1. Are BlackField or No Man worth listening too? (Steven Wilson
stuff) A: Very much so. The first Blackfield album is very good melodic rock. No Man is also lovely if you enjoy subtle soundscapes - a teeny bit like Mogwai - Housewives Hooked on Heroin and SchoolYard Ghosts are the most accessible. 2. I've listened to (and loved)
Blackwater park and Ghost Reveries, what Opeth album is good to go to
next? A: Those are the best, but try Damnation 3. Are any of Neal Morse's christian prog
albums any good, and, if so, which ones. All christian rock is awful, the Devil really does have he best tunes, but the little of Morse's solo stuff I've heard is about average for the genre. 4.
I've been dying for some prog metal along the vein of Riverside or Tool,
any other bands that fit the bill for that? A: Indukti and Lunatic Soul for Riverside; Quidam are occasionally great, but too often cheesy. For the Tool fan in you try King Crimson, maybe A Perfect Circle. A: Pure Reason Revolution are fantastic - tight, rhythmic, driving and lush. Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Mars Volta, Elbow (first album), Threshold, Ayreon - again cheesy, but if you like Spock's Beard - Liquid Tension Experiment and King Crimson. Personally, I'd avoid a lot of neo-prog as it really isn't very progressive, but bands such as IQ and The Tangent and Magenta do have a following. |
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RUSHMANIAC
Forum Newbie Joined: September 25 2010 Location: Slovenia Status: Offline Points: 37 |
Posted: January 14 2011 at 18:15 |
1. Yes!!!!!!
2. Still Life, Damnation.... 3. No!!!!!!!!!!! 4. - 5. Rush!!!!! |
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Fyrus
Forum Groupie Joined: January 13 2011 Location: US Status: Offline Points: 44 |
Posted: January 14 2011 at 12:48 |
Oh hell yes, Pain of Salvation is one of my favorite, and most respected bands ever. I've listened to all their album except Entropia, which I am going to do soon. I admit, Road Salt didn't do it for me the way their previous albums did, but I'm interested to see where they go next.
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progkidjoel
Prog Reviewer Joined: March 02 2009 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 19643 |
Posted: January 14 2011 at 08:07 |
1. YES, absolutely.
Blackfield is like the poppier side of PT with a fresh sound - not essentially prog, although still incredibly wonderful and definitely worth checking out. no-man is very hard to give a straight answer for - they're eclectic although still somewhat familiar throughout their discography. As always, I'll say yes, definitely one of my favourite bands ever. Some samples: 2. Still Life next easily. One of my all-time favourite albums and the one which finally made me love Opeth. 3. No idea! 4. Pain of Salvation if you haven't already; very much in a similar vein to Riverside, and one of the two or three best prog metal bands ever. 5. I'll drop back in tomorrow with some recommendations |
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Epignosis
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32482 |
Posted: January 14 2011 at 07:56 |
If you like metal, Sola Scriptura is a must. Very intense, dynamic album.
You should check out Echolyn. |
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BlindGuard
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 05 2009 Location: Israel Status: Offline Points: 182 |
Posted: January 14 2011 at 07:50 |
1. Aviv Gefen and Steven Wilson are doing great together, Blackfield is amazing project, very emotional.
2. Damnation shows the real potential of Opeth 3. Yeah, if you can ignore his cheesy lyrics you will surely enjoy it!(I recommend One). 4. Indukti and Quidam are nice(both from Poland) 5. You better check PA top 100 albums, I'm sure you'll find many great things there. Try Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel\Hammill solo stuff. Keep on Progging!
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Fyrus
Forum Groupie Joined: January 13 2011 Location: US Status: Offline Points: 44 |
Posted: January 14 2011 at 05:16 |
Wow, I have a lot of bands on my list now :p
Thanks bros.
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npjnpj
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 05 2007 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 2720 |
Posted: January 14 2011 at 03:01 |
1. Are BlackField or No Man worth listening too? (Steven Wilson stuff):
Blackfield I find a bit too quiet and laid back, and, to be honest I find No Man very difficult to judge because they seem too faceless to actually get a good grip on (if that makes sense) 2. I've listened to (and loved) Blackwater park and Ghost Reveries, what Opeth album is good to go to next? Anything after (and including) still Life is worth listening to. 3. Are any of Neal Morse's christian prog albums any good, and, if so, which ones. Yes, most deifitively. My favourite is Testimony because I find it to be his most diverse, but they're all very very good. 4. I've been dying for some prog metal along the vein of Riverside or Tool, any other bands that fit the bill for that? Possibly Threshold, Kamelot, Green Carnation, and Royal Hunt and 5. Name any bands that you think really deserve a good listen.
Wow, no small task. OK, I'll try to weedle it down to the bare essentials, but I feel terrible about the dozens I'm not mentioning: Tori Amos, Dream Theater, Genesis, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Liquid Tension Experiment, Moon Safari, Planet X, Psychotic Waltz, Renaissance, Transatlantic, Van Der Graaf Generator, Yes, Frank Zappa. Especially Tori Amos (not kidding!) |
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richardh
Prog Reviewer Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26234 |
Posted: January 14 2011 at 01:55 |
Neal Morse solo albums are excellent
recommend Sola Scriptura to start with
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