Top 20 Albums of the Decade
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Topic: Top 20 Albums of the Decade
Posted By: BobVanguard
Subject: Top 20 Albums of the Decade
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 14:19
http://vanguardchurch.blogspot.com/2011/02/top-twenty-progressive-rock-albums-of.html" rel="nofollow - The Top Twenty Progressive Rock Albums of the Decade |
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 14:36
| Personally, not a single one of those albums would be even in my top 100 of the decade. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:06
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Ah, so the cartoon self-portrait avatars have finally made their way here. This list caters to a very particular type of prog taste. I'm sure there are a number of folks here whose list would look quite similar, but it's certainly not widely applicable. |
Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:24
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Not a bad list, really. I was actually pleasantly surprised to see such (relatively) obscure gems and Milliontown and Wintercoast in the Top 20. That said, there were a few omissions I found rather shocking: Mei by Echolyn Doomsday Afternoon by Phideaux The Underfall Yard or The Difference Machine by Big Big Train The Dark Third by Pure Reason Revolution ...all would've featured on my Top 10. ------------- "I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...." |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:25
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inb4 ur religious so ur opinion is invalid
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:27
Rest assured, my friend, that I have never used religion to invalidate your opinion.  |
Epignosis wrote:Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:29
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I find this list severely...limited. Maybe that's because no fewer than 8 out of the 20 albums listed are Neal Morse or Steven Wilson related. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:30
Yes, good sense or just "I'll give you a beer if you admit that you're wrong" works plenty fine!  ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:33
No Sleepytime Gorilla Museum =   
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Posted By: BobVanguard
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:34
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I really like the new Phideaux album (Snowtorch), but he is a new discovery for me so he didn't make my decade list. I have both Big Big Train albums, but they fell short for me. I will definitely look into Echolyn and Pure Reason Revolution. Thanks for the input. |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:36
But will you look into Sleepytime Gorilla Museum? -------------
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Posted By: BobVanguard
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:38
Checkin' them out NOW!
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:38
Yes, if 2000 isn't included in the this decade (2001-2010), and Somwhere to Elsewhere doesn't make it, then you sir, have missed out on a phenomenal album. But Echolyn's Mei would probably be my top album from 2001-2010. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:42
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Viva La Vida, Or Death and All His Friends, by http://www.coldplay.com/" rel="nofollow - Coldplay , 2008
What the **** am I reading? ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:45
| Not intending to pile on further, but an album that I would have somewhere on a top 20 list would be The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:48
Was just going to mention them. I've not given any of their albums 5 stars (all 4 for me), but what an immensely important and creative band of the 2000s. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:51
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Anyone who includes albums by the likes of Doctor Nerve, Volapuk, Guapo, Aranis, Sotos, Rational Diet, Yugen, Zaar, and Non Credo is okay with me. Oh wait, he didn't. His tastes are obviously very far removed from my tastes. My favourite album at the moment from that decade, incidentally, is Ernst Reijseger's Requiem for a Dying Planet which I got very recently. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: BobVanguard
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:53
GASP! Isn't Kerry Livgren a bit too "religious?!" ;-)
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:55
Not nearly as religious as http://epignosis.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - this guy. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:55
Everyone's tastes are very far removed from yours. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: BobVanguard
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:55
I see where I could agree that The Mars Volta are one of the more "progressive" (i.e., innovative) bands of the past decade. But for my personal list, they just didn't make it.
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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:56
His list sounds good to me.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:57
Fair enough - I think we're all reacting to the title "The Top 20". |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:58
Actually Greg's list is pretty damn awesome  |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:59
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Gotta agree with Stephen and Pat, Greg's list is pretty rockin'.
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:01
What Jon, Stephen and Pat said Although he forgot Jean Louis |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:02
You people are making me look bad in front of the new guy.  ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: BobVanguard
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:04
Yea, A better title would have been "My Top 20."
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Posted By: BobVanguard
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:05
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:06
Bingo.  |
Posted By: BobVanguard
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:09
Yea, that guy is pretty religious.
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Posted By: Garden of Dreams
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:14
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Pretty good list. I would add some albums from the Tangent, The Flower Kings, IQ's Frequency, and Doomsday Afternoon. Snow and Testimony are a little too high up for me but it is still a nice mention. ------------- Just give it all an hour by the concrete lake. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:14
I certianly do like that Jean Louis album. I was even listening to it earlier today. I also should have mentioned Ahvak. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: BobVanguard
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:15
FYI - I though I'd share with you all here in the forum what I wrote on my blog. Along with other topics on my blog (mostly in the field of theology), I try to introduce people to the greatest music in the world- Prog. So, please keep that in mind. I have about 2,000 readers per month, and through my years of blogging I've been able to "convert" a few people to Prog (how's THAT for a play on words!).
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:21
There we are in major disagreement. I don't believe that Prog is the greatest music in the world (oh me of little faith). ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:21
| The main issue I have with the list is the inclusion of Muse's worst album but at least there is In Absentia and One in there which I do like. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:24
And I don't consider In Absentia a prog album at all. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:25
That's cool - and hopefully a bunch of us have in turn exposed you to some new artists that are worth exploring.  Really, this is the raison-d'etre of the site IMO. |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:25
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I am not at all a fan of people making a thread to link to their blog entry. It reeks of site-whoring that you made us give you pageviews instead of just cut-pasting what you wrote to the OP. As for the list, uh...It's not to my taste
But this is what bothers me the most, you even compare two of the other entries to PT. It really hits the credibility when it seems so fanboy-ish. (and Porcupine Tree did not single-handedly redefine prog rock) ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: BobVanguard
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:38
Rest assured, that was not my intention. I don't need any more "pageviews" (why on earth would I care about that?). I simply thought I'd share. I didn't realize this was such a contentious forum.
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:41
Henry is pissiness incarnate. At least you didn't meet Walter...  Any one of us could put a Top 20 list together and 9 out of 10 members here are going to say it's a lousy list. I hope you stick around. As Pat says, it's why we are here (because we're here). ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: EchidnasArf
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:42
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I'm going to make my own rules and do a top 10 instead (in no order): Choirs of the Eye - Kayo Dot By- - Bygones De-Loused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta Frances the Mute - TMV Fits - White Denim Five Peace Band - John McLaughlin and Chick Corea And the Glass Handed Kites - Mew Widow City - The Fiery Furnaces The Special Garage Concerts - Cardiacs Astrological Straits - Zach Hill and Peer Pressure Echylon's Mei isn't going to make my list because I'm just now taking a first listen. Pretty cool stuff. Don't love the vocals by any means, but I'm digging the arrangements so far. These guys should be instrumental! Having put TMV on the list twice, I feel like I should also note that their latest release Octahedron contains a whopping 2 decent songs on it. So dissapointing. I'm growing very far from the TMV fan that I was 3 years ago. Bixler's voice is just starting to get unbearable. Then again, I'm really picky about vocals. Anybody else feel the same? I'm sorry, but Muse and Coldplay?  ------------- http://didyouseethosebats.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Did You See Those Bats? (a few songs from my band's live radio show) 
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:04
Henry is trying his best to fill some shoes left by Walter......hopefully he fails miserably...I really like post 1987 music
 Anyhow, don't get too wound up in peoples posts here.........Remember you are on a forum which 99.987645632% of the time is discussing what you think is good or bad....prog or not prog.....Music is art and everybody has an opinion.
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:11
| No, I really don't think that is what Henry is doing. |
Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:23
Coldplay? Above Riverside??  ------------- https://aprilmaymarch.bandcamp.com/track/the-badger" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:24
I was just expressing my annoyance at clicking a thread and then having to click somewhere else to get to the actual content. I wasn't trying to scare you off the site or anything.
I'm not filling anyone's shoes :| And certainly not the shoes of a half-assed troll who only had one gimmick, even if it was a very effective one since PA couldn't learn to ignore him. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:26
Actually, I do a better Walter impression than Henry, since I would be incapable of compiling such a list. The only post 1989 prog band I listen to is SGM. -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:42
Ok I agree with you there, and you gotta give props to a guy who stuck to his guns Walter did.......although I actually liked Walter and tried to joke with him normally.
I actually thought it was pretty funny.....Henry your posts at least have substance. -------------
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 01:39
Perhaps. I would struggle to compile a list of favourite prog albums of the last decade because most of mine like Kate Bush 'Aerial' and Tangerine Dream 'Purgatorio' are not prog so if you take out Porcupine Tree as well then I'm really stuck. The list as presented though is far too narrow a selection of artists.Was always going to get ripped to peices.
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 02:10
It may put you off at first, but stay here long enough and you may learn to hate everything too.  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 08:28
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De-Loused In The Comatorium KA Choirs Of The Eye Mirorred OM The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place Never Wear Out Your Summer XXX!!! Lightbulb Sun Part The Second Blackwater Park Sonic Codex And The Glass Handed Kites Art Metal One Armed Bandit Enter Of Natural History SUSAR Marrow Of The Spirit Suspended Animation Dreams Forbidden Drama There
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 09:14
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Honestly, a very predictable list that appeals to the majority of the more conservative prog fans, but wont find too many fans on this site. Just as an example of how different peoples lists can be heres mine:
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Posted By: QuestionableScum
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 09:25
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The list covers a very narrow subset of prog. But I guess it is fairly fair in what it does cover. Although I have never understood the appeal of Neal Morse's work in the slightest. |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 09:37
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Some interesting choices.
Looking at your list, you might enjoy Moon Safari's Blomljud, which is one of my favorite new prog / retro prog / whatever you want to call it. Doomsday Afternoon may well be the best of that ilk but that's already been mentioned many times.
I personally like Fear of a Blank Planet the best of recent PT, but that's just taste.
I Maudlin of the Well's Part the Second should be considered for such a list.
And I'll be nice and not mention any metal because that will take us somewhere else completely. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 09:38
Nice list - is OM Ocean Machine? ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 09:45
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the couple of tracks I was able to youtube of Orphan Project sounded pretty good!
checking out DeeExpus now........
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 09:51
Thanks. It's Negura Bunget's ../album.asp?id=14969" rel="nofollow - OM . Do you know it? Judging by your reviews for Agalloch and Fen, you might like it, or not. |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 09:55
I've sampled it a few times. It's really in my realm so I need to get it and give it a few listens. I'm pretty finicky with my taste for harsh vocals. Some work just fine for me, some I hate, some have to grow on me.
Some jazzy influences? ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 10:02
I know what you mean. I think the entire album is on YouTube and if you want I can find and assemble the samples for you in the right order for a proper stream (unless you've done that already). I don't know about the jazz influences but it's possible. The Dordeduh debut (the band that now contains the songwriters from OM) will have some declared jazz influences (mainly in the percussives, apparently). So I wouldn't say no, but the traditional is much more prominent in OM. |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 10:07
I'll check out the youtube. I appreciate the offer. I've gotten some great albums from previous youtube samplings you've done. Are we due for a 2011 thread yet? ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 10:11
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There are so many streamable albums for 2011 that I don't even know what to begin with. I was thinking to leave it for late autumn, when people start evaluating their year in music, but upon request I could start earlier. :P I'll come back with the promised streaming a bit later. |
Posted By: BobVanguard
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 11:43
Not true. I've been reading Prog Archives for years, and get a LOT of great input from reviewers here. And there are just as many high reviews for these "conservative" titles as there are for the more avant-garde stuff. I notice that Neal Morse's new album is currently number 3 on the http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?syears=2011#list" rel="nofollow - "Top Prog Rock Music Albums List." |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 11:49
You are aware that list is for 2011 albums only, right? The top 100 for all years is http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?salbumtypes=1#list" rel="nofollow - here . Of the top 100, only ? makes it, but barely, at #88. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 11:50
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Thanks for sharing your list. Not one that I would necessarily agree with, but that's the nature of life here. However, how on earth did Coldplay get in there??  ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 11:53
Top 20 Prog Rock Albums from 2000-2009 according to Prog Archives. I'm sorry, but there's too much Tech-extreme metal on that list, and just about everything Ive heard from that genre is just not prog... And I dont know how representative this list is; Ive never seen most of these albums talked about much in the 6 years Ive been on this site
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 12:04
I've actually seen most of those albums talked about a lot, and probably 8 of them would be on my list too.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 12:04
| I actually don't get all the Infernal Machina love, maybe I need to revisit it. |
Posted By: BobVanguard
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 12:04
Yes, of course I know that this is the 2011 list. I'm merely proving the point that the people who rate music at Prog Archives are not necessarily all against the kind of prog that I enjoy myself. So the statement, "a very predictable list that appeals to the majority of the more conservative prog fans, but wont find too many fans on this site" is bogus.  And for the record, I own every album in the top 10 albums of "all years" listed, and 31 of the top 50!
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Posted By: BobVanguard
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 12:08
To quote myself from my post: Okay, I know that Coldplay are not a Progressive Rock band. But they represent the same kind of mentality toward their music that a good Prog band has: lush atmosphere, a theme that unites the album into a cohesive whole, and experimental explorations of melodies beyond the standard music structure of pop music. How the album opens with an instrumental (“Life in Technicolor”) that blends into an atmospheric piece (“Cemeteries of London”) tells you this is no ordinary pop album. “42,” “Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love,” and “Death and All His Friends” are examples of Proggy song composition – a willingness to switch gears midsong to create a more powerful experience. There are a number of great-selling bands that edge toward prog: the aforementioned Muse and Radiohead are examples, along with Metallica and Mastodon in the Metal genre. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 12:20
See http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42936&PID=4217400#4217400" rel="nofollow - here . It's gonna be done in autumn and out until the end of the year hopefully. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 12:24
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That is a longass video :O Awesome, thanks |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 12:25
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Well, I dont consider that genre prog, so I dont go on related threads. But even so, even other genres I dont listen to, I usually see stuff about them throughout the site or forums. Whatever, I just don't agree with the Tech-genre being a "prog genre"/but I'm not saying it's bad. Here is my list anyway. Took a little while to figure out the positions. 20. Devin Townsend - Ziltoid the Omniscient 19. Planet X - Moonbabies 18. Camel - A Nod and A Wink 17. Spock's Beard - V 16. Riverside - Anno Domani High Definition 15. Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon 14. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia 13. Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite 12. The Flower Kings - Unfold the Future 11. Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic: Part Two 10. Karmakanic - Who's The Boss In The Factory? 09. Riverside - Second Life Syndrome 08. Neal Morse - ? 07. Opeth - Ghost Reveries 06. Pat Metheny Group - The Way Up 05. Transatlantic - The Whirlwind 04. Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence 03. Hiromi - Time Control 02. King Crimson - The Power To Believe 01. The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 13:01
What to need to hear is the debut EP (I added the videos to their PA page) and the concert recordings, then, if you want. the interview.
Uh, what does that have to do with anything? :/ |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 13:03
I watched about the first 15 minutes of it, really interesting and the music clips sounded awesome. That timpani drumkit was intense! Listening to the EP videos right now |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 13:05
Because I listed the top 20 albums of the 2000s and the list mostly included Tech-extreme bands. I was responding to Triceratopsoil's post. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 13:08
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2002-2011 should be included if we're to produce our own list, no? ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 13:09
It's not "mostly" tech/extreme bands, only 5 of them. Besides, there is no way Opeth is anything but progressive; I'm not familiar with most of the other tech/extreme bands there. Enslaved might be debatable but I consider what they do progressive. It's not like the list is a bunch of Necrophagist and Arsis albums. edit: I don't go in the extreme metal threads either |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 13:09
Because I listed the top 20 albums of the 2000s and the list mostly included Tech-extreme bands. I was responding to Triceratopsoil's post. [/QUOTE] Oh, OK, since you didn't quote anything it looked like you're addressing the posts above (which were our off-topic conversation about DorDeDuh). |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 13:09
why? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 13:11
Is Opeth still in that category? I thought they had been moved. If you saw my list of Top 20 prog albums 2000-2009, you would see Opeth made my top 10 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 13:11
| Yep, Opeth is still listed as tech/extreme. I don't necessarily agree with that placement. |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 13:20
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Yea I dont agree with it either. They have their own thing going on, if anything, the regular prog-metal genre is probably the best, as they aren't post-metal (though they are experimental), and they really do push the boundaries of metal. Though with the new album coming out, it's going to be harder to categorize them. Either way, they still should'nt be in the Tech category. I remember when they were moved from Prog-metal to Tech/extreme, and I didn't agree then. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 13:22
| I think it's because the elderly folks are scared of the vocals |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 13:23
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 13:27
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 13:28
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 13:28
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Wonder how they'll feel when Heritage comes out... I mean, I dont even know how I'M going to feel... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 13:33
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I'm hoping for Second Utterance
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 13:59
They weren't "moved" to Tech/Extreme, they tech/exteme bands (who were dumped along with prog-metal, post metal, avant-metal, metal-fusion etc. bands in the same category) got their own category. And Opeth isn't Tech but is Extreme. It would take a long series of albums for Opeth to stop being regarded as a death metal band primarily. PT were moved out of Psych/Space when they had 5 completely non-Space/Psych albums (counting from SD to FOABP). |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 14:12
Right, forgot about that. Opeth are extreme when they're being extreme. I would say about 50% of their material is not quite extreme. I guess there's no better place to put them ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 18:04
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Posted By: loveforall
Date Posted: July 09 2011 at 03:23
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Really ? Have you heard Leading Vision ? Fantastic album. At least listen to the song "Hidden Genocide". This is pretty good, probably take a few more listens for me to like it but I'll definitely give the album a few spins. ctfod ------------- http://www.spam.com" rel="nofollow - Spam Checklist Template | http://www.spam.com" rel="nofollow - Spam Gift Certificate Template |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 09 2011 at 03:44
That's hardly elderly, is it? |
Posted By: TheLastBaron
Date Posted: July 13 2011 at 16:09
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This may be to long, I though the original poster had a good list and was curious what he and the rest of you thought of the following. It took me some time to think of this, there were some I really wanted to put on here but they were circa 1999 or 1998, so close : ( 1. The Mars Volta De Loused in the Comatorium : I love the blending of so many styles and emotions. The energy is phenomenal. I really got into more prog because of this album, the modern day equivalents of Pink Floyd and King Crimson in pushing the boundaries and having a real emotional depth to their music. 2. Transatlantic The Whirlwind: The great feel of classic Yes and Genesis yet with a heavy touch and the skill of very talented members all from talented bands. 3. Travis Larson Band Rate of Change: Great instrumental fusion work by very talented trio. Travis Larson has really matured into a skilled guitarist with his own unique style. Jennifer Young plays the bass as more than just a rhythm piece, though she knows when to blend in with drummer Dale Moon, she also knows when to shine. Dale Moon lays down a great beat and can play any style with ease, comfort and great talent. 4. Between the Buried and Me Colors: BTBAM create music on their own terms, taking a bit of this and that and playing the hell out of their instruments, Great buildups, transitions and ambient moments. Colors was crafted as an album, not just a bunch of random songs thrown together. 5. Mastodon Crack the Skye: Maintaining the groove of their previous efforts and adding more layers of sweeping sound scapes and a great story. 6. Between the Buried and Me The great Misdirect: Take the same elements of Colors add Genesis, Pink Floyd and King Crimson influences and pour in some growth in both technical skills and compositional chops on behalf of all the players. Blend all of this together and you have one unique album. 7. Coheed and Cambria Entire Discography: It may sound like a cop out to not pick one album yet I have my reasons. CAC took on an interesting endeavor that really makes one look at their music in a different way than most bands. The five albums tell one continuous sci fi story revolving around a couple, Coheed and Cambria, who give birth to a son who is prophesied to change the world. The music is a mix of metal and punk, yet time signature changes and various suites, motifs, and movements abound. Songs reflect the views of various characters in the story at various times and trials in their life. For a modern band that has gained radio play and MTV exposure ( I’m not gonna comment on whether that’s a good or bad thing) CAC has done something very unique and pushed what a band can do with music as an art form. 8. Baroness Blue Record: A modern progressive metal masterpiece that flows between grooves, melodies and harsh attacks effortlessly. 9. Astra The Weirdening: A Brilliant Debut by a gifted modern Symphonic Prog Band, the playing and production are flawless. Can’t wait to see what’s next from this talented group of young lads. 10. Rush Snakes and Arrows: They still got it. The Second Holy Trinity ( Father, Son and Hold Ghost being the first) have been around for some time but they still kick it into high gear and show that they will always be musicians of the highest caliber. 11. Dream Theater Six Degrees of Inner turbulence: A great melding of their metal direction and admiration for symphonic and heavy prog. The whole band shines not just in their playing but in their writing, both instrumentally and lyrically. 12. Fair To Midland Fables From a Mayfly What I tell you three times is true: A great blend of alternative rock with intricate guitar and keyboard work. Fair to Midland aren’t afraid to push the limits of the modern rock world and intricately link songs together with intriguing instrumental passages and go from loud harsh vocals to sweet melodies with soulful introspections. 13. Devin Townsend Ziltoid The Omniscient: A great progressive metal ode to the cheesyness and camp that has always been a subtle part of some of the best progressive rock and classic rock concept albums. Townsend weaves a enjoyable tale of sci fi humor with an emotional depth underlying mans struggle against a intergalactic guitar master who wants some coffee! 14. Riverside Ano Domoni High Definition: A great blend of space, jazz, speed, thrash and electric sounds. 15. Porcupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet: One of those great albums that you can’t really classify, Wilson and company take what they love from their classic prog influences and mix it with modern electric, metal and alternative sensibilities to create something truly unique. 16. Iron Maiden Brave New World: The return of the classic Iron Maiden lineup. Subtle synth additions married with the classic golden era Maiden sound. 17. BeardFish Sleeping in Traffic Part 2: Takes the heavy prog of Rush, adds the humor of Frank Zappa, and shifts with styles and emotions, all while maintaining its own identity. 18. Fromuz Overlook: A great work that blends so many styles, is all instrumental and has phenomenal production value. 19. Tool Lateralus: Tool takes their time between albums. It was six years after Anemia that they finally released Lateralus. Definitely worth the wait though. Tool blends and melds so many emotions, styles and various lyrical subject matter that one fears it will all fall apart. It never does though. A band that truly understands how to balance all of their skills and ambitions, Lateralus is wonder to hear and like all the albums on this list, it stands as something that warrants repeat listening as you’re bound to discover more and more with each listen. 20. Animals as Leaders Animals as Leaders: Fusion, Jazz, Metal, new wave. Tosin Abasi and co take it all and create something that will blow your mind and make you scratch you head as you enjoy the sweet ride. 21. Galahad Empires Never Last: A clever commentary on the political scene of its time, Empires never last manages to evoke questions while treating ones ears with a blend of symphonic, metal and electric prog. 22. Spock’s Beard Snow: A great double album that draws on Tommy and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, yet creates a deeper story and maintains all the trademarks that made Spock’s Beard of the most important bands that brought about the revival of symphonic prog in the 90’s. Though this was Neal Morse’s last album with the band, he left on a high note. 23. Radio Head Hail to the Thief: Rock isn’t dead, it just gets reinvented and its staple instrument, the guitar is used in new and interesting ways. Radiohead is always evolving and changing their sound, yet never seem to fall flat on their faces. A enjoyable eclectic piece of work. 24. Kamelot The Black Halo: Grand Operatic Symphonic Metal. Those four words should be enough for one to think “I bet there’s some awesome theme, singing, skilled playing, intense, haunting and sweeping melodies on this album.” To that I say. “You bet your ass there is!!” 25. Blotted Science The Machinations of Dementia: Extreme Technical Death Metal minus the growls. This all instrumental album is brutal, scary, eerie, fast, thunderous and at times will break into a soft slow relaxing mood. 26. TouchStone Winter Coast: A great crossover prog band with some skilled players and a powerfull female lead. 27. Coldplay Viva La Vida or Death and all his friends: A good indie/alternative band that tends to dwell on the softer and more soul felt part of rock teamed up with Brian Eno. The result was an album that explored various sound scapes, delved into various themes, flirted with time signature changes, had interesting bells and whistles and fooled around with various aspects of prog. Though not committed to Lady Prog enough, it attempted to show her a nice time and created something better than its proceeding albums but retained the charm of the bands subject matter and lyrics. ------------- " Men are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own minds." - FDR |
Posted By: TheLastBaron
Date Posted: July 13 2011 at 16:12
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I threw in an additional seven runner ups at the end there, this was a challenge : )
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Posted By: Takeshi Kovacs
Date Posted: July 13 2011 at 16:41
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Here are several that would come into the reckoning for me (in no particular order): Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness - Green Carnation K.A - Magma The Human Equation - Ayreon Odyssey The Greatest Tale - Various Artists Hinterland - Wobbler Si Partie 1 - Nemo Doomsday Afternoon - Phideaux Report From Iron Mountain - Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden Discesa agl'inferi d'un giovane amante - Il Bacio Delle Medusa Il Nome Del Vento - Delirium 4th - D.F.A. The Hazards Of Love - The Decemberists Capitolo 7 Tra Le Antiche Mura - Il Castello Di Atlante Metamorphosis - Magenta The Dark Third - Pure Reason Revolution -------------  Open the gates of the city wide....
Check out my music taste: http://www.last.fm/user/TakeshiKovacs/ |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: July 13 2011 at 16:45
Me too. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 14 2011 at 01:50
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In no particular order ( and including prog related): Porcupine Tree - Deadwing Rush - Vapor TrailsPorcupine Tree - In Absentia Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life and Death Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura Magenta - Seven Focus - Focus 9 / New Skin Muse - Absolution Asia - Phoenix IQ - Frequency Tangerine Dream - Purgatorio Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulance Kate Bush - Aerial Radiohead - Kid A Glass Hammer - Shadowlands Par Lindh Project - Veni Vedi Vici Steve Hackett - To Watch The Storms Kayak - Merlin Bard Of The Unseen IQ - Dark Matter Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
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