Top 10 Epics
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Topic: Top 10 Epics
Posted By: TheKingOfSunsetTown
Subject: Top 10 Epics
Date Posted: December 08 2011 at 10:36
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I'm putting a list together of my top 10 Epics (over 15 minutes) ever. I tend towards triumphant or haunting neo-prog so i know i'm gonna hear a lot of noise in this room but well... 1. Pink Floyd - Dogs - (The most overlooked Pink Floyd Song and perhaps their best) 2. Yes - Close To The Edge (Best bass line ever) 3. Genesis - Suppers Ready (Most Haunting song except for maybe Entangled) 4. Marillion - This Strange Engine (Most Beautiful Guitar Solo) 5. Edison's Children - The Awakening (Most Triumphant and Most Intense Guitar Outro... what Near The End by David Gilmour should have been... Also the Slow Burn Section in the middle reminds me of many old Genesis & Yes Songs) 6. Yes - Gates of Delirium (The buildup to "Soon" and that guitar just takes me to another place) 7. Fish - Plague of Ghosts (Raingods With Zippos) - Perfect sequence of smaller songs into one final masterpiece 8. Genesis - Cinema Show - (2nd Best Haunting 12 string Guitar work after Suppers Ready) 9. Marillion - The Invisible Man (Marillion brought back the epic prog song in an absolutely amazing way. Perhaps the very best that Neo-Prog would ever get) 10. Transatlantic - The Whirlwind (Is It Really Happening makes Pink Floyd jealous) okay... there's mine... don't be hating...
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 08 2011 at 10:51
Not true. Not overlooked at all. Welcome to the forum. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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TheKingOfSunsetTown wrote:Posted By: TheKingOfSunsetTown
Date Posted: December 08 2011 at 11:22
| Thanks Snow... I just always seems that Animals is always overlooked. I can see why because it is the least commercial of all Pink Floyd albums and maybe the least accessible. Still I think it is their best. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 08 2011 at 11:49
Sorry to disagree again but least commercial? What about More, Ummagumma and Obscured By Clouds or even Atom Heart mother? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: December 08 2011 at 11:49
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Animals is great - allways loved that album, but i wouldent say its the least commercial.
Saucerfull
More
Ummagumma
Atom H M
Those at least, I would say was less commercial
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: December 08 2011 at 14:29
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I found out that there are quite some Animals fans on this forum, and they are not silent about it. Which is fine, so King If Sunset Town, good for you that you came here. My top 10: 1. Awaken-Yes 2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Floyd 3. Tarkus - ELP 4. Carrying No Cross - UK 5. Supper's Ready - Genesis 6. Karn Evil 9 - ELP 7. Gates Of Delirium - Yes 8. Ragnarok - Cliffhanger 9. Lady Fantasy - Camel 10. Nine Feet Underground - Caravan |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: December 08 2011 at 14:36
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Maybe he means Animals is the least commercial of the big 4 of Floyd albums
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Posted By: TheKingOfSunsetTown
Date Posted: December 08 2011 at 14:36
yeah but I guess i'm sort of differentiating... there is the older "psychedelic" floyd that comes out of the Syd Barrett era of which you are talking about. I guess I am referring to the post DSOTM era where Pink Floyd elevated itself to a worldwide phenomenon. I should have been more specific I guess.
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Posted By: TheKingOfSunsetTown
Date Posted: December 08 2011 at 14:38
Good choices! I've heard that Nine Feet Underground song was great from a few people but i'm not familiar enough with Caravan or Cliffhanger. Will get on it!... Thanks moogtron!
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: December 08 2011 at 14:49
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On topic: (in no real order) Transatlantic - The Whirlwind (77:47) Transatlantic - All Of The Above (31:00) Yes - Close to the Edge (18:40) Yes - The Gates Of Delirium (21:56) Dream Theater - Octavarium (24:00) Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (41:58) Phish - Reba (12:27) The Flower Kings - The Truth Will Set You Free (31:02) The Flower Kings - I Am The Sun (25:42) The Flower Kings - Garden of Dreams (59:16) Karmakanic - Send A Message From The Heart (19:32) ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: TheKingOfSunsetTown
Date Posted: December 08 2011 at 15:40
One interesting thing about the new Edison's Children (Pete Trewavas featuring Marillion) album. Much of the original tracks were done at Lead Singer Eric's Black Dirt Studio's which is owned by Brad Morrison... the original founder, manager and record company owner of the band Phish, where they did quite a few projects. You can almost hear the history of that old barn on the recordings.
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Posted By: TheKingOfSunsetTown
Date Posted: December 08 2011 at 15:44
| Saw The Whirlwind by the way in New York with Pete Trewavas and Mike Portnoy at the helm... What an incredible live show... to see Evermore done live with such precision was jaw dropping. I wish I knew more of the Flower Kings Music, so I will start with the longs you mentioned... Glad to see you agree with me on my Yes choices... Hope you listen to Pete Trewavas' new Edison's Children project as it is so different from his past music (Eric Blackwood is more of a Pink Floyd meets Tool kinda guy) and add that to your list. It is my favorite album of the decade so far. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: December 08 2011 at 17:25
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Cassandra Gemini Gates of Delirium Tetragrammaton Supper's Ready Lizard Dogs Second Life Syndrome Cygnus: Hemispheres A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers Close to the Edge ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Atoms
Date Posted: December 09 2011 at 06:06
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1. Facelift 2. A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers 3. Atom Heart Mother 4. A Passion Play 5. Meurglys III 7. Tenemos Roads 8. Nine Feet Underground 9. The Grand Wazoo 10. Snorungarnas Symfoni |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 09 2011 at 06:21
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There is a http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=81162" rel="nofollow - similar thread started up less than three months ago.
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=81162&PID=4283730#4283730" rel="nofollow - This is my list. ------------- 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: December 09 2011 at 06:32
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Yes, this is one of these threads that seem to keep coming back on a regular basis. It's still fun to do. |
Posted By: Midnight Lightning
Date Posted: December 09 2011 at 09:05
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It changed slightly since last time I answered, so... Echoes - Pink Floyd Ritual - Yes Bel Air - Can Histoire Sans Paroles - Harmonium Les Porches de Notre-Dame - Maneige Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer Canto Nomade Per Un Prigioniero Politico - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso A Passion Play - Jethro Tull Nine Feet Underground - Caravan
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Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: December 09 2011 at 10:03
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 09 2011 at 10:46
I know it was. But it is a less commercial sounding album...especially these days. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 09 2011 at 11:03
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Suppers Ready - Genesis
Awaken - Yes Dogs - Pink Floyd Close to the Edge - Yes The Fountain of Lamneth - Rush Some of Sheherzade - Renaissance One for the Vine - Genesis Tarkus - ELP Once around the world - It Bites Starless - King Crimson Some slightly shorter timings, but what the hell..it's Christmas..almost.. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 09 2011 at 11:16
Good call!!!  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 09 2011 at 11:22
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^^Cheers, Snowie. Now, that IS an overlooked epic! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: December 09 2011 at 11:27
Not "all" of Scheherazade?  I so love that song! ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 09 2011 at 11:32
Classic typo!! It should read 'Song of Scherazade'  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 09 2011 at 11:36
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Posted By: DreamInSong
Date Posted: December 09 2011 at 17:39
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What's the definition of an epic? The "Songs I think are epics" List
The "Songs I'm not sure are considered epics, but they are long and I really like them!!" List
Edit: I just noticed that "over 15 minutes" part... let's try again...
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Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: December 09 2011 at 18:28
this guy know's what he's talkin 'bout. Respect ------------- I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 09 2011 at 19:47
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In no particular order, and yes I know it's 11 but I couldn't pick one to drop. A Plague Of Lighthousekeepers - VDGG Living In The Heart Of The Beast - Henry Cow Mumps - Hatfield & The North La Faulx - Univers Zero Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield Lizard - King Crimson Dogs - Pink Floyd The Fate Of Old Mother Orvis - The Future Kings Of England Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull Kohntarkosz - Magma Harmonium - Histoires Sans Paroles |
Posted By: TheKingOfSunsetTown
Date Posted: December 10 2011 at 08:16
Wow.. you just floored me... Clint Mansell - Death Is The Road to Awe. How did I not remember to put that in my top 10? what an unbelievable epic. Okay with Edison's Children's "the Awakening" and Marillion's "The Invisible Man" and TSE... and Death Is The Road to Awe...(oh and plague of ghosts dammit!) these are my 5 favorite epics of the new Millennium wow... great call!
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 08:14
If someone had told me, twenty years ago, that Clint Mansell would go on to produce what he does now, I would have laughed my @rse off. I used to love PWEI, but never took them very seriously. I need to hear more of what he's doing these days. I'm intrigued. Didn;t he do the soundtrack, or some of it for the film Pi? ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: December 13 2011 at 14:39
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My list (of 15+ minute pieces, anyway): 1. "Hamburger Concerto" by Focus 2. The "Atom Heart Mother" Suite by Pink Floyd 3. "Mei" by Echolyn 4. "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" by VdGG 5. "Octavarium" by Dream Theater 6. "At the End of the Day" by Spock's Beard 7. "Into the Dream" by Discipline 8. "The Wide Open Sea" by Big Big Train 9. "Milliontown" by Frost* 10. "Black Lake Nidstang" by Agalloch I probably forgot one, or two, or possibly more perhaps. These are just the ones that sprang to mind. |
Posted By: aphelorah
Date Posted: December 13 2011 at 22:04
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My list, in no particular order: Edge of Sanity - "Crimson" Transatlantic - "Duel with the Devil" Dream Theater - "A Change of Seasons" Univers Zero - "The Funeral Plain" Morte Macabre - "Symphonic Holocaust" Porcupine Tree - "Anesthetize" Pink Floyd - "Dogs" Liquid Tension Experiment - "When the Water Breaks" Fates Warning - "Still Remains" Riverside - "Second Life Syndrome" I'm sure I've forgotten some, though...
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Posted By: Canterzeuhl
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 00:49
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In no particular order... Amarok - Mike Oldfield Karn Evil 9 (Live) - ELP (From the 'Welcome Back my Friends...' album. Nine Feet Underground - Caravan For Richard (Live at Fairfields Hall) - Caravan Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull Oro Caldo - Osanna Midnight Mushrumps - Gryphon Brother Where You Bound - Supertramp All'uomo Che Raccoglie I Cartoni - Buon Vecchio Charlie (Cutting it fine! Exactly 15 minutes!) Let's Move to Cleveland (Live) - Frank Zappa I think I've done something wrong, I've managed to totally omit any Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd and King Crimson. If I could have an 11th though it would be the 'Song for Scheherazade' by Renaissance.
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Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 23:53
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1. Echoes
2. Close to the edge
3. Supper's Ready
4. Kohntarkohz pt-2 (Magma)
5. Shringar (Shakti)
6. Thick as a brick
7. Tarkus
8. Hamburger Concerto
9. La Faulx (Univers Zero)
10. Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
Chose only one per band.
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Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: December 15 2011 at 00:14
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I think it'd be: Dogs - PF Thick as a Brick - JT Shine On you Crazy Diamond - PF Ommadawn - Oldfield Abbey Road Suite (but that's cheating, isn't it?) Like a Hurricane (Live - from Weld) (That's cheating, too, isn't it?) Echoes - PF Heard it through the Grapevine - CCR When the Music's Over (Cheating, too?) - Doors Desolation Row - Dylan (who're you to judge! Rah!)
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Posted By: zoviet
Date Posted: December 15 2011 at 00:15
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Tortoise - Djed
Pink Floyd - Echoes Can - Bel Air Can - Hallejuwah Tangerine Dream - Atem Kraftwerk - Autobahn Underworld - Juanita-Kites-To Dream of Love Yes - Gates of Delirium Nurse With Wound - Futurismo Zoviet France - Cair Camouflet Cosmic Jokers - Galactic Joke |
Posted By: Glimmung
Date Posted: December 17 2011 at 12:00
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Suppers Ready-Genesis Histoire Sans Paroles-Harmonium A Passion Play-Jethro Tull Starless-King Crimson The Herald-Comus Future Days-Can Close to the Edge-Yes Atom Heart Mother-Pink Floyd Thick as a Brick-Jethro Tull The Lamia-Genesis (Even though this song is rather short, it is pretty damn epic.) My Father My King-Mogwai |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 17 2011 at 12:54
Now that is a nice list. 
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: December 17 2011 at 13:10
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Magma - Kohntarkosz
Magma - Theusz Hamtaahk Magma (or Jannick Top, take your pick) - De Futura VdGG - Plague of Lighthouse Keepers Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield - Amarok Henry Cow - Living in the Heart of the Beast Kayo Dot - On Limpid Form (...counts on fingers) Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Osore-zan Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Dou no Kenbai probably bad recommendations for a neo-prog fan, i don't even think any of the songs are particularly well-mastered x3 if i had to pick stuff by ten different groups then kick out some of the duplicates and replace with: Aksak Maboul - Cinema Zaar - Sefir Fantomas - Delirium Cordia Olive Mess - Stefan, the Shepherd Boy looking back I guess it's weird that there's no Univers Zero or Art Zoyd, or Shub... I can't remember what they did to annoy me ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: December 17 2011 at 23:10
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Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: December 19 2011 at 06:21
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Suppers Ready
Revealing Science of God
Echoes
Close to the Edge
The Valentyne Suite (US Version)
A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
Fantasia Linum (by Amazing Blondel)
Tarkus
Karn Evil 9
Circumstances (by Capability Brown)
Pictures at an Exhibition is number 2 if it can be counted as one track.
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Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Date Posted: December 19 2011 at 08:46
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Not in a particular order Genesis - Supper's ReadyELP - Karn Evil 9 ELP - Tarkus Yes - Close To The Edge Yes - Gates of Delirium Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond Dream Theater - Octavarium Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
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Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: December 19 2011 at 22:44
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Transatlantic The Whirlwind Transatlantic All of the Above Neal Morse ? Neal Morse The Creation Dream Theater A Change of Seasons Dream Theater Octavarium Yes Close to the Edge Genesis Supper's Ready Porcupine Tree Anesthetize Pink Floyd Shine On You Crazy Diamond Sorry for all the Morse love, but he is the master of epics in my opinion (not in order except whirlwind is #1) I wish I could put in: Neal Morse The Door and The Conflict and Seeds of Gold Yes Gates of Delirium Opeth Deliverance (too short) Transatlantic Duel with the Devil and Stranger in you Soul Spock's Beard The Great Nothing, At the End of the Day, The Light, The Water Big Big Train The Underfall Yard Rush 2112 (some others I can't think of now...) |
Posted By: engrwulf
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 00:24
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Pink Floyd - Dogs Nine Feet Underground - Caravan The Flower Kings - The Truth Will Set You Free Cassandra Gemini Rush - The Fountain of Lamneth Clint Mansell - Death is the Road to Awe Riverside - Secondlife Syndrome Flower King - Stardust We Are Harmonium - Histoires Sans Paroles
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Posted By: MokRodrigues
Date Posted: January 11 2012 at 11:30
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1 Genesis - Supper's Ready 2 Pink Floyd - Echoes 3 ELP - Tarkus 4 Eloy - Poseidon's Creation 5 Yes - The Revealing Science of God 6 Genesis - The Cinema Show 7 Yes - And You And I/Siberian Khatru 8 King Crimson - Starless 9 ELP - Trilogy 10 Eloy - Incarnation of the Logos |
Posted By: Talesfromrelayer
Date Posted: January 11 2012 at 16:24
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I would have picked Xanadu if it was over 15 minutes, but here it goes...
1.Hemispheres - Rush 2.Gates of Delirium - Yes 3.Bel Air - Can 4.A Plague of the Lighthouse Keepers - Van Der Graaf Generator 5.Shouldn't Do That - Hawkwind 6.Salisbury - Uriah Heep 7.Rubycon - Tangerine Dream 8.Remember the Future - Nektar 9.Karn Evil 9 - Emerson, Lake and Palmer 10.Atlantis' Agony at June 5th-8498, 13 P.M. Gregorian Earthtime - Eloy Not in any particular order or anything. ------------- Hell yeah, gurl |
Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: January 11 2012 at 18:12
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the shortage of Thick As A Brick in this thread makes me uneasy ------------- I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: January 11 2012 at 20:01
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: January 12 2012 at 05:44
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1. A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - VDGG 2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd 3. Tarkus - ELP 4. Karn Evil 9 - ELP 5. Supper's Ready - Genesis 6. Close to the Edge - Yes 7. Rogue - Discipline 8. Second Life Syndrome - Riverside 9. Anesthetize - Porcupine Tree 10. Nine Feet Underground - Caravan special mentions Dream Theater - Octavarium
2112 - Rush Hemispheres - Rush Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull ------------- 
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Posted By: amity62
Date Posted: January 15 2012 at 02:14
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Sinkadus - Agren (16-54) Anglagard - Hostsjd (15-32) GY!BE - Moya (10-51) VDGG - A Plague of the Lighthouse Keepers YES - Gates of Delirium Ritual - A Dangerous Journey (26-32) Dream Theater - Octavarium Green Carnation - 9-29-045 (15-29) The Gathering - Black Light District http://vkontakte.ru/search?c%5bq%5d=ORPHANED%20LAND&c%5bsection%5d=audio" rel="nofollow - Indukti - Ninth Wave (11-32) |
Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: January 19 2012 at 02:19
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Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
X-Japan - Art of Life (1998 live version)
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
Edge of Sanity - Crimson
Moonsorrow - Jotunheim
Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize
not exactly top anything, just some popular tracks in the prog metal genre ------------- 
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Posted By: FromAbove
Date Posted: January 22 2012 at 18:04
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I like all epics, but I'll put 10 of my favs. Spock's Beard – The Light Yes – The Revealing Science of God Yes – Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil) Genesis – The Battle of Epping Forest Spock's Beard – The Water Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother Van Der Graaf Generator – Pioneers over c. Yes – The Gates of Delirium Rush – Cygnus X-1 (The Voyage and Hemispheres) Dream Theater – The Count of Tuscany I would've also put Incomudro - Hymn to the Atman, The Necromancer, One For The Vine, The Musical Box, The Devil's Triangle and Dancing With The Moonlit Knight had they been longer.
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Posted By: shermike
Date Posted: January 23 2012 at 01:56
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Echoes - Pink Floyd Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd Son Of Alerik - Deep Purple (i think one of most underrated song) Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield Larks' Tongues In Aspic - King Crimson (especially 3 and 4 parts) Il Giardino Del Mago - Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Skenet Bedrar - Kaipa Close to the Edge - Yes The Sky Moves Sideways - Porcupine Tree De Astrologia - Universal Totem Orchestra why http://translate.google.com/" rel="nofollow - translate.google.com inserted in my message? (EDIT: Fixed, dunno why though.) http://translate.google.com/" rel="nofollow -
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Posted By: JS19
Date Posted: January 23 2012 at 17:47
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Gazpacho - Tick Tock The Mars Volta - Cassandra Gemini Dream Theater - Octavarium Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Storm Godspeed You Black Emperor! - BBF3 Haken - Celestial Elixir Yes - Awaken Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond Rush - 2112 (live) Neal Morse - The Door Boring choices, but I couldn't possibly choose anything else
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