Prog-Metal

Valerian Swing (Italy)



and a video...

Eyesore wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

Be careful with Arena though as their albums are quite expensive.

And since we're going toward the prog rock stuff, check out Enchant.

That's only because you're the worst bargain shopper ever!

Cairo is pretty cool, too!

chewie wrote:

Cairo is pretty cool, too!

Conflict & Dreams!

Loving this thread, and making an extensive list of albums to sample.

Any other Eldritch fans? (see page 3)

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

Any other Eldritch fans? (see page 3)

Me, me
Their first two I love. Not sure about newer material.

I like the first couple also.

Two discs I picked up today:





Fantastic albums. Headrush has Damien Wilson on vocals, one of my favorite vocalists.

Another free Prog Metal gem:

http://tetrafusion.bandcamp.com/

TETRAFUSION

Nice! What were those other two you mentioned the other day? I had the thread open for most of the day, meaning to check them out. But then I closed it and totally forgot about it until just now.

Eyesore wrote:

Nice! What were those other two you mentioned the other day? I had the thread open for most of the day, meaning to check them out. But then I closed it and totally forgot about it until just now.

The Dead Station
Shattered Skies

Well, that worked out well. I bought all three Tetrafusion albums on CD, paid for the two Shattered Skies digital-only downloads, asked Locky to buy their EP on CD since they're local to him, and the only thing I didn't pay for was the Dead Station album.

You: Hey, check out these free albums!
Me: Thanks. Somehow I managed to spend $29.90.

Like that Headspace song, Damien is such a great vocalist.

Dark Horseman wrote:

Like that Headspace song, Damien is such a great vocalist.

The Headspace CD is fantastic. One of the year's best.

Eyesore wrote:

Dark Horseman wrote:

Like that Headspace song, Damien is such a great vocalist.

The Headspace CD is fantastic. One of the year's best.

I'M looking forward to the new Threshold cd. But now it looks like I need to catch up with Damien & Headspace 1st.................

Need more Vanishing Point fans here..... though they would be more prog metal mixed in with a lot of melodic/AOR influenced metal...........totally fine by me and I know a few others here. Also one of my favorite vocalists in this band. Keep in mind too this band is not 'progressive', but simply shares a similar 'prog' sound to some of the bands here..

Generally speaking, I'm not sure how some of these bands these days get called "prog".

WATCHTOWER is prog. Some stuff that I hear called such these days is just watered down Journey/Queensryche.

What characteristics define "prog" to most these days?

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

Need more Vanishing Point fans here..... though they would be more prog metal mixed in with a lot of melodic/AOR influenced metal...........totally fine by me and I know a few others here. Also one of my favorite vocalists in this band. Keep in mind too this band is not 'progressive', but simply shares a similar 'prog' sound to some of the bands here..

Absolutly love VP! I've sent them on comps I've sent to various MoM guys, but the only ones I heard anything from was Kmorg (who liked it) and Toho (who thought it was too proggy). What I want to know is where the hell are they? They were suposed to have a new album years ago but I've heard virtually nothing.

Temple of Blood wrote:

Generally speaking, I'm not sure how some of these bands these days get called "prog".

WATCHTOWER is prog. Some stuff that I hear called such these days is just watered down Journey/Queensryche.

What characteristics define "prog" to most these days?

I agree with you completely, I think about 90% of the time the term "progressive" gets used incorrectly.

It seems if a band uses keyboards they automatically get labeled as "prog".

Bands like "Atheist" or "Meshuggah" are more progressive than many of the bands in this thread.

Prog is defined by how arrogant and self-centered the listener is.

Don't remember anyone bringing up Divine Regale?

Sorry, couldn't find any youtube samples.

I don't think anyone's mentioned Spiral Architect yet, so:

Woah! Just found these guys! After a quick listen, it's like prime dUg Pinnick singing for a heavier Dream Theater...

http://thegreatgamble.bandcamp.com/

I was thinking, no way they can sound like Pinnick but there were times it was almost exact. Good find.

Dark Horseman wrote:

I was thinking, no way they can sound like Pinnick but there were times it was almost exact. Good find.

I swear, I am sitting at my computer listening to this and I keep going "O my god!! O my god!!" I am LOVING this!!!

This will be on my year-end 2012 list for sure...

The dude singing is playing all the guitars too...