'Great' Prog Metal Releases (2005-2009)

[djjello]

If you've not listened to Silent Memorial's "Retrospective" (2009), then give it a shot. It has Mike Andersson (Cloudscape) on Vocals. It's Prog, it's Metal - and it's an ass-kicker. I'm a die-hard Tomorrow's Eve/Circus Maximus/DGM/Vanden Plas fan to the core. This shit is right on target. A great album all the way through, and one of my absolute favs of 2009!

 

[jem777az]

If you've not listened to Silent Memorial's "Retrospective" (2009), then give it a shot. It has Mike Andersson (Cloudscape) on Vocals. It's Prog, it's Metal - and it's an ass-kicker. I'm a die-hard Tomorrow's Eve/Circus Maximus/DGM/Vanden Plas fan to the core. This shit is right on target. A great album all the way through, and one of my absolute favs of 2009!

I agree. Great album!

 

[i am fabio]

Dream Theater-Octavarium
Dream theater- Black Clouds Silver Linings
Beyond Twilight-For the Love of Art and the Making\
Pagans Mind-Enigmatic Calling
Redemption-Fullness of Time
Circus-Isolate


Have more but I wanted to really try and limit it to the ones that i found absolutely "great." It was tough but these albums have meant the most to me. Also i'm sure ive forgotten one or two. More lists guys and gals!

 

[BenMech]

The question of "traditional form" versus "everchanging amorphous form" progressive rock/metal would keep my idea of a list fairly short.

I could throw an album like Oceansize - Frames* very high up there, but it doesn't fit the narrow box of "traditional progmetal" a la Dream Theater style.

So, I would list The 2nd and 4th Redemption albums, but NOT the first nor the 3rd.

I'll include Ziltoid the Omnisicent and Syunchestra, no matter how many people hate either/or /both.


* to name but one example.

 

[The Invisible Guest]

I'm with you on Ziltoid ... missed it on my original list.


Britt

 

[seh750]

Several I would list are already on here (Dream Theater, Circus Maximus, Pagan's Mind)...but one I haven't seen mentioned is Psychogeist by Age Of Nemesis. Particularly like Eye of the Snake on that disc.

 

[Soundscape]

Subterranean Masquerade - Suspended Animation Dreams
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Between the Buried and Me - Alaska
Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
SikTh - Death of a Dead Day
Protest the Hero - Kezia
Russian Circles - Enter
The Faceless - Akeldama
In Vain - The Latter Rain
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Sculptured - Embodiment
Arsis - We Are the Nightmare
Burst - Lazarus Bird
Long Distance Calling - Avoid the Light
Soundscape - Grave New World

 

[nomisofsiman]

The question of "traditional form" versus "everchanging amorphous form" progressive rock/metal would keep my idea of a list fairly short.

I could throw an album like Oceansize - Frames* very high up there, but it doesn't fit the narrow box of "traditional progmetal" a la Dream Theater style.

So, I would list The 2nd and 4th Redemption albums, but NOT the first nor the 3rd.

I'll include Ziltoid the Omnisicent and Syunchestra, no matter how many people hate either/or /both.


* to name but one example.

Agreed on Ziltoid. I totally neglected for some reason the Devin Townsend albums...maybe it's because I wouldn't exactly consider him traditional. Doesn't matter to me though. I hope this upcoming tour of his hits Chicago.

 

[Prog_Please]

The problem with threads like these is that by the end, every prog release from that era will be listed...

 

[BenMech]

Agreed on Ziltoid. I totally neglected for some reason the Devin Townsend albums...maybe it's because I wouldn't exactly consider him traditional. Doesn't matter to me though. I hope this upcoming tour of his hits Chicago.

You'd be right in not calling him traditional. That's my point. I haven't really listened to traditional since '99, and even then I liked the weird outliers more than anything else.

 

[Taliwakker]

Seventh Wonder-Mercy Falls

plenty of other really good releases in this period but this is the standout for me

 

[Lionheart]

I think there have been a good number of great traditional prog metal releases in those 4 years. Maybe not as many as before that time period, but still a great number of gems have been there for the taking. I'm thinking that as the years pass by, people get burned out or move on to other things (I know I have even though I still love the genre) with their tastes, so it's more of a change of guard.

Dreamscape - 5th Season (2007)
Hubi Meisel - Kailash (2006)
Scenes - Call Us At The Number You Provide? (2005)
Poverty's No Crime - Save My Soul (2007)
Cloudscape - Crimson Skies (2006)
Red Circuit - Trance-Like State (2006)
Vanden Plas - Christ0 (2006)
Andromeda - Chimera (2005)
Malpractice - Deviation From The Flow (2005)
Seventh Wonder - Become (2005)
Mindflow - Mind Over Body (2006)
Narnia - Enter The Gate (2006)
Circus Maximus - Isolate (2007)
DGM - Different Shapes (2007)
Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic: Calling (2005)
Sieges Even - Paramount (2007)
Threshold - Dead Reckoning (2007)
Andromeda - The Immunity Zone (2008)
Cloackwheel - The Crooked Path You've Drawn (2008)
Lanfear - X To The Power Of Ten (2008)
Amaseffer - Slaves For Life (2008)
Aeon Zen - A Mind's Portrait (2009)
Anubis Gate - The Detached (2009)
Astra - From Within (2009)
Atmosfear - Zenith (2009)
Pathosray - Sunless Skies (2009)
Planeshift - Fate Breed (2009)
Southern Cross - Down Below (2009)

A little more on the crossover/eclectic/quirky side, but still should be mentioned:

A.C.T. - Silence (2006)
Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick (2007)
Sylvan - Posthumous Silence (2006)
Wolverine - Still (2006)
Voyager - UniVers (2007)
Votum - Time Must Have A Stop (2008)