Prog Maiden said:
I really wish that were the case, but I talked to Jasun and he said it won't be happening. I guess his brother's hand has been bothering him, so they don't plan on doing much touring this year besides the Headway fest. He said they're a good contender for Progpower in 2005 though.
oh damn I was hoping ZH might be coming back but it's understandable when Troy's hands are not 100%. PP VI let's hope.
I am for the idea of PoS performing
Be live 1 year after they initally did it, EXCEPT:
a) would the Atlanta Orchestra be able to learn/prepare it all in enough time?
b) Might their be a way for them to bring over the orchestra they had play in Sweden?
c) How much ahead of time would they have to come to prepare it? Daniel is an english teacher, the other guys all have day jobs as well so I dunno how easily they could take off more than a week, but who knows.
I would be all for any of the following:
Shaman..I guess I don't see quite the numbers on this thread as I'd expect, but remember, Shaman is HUGE in Brazil, they have never performed anywhere in the US and do have a big following in Europe (
although I could be wrong but I believe they did play some shows their when they initally formed as a band).
John Arch...His EP sold incredibly well last year..I would guess he's already working on his 1st full length album but I haven't seen anything about that or when it might be released. Unless it's with Fates or atleast Jim and even Portnoy (
not to mention how it might work with Portnoy's schedule, lol) I dunno how easily it would happen for PP V after thinking about it. Fates would be more likely but they did just tour with DT so as much as it pains me to say, both Arch and Fates are longshots at best for this years PP. PP VI could be a higher possibility. I'd love tyo see it happen though, but I would be pretty shocked if either was named. OSI as well, although Gordian Knot?..never know that actually might be possible. Be weird to see Bill Bruford at a metal festival, lol.
Shadow Gallery..This 1 would highly be shocking, amazing, and basically disbelievable. How long have they been around? 1991, 90?..something like that and not ever even 1 concert? Sure the stuff they've done is amazing, but getting them to make their live debut at PP would piss off Europeans and well pretty much any of their other fans. I just dunno how likely it is, but if it is them there is no question a lot of their fans will freak. They were invited to play at NEARFest 2000 which was located in their backyard basically (Bethlehelm, PA) and they turned that down, granted that may have been a bad time or some other reason may have caused that to not happen. They do have a new album they are working on though so that may be the 1 factor in their corner for this year.
Enchant..with their upcoming live DVD/CD show in Oakland, and since they have played the US I would guess their out and I won't wish I would wait for them to come to PP instead of going to the show in Oakland.
I also wonder if a few other progmetal acts might be named on March 1st:
Sun Caged, Wolverine, Andromeda, Dead Soul Tribe...who knows maybe even the likes of I Mother Earth? The Tea Party?..Tiles?
Kyle
