Prog vs Metal - which one do you stand for

[Cerberus III]

^Might not be original, BUT BOY IT SURE IS POPULAR AND SELLS PRETTY GOOD!

A good example of this would be Eminem's 'Stan'.

 

[BefriendedUnit]

^Stan is different. Eminem and Dido collaborate, it's not the same as just lifting the song.

 

[Scourge of Malice]

shit ass thread

 

[BefriendedUnit]

shit ass post

 

[Tepheron]

I stand for good fucking music.

Genre is a musical term for stereotype.

Good post. Defining music is sometimes necessary though, since we've got so much music in the world. The term progressive, in my mind, is just a label for music that have a lot of influence from more than one genre.

 

[in_my_time_of_disease]

Medal.

Meddle. Cheap pun.

 

[Obtuse]

I gotta stick to my allegiance. Metal ftw. Not that I dislike prog...
well, I do dislike prog in most cases (DT, Yes, Genesis, blah blah blah),
but there are a few bands who can do it right. Opeth is several of them.

 

[Iki-ilkkuja]

Hmm... should've made a poll out of this. Because I really belive that those who swear in the name of prog like Watershed more than those with a metal background. And the other way around - I dislike Deliverance and Orchid as they're a bit too metal for my taste.

 

[Frosties]

I'm into the metal, though so far I'm enjoying Watershed.

Someone posted this:

I tend to mainly listen to prog the most because dynamics is the most important thing to me. I find that heavy parts hit you the hardest when sparsely used, but it's a very important aspect none the less.

I think of it as the other way round - the "light" parts are that much better when hardly used (Eg: Demon Of The Fall, When, Leper Affinity and so on)

 

[Iki-ilkkuja]

Works both ways around.

 

[Gëist]

Quoted for fucking truthfulness. It's all about musical craftsmanship, which can either be technical proficiency, songwriting or both (preferably).

There's one thing I don't like and that's Techno (in the broadest sense of the word). People who take samples from existing music and just drop some drum-loops over it and try to shove it down everybody's throat saying it's 'new'

This includes rap, hiphop, techno, rave and mostly all the latest R&B Billboard crap. I can rspect and appreciate music I don't particularly like, as long as it's original. Using someone's music and just singing a differnt text over it is NOT original.

I guess you didn't listen to the good ones.

Try Moshic, and tell me it's not new =)

Anyway, classification is a good way to generate bands having absolutely no creativity, just "making fucking good [fill in genre]".

 

[Sad Madrigal]

I am more into prog and power than death, but I am standing for everything that is real music

 

[Iki-ilkkuja]

Hmm... power metal.

 

[{-sapob-}]

I would have to say metal.

But i think prog has the one thing that i dont like in metal.

and thats a little bit of creativity.

 

[Kenneth R.]

Post.

 

[Lateralus14]

I'm probably overall more into metal (not necessarily extreme, could mean death metal, could also mean iron maiden or katatonia or something) than prog, but I still think GR and WS are some of Opeth's best material (though I wouldn't be here if I didn't love it all). Probably because a metal fan can still appreciate amazing production, musicianship, and a bit of creativity.

 

[Discursion]

I would say I like both the same, because I really love both of them, but facts are that I am more into metal and more brutal stuff, also darker, or whatever.

 

[Fyacin]

Prog. I can't think of any straight up metal bands I listen to regularly.

 

[mexicola]

The non death metal parts.

 

[~Derek~]

Metal, but because of Opeth I think I can get into prog.