Prog vs Metal - which one do you stand for

[Wander]

I like prog






I like metal too.

 

[Chinese Whispers]

Pretty much every single band plays to a genre though. A metal band is obviously a metal band, and so on and so forth. Saying that genres are pointless is a bit silly, because everyone is working within some kind of confines and boundaries, whether they realise it or not. Just by picking up a certain instrument you are straight away narroing possibilities. And what is really wrong with opperating within a genre anyway? Even or bands who don't, if there music is shit, it is shit, even if it is unclassifiable.

 

[Koi]

There are loads of bands you can't really categorize...
Nothing wrong with genres, just being restricted by genres creates creative boundaries.
But then again, i only know my own point of view in this.

 

[Chinese Whispers]

There are loads of bands you can't really categorize...
Nothing wrong with genres, just being restricted by genres creates creative boundaries.
But then again, i only know my own point of view in this.

Well that's it. I'm not saying that bands should say we are going to be 'x' and try nothing else, but at the end of the day there is a core sound they end up having and you can usually catergorize it.

 

[Ozzloaf]

Prog... Metal... and...











Prog Metal

 

[Mantraschism]

"classical" is the broadest possible category for music, it encompasses a million different styles over literally the past THOUSAND years. likening it to a genre like "prog-rock" is completely absurd.

Sorry, this is wrong. 'Classical' refers to a specific period; it was preceded by baroque and followed by romantic.

 

[Arasmas]

don't be a dunce, classical has two meanings, one of them is a period from the mid-late 1700s, one of them is a general term for scored "art" music

 

[grey knight]

Metal, but if I had to choose only one of them it'd be prog.

 

[Iki-ilkkuja]

It's interesting that alongside Opeth the vast majority of prog metal band lean more towards power metal than prog.

 

[Nasty-Fire]

^ Not the vast majority.

 

[Arasmas]

if you've listened to enough prog-metal bands that you can make any kind of statement about the "vast majority" of them, your life has no purpose

 

[Iki-ilkkuja]

if you've listened to enough prog-metal bands that you can make any kind of statement about the "vast majority" of them, your life has no purpose

Maybe I exaggerated a bit, but every time I discover a new prog metal band, it reminds me of Dream Theater, there's far too many bands out there who've been influenced by those two.

 

[hensum]

Do you have to stand for one of them? I thought it was the skillful combination that made Opeth what they are...

 

[Mantraschism]

don't be a dunce, classical has two meanings, one of them is a period from the mid-late 1700s, one of them is a general term for scored "art" music

I'm not questioning your erudition here, but your statement that 'classical is the broadest possible category for music' seems a little silly. You really think that classical music, from any nation, is a broader category than, say, folk?

 

[Arasmas]

eat shit

 

[Mantraschism]

I see. Quite enlightening.

 

[Cognitive Intercourse]

I like both prog and metal. Plus many other types of genres as well. I just like good music, regardless of which genre it comes from.

 

[StealerAG]

+several million. ...

the best thing about Opeth and the other bands I really like is that no two records sound the same...always progressing..can you imagine what the next Opeth record might sound like after Watershed?.....

I can't.
that's a good thing

 

[grey knight]

I can't.
that's a good thing

I can almost see what it might be...

 

[Dale402]

That's a tough one. I can't say I stand for one over the other. Prog is more interesting for me, however I prefer the heaviness/aggression of metal. Together (Opeth) they are perfect (Opeth).