1. Devin
2. Refuge
3. Gentle Storm
3 bands i went to see, they all delivered big time, Gentle Storm surprised me by my knowledge of every song, wasn't expecting that. I;ve seen Dtp about 5 times, watched all their live shows on dvd/youtube and honestly that was the single most energetic show they have put on. Song selection was a bit narrow because of Anneke but that also made it special, it was a special show. Refuge was my favorite band for the longest time and it was my lifelong dream to see that lineup play, they crushed it, really more memorable than fates warning because it was the classic lineup playing their most notable songs, it was a complete package. Honestly i probably watched some of the least amount of music of everybody, I was always around chatting with people. I think my buddy wins though he literally only was at the Dtp show. Of the others Freedom Call (2nd half of set) and Serious Black were great. Haken was a bit too static and wankey though I was familiar with some of their stuff and enjoy their studio work, Green Carnation was pretty good but very quiet I thought the live set was better than the album for sure. Both of those bands i cut out of to get autographs (Rage and Dtp respectively). Fates Warning was decent but they didn't look that excited and the vocals were obnoxiously loud, I left halfway through the show after I heard all the songs I knew on the album and ended up having a good night otherwise. I ended up missing savage messiah who I was pretty familiar with and wanted to see and scar symmetry which I think i might have had a bit of enjoyment from.
That was one of the most intense sets I have ever seen at Prog Power. Going in a liked the album, but that performance brought that to life so well.
