Top 10 Progressive Metal releases

[Einherjar86]

Just because a bunch of people are flat out wrong means nothing. It isn't hard to classify bands correctly if you have a brain and comprehend what makes certain genres what they are...

That's very elitist of you :Smug:

But if you get enough people to be "flat out wrong" with you, then wrong usually ends up being right. Don't underestimate all those people. There's a hell of a lot of them.

Lastly, I have two more suggestions for the thread:

Sieges Even- The Art of Navigating By the Stars
Sieges Even- Paramount

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Argumentum ad populum is not good logic; just because a lot of people think something doesn't necessarily make them right. There are a lot of uneducated and stupid people in this world, and I refuse to bow down to the inferior consensus when I have taken years of my life to listen to metal and determine how genres function and what bands fit into what genres. Sorry. But I don't want to argue this anymore. I'm sorry you feel the way you do.

 

[Einherjar86]

Argumentum ad populum is not good logic; just because a lot of people think something doesn't necessarily make them right. There are a lot of uneducated and stupid people in this world, and I refuse to bow down to the inferior consensus when I have taken years of my life to listen to metal and determine how genres function and what bands fit into what genres. Sorry. But I don't want to argue this anymore. I'm sorry you feel the way you do.

The masses will beg to differ

But yeah, this won't get anywhere. I still think you're wrong, but that's cool. And don't feel sorry for me. I don't feel sorry for you. Peace.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

 

[Thoth-Amon]

quit playin with yer dingy!

hey?! how did you ? are you watching me?!

 

[Matt]

Anyone who lists Ayreon and Dream Theater are gays.

Says the pos fan?

Anyways

Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Symphony X - The Odyssey
Threshold - Dead Reckoning
Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
Royal Hunt - Paper Blood
Symphony X - Divine Wings of Tragedy
Anglagard - Hybris
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Areknames - Love Hate Round Trip

EDIT: Pagan's Mind and Dark Moor deserve mentions aswell


Can't really think of any more right now tbh

 

[The Ozzman]

This thread has been good for prog recs basically. I need to get into more prog metal.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Dark Moor are quite clearly power metal. How can you confuse these two genres unless it's a band who clearly combines them (Symphony X etc.)!?

Here is my top ten...no order:

Sun Caged - Artemisia
Sun Caged - Sun Caged
Communic - Waves Of Visual Decay
Koyaanisqatsy - From The Yearning To Burst The Perpetual Circle
Icycore - Wetwired
Sepia Dreamer - Portraits Of Forgotten Memories
Sepia Dreamer - The Sublime
Spiral Architect - A Sceptic's Mind

I...can't fucking think of any more I really like. I'm sure they'll come to me.

 

[challenge_everything]

All excellent choices, but 2 for me that outshine those mentioned are; Orphaned Land-"Mabool" and Disillusion-"Back to Times of Splendor." All prog/metal bands should aspire to achieving this brilliance. Fuckin' bravo!!!

A-fucking-men brother.

 

[panzerfaust666]

I dont know much Prog Metal, just the more popular of bands.
Symphony X-any of them! on of my favorite bands.
Symbyosis-On The Wings of the Pheonix
Spiral Architect-Sceptics Universe

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Symbyosis would be on mine too, but it's half prog death and half prog metal iirc. Greeeeat shit anyway. Their first album is amazingly good also and is on its way to me right now. Spiral Architect is another good choice, I'm gonna add it to mine. Cheeeeers.

 

[challenge_everything]

Everyone needs to chill out with the genre arguments. Let's face it, 'progressive' is a loose term and it depends whether one is limiting it to traditional 'prog' metal ie Dream Theater or not. If anything 'progressive' fits in here it potentially opens up a lot of technical-type metal, avant-garde black metal, etc.

But having said that I will try to limit myself to albums that are comfortably within said genre (and only one album per band):

Opeth: Blackwater Park
Augury - Concealed
Disillusion - Back to Times of Splendor
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Dream Theater - Images and Words (the only DT album worth a cracker)
Wintersun - Wintersun
Cynic - Focus
Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
Solefald - In Harmonia Universali
Amorphis - Elegy

 

[The Ozzman]

Into Eternity - Buried in Oblivion

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

YES, fuck yes. Great album.

Everyone needs to chill out with the genre arguments. Let's face it, 'progressive' is a loose term and it depends whether one is limiting it to traditional 'prog' metal ie Dream Theater or not. If anything 'progressive' fits in here it potentially opens up a lot of technical-type metal, avant-garde black metal, etc.

Good point and well stated.

 

[Anaon]

That's very elitist of you :Smug:

But if you get enough people to be "flat out wrong" with you, then wrong usually ends up being right. Don't underestimate all those people. There's a hell of a lot of them.

Lastly, I have two more suggestions for the thread:

Sieges Even- The Art of Navigating By the Stars
Sieges Even- Paramount

Oh yes!! The Art of... is fantastic!! But metal prog fans are usually disappointed because it's not really metal... It reminds me sometimes of the first Enchant's album!! Really great bass and drums job!!

 

[voodoo]

This is really a tough call for me but I'll give it a shot:

Dream Theater - Awake
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Beyond Twilight - For the Love of Art and the Making
Communic - Waves of Visual Decay
Suspyre - The Silvery Image
Death - The Sound of Perseverance
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Grey
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera
Tunnelvision - Tomorrow
Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
Suspyre - A Great Divide

That's 11 but I couldn't leave any out

 

[Einherjar86]

Oh yes!! The Art of... is fantastic!! But metal prog fans are usually disappointed because it's not really metal... It reminds me sometimes of the first Enchant's album!! Really great bass and drums job!!

That was my only concern, really; that it's not metal. I mean, there are definitely some heavy riffs, but on the whole it's a very serene, ambient album. Not really much metal to it. But, if people want progressive, it is definitely that. Have you heard their latest album, Paramount?

 

[Einherjar86]

Dream Theater - Images and Words (the only DT album worth a cracker)

I agree completely. I'm not really a big Dream Theater fan. I own one other album, but I never listen to it. Images and Words is the most interesting and complex at the same time.

 

[Vitor]

another fucking great thread?

here i go:

Fates Warning - A pleasant Shade of Gray
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Symphony X - V
Dream Theater - Awake
Rush - Counterparts
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
ARK - Burn The Sun
Spiral Architect - A Sceptic's Universe
Evergrey - Recreation Day
Cynic - Focus

 

[TylerTheNuke]

cynic - focus
meshuggah - nothing/I
Tool - last 3 albums
Death - Human/symbolic
Dream Theater - Scenes from a memory
Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of darkness.
Opeth - Morningrise

Wow, my list is pretty fucking generic. I might need to work on that...