Where does the best prog rock/metal come from?

[angelofdeath9308]

What is everyone's opinions on which country the best prog comes from?
I think i still have some listening to do before I make any decision, b/c i recently started listening to two good swedish bands, Anglagard and Landberk, and I like both of them a lot. These two, plus Opeth and Anekdoten, Paatos, and Morte Macabre, all of whom I like, are making me ponder the question. Although the british do seem to have the classics like Pink Floyd, ELP, and King Crimson, along with Porcupine Tree another one that I've heard.
To sum it up, I'm going to check out a lot more Swedish prog b/c I've liked what I heard so far, and then I'll make up my mind.

 

[To rid you disease]

england I suppose

 

[Wander]

England of course.

 

[Liquid Tension]

Add Pain of Salvation and Spiral Architect to Sweden which gets my vote....

 

[Holocaust on the Moon]

England

 

[Ɛnslaved]

Spiral Architect

Norwegian.

 

[Sad Madrigal]

You guys forgot about USA: Queensryche, Fates Warning, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Tool, Shadow Gallery, Savatage, OSI, Nevermore, 3, Between the Burried and Me, etc.

 

[angelofdeath9308]

Watchtower too.
and if we count bands like Atheist, Cynic, and Death, then yes, the US is another good one not to be left out.

 

[grey knight]

You guys forgot about USA: Queensryche, Fates Warning, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Tool, Shadow Gallery, Savatage, OSI, Nevermore, 3, Between the Burried and Me, etc.

I thought Savatage was just normal metal. (Iron Maiden style)
But they're actually prog?

 

[Sad Madrigal]

I thought Savatage was just normal metal. (Iron Maiden style)
But they're actually prog?

They are a little bit. Albums like Edge of Thorns, Streets, Gutter Ballet are prog.
And Maiden are almost prog (Somewhere in Time, 7th Son, Brave New World, A Matter of Life and Death).

 

[Kenneth R.]

lol, usa... A few good bands. An avalanche of shit.

 

[Widows Sulk]

england by thousands of orders of magnitude

 

[Tubbs]

England of course wins. Italy and France also have plenty of good prog. The best prog metal however comes from nowhere because most of it blows.

 

[Lateralus14]

prog rock is nothing like prog metal. England for prog rock at least.

 

[mexicola]

Watchtower too.
and if we count bands like Atheist, Cynic, and Death, then yes, the US is another good one not to be left out.

How is the the band largely responsible for death metal considered prog-metal?

 

[Chinese Whispers]

prog rock is nothing like prog metal. England for prog rock at least.

Yeah, I'd say England for prog rock, with not much of note past the late-70s, and that is being generous.

 

[Draehl]

Czech Republic! No contest.

Best Prague rock in the world IMO.

 

[Kenneth R.]

How is the the band largely responsible for death metal considered prog-metal?

because the kids don't know what the hell they're talking about.

 

[angelofdeath9308]

like omg, i totally forgot!
listen to Individual Thought Patterns and The Sound of Perseverance and you might see what I mean, aight?

 

[Chinese Whispers]

like omg, i totally forgot!
listen to Individual Thought Patterns and The Sound of Perseverance and you might see what I mean, aight?

The Sound Of Perserverance, I agree, has some 'prog' elements to it - mainly in arrangements - but Individual Thought Patterns just seems like a technical death metal album. Nothing really 'prog' about it besides maybe a rare glimpse.