between the buried and me
opeth
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^ Nice call. I just went to see Between the Buried and Me for the second time last Tuesday. They're from not far from where I live, and I caught them on the last night of their tour. They were obviously a little tired.

I've come to notice that what classifies a Metal band as being "Progressive" is the use of clean vocals and/or uncommon instrumentation - i.e. keyboards, world percussion.
Whereas I just took the word progressive for what it means literally. In my mind a band that takes their music in different directions and pushes the envelop of what they're able to do is progressive.

The advent of creating a sound or a subgenre for "Progressive" music is a little silly to me. Kind of how people tried to capitalize on "Emotional" music. Maybe I just think about it too hard. Or literally.

Yes, prog metal is great. *hesitates about whether I will get lynched for being a big Dream Theater fan*

Anyway, I've been a bit hesitant about whether to get Cynic's Traced in Air. I mean, Focus was brilliant, but it seems like a bit of a once-in-a-lifetime-brilliance thing. Besides, it's been fifteen years between that masterpiece and Traced in Air, so... have they lost it at all? Is it worth getting?

I'm not a huge Prog metal fan,Opeth,Coroner and Symphony X are about the only ones I'm familiar with.Does VoiVod count as Prog metal?They were pretty awesome.

Most Dream Theater fans have been lynched on here already. Luckily, I was able to escape with my neck intact. They may well have a Christmas burning ritual though.

I quite enjoy a bit of Dream Theater. Only problem is that at least 80% of their music is complete crap. :laughing:

But that remaining 20%... damn good. Especially on Images and Words.

I really like Dream Theater's covers. Anyone hear their cover of Pink Floyd's "Time"? It was great. They also have a few good Led Zeppelin covers. I can't speak about their own stuff, I've never listened to that stuff. They are on the list of bands to listen to though.

Images and Words despite being one of their best releases, is also one of their most commercial sounding albums, to the point that James LaBrie actually sounds annoyingly like Robbie Williams on some songs.

I agree, they are one of the few bands that do rock and metal covers quite well. Unlike say Megadeth, whose covers are absolutely terrible.

Their singer James Lebrie's voice is a bit too metal for me, but the instrumentalists play super well. Mike Portnoy is an excellent, probably one of the best drummers in recent prog music.