jackhammer

..and Porcupine Tree are virtually a Prog Metal band now! Oh Well, maybe I should do a prog Metal poll

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gunnels

I meant to vote TMV, but I since they are winning I guess I can bear picking Coheed.

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khfreek

This isn't really a competition, just a gauge of the board's tastes.

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Rage Against the Machine

Ocean-fucking-size.

Battles comes in a close second though.

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sumguy

I really enjoy Coheed and Cambria's music. I have seen them in concert a few times, they put on a good show. Also i really like the story line behind the music, and how the comic books came out before the band did. Claudio created a new dimension of the musical back story that (as far as i know) has not been done to that degree before them.

Antonio

PT for me, although having heard almost their entire studio discography, i'm a bit biased.

also, i'm not that into Coheed and Cambria, tbh. their stuff is prog-influenced, but alot of the time it seems like they're just going the motions and not really exploring music-wise.

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boo boo

Coheed is an odd one, tough to catagorize.

Like TMV they mix prog and post-hardcore influences, and I consider TMV prog, and C&C remind me more of Rush than any hardcore band.

So I'd say they're prog.

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Astronomer

I picked Tool, obviously. They're easily my favourite band and I love how they lapse into traces of art rock and that crazy term that someone coined 'math rock.' I think every single member of Tool has something pretty amazing to offer, and yeah, I just absolutely love everything about them. Their musical ability ability just blows my mind.

From that list I also love and appreciate The Mars Volta, Porcupine Tree, and Oceansize... some of my favourite bands are up there. I like new prog, a lot, and can't understand sometimes why it receives so much criticism.

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boo boo

Well math rock is usually used to describe indie bands like Slint and Don Caballero.

Though you can certainly call Tool mathematical.

Btw have you ever heard anything by King Crimson? They're a band I'm always trying to get people into. They have opened for Tool on some occasions and Tool consider them one of if not their biggest influence, I'd say they've had a strong influence on TMV as well.

This is what Maynard said about them.

"I think it was an honor for us. For our fans, it was something like an education. A lot of our fans weren't really aware where we were coming from, what inspired us. I find it a bit sad. I think to share one stage with King Crimson was important. It showed where our roots are, where we are coming from. After all, in today's music scene every band seems to steal from other bands. They're all stealing from each other and they all claim to be the originals. I think it's limiting – limiting for the bands and for the listener."

"For me, being on stage with King Crimson is like Lenny Kravitz playing with Led Zeppelin, or Britney Spears onstage with Debbie Gibson."

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Astronomer

Yeah, I suppose math rock is most commonly used to describe bands like Don Caballero, Slint, Minus the Bear even...

I guess I should've said simply that I love the mathematical element of Tool.

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