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.

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.

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.

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."

:D

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.

King Crimson is totally a band you need to check out then.

So boobs do you like C&C?

Also. I really can't decide on this one. TMV, Coheed, Porcupine Tree, Kayo Dot, it's all so good!

seconded. Lateralus, you don't know what you're missing

Personally, it is a really close call between Kayo Dot and TMV and purely as I have only listened to Kayo Dot once and TMV tons, TMV get the vote for now.

Haven't heard anything from the last two, but the rest really doesn't entertain me.

crimson is good.

far as new prog goes, i think it's one of the most uninteresting genres on the market. i am yet to come across one song that does not sound like a standard run-of-the-mill 70s prog ape-show, and even the "flagship" bands like porcupine tree are in reality plain carbon rip-offs of pink floyd and genesis.

the pink floyd influence on porcupine tree is so stark it is frankly frightening