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Old 06-16-2012, 10:05 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Tool's discography, Dream Theater's discography, Isis' stuff from Oceanic on, Mastodon's pre-Hunter stuff, Baroness' Red and Blue albums, Porcupine Tree's more recent stuff.
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Old 06-16-2012, 10:41 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Dream Theater's Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, most any album by Tool, but I'd say that Aenima is their definitive piece, and Opeth's Deliverance seem to be prime staples of the progressive metal genre. Porcupine Tree gets a lot of props for what they're doing, but they rarely bring in metal influence in their songs, and seem more like a somewhat heavier Pink Floyd most of the time.
I would go with Still Life or My Arms Your Hearse over Deliverance.

I've seen Atheist mentioned but no Unquestionable Presence and I would include Liquid Tension Experiment (even if both are closer to fusion/jazz than progressive)
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I would go with Still Life or My Arms Your Hearse over Deliverance.

I've seen Atheist mentioned but no Unquestionable Presence and I would include Liquid Tension Experiment (even if both are closer to fusion/jazz than progressive)
Those two albums are great but Deliverance has always been my favourite, maybe it's the structure, and the title track is my favourite Opeth song. And Liquid Tension Experiment is great as well, their s/t is pretty outstanding.
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Someone mentioned System Of A Down, and nothing they've done is progressive or technical in any way really....
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Someone mentioned System Of A Down, and nothing they've done is progressive or technical in any way really....
Listen to Mesmerize/Hypnotize...
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Listen to Mesmerize/Hypnotize...
Done. They are still not progressive metal.
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Yeah, I have, a lot. Not progressive in any way shape or form. Just as they aren't nu metal. They're an alternative metal band with hardcore influences (esp. Dead Kennedys), and one of my favorite bands. They just ain't progressive. They're fairly simple, actually.
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Old 06-17-2012, 08:43 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Yeah, I have, a lot. Not progressive in any way shape or form. Just as they aren't nu metal. They're an alternative metal band with hardcore influences (esp. Dead Kennedys), and one of my favorite bands. They just ain't progressive. They're fairly simple, actually.
Well, there is obviously a problem of definition of the term here, but most critics of both albums called them technical or progressive metal, but I agree it's not like any other band, they just don't fit right to any genre... It's progressive enough for me though...
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Well, there is obviously a problem of definition of the term here, but most critics of both albums called them technical or progressive metal, but I agree it's not like any other band, they just don't fit right to any genre... It's progressive enough for me though...
I've never heard anyone call System progressive or technical......
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Old 06-18-2012, 04:27 AM   #20 (permalink)
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SOAD isn't prog or technical. It's not really a case of subjectivity either tbh, it straight up isn't.

That album is very simple imo, as are all of their albums.
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