Progheads unite!!!

[Whitestrat]

Ok... Looking for more nice Prog Rock/Metal bands to check out. I've got the following so far, which I think is cool:

• Fates Warning
• Symphony X - My Fav
• Dream Theater - My Fav
• Shadow Gallery
• Ayreon - My Fav
• Transatlantic

I'm totally getting into this heavy sounds with nice melodic singing (note, no grunts or death-metal vocals please). But I'm looking for more similar bands.

Any other suggestions?

 

[Vaiyen]

YouTube - Opeth - A Fair Judgement

my fave. awesome. all-clean singing.

 

[jullian_bei]

for oldies but still active today you can add : RUSH

for all instrumens : derek sherinian's Planet X

 

[naviros]

Dunno if this fits your category, but I like 'em

The Used - All that I've got

 

[KeDraiv]

wat bout liquid tension experiment?

 

[[vogue]angel]

great to hear that there are derek sherinian fans out here( he's under-rated). planet X is awesome. Another prog rock band i like is the flower kings. porcupine tree is also not bad

 

[dir]

rush
genesis
yes
king crimson
pink floyd
electric light orchestra
mahavishnu orchestra

70's prog is where it's at

 

[EugeneSmasher]

Liquid Tension Experiment!

I also like Muse, they're called 'new-prog' or something like that. And they have really awesome bass lines. :mrgreen:

 

[KeDraiv]

yeah Muse is good!!!

Anyway does anyone konw queensryche?
They're quite an old band, and their vocals is quite good imo, very unique, HAHA

 

[Whitestrat]

rush
genesis
yes
king crimson
pink floyd
electric light orchestra
mahavishnu orchestra

70's prog is where it's at

Sorry... I forgot to mention... I got these too. I'm looking for NEW acts...

And LTE, Planet X and Platypus were already covered in my 2000 expose into Prog Rock...

So, it's Opeth and Muse that's worth checking out? How about Iced Earth? Anyone?

 

[Whitestrat]

Anyway does anyone konw queensryche?
They're quite an old band, and their vocals is quite good imo, very unique, HAHA

Yep... Been there, done that. I'm not a big fan of Geoff Tate's voice, but Operation Mindcrime I is a must hear for prog fans...

Again, I stress that I'm looking for stuff like this: YouTube - Symphony X "Serpent's Kiss"

 

[Vaiyen]

iced earth to me is straight-up heavy/thrash metal.

 

[penguin55]

I think you could try porcupine tree, tool, and maybe incubus science album! Primus, mars volta?

 

[KeDraiv]

I onli listened to 1 iced earth song before, forgot the title, but to me they seem more of power metal than prog

 

[Stillborn]

To-mera (female vocals)
Pain of salvation
ARK
Porcupine tree
Sun Caged
Circus Maximus
Green Carnation
Amorphis
Edge of Sanity
Evergrey
Pagan's mind

Xperi[V]etal: Progressive Metal :mrgreen:

 

[jullian_bei]

derek sherinian underated ... here?? hehe he was in dream theater before.

hear queensryche's operation mindcrime I and then compare to DT Scene from a memory.... look like really "scene from a memory".

dont forget Asia also. they now even split into two bands.

 

[ShredCow]

Not really prog but conceptual in nature and with that kind of chuggy, stop/start kind of rhythm.

YouTube - Evergrey - Mark of The Triangle (live)

 

[KeDraiv]

derek sherinian underated ... here?? hehe he was in dream theater before.

hear queensryche's operation mindcrime I and then compare to DT Scene from a memory.... look like really "scene from a memory".

dont forget Asia also. they now even split into two bands.

I heard somewhere ( ithink queensryche's web) that operation mindcrime is going to be made into a movie, wonder how it'll look lyk lah

 

[cold_static544]

mostly listen to older prog like Yes, Rush, Pink Floyd (though they're not that prog), newer ones only like DT and opeth lol.

 

[Whitestrat]

I heard somewhere ( ithink queensryche's web) that operation mindcrime is going to be made into a movie, wonder how it'll look lyk lah

Did you know that Mindcrime has a Part II? But it was recorded without the proginal guitarist/composer/writer Chris DeGarmo... They got the same recording tone vibe as part 1, even the guitars sound similar, but there's a big difference in the whole feel of the album. The first one was very focused, and you could sense a direction from the songs. Part II was just messy (mainly written by Geoff Tate). I have it, but I don't like it as much as I like part I.