Any good progressive bands?

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rowdyorca5 said:Katatonia

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The guy is looking for progressive music, not something pathetic.

Dream Theater

Dana Howard93 said:Porcupine Tree.

QFT

Honestly, a lot of their newer stuff feels like total garbage to me. They keep trying to pivot into this weird mix of metal and pop—and look, I'm not hating on those genres themselves, just Wilson's attempts at them...
If you stick to the older records, though, you get some killer psychedelic and progressive vibes. 👍

EDIT: oops, didn't realize I was doing a little grave-digging here. 🙂

Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, ISIS, Ozric Tentacles, The Residents, Eels, Muse (they get all the hype, though I haven't really gotten into them), Sigur Rós, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull...

If you ask me, ISIS makes the most complex albums out there, honestly they're the absolute kings of progressive music, yet somehow Wikipedia doesn't even mention them in that light, who knows why? 😕

ABIOGENESIS - 90s, AGITATION FREE - 70s, CAN - 70s, AUNT MARY - 70s, BRAINTICKET - 70s, BURNIN RED IVANHOE - 70s, CATAPILLA - 70s, CULPEPPER'S ORCHARD - 70s, DRAMA - 90s, EARTH & FIRE - 70s, ELOY... Honestly, I can't bear looking at this collection anymore. It's just Part Two all over again.

ruggedrider4 said:Muse (everyone raves about them, though I haven't really listened),

God, why bring up Muse here? 😕

Sure, some older acts might have a little prog flavor, but grouping them with The Mars Volta 🙂 just doesn't sit right with me.

I don't know how much weight they carry with the "true" prog fans out there, but personally, I'm obsessed, so I figured a recommendation was in order.

Dana Robinson7 said:God, why on earth are you shoving Muse in here? 😕

Maybe some of the older stuff carries certain progressive rock elements, but then you look at something like The Mars Volta. 🙂 Ugh, just rolling with it... I don't know. It just doesn't sit right with me. Maybe I'm wrong, but I guess it just doesn't work.

I honestly don't know how much weight The Mars Volta carries in the eyes—or maybe I should say ears?—of a true progressive music enthusiast, but I personally absolutely love them. So, I suppose it’s only fair that I give them a recommendation.

Not me either, I suppose. I mean, Muse is an okay band, even if they aren't really progressive. As for The Mars Volta, I guess they're more like progressive chaos than an actually quality progressive band.👎

Even though they constantly cite King Crimson as their primary influence, I suspect they’d probably sell their very souls to the devil if they could actually stumble upon something even remotely as good as *In the Court of the Crimson King*. Maybe. Or maybe not. But I really think they would.

Even if bands like King Crimson, Pink Floyd, or Sigur Rós tend to go overboard sometimes, I guess it doesn't even compare to those provocateurs known as The Mars Volta.

Dream Theater, for sure...
Opeth 😍
Pain of Salvation—I mean, kind of
Not sure if you're into nu/progressive Metal, maybe some System of a Down?

Poverty isn't a crime—it's actually quite excellent
Dream Theater—excellent
Pain of Salvation—how are we feeling about them?
Queensrÿche—what's the verdict?

Queensrÿche, without a doubt... specifically from the de Garma era. That said, their latest album isn't bad either, featuring guest spots from Dio and Pamela Moore. Her vocals blend perfectly with Geoff's.

Kenneth Williams60 said:Even bands like King Crimson, Pink Floyd, or Sigur Rós can go overboard sometimes, but they aren't even in the same league as the provocateurs known as The Mars Volta

Let's not get all defensive now. 😢

It seems like people just love tearing them down. But honestly, once you actually sit down and listen to albums like A Missing Chromosome or Amputechture... look, I don't really care. Some bands everyone raves about are total garbage to me, so what? 😍

Oh, and the last two Porcupine Tree albums were a complete disaster for me. Stick to their older stuff if you want the good stuff.

Just a flow of pure passion here: Ambeon (progressive metal) and Ayreon (heavy metal & progressive rock) 🙏

Dada Topic, I was actually thinking about posting this exact same question myself. Hmm. For me, Opeth and Porcupine Tree are absolutely top-tier. Gordian Knot is great too. As for ISIS, I wouldn’t really count them as prog; that was my previous point. Then you have King Crimson, which is that classic 70s prog rock. Katatonia leans much more toward doom. I think Pain of Salvation is amazing, though their latest album feels a little weird to me. Dream Theater is basically the pioneer of progressive Metal, but I just can't get into them—I don't know why. Green Carnation is also awesome, and Symphony X is fantastic. There are so many underground progressive bands out there with one or two killer albums, but I don't feel like listing them all here. I'll just mention our local band, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; they have one, let's call it, album called Birth of Pozoj, and it's honestly pretty incredible.

Not quite... Queensrÿche was formed in 1981, while Dream Theater didn't start until 1985.

It is an interesting fact that Queensrÿche actually opened for Iron Maiden and Kiss....
Furthermore, Dream Theater and Queensrÿche have collaborated on covers like "Comfortably Numb" and performed them as a duo...

My go-to prog metal picks: Savatage (pretty much their whole catalog), Queensrÿche (up until the Promised Land era), Dream Theater (though they never really clicked for me...), Lost Horizon, Andromeda...
Prog rock: Pink Floyd, Kansas, Mike Oldfield, Queen (select albums, anyway)...
As for the local scene, I definitely recommend the first Drugi Način album, plus some stuff from Timeo and Group 220...

wanderingtrucker24 said:My progressive metal recommendations: Savatage (pretty much everything), Queensrÿche (up to the Promised Land era), Dream Theater (though they never quite clicked for me...), Lost Horizon, Andromeda...
Progressive rock: Pink Floyd, Kansas, Mike Oldfield, Queen (select albums)...
As for local acts, I definitely suggest the first Drugi Način album, along with some tracks from Timeo and Group 220...

After Promised Land, de Garmo left following Hear in the Now Frontier. He was replaced by Kelly, but the songwriting lost its edge; they became somewhat... ballad-heavy 😁, lacking grit. Meanwhile, Tate released a solo album that also failed to make an impact...

I still have to give credit to Tate's vocals, though. Whether in the studio or live, there's no difference 😁

Dana Robinson7 said:Look, let's not start taking insults personally here. 😢

I mean, it’s totally fine to trash them if that's what you feel. But honestly, it’s like when people only ever listen to albums like > or >. I guess I just don't really care; there are plenty of bands everyone else raves about that I think are complete garbage, so why should this be any different? 😍

Oh, and yeah—those last two > albums were a total disaster for me. Personally, I think their older stuff is much more worth a listen.

I am truly sorry if you took that as an insult, I really didn't mean it that way.... I just feel this need to express my actual opinion on the band, but at the same time, I get that some people think they're amazing. It's just like how I understand that someone might find > boring.

wanderingtrucker24 said:My prog metal recommendations: basically anything by Savatage, Queensrÿche (up until the Promised Land era), Dream Theater (though they never quite clicked for me...), Lost Horizon, and Andromeda...
Prog rock: Pink Floyd, Kansas, Mike Oldfield, and certain Queen albums...
As for local acts, I definitely suggest the first Drugi Način album, along with some tracks from Timeo and Group 220...

Hmm... right... Dada Topic and Drago Mlinarec...😁
Mlinarec came to mind when I saw the Drugi Način thread...

Van der Graaf Generator, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Human Instinct, definitely some Pink Floyd vibes...
man, there’s a ton of them... those old-school bands, the actual roots of prog... this new stuff is just total garbage.