june gloom on 14/4/2010 at 02:46
Quote Posted by The Alchemist
I wouldn't be surprised if dethtoll had a ratio of 10 to 1, that is 10 comments telling other people how much their bands/taste suck to 1 where he contributes the bands he enjoys himself.
You can stop flailing your arms, because in spite of how much vitriol I spill towards bands like Mars Volta, Pain of Salvation, etc. I spend a lot more time talking about how
good a band is than how bad a band is. Case in point: Isis. Start with
Panopticon. It is their best album by
far. Your next step is
Oceanic, which pretty much codified post-metal as a legitimate genre of music.
Wavering Radiant is next, then
In the Absence of Truth.
Their earlier stuff is much more on the hardcore end of the spectrum and so YMMV-
Celestial is a great album but it's a harder listen than basically everything after it.
The Alchemist on 14/4/2010 at 04:15
Quote Posted by dethtoll
You can stop flailing your arms,
This always makes me lol. Also, I just turned 25. :( Thanks for the suggestions!
fett on 14/4/2010 at 04:44
Quote Posted by Tonamel
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I had a brief prog metal period, and the best thing to enter my collection from that was probably Dream Theater's
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, which is pretty solid throughout. Maybe a sidenote would be Symphony X's
The Odyssey, but that's a little too hit-and-miss for me to wholeheartedly recommend.
I would recommend checking out Awake and Metropolis Pt. 2 Scenes from a Memory if you like Six Degrees. Awake is starting to sound a little dated, but it's Kevin's Moore's shining moment and last effort with DT (though I quite like Jordan Rudess).
As for Symphony X, I don't know what it is about them that I can't fully get into. I really enjoyed their latest (Paradise Lost) but between Russell Allen trying to too hard and the music often times lacking soul, I also find it hard to wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone either. Sad, because they're obviously talented and have their own sound. It just seems so cold and lifeless sometimes.
june gloom on 14/4/2010 at 04:51
That's what a lot of prog is to me- soulless and lifeless. It's for that reason I prefer the post-genres, because they tend to put actual emotion into their music. Good example would be Beloved's Failure On, which is probably my favourite album of all time.
Tonamel on 14/4/2010 at 04:52
Yeah, I have Scenes from a Memory. It's a good album, and definitely more of an
album than Six Degrees, but I still like the latter better, if only for (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FVp2rw1BFQ) Solitary Shell, which is probably my favorite DT song even though (because?) it's the least metal thing they've ever done.
massimilianogoi on 14/4/2010 at 04:53
Quote Posted by fett
... Metropolis Pt. 2 Scenes from a Memory ...
Horrible. A continue Labrie's whining. I cand stand that album. Awake was great. More violent in the voice part. I don't like Labrie as singer, he should retire. And Rudess is not part of that band, he never was it: his playing style is something different from the original metal sound of that band. In particular his lead synth sucks.
june gloom on 14/4/2010 at 04:54
Well at least we agree that James Labia is a terrible vocalist. I cannot listen to Dream Theater because of him.
massimilianogoi on 14/4/2010 at 04:57
Yeah, the Symphony X's singer should replace Labrie, he's so good and masculine with the voice, even if he goes high.
Xorak on 14/4/2010 at 08:00
Quote Posted by dethtoll
That's what a lot of prog is to me- soulless and lifeless. It's for that reason I prefer the post-genres, because they tend to put actual emotion into their music. Good example would be Beloved's Failure On, which is probably my favourite album of all time.
This is old-school prog, but a great example of emotion in this old stuff are the songs that Robin Trower did with Procol Harum and as a solo artist. Here's an awesome example from the album A Salty Dog.
Cruciftion Lane:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzY6WwW7jXQ)
Gotta throw out some classic Canadian prog-rock.
Triumph is one of the most under-appreciated bands in history, but this live clip shows they are the nuts. Rik Emmit is one of the best rock singers ever (pretty damn good guitar player too.)
Lay it on the Line:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyemGXWHkTo)
Beleg Cúthalion on 14/4/2010 at 08:25
I've listened to some songs of the lastes TMV album and it wasn't exactly bad... but ingeneral I would never say I hate some sort of music. If I don't like it, I don't listen to it, easy as that.
But I think if TMV is too hard for some of you, who likes the Cardiacs (even though they are easy listening as well compared to e.g. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum or Fantomas etc. etc.)? :D
