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4 votes
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YUUGE - Zepperiah (2023)
6 votes -
Spiritbox - The Fear of Fear (2023)
9 votes -
"My dad painted the iconic cover for Jethro Tull’s ‘Aqualung,’ and it’s haunted him ever since"
21 votes -
Polyphia live at The Factory in Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas (Full concert, 2023)
21 votes -
Ten essential synth-pop albums
11 votes -
I need more albums like Imaginary Sonicscape by Sigh
I think this album might be a unicorn, but I'm gonna put this out there anyway. Please suggest more prog/avant black metal that is this good. I've done a few cursory google searches, but the only...
I think this album might be a unicorn, but I'm gonna put this out there anyway. Please suggest more prog/avant black metal that is this good. I've done a few cursory google searches, but the only thing I've found that even comes close is The Sham Mirrors by Arcturus. Maybe Beneath the Lights by Enslaved too.
IS is just such a masterpiece. I love the keyboards, the clear but muddy sound, the guitar work. It's just so god damned good. Please give me some more good albums to check out in the same general space.
5 votes -
Progressive metal: What are you listening to?
My love for progmetal, djent, and related genres has recently been rekindled by an appreciation of the depth, complexity, and even runtimes of progmetal pieces in a world where most music made...
My love for progmetal, djent, and related genres has recently been rekindled by an appreciation of the depth, complexity, and even runtimes of progmetal pieces in a world where most music made today (more generally) consists of relatively simple 1.5 minutes long tracks.
I'm out of the loop. I've kept up with Periphery over the years (listened to them in highschool) and not much else. I recently saw Animals as Leaders, Devin Townsend, and Dream Theater live and had a good time.
Bands I've been listening to:
- Periphery
- Erra
- Animals as Leaders
- TesseracT
- Devin Townsend
What else should I be listening to? What should I know about progmetal; both historically and today? What shows have you been to, which were your favorite? Just a general thread about a genre I've rediscovered.
45 votes -
Rush - Red Barchetta (1982)
15 votes -
Avantasia - The Raven Child (feat. Hansi Kürsch, Jørn Lande) [2019]
4 votes -
Coheed and Cambria - The Pavilion (A Long Way Back) (2019)
21 votes -
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (Live, by Xavier Alern and Opus One Orchestra, May 2023)
12 votes -
Enoch Root - Delusion (Full Album) (2023)
2 votes -
Faneka - Little Lights | Sofar Madrid (2023)
3 votes -
This 'boring' album cover is hiding a masterpiece
5 votes -
Polyphia - Playing God (2022)
5 votes -
ERRA - Stockholm Syndrome (2022)
2 votes -
Toehider - wellgivit (2020)
3 votes -
re:bass - Git, explained instrumentally by Dylan Beattie
11 votes -
Dream Theater - The Alien (2021)
6 votes -
C R O W N - The End of All Things (2021)
4 votes -
Another prog house mix
6 votes -
A short mix of progressive house
11 votes -
Boris Brejcha at Grand Palais in Paris, France (2019)
7 votes -
Shadow Gallery - The Dance Of The Fools (1992)
4 votes -
Sithu Aye - Senpai III (2021)
3 votes -
Comus - Out of the Coma (2012)
3 votes -
Ryley Walker -- Course In Fable (2020)
5 votes -
Miklós Lukács · Peacock Dance (2016)
3 votes -
Altesia - Paragon Circus (2019)
3 votes -
Shpongle - Carnival of Peculiarities (2021)
7 votes -
King Crimson - Dinosaur (1995)
5 votes -
Haken - Cockroach King (2013)
6 votes -
Umphrey's McGee - Zonkey (2016)
5 votes -
ERRA - Divisionary (2021)
5 votes -
Blood Incantation - Inner Paths (to Outer Space) (2019)
3 votes -
Battles - Tonto (2007)
6 votes -
ERRA - House Of Glass (2021)
5 votes -
King Crimson — The ConstruKction of Light (2000)
7 votes -
The Texas Gentlemen - Ain't Nothin' New (2020)
4 votes -
The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic (2020)
6 votes -
Pure Reason Revolution — The Twyncyn / Trembling Willows (2006)
5 votes -
Emerson, Lake & Palmer — Karn Evil 9 (1973)
4 votes -
Erra - Snowblood (2020)
Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/album/snowblood/1525855907?i=1525855910 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/393HU6oEXQybzous3p0NC5 YouTube -...
Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/album/snowblood/1525855907?i=1525855910
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/393HU6oEXQybzous3p0NC5
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruGgo1MkUj8New track from one of the pioneers of progressive metalcore, Erra. The band is known for its crunching hardcore riffs combined with singer/songwriter Jesse Cash's technically impressive lead guitar work that feels more like traditional metal. The band has been often praised for great live performances and song writing, but many feel they haven't had the best engineering and mixing in their recordings.
Snowblood is their first album with new label UNFD and it seems to have unlocked the last piece of the puzzle, in my opinion. This track feels grand and open in a way Erra hasn't yet in studio. Drums feel like they are failing from the sky, JT Carvey's snarling unclean vox punch through the insanely busy guitar and bass lines. Cash's vocals still feel a little thin, in my opinion, but they seem free of over digitization, which is an OK trade off.
5 votes -
Mort Garson - This Is My Beloved
3 votes -
Rivers of Nihil - Subtle Change (2018)
5 votes -
Porcupine Tree — Arriving Somewhere But Not Here (2005)
8 votes -
Haken - Canary Yellow (2020)
9 votes -
Robbie Basho - Blue Crystal Fire (1978)
3 votes -
Elder - Omens (2020)
6 votes