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If by any chance you've listened to the latest Ayreon's album and didn't look up his guest singers, you really should give Toehider a go. They are Australian, and they are a lot of fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHP_SDCb1-0 And their vocalist is amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnG5iLR9g9k Not sure if 'avant-garde' qualifies as prog, but someone has mentioned Arcturus, so yeah, whatever, here's some Finns with an unpronounceable band name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAbahejW5EE Their klezmer is what does it for me, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryVJG9zDZxU
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No idea where you can buy an actual CD in the US. I reckon, you can buy most of their stuff digitally from usual places like iTunes or Amazon.Misogynist posted:Veering more offtopic, but if you're into weird bands with klezmer influences, definitely check out the complete lineup from every Honkfest (start with Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band, which is a constant staple at the festival). And to neatly cover up the offtopic, another band I've recently discovered is Ideamen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHNKhZbF-8c
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Thought I'd pop in with some balalaika goodness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qcgpe1UMmE It's actually Liquid Tension Experiment, though.
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Rust Martialis posted:I'm sending this one to TL. JAMOOOL posted:How bout The Tangent? I have their debut and like it fine...is it worth continuing?
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Apr 21, 2014 14:23
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Misogynist posted:I can't find a nicer way to put this, but are you deliberately avoiding Sweden's eclectic prog scene to focus on Kaipa derivatives? Anekdoten, Änglagård, Gösta Berlings Saga, and Morte Macabre all have way more "fire" than most of the world's prog bands. Well, it's like when people say Finnish power metal or Norwegian black metal. Even though not all bands are Sonata Arctica or Gorgoroth, it's a handy shortcut for identifying genres and describing what a band sounds like. Anekdoten and Morte Macabre are awesome, by the way, so I'll take a look at other bands.
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Nobody Interesting posted:Not really prog but Hawkwind played under the same roof as Brian May yesterday and apparently were amazing. They're playing a pretty big gig in October, joined by Arthur Brown. Hawkwind is one of those bands that I really want to like, but I never found an album that would have clicked with me. Any suggestions on particular albums or tracks?
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May 6, 2014 21:17
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Noise Machine posted:Please don't ask me how I found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gp7RANAX3A When I was in the 9th grade, I loved to change guitars and bass in midis to cellos and tuba, and imagine how cool it would be if this band played this song with an orchestra at some point. This mix, though, I don't understand.
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May 22, 2014 02:04
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Thought you guys might be interested. http://universalchoir.insideoutmusic.com Devin Townsend invites fellow humans to sing some stuff for his upcoming Ziltoid sequel. And you don't even have to be a good singer!
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Thought I'd bump the thread with a little request. Recently I realised that apart from occasional duets, back vocals and rock/metal operas, my prog collection is almost devoid of female vocals. Anything besides Gathering and Lana Lane that I should be aware of?
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Aug 11, 2014 17:56
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I've heard this song a couple of times before on radio, but for some reason it never occurred to me to look it up. It's really up my alley. Cheers for that. Also, a nice username/content combo, I guess.
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Thanks everyone for suggestions. I've got a week worth of new music and that's awesome. I've got to say, I noticed a trend here in that the majority of names are from seventies. Hm... Gianthogweed posted:Renaissance is usually the first to come to mind. Re Webber, I'm not exactly an ALW fan, but I have a penchant for covers, tributes, rearrangements, etc., so I've probably heard JCS in all possible languages and with at least five different English-speaking casts. I really liked Sebastian Bach as Jesus, and it's a shame he later went on to butcher Jekyll and Hide, but I digress. Never heard about plagiarism allegations, so that was a nice piece of trivia, thanks. Rollersnake posted:Two more great female-fronted bands, from kind of the opposite sides of the prog spectrum. Iucounu posted:A lot of people like Kate Bush. I'm not one of them but you might be. Gianthogweed posted:Yeah, you have obvious choices like Curved Air and Renaissance. But after that it gets a little more difficult. You have into sort of expand your definition of prog passed your comfort zone a bit and go by the original definition of "progressive" of challenging the genres boundaries. There are plenty of great female artists like Kate Bush who are part of the Art rock / art pop grouping definitely prog related. Tori Amos and Bjork come to mind. Lots of great artists and songwriters from the 60s. The aforementioned Joni Mitchell, also the late great Laura Nyro that penned so many great songs like "And When I Die" that was covered by the fusion band Blood Sweat and Tears.
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Just a heads up on previous recommendations. So far I'm hooked on Renaissance and The Decembrists. Fusion is something I tend to enjoy in music and both bands really deliver on that front. Renaissance is amazing at fusing baroque/classical music with prog rock, while The Decembrist mix blues, country, folk, hard rock and some other genres with progressive elements. And while The Decembrists aren't that heavy on female vocals as I'd want to, Hazards of Love is a fantastic album both thematically and musically, so thanks for introducing me to them. I would also like to add Landmarq to the list. Damian Wilson used to sing there in the early nineties, but ultimately was replaced by Tracy Hitchings who truly deserves to be mentioned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg005WzCWmI
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Aug 15, 2014 23:40
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JAMOOOL posted:Some good modern prog recs: mei is a fantastic album, but I just hate it when the whole album is lumped into one track. It's not even like different songs seemingly transition into one another, there are actual pauses between them. I know it's a minor and quite stupid thing to complain about, but it annoys me to no end when I want to listen to a particular song and have to quick search through the whole thing for a minute.
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Aug 5, 2015 14:41
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The Pope has announced a prog rock album. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pope-francis-to-release-pop-rock-album-wake-up-20150925 I'm not too much into Italian prog scene, but the single doesn't sound bad at all. I wonder if Pope Francis will ever listen to it, though.
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Sep 25, 2015 18:44
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Seventh Arrow posted:Is it possible to be impressed and horrified at the same time? http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=h...zoidzoid+manman
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Oct 8, 2015 02:58
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Von Sloneker posted:From over a month ago but there was Mundanus Imperium: Jorn Lande, their ex-vocalist, is a huge fan of Dio. He's even recorded an entire tribute album called, well, Dio. However, if you want something symphonic, there's always his album aptly called Symphonic.
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Y2J posted:So what do people think of the new Dream Theater album The Astonishing? I don't know what they've been going for with this one. Could hardly sit through it. With occasional glimpses of DT circa 1992, it's an overproduced pompous release that hopefully will soon be forgotten. Come to think of it, I can't remember a single song from it already.
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Feb 6, 2016 01:27
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Vulture Culture posted:This isn't really what I expected Haken's singer to look like, but in a way it all makes sense now I will still always imagine him as a muppet.
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May 17, 2016 20:15
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Josef K. Sourdust posted:You could say that the flute in PR fills the role of the harmonica in blues/rock. Can't remember hearing a harmonica in a PR song, though there might be some. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajHPd3-DH8A
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Jul 6, 2016 17:29
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What a slowpoke. Buckethead has already released at least 15 albums this year.
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Jul 8, 2016 09:57
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A.C.T is probably the closest I can think of to Thank You Scientist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAKeRKGmRCA
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Aug 2, 2016 22:18
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I actually enjoyed both Road Salts and Scarsick, while everything before BE is kind of a forgettable blur of dodgy rhythms to me. Not sure what to expect from this album reading the thread. Reasons sounds reasonably good, and I'll definitely give the rest a listen soon.
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BigFactory posted:I always assumed that pain of salvation was bad Christian rock like Spock's beard only with dream theater as a major influence instead of genesis or whatever. They do have religious or rather spiritual themes in their music, but as far as I know Gildenlöw is not religious himself. And I don't think they are very similar to DT.
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Finally got to listen to the latest PoS. Really enjoyed the first and the last tracks on it, but everything else in between was very uneven for me. Tongue of God, Reasons, and If This Is the End are the only one that I can still somewhat recall. Not a bad album overall, but I'd still grade it a bit lower than Road Salt. In other news, Ayreon's new single is predictably amazing. Hyped for Arjen's new project as always.
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Jan 26, 2017 14:32
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Ayreon's new album is out and it's predictably amazing and somewhat cheesy. Full album is available on youtube (and all your usual streaming services), along with some music videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFuMKdrzPqU&list=PLDp_PtuyOwCa_N556UPC1-Eycg4LJohQf
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Apr 28, 2017 11:38
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Cymbal Monkey posted:My friend is slowly convincing me that the super whimsical style of prog peddled by Genesis, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, and Gryphon died in the early 70s and I really don't want her to be right. Is anyone singing about combating noxious weeds and knights in armour and such in this millennium? (alternately if there's cool lesser known prog bands from the 70s that played that style that'd be cool too.) Resistor are great, imo. The Land of No Groove is a neat mini rock opera by them on the album Rise. As an example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knsjsOKSg98 It's as whimsical as it gets.
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Apr 28, 2017 13:55
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Alehkhs posted:I guess I'll crosspost/share this over here: Beaten you to it.
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Apr 29, 2017 01:44
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Bent Knee also have a female bassist. And a female vocalist of course.
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May 22, 2017 18:26
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I have tremendous respect for Portnoy, but this type of music just doesn't work with a standard hard rock vocalist #3,247 that is Soto.
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Oct 22, 2017 01:38
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When I torrented the album before its release to check if I want to pay money for it, the torrent's name was rear end-Tarnishing. How true that name was.
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Oct 22, 2017 14:54
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Iucounu posted:Re: Dream Theater, Portnoy had a really great style that pushed that band and provided a lot of energy to the sound. Like he was consistently just a hair ahead of the beat. Mangini feels lifeless in comparison. He's also simply much more boring to look at live compared to Portnoy.
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Oct 22, 2017 21:21
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You want a hot take? I love Systematic Chaos and even Black Clouds & Silver Linings.
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Jan 12, 2018 00:58
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Cymbal Monkey posted:The problem with Dream Theatre is not the self indulgent lyrics or long songs, it's the fact that they're basically cheese metal with time signatures. It's the opposite of the problem, imo.
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tote up a bags posted:This is a midtemp take, the hot take is “i only like the post-portnoy albums especially their 2 hour future space medieval CRPG album” A take this hot would burn down the sun.
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Opeth are fantastic live, and Åkerfeldt is a pretty cool dude in general. Imo, they deserve the O. Oblivion Sun I have never even heard of.
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Seventh Arrow posted:You should check them out, especially their first album. Just listened to it. It sounded Swedish-ish to me, which I tend to like, but it didn't click with me. It's hard for me to get into instrumentals to begin with, though, and the album is pretty heavy on that.
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Jan 13, 2018 19:58
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You know, I've played many JRPGS as a child, and later listened to a lot of prog, but never could put two and two together before now. It's so obvious looking back at some of those OSTs, too. 
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There are some nice Christian bands. My favourites are probably Tourniquet and Glass Hammer. The former is thrashy, and the latter is just more classic prog rock. I'm on my phone, but you can check Tourniquet's Where Moth and Rust Destroy and Glass Hammer's Chronometree. Very solid prog albums.
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Jul 1, 2018 11:32
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Is it just me or more and more bands start to sound like Leprous?
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Vulture Culture posted:Sort of, but it's largely an effect of Jens Bogren being behind the board. I picked out that guitar sound the second "Initiate" came on Affinity. Hm, that might be it. There is definitely something about mixing that gives off that vibe, but I also think djent-ish (or post-hardcore/mathcore depending on where you stand on the issue of nomenclature) riffs are getting more popular in general.
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