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Modern prog album suggestions

#81
Great call on Mats/Morgan (especially the live album)
If you're a fan of Spiral Architect, I'd suggest Twisted Into Form.
If Meshuggah makes the list, I'd throw in Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects (with Morgan Agren).
Indricothere is Colin's (from Behold...The Arcotopus and Dysrhythmia) side project...great stuff.
Plenty of good 70's-ish prog out there like Univers Zero, Miriodor, Henry Cow, Magma, Koenjihyakkei, etc.
 
#82
I feel both guilty and extremely happy at the same time because I bought this. I've been waiting for around 2-3 years (whenever this was announced). I'm only feeling guilt because my wallet is hurting, besides that no complaints (outside of the sleeve packaging that scuffed 1 cd and the dvd from "Lamb").

http://www.amazon.ca/1970-1975-CD-D...bs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1234920780&sr=8-1

After the 2 albums I've ordered arrive, I have to promise myself not to buy any albums for a month (REALLY hard for me). :)
 
#83
Peccatum - proggy avante gard metal from norway with female and male vocals

Hardingrock - similer to peccatum (same Vocal duo) with addition of a nordic 9 string violin. Quite Heavy and in norwiegen

Aghora - Female Vocals Techy metal with distinct middle eastern feel

Spiral Architect - Tech metal with a spacy feel.

+1 on Thordendal and WOW!! on Twisted Into Form!
 
#86
StanFan said:
Amazing band. Saw them open for Joe Satriani and dream Theater in 2002. I'd like to see them in a smaller venue one day.
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RE: King's X
I saw them at a small club here in SF in 1992. They were awesome! and were blown away by the crowd response. the sound at The Stone was really good for them.


also, I've really been enjoying some of the bands mentioned here such as Spock's Beard, Battles, The Mars Volta and a few others that I heard on Pandoraradio like Riverside, Porcupine Tree, etc.
 
#88
It was mentioned once a while back, but please check out Gentle Giant. My favorite prog band. Tough to figure out where to start, but my favorite albums are

The Power And The Glory
Free Hand
Octopus
In A Glass House
Three Friends

Ray Shulman's bass alone is worth the listen, but Kerry Minnear's keyboards are astonishing.

 
#90
chroma601 said:
It was mentioned once a while back, but please check out Gentle Giant. My favorite prog band. Tough to figure out where to start, but my favorite albums are

The Power And The Glory
Free Hand
Octopus
In A Glass House
Three Friends

Ray Shulman's bass alone is worth the listen, but Kerry Minnear's keyboards are astonishing.

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I can't believe I've never given them a listen. awesome.
 
#93
heavier prog stuff i haven't seen mentioned
The faceless-old album more metal, new album more prog, death vox, spacey feel, great solos

Fredrick Thordenals Special Defects-pretty similar to Meshugga, very rhythmic

Nile-hard for most to really get into, but if you do, it kills. crazy time sig changes at blistering speeds, probly every harmonic minor variation in one album-death vox

Biomechanical-symphony x meets pantera in the best possible way, one of the best voices and guitarists in metal. get empires of the world or cannibalised

Decrepit Birth-lotta death metal, lotta prog influence, enigmatic form

Blotted Science-Ron Jarzombeck(spastic ink, watchtower) Alex Webster(cannibal Corpse)
and Charlie Zelany(some nuts drummer) put together one of the best prog metal releases I have ever heard-super nuts, no vox

Lighter modern prog stuff

Hiromi Uehara-intense prog jazz piano, killer band, did n album with her band and dave fuze

eric whitaker-the most insane chord arrangments I have heard, make giant steps look like blink 182, only get his choir stuff

Mahavishnu Orchestra-kills me all day long

Jan akkerman-Killer european(finland maybe?)guitarist, played with focus

Focus-to me, oldschool prog rock meets monty python vocals


Chick corea-return to forever, latin stuff, fusion stuff-all great; 80'smalibu Beach nerd pop-can't stand it

there are so many bands that exist
 
#96
Originally Posted by smeet View Post
How about Magma?
Just heard about them recently...
They are a bit different that some of these other groups, but pretty amazing music:
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IconBasser said:
weird... didn't really like it...
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Don't have any CDs., but saw them at Nearfest 2007, and they were awesome. Super show - lots of drama, and the band and in particular the singer/drummer were JAMMIN. Yeah, I know, this is TB (I bet the bassist was friggin good too).
 

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