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A surprising omission of Dream Theater.
by maypop 3y ago
A surprising omission of Dream Theater.
- flopsamjetsam 3y agoIt's all prog rock I think, no prog metal.
- SketchySeaBeast 3y agoWhile true Dream Theatre is prog metal, it's also great evidence that prog rock was not an embarrassing dead end when you have amazing bands like Dream Theater, Animals as Leaders, Devin Townsend, and Between the Buried and Me as their new prog legacy.
- whartung 3y agoI’ve been fortunate to see all of those bands, on the recent tour and years ago on a Prog Nation tour. Animals I need to listen some more too, not something I can pick up on in a single pass. This isn’t uncommon. I think DT is actually really approachable, but even still it takes me several listens to find the groove of the album (in contrast to LTE which takes even more time). Animals is just flat a lot to absorb in one hit. Townsend was super entertaining and has a remarkable voice. But much like Buried when I saw them years ago, I like the music but it’s hard for me to get past the dirty singing. Same with Opeth, at the same tour as Buried. But yea, the Townsend set was really fun.
- trubeliever 3y ago[dead]
- maypop 3y agoI would have thought that were the reason but Meshuggah comes up at the end.
- DebtDeflation 3y agoIf we're going to talk prog metal, someone has to mention the greatest band in that genre of all time - Fates Warning - so I just did.
- XeO3 3y agoPorcupine Tree/Steven Wilson, too. "Deadwing" is one of their best work.
- justin66 3y agoThe author was juggling more material than they could handle.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoThe article is missing probably 90% of the bands that would be on a complete up to the minute list of "prog rock". It is focused far more on the 70s/early 80s era, and only briefly discusses the descendants and branches from the genre of that era.