Progressive/Alternative Metal

[Death_Korps_Kommissar]

Okay so lately I've been listening to a lot of Opeth and Dream theater and was wondering do any Escapists know of any other good bands along the same lines?

And feel free to discuss any bands that come up.

 

[Jekken6]

Mastodon

 

[Megalodon]

Not really the same lines from what I know of Dream Theater, but Mastodon. Brilliant progression between albums as well

First Album
Second Album
Third Album
Fouth Album
Last one is easily the ""progiest" of the four, but all four (Remission, Leviathan, Blood Mountain and Crack the Skye) are fantastic. Easily my favourite band of the 21st century so far.

EDIT: Curse the time to dig up Youtube vids, ninja'd

 

[Zeriah]

There's a big difference between Progressive Metal bands and Alternative Metal bands, at least these days. Alt Metal nowadays is your Slipknot/Disturbed etc etc (pretty much what the old Nu-Metal bands evolved into) and progressive metal is your Dream Theater and your Opeth.

Anyway check Scar Symmetry, they have a lot in common with Dream Theater but still retain some of the death metal edge (sort of like Opeth).

 

[Death_Korps_Kommissar]

Not really the same lines from what I know of Dream Theater, but Mastodon. Brilliant progression between albums as well

First Album
Second Album
Third Album
Fouth Album
Last one ieasily the ""progiest of the four, but all four (Remission, Leviathan, Blood Mountain and Crack the Skye) are fantastic. Easily my favourite band of the 21st century so far.

EDIT: Curse the time to dig up Youtube vids, ninja'd

Oh man I fucking love mastadon!
I have all their albums (Sorry probably should have mentioned them so you didn't waste your time)
Saw them live last year opening for metallica, would have been good but the sound guys put the bass waaaaay to high.

 

[Ironboot]

I looooove progressive metal.

Spoiler: Prog!

Spoiler: Wolverine

Spoiler: Andromeda

Spoiler: Spheric Universe Experience

Spoiler: Blotted Science

Spoiler: Silent Memorial

Spoiler: Circus Maximus

Spoiler: Redemption

Spoiler: Mind's Eye

Spoiler: Gwynbleidd

Check them out!

 

[Aux]

I have never really seen why people like Mastadon, I personally think they suck.

Prog on the other hand is god like in my opinion.

 

[Megalodon]

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Oh man I fucking love mastadon!
I have all their albums (Sorry probably should have mentioned them so you didn't waste your time)
Saw them live last year opening for metallica, would have been good but the sound guys put the bass waaaaay to high.

Not a problem, seen them three times in the last year, bloody briliiant! Hell, my username is taken from Leviathan.

 

[Death_Korps_Kommissar]

There's a big difference between Progressive Metal bands and Alternative Metal bands, at least these days. Alt Metal nowadays is your Slipknot/Disturbed etc etc (pretty much what the old Nu-Metal bands evolved into) and progressive metal is your Dream Theater and your Opeth.

Anyway check Scar Symmetry, they have a lot in common with Dream Theater but still retain some of the death metal edge (sort of like Opeth).

Wow Morphogenesis, that's a pretty badass band.
Thanks man.

 

[Death_Korps_Kommissar]

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Oh man I fucking love mastadon!
I have all their albums (Sorry probably should have mentioned them so you didn't waste your time)
Saw them live last year opening for metallica, would have been good but the sound guys put the bass waaaaay to high.

Not a problem, seen them three times in the last year, bloody briliiant! Hell, my username is taken from Leviathan.

Holy shit three times?
Man that'd be awesome to see. All the live videos I've seen the vocals weren't great, how did you find them?

 

[Zeriah]

There's a big difference between Progressive Metal bands and Alternative Metal bands, at least these days. Alt Metal nowadays is your Slipknot/Disturbed etc etc (pretty much what the old Nu-Metal bands evolved into) and progressive metal is your Dream Theater and your Opeth.

Anyway check Scar Symmetry, they have a lot in common with Dream Theater but still retain some of the death metal edge (sort of like Opeth).

Wow Morphogenesis, that's a pretty badass band.
Thanks man.

Np mate, sorry I didn't put a sample in for you. I'll just plop my favorite song by them here then if anyone else wants to check them out ^_^

 

[Death_Korps_Kommissar]

I looooove progressive metal.

Spoiler: Prog!

Spoiler: Wolverine

Spoiler: Andromeda

Spoiler: Spheric Universe Experience

Spoiler: Blotted Science

Spoiler: Silent Memorial

Spoiler: Circus Maximus

Spoiler: Redemption

Spoiler: Mind's Eye

Spoiler: Gwynbleidd

Check them out!

Hey thanks for going all out there man, I'm listening to these songs now, Nostalgia is really good.

 

[Layz92]

Diablo Swing Orchestra maybe. Though that more gets referred to as "avant-gard metal" (there are too many meaningless metal types).

Also Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_progressive_metal_artists] is good. Pick some from this list at random and check them out on youtube (might want to go for the more successful bands first)

 

[Megalodon]

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Oh man I fucking love mastadon!
I have all their albums (Sorry probably should have mentioned them so you didn't waste your time)
Saw them live last year opening for metallica, would have been good but the sound guys put the bass waaaaay to high.

Not a problem, seen them three times in the last year, bloody briliiant! Hell, my username is taken from Leviathan.

Holy shit three times?
Man that'd be awesome to see. All the live videos I've seen the vocals weren't great, how did you find them?

Can't say i noticed a problem, though i've found the lyrics on the earlier albums pretty hard to understand without a lyric sheet anyway. But Crack the Skye live, in order, is one of the best things ever.

 

[Ironboot]

I looooove progressive metal.

Spoiler: Prog!

Spoiler: Wolverine

Spoiler: Andromeda

Spoiler: Spheric Universe Experience

Spoiler: Blotted Science

Spoiler: Silent Memorial

Spoiler: Circus Maximus

Spoiler: Redemption

Spoiler: Mind's Eye

Spoiler: Gwynbleidd

Check them out!

Hey thanks for going all out there man, I'm listening to these songs now, Nostalgia is really good.

You're welcome, I never miss an opportunity to spread some prog!

Spoiler: More death inspired prog, since you seem to like that a lot

 

[Death_Korps_Kommissar]

There's a big difference between Progressive Metal bands and Alternative Metal bands, at least these days. Alt Metal nowadays is your Slipknot/Disturbed etc etc (pretty much what the old Nu-Metal bands evolved into) and progressive metal is your Dream Theater and your Opeth.

Anyway check Scar Symmetry, they have a lot in common with Dream Theater but still retain some of the death metal edge (sort of like Opeth).

Wow Morphogenesis, that's a pretty badass band.
Thanks man.

Np mate, sorry I didn't put a sample in for you. I'll just plop my favorite song by them here then if anyone else wants to check them out ^_^

Wow that song is pretty damn awesome.
Now I wanna see these guys live...

 

[Death_Korps_Kommissar]

I looooove progressive metal.

Spoiler: Prog!

Spoiler: Wolverine

Spoiler: Andromeda

Spoiler: Spheric Universe Experience

Spoiler: Blotted Science

Spoiler: Silent Memorial

Spoiler: Circus Maximus

Spoiler: Redemption

Spoiler: Mind's Eye

Spoiler: Gwynbleidd

Check them out!

Hey thanks for going all out there man, I'm listening to these songs now, Nostalgia is really good.

You're welcome, I never miss an opportunity to spread some prog!

Spoiler: More death inspired prog, since you seem to like that a lot

It is indeed a noble cause.
Dude these bands are awesome, thank you so fucking much!

 

[Death_Korps_Kommissar]

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Oh man I fucking love mastadon!
I have all their albums (Sorry probably should have mentioned them so you didn't waste your time)
Saw them live last year opening for metallica, would have been good but the sound guys put the bass waaaaay to high.

Not a problem, seen them three times in the last year, bloody briliiant! Hell, my username is taken from Leviathan.

Holy shit three times?
Man that'd be awesome to see. All the live videos I've seen the vocals weren't great, how did you find them?

Can't say i noticed a problem, though i've found the lyrics on the earlier albums pretty hard to understand without a lyric sheet anyway. But Crack the Skye live, in order, is one of the best things ever.

I would say it is, that album is a fucking masterpiece, the drum intro to Quintessence, amazing!
And Ghost of Karelia is just beautiful.

 

[Nickolai77]

Ayreon:



And another closely related band, Guilt Machine

 

[Death_Korps_Kommissar]

Ayreon:



And another closely related band, Guilt Machine

Some gud stuff man, thanks.