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Hello, fellow musicians, music lovers, humanoids in general. The point of this thread is to further widen my musical catalogue with the genre of music I'm delving into at the moment: Progressive. Not really bothered if it's prog metal, prog rock, prog pop, whatever, just want to make sure I expand my musical knowledge while at the same time getting some interesting musical experiences.

Much obliged!

PD: For the time being, the bands I've been listening to are: Coheed and Cambria, Crimson Glory, Dream Theater, Heavenly (Though I'm not too sure if they're prog or not), Jon Oliva's Pain (and of course, Savatage), Kamelot, Kansas, Opeth, Pagan's Mind, Queensrÿche, Rush, Shadow Gallery, Sonata Arctica (Though they're mostly considered power metal, I think?), Stratovarius (Same as before).
 
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Check out Genesis, Gabriel era if you're being precise (Pre-1975), but if you want my opinion it's mostly good with either front man.

If you do like, I'd highly recommend the track Supper's Ready. Arguably the most surreal of the whole list, being in 7 parts over a single 22 minute track.
 
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teqrevisited said:
Check out Genesis, Gabriel era if you're being precise (Pre-1975), but if you want my opinion it's mostly good with either front man.

If you do like, I'd highly recommend the track Supper's Ready. Arguably the most surreal of the whole list, being in 7 parts over a single 22 minute track.
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Yeah I did know Genesis, though mostly through Disturbed's cover of Land of Confusion.
 
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try out some Mastodon. Theyre more metal than prog but their new album is pretty proggy.
I would post some links but i dont know how to do the spoiler tags.
 
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Porcupine Tree is a must. It's a beautiful twist of psychedelia and metal
 
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Tipsy Giant

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Boris - Smile, best prog album ever imo

and of course King Crimson and Mars Volta, both great too
 
Tipsy Giant

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Boris - Smile, best prog album ever imo

and of course King Crimson and Mars Volta, both great too
 
Tipsy Giant

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Boris - Smile, best prog album ever imo

and of course King Crimson and Mars Volta, both great too
 
WrongSprite

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Give up trying to find more, and listen to more Opeth, it's now the only worthwhile thing in your life.
 
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Gabriel-era Genesis and King Crimson (1969-1975 lineups) have already been mentioned, I see. Classic Yes (The Yes Album through Relayer or Drama, depending on who you ask,) Emerson, Lake & Palmer (at least up through Brain Salad Surgery,) mid-era Pink Floyd (A Saucerful of Secrets through The Wall,) and prog-era Jethro Tull (Aqualung through A Passion Play) are other must-hears. Also, don't miss Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett's Voyage of the Acolyte - pretty much the only thing separating it from Gabriel-era Genesis is the absence of Peter Gabriel. If you're really looking to get in deep, there's plenty of more obscure stuff that's worth listening to, too: Marillion, Badger, Nektar, Rennaissance, Starcastle, etc. I recommend J. Eric Smith's "March of the Mellotrons" [http://www.gepr.net/mellomarch.html] as a pretty good starter's guide to the genre, at least the classic prog era stuff.

(Also, Yes's 90125, though it's more '80s synth-rock, has enough proggy touches to keep things engaging.)
 
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