Hey,

Anyone like progressive rock/metal such as Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater or Riverside? I expect not but it's worth a try...

Prog is nearly all I listen to, in comparison everything else seems bland.

Porcupine Tree

PELICAN

Post rock?

I like a couple of porcupine tree songs but thats it.

Dream theater however are fucking awesome. First gig i ever went to was them at manchester apollo and it was 3 hours of absolut greatness. Even had an intermission it was that long. Lol well it was called "An evening with Dream Theater"

Dream Theater are a class act.
Angra and Symphony X are good; and quite progressive.

Post Progressive?

dream theatre; great musicians, terrible songwriters. their talent is undeniable but i wouldn't really call them a prog band in the actual sense.

i like to see a progressive edge in all genres of music, be it in instrumentation or song structure, but there needs to be a line drawn between progressive music and technical music, even though often the 2 may well go hand in hand.

Dream Theater make me sad

loved Porcupine Tree long before i found out that they are from my hometown, Hemel! w00t!

Oh so I'm not alone in my love for progressive cock.

Yeah I've been to see PT twice @ the London Forum and DT once at Wembley. Both were good, PT are better live and DT bored me at some parts.



... why?

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Mainly for what darran pointed out; they're brilliant musicians, but it's like they've learnt everything they know out of books rather than just sitting down and writing decent songs.
Plus i skate with a couple of self-proclaimed "metalheads" who still think it's the 80's and who can't get through a musical discussion without telling me how amazing Dream Theater are. It was a real disappointment to download a few songs and realise that not only are they all essentially the same, they sound like a bad version of Rush

GOOD FUCKING LAD.

.....POST-ROCK?

Saying theyre a bad version of rush is a very big insult lol

At least Rush had novelty value.

Geddy Lees nose?

Hmm... I've never looked at them with that perspective before, but you're right. Great technical ability, not-so-great songwriting skills (although there are exceptions, such as The Dark Eternal Night off the new album).



Who are these Pelican people you lot keep mentioning?

BTW forgot to mention Opeth! My second favourite prog band of all time, and in my opinion the best metal band out there.

Pelican are an awesome post-rock/progressive band. Check them out.

If we're going down the progressive post-rock route, then I'm gonna recommend This Will Destroy You. One of my favourite bands, for sure.

+1 for Opeth.

I've never managed to get into them.

Check out a track called To Bid You Farewell.
Beautiful guitar work in it

Post-Progressive?!

PELICAN

Also joejeojeoejoe, This Will Destroy You .. My friend let me hear them, and they're damn good.

They're supporting Devil Sold His Soul in April, for the London date only....

PELICAN

are vastly over-rated and living in the shadow of isis, who are also living in the shadow of isis.

oooh feedback and big sounds oooooh

on that take i recommend a band called Slint

Mmmm Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, Opeth, Ephel Duath, Van der Graaf Generator, Pink Floyd, Oceansize, Anathema...and then what about the psych rock end of the scale like Can, etc?