prog metal band list - make or break?

[glpg80]

manowar
circle II circle
pyramaze
balance of power
zero hour
power of omens
symphorce
ivanhoe
destiny's end
reading zero
ARK
superior
pain of salvation
Jorn
epica
After Forever
threshold
redemption
virgin steele
communic
raintime
cellador
krucible
halcyon way
dreamscape

these are all bands i have never heard of - which is awkward because its about all i listen to nowdays.

can anyone vouch for any bands in the list?

alot of them taken from progpower shows before ~2008 going back to 2003, and even before. since i was never at the shows, would like to know which ones to look into

 

[deathmetalanimal]

I've never heard of any of those bands. Evergrey might be considered prog metal, check them out.

 

[glpg80]

I've never heard of any of those bands. Evergrey might be considered prog metal, check them out.

evergrey is good stuff. i know about them for sure

some of my favorites are primal fear, thunderstone, and hibria.

theres hundreds though - but at least i am not alone in not knowing who the bands in the list are, ive never even heard of them

i was hoping someone would know which ones were the gold mines - i love checking out new material that slays.

 

[MOAAH]

these are all bands i have never heard of

Well I'm glad you've never heard them, I thought I was either outta touch or just getting too old to keep up

 

[lolzgreg]

Extol
Textures
Misery Signals
Yes!

 

[shadowfax29]

I can't say I've heard of a lot of those bands but damn, you haven't heard Manowar? I recommend checking them out just for the comedic value. I haven't listened to them in a while but I'd have to say the track "Warriors of the World" was one of the more popular ones and I always liked "Kill With Power" as well. They're more power metal and from what I've heard from a friend who's seen them live a few times, they take themselves very seriously

I have to say though Pyramaze and Symphorce are both great bands.

That whole Pyramaze album is great and has Lance King, their old singer, also of Avian. I haven't seen "Dream Evil" brought up on the forum but if you haven't of those guys, I'd highly recommend.

 

[just42dave]

Fates Warning?????
Manowar are kinda

 

[ke2]

Fates Warning
Ayreon
Star One
Symphony X
(Dream Theater)
Threshold
Andromeda
Watchtower (very over the top technical)
Psychotic waltz
Crimson glory
Spiral Architech
Dreamscape
Pagan`s mind
Pain of Salvation

You can find a pretty good list here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pr ... al_artists

I haven`t hear all of them, but can vouch for the ones mentioned above. They are pretty different in styles, though. Some have growly vocals, others more 80`s, and others again very quiet

 

[JTyson]

Fates Warning?????
Manowar are kinda

looks like Predator (with the face cover thingy off)

 

[ke2]

manowar
circle II circle
pyramaze
balance of power
zero hour
power of omens
symphorce
ivanhoe
destiny's end
reading zero
ARK
superior
pain of salvation
Jorn
epica
After Forever
threshold
redemption
virgin steele
communic
raintime
cellador
krucible
halcyon way
dreamscape

these are all bands i have never heard of - which is awkward because its about all i listen to nowdays.

can anyone vouch for any bands in the list?

alot of them taken from progpower shows before ~2008 going back to 2003, and even before. since i was never at the shows, would like to know which ones to look into

I think I may have misunderstood the Q, but heck. If you find something you like in there, I let it be

ARK are really cool. Jørn Lande sang, with Tore from the Norwegian Conception played guitar. The old singer of Conception now sings in Kamelot, BTW

ARK:

Epica would be worth seeing live, just because of Simone`s assets

 

[killertone]

These are all killer bands that are in the prog metal vein:

Epica
Pagan's Mind
Blotted Science (an absolute must!)
Angra
Armageddon (Chris Amott side project, very awesome)
Arsis (prog death-ish)
Biomechanical (Empires of the Worlds is siiiiiiick!!!)
Centaurus-A (awesome, just plain awesome)
Disarmonia Mundi
Divinity (ENDITOL's band)
Fates Warning (Parallels and Perfect Symmetry are absolute classics, must have)
Hacride (French brutal prog)
Intronaut
Into Eternity (The Scattering of Ashes is killer)
Necrophagist
Neuraxis
The Faceless

 

[PeteLaramee]

I likes the heavy prog.

 

[chunktone]

Balance of Power are worth checking out. Their best 2 are Perfect Balance and Heathen Machine. Their productions are not the best, but worth checking out. I'd also checkout Pagan's Mind, Evergrey, Symphony X, Dead Air Radio, Pantomind and Mad Sword.

 

[moltenmetalburn]

manowar
circle II circle
pyramaze
balance of power
zero hour
power of omens
symphorce
ivanhoe
destiny's end
reading zero
ARK
superior
pain of salvation
Jorn
epica
After Forever
threshold
redemption
virgin steele
communic
raintime
cellador
krucible
halcyon way
dreamscape

these are all bands i have never heard of - which is awkward because its about all i listen to nowdays.

can anyone vouch for any bands in the list?

alot of them taken from progpower shows before ~2008 going back to 2003, and even before. since i was never at the shows, would like to know which ones to look into

Communic and Cellador are not prog metal... dont know the others except for epica and manowar.

 

[moltenmetalburn]

These are all killer bands that are in the prog metal vein:


Armageddon (Chris Amott side project, very awesome)
Arsis (prog death-ish)
Disarmonia Mundi
Divinity (ENDITOL's band)
Into Eternity (The Scattering of Ashes is killer)

great bands though I personally wouldn't consider any of them prog except maybe Into Eternity. hey killer tone have you heard the other into eternity albums i though scattering was weak compared to the others, awesome guys they crashed at my other guitar players house a few times...



Oh BTW gigp80 have you heard porcupine tree, animals as leaders, periphery, the new cynic record traced in air, I Repress, some more bands to check out you may like.

 

[Sikor]

zero hour
superior
pain of salvation
threshold
redemption
dreamscape

these are all bands i have never heard of - which is awkward because its about all i listen to nowdays.

can anyone vouch for any bands in the list?

I know these bands and recommend them all

 

[MARK1970]

I like Epica. I like Simone, She is a friggin' hot red head and she can sing.

 

[AusTexCap]

In addition to a lot of the bands already listed, you should check out:

Obscura
Animals As Leaders
Periphery
Cynic
Between the Buried and Me

 

[Robotechnology]

Balance of Power (actually good stuff)
Zero Hour (HUGE THUMBS UP for Towers of Averice)
Power of Omens (I have one cd, you may or may not like th vocalist)
Pain of Salvation (thinking man's prog metal)
Redemption (I have to buy their CD!)
Threshold
Dreamscape

I own 1 or more CD's above from the list you put.

I'd like to add these as must haves/must listens:

Fates Warning
Evergrey
Vandenplas
Circus Maximus
Kamelot
Angra
Pagan's Mind
Labryinth
Ayreon
Protest the Hero

Killer stuff!

manowar
circle II circle
pyramaze
balance of power
zero hour
power of omens
symphorce
ivanhoe
destiny's end
reading zero
ARK
superior
pain of salvation
Jorn
epica
After Forever
threshold
redemption
virgin steele
communic
raintime
cellador
krucible
halcyon way
dreamscape

these are all bands i have never heard of - which is awkward because its about all i listen to nowdays.

can anyone vouch for any bands in the list?

alot of them taken from progpower shows before ~2008 going back to 2003, and even before. since i was never at the shows, would like to know which ones to look into

 

[Robotechnology]

Fates Warning?????
Manowar are kinda

That guitar player's vibrato is so jacked up I feel like doing this for my head to hurt less. Sorry but, I'm just sayin'