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Title: Favourite prog instrumental?
Post by: kartmaze2 on March 09, 2011, 05:51:56 PM: I'm looking for some new instrumental music. And I'm also a bit curious..
What's your all time favourite prog (or rock/metal) instrumental song(s)?

While I'm at it, I might as well mention mine:
When the Water Breaks by Liquid Tension Experiment.
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Post by: Ħ on March 09, 2011, 05:54:11 PM: I like Liquid Dreams by LTE
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Post by: DarkEternalNight on March 09, 2011, 05:54:58 PM: YYZ :)
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Post by: glaurung on March 09, 2011, 05:58:59 PM: Tetrafusion - Dark Matter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTGxqe1nnNk)

The rest of their debut album is instrumental like this. I definitely recommend it. :tup
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Post by: zxlkho on March 09, 2011, 06:01:28 PM: Hyperventilate by Frost*

or La Villa Strangiato.
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Post by: bmc on March 09, 2011, 06:39:16 PM: La Villa Strangiato
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Post by: LieLowTheWantedMan on March 09, 2011, 06:50:06 PM: Larks Tongues In Aspic Part 1 or 2 - King Crimson
Birds Flying Into Buildings - Birds and Buildings
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Post by: PixelDream on March 09, 2011, 06:59:51 PM: Liquid Tension Experiment - Freedom of Speech (for me definately the most beautiful and epic LTE composition)
Porcupine Tree - Mother and Child Divided
Metallica - Orion, Call of Kthulu, To Live is to Die (Qualifies as progressive in my book!)
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Post by: zxlkho on March 09, 2011, 07:37:19 PM: yeah Metallica - Orion definitely qualifies as prog
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Post by: LieLowTheWantedMan on March 09, 2011, 07:38:07 PM: Orion is the only Metallica song I enjoy anymore besides Battery. Really good song.
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Post by: Global Laziness on March 09, 2011, 10:45:32 PM: Off the top of my head:

Dominici - The Monster
Dream Theater - Eve
Explorers Club - Raising the Mammoth 2: Gigantipithicus
Focus - Hocus Pocus
Frost* - Hyperventilate
Liquid Tension Experiment - Freedom of Speech
Ozric Tentacles - Sun Hair
Pink Floyd - One of These Days
Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair
Rush - YYZ
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Post by: pain of occupation on March 10, 2011, 12:03:33 AM: my list is too long, and i'm too lazy. so i'll just go with my favorite instrumental album. but that's still tough to figure out. so i'll go with my favorite essentially-keyboard-free instrumental album:

The Esseness Project. :metal :hefdaddy
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Post by: antigoon on March 10, 2011, 12:09:53 AM: Hyperventilate :metal
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Post by: HarlequinForest on March 10, 2011, 12:30:52 AM: Quote from: kartmaze2 on March 09, 2011, 05:51:56 PM
While I'm at it, I might as well mention mine:
When the Water Breaks by Liquid Tension Experiment.

Same.
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Post by: Zydar on March 10, 2011, 12:39:15 AM: Genesis - Horizons (a short acoustic guitar piece)
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Post by: ZKX-2099 on March 10, 2011, 12:49:01 AM: Quote from: HarlequinForest on March 10, 2011, 12:30:52 AM
Quote from: kartmaze2 on March 09, 2011, 05:51:56 PM
While I'm at it, I might as well mention mine:
When the Water Breaks by Liquid Tension Experiment.

Same.

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Post by: Zantera on March 10, 2011, 02:17:24 AM: Tough one.
I can't say one, but these would certainly be good picks:

Porcupine Tree: Burning Sky, Mother and Child Divided and Signify.

But then I have loads of instrumentals I love that aren't exactly 'prog', so that kinda rules out a lot. :/
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Post by: ThroughHerEyesDude6 on March 10, 2011, 02:41:10 AM: I cam narrow it to Top 5:

DT - "Instrumedley (Live)"
Herbie Hancock - "Chameleon"
In Flames - "Pallar Anders Visa"
Miles Davis - "So What?"
Van Halen - "Eruption"

Edit: Miles and Hancock are obviously too jazzy, so I stuck with just DT's Instrumedley. In Flames and Halen are just solely rock and metal. Not really prog. So yeah.
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Post by: Pirate on March 10, 2011, 04:46:40 AM: La Villa or Eve
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Post by: jsem on March 10, 2011, 06:23:47 AM: I second Orion by Metallica. So epic.

I don't think Chameleon is prog, the Miles tune So What isn't prog either imo.
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Post by: mizzl on March 10, 2011, 06:46:00 AM: Guys? Why no Hindsight by Anathema? That's my favorite instrumental of all time :heart
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Post by: ZeppelinDT on March 10, 2011, 06:48:43 AM: Quote from: zxlkho on March 09, 2011, 06:01:28 PM
La Villa Strangiato.
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Post by: LudwigVan on March 10, 2011, 06:56:20 AM: A few of my favorites that haven't been mentioned yet:

Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) - Iron Maiden
YtseJam - Dream Theater
Los Endos - Genesis
Dialogue With the Stars - In Flames

and ELP's got too many but most of these are based on classical pieces anyway.
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Post by: Zydar on March 10, 2011, 06:57:52 AM: Leave That Thing Alone is probably my favourite Rush instrumental (although YYZ and Strangiato are great too).
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Post by: Zantera on March 10, 2011, 08:22:02 AM: Quote from: mizzl on March 10, 2011, 06:46:00 AM
Guys? Why no Hindsight by Anathema? That's my favorite instrumental of all time :heart

I forgot all about it, but agree that it's fantastic.
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Post by: PlaysLikeMyung on March 10, 2011, 08:32:01 AM: Kansas - The Spider
Rush - YYZ, La Villa Strangiato
Dream Theater - Ytse Jam
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Post by: Ben_Jamin on March 10, 2011, 11:25:23 AM: Buckethead - Population Override
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Post by: DarkLord_Lalinc on March 10, 2011, 11:27:26 AM: When the Water Breaks
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Post by: King Postwhore on March 10, 2011, 12:00:44 PM: One of my favorite instrumentals of all time.

ELO--Fire On High

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiQh571B5M0
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Post by: Marvellous G on March 10, 2011, 02:09:42 PM: Does Tool's Triad count?
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Post by: Riceball on March 10, 2011, 11:26:57 PM: Quote from: DarkLord_Lalinc on March 10, 2011, 11:27:26 AM
When the Water Breaks
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Post by: zxlkho on March 10, 2011, 11:37:10 PM: Quote from: Ben_Jamin on March 10, 2011, 11:25:23 AM
Buckethead - discography

Fixed.
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Post by: juice on March 10, 2011, 11:55:02 PM: Dream Theater - The Dance of Eternity
Liquid Tension Experiment - Paradigm Shift, Acid Rain, When the Water Breaks, Universal Mind, and more
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Post by: ThroughHerEyesDude6 on March 11, 2011, 02:21:31 AM: I also like Suspyre's "Galactic Backwards Movement"
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Post by: kartmaze2 on March 11, 2011, 03:12:42 AM: Quote from: glaurung on March 09, 2011, 05:58:59 PM
Tetrafusion - Dark Matter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTGxqe1nnNk)

The rest of their debut album is instrumental like this. I definitely recommend it. :tup

Wow, this is awesome!
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Post by: Nekov on March 11, 2011, 07:11:51 AM: King Crimson - Discipline (You might love it, you might end up in the psychiatric ward)
Anglagard - All of it
ELP - Fanfare for the common man
Tony Levin - Relentless (I'm attending his concert tomorrow :hefdaddy)
Martin Orford - Power and Speed
Aghora - Anugraha
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Post by: chknptpie on March 11, 2011, 08:39:30 AM: One that I haven't seen listed:

The Who - The Rock
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Post by: LieLowTheWantedMan on March 11, 2011, 09:03:37 AM: Quote from: Nekov on March 11, 2011, 07:11:51 AM
Anglagard - All of it

You win. I forgot about Anglagard! But not all of their stuff is instrumental. Still, Jordrok is one of my favourites and I can't believe I didn't mention it.
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Post by: T-ski on March 11, 2011, 09:15:53 AM: Enchant - Prognosis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwb0Txs30dQ

you can all thank me later.
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Post by: pain of occupation on March 11, 2011, 12:24:56 PM: yes, all enchant instrumentals are pretty good.
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Post by: Nekov on March 11, 2011, 01:15:14 PM: Quote from: LieLowTheWantedMan on March 11, 2011, 09:03:37 AM
Quote from: Nekov on March 11, 2011, 07:11:51 AM
Anglagard - All of it

You win. I forgot about Anglagard! But not all of their stuff is instrumental. Still, Jordrok is one of my favourites and I can't believe I didn't mention it.

I know, but it is hard for me to choose among them. I love it all!
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Post by: Lowdz on March 11, 2011, 02:24:06 PM: Instrumedley.

Not strictly prog but
Vinnie Moore- Lifeforce
Andy Timmons- Groove or Die
Yngwie- Crying

I do like the widdly-widdly.
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Post by: pain of occupation on March 11, 2011, 02:54:44 PM: as for non-instrumental prog bands that like to do the odd instrumental song or two, i'd say shadow gallery rank pretty high up there when they go for it.
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Post by: ThroughHerEyesDude6 on March 12, 2011, 05:00:34 AM: Imma just update myself here:

DT - "Instrumedley (Live at Budokan)", "Overture 1928", "Hell's Kitchen"
Suspyre - "Galactic Backwards Movement"
Rush - "YYZ"
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - "Wizards in Winter"
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - "Tocatta", "Karn Evil 9: 2nd Impression"
Anything by Apocalyptica.
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Post by: Bombardana on March 12, 2011, 05:09:21 AM: Right now it is probably something from At the Dream's Edge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_The_Dream%27s_Edge)
My favourite tracks are Bad Code, The Mirror, Harvey Wallbanger, Terminus Pt II and Under One Sky.
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Post by: King Postwhore on March 12, 2011, 05:34:17 AM: Just saw this yeasterday & I must have this now. You might like it too.

Animals As Leaders - "CAFO"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmfzWpp0hMc
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Post by: RoeDent on March 12, 2011, 05:57:24 AM: Dream Theater - Erotomania; The Dance of Eternity
Pink Floyd - Any Colour You Like; Terminal Frost
David Gilmour - Castellorizon
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Post by: FretMuppet on March 13, 2011, 01:29:25 PM: Steven Wilson - Collecting Space

John Petrucci - Lost Without You

Dream Theater - Hell's Kitchen

Robert Miles - Children (If it can be classed as prog. Technically it does progress...)
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Post by: Space Invader on March 13, 2011, 04:32:29 PM: Hyperventilate for sure
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Post by: Birch Boy on March 13, 2011, 05:16:32 PM: Metallica - "To Live Is To Die"
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Post by: ScioPath on March 13, 2011, 08:21:38 PM: Hyperventilate
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Post by: MetalManiac666 on March 13, 2011, 08:40:20 PM: My list would be filled with djent if I allowed it, but I don't really classify djent as belonging to the progressive genre.

Therefore:

Between the Buried and Me - Veridian
Dream Theater - Erotomania, Hell's Kitchen, The Dance of Eternity, Stream of Consciousness
Frank Zappa - Peaches en Regalia (more fusion-y, but eh)
Liquid Tension Experiment - Paradigm Shift, Acid Rain
The New Caledonia - Electro Legs
Porcupine Tree - Signify, Idiot Prayer
Rush - YYZ
Scale the Summit - Age of the Tide

Out of those, it's pretty much a tie between SOC, Electro Legs, and Idiot Prayer. Depends on my mood I suppose.
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Post by: lateralus88 on March 13, 2011, 08:44:37 PM: While they are experimental and mess around with several different musical styles, Estradasphere are an awesome instrumental group.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv0-95ltk3M
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Post by: The King in Crimson on March 13, 2011, 09:07:30 PM: King Crimson - Red, Larks Tongue In Aspic Part 1 and 2
Pink Floyd - One Of These Days
Porcupine Tree - Nil Recurring, Signify, Burning Sky, Wedding Nails
Rush - La Villa Strangiato, YYZ, Leave That Thing Alone!
Spock's Beard - Skeletons At The Feast
Dream Theater - Hell's Kitchen
Metallica - Orion
Frost* - Hyperventilate