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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: Super Dude on August 09, 2019, 06:55:33 PM
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Just what it says on the tin. Anybody got some good recs? And please do not recommend prog metal, I'm over it. And hey, maybe some of you will get turned onto something you never heard of from someone else. Happy recommending!
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Southern Empire.
Get both of their studio albums right away. Really great stuff.
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I will second that. I can't stop playing the 2 cds.
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Marillion - Marbles
Greatest album ever made.
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:)
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IQ- Seventh House
Better than Marbles
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IQ- Seventh House
Better than Marbles
It's a great album, for sure, but better than Marbles? Nah, but as Chad would say, TASTES!
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Arena - Songs From the Lions Cage
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Southern Empire.
Get both of their studio albums right away. Really great stuff.
I will third that. Civilisation was by some distance my favourite album of 2018.
I am absolutely keeping my eye on this thread. I own every album that's been recommended so far.
A couple I'd like to throw into the hat, if I may:
Frost* - Milliontown
Rikard Sjoblom's Gungfly - Friendship
IQ - Frequency
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Seconding the IQ recommendations, although my favourite is probably still The Road of Bones.
Karmakanic - Who's The Boss in the Factory?
Phideaux - Number Seven; Doomsday Afternoon, Snowtorch
Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating by the Stars
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Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating by the Stars
Umm...
And please do not recommend prog metal, I'm over it.
Sieges Even was a progressive metal band from Munich, Germany.
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There's no way this particular album is progressive metal. The Road of Bones and Frequency is more progressive metal than The Art of Navigating by the Stars.
But hey, Wikipedia actually indeed says it's prog metal, so I guess you can scratch that, huh. I definitely think it's progressive rock.
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Southern Empire.
Get both of their studio albums right away. Really great stuff.
I will third that. Civilisation was by some distance my favourite album of 2018.
I am absolutely keeping my eye on this thread. I own every album that's been recommended so far.
A couple I'd like to throw into the hat, if I may:
Frost* - Milliontown
Rikard Sjoblom's Gungfly - Friendship
IQ - Frequency
Yo, I appreciate the thought but I was one of the early adopters here at the forum. Thanks for the other recs though! :tup
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Seconding the IQ recommendations, although my favourite is probably still The Road of Bones.
Karmakanic - Who's The Boss in the Factory?
Phideaux - Number Seven; Doomsday Afternoon, Snowtorch
Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating by the Stars
Second the Karmakanic album. Was kind of surprised the longest song on the cd was the first song
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Another one that may interest you, though they are a bit happy go lucky feel good, is Kaipa. They got Per Nilsson destroying it on guitar and some killer male/female duet singing. Give Vittjar a spin, especially Silent Ballroom Band.
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Another one that may interest you, though they are a bit happy go lucky feel good, is Kaipa. They got Per Nilsson destroying it on guitar and some killer male/female duet singing. Give Vittjar a spin, especially Silent Ballroom Band.
It's cool man, I listen to The Flower Kings, I think I can take "happy." :lol :tup
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For Karmakanic..... add Dot as well
Kaipas definiteley and IQ of course
I'd like to add Moon Safari to the list of bands and also Lifesigns
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Don't forget A.C.T
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A.C.T. and Moon Safari are great picks!!
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Wow, great responses here. I'm going to have to dig through these. Please feel free to flood me with more recommendations, but I appreciate your help! :tup
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Another one that may interest you, though they are a bit happy go lucky feel good, is Kaipa. They got Per Nilsson destroying it on guitar and some killer male/female duet singing. Give Vittjar a spin, especially Silent Ballroom Band.
It's cool man, I listen to The Flower Kings, I think I can take "happy." :lol :tup
Then I think you'll dig them, here...
https://youtu.be/hxaIuNArpXg (https://youtu.be/hxaIuNArpXg)
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Barock Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wj1ghguu8c
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A fantastic song to start off with listening to the Barock Project.
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I will second that. I can't stop playing the 2 cds.
I'll 3rd it. Same with King's recc for Moon Safari
RJ will back me here ... Mystery / The World is a Game. Also, their 2018 release - Lies and Butterflies - was my Album of the Year.
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I haven't seen anyone mention Big Big Train yet, so I'll mention Big Big Train.
Here's a few tracks to see if you're interested:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4JeLGchO7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr9ay4fb7cU
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You’ve probably heard Spock’s Beard, Neal Morse & The Neal Morse Band, but if you haven’t; enjoy!
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I will second that. I can't stop playing the 2 cds.
I'll 3rd it. Same with King's recc for Moon Safari
RJ will back me here ... Mystery / The World is a Game. Also, their 2018 release - Lies and Butterflies - was my Album of the Year.
Lies and Butterflies is a weekly spin.
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I will second that. I can't stop playing the 2 cds.
I'll 3rd it. Same with King's recc for Moon Safari
RJ will back me here ... Mystery / The World is a Game. Also, their 2018 release - Lies and Butterflies - was my Album of the Year.
You seem pretty confident about my support.....jk both are solid albums for sure...
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Lies and Butterflies is a weekly spin.
I need to give that another go or two. I love Something to Believe In, and I like the opening track, but I haven't let the rest properly sink in yet.
Another album I bought around the same time is Random Acts of Liberation by Dilemma. A Dutch band who released an album way back in 1995, then seemed to disappear before emerging in 2018 with ex-Frost* singer Dec Burke and RAoL. The Inner Darkness is a magnificent mini-epic (12 minutes).
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Very strong seconding for these suggestions that others have made:
- Kaipa
- Karmakanic
- Moon Safari
I would also add:
- Big Big Train
- Dream the Electric Sleep
- The Tea Club
- Von Hertzen Brothers
Also, long time no see, great to see you here!
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There's no way this particular album is progressive metal. The Road of Bones and Frequency is more progressive metal than The Art of Navigating by the Stars.
But hey, Wikipedia actually indeed says it's prog metal, so I guess you can scratch that, huh. I definitely think it's progressive rock.
There's probably one "metal" song on that album, and that's only if you agree later PTree is also metal. The prog metal tag is from their earlier work, so Super Dude should disregard it!
While we're at it, Subsignal is also a modern, "bright"-sounding prog rock band with a few metal riffs on each album but nothing too serious. I wouldn't say it's fully neo-prog but they spend some time in similar avenues.
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Pendragon - Pure
Pendragon - Passion
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There's no way this particular album is progressive metal. The Road of Bones and Frequency is more progressive metal than The Art of Navigating by the Stars.
But hey, Wikipedia actually indeed says it's prog metal, so I guess you can scratch that, huh. I definitely think it's progressive rock.
There's probably one "metal" song on that album, and that's only if you agree later PTree is also metal. The prog metal tag is from their earlier work, so Super Dude should disregard it!
While we're at it, Subsignal is also a modern, "bright"-sounding prog rock band with a few metal riffs on each album but nothing too serious. I wouldn't say it's fully neo-prog but they spend some time in similar avenues.
I was waiting for some of the forum's Sieges Even enthusiasts to defend my point, so thank you for that.
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That Sieges Even album rules and I'd listen to it more except Spotify removed the f'ing album :censored
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Very strong seconding for these suggestions that others have made:
- Kaipa
- Karmakanic
- Moon Safari
I would also add:
- Big Big Train
- Dream the Electric Sleep
- The Tea Club
- Von Hertzen Brothers
Also, long time no see, great to see you here!
Thank you, likewise! I don't know if I'll ever go back to being a regular here, but it's nice to be able to pop in occasionally.
And I'll check those out! :tup
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Dream the Electric Sleep :tup
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Rikard Sjoblom's Gungfly - Friendship
My album of the year for 2018. Actually listening to it right now.
Rikard was also the mastermind behind the (sadly) now defunct Beardfish. I would highly suggest them, if you are not already aware.
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Pendragon - Pure
Pendragon - Passion
While I second these recommendations, these come from a phase in Pendragon's history where the guitars are quite dominant, giving it an almost prog-metal feel. If you want the traditional keyboard-dominated sound, I'd also recommend earlier Pendragon albums, especially Window of Life, Masquerade Overture and Not Of This World, an emotionally powerful album which for me is the absolute peak of their real neo-prog sound. After Not Of This World, they took a considerable left turn in their sound.