Progressive Metal I've Missed

[Perpetual Change]

Haken's got that prog-metal keyboard tone I just can't get into.

I'll admit I found their keyboard patches offsetting at first, but ultimately they added to the whole "aquatic" and "jazzy" feel of the album, and are now part of what makes the album so addictive for me.

[Cool Chris]

Hadn't seen Circus Maximus so I'll throw their hat in to the ring.

[Gadough]

Hadn't seen Circus Maximus so I'll throw their hat in to the ring.

I lol'd

[zxlkho]

Hadn't seen Circus Maximus so I'll throw their hat in to the ring.

I lol'd

same

[Gadough]

I'm quoting myself because I feel it's important enough to the thread that it's not forever afflicted by the "34th reply curse."

Fates Warning.

I'm not a huge fan, but they were one of the genre's pioneers, so I'd say they're pretty important for your list. And I'm surprised no one has mentioned them yet.

[Zook]

Superior

[pogoowner]

Fates Warning
Redemption
Haken
OSI

[lateralus88]

Superior

This. THIS. THIS!

[LTE]

Meshuggah
Gojira
Animals as Leaders
Intronaut

[Gadough]

Animals as Leaders is pretty damn weird.

[Pyroph]

OSI
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[LTE]

Animals as Leaders is pretty damn weird.

In what way?

[carl320]

I'm quoting myself because I feel it's important enough to the thread that it's not forever afflicted by the "34th reply curse."

Fates Warning.

I'm not a huge fan, but they were one of the genre's pioneers, so I'd say they're pretty important for your list. And I'm surprised no one has mentioned them yet.

+1

I'm surprised I hadn't noticed a lack of FW.

[Gadough]

Animals as Leaders is pretty damn weird.

In what way?

A friend linked me one of their songs a while back, and the production really turned me off.

[NecessaryPain]

Nevermore arn't really a prog metal band.

I'd say they're just pure metal awesomeness.

[EstyMaJ]

For the lifghter side of prog , if you checked out riverside you should check out Frost* i just picked up there 2 albums and i cant stop listening to em !!!   most of all that has been posted here i would have listed also ;-)

[jsem]

Queensryche.

[YtseBitsySpider]

Maybe it's just because I listen to a lot of it, but you're missing so much I hardly know where to start...

Shadow Gallery
Riverside
Redemption
Royal Hunt

That's a start.

with a side of
Threshold
Vandenplaas
Pagan's Mind
and
Serenity

[faemir]

Everyone on DTF should listen to Haken.

[Sigz]

I really need to listen to them, seeing as how I'm seeing them live next month. I remember hearing 'Snow' many many moons ago and liking it.

[contest_sanity]

Gotta mention Theocracy because, unless I missed it, didn't see anyone throw their name in.  While they're a bit more on the power metal side of the spectrum, they're still plenty progressive IMO.  Here's them rehearsing their song "Martyr"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF3BjcfLk3g

My favorite song by them, however, is "Laying The Demon To Rest."  It's got one of the most amazing vocal openings of all time.  Check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2ljz-nwS_o&playnext=1&videos=skgIag1HoM8&feature=mfu_in_order (It's pretty poor quality, but you can still hear that opening note decently)

Oh, and Tourniquet (more like progressive Thrash metal) is pretty awesome as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duJddJ1sMg4&playnext=1&videos=AINbcWh_p-s&feature=mfu_in_order

[lateralus88]

Nevermore arn't really a prog metal band.

I'd say they're just pure metal awesomeness.

See this:

Nevermore ISN'T prog, but they are progressive. Strangely enough, there is a difference. Progressive elements =/= prog.

[Seventh Son]

Blind Guardian

Uh, since when the fuck did Blind Guardian become prog? They're awesome and OP should listen to them, but no way in hell are they prog. One 14 minute long song doesn't really qualify being progressive.

Now for some recs.

Hammers of Misfortune - First three albums. The fact that they were not mentioned saddens me.
In The Woods... - The Heart of Ages/Omnio. These albums have strong black metal leanings but are still amazing and the song "The Yearning of a New Dimension" MUST be listened to.

Now, I"m going to step out of traditional prog boundaries here and rec you Celtic Frost - Into the Pandemonium. Its an album that definitely transcends most 1st wave black metal and is totally responsible for the Post-Black Metal movement. So it progresses, but I dunno if I'd call it progressive 

Cormorant - Metazoa is also absolutely amazing, check that out if you can.

[Perpetual Change]

Everyone on DTF should listen to Haken.

Yeah I'm surprised a lot of people still don't. Because I'm usually the one out of the loop about new bands and stuff.

[evanlctr]

Animals as Leaders is pretty damn weird.

In what way?

A friend linked me one of their songs a while back, and the production really turned me off.

I love Animals as Leaders, but I understand a lot of people are turned off by Bulb's production. To each his own, I think it's a smart, cheap way to make a good sounding record.

Speaking of which, there's that whole sub genre- Periphery, Tesseract etc. Melodic prog bands with meshuggah-esque rhythms underneath.

I'll plug my band too, Last Chance to Reason, we just signed with prosthetic and we play prog metal!

[LTE]

Animals as Leaders is pretty damn weird.

In what way?

A friend linked me one of their songs a while back, and the production really turned me off.

I love Animals as Leaders, but I understand a lot of people are turned off by Bulb's production. To each his own, I think it's a smart, cheap way to make a good sounding record.

Um, I'm pretty sure Bulb has nothing to do with Animals as Leaders, the guitarist is Tosin Abasi.

EDIT:
 nevermind, I guess Bulb programmed the drums on the album?

[Gorille85]

Unexpect

[Sigz]

Oh my god how has SikTh not been mentioned yet?

[Gadough]

because they suck

jaykay

[Arch Benemy]

Oh my god how has SikTh not been mentioned yet?

Goddamn I fucking love SikTh. Everything they ever did is excellent. Even Tupelo. EVEN TUPELO.

[Sigz]

more like tupelol amirite

[TheOutlawXanadu]

Agalloch, Amorphis, Fates Warning, OSI, Thought Industry

[Seventh Son]

Everyone on DTF should listen to Haken.

Yeah I'm surprised a lot of people still don't. Because I'm usually the one out of the loop about new bands and stuff.

Meh, not my kind of prog. I'm more of a fan of the stuff I listed in my last post. If you want I can post some links.

Oh my god how has SikTh not been mentioned yet?

because they suck

except I'm not kidding

[Gorille85]

Oh my god how has SikTh not been mentioned yet?

because they suck

except I'm not kidding

[Seventh Son]

Oh my god how has SikTh not been mentioned yet?

because they suck

except I'm not kidding

Gorille, I think you of all people know I"m being facetious when I say things like that