WTF Super Jew not this prog vs progressive crap again.
DT are most certainly prog. Whether they are technically progressive is to a certain extent subjective. But their genre is prog metal.
More importantly, who cares about genre semantics? If it's good, it's good, and if it's not, it's not!
Agreed. To quote a certain wise Scottish hippy, ''I don't really enjoy putting music into different boxes, there are two types of music: good music and bad music.'' I think that's the key to writing original music, absorbing all your influences and not letting yourself be restricted by the restrictions of a genre. Isn't that what prog is about anyway? Artistic freedom rather than tailoring music to be a specific way. Progressive metal is quite a broad term. As long as a band meets this list of requirements, they're allowed to be considered progressive metal. What about everything else that makes that band unique? They're instantly categorised, leading to stereotyping which I'm also not much of a fan of. Anyway, I'm sure Dream Theater aren't trying to sound a certain way, that's just the way the music comes out as a sum of their influences.
Back on topic, 64 days till the release date. The Winery Dogs have their debut album out tomorrow and The Aristocrats released their new album last week, I have plenty of stuff to keep me busy till then