Are you passionate about any other progressive metal bands?

[TheCountOfMinnesota]

Hi everyone, I'm Aaron and I'm a DT fan.  It has been 2 days since my last DT song.  I... I relapsed over the weekend.  Saturday night was rough.  Started out slowly enough, listening to some favorite tunes off of D/T.  As usual, things escalated and I lost control.  Last thing I recall was rifling through my music collection at 3:00am, intent on listening to all the instrumentals in chronological order.  I awoke on Sunday with my headphones tangled around my neck, ears throbbing and CD jewel cases and DT album liner notes strewn about the floor.

It occurred to me that Dream Theater is one of only a handful of bands that drive me to this level of fandom, and none of the others are progressive metal.  DT is my fave, but I also seem to love specific bands from a variety of genres: some of my other favorites are Cheap Trick, Skinny Puppy, Propagandhi... you get the idea.  I guess I'm a fan of specific artists more than genres.  Other popular progressive metal bands have never done anything for me.  I've tried to get into Fates Warning and Symphony X to no avail.  With the exception of Operation: Mindcrime, I can't get into Queensryche either.  As far as modern prog metal is concerned, I've briefly listened to bands like Periphery and BTBAM but they also lack some sort of magic 'lightning in a bottle' that DT seems to have for me.  I do like lots of prog rock (Camel, Rush, Pink Floyd), lots of metal (Megadeth, Anthrax) and some bands that combine elements of metal and prog into a their sound (Nightwish, Coheed and Cambria, late-era Death, Opeth).  But none of those would be considered straight "progressive metal". 

I guess I'm asking for recommendations in a round about way, but also genuinely curious about what others on this forum think of progressive metal as a genre and whether their love begins and ends with DT like mine does.  I'm new here, and I hope this isn't a noob post.  Thanks!   

[The Walrus]

Voyager all day every day. Only prog metal band I actually get hyped about. I was in that DT phase for years as a teen though

[TAC]

Redemption

[wolfking]

Great first paragraph mate, welcome.  Some bands for you to try;

Redemption
Evergrey
Circus Maximus
Vanden Plas
Vanishing Point
Sieges Even
Subsignal
Pagan's Mind
Pain of Salvation

[Crow]

I'm more passionate about bands that aren't DT these days tbh

But I rarely if ever actually care much about band members anymore, I'm more just into good music

[wolfking]

Redemption

Was number 1 band on my list for a reason.  Check these guys out pronto Count.

[Phoenix87x]

Vanden plas
Fates warning
Queensryche
Everygrey
Threshold
Pain of salvation
Devin townsend
Porcupine tree

[ronnibran]

Redemption. Favorite albums Fullness of Time and Origins of Ruin.

Shadow Gallery. Favorite album Room V.

Ayreon (maybe too rock not enough metal). Human Equation and Into the Electric Castle.

[cramx3]

Welcome, I've been loving Caligula's Horse and Threshold lately for prog metal.  Highly recommend both of their latest works.

I'm starting to get a man crush on the singer of Caligula's Horse too, this guys voice is 

[Ruba]

Leprous.

Welp, that's it. Not too keen on any modern bands. And Dream Theater released their best albums with Kevin Moore on keys.

[The Walrus]

Oh yeah. +1 to Caligula and Leprous. Awesome groups

[pg1067]

Redemption. Favorite albums Fullness of Time and Origins of Ruin.

Shadow Gallery. Favorite album Room V.

Ayreon (maybe too rock not enough metal). Human Equation and Into the Electric Castle.

When I first glanced at this, I thought you wrote "Electric Cattle" and thought that was a rather odd name for an album....

 

[krands85]

I'm not as passionate about any band - regardless of genre - as I am with DT.  The closest in the past would have been Muse when they were my favourite band long before DT. I was on their forums, listening to B-sides, bootlegs etc.

I do love a few other bands that are in a similar vein to DT though, most have already been mentioned: Haken, Symphony X, Vanden Plas, Redemption, Bad Salad, Myrath. Plus some that have a slightly different take on progressive metal like Tesseract and Leprous.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Tool (and yes, they are Progressive Metal, even if they have a completely different approach to just about everyone else)
Sieges Even (especially their last 2 albums, although their other ones are good too)
Riverside (their first 2 albums and their 4th album are amazing)
Shadow Gallery (pretty much all of their albums except their very first are great)
Devin Townsend (in all of his various shapes and forms (except his 2 drone albums....))
Threshold (not really a bad album in their discography)
Angra (mostly Temple of Shadows for the more progressive metal approach)
Pain of Salvation (their first 5 albums are all essential listening in my opinion)
Vanden Plas (all great albums)
Redemption (They kind of lost some steam after their 4th album, but those first 4 are awesome)
Moonsorrow........(oh wait, that's not prog metal...... )

[goo-goo]

Redemption
Tesseract
Vanden Plas
Fates Warning
Evergrey
Threshold
Haken
Symphony X
Skyharbor
Shadow Gallery
Pain of Salvation
Subsignal

To name a few 

[The Walrus]

Threshold (not really a bad album in their discography)

oh puppies 

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Threshold (not really a bad album in their discography)

oh puppies 

Hey just because you're wrong, doesn't mean we have to deprive other people of good music

[jammindude]

Right now, Odd Logic is a biggie for me.


Ship of Lore from Legends of Monta II

https://youtu.be/9mipmRsXRdk

Maiden Child from their latest Effigy

https://youtu.be/EmbJXFINPTI


And the AMAZING epic The Great March from If We Were Live

https://youtu.be/O_Tos62Napw

Check out their stuff on CDBaby. Their older stuff is free.

https://store.cdbaby.com/artist/oddlogic

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Right now, Odd Logic is a biggie for me.

I always forget about these guys. They have some great albums! 

[twosuitsluke]

Coheed and Cambria have been the band I've been pretty consistently obsessed with over the last 10+ years. I consider them to be my favourite band as I just never tire of them and adore almost every release (even the ones I don't adore, I still really love). Plus going to see them live is an experience like no other. Coheed and Cambria fans are extremely passionate and when you see them it feels like EVERYONE is 100% invested in the performance.

[Fritzinger]

I like a lot of other bands like Pain Of Salvation, Symphony X, Redemption or Threshold. But if you're asking if there is another prog metal band I am as enthusiastic or passionate about like I am about Dream Theater, then here is my one word answer:

HAKEN

[a51502112]

There's a lot I like, but passionate about Voivod & Pagan's Mind.

[a51502112]

Redemption

Was number 1 band on my list for a reason.  Check these guys out pronto Count.

I see they have a lot of albums. Which one to start with?

[MirrorMask]

Symphony X, Shadow Gallery, Ayreon I'd say. But none at DT's level.

[wolfking]

Redemption

Was number 1 band on my list for a reason.  Check these guys out pronto Count.

I see they have a lot of albums. Which one to start with?

Snowfall on Judgement Day and Origins of Ruin for mine.

[TAC]

I actually prefer This Mortal Coil.

[CrimsonSunrise]

I like a lot of other bands like Pain Of Salvation, Symphony X, Redemption or Threshold. But if you're asking if there is another prog metal band I am as enthusiastic or passionate about like I am about Dream Theater, then here is my one word answer:

HAKEN

This

[Setlist Scotty]

Riverside (their first 2 albums and their 4th album are amazing)

More than any other, I would say THIS! They might be veering more towards prog rock with their more recent albums, but their earlier albums are more metal, and their fourth album (Anno Domini High Definition) in particular is metal and killer with no filler!

[Elite]

Threshold (not really a bad album in their discography)

oh boy...

[Lethean]

Puppies speaks the truth.

And to answer the OP, Threshold, Leprous, Angra, Fates Warning.  If you want to stretch the definition I'll add Riverside and Katatonia too.

[The Walrus]

#AngraIsPowerMetal

[Stadler]

Hi everyone, I'm Aaron and I'm a DT fan.  It has been 2 days since my last DT song.  I... I relapsed over the weekend.  Saturday night was rough.  Started out slowly enough, listening to some favorite tunes off of D/T.  As usual, things escalated and I lost control.  Last thing I recall was rifling through my music collection at 3:00am, intent on listening to all the instrumentals in chronological order.  I awoke on Sunday with my headphones tangled around my neck, ears throbbing and CD jewel cases and DT album liner notes strewn about the floor.

It occurred to me that Dream Theater is one of only a handful of bands that drive me to this level of fandom, and none of the others are progressive metal.  DT is my fave, but I also seem to love specific bands from a variety of genres: some of my other favorites are Cheap Trick, Skinny Puppy, Propagandhi... you get the idea.  I guess I'm a fan of specific artists more than genres.  Other popular progressive metal bands have never done anything for me.  I've tried to get into Fates Warning and Symphony X to no avail.  With the exception of Operation: Mindcrime, I can't get into Queensryche either.  As far as modern prog metal is concerned, I've briefly listened to bands like Periphery and BTBAM but they also lack some sort of magic 'lightning in a bottle' that DT seems to have for me.  I do like lots of prog rock (Camel, Rush, Pink Floyd), lots of metal (Megadeth, Anthrax) and some bands that combine elements of metal and prog into a their sound (Nightwish, Coheed and Cambria, late-era Death, Opeth).  But none of those would be considered straight "progressive metal". 

I guess I'm asking for recommendations in a round about way, but also genuinely curious about what others on this forum think of progressive metal as a genre and whether their love begins and ends with DT like mine does.  I'm new here, and I hope this isn't a noob post.  Thanks!

HI Aaron; I'm sort of with you, maybe even a little more extreme, in that I LOVE LOVE LOVE Dream Theater (more then than now) but when I hear "Prog Metal!" my eyes usually glaze over.   Of all the band listed here, I think Devin and Tool are the only one's I listen to at all (though Evergrey and the Ayreon stuff really clicked when I heard them in my roulette). 

[TheCountOfMinnesota]

Hey everyone, thank you all for the great recommendations!  This has been eye-opening for me to say the least, as most of these bands are completely new to me.  I'm really looking forward to discovering some new music; been a long time since I've done that. 

[Zantera]

I'm more passionate about bands that aren't DT these days tbh

But I rarely if ever actually care much about band members anymore, I'm more just into good music

This pretty much.

[Snow Dog]

Threshold (not really a bad album in their discography)

oh puppies 

Hey just because you're wrong, doesn't mean we have to deprive other people of good music

I absolutely love me some Threshold, but they definitely have some clunker albums. I can’t stand Wounded Land for most songs, and I think I’ve spun Extinct Instinct in its entirety once and haven’t again in 15 years. Much of For the Journey is pretty subpar, as is about half of Critical Mass and Clone. The rest, however, is prog metal riffing goodness.