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Originally Posted by TechnicLePanther
Disregarding the ****-faced part of your post
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Granted, this is coming from someone who is hit or miss at best with prog in general, but aside from a few songs and
Train of Thought, Dream Theater are just boring wank who do nothing but play rehashed prog that's only vaguely heavier than their inspirations.
Not saying I'm dismissing your argument completely, but I've learned to treat Best Ever Albums with a grain of salt, since it's led me astray with odd choices in the past, just like RYM (which backs me up BTW). And Top Ten List is downright useless -- I mean, come one, every prog fan I've ever heard readily agrees that
Octovarium is pointless wank, and yet there it is at #4.
The Metal Sucks Poll is interesting though, and may influence my decision.
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Images and Words is maybe the more well-known album, but almost every Dream Theater fan will agree that Scenes From a Memory is a better album. The only reason I'm telling you this is because I actually want them to win, and Scenes From a Memory is simply their best album.
EDIT- Just a bit of subjectivity: The completed concept of Scenes From a Memory easily beats out Images and Words' pioneering prog metal. Just because an album started a genre doesn't mean it has to define it. By the way, some of Rush's stuff was definitely prog metal, years before Dream Theater was even around. Could you please just replace it?
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First of all, I've only heard two full Rush albums, along with the two singles from
Moving Pictures that get occasional radio play, but I've never heard any of their music that actually crossed the line from hard rock to actual metal, and I can't really remember ever seeing them included on any best of prog metal lists. If you've got something to change my mind, then by all means post a Youtube vid.
Secondly, I'll leave it up to the current prog fans of the forum: Trollheart, Unknown Soldier, Chula, Anteater, and Plankton. If they give back you up, then I'll change it. I guess I'll have to send most of them a PM, since only Unknown Soldier ever seems to check this thread regularly.
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Originally Posted by Frownland
Ja bat, an artist's most well known or most 'revered' album isn't always their best. We saw this with Darkthrone in the bm battle. I wouldn't be surprised if scenes from a cheesy album title is much better than images and words.
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Considering how few people actually participated in the black metal battle, I don't think that can be really considered representative of what is considered Darkthrone's best album. I like other Darkthrone albums better too, but the general consensus says different.