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View Poll Results: How Much Does This Genre Suck?
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Old 07-19-2018, 12:02 PM   #121 (permalink)
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I really like the Discipline-era harmonic vocals.



It'd be awesome if they actually pushed the envelope to the point of there being no prog conventions.
I guess the fact that most prog is immediately identifiable as prog illustrates the problem.
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Old 07-19-2018, 12:03 PM   #122 (permalink)
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I guess the fact that most prog is immediately identifiable as prog illustrates the problem.
Sounds like you see why I differentiate progressive rock from prog rock now.
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Sounds like you see why I differentiate progressive rock from prog rock now.
I do now, but you never made it clear enough in the past. To my mind. But yeah, I actually agree then.
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Old 07-19-2018, 12:05 PM   #124 (permalink)
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I guess the fact that most prog is immediately identifiable as prog illustrates the problem.
Haha, good point.
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Old 08-02-2018, 07:55 AM   #125 (permalink)
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I might have to take back some of what I've sometimes said about Opeth. Listening to a track from one of their newest "all prog - no metal" albums right now and... it's pretty good actually.

Opeth - Eternal Rains Will Come

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoW3Sywb5xQ
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Old 08-02-2018, 09:49 AM   #126 (permalink)
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^that's more like it. Their later stuff is pretty good.
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