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Originally Posted by Petula07
Hello, welcome! Nice to see fourth person in this thread 
If you like prog (and you are probably fan of Dream Theater?) you may like Porcupine Tree and probably their newer stuff because they have in their music some metal riffs. For you as a start, I recommend albums In Absentia and Deadwing.
But mrguy is right - they are unique, they have their own sound. Although they have of course some influences - for example Pink Floyd and Opeth.
Their discography starts like art rock, psychedelic rock, than it continues and now they have completelly different sound than their first albums.
Sooo... something like my own definition... they are mixture of art rock, psychedelic rock, ambient, electronic, progressive rock with some pop elements that are later changed into metal elements  I hope I am right at least little bit. It's really impossible, they don't fit to some cathegory.
First sentence on their web page about this band is "Porcupine Tree is unquestionably one of the most difficult-to-categorize and innovative bands working today." Hehe.
Here you can read more - Porcupine Tree - Official Website |
Awesome! Thanks! I will check those albums out when I get a chance and try to report back. haha!
In my book, saying a band is incomparable is the best possible answer. I really hate categorization, which is why when I hear someone mention prog, i'm immediately interested, cuz ideally, it should be unlike anything I've ever heard.
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