What albums would say are "essential progressive metal albums"

Electrophonic Tonic · 06-16-2012, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Dream Theater's Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, most any album by Tool, but I'd say that Aenima is their definitive piece, and Opeth's Deliverance seem to be prime staples of the progressive metal genre. Porcupine Tree gets a lot of props for what they're doing, but they rarely bring in metal influence in their songs, and seem more like a somewhat heavier Pink Floyd most of the time.

I would go with Still Life or My Arms Your Hearse over Deliverance.

I've seen Atheist mentioned but no Unquestionable Presence and I would include Liquid Tension Experiment (even if both are closer to fusion/jazz than progressive)

**Frownland** · 06-16-2012, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Electrophonic Tonic

I would go with Still Life or My Arms Your Hearse over Deliverance.

I've seen Atheist mentioned but no Unquestionable Presence and I would include Liquid Tension Experiment (even if both are closer to fusion/jazz than progressive)

Those two albums are great but Deliverance has always been my favourite, maybe it's the structure, and the title track is my favourite Opeth song. And Liquid Tension Experiment is great as well, their s/t is pretty outstanding.