What was your first progressive metal band?

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- Jeff said...
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- 4 Jun 2006, 04:48
What was your first progressive metal band?

Two things, what was the first progressive metal band you heard, and also, what was the band that truly started you liking progressive metal?

As for me, the first progressive metal band I heard was Dream Theater. Most of the songs I heard were, unfortunately, from Awake and When Dream and Day Unite, so I had a pretty terrible opinion of them at first. To this day, Awake is the only Dream Theater album I can't listen to. My opinion of the band as a whole, however, has drastically changed.

Kamelot was really the band that got me into progressive metal, but as they are only progressive in a secondary sense, I would have to say that MadSword was the first true prog band that I absolutely liked and began to seek out similar music to.

[quote][b][user]Jeff[/user][/b] said: Two things, what was the first progressive metal band you heard, and also, what was the band that truly started you liking progressive metal? As for me, the first progressive metal band I heard was [artist]Dream Theater[/artist]. Most of the songs I heard were, unfortunately, from [i]Awake[/i] and [i]When Dream and Day Unite[/i], so I had a pretty terrible opinion of them at first. To this day, [i]Awake[/i] is the only Dream Theater album I can't listen to. My opinion of the band as a whole, however, has drastically changed. [artist]Kamelot[/artist] was really the band that got me into progressive metal, but as they are only progressive in a secondary sense, I would have to say that [artist]Madsword[/artist] was the first true prog band that I absolutely liked and began to seek out similar music to.[/quote]

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- metal_knives said...
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- 4 Jun 2006, 09:24
Well, for me the first progressive song I heard was Nosferatu from Evergrey. I really fell in love with this song and after some time with all evergrey´s music. :) And after some time I started to listen to bands like Queensryche and so. :D

[quote][b][user]metal_knives[/user][/b] said: Well, for me the first progressive song I heard was Nosferatu from Evergrey. I really fell in love with this song and after some time with all evergrey´s music. :) And after some time I started to listen to bands like Queensryche and so. :D[/quote]

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- Pepeitor said...
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- 4 Jun 2006, 11:11
"Los Poetas Han Muerto" from Avalanch was my first prog album

[quote][b][user]Pepeitor[/user][/b] said: "Los Poetas Han Muerto" from Avalanch was my first prog album[/quote]

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- Darkohl said...
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- 4 Jun 2006, 11:36
i listeed first Overture 1928 from Dream Theater
but right now so many different choices
can't to put in order
:}

I am not for human consumption..

[quote][b][user]Darkohl[/user][/b] said: i listeed first Overture 1928 from Dream Theater but right now so many different choices can't to put in order :}[/quote]

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- [Deleted user] said...
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- 4 Jun 2006, 13:30
I think it was Dream Theater's Metropolis pt. 1... or probably Evergrey's As I Lie Here Bleeding. Not sure.

(NP: Pain Of Salvation - Morning On Earth)

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] said: I think it was Dream Theater's Metropolis pt. 1... or probably Evergrey's As I Lie Here Bleeding. Not sure. (NP: Pain Of Salvation - Morning On Earth)[/quote]

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- Lunarsight said...
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- 4 Jun 2006, 14:30
Queensryche / Operation Mindcrime is probably the first progressive metal I was exposed to.

The first progressive metal album I really got into was either Images&Words by Dream Theater or Angel Dust by Faith No More. [I think Angel Dust is progressive in the purest sense of the word. It was such a contrast of differing styles.]

I'm surprised you didn't like Awake by Dream Theater - that's actually one of my favorites from them. It may be a matter of my experiences at the time - I used to listen to Awake on a walkman while collecting shopping carriages in the middle of winter for a supermarket. (Gotta love college jobs like that..)

[quote][b][user]Lunarsight[/user][/b] said: Queensryche / Operation Mindcrime is probably the first progressive metal I was exposed to. The first progressive metal album I really got into was either Images&Words by Dream Theater or Angel Dust by Faith No More. [I think Angel Dust is progressive in the purest sense of the word. It was such a contrast of differing styles.] I'm surprised you didn't like Awake by Dream Theater - that's actually one of my favorites from them. It may be a matter of my experiences at the time - I used to listen to Awake on a walkman while collecting shopping carriages in the middle of winter for a supermarket. (Gotta love college jobs like that..)[/quote]

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- VikingR said...
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- 4 Jun 2006, 14:56
1. V: The New Mythology Suite
2. Burn the Sun

Jeff, you mentioned about Gianni's next project in the MadSword shoutbox. Care to elaborate?

[quote][b][user]VikingR[/user][/b] said: 1. [album artist=Symphony X]V: The New Mythology Suite[/album] 2. [album artist=Ark]Burn The Sun[/album] Jeff, you mentioned about Gianni's next project in the MadSword shoutbox. Care to elaborate?[/quote]

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- Jeff said...
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- 5 Jun 2006, 04:25
Yeah, Gianni emailed me, but then he vanished. I sent him another followup and he didn't respond to that either. A pity, he seemed pretty enthusiastic in the first couple messages. I can't find anything on the net, which means either he isn't good with websites and isn't ready to pay someone, or they are local projects.

His address is g.g@ncc.it if you want to mail him yourself. It took me a bunch of time to track down his email. I ended up having to call Underground Symphony for it.

I'll send him another email sometime later.

[quote][b][user]Jeff[/user][/b] said: Yeah, Gianni emailed me, but then he vanished. I sent him another followup and he didn't respond to that either. A pity, he seemed pretty enthusiastic in the first couple messages. I can't find anything on the net, which means either he isn't good with websites and isn't ready to pay someone, or they are local projects. His address is g.g@ncc.it if you want to mail him yourself. It took me a bunch of time to track down his email. I ended up having to call Underground Symphony for it. I'll send him another email sometime later.[/quote]

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- xinffi said...
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- 5 Jun 2006, 05:02
1. As far as I can remember, Dream Theater. My boyfriend tried to brainwash me into Dream Theater, but didn't quite manage and made me almost hate the band instead. Can't still stand it except for a couple of songs (Pull Me Under, for example). The brainwash thing also caused me to have a bad (wrong, you could also say) opinion of prog metal for a couple of years before something made me change my mind...

2. Ayreon. I was a huge Stratovarius fan around the year 2000, and I bought Universal Migrator Part II: Flight Of The Migrator only because Timo Kotipelto did some vocals on the album. Well, everything just worked and it turned out to become one of my favorite albums. I started to rethink my musical taste. Around the same time I also found Shadow Gallery's Tyranny, which I still think is one of the best albums in the world.

This is the way my musical taste is still working: recommendations won't usually work, I'll have to find music myself or at least to be able to think I did.

[quote][b][user]xinffi[/user][/b] said: 1. As far as I can remember, [artist]Dream Theater[/artist]. My boyfriend tried to brainwash me into Dream Theater, but didn't quite manage and made me almost hate the band instead. Can't still stand it except for a couple of songs (Pull Me Under, for example). The brainwash thing also caused me to have a bad (wrong, you could also say) opinion of prog metal for a couple of years before something made me change my mind... 2. [artist]Ayreon[/artist]. I was a huge [artist]Stratovarius[/artist] fan around the year 2000, and I bought Universal Migrator Part II: Flight Of The Migrator only because Timo Kotipelto did some vocals on the album. Well, everything just worked and it turned out to become one of my favorite albums. I started to rethink my musical taste. Around the same time I also found [artist]Shadow Gallery[/artist]'s Tyranny, which I still think is one of the best albums in the world. This is the way my musical taste is still working: recommendations won't usually work, I'll have to find music myself or at least to be able to think I did. [/quote]

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- [Deleted user] said...
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- 5 Jun 2006, 16:14
Not really Metal ;)... I started out with Rush at age 12.

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] said: Not really Metal ;)... I started out with Rush at age 12.[/quote]

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- HaiZhung said...
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- 6 Jun 2006, 09:08
Mine was Through The Looking Glass. I found it interesting, so I got some more songs from them and liked them all <3

Earlier, I listened to Evergrey, but that doesn't count, because I didn't know it was progressive.

[quote][b][user]HaiZhung[/user][/b] said: Mine was [track artist=Symphony X]Through the looking glass[/track]. I found it interesting, so I got some more songs from them and liked them all <3 Earlier, I listened to [artist]Evergrey[/artist], but that doesn't count, because I didn't know it was progressive.[/quote]

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- raiseer said...
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- 6 Jun 2006, 11:58
My first song of a progressive band (if we skip genesis and similar) was ashes by pain of salvation but for that's more like HIM than progressive that doesn't count :)
my first progressive record were the "immortal?" by arena.
but the band that really got me into progressive was definitely "pain of salvation". for me the best band ever and doubtless one of the best live-acts of our times - seriously!
but i like the be record not very much. it's too strange for me i think.

[quote][b][user]raiseer[/user][/b] said: My first song of a progressive band (if we skip genesis and similar) was ashes by pain of salvation but for that's more like HIM than progressive that doesn't count :) my first progressive record were the "immortal?" by arena. but the band that really got me into progressive was definitely "pain of salvation". for me the best band ever and doubtless one of the best live-acts of our times - seriously! but i like the be record not very much. it's too strange for me i think.[/quote]

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- Feodor said...
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- 6 Jun 2006, 13:53
Well, as for me - all begun from Dream Theater's "Scenes from a memory" and from that time I'm still think that this album is one of the best in prog metal...

[quote][b][user]Feodor[/user][/b] said: Well, as for me - all begun from Dream Theater's "Scenes from a memory" and from that time I'm still think that this album is one of the best in prog metal...[/quote]

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- Winand said...
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- 6 Jun 2006, 13:58
first Prog Metal i heard was Dream Theater with A Change Of Seasons, first Prog Rock was Pink Floyd

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[quote][b][user]Winand[/user][/b] said: first Prog Metal i heard was Dream Theater with A Change Of Seasons, first Prog Rock was Pink Floyd[/quote]

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- Feodor said...
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- 6 Jun 2006, 14:16
^^yeah, Pink Floyd was my first expirience in prog music too, I listened to it when I was 5-6 years old, with my father (he like them very much) and I hated them, cause they were "too slow and boring" :D. Now all changed...

[quote][b][user]Feodor[/user][/b] said: ^^yeah, Pink Floyd was my first expirience in prog music too, I listened to it when I was 5-6 years old, with my father (he like them very much) and I hated them, cause they were "too slow and boring" :D. Now all changed...[/quote]

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- [Deleted user] said...
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- 6 Jun 2006, 17:27
Porcupine Tree was the first Prog Rock band and also the first any kind of prog band, and the first prog metal band was Dream Theater and I only listened to Awake but now I listen to six degrees of inner turbulence and Train of Thought.

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] said: Porcupine Tree was the first Prog Rock band and also the first any kind of prog band, and the first prog metal band was Dream Theater and I only listened to Awake but now I listen to six degrees of inner turbulence and Train of Thought.[/quote]

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- Inimical said...
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- 6 Jun 2006, 19:35
Dream Theater for me. I think the next was Evergrey.

[quote][b][user]Inimical[/user][/b] said: Dream Theater for me. I think the next was Evergrey.[/quote]

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- Winand said...
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- 7 Jun 2006, 15:41
Re:

Quoth Feodor:
^^yeah, Pink Floyd was my first expirience in prog music too, I listened to it when I was 5-6 years old, with my father (he like them very much) and I hated them, cause they were "too slow and boring" :D. Now all changed...
at that age i only knew "Another Brick In The Wall"

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[quote][b][user]Winand[/user][/b] said: [quote][b]Quoth [user]Feodor[/user][/b]: ^^yeah, Pink Floyd was my first expirience in prog music too, I listened to it when I was 5-6 years old, with my father (he like them very much) and I hated them, cause they were "too slow and boring" :D. Now all changed...[/quote] at that age i only knew "Another Brick In The Wall"[/quote]

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- Feodor said...
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- 7 Jun 2006, 16:36
Re: Re:

Quoth Winand:
Quoth Feodor:
^^yeah, Pink Floyd was my first expirience in prog music too, I listened to it when I was 5-6 years old, with my father (he like them very much) and I hated them, cause they were "too slow and boring" :D. Now all changed...
at that age i only knew "Another Brick In The Wall"
and I knew only "Money"...
But "Another brick in the wall" was the hymn of my school years :)

[quote][b][user]Feodor[/user][/b] said: [quote][b]Quoth [user]Winand[/user][/b]: [quote][b]Quoth [user]Feodor[/user][/b]: ^^yeah, Pink Floyd was my first expirience in prog music too, I listened to it when I was 5-6 years old, with my father (he like them very much) and I hated them, cause they were "too slow and boring" :D. Now all changed...[/quote] at that age i only knew "Another Brick In The Wall"[/quote] and I knew only "Money"... But "Another brick in the wall" was the hymn of my school years :)[/quote]

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- Flurgorg said...
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- 9 Jun 2006, 11:04
Opeth was the really the first prog metal band I got into. I didn't like them at first, but they grew on me. Tool is probably the prog band that got me really into prog music, then came Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, Dream Theater...etc

[quote][b][user]Flurgorg[/user][/b] said: Opeth was the really the first prog metal band I got into. I didn't like them at first, but they grew on me. Tool is probably the prog band that got me really into prog music, then came Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, Dream Theater...etc[/quote]

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- Mindcrime-X said...
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- 9 Jun 2006, 13:28
The first progressive metal band I liked was Queensryche, because of Operation: Mindcrime, which I love not for its proggieness, but just as a masterpiece in general. The first band that opened me up to the prog metal world was Dream Theater, although I was basically raised on progressive rock.

[quote][b][user]Mindcrime-X[/user][/b] said: The first progressive metal band I liked was Queensryche, because of Operation: Mindcrime, which I love not for its proggieness, but just as a masterpiece in general. The first band that opened me up to the prog metal world was Dream Theater, although I was basically raised on progressive rock.[/quote]

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- the_koza said...
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- 10 Jun 2006, 23:48
Dream Theater with "Awake" album
I think next one was LTE or Pain of Salvation

[quote][b][user]the_koza[/user][/b] said: Dream Theater with "Awake" album I think next one was LTE or Pain of Salvation[/quote]

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- [Deleted user] said...
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- 11 Jun 2006, 10:20
First Prog Metal band was Dream Theater with the album Scenes From A Memory, First Prog rock band was Rush.

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] said: First Prog Metal band was Dream Theater with the album Scenes From A Memory, First Prog rock band was Rush.[/quote]

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- Banarama said...
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- 11 Jun 2006, 19:29
My first prog Band was Dream Theater with Stange Dejavu. A very great song and a amazing band. Now I´m listen to bands like Pain of Salvation.

[quote][b][user]Banarama[/user][/b] said: My first prog Band was Dream Theater with Stange Dejavu. A very great song and a amazing band. Now I´m listen to bands like Pain of Salvation.[/quote]

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- [Deleted user] said...
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- 11 Jun 2006, 20:36
My first progressive metal band was Dream Theater (the album Scenes From a Memory specifically). The band that really got me into progressive metal was probably Symphony X. However, at the moment some of my favorite progressive metal would be Communic, Disillusion, Circus Maximus, Ark and perhaps Pagan's Mind.

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] said: My first progressive metal band was [artist]Dream Theater[/artist] (the album [album artist=Dream Theater]Scenes From a Memory[/album] specifically). The band that really got me into progressive metal was probably [artist]Symphony X[/artist]. However, at the moment some of my favorite progressive metal would be [artist]Communic[/artist], [artist]Disillusion[/artist], [artist]Circus Maximus[/artist], [artist]Ark[/artist] and perhaps [artist]Pagan's Mind[/artist].[/quote]

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