Progressive metal

Progressive metal (sometimes shortened to prog metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal, which blends the powerful, guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing of progressive rock. … Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Сергей Маврин

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The Their Strings Are Voices Tour 2012 Scale The Summit, Elitist, Centaurus, Burn the Remains Thursday 9 February 2012	Reggie's Rock Club Chicago, United States 41.853848 -87.626788	4 going Add shout
Vektor Speedwolf Thursday 9 February 2012	Blast-O-Mat Denver, United States 39.727761 -105.024239	2 going Add shout
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The Their Strings Are Voices Tour 2012 Scale The Summit, Elitist Friday 10 February 2012	Mac's Bar Lansing MI, United States 42.733166 -84.513555	2 going Add shout
Sunday 12 February 2012
The Their Strings Are Voices Tour 2012 Scale The Summit, Elitist Sunday 12 February 2012	The Lost Horizon Syracuse, United States 43.054354 -76.082324	2 going Add shout
Monday 13 February 2012
Scale The Summit Scale The Summit, Elitist Monday 13 February 2012	T.T. the Bear's Place Cambridge, Boston MA, United States 42.363698 -71.101641	3 going Add shout
Wednesday 15 February 2012
The Their Strings Are Voices Tour 2012 Scale The Summit, Elitist Wednesday 15 February 2012	The Barbary Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, United States 39.965573 -75.134131	1 going Add shout

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smiddy012 wrote:
last week

check Sarah Longfield out, she can play!

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JamesPhillips7 wrote:
last month

hit and miss genre, i like tool, opeth, mastodon and sikth but stuff liek devin towsend, queensryche i dont care about.

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RobotPolarBear wrote:
last month

Technical gothic metal is way more legitimately progressive and artistic than the large majority of prog metal.

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Mercenarion wrote:
last month

Musical progression? In my prog metal? [2]

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RobotPolarBear wrote:
last month

Musical progression? In my prog metal?

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sweatbloodtears wrote:
last month

fuck musical progression? ahaha, get over yourself and shutup

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Napalmer wrote:
last month

Listen new single of ukrainian dark metal band Tectum feat. a capella female band Budnitay Tectum - Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells) feat. Budnitay download links and comments in my journal: http://www.lastfm.ru/user/Napalmer/journal/2012/01/13/5aahd6_tectum_-_shchedryk_

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Matt_Inman wrote:
last month

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1J8Rpg6UO4 All prog metal fans must check this out

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TaunisYearOne wrote:
last month

Fuck you V

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caioenzo wrote:
last month

fuck prog metal.

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jzep wrote:
last month

Exivious :D

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RobotPolarBear wrote:
December 2011

Their supposed wankiness. It'd be stupid to deny that DT can be a bit over-the-top with showing off their instrumental prowess, but the way people talk about them you'd think all their songs would be 40-minute-long tuneless guitar solos.

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Metal041 wrote:
December 2011

Wait a sec, what DT "flaw" are you talking about?

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Cassandra-Leo wrote:
December 2011

I think he's talking about the black metal band.

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RobotPolarBear wrote:
December 2011

Liturgy are just a normal, everyday brutal death metal band; I fail to see what's so progressive about them.

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nilzzzberghman wrote:
December 2011

Liturgy is more progressive than any of these bands.

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RobotPolarBear wrote:
December 2011

For the same reason Dream Theater is a "shame" for this tag: because they've got one very minor flaw that gets exaggerated to ridiculous degrees by people who dislike them.

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Mercenarion wrote:
December 2011

v How?

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Roseace wrote:
December 2011

Opeth should be kicked out of this tag, they are a shame for it.

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rRed_Drop wrote:
December 2011

http://intervalsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-space-between Great progressive/instrumental metal!! Check it out!

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