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Post by vivace on Oct 7, 2009 14:03:22 GMT -5
so far we have had quite a few:
DT
Redemption(Ray Alders sings)
PT
Riverside
and of course OSI
i am probably missing a few too.
I have to conclude that Blood is hands down the best of them all so far. Hands down.
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Post by Mebert78 on Oct 7, 2009 15:35:47 GMT -5
Hmm. To me, it's between PT and OSI. But I really don't know a lot about all the other prog bands that are out there. However, I'm not sure I even feel that OSI's Blood is that progressive sounding. Is it? Kevin and Jim and are big-time progressive metal figures, but the album itself doesn't feel too progressive to me. That's not bad or anything. I'm just sayin.
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Post by wiche on Oct 7, 2009 16:00:12 GMT -5
so far we have had quite a few: DT Redemption(Ray Alders sings) PT Riverside and of course OSI i am probably missing a few too. I have to conclude that Blood is hands down the best of them all so far. Hands down. |
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Post by vivace on Oct 7, 2009 16:24:24 GMT -5
so far we have had quite a few: DT Redemption(Ray Alders sings) PT Riverside and of course OSI i am probably missing a few too. I have to conclude that Blood is hands down the best of them all so far. Hands down. its in the sentence: i am probably missing a few too. O yea i think Blood is pretty progressive. Time signatures, just the tone in general is pretty unique. If not prog then what would we call it? |
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Post by wiche on Oct 7, 2009 16:39:46 GMT -5
hmm... where's Transatlantic album? its in the sentence: i am probably missing a few too. |
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Post by vivace on Oct 7, 2009 16:41:22 GMT -5
its in the sentence: i am probably missing a few too. uggg i hate transatlantic... sorry i just cant listen to it....something about the singer i guess... |
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Post by Mebert78 on Oct 7, 2009 17:10:05 GMT -5
I've never listened to transatlantic. in fact, i know nothing about them at all. I suppose Blood in progressive. i feel like OSI 1 was progressive, but the last two albums are not so much. But there are stll progressive elements since KMO and JM are prog guys. I would still vote for PT's The Incident.
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Post by vivace on Oct 7, 2009 17:20:16 GMT -5
I've never listened to transatlantic. in fact, i know nothing about them at all. I suppose Blood in progressive. i feel like OSI 1 was progressive, but the last two albums are not so much. But there are stll progressive elements since KMO and JM are prog guys. I would still vote for PT's The Incident.  COME ON!! I would go so far as to say Blood is easily the best prog album in the last 3 years. I used to digg porcupine tree in the in Absentia days but lately not so much. And even the older stuff i cant listen to much any more...think i just kind of had enough of the dark teenage depression/hopelessness/frustration with the world.. |
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Post by wiche on Oct 7, 2009 17:24:39 GMT -5
I've never listened to transatlantic. in fact, i know nothing about them at all. I suppose Blood in progressive. i feel like OSI 1 was progressive, but the last two albums are not so much. But there are stll progressive elements since KMO and JM are prog guys. I would still vote for PT's The Incident.
u should hear their first disc: "SMPT:e" it is just impressive! i love it! |
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Post by wiche on Oct 7, 2009 17:26:21 GMT -5
u can't miss something that big... xD uggg i hate transatlantic... sorry i just cant listen to it....something about the singer i guess... |
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Post by communicant on Oct 7, 2009 20:24:22 GMT -5
I lost interest in Neal Morse after he left Spock's Beard, but the Transatlantic stuff was OK here and there. I liked Duel With the Devil and a few others a lot. But the extended drawn out epicness of practically every song got tiresome to listen to heheh. I'll listen to their new one, but I don't have great expectations.
On the note of best prog of the year and Blood, I'd say it is not only progressive but in a genre of its own. Blood is simply the best collection of songs I've heard in my lifetime thus far...
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Post by Mebert78 on Oct 8, 2009 21:43:37 GMT -5
wow, thats big praise, communicant. the more i think about it, it is progressive. i guess i was just comparing it to OSI1 and DT-type progressive. I would have to pick Blood as the top album and PT is up there too! Deff not the DT album tho.
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Post by vivace on Oct 8, 2009 23:31:47 GMT -5
yea you know i think i would put Blood in my top 6 modern day prog albums along with Awake , I&W , Operation Mind Crime and Perfect Symmetry....well i guess its a little interesting that 5 out of 6 of these albums feature Moore but Perfect Symm was only on one track so its more like 4/6 but hey i guess thats why i am here...  For this year my list is 1.Blood 2.Snowfall on Judgment day 3. PT 4. dark clouds and silver linings Not rating transatlantic or riverside I almost did not rate PT but i felt i should since i used to be a fan and i continue to buy their albums much like i do with DT. There are some other mentionable albums like the Steve Wilson solo album and the Ryche album(awful) nut i think my list says enough. I am not totally in love with Snowfall either but prefer it to the others. |
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Post by Mebert78 on Oct 9, 2009 18:43:09 GMT -5
Wow, you rank Blood on your all-time list. That's a big compliment. The thing about Kevin's music is that I consistently love his music. Some things I might not love, but I never dislike his music. There's always something great about each song and album. Unlike other bands I've liked, he never lets me down. I always like his work. There is never a clunker. Meanwhile, DT and Queensryche (my two other fav prog bands) do disappoint here and there. Kmo never does.
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Post by iak024 on Oct 11, 2009 14:21:56 GMT -5
PT - The Incident. DT - BC & SL and Redemptions SOJD were both really really booring.
I dont know (like Merbert) if OSI is "progressive," but Blood isnt boring (well, i guess if you listen to it all day long).
Another album which i really like, and i guess have som prog-early-floydish moments to it, is The Church - Untitled 23.
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Post by vivace on Oct 11, 2009 15:34:08 GMT -5
yea frankly iv thought they have all been really boring -- except for Blood.
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Post by communicant on Oct 13, 2009 10:15:45 GMT -5
When I first got Blood, I listened to it non-stop. I actually listen to my mp3 player at work, and I had the album on repeat for a couple weeks (about 80 hours of Blood). Still haven't gotten bored of any of the tracks =) The songs are so uniquely crafted. The lyrics aren't cut and dry, like so much other music these days. Overall, the music just portrays my current situation better than I can.
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Post by wiche on Nov 12, 2009 0:29:28 GMT -5
It definitely goes to "The Whirlwind" by Transatlantic... it's just superb from the beginning until the end... i couldn't ask more!
it's hard to admit but "Stockholm" did take points away to "Blood"... i tried to make that song grow on me... but never really did it...
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Post by vivace on Nov 12, 2009 11:10:04 GMT -5
stockholm was one of my faves and i hate transatlantic...o well different taste i guess
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