Fav Power/Prog bands

pzman · Post by **pzman** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:17 pm

Thx for all the replies guys. Quite a few new unknown bands mentioned. Can't wait to check some of them out.

Black Axe · Post by **Black Axe** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:25 pm

King's Ransom is my favourite (amongst those mentioned). I still need to do some catching up on this matter.

Nebuchadnezzar · Post by **Nebuchadnezzar** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:27 pm

Korgüll wrote:Just a handful that I'm sure I've mentioned before:

SHADOW GALLERY
LEVIATHAN (this one: http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=1118)
VANDEN PLAS (early)
ARCHETYPE (US)
SYMPHONY X (most)
CLOUDSCAPE
LOST HORIZON
BODRAGAZ (more prog than power)

The most of those bands like Shadow Gallery, Leviathan (kick-ass band!), Symphony X, Vanden Plas, Bodragaz are definetely prog bands.

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:19 am

MassOfKthulu wrote:i'm not sure solar eagle counts as power/prog? i ve yet to find any prog elements in the material-

I was thinking the demo tracks which don't follow the common verse - chorus - verse - chorus - solo structure, but i guess this one also counts

multiple vocal tracks layed on top of eachother as 'proggish'

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:04 am

Anyway Solar Eagle in their demo sounds a bit like a weirder The Warning-era Queensrÿche.

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:24 am

Would you count CRYPT from Canada as Power/Prog or just Power Metal? Some of their songs remind a little bit of Slauter Xstroyes like "Die Sister Die". Great band none the less.

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:35 pm

It is fascinating to me that there is so much immediate consensus on the boards on what prog/power is when we can't all agree on what melodic metal, or even speed metal is. Is it because 'prog/power' becomes pretty much interchangeable with 'US POWER' after 1990 and we have a lot of US metal hounds around here?

Has anyone mentioned Kingsbane thus far? Easy on the power, but quite wonderful on the progressive end of the sphere. Fates Warning followers, naturally there's a lot of Rush in there. Some early Dream Theater. Classy singer, wonderful double guitars by people who knew what they were doing.

Moonchild · Post by **Moonchild** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:41 pm

Most of my fave bands have already been mentioned. The bands in my list should fit the criteria of power/prog, some are more power oriented and some are more prog but they all have a little bit of both elements in their music.

Drive
Eniac Requiem
Eldritch Rite
Fiarro
Held Under
Hexenhaus (last 2 albums)
Ion Vein
Kinetic Dissent
Lethal
Scythian Oath
Syris

Nebuchadnezzar · Post by **Nebuchadnezzar** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:18 pm

Fuck... I forgot Syris!

Post by **DaN** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:33 pm

Can't... Resist... Nominating... OMNITRON, VARVAR, OBLACHNIY KRAJ and ATOMGOD!

If only to break the pattern of Q-rüsh-worship and putting some hairs on the chest of the genre.

Sgt. Kuntz · Post by **Sgt. Kuntz** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:42 pm

DaN wrote:Can't... Resist... Nominating... OMNITRON, VARVAR, OBLACHNIY KRAJ and ATOMGOD!

If only to break the pattern of Q-rüsh-worship and putting some hairs on the chest of the genre.

Haha, you are putting some hairs on the chest of musik-sammler.de, that's for sure. Well done, and keep them coming!

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:06 am

Moonchild wrote:Hexenhaus (last 2 albums)

I can't agree that this band at all fits into this category.

Nebuchadnezzar · Post by **Nebuchadnezzar** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:01 am

And what about Atomgod???

great_knuthulhu · Post by **great_knuthulhu** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:00 am

Can't add many band names to this but only nod along, especially to mentions of Slauter Xstroyes. They were the ultimate version of this kind of thing. Also Fates Warning, early Queensryche, Taramis, Crimson Glory and Lethal's Programmed album should be up there. There are of course a lot of other good ones, but these are my faves.

And then there is Katedra of course. I think the second album, which is probably the most appropriate inclusion here, is as good as the first one.

Post by **DaN** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:03 pm

Nebuchadnezzar wrote:And what about Atomgod???

I'd say they fit better than Hexenhaus since their music has more classic HM riffing in it, but it's assembled in a very progressive way. H-haus is just subpar Techno-Thrash imo.