Inspired by conversation in Bear’s Here one for ya!!! The best Prog Power Band thread…
What I suppose I'm asking is, what's the difference between music that's “progressive” and music that’s “technical”? I've always just assumed that these terms were being used interchangeably. If not, than can someone define "Prog" for me? Is it just something you know when you hear it or is it something more tangible, that can be characterized?
I don’t think anyone would argue that Vanden Plas is Prog Metal. However, there’s no “progression” in their music as defined by Webster’s; “of, relating to, or characterized by progress”. After all, it would be hard to argue that anything Vanden Plas has done represents musical progress from what Dream Theater, Queensryche, Savatage and Fates Warning had already accomplished.
So, what musical characteristics define the Prog Metal genre beyond being inherently technical?
Zod
P.S. - my comments are in now way meant as a knock on VP. I was just using them as an example.
What I suppose I'm asking is, what's the difference between music that's “progressive” and music that’s “technical”? I've always just assumed that these terms were being used interchangeably. If not, than can someone define "Prog" for me? Is it just something you know when you hear it or is it something more tangible, that can be characterized?
I don’t think anyone would argue that Vanden Plas is Prog Metal. However, there’s no “progression” in their music as defined by Webster’s; “of, relating to, or characterized by progress”. After all, it would be hard to argue that anything Vanden Plas has done represents musical progress from what Dream Theater, Queensryche, Savatage and Fates Warning had already accomplished.
So, what musical characteristics define the Prog Metal genre beyond being inherently technical?
Zod
P.S. - my comments are in now way meant as a knock on VP. I was just using them as an example.