Too soon for predictions/requests for PPUSA 18?

Winds
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum one-off reunion
Spastic Ink
Green Carnation performing all of Acoustic Verses

 

Gamma Ray
Unisonic
Paradox
Stone
Candlemass
Threshold
Devin Townsend (songs by fan vote)
Iron Savior
Waltari
Memory Garden
Power Quest
Stam1na
Stratovarius
Sword
Timeless Miracle

 

And since dream evil is apparently still around that time 100.

 

Guesses/wishes in no particular order:

Amorphis
Powerwolf
Freak Kitchen
Delain
Universal Mind Project
Xerath
Myrath
Innerwish
Teramaze
The Great Discord (Pretty Please?)
Caligula's Horse
Triosphere-
Flotsam and Jetsam
Kingcrow

 

Edguy
Edguy
Edguy
Edguy
Edguy

Also, Myrath, Gamma Ray, Sabaton, Iron Savior, Power Quest, and DGM. Thx.

 

think you forgot Edguy

 

Not in any order, just a few I've been thinking of:

Cynic
Mors Principium Est
Almanac
Kingcrow
Wintersun
Soen
Tuatha de Danann
Marillion

 

I will say two things:

1. Fri/Sat vs. Wed/Thurs will be a reflection of the promoter tastes - balance will occur over all four days and should be judged as such.
2. I zig when they expect me to zag. Otherwise, you repeat yourself to death and turn stale.

 

Further, when you polled the peanut gallery we resoundingly told you to follow your gut.

The only thing I expect in the announcements each year is to squeal with delight.

 

I'll just list a bunch of bands I'd like to see at ProgPower, without any pretension that I can actually put together a lineup.

Hammers Of Misfortune
Thank You Scientist
Triosphere
Xerath
Oceans Of Slumber
Helion Prime
Impelliteri
Distorted Harmony
Axel Rudi Pell (I know, not happening.)

Bands I'd like to see come back:
Myrath
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Secret Sphere
Nightingale

 

The Longshot - I like how you think!

 

I need to append my list and add Ne Obliviscaris. I originally left them off because they just finished touring the US. After seeing them in Denver, I was blown away. They were outstanding, even though their growler Xenoyr was sick and missed this show. They re-arranged the setlist to only include songs that could be done by their clean vocalist. It was AMAZING. PPUSA really needs to see their full set with both vocalists present.

 

Just want to say that I have 3 of 4 of my really wanted and I couldn't be more stoked. Now if Innerwish happens to come on Day 1 or 2, man!! Stand back \m/ Great job so far guys.

Bear

 

I got 50% of my predictions and hoping for 1 of those others on Wednesday or Thursday. Also, I'll settle for Portnoy and two members of Paralydium Project (In Dynazty). Excited to see the lineups for Wednesday/Thursday.

 

I said Black Fate, but not Sunburst. I must've been smokin something at the time. Anyway I sure did an awful job of predicting, lol.

 

Heck, I didn't do too bad on my expecting list. If you count GSO who just played last year as a last minute replacement, I got 5 of 7.

 

But does "the entire album" mean literally the entire album? Or could Todd and Queensryche chop off some of the intros and interludes and get away with it?

It's a risky line to tread, all the same.

 

Unless Tate's lawyers are complete shitbricks - which they probably aren't - they rendered that line of thinking moot by also ensuring that Queensryche can't advertise anything resembling an Operation Mindcrime set, even if they chopped intros/interludes - and honestly, a large part of why bands do special sets is because they know it will drive ticket sales. Only the involved parties know the verbiage on that contract clause, but I think it would be a reasonably safe assumption that it's setup to avoid that sort of clever thinking.