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How 'bout Atomic Rooster, Amon Duul, Amon Duul II, Spocks Beard, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Magma, Van Der Graaf Generator, King Crimson, Aphrodite's Child, even early Genesis?

Runhild has an amazing gutteral growl, but her clean voice is droning and fairly monochromatic, nothing special. I had the pleasure of catching sunn0)) recently and Runhild was in attendance, they didn't do any Thorr's Hammer songs unfortunatly but she did get up on stage to sing that song that...

I call them Dime Burger, but that's because I don't like anything they've done. Except Stormblast.

Freddie Mercury - Lead vocals Tarja Turunen - Backup vocals Hansi Kursch - Bass, backup vocals Luca Turilli - Guitar Chistian Vander - Drums Rick Wakeman - Keyboards

sunn0)) are the most crushing doom band ever, I don't think that anyone has ever played slower then them. They can play a 14 minute song that only has 6 beats and still make it sound good!

Tarantula Hawk are a strange group, it's difficult to describe them by any means. Most don't use the word space, I chose to because they use a lot of weird synths and keyboards. The whole band is just a drummer, a bassist, and a keyboardist with no vocals. They only have one album out and it...

All those groups are pretty old, but there are a couple newers progressive acts that really push the boundaries. Tarantual Hawk (progressive space-doom) and Yeti (Zeuhl metal?)

Non metal progressive music? So basically prog-rock. Magma (Early) Genesis Van Der Graf Generator Pre-reunion King Crimson Camel Ephel Duaath Amon Duul

I just firmly believe that vinyl is the superior medium for music. Warm analog sound is a plus but a large part of it is the simple tactile pleasure of placing a 12 inch platter onto a player and watching it spin. 12 inches provides for much bigger (and thusly more satisfying) cover art as well...

What is the best place (American or otherwise) to order metal vinyl. I'm one of those bastards who won't buy an album unless they can find it on vinyl (well, not always). I'm usually willing to pay 10 fold more for the same album on vinyl that I could get for a few bucks CD. As we all know...

Intestinal Disgorge is probably the goriest and most disturbing of the goregrinddeath bands. But as far as technical proficiency goes, Disgorge is king. She Lay Gutted is a classic.

A stupid amount of bands used Tolkein as inspiration for their names, even ones you wouldn't have thought. It's pretty much a pre-requesite to be a grim black metal or fantasy-style power metal band that your name be somehow Tokein-related. Just about every plain, every mountain, ever obscure as...

According to the masses at the Blind Guardian official forums who attended Wacken, the bards did indeed play And Then There Was Silence. So I think it's fairly safe to assume they will play it at ProgPower as well. I better get some diapers for when I shit myself.

*hyperventilating* Demons & Wizards.. Oh please, god, I know I don't pray often or believe in you but please. Just please let Demons & Wizards play at least one song.

So I suppose my plan to just get a room when I get there isn't too smart huh?