Top 5 prog metal albums

[JPM73]

Symphony X: V
Dream Theater: Awake
Darkwater: Calling the Earth to Witness
Circus Maximus: The 1st Chapter
Sieges Even: Navigating...

ALSO Seventh Wonder, Suspyre, Vanden plas, Evergrey, Zero Hour, Fate's Warning, Queensryche... ( so many great to choose from!)

 

[Yain]

I dont listen to many prog metal bands, but for me it would probably be something like this

1. Dream Theater - Awake
2. Symphony X - Symphony X
3. IQ - Ever
4. IQ - Nomzamo
5. Dream Theater - When Dream and day Unite

My bad mates if IQ isnt considered prog metal.

 

[Kenneth R.]

doesn't matter. IQ is considered awesome.

 

[Islandstone]

Symphony X - V
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Circus Maximus - Isolate

 

[Yain]

Symphony X - V
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Circus Maximus - Isolate

Just curious, Ive heard V a couple times and its pretty good, but beyond that I did not find anything special about this album.....why do you like it so much mate?

 

[donKyle]

V is seen as a perfect album by many people here. i'd probably include myself. it just has the perfect balance. in heaviness, softness, dynamics, etc. not one instrument shines throughout the album. it's truly a team effort. a BAND not one person.

 

[Kenneth R.]

The only negative thing I can say about V is the album art could be better. Otherwise, solid all around album with good melodies, good arrangement, pacing, variety, concept.

 

[Yain]

The only negative thing I can say about V is the album art could be better. Otherwise, solid all around album with good melodies, good arrangement, pacing, variety, concept.

Really? I found the large desert and mirror thing quite interesting in the album art. About the music itself.....it just sounded like usual symphony x to me, like Twilight in Olympus but more....complicated? Actually, Ive heard that much of the V album is actually the Twilight in Olympus song, just separated into multiple parts.....gotta admit I love that though =)

 

[Phanto]

the cover has a great concept, but the 3d art isn't very good-looking. it's not dance of death levels of shittiness*, but I think a hand-drawn approach would have given a much better result.

* http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Iron_Maiden-Dance_of_Death.jpg

 

[Sauna]

^--- Yeah that's got to be one of the ugliest album covers of all time.

 

[Kenneth R.]

great example too. artists: don't do this ^

 

[EyeballKid]

And yet, if they'd just left those garbage sprite people off, it'd be cool:

 

[Sauna]

I don't know, I still don't like it.

 

[LavagesOfTime]

In no particular order:
- Dream Theater "Images And Words"
- Fates Warning "Inside Out"
- Symphony X "V"
- Threshold "Hypothetical"
- Conception "Parallel Minds"

 

[intergalactic]

I'd like to add some Vanden plas work as "Christ0" or Crimson glory's "Transcendence"

 

[alexei]

hi guys, first time posting here, yay

My two cents:
Adagio - Archangels in Black (fav song in this album: "Undead")
Myrath - Hope (every song could be favorite )
Nevermore - Obsidian Conspiracy (great album, fav song could be: The Obsidian Conspiracy, amazing riffs)
Orden Ogan - To The End (check out the song "This World of Ice")

And the top band for the last:
Symphony X is my very favorite band of all time so it will be really hard to chose a fav album or song, but if I have to save just 1 CD I guess it will be the album "V" as well. But I will surely put The Odyssey CD into the "V" CD box so I cheat and save both.

BTW, great sugestions in this thread. Keep'em comming!

 

[Sauna]

Nevermore - Obsidian Conspiracy (great album, fav song could be: The Obsidian Conspiracy, amazing riffs)

Awesome band, but no way is that one their best album. Politics of Ecstasy and This Godless Endeavor are much better.

 

[alexei]

Awesome band, but no way is that one their best album. Politics of Ecstasy and This Godless Endeavor are much better.

yeah, Is just that I like the Conspiracy one better. Those two you've mentioned are great albums too. I agree they are better ranked by most fans.

 

[The Stormbringer]

Nevermore was the worst live show I have EVER seen. Playing right after Symphony X and Psychotic Waltz didn't help either. Good thing they were the last band, so I didn't have to suffer through two hours of indistinguishable drone and instead left after three songs.

 

[UnholyCrusada]

Adagio - Archangels in Black (fav song in this album: "Undead")

Good album, but no way it's better than Underworld.