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General Overview of Progressive Rock as a whole with the main representatives of each genre
Progressive Metal:
There are five main categories of Prog Metal. Each of them is sub-divided into many more. What I'm going to do is list the categories and the main representatives of each with a bit of a description for each.
First off, the five categories are
- Progressive Power Metal,
- Symphonic Progressive Metal,
- Experimental/Technical Progressive Metal,
- Avant Garde/Post Progressive Metal, and
- Extreme Progressive Metal
Each link will take you to the post which refers to that specific genre/sub-genre.
So, that said, I've gotten into Prog a lot lately. I've always been a fan of Rush, Marillion and other traditional Prog bands, but lately I've been getting so many albums of different Prog styles, it's like an institutional learning. I mean, Prog doesn't follow the fixed rhythm of a rock or jazz song, but it incorporates new stuff, making the music sound so much better.
If you haven't heard much Prog and are getting tired of the traditional genres, I recommend you check out some the following mentioned bands.
Keep in mind, Progressive House, Techno, Trance is not what I'm talking about
Progressive Metal:
There are five main categories of Prog Metal. Each of them is sub-divided into many more. What I'm going to do is list the categories and the main representatives of each with a bit of a description for each.
First off, the five categories are
- Progressive Power Metal,
- Symphonic Progressive Metal,
- Experimental/Technical Progressive Metal,
- Avant Garde/Post Progressive Metal, and
- Extreme Progressive Metal
Each link will take you to the post which refers to that specific genre/sub-genre.
So, that said, I've gotten into Prog a lot lately. I've always been a fan of Rush, Marillion and other traditional Prog bands, but lately I've been getting so many albums of different Prog styles, it's like an institutional learning. I mean, Prog doesn't follow the fixed rhythm of a rock or jazz song, but it incorporates new stuff, making the music sound so much better.
If you haven't heard much Prog and are getting tired of the traditional genres, I recommend you check out some the following mentioned bands.
Keep in mind, Progressive House, Techno, Trance is not what I'm talking about
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