Adam's Blog #1: Progressive Metal

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I get your point. I feel the same way when I see someone bash Nightwish's Imaginaerum. 
Stale might have been a poor choice of words, I admit that. I more or less wrote this on the spur of the moment and wasn't sure how to best pose that question. The point I was trying to make was that I haven't found any prog metal releases since 2014 (which had Anubis Gate and Distorted Harmony albums) that have really blown me away. I've still enjoyed most of the albums I've heard, I just don't seem to be hearing anything that reminds me of why I got into prog metal in the first place. Maybe 2015 was just a slump but so far 2016 seems to be going much the same way for me. I've heard both the new Redemption and Headspace albums and couldn't get really excited by either and the even the new Haken single did nothing for me. The new Myrath IMO is much more folk metal based than prog, so I wouldn't count that one. I need to listen to them all again though. 

Poll Question: Has Progressive Metal Become Stale?
Vote	Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
	Yes	1	[11.11%]
	No	5	[55.56%]
	Maybe	3	[33.33%]

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adg211288 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 21983	Post Options Post Reply Quote adg211288 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Mar 2016 at 3:34pm
	I get your point. I feel the same way when I see someone bash Nightwish's Imaginaerum. Stale might have been a poor choice of words, I admit that. I more or less wrote this on the spur of the moment and wasn't sure how to best pose that question. The point I was trying to make was that I haven't found any prog metal releases since 2014 (which had Anubis Gate and Distorted Harmony albums) that have really blown me away. I've still enjoyed most of the albums I've heard, I just don't seem to be hearing anything that reminds me of why I got into prog metal in the first place. Maybe 2015 was just a slump but so far 2016 seems to be going much the same way for me. I've heard both the new Redemption and Headspace albums and couldn't get really excited by either and the even the new Haken single did nothing for me. The new Myrath IMO is much more folk metal based than prog, so I wouldn't count that one. I need to listen to them all again though.
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	Something to restore your faith perhaps Adam...

adg211288 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 21983	Post Options Post Reply Quote adg211288 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Apr 2016 at 5:03am
	I heard their first album and liked it quite a bit. They've changed a lot since then including the switch to a female lead (who is very, very good by the way) but I'm definitely interested in hearing their new album in full.
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