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UMUR 
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That would be Opeth for me. I used to adore Dream Theater, but lost my burning passion for their music around the late nineties. They still release high quality material, but to me the magic is mostly lost.
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Dellinger
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Oh, I just found out, it seems this is a multiple vote poll... I think I just voted twice for Dream Theater (I thought I hadn't voted yet, since the page didn't tell me I had already voted, but when I voted again it still gives me the option to vote), however, this means the result for this poll isn't really reliable.
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Dellinger
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Posted: 07 Oct 2014 at 9:22pm |
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Dream Theater easily. They are actually my favourite metal band, while I don't like growls, so that leaves a lot of material from Opeth out of my liking... and very often when Opeth doesn't use growling, they completly forsake metal.
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ProgMetaller2112
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Posted: 07 Oct 2014 at 2:06am |
What????
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"Before you see the light you must die!!!!!!!!!!" - Slayer
"Today is born the seventh one, born of woman, the seventh son" - Steve Harris |
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ProgMetaller2112
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Prog Metal was created by Rush but they didn't want to be confined by it. So they are Prog Metal and Prog Rock in one
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"Before you see the light you must die!!!!!!!!!!" - Slayer
"Today is born the seventh one, born of woman, the seventh son" - Steve Harris |
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ProgMetaller2112
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Posted: 27 Sep 2014 at 1:58am |
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I think Opeth is a way better band but I generally prefer the style of Metal that DT performs
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"Before you see the light you must die!!!!!!!!!!" - Slayer
"Today is born the seventh one, born of woman, the seventh son" - Steve Harris |
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SKwid
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Posted: 04 Feb 2011 at 5:07pm |
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cannot stand DT
sooo, opeth
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Posted: 01 Feb 2011 at 7:28pm |
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Opeth wins
 That's... good
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Prog Geo
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Posted: 27 Jan 2011 at 10:14am |
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Of course Opeth!!!Mikael Akerfeldt learned me to hear Death metal.
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Andyman1125
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Posted: 18 Jan 2011 at 6:57pm |
Yea, I'll agree with you on that one
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topofsm
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Posted: 18 Jan 2011 at 6:31pm |
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I prefer Dream Theater far over Opeth. Sure, they've been weak lately, and Opeth is more consistent, but Dream Theater's best work far outdoes anything Opeth ever did, IMO. Funny, because I consider myself more of a death metal fan than a straight-up prog metalhead.
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Lost respect for these archives when I saw Creed added, among other bands. Not going to be foruming here anymore. You can keep my reviews if you want.
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Posted: 18 Jan 2011 at 6:28pm |
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^ One could argue that Watchtower's highly technical approach to thrash metal was the beginning of progressive metal. Of course, it's more subtly progressive than, say, Images and Words, but I've always considered it the first prog metal album (and I'm sure I'm not alone in this).
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Andyman1125
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Posted: 18 Jan 2011 at 4:09pm |
Watchtower is more jazz thrash metal though....
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The Block
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Posted: 18 Jan 2011 at 3:56pm |
I was almost right with 7th Son. |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2011 at 8:03pm |
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Operation: Mindcrime is the first case of badass prog metal
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Posted: 17 Jan 2011 at 7:48pm |
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Ha! Both of you are wrong!
 Here's my chronological evolution of prog metal's key releases... Dream Theater popularized prog metal, but saying they began it is quite a stretch. Here we go... 1985 - Watchtower's Energetic Disassembly  1986 - Queensryche's Rage For Order  1988 - Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son  1988 - Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime  1989 - Fates Warning's Perfect Symmetry  1992 - Dream Theater's Images and Words  Of course, there's more but without these albums, traditional prog metal as we know it wouldn't exist IMO. |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2011 at 7:39pm |
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More popular prog metal started with DT
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Posted: 17 Jan 2011 at 7:35pm |
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Yea, that got the ball rolling but what we know of as prog metal today essentially started with DT
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Posted: 17 Jan 2011 at 7:14pm |
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I agree, accept for the fact that they created prog metal. I believe that started w/ 7th Son IMO.
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Posted: 17 Jan 2011 at 6:59pm |
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Oh, this is hard. My two favorite bands of all time..... but I have to go with Dream Theater. One, Dream Theater was the first prog band I ever got into, and from Dream Theater I got into Opeth. They virtually created Prog metal (along with Queensryche and Fates Warning), and they were by far the most successful of the 3. They themselves were a major influence on Opeth, thereby making Dream Theater better, by the width of a hair, in my mind.
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