Progressive Metal/Rock Thread Genre • Page 7

Since my favorite band is Coheed the concept/theatrical stuff doesn't bother me at all. The only time it gets distracting is during the spoken word parts, from the deceased father I guess? Maybe once I read along to lyrics I'll appreciate that more.

 

So it looks like these are "progmetal" albums I'll have on my AOTY list in some capacity.

Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace
Wheel - Charismatic Leaders
Vola - Friend of a Phantom
Opeth - The Last Will and Testament
Night Verses - Every Sound Has a Color in the Valley of Night
Leprous - Melodies of Atonement

I'll also have Blood Incantation and Alcest, and while I don't think those are progmetal by the normal definition, they are metal and progressive in their own way. Anything I missed that y'all really liked this year?

 

Already linked on the Emo thread, but the adored-by-me stop.drop.rewind album has some intensely proggy flexes and a sax solo. Blood Incantation are also somewhere on the prog spectrum but everyone already knows that's great. I did like the CH but it did register as a tiny step down for me on the whole (with some amazing highs).

 

I'm revisiting Katotonia's discography and every single time I keep returning to this album the most. Their sound has changed a lot over their long career, but this one must be their proggiest so I figured it'd fit here.

"The Night Subscriber" and "Serac" are godtier

 

Great band, but something hasn't fully clicked with me and them. I did like Sky Void of Stars a good bit when it came out.

Fun fact, I had a boss who was incredibly reserved, straight faced, bigger, bearded dude who showed little to no emotion. I worked for him a few months before we realized we had a pretty similar taste in music. Katatonia was his favorite band.