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.

 

this is probably my favourite album of theirs these days, especially since right after they switched to a sound I'm not really fond of at all. "Old Heart Falls" is wonderful, great stuff

 

anyway I just came to this thread to say new Opeth rips

 

The ones on my list that aren't on yours are Devin Townsend, DVNE, Huntsmen, The Pineapple Thief, Pure Reason Revolution, Frost*, and Pallbearer (adjacent, but I hear a lot more prog rock in this than other people do fwiw). The latter 4 are all more prog rock than metal.