For fans of heavy metal [Lot of Youtube links]

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Originally Posted by Csihar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Literally only 1 of those bands was around in the late 80s [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] And that was Opeth before they were Opeth.

A lot of bands don't evolve at all and in a lot of cases that's a bad thing. I don't like Opeth's new output. I find it boring and lifeless. They had an earlier stab at prog rock with Damnation and that was one of their best. I don't know why I don't like their new stuff but still good that they changed because it was quite clear they were stagnating.

But anyway.... change is good regardless.

I'll check out some of the names you mentioned sometimes. Prog metal is a subgenre I sleep on.

Bah whatever, needless to say they've all been around for 20+ years, Lol.

I like the new Opeth because I like true prog rock bands like Yes, ELP, King Crimson, The Flower Kings, etc. There are a couple songs on the past few albums I didn't care for though. That hadn't been the case with their metal albums, which I loved every song. I absolutely loved Opeth from My Arms, Your Hearse to Watershed.