| 5 classic |
| Cynic Focus |
| one of my favorite albums ever. Upon my first listen I felt like I had entered some surreal cloud of progressive metal that was totally different than all the dream theater clones and other stuff i had heard. This got me into music i never would have gotten into otherwise. |
| Death Individual Thought Patterns |
| Disillusion Back To Times Of Splendor |
| Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius |
| Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick |
| King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King |
| Mr. Bungle Disco Volante |
| Pain Of Salvation Remedy Lane |
| Pain Of Salvation The Perfect Element Part One |
| Pantera Cowboys From Hell |
| Prototype Continuum |
If there was one song on the recent guitar hero release that left me actually wanting to go buy a recording it was prototype's the way it ends. This album blew me away and is one of the few progressive metal albums i have heard in a long time that sounded fresh, tight, and melodic. The standout elements in this album are the vocals, drums, and songwriting (even though everyone in the band is consummate). On a vocal level this is really different and that is a huge part of why i like them so much. It is so nice not to hear the typical power metal style vocals. His vocals are closer to the typical vocals in hard alt. rock or nu-metal and no, he does not suck at what he does (good tone, good lines). The drums are fantastic and the cymbal usage is really nice to hear. The style is sort of similar to hoglan or reinert, very complex yet groovy. Lastly. and most importantly the songwriting is fantastic and the solo phrasing is impeccable. This is one of the few heavy prog. metal bands not afraid to play in major keys which is really nice and somewhat unique because it instantly makes them about ten times more melodic than most of the pack of prog. metal bands nowadays. Overall the album is very well executed and the production is really good for the band being somewhat underground.
The standout tracks are: synthespian, seed, the way it ends, heart machine, and with vision
On a very simple level this band sort of sounds like a mix between sieges even and nevermore if that sounds possible at all  . Have a fun time with this one. |
| Prototype Trinity |
