Album Rating: 5.0

This album changed the perception of prog metal for me. I m pretty sure Isis listened to Devin...

Album Rating: 5.0

debatable



neurosis had already put out 3 of their top albums by the time this came out

Album Rating: 4.0

can someone explain how this is prog though? It's pop metal imo. Song structuring isn't complicated, basically every song uses power choruses, no/minimal jazz influence. People always call Devvy prog but outside of like, Deconstruction I've never really understood his being put under that umbrella. I don't understand the whole "prog" thing anyway tho so take this rant with a grain of salt.

Album Rating: 5.0

ppl call this album prog?



damn



it's closer to post-metal if anything and even that might be a bit of a stretch

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

You know what I call it? Awesome :]

Album Rating: 5.0

correct

Album Rating: 4.5

This is definitely prog metal, not post-metal. It has the complexity and ambition of prog, but not the sludginess or the experimentation of post-metal.

Album Rating: 5.0

"It has the complexity and ambition of prog"

does it tho?

"but not the sludginess or the experimentation of post-metal."

not what post metal is about imo

the walls of sound and atmosphere are very much in line with that

Album Rating: 4.5

It doesn't really have the post-rock elements that post-metal has, though... At least not consistently. It's definitely got complexity, though. I'd say if I had to pick a genre label for this it would be progressive metal.



Townsend's music is generally pretty unique, though, so I'm not sure if the label really does justice to what it is.

Album Rating: 4.0

what exactly makes this prog tho?

Album Rating: 4.5

Complex, unusual song structures, chord progressions and instrumentations. The extended instrumental sections and constantly changing time signatures may not be there, but that's not all prog's about.

wiki says its prog alright just go with it

Album Rating: 5.0

Pop metal? It's very accessible and catchy for a metal album but I'm not sure I would call it that

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Only pop metal song here is Life. This is prog because it takes metal to new territories (progresses) and defies pretty much all convention. Think about it, there really isn't another album that sounds anything like this out there. Prog is just about pushing the boundaries of what the genre can sound like, while still comfortably falling within the genre. This is clearly rock/metal, but doesn't sound like any other rock/metal. Thus prog rock/metal

Album Rating: 5.0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdpg62tE_A0



yeeeee baby



updates and stuff

Album Rating: 5.0

I thought post-metal was a subset of prog.

Album Rating: 4.5

damn why is sput so obsessed with genres. its music. who cares?

Album Rating: 4.0

An argument I have here near daily Blob

Album Rating: 4.5

it actually makes ZERO difference to anything debating what genre an album fits into.

Album Rating: 4.0

Also stuff that tries hard to fit neatly into a given scene sub genre will often be particularly generic/derivative and the stuff that's impossible to classify is often the very most interesting music out there