[QUOTE=Otherside]Who's Tool?[/QUOTE]
How quickly you Hispanics forget the excellence of the prog rock masterpeice that is Tool. :D

Queensrÿche
Tool
Symphony X
Bad Religion
Gamma Ray

And quite a lot more, but these five have been in the top for a long time.

[QUOTE=Dunkelheit509]How quickly you Hispanics forget the excellence of the prog rock masterpeice that is Tool. :D[/QUOTE]

XD

actually I havn't listened to them in a while... waiting for new album, I've pretty much played out the other cds.

What do you guys think of Pain of Salvation? You all seem to have good/decent tastes in music.

I've been wondering if I should check them out, anyway, which album would you guys say first, I've heard 'Be' and 'Remedy Lane' are their best?

Pain of Salvation is also one of my favourite bands. I would recommend 'Remedy Lane', as that is a little more accessible, I think. 'Be' is VERY progressive, but still very good.

I have NO idea why POS is so good. My friend keeps getting mad at me for saying they're rather bad...I personally don't like them much, from what I've heard.

Iced Earth
Blind Guardian
Nevermore
Death
Atheist
Edguy

Thats it for now. The first 2 never change though.

NP Death - The Philosopher

I need to get back into Opeth. I fear I may have outgrown them. Suggestions?

Since we're doing top 5s, I figured I might do it genrewise as in two similar bands I enjoy almost equally so people get a better idea of the music instead of looking at the anomaly.

Holcombe Waller/Jeff Buckley
Cafe Tacuba/Radiohead
Riverside/Agalloch
Woven Hand/Songs Ohia
November's Doom/Lacrimas Profundere


Oh, and the guy that wanted Pain of Salvation recommendations, Remedy Lane before Be though Be is a stronger album overall.

Alright, thanks guys. I might just get them in that order then.

Unless anyone has any objections?

Listening to Remedy Lane, I can see why people like it...it just doesn't appeal to me at all though. I like prog, just I don't understand why this is so good, aside from the vocalist. He's quite excellent.

That is extremely true, Daniel Gildenlöw is easily one of my top 5 vocalists.

Well my TOP 5 favorite bands besides Opeth are:

Tool
Behemoth
Death
Agalloch
Haggard

I'm surprised by how many non-metal lovers there are here.

Well, Opeth does have a lot of non-metal stuff. :p

I'm not sure what we're talking about right now cause I'm too lazy to go back a page, but I thought I'd just interject to say that Katatonia is amazing.

Didn't Åkerfeldt do the vocals to Brave Murder Day and Sounds of Decay?

Yes the growls, but I prefer their albums after those more.

Have you heard anything from [I]The Great Cold Distance [/I]?

The Great Cold Distance isn't nearly as good as Viva Emptiness.

Yeah, I've got the promo copy by less than legal means, but I plan to buy it anyways. Not to mention every song has got "You are listening to the song _____ from the forthcoming Katatonia album blablabalbah" interspersed throughout. Anyways, the album itself is fantastic, Anders's voice just keeps getting more mature, though it has it's own great charm on the older stuff when he didn't have as much control over it.

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]The Great Cold Distance isn't nearly as good as Viva Emptiness.[/QUOTE]
Well, right now I'd agree, BUT the album hasn't had much of a chance to grow on me, and all of Katatonia's albums are growers for sure. There'll be a few songs that stick to you right away on each album, but then the more you listen the more they all start to rule.

I haven't heard anything from the latest album yet, but if it's decent, I will buy it. btw, is that Chuck in your avatar?

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]I have NO idea why POS is so good. My friend keeps getting mad at me for saying they're rather bad...I personally don't like them much, from what I've heard.[/QUOTE]
Remedy Lane is the most accessible, if you want somthing truly mindbending listen to Be. They really really grow on you. It's like they carry the true essence of prog better than any band I can think of.

[QUOTE=Shadius]I've been meaning to ask...

What's everyone here's favourite bands besides Opeth? Just so we can see everyones backgrounds and what other type of music people like. Got me thinking after that round of everyone liking/hating different Opeth songs.

Shall we say five bands that you really like, either at the moment, or just generally. Mine would probably be;

Tool/APC
The Mars Volta
In Flames
Muse
Radiohead

Bands like Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd and Iron Maiden would be up there too. I'm also really enjoying At the Drive-In's Relationship of Command album at the moment too, even though I can't really stand their older stuff.[/QUOTE]

Hmm....in the rock/metal category?

the Gathering (can you tell?)
Nevermore
Tool
After Forever
Dark Tranquillity

I'm about equally into jazz as I am into metal, and I'm also really into alot of world music, mostly Middle Eastern, Celtic and latin. And, of course, you've gotta love the classics - Liszt, Orff, Rachmaninov, Tchaichovsky, Mozart, etc. I'm pretty much always discovering something new. :)

[QUOTE=Txus]
Haggard[/QUOTE]

:chug: Those guys are awesome...don't get nearly as much attention as they deserve. Eppur Si Muove = :amaze: .

What I've been listening to...past couple days I've been going back to the classics a lot. My top 5 would probably be

Porcupine Tree
Pink Floyd
Hendrix
Cream
Deep Purple

[QUOTE=Jude]What I've been listening to...past couple days I've been going back to the classics a lot. My top 5 would probably be

Porcupine Tree
Pink Floyd
[B]Hendrix[/B]
Cream
Deep Purple[/QUOTE]

/Just purchased Hendrix "Best Of..." :cool:

My top 5 outside of Opeth are:

Pink Floyd
Porcupine Tree
Tool/APC
Dream Theater
Radiohead

Cryptopsy
Slayer
Korn
Nile
Between The Buried and Me

top 5 other than opeth...

camel
pink floyd
pantera
ozzy
joe satriani

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