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Evergrey
Misereatur:
Der Golem, try Pain Of Salvation and Spastic Ink.
*sorry for jumping on Storm Riders thread, I just love recommending bands.
Storm Rider:
--- Quote from: Der Golem ---Btw. Storm Rider, any bands you reccomend for someone who likes Evergrey and is discovering prog?
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I'm not sure exactly how much you're familiar with the genre, so I'm just gonna list a few of the bigger (which is of course a relative term) bands off the top of my head, and if you've heard of them or like them, then go a bit deeper into the more obscure territory.
Fates Warning is an obvious choice, but I would advise starting off on their earlier stuff, as their newer material is more ambient. Unless you're not particular to prog metal, in which case I could recommend a much larger variety of bands.
Symphony X is another of the more popular ones, and like Evergrey they have a lot of power metallish bombast to them, so if you haven't heard of them, you'd probably like them. Start at the end of their chronology and work back.
Star One's Space Metal. Just buy it, trust me. Hopefully the more it sells, the more Arjen will want to do a second one. For that matter, his main project Ayreon is great as well, but less heavy and very, very diverse.
Nevermore, of course. They don't really fall into the regular 'prog metal' stereotype, as they have no keyboardist, but Jeff Loomis writes some of the best riffs I've heard, period, and he basically crams as many as he can into a 6 minute song. I got into them through Dead Heart in a Dead World, but any of their albums (except their debut and the un-remastered version of Enemies of Reality) is really pretty awesome stuff.
Kamelot, especially their newest album The Black Halo. Terrific disc, I just ordered it off Amazon on Thursday and am waiting anxiously for the tracks I couldn't find to download.
Hopefully that'll get you started off pretty well.
EDIT: I totally agree with Miseraetur's suggestion of Pain of Salvation as well.
Kai:
And of course, in terms of prog, you can't go wrong with the classics: Rush, Genesis, King Crimson, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and to a lessor extent, Jethro Tull and Uriah Heep.
Bastardous Bassist:
--- Quote from: Misereatur ---Spastic Ink.
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!!!!? He's trying to get into prog, not already into prog and looking to move deeper. I mean, he's recently gotten into Evergrey. You may as well suggest Planet X, Gordian Knot, Cab (technically jazz fusion, but lots of ties to prog), etc.
Storm Rider:
Obviously, Kai's suggestions are essential, but I was making my recommendations specific to prog metal. Listing all of my favorite prog bands would take all day.
And Gordian Knot is fucking great.
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