Well with all of the progressive rock making the buzz among the Heavy Metal underground and many bands from both the Metal and progressive world sharing members to combine supergroups (Transatlantic, OSI), it should be no surprise that this big sub genre is gaining new fans of all types abroad, so many fans abroad to have major festivals, publications, and compilations promoted in its name.
In the past decade this type of music has come a long way since it's early incarnation with bands like Yes, Genesis, and
King Crimson (for which all of those bands have had major changes in their sound as well), to it's cross pollination with Heavy Metal with groups like Dream Theater, Fates warning, and Queensryche, to the more notable bands leading the whole prog rock world such as
The Flower Kings and Spock's Beard, not to mention labels like Inside Out and Magna Carta leading the pack. But for many this genre is either directed completely separate from the whole world of headbanging or the term has been used to describe just about any Metal band that has put their emphasis on jamming and melody. Well true, but what really goes on in the underground.
Prog4you.com; a website based out of the United States, dedicated to being the biggest source for progressive rock; has made that possible by showcasing many of the progressive rock acts today that might not otherwise receive any exposure.
This compilation provides the listener with a complete overview of the underground progressive rock bands that are making waves in their own right. On this compilation there is something for everybody here, there is the traditional prog of groups like Man on Fire, Chain, and Little Atlas; the avant-garde toying of Bubblemath's "Miscreant Citizen;" the folk influenced IZZ; progressive metal from Pymary and JRS; symphonic moodiness from Persephones Dream; the complex musicianship of Agent Cooper; as well as a moody acoustic cut by Acumen; the whole spectrum of the genre is present here.
"Progressive Rock for You" serves as not only a sampler, but as an introduction to music that might interest the Metalhead who might be into the whole technical side of musicianship, for which progressive rock emphasizes, not to mention introduce listeners to bands that might be making waves one day among many of the bands who are currently in high stature among the prog rock scene.
Written by
Hashman Monday, September 29, 2003
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