Hi
everyone, my name’s Francesco C. and I’m fond of prog metal. So I’d like to tell
you the reasons why I like this kind of music and why you should start listening to it.
Prog metal and prog metal famous bands
Prog metal (short for
progressive metal ) is a metal subgenre
born at the end of the ‘80s. This genre includes songs and albums very different from other
subgenres of metal rock. Bands which can’t be classified in any other subgenre
of metal are progressive bands, but anyway they have some similar features:
- The extreme complexity of the songs, which makes the members of those groups being very
good. They’ve been studying their musical instrument for a long of time
- Songs
generally can last from 4 minutes to more than 30 minutes, which is more than
the average.
- Prog
is influenced by lots of other kinds of music, such as jazz, classical and
other subgenres of metal. Songs
are usually in odd-time signature
The oldest
and most famous prog bands are the “Dream Theatre”, the “Symphony X”, the
“Fates Warning” and the “Queensryche”.
Why I like prog metal more than other kinds of music
Now I can
tell you why I love it. First of all, I
like this kind of music because I like playing music and I admire the members
of those bands for their great skills. I especially admire keyboard player the
Dream Theatre’s keyboard player, Jordan Rudess, and their guitarist too, John
Petrucci. Well, honestly, Dream Theatre
are my favourite band. I also like the fact that when they play it seems like
they aren’t doing any effort, but in reality they play very difficult songs.
That isn’t
the main reason. I think prog metal songs are more emotional than the 95% of
the songs from other genres. I’ll take pop songs as an example.
They mustn’t
be too long (less than 4 minutes) and
they have all similar chords because they are expected to be easy and popular.
The melody of a pop song must immediately
catch the listener’s ear since the first listening.
Those rules
don’t apply to prog metal songs, which can be free as for topic and for arrangement.
Pop songs can express just sadness or happiness,
prog metal songs instead can provoke emotions like rage, fear, anxiety, and so
on.
Anyhow, my
intention with this post is not to make you change your mind, if you like pop music or
more traditional rock. My purpose is
to give prog metal a shout out, because
I think that it isn’t appreciated and listened to as much as it deserves.
What about giving it a try right now? Watch the video below!
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