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Although many people turn to metal to be beaten over the head by its sonic heaviness and emotional intensity, it’s also a genre that attracts musical virtuosos. Fans and artists have been noodling with the parallels between metal and classical music since the days of King Crimson and Rainbow, and as prog-rock really took off in the '80s thanks to Rush, the l...
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Jamie King, Producer - Between the Buried and Me, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Concord Bicycle Assets, LLC
ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Duda, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Howerdel, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - A Perfect Circle, MainArtist
(C) 2003 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2003 Virgin Records
Tommy Karevik, Composer - Seventh Wonder, Producer, MainArtist - Frontiers Records, Oyez!, MusicPublisher - Andreas Blomqvist, Composer - Johan Liefvendahl, Composer - Andreas Söderin, Composer - Johnny Sandin, Composer
(C) 2023 Frontiers Records s.r.l. (P) 2023 Frontiers Records s.r.l.
Baroness, MainArtist - John Dyer Baizley, Composer
(C) 2012 Relapse Records Inc. (P) 2012 Relapse Records Inc.
Opeth, MainArtist - Mikael Akerfeldt, LeadVocals - Dan Swanö, Producer - Mikael Lars Akerfeldt, Composer - Johan De Farfalla, Guitar - Anders Nordin, Drums - Sven Peter Malcom Lindgren, Composer, Guitar
1996 Tanglade Ltd t/a Candlelight Records 1996 Tanglade Ltd t/a Candlelight Records
Devin Townsend, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Not Documented, Composer, Producer
(P) 2001 HevyDevy Records. Issued under license from HevyDevy Records to InsideOutMusic
John Petrucci, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - Mike Portnoy, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Writer - STEVE Regina, AssistantEngineer - Dream Theater, MainArtist - James LaBrie, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer - John Myung, Bass Guitar, Writer - Kevin Moore, Keyboards, Writer - Doug Oberkircher, MixingEngineer - David Prater, Producer, MixingEngineer
© 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Gojira, Performer, Composer, Writer
2005 Listenable Records 2005 Listenable Records
Enslaved, interprète - Ivar Peersen, compositeur - Ivar Peersen, auteur
Osmose Productions Osmose Productions
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ayreon, MainArtist - Devin Townsend, Lyricist - Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Composer, Producer
2016 Mascot Label Group/Music Theories Recordings 2016 Mascot Label Group/Music Theories Recordings
Protest The Hero, MainArtist
© 2008 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC d/b/a Vagrant Records ℗ 2008 Vagrant Records
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, MixingEngineer - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Mastodon, MainArtist - Bill Kelliher, Guitar - Brann Dailor, Drums, Percussion, Vocals - Brent Hinds, Banjo, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Darren Tablan, AssistantEngineer - Tom Tapley, AssistantEngineer - Troy Sanders, Vocals, Bass Synthesizer - Billy Bowers, AdditionalEngineer - Nick DiDia, RecordingEngineer - Rich Morris, Synthesizer, Mellotron - William Brent Hinds, Writer - Troy Jayson Sanders, Writer - Brann Timothy Dailor, Writer - William Breen Kelliher, Writer
© 2009 Reprise Records ℗ 2009 Reprise Records.
Russel Allen, Lyricist - Symphony X, MainArtist - Michael Romeo, Composer, Lyricist
2011 Nuclear Blast 2011 Nuclear Blast
PETER COLLINS, Producer - Robert Vosgien, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James "Jimbo" Barton, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Degarmo, ComposerLyricist - Marcus "Culinary Master" Ramaer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Geoff Tate, ComposerLyricist - Marcus Ramaer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Queensryche, Mastering Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2010 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
Fates Warning, MainArtist
(C) 1986 Metal Blade Records, Inc. (P) 1986 Metal Blade Records, Inc.
Porcupine Tree, MainArtist - Steven Wilson, Composer - Hands Off It's Mine Publishing (Universal/MCA Music Ltd), MusicPublisher
(C) 2009 Porcupine Tree Ltd (P) 2009 Porcupine Tree Ltd under exclusive licence to Snapper Music Ltd
Nevermore, Associated Performer, Author, Main Artist - Not Documented, Composer, Producer
(P) 2010 Century Media Records Ltd.
Evergrey, Performer - P. Carlsson, Composer - Thomas Steffen Englund, Composer, Writer - D. Gustavsson, Composer
1998 AFM Records, a division of Soulfood Music Distribution GmbH 1998 AFM Records, a division of Soulfood Music Distribution GmbH
Animals As Leaders, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 2014 Sumerian Records
Meshuggah, Composer, MainArtist - Tomas Haake, Lyricist, Writer - Fredrik Thordendal, Composer - Haake, Lyricist, Writer - Hagström, Composer - Thordendahl, Composer - Marten Hagström, Composer
© 2004 Atomic Fire ℗ 1998 Atomic Fire
John Petrucci, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Tony Levin, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Mike Portnoy, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Jordan Rudess, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Liquid Tension Experiment, MainArtist - T-LEV INC, MusicPublisher - Chef Mikey Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 1999 Magna Carta (P) 1999 Magna Carta
Coheed and Cambria, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Claudio Sanchez, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocal - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - JOE BARRESI, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Jun Murakawa, Assistant Engineer - Atticus Ross, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Chris Pennie, Drums, Percussion - Travis Stever, Composer, Guitar, Steel Guitar, Background Vocal - Michael Robert Todd, Bass - Dustin Moseley, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2010 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Syd Barrett, Composer - Voivod, MainArtist - Denis D'amour, Electric Guitar - Michel Langevin, Drums, Percussion - Denis B+®langer, Vocals - Jean-Yves Th+®riault, Bass Guitar
© 2002 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1989 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Petrucci, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer - George Marino, MasteringEngineer - Mike Portnoy, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Writer - Kevin Shirley, MixingEngineer - Claudius Mittendorfer, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Dream Theater, MainArtist - James LaBrie, Lead Vocals - John Myung, Bass Guitar, Writer - Jordan Rudess, Keyboards - Doug Oberkircher, Engineer - Jordan Rudness, Writer - Eugene "UE" Nastasi, Assistant Mastering Engineer - J.P. Sheganowski, AssistantEngineer
© 2002 Elektra Entertainment for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2002 Elektra Entertainment for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Sikth, MainArtist
(C) 2003 Gut Records Ltd (P) 2003 Gut Records Ltd
Haken, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Not Documented, Producer - Thomas MacLean, Composer - Diego Tejeida, Composer - Richard Henshall, Author, Composer - Raymond Hearne, Composer - Charles Griffiths, Composer - Ross Jennings, Composer
(P) 2013 InsideOutMusic
Pain Of Salvation, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Not Documented, Composer, Producer
(P) 2000 InsideOutMusic
David Bottrill, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Tool, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vince De Franco, AdditionalStudioProducer
(P) 2001 Tool Dissectional, L.L.C./Volcano Entertainment II, L.L.C.
About Playlist
Although many people turn to metal to be beaten over the head by its sonic heaviness and emotional intensity, it’s also a genre that attracts musical virtuosos. Fans and artists have been noodling with the parallels between metal and classical music since the days of King Crimson and Rainbow, and as prog-rock really took off in the '80s thanks to Rush, the landscape for cross-pollination was ripe as metal continued to get broader, more intricate, and more forward-thinking. First it was bands like Queensrÿche and Voivod who pushed power metal and thrash, respectively, in theatrical new directions. But by the end of the '80s, bands like Fates Warning and Dream Theater entered the fray to carve out an entire new genre that became fittingly tagged as progressive metal.
In the '90s, the genre exploded in every direction. There was proggy black metal (Enslaved), proggy death metal (Opeth), proggy extreme metal (Meshuggah), proggy psych-metal (Porcupine Tree), and even proggier prog metal (Symphony X). By the 2000s it had infiltrated the music of Tool and Mastodon, and a whole new generation of prog-metal bands like Periphery and Animals As Leaders formed the sub-genre djent in the image of Meshuggah. Although there haven’t been any prog-metal bands from this era who’ve broke as big as the genre’s foundational acts, like most genres of music, there’s more of it being made now than ever before. This playlist contains all the proper tributes to prog-metal’s godparents while also offering a comprehensive look at how the sound has evolved throughout its 40-year history.
Photo: Mastodon © Jimmy Hubbard
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