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Progressive Metal
- Genre family
- Metal
- Starting recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Progressive Metal
Progressive Metal is a branch of the Metal family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Progressive Metal is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Buckethead and Rivers of Nihil.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreMetal
Current genreProgressive Metal
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United States · Progressive Metal
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
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01Nottingham Lace2005 · Progressive MetalOpen in new tab 02Soothsayer (Dedicated to Aunt Suzie)2006 · Progressive MetalOpen in new tab 03Waiting Hare2005 · Progressive MetalOpen in new tab 04Running From the Light2005 · Progressive MetalOpen in new tab 05Coma2005 · Progressive MetalOpen in new tab 06Funbus2005 · Progressive MetalOpen in new tab 07The Hand2005 · Progressive MetalOpen in new tab 08Interlude2005 · Progressive MetalOpen in new tab 09We Are One2005 · Progressive MetalOpen in new tab 10Botnus2005 · Progressive MetalOpen in new tab
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ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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