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Song Form and Storytelling in Mainstream Metal. This article builds on a new theory of metal song form (Hudson 2021) to show how different versions of compound AABA form can carry narrative meaning, illustrated by analyses of a number of famous metal songs in mainstream (i.e., not underground/extreme) styles.
- Stephen S Hudson
- Queensryche – Operation: Mindcrime. With Queensrÿche having escaped from the NWOBHM influences of their early recordings, Operation: Mindcrime was a early prog-metal zenith.
- Dream Theatre – Images & Words. Dream Theater had to overcome a number of hurdles in order to create their second album, and their masterpiece. But with new vocalist James LaBrie safely in the fold, the prog metal pioneers were out to prove a point.
- Opeth – Blackwater Park (2001) A new millennium brought a new sense of urgency to Opeth’s bold musical efforts. Blackwater Park was not just a self-evident career peak from a young band with the wind in their sails for the first time, it also had a profound impact on the entire world of heavy music, as lengthy, elaborate epics like The Leper Affinity and The Drapery Falls reintroduced progressive ideals and creative bravery to the metal world, while acoustic reveries like Harvest showcased a desire to move beyond it.
- Tool – Lateralus (2000) Not just prog metal – Lateralus is one of the greatest records of any genre full stop. A genuinely faultless near 80-minute-long piece of music that still sounds like it’s been created by some kind of higher power, more than 20 after it was dropped on an unsuspecting world.
Metal Music Studies, 2023. This article builds on a new theory of metal song form (Hudson 2021) to show how different versions of compound AABA form can carry narrative meaning, illustrated by analyses of a number of famous metal songs in mainstream (i.e., not underground/extreme) styles.
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- Philosophy
- Pillars of Progs Past and Present
- Abstraction
In nearly all forms of the definition for progress and progressive, the concept of forward momentum is noted. A continuous and ongoing movement towards an unspecified ‘something’. Be it a definite goal or simply the autotelic ideal of improvement and change for its own sake. So what does this mean for music? In truth, this description itself is inh...
Modern interpretations of Hegelian dialectics proposes a pendulum of meanings and ideologies that swings via thesis and antithesis, resolving in synthesis. While Hegel’s perspectives were focused predominantly on the wider sociological landscape of major shifts in human history(and theories being avidly argued against in terms of defining a true an...
Before diving into the minutia of what birthed the genre, I’d like to acknowledge the sociopolitical, cultural, and ideological touchstones that ignited the fires of music’s overall development, prog notwithstanding. While those won’t be present in our current discussion, you can learn about the influence of counterculture on English prog in Edward...
Here we are at the end of part one, and yet the lines between what is and isn’t prog seem to be washing in and out of reach like the tide. While we likely won’t find something definitive on the matter, the ideas above provide a potential lens to view why progressive elements in music became necessary, and how this had been conveyed thus far, leadin...
Jun 24, 2013 · This is the beginning of a series that will focus on learning to write your own progressive metal music. The first step to doing that, is a trick called reverse engineering. Note that once you've ...
It is difficult to argue with the authors' conclusion that “metal in its many guises” is “the location of authentic progressive rock of the 2000s” (p. 279), and the book shows this through its very brief illustration of the way that heavy metal virtuosity evolved into a fertile ground for prog-style music-making through its interaction with hardcore aesthetics, followed by discussion ...
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Jan 28, 2010 · Progressive Metal Riff Building. Learn how to play through a Progressive Metal style rhythm riff that incorporates notes from the Phrygian Dominant mode of Harmonic Minor. Music theory, scale shapes and options for application are included…. Back in the sixties and seventies progressive rock bands like King Crimson, Yes and Jethro Tull pushed ...
