User:Chairmaneoin/Progressive Death Metal
| Progressive Death Metal | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Death metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Jazz |
| Typical instruments | Vocals - Electric guitar - Bass guitar - Drums |
| Other topics | |
| Technical Death Metal | |
Progressive Death Metal is a subgenre of Death Metal and Progressive Metal which combines the speed, death growls and downtuned guitars of Death Metal with the complex song structures, odd time signatures, experimentation and often clean vocals of Progressive Rock and Jazz.[1] Though many Technical Death Metal bands use complex song structures and odd time signatures, Progressive Death Metal is distinguished by using the aesthetics of Progressive Rock and Jazz, for example Opeth use clean vocals, acoustic guitars and a mellotron in many of their songs. [2] [3] [4]
However; Technical and Progressive Death Metal share their origins. In the late 1980's and 1990's bands such as Atheist, Cynic and Death began making highly technical Death Metal with Progressive Rock and Jazz influences. In 1989 Atheist's debut album Piece of Time was released, followed by Death's 1991 album Human and Cynic's Focus in 1993. These bands influenced Technical Death Metal as well as later Progressive Death Metal bands. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
List of notable Progressive Death Metal bands[edit]
| Band | Country | Formed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atheist | USA | 1984 | [6] |
| Cynic | USA | 1987 | [7] |
| Death | USA | 1983 | [9] |
| Opeth | Sweden | 1990 | [10] |
| Pitbulls in the Nursery | France | 1997 | [11] [12] |
| Textures | Netherlands | 2001 | [13] |
| Akercocke | UK | 1997 | [14] |
Sources[edit]
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- ^ "Tech/Extreme Prog Metal". progarchives.com. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ^ "Ghost Reveries Epuipment". Opeth.com. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ^ BNRMetal. "Cynic". bnrmetal.com. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
- ^ a b Mike DaRonco & Ed Rivadavia. "Atheist". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ a b Eduardo Rivadavia. "Cynic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ Chad Bowar. "Cynic Traced in Air Review". about.com. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ a b Eduardo Rivadavia. "Death". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ Mike DaRonco. "Opeth". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ Corey Apar. "Pitbulls in the Nursery". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ Pitbulls in the Nursery. "News". pitbullsinthenursery.com. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ Eduardo Rivadavia. "Textures". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ Tom Demalon. "Akercocke". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-02-17.