Proggy and metally but not prog metal?

Sporky

Suggestions please; recently I have been enjoying Dvne, The Ocean, The Moth Gatherer, older Lantlos, and Kardashev.

What else is chugtastic, tuneful, and good? I don't mind a touch of the cookie monster, but ideally some clean vocals too.

For anyone wondering, this is what they sound like. It's OK if you don't like them. 

blobb

Quantum Fantay?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cucHMerOBSg&list=PL85_7ZMy7iPTj6zHC1FPu_xCQ9qUPBFa8

Sporky

Ta, but not my cupasoup. Too prog - to me that just sounds like Ozrics slowed down. 

fretmeister

I'm assuming you've already tried him, but just in case

Stuckfast

YOB are quite interesting in that vein.

octatonic

TNBD?

guitarfishbay

https://youtu.be/GMXgrz8dKDU

I love this album, might not be heavy enough but it is proggy and guitar based 

guitarfishbay

Vola might be a better fit for the chuggs 

https://youtu.be/DhcsSfCbl7Y

steven70

Perhaps you need some Hawkwind 

axisus

Proggy and metally but not prog metal?

I don't get that???? Wot's the difference?

octatonic

axisus said:

Proggy and metally but not prog metal?

I don't get that???? Wot's the difference?

I think is looking for bands who are prog and metal but don’t write songs about Lord of the Rings.

Sporky

octatonic said:

axisus said:

Proggy and metally but not prog metal?

I don't get that???? Wot's the difference?

I think is looking for bands who are prog and metal but don’t write songs about Lord of the Rings.

Yes. And with minimal flute. 

Thanks all for the suggestions, I will work through. VOLA are very much the right thing too - Inmazes is superb. 

Reverend

do you want modern proggy metal or more classic proggy metal?

Sporky

I think more modern. 

Reverend

Reverend

axisus

Sporky said:

octatonic said:

axisus said:

Proggy and metally but not prog metal?

I don't get that???? Wot's the difference?

I think is looking for bands who are prog and metal but don’t write songs about Lord of the Rings.

Yes. And with minimal flute. 

Thanks all for the suggestions, I will work through. VOLA are very much the right thing too - Inmazes is superb. 

er ..... LotR and flute, neither of which have anything to do with prog metal? 

Even 'regular' Prog in the 70s only had two LotR songs that I recall, although there were a few songs with 'fantasy' lyrics back then. 

I admit that flute was a tad rampant

MagicPigDetective

Elder's new album, Innate Passage, is kind of stoner-post rock-prog and is superb.

Reverend

the vocals are an acquired taste but Confessor rules. It's like djent but with riffs

Sporky

axisus said:

er ..... LotR and flute, neither of which have anything to do with prog metal? 

Even 'regular' Prog in the 70s only had two LotR songs that I recall, although there were a few songs with 'fantasy' lyrics back then. 

I admit that flute was a tad rampant

I think Octatonic and I were using LOTR as a catch-all for dragon/wizard content.

It's quite possible that prog metal is OK, but it brings to mind overblown songs about Krull with nineteen minute guitar solos. Also I like the occasional major chord or "happy" musical resolution. 

Basically the stuff I posted, not Dream Theater. 

nikharrison