PROG METAL In A Nutshell

[AndiKravljaca]

I love being a singer in a prog metal band. I get paid the same as everyone else and I get to go backstage and chill half the time. It's like cheating.

[taunokekkonen]

Every DT concert where James LaBrie disappears in the middle and comes back at least half an hour later and you'd already forgotten he exists.

[ArnoVlmt]

That's why James Labrie has enough time to make so many Cameos

[althulhu]

When the song is longer than the average pop punk album

[ettorereventon]

Unironically, I listened to Scale the Summit and remembered that they don’t have a singer after about half an hour lol

[cww]

You forgot the part that goes from 3/4 to 163/72

[broncoxy]

its hard being a prog singer, you can't even headbang while the rest of the band is doing their solo stuff, cause they decided to let the time signature be freshly determined by Googles random number generator every other bar lmao

[jagannathaniyengar]

Since Prog Metal is quite intricate, you should not call it a Nutshell.

You should call it a PROG METAL PERFECTLY ENCLOSED IN A HOLLOW SPHERE WHOSE SURFACE AREA IS 4πR².

EDIT: Did a small correction to the grammar. Earlier it was PROG METAL IN A PERFECTLY ENCLOSED and now it's PROG METAL PERFECTLY ENCLOSED IN A… .


Thanks to Michael Bauer for pointing that out. Thanks Mate!!

[StRosen]

Damn, wish there was a band that makes this kind of music

[giblaz]

This is unironically how I want my music to be.

[gekfurian]

The first time I made a friend of mine listen to Dream Theater, after 10 minutes he asked: is he ever going to sing?

[aespaexperience]

0:01 Axl Rose Vocals High Note
0:05 Slash Solo
0:35 Turn Into Dream Theater
0:56 Dragonforce Solo
1:07 SUS

[lauscho]

I know the feeling. I was in a prog-metal band once and we managed to fit three whole vocalist changes and two keyboardist changes and even an indefinite hiatus into one instrumental section.

[jb_w]

The funniest thing is when James Labries takes out the tamberine when he gets bored during the instrumental section.

[BecomeTheKnight]

Yup, the unnecessary metric modulation at the end....that's us 🤣🤣🤣

[grabber_blu_angel]

just when you think you're about to settle into a nice 4/4 groove, the 46 minute digeridoo solo kicks in

[bigpapijsh]

0:05 almost sounded like he was going to play under a glass moon

[dingleberryhandpump]

I've always wondered what James LaBrie does offstage during DT's extended instrumental sections.

I love DT, BTW. And prog.

[DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

At least Tom in BTBAM plays the keys/ synth, so he's not totally bored hahahahaha, this is on point though.

[威力博士]

so this is what being james labrie feels like...