Maddox's listening profile :)

[maddox]

Mad's Prog treasure chest:

Abigails Ghost [US]

• Albums: Selling Insincerity (2007)

Adagio [France]

• Albums: Underworld (2003)/Dominate (2005)

A Day's Work [The Netherlands]

• Albums: A Home In The Rain
  

Adrenaline Mob [US]

• Omerta (2012)

After Forever [The Netherlands]

• Albums: Prison of Desire (2000)/Decipher (2001)/Invisible Circles (2004)/Remagine (2005)/After Forever (2007)

Agents of Mercy [Sweden]

• The Fading Ghosts Of Twilight (2009)

Airbag [Norway]

• Albums: Identity (2009)

Alan Parsons Project [UK]

• Albums: I Robot (1977)/Pyramid (1978)/The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)/Eye in the Sky (1982)/Ammonia Avenue (1984)/Freudiana (1990)

Alice in Chains [US]

• Albums: Facelift (1990)/Sap (1992)/Dirt (1992)/Jar of Flies (1994)/Alice in Chains (1995)/MTV Unplugged (1996)/Essential (2004)/Black Gives Way To Blue (2009)

Alquin [The Netherlands]

• Albums: Mountain Queen (1973)/Nobody Can Wait Forever (1975)

Amaran's Plight [US]

• Albums: Voice in the Light (2007)

Amaseffer[Israel]

• Albums: Exodus: Slaves for Live (2008)

Ambeon [The Netherlands]

• Albums: Fate of a Dreamer (2001)

Amorphis [Finland]

• Albums: Skyforger (2009)

Aqua de Annique AKA Anneke van Giersbergen (formerly the singer of The Gathering for the nitwits) [The Netherlands]

• Albums: Air (2007)/Pure Air ~ as Anneke van Giersbergen (2009)

An Endless Sporadic [US]

• Albums: An Endless Sporadic (2009)

Anathema [UK]

• Albums: The Silent Enigma (1995)/Alternative 4 (1998)/Judgement (1999)/A Fine Day to Exit (2001)/A Natural Disaster (2004)

Andromeda [Sweden]

• Albums: II-I (2003)/Chimera (2006)/The Immunity Zone (2008)

Anekdoten [Sweden]

• Albums: Nucleus (1995)/From Within (1999)/A Time of Day (2007)

Änglagård [Sweden]

• Albums: Hybris (1992)/Epilog (1994)/Buried Alive (1996)

Animations [Poland]

• Albums: Animations (2007)/Reset Your Soul (2009)

Anubis Gate [Denmark]

• Albums: Andromeda Unchained (2007)/The Detached (2009)

Archive [UK]

• Albums: Noise (2004)/Lights (2006)/Controlling Crowds (2009)

Arcturus [Norway]

• Albums: The Sham Mirrors (2002)/Sideshow Symphonies (2005)

Arena [UK]

• Albums: Songs From the Lions Cage (1995)/Pride (1996)/The Visitor (1998)/Immortal? (2000)/Contagion (2002)/Peppers Ghost (2005)
• Live albums: Welcome to the Stage (1997)/Breakfast in Biarritz (2001)/Live and Life (2004)
• EP's and fanclub CD's: The Cry (1997)/Unlocking the Cage (2001)/Contagious (2003)/Radiance (2003)/Contagium (2003)
• Box-set: Contagion The Max - contagion, contagious and contagium combined in one exclusive mp3 album! 

A Perfect Circle [US]

• Albums: Mer De Noms (2000)/Thirteenth Step (2003)/eMotive (2004)

Apple Pie [Russia]

• Albums: Crossroad (2007)

Aspera [Norway]

• Albums: Ripples (2010)

Astra [US]

• Albums: The Weirding (2009)

Ayreon [The Netherlands]

• Albums: The Final Experiment - Both versions(1995/2005)/Actual Fantasy - Both versions (1996/2004)/Into The Electric Castle (1998)/Ayreonauts Only (2000)/The Universal Migrator pt I: The Dream Sequencer (2000)/The Universal Migrator pt II: Flight of the Migrator (2000)/The Human Equation (2004)/01011001 (2008)/Timeline (2008)
• EP's: The Universal Ayreonaut [Ayreon vs Avantasia] ~ Elected (2008)

Beardfish [Sweden]

• Albums: Sleeping in Traffic part one (2007)/Sleeping in Traffic part two (2008)/Destined Solitaire (2009)

Big Big Train [UK]

• Albums: The Difference Machine (2007)

Bigelf [US]

• Albums: Cheat the Gallows (2008)

Blackfield [UK/Israel]

• Albums: Blackfield (2004)/Blackfield II (2007)

Blind Ego [Germany]

• Albums: Mirror (2007)/Numb (2009)

Blue Murder [US]

• Albums: Blue Murder (1989)

Bjørn Lynne [Norway]

• Albums: The Void (1997)/Wolves of the Gods (1999)/The Gods Awaken (2001)/Colony (2002)

Tomas Bodin (Sweden)

• Albums: I A M (2005)

CaÏro [US]

• Albums: Caïro (1994)/Conflict And Dreams (1998)/Time of Legends (2001)

Caamora [UK/Poland]

• Albums: She - Rather big box set with 2cd studio/2cd live/2DVD and extra's (2008)

Carptree [Sweden]

• Albums: Man Made Machine (2005)/Insect (2007)

Chain [US]

• Reconstruct (2002)/Chain.exe (2004)

Chroma Key [US]

• Albums: Dead Air for Radios (1998)/You Go Now (2000)/Graveyard Mountain Home (2004)

Circus Maxumus [Norway]

• Albums: The First Chapter (2005)/Isolate (2007)

Coheed & Cambria [US]

• Albums: The Second Stage Turbine Blade (2002)/In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3 (2003)/Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)/Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow (2007)/Year Of The Black Rainbow (2010)

Collage [Poland]

• Albums: Moonshine (1994)

Coldplay [UK]

• Albums: Parachutes (2000)/A Rush of Blood To the Head (2002)/X&Y (2005)/Viva La Vida or Death and all his Friends (2008)

Credo [UK]

• Albums: Rhetoric (2005)

Dali's Dilemma [US]

• Manifesto for Futurism (1999)

Damian Wilson [UK]

• Albums: Disciple (2001)

Dark Suns [Germany]

• Albums: Swanlike (2002)/Existence (2005)/Grave Human Genuine (2008)

Darkwater [Sweden]

• Albums: Calling the Earth to Witness (2007)

Darwin's Radio [UK]

• Albums: Template for a New Generation (2009)

David Gilmour [UK]

• Albums: About Face (1984)/On An Island (2006)/Live in Gdansk 2cd/2DVD edition (2008)

DeadSoul Tribe [US]

• Albums: A Murder of Crows (2003)/The January Tree (2004)/The Dead Word (2005)/A Lullaby for the Devil (2007)

Delain [The Netherlands]

• Albums: Lucidity (2006)/April Rain (2009)

Demians [France]

• Albums: Building an Empire (2008)

Devin Townsend [US]

• Albums: Ocean Machine (1997)/Terria (2001)

Dio (Ronnie James) [US]

• Albums: Holy Diver (1983)/The Last in Line (1984)/Sacred Heart (1985)/Intermission (1985)/Dream Evil (1987)/Lock Up the Wolves (1990)/Angry Machines (1996)/Magica (2000)

Dixie Dregs [US]

• Albums: What If (1978)/Night of the Living Dregs (1979)/Dregs of the Earth (1980)/Unsung Heroes (1981)

Dominici [US/Italy]

• Albums: 03: A Trilogy prt I (2005)/)O3: A Trilogy prt II (2007)/O3: A Trilogy prt III (2008)

Dream Theater [US]

• Albums: When Dream and Day Unite (1989)/Images & Words (1992)/Awake (1994)/Falling into Infinity (1997)/Metroplis pt II ~ Scenes from a Memory (1999)/Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (2002)/Train of Thought (2003)/Octavarium (2005)/Systematic Chaos cd/dvd (2007)/Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009)

• Live albums: Live at the Marquee (1993)/Once in a Livetime (1998)/Live Scenes From New York (2001)/Live at Budokan (2004)/Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour (2006)
• Official Singles, Ep's and Fanclub CD's: Another Day (1992)/Lie (1994)/A Change of Seasons (1995)/Hollow Years (1997)/Cleaning out the Closet FC (1999)/Through Her Eyes (1999)/Four Degrees of Radio Edits (2002)/Taste the Memories (2003)/Graspop Festival 2002 FC (2003)/ A Sort of Homecoming (2004)/Images & Words 15th Anniversary Performance FC (2007)Wither digital EP (2009)

• Official Bootleg Demo Series: The Majesty Demos 1985/1986 (2003)/Images & Words Demos 1989 - 1991 (2003)/When Dream and Day Unite Demos 1987 - 1989 (2004)/ Awake Demos (2006)/Falling into Infinity Demos 1996 - 1997 (2007)/Train of Thought Instrumental Demos 2003 (2009)
  

• Official Bootleg Live Series: Lost Angeles California 5/18/1998 (2003)/Tokio Japan 10/28/1993 (2003)/When Dream & Day Re-Unite (2004)/Old Bridge, New Jersey 12/14/1996 (2006)/New York City 3/4/1993 (2007)

• Official Bootleg Studio Series: The Making of Scenes From A Memory (2003)

• Official Bootleg Cover Series: The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden (2003)/Master of Puppets - Metallica (2003)/Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd (2006)/Made In Japan - Deep Purple (2006)/Uncovered 2003-2005 (2009)

• DVD & Video's: Images & Words - Live in Tokio video (1993)/Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York DVD(2001)/Images & Words/Once in a Lifetime (2004)/When Dream & Day Re-unite Official Bootleg DVD (2004)/Live at Budokan DVD (2004)/A Walk Beside the Band fan club DVD (2005)/Romavarium fan club DVD (2006)/Score: 20th Anniversary World tour with the Octarium Orchestra (2006)/Dark Side Of The Moon Official Bootleg DVD (2006)/Bucharest, Romania 7/4/2002 (2007)/Chaos in Motion 2007/2008 (2008)

• Box sets and compilations: Greatest Hit ...(and 21 other pretty cool songs) (2008)/Black Clouds & Silver Linings Deluxe Edition Box Set (3cd, producers disk, Audiophile 180-Gram Double LP Set, lithograph etc etc etc) (2009)

Echoes [Venezuela]

• Albums: Nature | Existence (2010)

Echolyn [US]

• Albums: Suffocating the Bloom (1992)/As The World (1995)/When The Sweet Turns Sour (1996)/Cowboy Poems Free (2000)/Mei (2002)/The End is Beautiful (2005)

Elegy [The Netherlands]

• Albums: Labyrinth of Dreams (1992)/Supremacy (1994)/State of Mind (1997)/Manifestation of Fear (1998)

Enchant [US]

• Albums: Wounded (1996)/Time Lost (1997)/Break (1998)/Juggling 9 or Dropping 10 (2000)/Blink of an Eye (2002)/Tug of War (2003)
• Live albums: Live at Last (2004)
• Live DVD: Live at Last (2004)

Ephrat [Israel]

• Albums: No One's Words (2008)

Epica [The Netherlands]

• Albums: The Phantom Agony (2003)/Consign to Oblivion (2005)/The Divine Conspiracy (2007)/Design your Universe (2009)

• Compilation/live albums: The Score ~ An Epic Journey (2005)/The Classical Conspiracy (2009)

Equilibrio (Xystus) [The Netherlands]

• Albums: A Metal Opera (2008)

Everon [Germany]

• Albums: Flood (1995)/Venus (1997)/Fantasma (2000)/Flesh (2002)/Bridge (2002)/North (2008)

Exivious [The Netherlands]

• Albums: Exivious (2009)

Fates Warning [US]

• Albums: The Spectre Within (1985)/Awaken the Guardian (1986)/No Exit (1988)/Perfect Symmetry (1989/remaster: 2009)/Parallels (1991)/Inside Out (1994)/A Pleasant Shade of Grey (1997/remaster: 2009)/Disconnected (2000)/FWX (2004)

• Live albums: Still Life (1998)

Fish [UK]

Fjieri [Italy]
Foo Fighters [US]
Frank Klepacki [US]
Frameshift [US]
Frost* [UK]
Galleon [Sweden]
Gazpacho [Norway]
Genesis [UK]
Ghost Circus [The Netherlands/US]
Glass Tiger [Canada]
God is an Astronaut [Ireland]
Guns 'n Roses [US]
Haken [UK]
Harvest [Spain]
Heathen [US]
Hourglass [US]
Indukti [Poland]
IQ [UK]
Iron Maiden [UK]
Isildurs Bane [Sweden]
It Bites [UK]
John Arch (formally the vocalist of Fates Warning) [US]
John Petrucci [US]
John Wesley [UK]
Judas  Priest [UK]
K3 (Hungarian progmetal band, not the three Belgian ladies ) [Hungary]
Kaipa [Sweden]
Kamelot [US]
Karmakanic [Sweden]
Karnataka [UK]
Katatonia [Sweden]
Kate Bush [UK]
Keane [UK]
King Crimson [UK]
Kino [UK]
Knight Area [The Netherlands]
Koi [Iceland]
Korsair [Sweden]
Lacuna Coil [Italy]
Led Zeppelin [UK]
Lunatic Soul [Poland]
Magenta [UK]
Magma [France]
Magic Pie [Norway]
Mangrove [The Netherlands]
Marilliion [UK]
Massive Attack [US]
Mastodon [US]
Megadeth [US]
Meshuggah [Sweden]
Mind's Eye [Sweden]
Mindflowers [Hungary]
Mono [Japan]
Moongarden [Italy]
Moonrise [Poland]
Mostly Autumn [UK]
Mauldin of the Well [US]
Mullmuzzler [US]
Muse [UK]
Myrath [Tunisia]
Neal Morse [Mars]
Nine Inch Nails [US]
Nosound [Italy]
Obiymy Doschu [Ukraine]
Oceansize [UK]
Odyssice [The Netherlands]
Opeth [Sweden]
Orphaned Land [Israel]
Osada Vida [Poland]
Office of Strategic Influence (OSI) [US]
Pagans Mind [Norway]
Pain of Salvation [Sweden]
Pallas [UK]
Pathosray [Italy]
Pearl Jam [US]
Pendragon [UK]
Phenomena [US]
Phideaux [US]
Pink Floyd [UK]
Porcupine Tree [UK]
Presto Ballet [US]
Probot [US]
Prymary [US]
Pure Reason Revolution [UK]
Queensrÿche [US]
Quidam [Poland]
Radiohead [UK]
Rain [UK]
Redemption [US]
Rewiring Genesis (Nick D'Virgilio) [US]
Ritual [Sweden]
Riverside [Poland]
Robbie Williams [UK]
Robert Rich [US]
Roger Waters [UK]
Roine Stolt [Sweden]
Roswell Six [US]
RPWL [Germany]
Rush [Canada]
Saga [US]
Salem Hill [US]
Satellite [Poland]
Savatage [US]
Saybia [Denmark]
Scar Symmetry [Sweden]
Serenity [Austria]
Seven Day Hunt [The Netherlands]
Seventh Wonder [Sweden]
Shadow Gallery [US]
Sieges Even [Germany]
Silent Lapse [US]
Simple Minds [UK]
Soundgarden [US]
Spock's Beard [US]
Star One [The Netherlands]
Steve Hacket [UK]
Steve Thorne [UK]
Steve Vai [US]
Steven Wilson [UK]
Strangefish [UK]
Stream of Passion [The Netherlands/Mexico]
Sun Caged [The Netherlands]
Suspyre [US]
Sylvan [Germany]
Symphony X [US]
Textures [The Netherlands]
The Aurora Project [The Netherlands]
The Australian Pink Floyd Show (PF tribute band from ... eh Australia  ) [Australia]
The Beatles [UK]
The Devin Townsend Project [US]
The Dust Connection [The Netherlands]
The Flower Kings [Sweden]
The Gathering [The Netherlands]
The Mission [UK]
The Pineapple Thief [UK]
The Reasoning [UK]
The Sin Committee [The Netherlands]
The Tangent [UK/Sweden]
The Tea Party [US]
The Watch [Italy]
Therion [Sweden]
Threshold [UK]
Tiles [US]
Tomorrow's Eve [Germany]
Tool [US]
Transatlantic [US/UK/Sweden]
Trans-Siberian Orchestra [US]
U2 [Ireland]
Ulysses [The Netherlands]
Unexpect [US]
Unitopia [Australia]
Vanden Plas [Germany]
Vangelis [Greece]
Vangough [US]
Votum [Poland]
Voyager [Australia]
Wolverine [Sweden]
Zero Hour [US]

• Albums: The Tower Of Avarice (2001)/Metamorphosis (2003)/A Fragile Mind (2005)/Specs of Pictures Burned Beyond (2006)/Dark Deceiver (2008)

Quite a diverse list if I may add. 

I'm sure I have forgotten a few so I'll update the list later on.

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[maddox]

Just found out that i actually never mentioned what my favourites are, so...second chance:

In no particular order:

Dream Theater

*[a long list...]*

Symphony X

Bla, bla...etc

Obviously my list has to be updated with:

Sylvan.

This is a great band who recently made, as you probably all would know, a marvelous album called Posthumous Sillence. 

Edit: And i discovered just yet that i forgot to mention Lacuna Coil. 

[PH]

Dream Theater
Porcupine Tree
Arena
Ayreon (and all the other stuff of Arjen Lucassen)
Pendragon
Pallas
Opeth
U2
Coldplay
Saybia
Keane
Strangefish
Steve Thorne
Salem Hill
Marillion
Riverside
Enchant
Tiles
Kamelot
OSI
Pain Of Salvation
Genesis
Pink Floyd
Anathema
The Gathering
Spocks Beard
The Flower Kings
The Beatles (no, i'm not ashamed to mention it.  )
Fates Warning
IQ
Fish
Neal Morse
Shadow Gallery
Wolverine
Tool
Meshuggah
Galleon
Kate Bush (it's an old-crush-thingy )
Kino
Symphony X

But also a couple of dutch acts like:

Blof
Van Dik Hout
Rowwen Heze 

I don't know those.

But as far as I can see, a lot of good stuff on there!
Also a bunch of stuff I don't listen to like Coldplay, Steve Thorne, Tool, Meshuggah, etc etc.
Maybe you can tell some about them (but probably not here, I read somewhere that it's actually strictly forbidden to reply on a listening profile )

[maddox]

Since i recently bought the new Mind's Eye album, i'll have to update my list now.

so...

Mind's Eye. 

[maddox]

* edited post

[maddox]

Yesterday i got a copy of Cryptic vision's In A World. Nice music. Reminds me a bit of Echolyn and Salem Hill.

[Bupie]

Yesterday i got a copy of Cryptic vision's In A World. Nice music. Reminds me a bit of Echolyn and Salem Hill.

Have you already tried Kansas ? Because I know several Kansas fans who have recommended Salem Hill to me. And I read somewhere that Cryptic Vision has some similarities with Kansas too.

[maddox]

Have you already tried Kansas ? Because I know several Kansas fans who have recommended Salem Hill to me. And I read somewhere that Cryptic Vision has some similarities with Kansas too.

Yes i know Kansas. But Kansas doesn't know me. 

But seriously...the only track i like of them is the obvious, 'Dust In The Wind'. Not really my cup of tea actually. I discovered Salem Hill back in '98 when i bought the album 'The Robbery Of Murder' in Germany. Liked it from the beginning. Have to confess, i don't hear any similarities between either Salem Hill and Kansas or Cryptic Vision and Kansas.

[Bupie]

Yes i know Kansas. But Kansas doesn't know me. 

But seriously...the only track i like of them is the obvious, 'Dust In The Wind'. Not really my cup of tea actually. I discovered Salem Hill back in '98 when i bought the album 'The Robbery Of Murder' in Germany. Liked it from the beginning. Have to confess, i don't hear any similarities between either Salem Hill and Kansas or Cryptic Vision and Kansas.

OK, since I have never heard neither Salem Hill or Cryptic Vision, I do believe you. But I think, for instance, that some Dream Theater albums, like I&W or SDOIT, have many similarities with Kansas (blend of heavy and symphonic rock, changes of rythms, bombastic melodies). By the way, Dust in the Wind is not representative at all of Kansas' music. I find it to be a very average ballad, far below of what they have done before and since. If you have the opportunity to give a try to the Leftoverture album, maybe you'll change your mind. If this one doesn't grab you, it will mean that Kansas is really not your cup of tea ...

[maddox]

Added to my collection:

Seventh Wonder.

Bought Waiting In The Wings and it rocks. Very nice album. 

[maddox]

Some prisoner (  ) introduced me to a German band called Tomorrow's Eve. Ordered the album Mirror Of Creation II and i was stunned. A great mixture of Dream Theater, which i like a bit ( ) and Symphony X.
Have to order Mirror Of Creation I also.

Added to my list.  

[Assignment]

Nice list - Regardin´ Kansas - spend some time an check out the Kansas until the end of ´70 - You could start with the live CD "two for the show" - its really great to hear what these guy´s performed - I like it - Symphony X have also some influences from Kansas 

Please check out Ark - Burn the sun !!! Its really strange that this band is unknown to so many progressive fans because this record simply kicks ass in every way. Songs, performance, production. Everyone who checked that sound - loved it 

[Bupie]

Nice list - Regardin´ Kansas - spend some time an check out the Kansas until the end of ´70 - You could start with the live CD "two for the show" - its really great to hear what these guy´s performed - I like it - Symphony X have also some influences from Kansas 

I think that some Kansas songs are really prog metal (and amongst the best of it) : try Child of Innocence or Lightning's Hand, for instance.

[maddox]

Haven't received it yet but i can safely add Apple Pie to my list as well. 

[maddox]

Two bands who i'd like to add:

Magic Pie
Knight Area

Especially Knight Area is a bit strange. When ...The Sun Also Rises was released i liked it but not worshipped it. But since a month i really got addicted with it so it was only natural that i would buy the new album as well. 

[Nicky007]

Hope you're happy that I bumped you, Mad 

Just noticed you had Meshuggah on your LP. What dya make of'm ?

Nicky.

[maddox]

Hope you're happy that I bumped you, Mad 

How rude!   

Just noticed you had Meshuggah on your LP. What dya make of'm ?

Nicky.

I think they're good. 

[Appelmoes??]

How rude!   

Cool, a mcophie-ism!

[PH]

Cool, a mcophie-ism!

Hey! Keep those things for the Ayreon board!

By the way, Maddox, you are not very helpful are you?

-Paco

[maddox]

Cool, a mcophie-ism!

Funny thing is, when i wrote it down i thought 'hmm, that sounds familiar'. And now i know again.

I wonder how she's doing? 
I bet she's doing fine. 

Tell her i said hi. 

[maddox]

Okay, Nicky and PH.

You ask for it. 

Meshuggah is a bit rough. I think it's a bit too rough for PH and probably for you too.

It's a bit like Tool but more Thrashy.
The reason why i placed it in my profile is because Catch 22.
I think it's a marvellous album. The vocals are a bit like Max Cavellera of Soulfly/ex-Sepultura with a touch of James Hetfield (Softica ehm Mainstreamica ehm Metallica). 

I also have Chaosphere and Destroy-Erase-Improve but these albums are a lot more Thrashy then Catch 22. And less attractive to me to be honest. 

[Appelmoes??]

I wonder how she's doing? 
I bet she's doing fine. 

Tell her i said hi. 

Well, you can email her and ask her yourself She'll like that I think.

[maddox]

Well, you can email her and ask her yourself She'll like that I think.

Gee, why didn't i think of that??? 

[Nicky007]

Guys, I'm tired of all this prog stuff, and now my favorites are:

Britney Spears: Blackout
Madonna: Hard Candy
Backstreet Boys: Unbreakable
The Osmonds: Osmondmania
Heintje: Heidschi Bumbeidschi

-Mad

I'm gonna celebrate this by drinking all of your beers, Mad 

Nicky.

[maddox]

ROFLMAO