so I have to say Images And Words or Metropolis Pt. 2. Both of those just set new standards for prog metal. What about you all? 
| Mercenarion says : The Ocean's Precambrian is my all-time favourite Progressive Metal album. When a band uses orchestras, odd instruments and irregular song Structures can make it seem like the band performing which is pretentious. Whatever happened in the making of this album made it all of those added together, without being pretentious. The composition is flawless, the variety of vocals makes everything interesting, the metallic part ranges from Intense and sludgy to calm, prog rock-esque and all of the additional instruments (orchestras included) are structured into the original music. This final point it a major one; bands like Fleshgod Apocalypse just layer the symphonic stuff above their music, making it sound cheesy and annoying. The orchestra/other instruments in this are varied, playing when necessary and not acting as a an irritating background. One last point: the lyrics are amazing. EDIT: Okay, the album isn't pretentious, but my description sounds pretentious. |
but I love what I hear. This is quite an album. 
