I have Ne Oblvisicaris, Haken, and Tesseract from this list. And recently discovered Temic, so would have Terror Management Theory in my honorable mentions to be sure. I think a glaring omission here is Scar Symmetry "The Singularity Phase II". And also "I am the Storm" by Redemption. Finally.....depending on subjective genre qualifications....Angra's "Cycles of Pain" is a tremendous album.
Lovely channel, I am watching all your videos from start to finish! Did you check out the Medieval Death LP + DVD and the Mordicus “Rights ‘n Trials” LP! What is your opinion on these two 2023 releases?
Thank you for the kind words. These two records did not come our way. You're welcome to review them retrospectively for our website if you think they are essential albums. Email kirkhoughton11@gmail.com if you're interested.
Agree....I would say VERY good to almost great. Friend or Foe has that cool 80's vibe that just takes me back to that Era. But again...the subjectivity of prog rock vs prog metal. They have metallic elements, but lean more toward rock. Id.Entity would be in my top 10 best albums of 2023 regardless of genre specificity.
Im really surprised there's no Mention of a lot of Prog albums I personally have on my top 10. Althogh admmitedly, most of them are not TRUE Prog, I think Prog often finds itself shinning the most when it is just an ingredient nowadays Worm/Dream Unending - Starpath Krallice - Porous Resonance Abyss TDK - Nemesta Fleshvessel - Yearning: Promethean Fates Sealed King Gizzard has 2 really good albums this year with heavy prog infusions Afterbirth - In but nof Of (More avant-Garde than Prog admitedly) Ok Goodnight - The Fox and the Bird Lampr3a - Esnse Void Ceremony - Threads of Unknowing These are the prog albums I gave an 8 or more this tear in no particular order. There were some surprises, a few of these are Debut or Sophomore albums, and I personally found them way more interesting and/or entertaining than all the traditional prog albums.
Surprised by the number one Dawn of Ouroboros..Doesnt sound prog metal at all. More extreme metal or black metal. That voice is really difficult to listen to for any amount of time.
I can see what you mean. But this album is too luscious for black metal, and the guitarists play some drop-tuned prog riffs among the maelstrom of noise.
I have Ne Oblvisicaris, Haken, and Tesseract from this list. And recently discovered Temic, so would have Terror Management Theory in my honorable mentions to be sure.
I think a glaring omission here is Scar Symmetry "The Singularity Phase II". And also "I am the Storm" by Redemption. Finally.....depending on subjective genre qualifications....Angra's "Cycles of Pain" is a tremendous album.
Good point about Angra. We considered it for this list.
No mention of The Enigma Division 😏✨ Not even an honourable mention! 😮💨
I reccomend the album Opus and Nospun, really solid even though it is heavily inspired by Haken
Lovely channel, I am watching all your videos from start to finish! Did you check out the Medieval Death LP + DVD and the Mordicus “Rights ‘n Trials” LP! What is your opinion on these two 2023 releases?
Thank you for the kind words. These two records did not come our way. You're welcome to review them retrospectively for our website if you think they are essential albums. Email kirkhoughton11@gmail.com if you're interested.
So let it be written, so let it be done.... @@screamblastrepeat1559
Omnerod - The Amensal Rise, Alkaloid - Numen, Periphery V for me, in that order.
Periphery V was the album we were most excited about for 2023. Unfortunately, it fell just short of their usual high standards.
Tesseract!! 🔥🔥 best album this year!
I'll be sure to check out Black Orchid Empire and Urne. Thanks!
You'll probably like the Temic record if you enjoyed Tesseract's latest masterpiece.
what's the song in the intro?
The song is called 'Beg to Differ' by the New York thrash band, Prong. They released it in 1990 on their major label debut of the same name.
Riverside - Id.Entity is also good album
Agree....I would say VERY good to almost great. Friend or Foe has that cool 80's vibe that just takes me back to that Era. But again...the subjectivity of prog rock vs prog metal. They have metallic elements, but lean more toward rock. Id.Entity would be in my top 10 best albums of 2023 regardless of genre specificity.
Im really surprised there's no Mention of a lot of Prog albums I personally have on my top 10.
Althogh admmitedly, most of them are not TRUE Prog, I think Prog often finds itself shinning the most when it is just an ingredient nowadays
Worm/Dream Unending - Starpath
Krallice - Porous Resonance Abyss
TDK - Nemesta
Fleshvessel - Yearning: Promethean Fates Sealed
King Gizzard has 2 really good albums this year with heavy prog infusions
Afterbirth - In but nof Of (More avant-Garde than Prog admitedly)
Ok Goodnight - The Fox and the Bird
Lampr3a - Esnse
Void Ceremony - Threads of Unknowing
These are the prog albums I gave an 8 or more this tear in no particular order. There were some surprises, a few of these are Debut or Sophomore albums, and I personally found them way more interesting and/or entertaining than all the traditional prog albums.
For which publication do you write? Your knowledge would be an asset to Scream Blast Repeat if you fancy reviewing albums for us.
@@screamblastrepeat1559 I'd Love to try honestly, even tho I've never professionally reviewed any albums before, it is something I like doing.
Excellent. Email kirkhoughton11@gmail.com if you want to review a record in January for Scream Blast Repeat. @@dysthymiabearer
Urne is so good!!!! It is like Opeth+Mastodon+Gojira. I strongly recommend it. You can even feel Dream Theater from them.
Yes, Urne won our album of the year for 2021. www.screamblastrepeat.com/sbr-top-50-albums-of-2021/
Nospun Opus is left off as usual 😢
Surprised by the number one Dawn of Ouroboros..Doesnt sound prog metal at all. More extreme metal or black metal. That voice is really difficult to listen to for any amount of time.
I can see what you mean. But this album is too luscious for black metal, and the guitarists play some drop-tuned prog riffs among the maelstrom of noise.