![]() ![]() ![]() Source // Another release from 1988 and a landmark concept album from a band who epitomised ‘progressive’ in the 1980’s. If released today, Transcendence‘s classic metal stylings and adventurous compositions would still turn heads, its ability to stretch minds and bang heads proving as formidable as ever! Queensrÿche – Operation: Mindcrime (1988) “In Dark Places”, the album highlight, is a progressive metal updating of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” and “Burning Bridges” takes the slow burn approach to epic balladry consummate musicianship backed up by vocalist Midnight’s powerful, classic metal delivery. Well, it’s true, Transcendence often smacks of straight-up American heavy metal but its progressive nature subtly reveals itself, the band enhancing progressive metal’s standing via lyrical concepts and rapid-fire tempo changes. So far, not so progressive we hear you cry! Discography Studio Album Styles Album NameĮach style is be given a score ranging between 1: Minor, 2: Average, and 3:Major - where minor means little focus is given to that style on the album, to major, where the majority of the songs are in that style.Approaching progressive metal from a fast-paced, power metal angle, Crimson Glory‘s seminal second album is a full-on metal assault with it’s opening two tracks, Lady In Winter and Red Sharks, providing a welcome kick to the nuts. The following is a table trying to describe each album according to this mix. Here I've tried to map each album to the four styles. Each album has a good mix of each of the four styles, but there are some which feature more prominently than others. The four most prominent ones are: Metal, Progressive Rock, Melodic Rock and Pop rock. Dream Theater is well known for being a mix of several distinct "styles". ![]()
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