Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet

**Scrotum Scissor** · 02-02-2015

Originally Posted by member

Riverside are absolutely awesome and have not made a bad album.
Millenium also fabulous
Satellite
Collage
Abraxas
Albion
Amaryllis
Quidam
Believe
Moon Rise
Strawberry Fields

go; enjoy.

Perhaps you should point out that practically ALL of these bands are essentially so-called "neo-prog" (metal quotient give or take) groups whose stylistic approach covers some 1/10 of what is usually considered as constituting progressive rock music today?

**Booba Kastorsky** · 02-02-2015

Originally Posted by Scrotum Scissor

Perhaps you should point out that practically ALL of these bands are essentially so-called "neo-prog" (metal quotient give or take) groups whose stylistic approach covers some 1/10 of what is usually considered as constituting progressive rock music today?

For instance, the hyped Riverside is a poor man's simplified mix of styles of Porcupine Tree and Opeth. Just my humble opinion.
Yes, Collage and Satellite are "so-called neo-prog", but IMHO each of them made an album that beats entire discographies of many hyped neo-prog heroes.

**Booba Kastorsky** · 02-02-2015

Originally Posted by 3LockBox

Agreed. Better only than The Incident.

Agreed as well. I thought I'm the only one with this opinion here!
The Incident is their most over-hyped, IMHO.
As of the subject, I quite liked it when it just came in. recently I listened to it again after a long break (I have DVD-A version of it), and I found it solid and well done, but lacking of deep. Besides, problems of 13-15 years old kids are a bit far away from me, 50+ years old geezer...

**3LockBox** · 02-02-2015

Originally Posted by Booba Kastorsky

Agreed as well. I thought I'm the only one with this opinion here!
The Incident is their most over-hyped, IMHO.
As of the subject, I quite liked it when it just came in. recently I listened to it again after a long break (I have DVD-A version of it), and I found it solid and well done, but lacking of deep. Besides, problems of 13-15 years old kids are a bit far away from me, 50+ years old geezer...

I can actually appreciate Wilson's cautionary tale about children's societal disengagement being directed at parents, but my problem with FoaBP is that this is when I sensed the sameness creeping into his music from song to song (which seems to carry over into his solo stuff as well). The whole album is a blur to me with no one song sticking out in my mind. This, when other PT albums before it have such diversity from track to track and individual songs that stuck with me beyond listening sessions. Not saying Steven's solo albums haven't their moments but they haven't been as satisfying to me as the last really great PT album, In Absentia. I rate Deadwing higher than any of Wilson's solo stuff.

**Scrotum Scissor** · 02-03-2015

Originally Posted by Booba Kastorsky

For instance, the hyped Riverside is a poor man's simplified mix of styles of Porcupine Tree and Opeth. Just my humble opinion.
Yes, Collage and Satellite are "so-called neo-prog", but IMHO each of them made an album that beats entire discographies of many hyped neo-prog heroes.

Never liked Riverside (or their obvious followers, like Dianoya), but I agree that Satellite did some fine stuff. As did Abraxas and Lizard, for instance. The debut Quidam is sweet, but in the end a bit too cheesily pompous and long-winded for my tastes.

Better progressive rock music from Poland, for me, would be Indukti, Gargantua and Tatvamasi. No dorky Porky-wannabe tendencies in sight, luckily.

**member** · 02-03-2015

Originally Posted by Scrotum Scissor

Perhaps you should point out that practically ALL of these bands are essentially so-called "neo-prog" (metal quotient give or take) groups whose stylistic approach covers some 1/10 of what is usually considered as constituting progressive rock music today?

I don't bother with labels, they all sound mighty fine to my ears.

**member** · 02-03-2015

Originally Posted by Booba Kastorsky

For instance, the hyped Riverside is a poor man's simplified mix of styles of Porcupine Tree and Opeth. Just my humble opinion.
Yes, Collage and Satellite are "so-called neo-prog", but IMHO each of them made an album that beats entire discographies of many hyped neo-prog heroes.

Riverside are truly excellent as far as my taste goes.
Anno Domini High Definition is one of the most exciting albums I own.

**Scrotum Scissor** · 02-03-2015

Originally Posted by member

I don't bother with labels

Neither do I, but this wasn't about the label itself (hence the quotation marks) - it concerned the fact that all of the names you mentioned belong to one single sound/approach/idiom, give or take.