I'm just curious about that since I can't think of any. For example, is there the Prog Metal version of the band Caravan that sing cute songs about happy things except with a malfunctioning jackhammer sound and someone screaming about it.
I'm just curious about that since I can't think of any. For example, is there the Prog Metal version of the band Caravan that sing cute songs about happy things except with a malfunctioning jackhammer sound and someone screaming about it.
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Not sure but any metal for me has to be evil
Isn't some Dream Theater in major keys?
Deafheaven. And particularly the album Ordinary Corrupt Human Love.
I think these lyrics are sublime: https://deafheavens.bandcamp.com/track/glint
And I happen to think these tracks are simply beautiful:
https://deafheavens.bandcamp.com/track/you-without-end
https://deafheavens.bandcamp.com/track/honeycomb
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As does Mörglbl
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I absolutely -love- this. Perhaps not exactly "happy", but entirely uplifting in tone etc.:
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
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I think some of Haken qualifies.
I want to dynamite your mind with love tonight.
Are you referring to lyrics? I think a lot of prog metal sounds happy, bright, and/or positive, but that is with respect to music.
I would guess "happy" would refer to anything in major keys? I'm not a hardcore Devin Townsend expert, however some of his stuff does wander into major key tonality at times.
DT - Metropolis Pt 1
"Love is the Dance of Eternity" (in D Maj)
Death inspires me like a dog inspires a rabbit
First, need to appreciate that high-energy (and often high-pitch) vocals in "metal" is not synonymous with yelling and screaming...Example? Well, notice in TV vocalist shows where Simon Cowell etc often rightfully say "it was yelly" to distinguish preferable performances from yelly ones. It's about vocal style and control.
First I thought the thread was looking for a progressive Happy Meal, I don't know much about that one either
Especially if you're willing stretch your definition of prog, can start with example happy (or positive) songs from metal bands and see if the song is prog enough. This whole topic is one where naming songs rather than bands or albums is perhaps the way to go. Is Van Halen's "Why can't this be love" an example, well it's up to the listener -- with the keyboards and a few other song elements, it's prog is someone's book out there maybe.
Don't know much about Flower Kings but in the late 90s weren't they said to be writing uplifting songs unlike some Swedish bands --- they might have a heavy song in their catalog maybe? No idea.
Here's one candidate song for "seeing if the song is prog enough" in one's own way, mentioned above. It certainly fulfills both the 'happy' and 'metal' criteria.
https://youtu.be/kTESmfBWCO0
I guess I'm not really talking about the operatic metal sounding stuff where it's like epics about Egypt or something. They're not really happy or angry or anything except epic sounding.
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Helloween! Lots of other Power Metal too, but Helloween is especially dopily happy.
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love is a desert island disc for me, so the vox are just fine for my ears That being said, on their last album they took a stab at tweaking their sound a bit and going with clean vocals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF70xjmMJ9I
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And if JP was honest about it, Happy Song might as well be a sequel / clone of Kindred Spirits by LTE... And Happy Song also appears to contain a reworked Metropolis Pt 1 riff in D Maj (same key as Metropolis Pt 1) noted earlier in thread ;-)
So yes - go to Petrucci for happy prog metal.
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Is Edenbridge prog enough to qualify?
Confirmed Bachelors: the dramedy hit of 1883...
Well if the thread is looking for novelty songs that fit the mentioned criteria,there's always this one that combines the song I'm Walking On Sunshine with the band Slayer
https://youtu.be/7MrMfoHejiw
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