The Challenge August 2013

Renesongs

The topic for August is Progressive Metal.
The usual rules apply. Entries to be PM ed to me before Monday 26/08/2013. If you don't know what Progressive Metal is here's a few examples from Mixerboy:

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evolucian

So its 1 minute right?

deefstes

Thank goodness! For a change I won't feel guilty for not submitting an entry. ?

Mixerboy

deefstes wrote: Thank goodness! For a change I won't feel guilty for not submitting an entry. ?

Don't you have any "brutalz" in you?

Heath

don't think my tele's are geared towards metal

jt

I can't play metal to save my life. eish.

AlanRatcliffe

Listening to the samples, it's not complex though - just fast and heavy. It's not Dream Theatre. Ideal one to push yourself, enter as beginner and learn something in the process.

Squonk

it's not the guitar parts that scare me in this challenge, it's the drums :-[

evolucian

No one has corrected me on the 1 minute. Anyone who knows prog... one minute is 1/4 of an intro, pffft.

Miracles have happened with far less apparently... two fish and five loaves... or some such nonsense.

deefstes

evolucian wrote: No one has corrected me on the 1 minute. Anyone who knows prog... one minute is 1/4 of an intro, pffft.

Miracles have happened with far less apparently... two fish and five loaves... or some such nonsense.

The time limit has been extended to 2 minutes some months ago already. The rules (http://www.guitarforum.co.za/monthly-competition/weekly-competition-rules-and-info/) has been updated accordingly also. So you can at least squeeze in 1/2 of an intro it seems ?

evolucian

deefstes wrote: The time limit has been extended to 2 minutes some months ago already. The rules (http://www.guitarforum.co.za/monthly-competition/weekly-competition-rules-and-info/) has been updated accordingly also. So you can at least squeeze in 1/2 of an intro it seems ?

Oh ok, cool. I thought it had to be requested in the challenge. All good, thanks man. And come on dude... you can enter. All of you can enter... prog is just some other type of stuff you play to fill the space... donbescared

Hammeron

While a lot of modern Metal bands have progressive ellements to there music, I would hardly consider Arch Enemy Progressive metal, more like Melodic Death....

deefstes

LOL. Typical arguments about the true definitions of metal subgenres to follow in 3... 2... 1...

If I may quote X-Rated Bob's post from the previous metal challenge:

X-rated Bob wrote: Ooohhh.... I can see all kinds of protests and disputes along the lines of
"That's not metal"
"Is so!"
"Even Lars wouldn't play THAT!"
"It IS metal"
"Well... hair metal, so it doesn't count"
etc
etc

... and his prediction took about 5 pages to come to pass. Let's see now ?

G-Man

I have 4 half finished entries from previous months, lets see if I can muster up enough creativity for this one to complete it for a change.

Hammeron

Allright, I've got one for this one. Whether it's progressive or not, you be the judge.

warrenpridgeon

mmm...

I am on leave next week... I am supposed to be sleeping all day to recover from overworking myself...lol...
I will do SOMETHING for this... the quality will prob be less than ideal... but hey... I will make do with what I have.
This will teach me something at least ?

warrenpridgeon

So...I've been doing some googling around progressive metal... it seems like it means "different"...lol... basically?!

I have seen mention of 26 min songs... different time signatures... odd instruments... vocals including choirs...etc...

RudivwDarkLord

OMG!!! Now we are in my domain ?. Muhuhahahaha!!!! Very keen to see the other entries \m/

Good luck to you all ?

Hammeron

warrenpridgeon wrote: So...I've been doing some googling around progressive metal... it seems like it means "different"...lol... basically?!

I have seen mention of 26 min songs... different time signatures... odd instruments... vocals including choirs...etc...

Mmmm to progress from the norm and be 'different'.
Then one of the best examples of Progressive Metal today must certainly be Celtic and Nordic folk Metal.
Bands like Korpiklaani, Sotuhatuu., Eluvietie, Ensiferum, Tyr, Turisas and the likes.
Having their basis in Thrash, Death and Speed Metal but introducing a whole range of odd instrumentation such as the Lute, Bagpipes, Harp, Hurdy Gurdy and Piano Accordion and in this way progressing from the norm.
And what is really cool is that these instruments often bring the female ellement with them which I dig.
Having Irish and Welsh blood in me often brings out a Celtic feel in my playing and as a result I have always been fond of this Genre.
However, being a progressively different guitarist is yet another story perhaps.

warrenpridgeon

Hammeron wrote:
warrenpridgeon wrote: So...I've been doing some googling around progressive metal... it seems like it means "different"...lol... basically?!

I have seen mention of 26 min songs... different time signatures... odd instruments... vocals including choirs...etc...
Mmmm to progress from the norm and be 'different'.
Then one of the best examples of Progressive Metal today must certainly be Celtic and Nordic folk Metal.
Bands like Korpiklaani, Sotuhatuu., Eluvietie, Ensiferum, Tyr, Turisas and the likes.
Having their basis in Thrash, Death and Speed Metal but introducing a whole range of odd instrumentation such as the Lute, Bagpipes, Harp, Hurdy Gurdy and Piano Accordion and in this way progressing from the norm.
And what is really cool is that these instruments often bring the female ellement with them which I dig.
Having Irish and Welsh blood in me often brings out a Celtic feel in my playing and as a result I have always been fond of this Genre.
However, being a progressively different guitarist is yet another story perhaps.

I played the melody to a Celine Dion song in church one night instead of the correct riff for a song our worship team wrote... does that make me progressive? lol