Beschreibung
Beginning with the hudely influential mid-1970s efforts of progressive rock acts Rush and King Crimson, Jeff Wagner unfurls a vast, colourful tapestry of sounds and styles, from the 'Big Three' of 1980s progressive metal to the extreme prog pioneers Voivod, Watchtower, Celtic Frost and others. Revered former Metal Maniacs editor Jeff Wagner analyzes the heady side of metal in this exhaustive narrative history of a relentlessly ambitious musical subculture. Beginning with the hugely influential mid-1970s efforts of Rush and King Crimson, Wagner unfurls a huge tapestry of sounds and styles, including Queensryche, Fates Warning, and Dream Theater; extreme prog pioneers Voivod and Celtic Frost; Norway's post-black metal avant garde acts Ulver and Arcturus; and the 1990s global movement that spawned Ayreon, Pain of Salvation, and others. Fighting a tide of tradition and conservatism, progressive metal has proven to be one of the most viable, malleable forms in all of modern music; here its preeminent scholar tells the tale.