Ten Underrated Prog Albums!

[@orpheusstudio]

Sage words indeed! 😉

[@RhymeSignatures]

The man the myth the legend himself! Ladies and gentlemen... Richard Caaaaaaaampbell!!

[@StephaneGallay]

By the way, thanks for suggesting Cheeto's Magazine. Got Amazingous and it is indeed Amazingous!

[@RhymeSignatures]

Hell yeah!! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@christianvoller5275]

checked out Cheeto's Magazine and WOWWWWWWW, what an awesome album thank you

[@RhymeSignatures]

Ain't it awesome??

[@christianvoller5275]

@@RhymeSignatures it is truly awesome. I also checked out Kyros too. Equally amazing. I actually did a bit of digging on them and it turns out that they spawned from the same University as me 🤣 small world

[@RhymeSignatures]

@@christianvoller5275 that's amazing!! The only musical claim to fame I have, is that Jedward went to the same school as me... 🤣🤣 If you aren't aware of them, I apologise in advance to your eardrums 😭

[@TheStrangerBand]

Well gosh! What a lovely surprise this was. Thank you so much for the kind words! We're so thrilled that people out there have enjoyed what we do. Hopefully the next album (nearly finished) can measure up. Stay classy my friend

[@RhymeSignatures]

You are eternally welcome my dudes!! I am now of course unreasonably hyped for your next album, and will be feverishly checking the internet every couple of days for updates 👀👀👀

[@Mtta512]

Some of my favorite albums of all time are widely underrated or even disliked ones by more well-known prog bands. Some examples: Invisible Touch - Genesis Talk - Yes Falling Into Infinity - Dream Theater Sorceress - Opeth Vector - Haken Pitfalls - Leprous I realize I’m slightly insane lol! These aren’t necessarily my favorite by each band, but for whatever reason I love prog bands writing poppier music apparently.

[@RhymeSignatures]

Falling Into Infinity represent!! One of my favourite DT albums!

[@bryanwaller8681]

I appreciate the choices, and as for underrated in my thoughts, is Junxion. I love their 2019 EP Stories of the Revolution. It's 3/4s epics. I enjoy the tracks Polyalphabetical Substitution Cipher and Compulsion to Psychogenesis. It's Prog rock, but I enjoyed it even though I never had the chance to listen to Epiphany or the bonus track - Breaking Waves

[@RhymeSignatures]

Oooh, I'm not familiar with that! Definitely gonna check into it :)

[@bryanwaller8681]

@RhymeSignatures Those two tracks I listened to are the ones that have been or still are on my main playlist. It's best on good headphones as they're so niche. Plus, Compulsion has a buildup. I would love for a reply after you listen to this to see and compare thoughts.

[@YanniBG]

Oh damn! I believe it's the first time I see someone talking about Explorers' Club! Man I love this album, not so much the second one.

[@RhymeSignatures]

Hooray!! I'm not the only one haha! Yeah, second album wasn't quite there, but man oh man what a record they first came out with!

[@YanniBG]

@@RhymeSignatures Those Gardner brothers were so productive back then. Can't say I love most of their work with Magellan, but Explorers Club is on another level! Yeah, I'll be listening to it in the car on my way to work :)

[@like_ross9502]

I just listened to Kaleidoscope, it was very good, thanks for the recommendations... I'll check out the others I haven't heard. Tall Poppy Syndrome is definitely underrated/under discussed. Their first two albums sound like a different band, one that I prefer even though I do enjoy the albums afterwards. I have TPS just behind Bilateral... Seeing Leprous fans list TPS towards the bottom is criminal.

[@RhymeSignatures]

Yeah, any time I see TPS hanging low in rankings, I have to wonder what on earth is going on?? There's so many bangers on that album! Glad you enjoyed Kaleidoscope! I hope you find a few others out of this video too :)

[@Dimitar_Tsanev]

There's a Bulgarian band called TDK whose last 2 albums you can check out. 2019's 'Uspeh' ('success' in English) and 2023's 'Nemesta' ('non-places' in English). Uspeh is more accessible but very, very interesting nonetheless. Nemesta however, is really out there and experimental in comparison.

[@RhymeSignatures]

Consider me intrigued!

[@arnaudb.7669]

Age of Impact is great, like a forgotten Magellan album. Trent Gardner realised another fantastic album with James Labrie and guest called Leonardo- The Absolute Man. It's an amazing rock opera.

[@RhymeSignatures]

Rock opera you say? You've sold me!!

[@arnaudb.7669]

@@RhymeSignatures you'll love it!!!

[@StephaneGallay]

If you liked Explorer's Club, try Magellan, it sounds fairly similar (it's mostly the same creative team); I especially recommend "Impending Ascension" (1994).

[@RhymeSignatures]

Anything that carries a similarity to Explorer's Club has my interest! Appreciate the heads up on that!

[@baaltroth1957]

The Stranger is absolutely amazing. An album I absolutely love that I feel doesn't get discussed enough is Human by Darkwater.

[@RhymeSignatures]

Oooh I'll check that out! I'm always up for listening to the underdogs :)

[@baaltroth1957]

@@RhymeSignatures listen to it yet??

[@RhymeSignatures]

@@baaltroth1957 not yet I'm afraid! My plate is pretty full, but it's on a queue!

[@CocoonMasterBrendan]

So glad to see Room V on here! Shadow Gallery are so unfairly overlooked, and Mike was an incredible vocalist 🤘

[@RhymeSignatures]

Room V blew my mind when I first heard it in the mid 2000s! I've never fallen out of love with it

[@TheRavenEffect]

Best EP that came out in 2023 was from a Greek post rock band called Sidus. The Seimos EP is amazing, especially Stage III. No one online has listened to it apart from me it seems. I champion this to all my prog friends!

[@RhymeSignatures]

High praise! I look forward to listening to it!

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

that's actually the only Leprous album I own a physical copy of, but I don't recall ever listening to it, lol. I found it for cheap used several years ago at Half Price Book I think. Shadow Gallery are always worth talking about, and Miker Baker was really unique.

[@RhymeSignatures]

You've got gold just waiting to be listened to!!

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

@@RhymeSignatures maybe..sadly I like some of Coal, but most Leprous I struggle with. They're hardly as derivative as many "Prog Metal" bands over the last 20 years, but I wish I could say their music has ever really excited me. Perhaps the 1 I bought could though.

[@JohnnyRecently]

Afasia - Nelle Vesti Del Mio Ego gets my vote for an underrated Prog Album. An Italian Dream Theater with a hydra-headed metaphor...on several levels, from physics to Greek mythology. I've heard five of your choices. I liked all five. I own three.

[@RhymeSignatures]

That description has piqued my interest! Putting that on the listen later list!

[@wheelsofmercury]

I’m a huge Leprous fan and I got into them right before Coal came out. My two personal favourite albums from them are Bilateral and Malina, but I have not listened to Tall Poppy Syndrome in quite a long time.

[@RhymeSignatures]

It's well worth another shot!! There's nothing else quite like it in their discography, if it weren't for how distinctive Einar's voice is, you could be easily convinced it's a different band entirely

[@wheelsofmercury]

@@RhymeSignatures for sure! And I think the death growls were actually done by the backing guitarist who had left the band shortly after. I could be wrong on that; don’t quote me!

[@orpheusstudio]

Sage words indeed! 😉