10 Wackiest Prog Metal Albums Ever

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By its nature, progressive metal – like progressive rock – is more eccentric than just about any other subgenre. With its over-the-top production, zany instrumentation, long runtimes and grand concepts, it’s frequently deemed too impenetrable and unusual by uninitiated listeners.”,”podInfo”:{“type”:”tag”,”name”:”p”,”attribs”:{“dangerouslySetInnerHTML”:{“__html”:”By its nature, progressive metal – like progressive rock – is more eccentric than just about any other subgenre. With its over-the-top production, zany instrumentation, long runtimes and grand concepts, it’s frequently deemed too impenetrable and unusual by uninitiated listeners.”}}}},”currentTextLength”:301,”runningCounter”:2,”cumulativePodTextLength”:361,”totalSimilarConsecutiveElements”:7,”totalTextLength”:1184},{“type”:”singlePostInArticleAd”,”data”:{}},{“type”:”singlePostText”,”data”:{“text”:”

So, a record must be really peculiar to exist on the fringes of what’s considered “normal” or “expected” within the prog metal sphere, right?”,”podInfo”:{“type”:”tag”,”name”:”p”,”attribs”:{“dangerouslySetInnerHTML”:{“__html”:”So, a record must be really peculiar to exist on the fringes of what’s considered “normal” or “expected” within the prog metal sphere, right?”}}}},”currentTextLength”:176,”runningCounter”:3,”cumulativePodTextLength”:537,”totalSimilarConsecutiveElements”:7,”totalTextLength”:1184},{“type”:”singlePostText”,”data”:{“text”:”