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'Ello!
I'm looking for something lighter, more relaxing albums, preferably some prog rock (instrumental is a +).

Any ideas?

Relaxing prog rock... tough one

EDIT: Devin Townsend Project - Ki

Well, I personally like Enchant.

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Whether or not it relaxes you is your own god damn problem

I gotta go with the last SADE album is genius is so cool and relaxing, check it out, SADE/SOLDIER OF LOVE

Progressive? Try Dream Theater, Circus Maximus, or Porcupine Tree (this last one beign the lightest of the 3)

keep the flame alive is a good lighter song

icecab21 wrote:keep the flame alive is a good lighter song

That was a smokin' line.
You, my friend, are on fire.

* Dream Theater's Another Day
* Circus Maximus' Zero
* Porcupine Tree's Meantime

Here's a sneak peak of a proggy type of the track "Even" from my old friend David Carter, former guitarist with Wyzards and Glass Hammer.

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Ah, thanks for the ideas! They were all useful, but I'm mostly looking for full albums of the same lighter, proggy style (Ayreon's Universal Migrator I is a great example).

Balu wrote:Ah, thanks for the ideas! They were all useful, but I'm mostly looking for full albums of the same lighter, proggy style (Ayreon's Universal Migrator I is a great example).

Then something from early Rush would help . But I have to tell you, it's hard to find a whole prog light album

Pink Floyd-wish you were here
Devin Townsend-Ocean machine (ki was taken already)
old porcupine tree is good and relaxing
Katatonia discouraged ones (not really prog)
Flower Kings are good prog
Spocks Beard fits the description, but I'm not a big fan
Falkenbach- (not really prog, but relaxing)
Liquid Tension Experiment
Spheric Universe experience-Mental Torments (the later albums lose the relaxing part and are heavier)
Timo Tolkki-Hymn to life (I love like three or four of the songs on the album, the rest are shit)
Queensryche-Empire is good too
Opeth-damnation


I don't know how proggy or how relaxing you're looking for, if you think jazzy is relaxing, then also check out planet x feat tony macalpine. Sometimes the assault of droning noise present in black metal is relaxing for some reason.

warrencurrymetal wrote:Pink Floyd-wish you were here
Devin Townsend-Ocean machine (ki was taken already)
old porcupine tree is good and relaxing
Katatonia discouraged ones (not really prog)
Flower Kings are good prog
Spocks Beard fits the description, but I'm not a big fan
Falkenbach- (not really prog, but relaxing)
Liquid Tension Experiment
Spheric Universe experience-Mental Torments (the later albums lose the relaxing part and are heavier)
Timo Tolkki-Hymn to life (I love like three or four of the songs on the album, the rest are shit)
Queensryche-Empire is good too
Opeth-damnation


I don't know how proggy or how relaxing you're looking for, if you think jazzy is relaxing, then also check out planet x feat tony macalpine. Sometimes the assault of droning noise present in black metal is relaxing for some reason.

Ah, that's a lot of suggestions. I'm mainly looking for proggy stuff, but jazzy is fine too if I'm in the mood for it. And thanks for the suggestions! : >

This is a live clip of some old friends of mine, the symphonic prog band "Glass Hammer" performing live at Belmont Univ. in Nashville several years ago.

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miditek wrote:This is a live clip of some old friends of mine, the symphonic prog band "Glass Hammer" performing live at Belmont Univ. in Nashville several years ago.

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Wow! I really like it!

rikkertje wrote:

miditek wrote:This is a live clip of some old friends of mine, the symphonic prog band "Glass Hammer" performing live at Belmont Univ. in Nashville several years ago.

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Wow! I really like it!

+1

ggonza43 wrote:

rikkertje wrote:

miditek wrote:This is a live clip of some old friends of mine, the symphonic prog band "Glass Hammer" performing live at Belmont Univ. in Nashville several years ago.

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Wow! I really like it!

+1

Glad that you guys liked them- am old friends with them since I was a teenager- when they were a prog-metal band called "Wyzards"!

Also, some nice light instrumental is Rush's YYZ

Ah, thanks for the replies again.

Miditek: That clip is awesome, I'm checking out their other stuff too.