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As Frank Zappa said: "most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read." Extremely true, if you ask me. However, I'll try my best in this little journal role. Of course, there are thousands upon thousands of music genres. Nevertheless, only a few can boast and entail a sheer bombastic splendour without simultaneously losing any edge of intellectual honesty and rigor. Definitely, progressive metal is one of those. From wiki: " Progressive metal (sometimes known as prog metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal, which blends the powerful, guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, diverse philosophical lyrics and intricate instrumental playing of progressive rock. Many progressive metal bands are also influenced by jazz fusion and classical music. Like progressive rock songs, progressive metal songs are typically much longer".

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When rating prog albums I try to do so in a historical context, that is how an album compares against the entire body of Prog. This means that the best album for any given year, which most people would rate with top marks may not receive the same rating in my charts as only the best albums of all time should get the highest ratings... This chart does not include compilations or live albums.

My Ratings:
Note: I vote on a bell curve, anything above 6 is really good, anything much below 4 really isn't :D
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7082504/bellcurve.jpg
1. (=) Areknamés - Love Hate Round Trip (2006) - 7.37
2. (=) Simon Says - Tardigrade (2008) - 7.32
3. (=) Frost* - Milliontown (2006) - 7.21
4. (=) Wobbler - Hinterland (2005) - 7.18
5. (=) IQ - Dark Matter (2004) - 7.13
6. (=) Magenta - Metamorphosis (2008) - 7.00
7. (=) Various - The Spaghetti Epic 3: The Great Silence (2008) - 6.99
8. (=) Syrinx - Qualia (2008) - 6.83
9. (=) Peter Pan - Days (2007) - 6.82
10. (=) Naikaku - Shell (2006) - 6.78
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