Possible sequel to the Real Emo copypasta? One can only hope…
there is no "prog metal" tag because its an oxymoron, there is nothing metal about being "Progressive", musically speaking.
Metal is about sounding ENERGETIC, POWERFUL and HATEFUL, "progressive" music is the aural equivalent of homework. You cant be metal while sitting on your ass trying to stuff five different math equations into a time signature.
Progressive "Metal" comes in fourflavours and none of them are real metal!
You have "Nu metal but the songs are 10 minutes long and written for virgins",
"boring progressive rock with an eunuch on vocals and the guitarists own distortion pedals" (Dream theatre fit here) ,
"we make music that intentionally sounds AI generated"
And the last one is "we rip off real metal bands but pretend to be above them and smarter by playing pointless interludes and throw random bullshit in between riffs because we're so quirky 🤪🤪🤪"
"Progressive metal" is for losers afraid of their true nature. METAL BELONGS TO MOSHERS AND CHADS, NOT SOYS THAT ARE AFRAID TO GO TO SHOWS AND CREATE SPREADSHEETS