While true Dream Theatre is prog metal, it's also great evidence that prog rock was not an embarrassing dead end when you have amazing bands like Dream Theater, Animals as Leaders, Devin Townsend, and Between the Buried and Me as their new prog legacy.
I’ve been fortunate to see all of those bands, on the recent tour and years ago on a Prog Nation tour.
Animals I need to listen some more too, not something I can pick up on in a single pass. This isn’t uncommon. I think DT is actually really approachable, but even still it takes me several listens to find the groove of the album (in contrast to LTE which takes even more time). Animals is just flat a lot to absorb in one hit.
Townsend was super entertaining and has a remarkable voice. But much like Buried when I saw them years ago, I like the music but it’s hard for me to get past the dirty singing. Same with Opeth, at the same tour as Buried.
