RockCentral #8: Modern Progressive Metal

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Welcome to the eighth (and somewhat delayed) instalment of RockCentral. In the show this week, we play some of the best that modern progressive metal has to offer. From Ayreon to Mastodon, and from Haken to Dream Theater, this is some of the most experimental and heavy-edged music we have featured on this podcast so far.

The full track listing for this episode:

Day Sixteen: Loser - Ayreon
The Czar: Usurper / Escape / Martyr / Spiral - Mastodon
Honour Thy Father - Dream Theater
Of Mind - Nocturne - TesseracT
Cafo - Animals as Leaders
Problem, Reaction, Solution - Cog
Eidolon - Karnivool
Communion and the Oracle - Symphony X
Second Life Syndrome - Riverside
Pareidolia - Haken
Shutdown - OSI
Something for Nothing - Fates Warning
Isis and Osiris - Ayreon
Octavarium - Dream Theater

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29 Sep 2018 English South Africa Music

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