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Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Top five progressive bands

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Progressive music, an infinite art of forging new paths through the audio sound-scape. I love bands that truly break the barriers, and create challenging and beautiful music in the process. I apologise; many acts, pioneers of rock, metal, jazz, blues and classical will not be presented in this article, since I am going to focus on the modern movements which have touched me in a grand way. I will be exploring the dirty twists of Zu, the genius of Cynic, the cross-genre brilliance of Opeth, the static shockwave of Black Sheep Wall, and finally the mystical winds of Kayo Dot. I would strongly...

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