Since King Crimson, Deep Purple, Return to Forever or Gentle Giant, there have been a lot of evolution. Listen now. The new Progressive Metal, and all the fusion stuff today, they're so many, certainly unexpected, but there's something that bothers me… everything is alike.
In 70's, everything was unique, everything was deep, personal, magical.
I'm not really complaining about the actual times, but I'm certainly annoyed to listen a band and saying: "I've listened to this before", but no, it's another prog-power-metal band. And I recognize, they're pretty good, to achieve such skill takes…