| Prog Metal or Progressive Metal is another sub genre | | | | Tide that was one of the first bands to bring out |
| of metal music. Prog Metal has some features from | | | | some of these elements. Rush and King Crimson |
| rock and jazz that are mixed into metal music. | | | | started to experiment with their style of music and |
| Powerful singing and guitar riffs from metal are still | | | | start to become a more progressive metal type |
| the main features. Jazz and Classical music inspires a | | | | band. There was a start for progressive metal, but it |
| lot of progressive metal bands. These genres of | | | | needed someone to push it to the next level. There |
| music were known as the backbones of progressive | | | | were three bands that could do that. Queensryche, |
| metal. Progressive metal is a small metal genre, but | | | | Fates Warning and Dream Theater all had the same |
| with bands becoming more mainstream so will the | | | | type of expertise in metal music. Each of these |
| popularity of the music. | | | | bands brought something new to the table for |
| The Start of Progressive Metal | | | | progressive metal. Most of these bands had some |
| Back in the 1960's and 1970's in the beginning of | | | | rock influences and jazz that gave them a push to |
| Progressive metal. There was one band called High | | | | become something great. |