The Mountain is probably their best and it’s also pretty accessible.

Haha, he did mention that he hates musicals funnily enough

Sorceress feels a bit underrated. It feels like a creepy record from the 70s that you play at 4pm on a summer afternoon.

If you have 15 minutes, Graves from their album In Contact is probably my favourite song ever!

Only just getting into this album after hearing constant praise, wish I’d dived in sooner it’s so great!

I frothed over this song so much in high school. Changed the way I approached playing the drums, especially when Portnoy (usually over-the-top as we all know - in a good way!) comes in with a more simple, heavy beat during one of the breakdowns. Gotta be up there with DT’s best songs.

Nobody is saying that fish are moral agents that can empathise with other beings. That doesn’t man that they’re not moral subjects; the ability to understand that one is causing harm is not a prerequisite for the ability to suffer oneself. I think everyone knows this intuitively, but it does feel good to have our less moral habits be justified by memes that we would otherwise find to be illogical.

The Parallax II for me, although Colors II comes pretty close!

The boys never disappoint! Face-melting stuff.

My favourite from Fauna. Love that chorus, and how it’s different every time.

Saw these guys a few years ago. People went nuts for this song, one guy fell over with his glass of beer and it shattered everywhere. The floor became slippery so more people also slipped over with their glasses, making it even more slippery, and people would fall into glass shards. Anyway that’s how I ended up in a very bloody moshpit for this song haha.

I just have it synced up to spotify. I love crunching numbers so I don’t mind deleting the odd extra scrobble or reconnecting spotify when it disconnects (happens annoyingly often) so I can have as accurate stats as possible. It’s also really great for nostalgia. I’ve had it for six years now and it’s great to go back and see what the top albums were I was vibing to several summers ago and stuff like that.

Big fan of the 2017 version!

I find last.fm is second-to-none for finding personal recommendations. Beyond that, I like to keep up to date with all the top prog albums on RateYourMusic, SputnikMusic, Metalstorm, and Progarchives - I won’t love everything but it’s a good way to find newly released gems.