Just like that, post your 10 favourite single pieces of music. (lets say min. 15:00 of length, if you don't find 10, you can put shorter ones in aswell)
I just love those longer tracks that keep your attention up, tell some story and leave you with that "oh that didn't even feel close to half an hour" feeling.

my list (without any kind of sorting):

Rush - 2112
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Phideaux - Chupacabras
Emmerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
Van der Graaf Generator - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
Transatlantic - All of the Above
Liquid Tension Experiment - When the Water breaks
Disillusion - Back to times of Splendor
Dream Theater - A change of seasons
Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra

A few quicky ones, straight from the head

SYmphony X - Odyssey lasts 23 mins
Manowar - Achilles, Agony and Ecstasy - lasts about half an hour
Nevermore This Godless endeavour - long
Iced Earth - Damien
Helloween - Halloween

Hmm, good question. Most music I know of that is longer than 15mins starts turning into classical music and I only know a few names of pieces and even then it's only parts of it that are really my fave bits.



Just like these.. they both have epic bits, especially the ending sections.. but there's also a few places which aren't quite as awesome. Although, I really should listen to The Odyssey again, maybe I'm getting confused and it's all awesome...

In no particular order and the list changes pretty often:

Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto 3
UK - In the Dead of Night/By the Light of Day
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Britten - The Turn of the Screw
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Rush - Fountain of Lamneth
Genesis - Supper's Ready
Scott Walker - Tilt

You should stay more concentrated on the music itself , The Odyssey's far best progressive piece in general!!

BTW, i forgot the most evil epic tune ever

Mercyful Fate - Satan's Fall!!

hm gonna give Symphony X some more listens

talking about evil epic tunes, how about this one ?

Cool topic!
Here are few of my favourites:

Mastodon - Hearts Alive
Mastodon - The Last Baron
The Mars Volta - Tetragrammaton
Cathedral - The Garden
Metallica - Suicide & Redemption
Isis - Hand of the Host
Tool - Rosetta Stoned
Mono - Yearning

Ok here we go (in no particular order)

Mastodon - The Last Baron
Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
Dream Theater - In the Presence of Enemies (Pt1 & 2)
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Symphony X - The Odyssey
Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy
Opeth - Black Rose Immortal
Opeth - Deliverance
Opeth - Black Water Park
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

The first that come to mind are:



and this one that is a bit shorter...

Iron Maiden - The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner - 13 minutes

Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence - 45 minutes

Devil Doll - The Girl Who Was...Death - 66 minutes

Symphony X - The Odyssey - 23 minutes

Gorod - Transcendence - 15 minutes

Nightwish - Dark Passion Play - 13 minutes

Between The Buried And Me - Swim To The Moon - 17 minutes

Between The Buried And Me - White Walls - 14 minutes

Blind Guardian - And Then There Was Silence - 14 minutes

Iced Earth - The Gettysburg Trilogy - 30 minutes

Such amazing song!


man i can't think of 10 , so here's one that i am listening right now.




It really builds up pretty nicely, really like it, especially after the 6 min.

It's more of a softer epic, than that epic epic.

Hmm I don't know if I can come up with 10 of them but right off the top of my head would be these ,not necessarily in this order except for Rush at #1. Do Rock Operas/ Concept albums count?

Rush - 2112
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage (entire album/story)
Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do
Pink Floyd - The Wall

I am sure there are more that I can't think of at the moment

Whole albums are cheating !!





How could I forget these ? Both classic

Doh! My bad

Most tracks that are really long tend to lose my interest after a while, but there are a few that stick out.
In no particular order;

Dream Theater - The Count of Tuscany - 19 mins

Meshuggah - I - 21 mins

Manowar - Achilles, Agony and Ecstacy in Eight Parts - 28 mins

Crotchduster - Crotchopus - 14 mins (just 'cause it's the funniest thing I've ever heard)

The Devin Townsend Project - The Mighty Masturbator - 16 mins

Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner - 13 mins

Opeth - Blackwater Park - 12 mins

Heathen - No Stone Unturned - 11 mins

Yes - Close to the Edge - 18 mins

and of course,
Rush - 2112 - 20 mins

Edit: I also forgot about The End by The Doors, only lasts about 11 minutes but always been one of my favorites!

Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness.

An epic masterpiece!

You should check out the Devin Townsend track! It's actually a very complex piece of music, it just happens to have some pretty funny lyrics
As for the Crotchduster one, unless you're a fan of very immature humor and can't stand foul language it probably isn't for you, lol!

thanx for adding green carnation....I was thinking about adding it myself.
most of my other favorites are already mentioned

to add one:
keeper of the seven keys - helloween (the track)
or
disilluson - the sleep of restless hours

QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Oct 11 2012, 12:38 AM) Whole albums are cheating !!




Oh I just remembered one! Hows about Dazed and Confused - Led Zepp