# Decline of the 'concept album' as an art form

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**Created:** [January 30, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decline-of-the-concept-album-as-an-art-form/778592 "2017-01-30T16:01:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decline-of-the-concept-album-as-an-art-form/778592/20 "2017-01-31T08:21:11Z")

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> [@Mister\_Rik](#):
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> The concept album is alive and well in symphonic metal.

In many sub-genres of metal, actually.

> [@Penfeather](#):
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> The Sword had a very 70s-sounding hard rock SF concept album with [_Warp Riders_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApA3Z5KfOPo&list=PL2E2D77AA3559D6D4) in 2010, and it’s fucking epic.

Aye, that was one of the metal albums I’d’ve mentioned too. With the execrable exception of Night City it’s a fantastic album; I reviewed it on my blog back then.

Mastodon’s _Leviathon_, _Blood Mountain_ and _Crack The Skye_ are all concept albums.

Coheed & Cambria pretty much only exists to tell about The Amory Wars.

Opeth’s _Still Life_ is excellent but for me their best is the _Damnation_ half of their double album concept with _Deliverance_. Love that ddamn album.

Texas headbangers Upon A Burning Body released a couple of awesome concept albums a few years back, one based on Pacino movies and another based on Robert Rodriguez’s movies.

There’s loads of concept albums still being made.

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