Prototype
Prototype are a progressive and thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1994 by vocalist and guitarist Vince Levalois and guitarist Kragen Lum. Over three studio albums, the band evolved from a progressive metal foundation toward increasingly aggressive thrash-inflected territory on their third record Catalyst, and several of their tracks appeared in the Guitar Hero III and Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam video game soundtracks.
Prototype Shows
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Prototype Discography
6 tracks
- 1 Transcendent Velocity (Demo) 3:31
- 2 Mind in Motion (Demo) 4:50
- 3 Synthespian (Demo) 3:47
- 4 Shine (Demo) 5:06
- 5 Seed (Demo) 4:40
- 6 Dead of Jericho (Demo) 6:56
12 tracks
- 1 Live A Lie 4:31
- 2 Pure 4:53
- 3 Utopia 2:42
- 4 Trinity 5:02
- 5 Shine 5:14
- 6 By Breeze 2:40
- 7 Dead of Jericho 6:51
- 8 I Know You 2:23
- 9 Mind In Motion 4:50
- 10 Relativity 4:47
- 11 Half Life 5:20
- 12 Chrysalis 4:19
11 tracks
- 1 The Way It Ends 5:21
- 2 Probe 2:47
- 3 Devotion 5:02
- 4 With Vision 4:13
- 5 Synthespian 3:24
- 6 Sea of Tranquility 1:29
- 7 Transcendent Velocity 3:39
- 8 Seed 4:43
- 9 Undying 2:41
- 10 Heart Machine 4:22
- 11 Cold Is This God 5:00
14 tracks
- 1 The Chosen Ones (Demo) 6:15
- 2 Into Oblivion (Demo) 4:57
- 3 Cynic Dreams (Demo) 7:02
- 4 The Ageless Heart of Memory (Demo) 6:46
- 5 Heart Machine (Demo) 4:22
- 6 Half Life (Demo) 5:19
- 7 Serpent (Demo) 4:08
- 8 Devotion (Demo) 5:08
- 9 Transcendent Velocity (Demo) 3:31
- 10 Mind in Motion (Demo) 4:50
- 11 Synthespian (Demo) 3:47
- 12 Shine (Demo) 5:06
- 13 Seed (Demo) 4:40
- 14 Dead of Jericho (Demo) 6:56
12 tracks
- 1 Inceptum 1:27
- 2 Catalyst 4:51
- 3 Cynic Dreams 7:06
- 4 The Chosen Ones 6:15
- 5 Illuminatum 2:26
- 6 My Own Deception 8:12
- 7 Into Oblivion 5:02
- 8 Impetus 1:35
- 9 Gravity Well 7:10
- 10 The Ageless Heart of Memory 6:54
- 11 Exiled 4:57
- 12 Communion 5:18
1 track
- 1 Catalyst 4:51
6 tracks
- 1 Transcendent Velocity - Live 3:23
- 2 By Breeze - Live 3:18
- 3 Relativity - Live 4:47
- 4 Mind in Motion - Live 4:34
- 5 Dead of Jericho - Live 6:43
- 6 Synthespian - Live 3:41
9 tracks
- 1 The Way It Ends (Demo 1995) 5:20
- 2 Transcendent Velocity (Demo 1995) 3:18
- 3 By Breeze (Demo 1995) 2:39
- 4 Devotion (Demo 1995) 4:40
- 5 Mind in Motion (Demo 1997) 4:27
- 6 Probe (Demo 1997) 2:36
- 7 With Vision (Demo 1997) 3:53
- 8 Synthespian (Demo 1997) 3:11
- 9 Relativity (Demo 1997) 4:26
4 tracks
- 1 The Way It Ends (Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Mix) 5:22
- 2 Synthespian (Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam Edit) 2:38
- 3 Probe (MTX: Mototrax Instrumental Mix) 2:48
- 4 Mind in Motion (True Crime Mix) 4:20
14 tracks
- 1 The Way It Ends 5:21
- 2 Trinity 5:02
- 3 Seed 4:43
- 4 Cynic Dreams 7:06
- 5 Live A Lie 4:31
- 6 Catalyst 4:51
- 7 Shine (Demo) 5:06
- 8 Heart Machine 4:22
- 9 Chrysalis 4:19
- 10 Pure 4:53
- 11 The Chosen Ones 6:15
- 12 Dead of Jericho (Demo) 6:56
- 13 My Own Deception 8:12
- 14 Synthespian 3:24
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