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    Posted: January 25 2015 at 11:25
Can anyone recommend me some bands? I like the following features in prog rock:

- good bass guitar / slap bass / distorted bass
- heavy guitar optional
- no screaming/grunting
- harmonic minor riffs
- interesting rhythmic variations
- experimenting with sounds or timbre
- making use of less common instruments (like violin, djembe, ...)
- avoiding the usual verse-chorus, or just too much repitition in general

These are bands which I think have a great sound:
- Tool
- Porcupine Tree
- Karnivool
- Amplifier
- Tesseract
- Magic Pie
- Opeth
- Rishloo
- Muse
- Dream Theater
- Deftones
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2015 at 11:28
Seeing the list of bands you like, I'd wholeheartedly recommend Thank You Scientist and The Tea Club, two excellent New Jersey bands that I have had the privilege of seeing on stage a number of times. Here are links to their websites, where you can listen to some of their music:

http://www.thankyouscientist.net/
http://www.theteaclub.net/

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2015 at 11:59
Try Intronaut, particualrly their two most recent albums Valley of Smoke and Habitual Levitations where it's more a case of gruff singing that growling.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2015 at 12:25
Try The Mars Volta's Amputecture.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2015 at 13:36
Moraine might tick a few boxes for you.  New album streaming here:
 
 
Some pretty good stuff IMO with a lot of different ingredients in the stew.
 
On a bit more of an avant-prog tip, Arktis/Air are just great:
 
 
Both bands have an undeniable Crimson influence in places, but IMO there's a great deal more to them than that.
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2015 at 23:18
Pain of Salvation, Riverside, Haken, and Devin Townsend (Terria is excellent).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 26 2015 at 01:28
My favourite album of last year was Heretics by a band called Dream The Electric Sleep. I'm not sure if it ticks all the boxes but its damn good anyway.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 26 2015 at 01:37
If you like Dream theater, you should check out Redemption. Also, highly recomended is Fates Warning, especially the Alder era.

Since you like Tool, check out DeadSoul Tribe, Soen, In the Silence and Klone.
As you like Deftones, check out Palms (it's the vocalist of Detones with members of Isis).




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2015 at 11:44
Thanks for the great recommendations everyone. :D
Most of these bands seem pretty awesome, I've checked about half of them out so far.
It's also funny to see I recognize some of the bands, like Riverside, Fates Warning and Soen.

You guys are making me really happy!


(More recommendations are always welcome of course. :) )
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2015 at 11:50

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2015 at 14:51
Primus has many of the ingredients you mention in your description.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2015 at 21:35
Ayreon
Nothing can last
there are no second chances.
Never give a day away.
Always live for today.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2015 at 21:39
If you like Dream Theater, you should check out this band called Rush. A lot of people say Rush sounds like Dream Theater.
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