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    Posted: January 20 2009 at 12:38

Does someone know prog groups of any genre using this drumming technique? I know it's popular among metal bands but It would be weird to heard a symph band with blast beat
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Points: 265 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 12:57
Hmm... only group I can think of is The Flying Luttenbachers. But they're not really a prog band.

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Points: 265 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 13:15
Originally posted by crimson87 crimson87 wrote:

Does someone know prog groups of any genre using this drumming technique? I know it's popular among metal bands but It would be weird to heard a symph band with blast beat



You'll surely find it somewhere  in "King Crimson".  Smile
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Points: 5195 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 13:32
Many bands of the tech/extreme prog metal category use them ... but usually not all the time. In most cases they will be used to add intensity, like at the end of a solo or chorus.

BTW: For those of you who are not familiar with the term:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blast_beat

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Points: 5195 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 14:19
Didn't have to search for examples too long ... just listen to Sun of Nothing:

http://www.myspace.com/betweentheburiedandmeband
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Well, Opeth, for one.  Check out "The Lotus Eaters"

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Points: 5195 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 14:53
^ actually, The Lotus Eaters is the first Opeth song to ever feature blastbeats ... Shocked

Edited by Mr ProgFreak - January 20 2009 at 14:54
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Well, first one that pops to mind is Between The Buried And Me. The two tracks Informal Gluttony and Foam Born have some awesome blasturbation in them.
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Points: 1698 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 20:56
Can't really think of any non-metal prog bands that blastbeat. I'd love to hear some classic 70's prog band trying that out.
 
I love a good blastbeat or 10 in a good metal album. I know plenty of people are turned off by them, even most metal fans. However, they can be great if used properly, just like any musical technique.

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Points: 16715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2009 at 21:20
Originally posted by Grimfurg Grimfurg wrote:

Hmm... only group I can think of is The Flying Luttenbachers. But they're not really a prog band.
They are included here. But yes, other than prog metal, you are probably only going to find it in avant jazz/rock experiments like Luttenbachers. Although you shouldn't listen to them because they are a poor imitation of Peter Brotzmann/Last Exit, and then they switch to a poor imitation of Ruins.
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