Which extreme metal/heavy prog should I try next
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Topic: Which extreme metal/heavy prog should I try next
Posted By: condor
Subject: Which extreme metal/heavy prog should I try next
Date Posted: August 16 2015 at 06:04
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I already have Anekdoten, Agalloch, Opeth and Leprous. Should I try Anglagard, Riverside, or something else entirely?..Hopefully this will make me forget some good but cheesy bands I've tried recently. |
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Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: August 16 2015 at 08:12
Anglagard is neither extreme metal nor heavy  . It is symphonic and sounds a bit like Genesis/Steve Hackett, but mostly instrumental.If you like Anekdoten, you might also like Landberk.  ------------- http://theprogressiveweb.blogspot.de" rel="nofollow - Visit me in Second Life to talk about music. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 16 2015 at 22:24
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Well...I would try reading the Heavy Prog page at PA and listening to some of the high rated albums here. http://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=41" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=41 try some Rush or Porcupine Tree before moving on to less known bands... there is also an extreme metal page link at the top of the main page headings. http://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=43" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=43 ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: August 16 2015 at 22:32
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Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction ------------- |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 16 2015 at 23:38
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Yeah nothing much extreme in the bands you mention (which is to say ExTech has little to do with HeavyProg). Almost anything with Ron Jarzombek for Tech. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: August 17 2015 at 10:20
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From the bands you listed i'd go with Intronaut. They're not mindlessly metal, a nice mix of heavier vocals and normal singing, great musicianship, etc. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: symphonicman
Date Posted: August 24 2015 at 18:59
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One of the most confusing recommendations here. I don't know what to say. ------------- Master James of St. George. Of the fields and the sky. He used to build castles of stone, steel, and blood. But lines get broken down. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 24 2015 at 21:42
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Indeed Anglagard has nothing of Metal, but it's great anyway, so you might just as well check them out. I might say you could try Pain of Salvation, Devin Townsend, Haken. Riverside are great, though they are more in the soft side of metal, I guess, nothing extreme about them. I guess you already know Dream Theater? Oh yes, and you might just as well listen to Sleepwalkers by Van Der Graaf Generator. Not metal at all, for they are a full blown 70's prog band with no guitars at all... but that singing from Peter Hamill might just as well be the precursor for extreme metal vocalists. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: August 25 2015 at 00:41
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Try the https://davidmaximmicic.bandcamp.com/album/bilo-30" rel="nofollow - best |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: August 29 2015 at 09:05
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If you like Agalloch try with these albums Fen - The Malediction Fields Alcest - Souvenirs D`un Autre Monde Ulver - Bergtatt Enslaved - Ritiiir Similar to Opeth (like Blackwater Park and Still Life) i recommend you Farmakon - A Warm Glimpse If you like Anekdoten, Try Landberk, Sinkadus, Anglagard, Gargamel, Ravanna (not metal bands but all great) Really dont like Leprous, but try Into etenity, a truly progresive melodic death metal, i recommend you the album Buried in Oblivion |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: August 29 2015 at 17:22
| If you really want extreme you could give Gorguts a listen. |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: August 29 2015 at 18:16
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Along with some of the excellent suggestions above, try: Isis– Panopticon Neurosis– Through Silver and Blood Blut Aus Nord– Memoria Vetusta II Krallice– Years Past Matter Liturgy– Aesthethica Deafheaven– Sunbather Gris– A l'ame enflammée... Negura Bunget– Om And the unstated obvious: maudlin of the Well– Bath, Leaving Your Body Map Kayo Dot– Choirs of the Eye ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music 
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Posted By: Atlas Cube
Date Posted: December 01 2015 at 15:39
| I second Atavachron's suggestion - Jarzombek is mindblowing. Check out Blotted Science - Cretaceous Chasm; start with the youtube video synched to King Kong, follow up with the video explaining his 12 tone concept behind the song. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 02 2015 at 22:15
MESHUGGAH !! The best extreme metal I've come across. I'm not a fan of Death Growls, but in this band, I can accept them coz the music / playing is outrageously insane - in a fantastic way 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 02 2015 at 22:37
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1980 http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3876" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3876 ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 04 2015 at 06:04
.......flippin' eggs - it's available on vinyl as well 
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Nightfly wrote:Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: December 04 2015 at 06:54
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For a change of sound, you might want to try Cynic or (even better) Exivious some time. ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: addictedtoprog
Date Posted: December 04 2015 at 08:19
Prog Metal - Try Pain Of Salvation, Redemption & Fates Warning...great vocalists in Gildenlow and Alder..and best musicianship among all the bands listed under Prog Metal category here. Extreme Metal - Now since u already enjoy Opeth and Leprous, try the most popular ones first..i.e. Death and Cynic..also Aghora ( Jazz-Metal) by Cynic's rythm guys...as Angelo mentioned - Exivious. (Fantastic Jazz - Metal with a jam like feel )...if u happen to enjoy these bands then i feel u wud b ready to explore most of the extreme bands. Enslaved has already been mentioned.. Try Edge Of Sanity - Crimson (40minutes of awesomeness). Animals as Leaders Gojira... Mastodon . . . . . Lots of great bands there, but most importantly u shld first go through the reviews and find for urself the one's that suit ur taste and mood. P.S. Never jump on to bands like Gorguts/Negura Bunget/Deathspell Omega...they're freaking awesome..,but u won't b able to enjoy them unless u have sufficient Extreme Metal experience. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 04 2015 at 08:24
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I recommend the finnish band Insomnium (if you haven't already, I dunno). It's a melodic death metal band but it's quite atmospheric, if i saw them classified as progressive death, I would not disagree. Another melodic death metal band I enjoy is Be'Lakor. I warmly recommend it. |
Posted By: addictedtoprog
Date Posted: December 04 2015 at 08:31
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If u enjoy Agalloch's post black metal then u can try Alcest. Neurosis and Isis are the seminal bands. I think u already know Tool. Fen Intronaut Early Ulver Maudlin of the Well Devin Townsend and many more. You can go through some reviews by Mr. Conor Fynes. He is my most trusted reviewer for all things related to Post Metal/Extreme. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 04 2015 at 08:36
| The reviewer named 'Umur' covers a lot of ground in this field too. Worth perusing. |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: December 04 2015 at 08:40
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Since most people are listing heavy prog, I'll jump in with my (limited) knowledge on Extreme/Technical: Gorguts - The most extreme it gets Meshuggah - Fast-paced guitars, rapid-fire drumming Obscura - Specifically check out Cosmogenesis for some melodic extreme metal (there's an oxymoron) Becoming The Archetype - Don't get fooled by the Christian label they sometimes get, they are full blown death Nocturnus - Part of the beginning of the genre, also known for being sci-fi and the inclusion of keyboards Suffocation - Another groundbreaking artist, who popularized speed-playing in the genre. Also known to have the first slam riff in death metal history Spawn Of Possession - Although less known than most, they are among my favourites, releasing a god-like album known as 'Incurso'. A landmark of the genre and probably my favourite one from it.
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 04 2015 at 08:51
^ we got it the first time 
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Posted By: addictedtoprog
Date Posted: December 04 2015 at 08:51
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Now Anglagard... I first tried them quite early in my prog journey...(u know..the reviews)...even before Genesis/Yes/KC/VdGG. Everything about them was to my liking..but it didn't click..how could it have? I wasn't prepared for them. Nothing metal there. Mostly instrumental wid some vocals in Swedish...i started out as a metalhead and i was a bit uncomfortable with symphonic bands back then...they seemed too mellow for my tastes. But this band changed my perception (about mellowness). Clearly the most agressive symphonic band out there..more so than most of the extreme bands. Took me 2 years to fully appreciate their unique brand of music. Now they are essential. |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: December 04 2015 at 08:58
------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 04 2015 at 09:02
| ^ looks like it's fixed now - or maybe I'm just tired..... |
Posted By: addictedtoprog
Date Posted: December 04 2015 at 09:02
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From the Heavy Prog category you can try The Mars Volta. As agressive as Anglagard/any extreme band out there in their approach. The kind of music that can make ur soul dance inside ur body (only if u happen to enjoy their music or else it might give u a headache )
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 05 2015 at 02:02
| So the constant double-bass drumming is referred to as 'blast beats' ?? |
Posted By: Atlas Cube
Date Posted: December 05 2015 at 02:33
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No, blast beats have the constant snare hits. I'm very much into all forms of metal, have no problem with growl vocals, but I'm really not feeling blast beats. In a drum beat, the snare defines the phrasing (especially in odd meters). When you have constant snares, it just kills any kind of groove... |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 05 2015 at 03:02
What the heck does Tomas Haake do then ?? When he drums, it's like no-one else exists. Meshuggah are my intro to all this extreme stuff - I'm mainly symph, Canterbury, Space, Kraut, R.P.I. etc. for decades, now I'm digging this. I'm still uncomfortable with 'growl', but generally the music behind it is insanely good, yet instrumental Extreme isn't quite there. I love double-kick, never tire from them 
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Posted By: backtothegarden
Date Posted: December 07 2015 at 11:28
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Textures is one of my favorite bands from this genre. They just put out a new song a week or two ago, and it sounds great. Just went and saw Tesseract and Skyharbor last night. Both are great, though I'm not sure if it's heavy enough for you. |
Posted By: Frosted Celt
Date Posted: December 11 2015 at 03:22
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I recommend Nevermore. Amazing Progressive Power Thrash band. ------------- 
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: December 11 2015 at 04:37
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I would say go back and check out some of the late-80!s early-90's when prog metal was really finding it's legs. These 4 all rose from the hardcore/ metal crossover scene that exploded in the 80's, all with a very different take on the the manifestation of progmetal. Watchtower - Control and Resistance Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry Voivod - Demension Hätross and Nothingface Cynic - Focus Later stuff: Unexpected Martyr - Feeding the Abscess Arsis - We are the Nightmare Coprofago - Unorthodox Creative Criteria
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: December 11 2015 at 07:09
I second that. One of my favorites. ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: VOTOMS
Date Posted: December 11 2015 at 07:14
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Gorguts and Voivod. Nevermore is great, I think everyone here already had a Nevermore phase.
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Posted By: VOTOMS
Date Posted: December 11 2015 at 07:27
Or... You can taste some short avant grind Esmectatooonss  http://esmectatons.bandcamp.com/album/the-concrete-jazz-of-esmectatons-limited-ep-series-catalogue" rel="nofollow - https://esmectatons.bandcamp.com/album/the-concrete-jazz-of-esmectatons-limited-ep-series-catalogue
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Posted By: backtothegarden
Date Posted: December 11 2015 at 11:24
| If we're going back to the 90s, we cannot leave Invocator "Weave The Apocalypse" out of the picture. That album was years ahead of its time. Crazy grooves and all sorts of wild time signature changes. |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: December 11 2015 at 11:52
I third that, awesome band.
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