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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 08 2012 at 20:27
Meshuggah is the best I could come up with that wasn't already mentioned.
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Somebody just reminded me, maybe this

http://sotmusic.bandcamp.com/album/kind-of-saltz
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Zappa-metal?

I'm no big expert on what you are looking for, but Dream Theater is highly influenced by Frank Zappa, particularly in their instrumental sections. For example, songs like Beyond This Life (especially the Live at Budokan version), Erotomania, Metropolis Pt 1, and Outcry may be what you are looking for; plus many more...
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 08 2012 at 21:10
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Somebody just reminded me, maybe this

http://sotmusic.bandcamp.com/album/kind-of-saltz

Oh yea, definitely. Great album too.
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Points: 2536 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 08 2012 at 22:28
Originally posted by centum centum wrote:

dr prog, there's this song by Strapping Young Lad about you

it's called You Suck

 
No you have the wrong song, it's called 'I'm right' Big smile
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Points: 10189 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 08 2012 at 22:37
Hey dr prog, Naked City composed a few songs about you

they're tracks 12, 25, 36 and 41 on their Grand Guignol album
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old troll is old
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Points: 5575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 08 2012 at 22:51
Originally posted by dr prog dr prog wrote:

Originally posted by centum centum wrote:

dr prog, there's this song by Strapping Young Lad about you

it's called You Suck

 
No you have the wrong song, it's called 'I'm right' Big smile


I'm currently writing an album. New song I finished today is called 'Tedious c**t' 
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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Somebody just reminded me, maybe this

http://sotmusic.bandcamp.com/album/kind-of-saltz


Missed this. This is awesome.
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Points: 21795 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 08 2012 at 23:16
Originally posted by Polo Polo wrote:

Hey dr prog, Naked City composed a few songs about you

they're tracks 12, 25, 36 and 41 on their Grand Guignol album
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Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:

Originally posted by Polo Polo wrote:

Hey dr prog, Naked City composed a few songs about you

they're tracks 12, 25, 36 and 41 on their Grand Guignol album




LOL
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LOOOOOOOL
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Listen to this - Metal, quiet stuff, concept, humour = brilliance
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Points: 5575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2012 at 00:34
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Interesting that in the archives Grand Guignol's tracklisting is uncensored.

Not sure if this is an example of hypocrisy or people not giving anywhere near enough of a sh*t about a masterpiece album.

I'll leave that for you to decide.
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Points: 34099 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2012 at 00:49
you need to check out some Lumsk i think heavy folk metal with progressive leanings, it is realy folk but they also bring in chanting and classical music.
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Points: 171 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2012 at 05:37

Originally posted by Andyman1125 Andyman1125 wrote:

centum, you are welcome here. Welcome.

And that SYL comment... It was perfect. 

thank you, i've been using PA as a source of great new music for a couple of years, and there's no one around with more or less similar taste in what one can describe as 'progressive music' (not just prog rock), so I guess it was inevitable that I join the forums

Yeah, by the way I study linguistics and specialize in English but I don't really have any practice with native speakers, so It would be great if all of you guys point my mistakes

Originally posted by colorofmoney91 colorofmoney91 wrote:

I'm liking newbie here. Welcome to PA.


But, still, I have no idea what to suggest. What exactly do you mean by Gentle Giant metal? I'm assuming either metal with medieval or folk tendencies or metal with heavy use of polyrhythms. 

Thanks)

By Gentle Giant Metal I mean metal with at least one attribute typical of GG

what I likea about GG most  of all is probably eclectism, but they have this particular style of eclectism, where all the elements they combine are awesome as hell

I really like their funkyness, jazzyness, Rabelais and psychology-influenced lyrics. I like that their music is in major key most of the time, their medievel influences, great vocal work (in terms of vocal the closest thing is probably POS's Entropia) and so on
It's not a kind of rational search where I know exactly what I want, I mean I've already recieved advice to listen to some great bands I've never heard before
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Points: 171 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2012 at 05:52

Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

Meshuggah is the best I could come up with that wasn't already mentioned.

meshuggah's very far from what I'd descrive as GG metal, although technically it's not wrong)

Originally posted by darkshade darkshade wrote:

Zappa-metal?

I'm no big expert on what you are looking for, but Dream Theater is highly influenced by Frank Zappa, particularly in their instrumental sections. For example, songs like Beyond This Life (especially the Live at Budokan version), Erotomania, Metropolis Pt 1, and Outcry may be what you are looking for; plus many more...

as probably most people who listen to prog for more than a month, DT makes me sick. And I never really liked a single album by them, just some songs like The Dance of Eternity

Although I've listened to some albums by Zappa that I didn't find very experimental, I can't get this image out of my head that his music is like miRthkon without distortion)

Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

Listen to this - Metal, quiet stuff, concept, humour = brilliance

oh, come on

Townsend is like one of the greatest musicians of all times for me

and Ziltoid is not his personal best, Infinity is probably more Gentle Giantish
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Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2012 at 06:11
^^^ Ziltoid rocks and simply deserves to have his presence feel lest you be subjugated by the PLAAAAAAAAANET SMAAAAAAASHEEEEEEER!!!!!!
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Points: 171 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2012 at 06:28

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