I want something new....
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Topic: I want something new....
Posted By: Andyman1125
Subject: I want something new....
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2011 at 3:26pm
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I (as most of you know) love prog metal, and although I think I've gotten a pretty damn big basis of prog metal, I want something new to listen to. Preferably obscure (so that I've never heard of them and will be surprised) and not necessarily a copy cat band (unless they're amazing at copying). I especially would like something more inventive, like Riverside (but Riverside's style, just how they expanded on the idea of prog metal. Do any of you have a new band for me? ------------- http://bit.ly/kZR7BC" rel="nofollow">  http://andywebb.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - My Bandcamp
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Posted By: The Block
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2011 at 4:41pm
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While it may not be "new" to you Appearance of Nothing's newest album, All Gods Are Gone, is absolutely superb and worth checking out. ------------- 
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Posted By: Andyman1125
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2011 at 4:47pm
I've heard of it, but I have yet to listen to it. I will now  ------------- http://bit.ly/kZR7BC" rel="nofollow"> http://andywebb.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - My Bandcamp
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2011 at 4:48pm
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If you're referring just to traditional prog metal (which I think you are), then there's a couple unique masterpieces I can think of off the top of my head. If you haven't heard anything by Shaolin Death Squad, I'd recommend doing so A.S.A.P. They sound like a mix of Pain of Salvation, Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, and Dream Theater. Basically a wacky, funky version of prog metal. I love these guys to death! I also second Brian's suggestion of Appearance of Nothing - their first album isn't as awesome as their second, but both are worth checking out. Empty Tremor is another great band (they're from Italy). Iridium is their best album, and a prog metal masterpiece IMO. One of the best albums I heard all last year. I have tons of other suggestions, but these are three that are all outstanding and you probably aren't very familiar with either. ------------- Check out my YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime |
Posted By: Andyman1125
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2011 at 5:31pm
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^ I have Shaolin Death Squad's latest album, but haven't listened to it extensively. I'll be sure to give it another play. And also I'll check out Empty Tremor, thanks! ------------- http://bit.ly/kZR7BC" rel="nofollow"> http://andywebb.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - My Bandcamp
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2011 at 5:55pm
Oooh, I almost forgot this one: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/last-things-the--circles-and-butterflies.aspx" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/last-things-the--circles-and-butterflies.aspx This is a forgotten masterpiece from 1993... one of my favorite prog metal albums all-time!  Sounds like Marillion meets Dream Theater meets thrash metal.  ------------- Check out my YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime |
Posted By: Andyman1125
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2011 at 6:25pm
 That is one flowery album name------------- http://bit.ly/kZR7BC" rel="nofollow"> http://andywebb.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - My Bandcamp
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2011 at 10:41pm
| Alcest, Neurosis, Amogh Symphony, Baroness |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2011 at 12:26am
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Have you listened to Heaven�s Cry?
http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/heavens-cry.aspx?ac=heaven" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/heavens-cry.aspx?ac=heaven ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: adg211288
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2011 at 2:04am
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Sonic Pulsar may appeal to you. Probably the most obscure band I'm aware of right now. http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/sonic-pulsar.aspx" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/sonic-pulsar.aspx Not the heaviest of prog metal around, much of it could even be considered leaning towards ambient, but the first album, Playing the Universe is an absolute gem. ------------- Earn Money Online (NOT a scam): https://premium.gg2u.org?referrer=adg211288" rel="nofollow - GG2U https://adamsfilmcorner.quora.com/" rel="nofollow - Adam's Film Corner on Quora |
Posted By: Colt
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2011 at 4:37am
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Look no further for the future of Prog Metal:
http://www.reverbnation.com/hookahthefuzz#" rel="nofollow">
 http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/hookah-the-fuzz.aspx?ac=hook" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/hookah-the-fuzz.aspx?ac=hook ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112" rel="nofollow - http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112 
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Posted By: Colt
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2011 at 4:40am
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...and if you haven't heard all the bands on my sig.
Check them out! Your ears are in for a treat ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112" rel="nofollow - http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112
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Posted By: Andyman1125
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2011 at 6:08pm
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There are plenty for me to wade through too. Thanks. ------------- http://bit.ly/kZR7BC" rel="nofollow"> http://andywebb.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - My Bandcamp
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Posted By: Andyman1125
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 5:12am
This should be coming in in about a month Got for $0.01 on Amazon.... with $4.99 shipping, of course ------------- http://bit.ly/kZR7BC" rel="nofollow"> http://andywebb.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - My Bandcamp
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J-Man wrote:Posted By: Andyman1125
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 4:22pm
Alcest is great, you introduced me to Amogh Symphony over at PM Discussion, and Neurosis is also great. Guess I'll check out Baroness now! ------------- http://bit.ly/kZR7BC" rel="nofollow"> http://andywebb.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - My Bandcamp
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 4:24pm
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Two bands that I enjoy that you may or may not have heard of are Thought Chamber and Attention Deficit. ------------- 
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Posted By: Andyman1125
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 4:25pm
Interesting!  ------------- http://bit.ly/kZR7BC" rel="nofollow"> http://andywebb.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - My Bandcamp
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 10:16pm
and Yakuza |
Posted By: MAVIIIVAM
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2011 at 11:09pm
HUGE appologies for repeating myself and potential "spamming"  prOgulus.com http://www.progulus.com/rprweb/playing.php" rel="nofollow - http://www.progulus.com/rprweb/playing.php I think you'll be amazed how much Prog is out there  .You can also go here as well: http://www.youtube.com/user/Progulus4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/user/Progulus4 ------------- "If you're happy to be an Ant in the Sand Box, you're welcome to it!" -Forbidden For Progressive Metal and Prog Rock, come visit, request songs and explore at PrOgulus.com |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2011 at 9:23am
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Maybe Trusted Few would be interesting for you: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/trusted-few.aspx You might also like White Walls: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/white-walls.aspx And Third Eye: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/third-eye.aspx ------------- 
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Posted By: Andyman1125
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2011 at 11:22am
Ah yes, this and Prog.fm are radio favorites of mine ------------- http://bit.ly/kZR7BC" rel="nofollow"> http://andywebb.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - My Bandcamp
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Posted By: Andyman1125
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2011 at 11:23am
This came in today. Some very great stuff on that disc! ------------- http://bit.ly/kZR7BC" rel="nofollow"> http://andywebb.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - My Bandcamp
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2011 at 11:25am
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^ Definitely! Glad you like it.
------------- Check out my YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime |
Posted By: Andyman1125
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2011 at 11:38am
I've been wondering this for a while... in your sig, it says you listen to what seems like entire albums continuously in last.fm..... how do you do that? Even when I go into an artist's radio, it takes dozens of skips to get one track BY that artist. ------------- http://bit.ly/kZR7BC" rel="nofollow"> http://andywebb.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - My Bandcamp
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Posted By: Andyman1125
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2011 at 11:49am
Thought Chamber has a very neo classical feel to it, at least the song I listened too. It's very cool! Attention Deficit has some fine jazz metal elements, I like it a lot! Thanks for these suggestions, too. Attention Deficit gives a little more variety to the suggestions too. ------------- http://bit.ly/kZR7BC" rel="nofollow"> http://andywebb.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - My Bandcamp
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Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2011 at 12:02pm
I really dig Attention Deficit's albums. Michael Manring is such a unique bassist, and Tim Alexander is one of my favorite rock/metal drummers. Skolnick is no slouch either  .It's kind of an obvious suggestion, but Gordian Knot are another cool prog/jazzy/metal instrumental project if you don't have any of their albums. ------------- https://armchairmaestro.com/" rel="nofollow - My Music Blog |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2011 at 1:20pm
download a scrobbler and listen to music in a media player on your computer |
Posted By: Colt
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2011 at 1:40pm
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^ Yup ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112" rel="nofollow - http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112
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Posted By: Andyman1125
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2011 at 2:57pm
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oooooh. ------------- http://bit.ly/kZR7BC" rel="nofollow"> http://andywebb.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - My Bandcamp
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Posted By: Andyman1125
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2011 at 2:59pm
Indeed, Gordian Knot are quite unique and great ------------- http://bit.ly/kZR7BC" rel="nofollow"> http://andywebb.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - My Bandcamp
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Posted By: MAVIIIVAM
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2011 at 3:20pm
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If you like Gordian Knot, you may like OSI and Chroma Key (from DT alumn "Kevin Moore") and Cynic members in Exivious, Portal and Aghora .You were also mentioning "Riverside", here are some bands of that ilk (and tinges of Opeth and Porky Tree): 1. Karnivool 2. Cloverseeds 3. Votum 4. Ephrat 5. Orphaned Land (could be part of list below too) 6. Cea Serin And more in the Opeth Vein, slightly...: 7. The Ocean 8. Oblique Rain 9. Winds 10. Leprous 11. Enochian Theory 12. My Dying Bride 13. Katatonia 14. While Heaven Wept 15. Paradise Lost I also hope you know about bands like Haken, Black Bonzo, Presto Ballet/Vanderhoof, Big Elf, Anti-Depressive Delivery (ADD) ? Kind of have that Retro-Prog thing going-with some heavier overtones like Deep Purple and Uriah Heep. Are you open to "all kinds of" Prog Metal, like the complicated stuff ("Math Metal")? And there is also the Post-Prog/Avant Garde Metal too .Glad you like PrOgulus! Do you come onto the Chat Board? (my aka is "MAVIII"). ------------- "If you're happy to be an Ant in the Sand Box, you're welcome to it!" -Forbidden For Progressive Metal and Prog Rock, come visit, request songs and explore at PrOgulus.com |
Posted By: Andyman1125
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2011 at 4:19pm
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I've heard of quite of few of those (especially Haken and Anti-Depressive Delivery, fantastic bands!), but there are also quite a few to check out! Thanks. ------------- http://bit.ly/kZR7BC" rel="nofollow"> http://andywebb.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - My Bandcamp
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Posted By: MAVIIIVAM
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 2:24am
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Hey Andy, How is your "searching for new/obscure" going? What have you liked, discovered and/or anything else? . . . just a' curious ------------- "If you're happy to be an Ant in the Sand Box, you're welcome to it!" -Forbidden For Progressive Metal and Prog Rock, come visit, request songs and explore at PrOgulus.com |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2011 at 9:41am
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Do you know the French prog-metal Parallaxe? They didn't really bring something new, but their "Sondtrack" album is interesting as they (successfuly IMO) attempted to make a instrumental concept album with tech-metal material � la Spastik Ink. Their previous album too is awesome, even without the conceptual ambitions: |
Posted By: Stenfeldt
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2012 at 1:25pm
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Hey guys! I'd like to recommend some brand new metal! It's actually my
own Band's music if you guys don't mind. It's a fat mix of 8-string
proggyness rounded up with aggressive synthesizers! Here's a link to our
website: http://www.facebook.com/indefiniteband?sk=app_2405167945" rel="nofollow - http://www.facebook.com/indefiniteband?sk=app_2405167945 Enjoy fellas! Take care! ------------- -| See you on the other side |- |
Posted By: MAVIIIVAM
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2012 at 5:48pm
YES! they have a bit of a following at Progulus.com Both albums are there .------------- "If you're happy to be an Ant in the Sand Box, you're welcome to it!" -Forbidden For Progressive Metal and Prog Rock, come visit, request songs and explore at PrOgulus.com |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2012 at 5:31am
If you have any releases - even a demo or a single, or a release on the way - you should post a note in the suggest-new-bands section (if you haven't already done so, of course). -------------
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Posted By: Stenfeldt
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2012 at 7:16am
The demo is on the website i linked. Thanks for the tip! Appreciated it! Posted there now too! ------------- -| See you on the other side |- |
Posted By: Tupan
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2012 at 10:42am
Do you promise that you will really listen to what I will recommend? So... Aetherius: http://aetheriusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-that-i-need-to-survive" rel="nofollow - http://aetheriusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-that-i-need-to-survive Random Mullet: http://randommullet.com/" rel="nofollow - http://randommullet.com/ Both bands are on MMA (and PA). |
Posted By: Kingcrimsonprog
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2012 at 8:12am
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You could try explore some of the more Fair To Midland, Rishloo, Dead Letter Circus type bands
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