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Magma (K.A and E.R count)
All of Toby Driver's projects...
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Sigur Ros
Secret Chiefs 3
Ulver
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Deathspell Omega (later works)
Univers Zero
All of Mike Patton's projects...
Arcturus
uneXpect
Cynic
Negura Bunget
Gorguts


Anybody listing Porcupine Tree, Pain of Salvation, or (HOLY SH*T WTF???) Riverside are OUT OF THEIR MINDS...
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Just so you know just because they are original and unique doesn't make them good, the only good and unique band I can think of at the moment is Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Lift Yours Fists Like Antennas to Heaven just hits the right button with me
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Originally posted by Jake Kobrin Jake Kobrin wrote:

Magma (K.A and E.R count)


That's music from the 70s.
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1. Maudlin Of The Well - Its rare that you come across bands with such range and capabilities such as motW.

2. Porcupine Tree - Blended a lot of music into each of their albums, and always suprise me with what they bring out next (even in small parts with the latest offering)

3. Opeth - Blend many genres together seemlessly, and they do this in a way which seems natural, fluid and listenable.
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Porcupine Tree (and Radiohead and Mr Bungle) are 80s bands Tongue
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Originally posted by Jake Kobrin Jake Kobrin wrote:


Anybody listing Porcupine Tree, Pain of Salvation, or (HOLY SH*T WTF???) Riverside are OUT OF THEIR MINDS...
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Pain of Salvation and Opeth are propably the most original ones I listen to.
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Porcupine Tree (and Radiohead and Mr Bungle) are 80s bands Tongue

 
Besides the opinion that they aren't really original.Tongue
 
Anyways, for my list:
 
1. The Mars Volta
2. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
3. Atheist
4. Tool
5. Behold... The Arctopus
6. Cynic
7. The Locust (not prog here, but hot damn!)
8. Sigur Ros
9. Devin Townshend
10. Wolves in the Throne Room
 
It pains me not to include Meshuggah, but as someone pointed out they were already around in the 80s.

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Originally posted by Jake Kobrin Jake Kobrin wrote:


Anybody listing Porcupine Tree, Pain of Salvation, or (HOLY SH*T WTF???) Riverside are OUT OF THEIR MINDS...


I agree with Pocupine Tree or Riverside, but Pain of Salvation is one of the most original and innovative prog metal bands ever. In a sea of modern prog bands trying to sound like they're from the 70's, or cloning Dream Theater or Porcupine Tree, Pain of Salvation is not like any of these bands. They have their own blend of melodic progressive rock, metal, gothic-influenced sections, and an excellent vocalist to top it all off.

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I really enjoy Pain of Salvation, but to me they sound sort of like a standard progressive metal band. Albeit they are extremely emotional and have some great musicians.

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Originally posted by topofsm topofsm wrote:

I really enjoy Pain of Salvation, but to me they sound sort of like a standard progressive metal band. Albeit they are extremely emotional and have some great musicians.


That's where I disagree. They don't show their chops by shredding for 10 minutes, or creating 30-minute epics. Think about BE. That's one of the most ambitious things ever done by a prog metal band! If you think about Dream Theater or Symphony X, all of their albums have a similar style, and they don't take as many chances (I still love DT to death though).

While I won't say PoS is as original as Opeth or Athiest, I think they definitely are not your standard prog metal band by any stretch of the imagination IMO.

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^ We may have to agree to disagree, but just taking one element out of a genre doesn't really make someone unique for me. Aside from extended soloes they're pretty standard IMO.
 
And who says they don't show off? "Handful of Nothing" and "Nihil Morari" are really complex and have some killer playing. Of course I'm definitely not as familiar with Pain of Salvation as you.

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Originally posted by topofsm topofsm wrote:

^ We may have to agree to disagree, but just taking one element out of a genre doesn't really make someone unique for me. Aside from extended soloes they're pretty standard IMO.
 
And who says they don't show off? "Handful of Nothing" and "Nihil Morari" are really complex and have some killer playing. Of course I'm definitely not as familiar with Pain of Salvation as you.


Well that just comes with being a prog band. You can't be a prog musician without being a little bit of a show-offTongue

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Points: 1501 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2009 at 19:25
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Sigur Ros
Mr.Bungle
Fantomas
STGM
Zombi
Tool
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Originally posted by topofsm topofsm wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Porcupine Tree (and Radiohead and Mr Bungle) are 80s bands Tongue

 
Besides the opinion that they aren't really original.Tongue
Seriously, how can any band be truly original - every thing builds upon what came before. 
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1. Anglagard
2. Opeth
3. Radiohead
4. GY!BE
5. Miriodor
6. Karmakanic
7. Beardfish
8. Cynic
9. Porcupine Tree
10. Nemo
11. Edge of Sanity
12. Decemberists
13. Anekdoten
14. Ayreon
15. Rouge Ciel
 
There's a couple of bands in this list that you all forgot! Tongue
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Mörglbl Trio (Rock-Riff meets Happy-Funky-Riff) http://www.myspace.com/morglbl

Panzerballett (Rock-Riff meets Mechanik-Jazz-Riff) http://www.panzerballett.de/Musik.htm

Doctor Nerve (Experiment meets Metalriff / partwise the last two Albums) http://www.doctornerve.org

Pharaoh Overlord (Rockriff meets Repetition / first & second Album) http://vivo.pl/pharaohoverlord

Morte Macabre & Anekdoten & Landberk & Sörskogen etc. (Romantic meets Folk meets Prog meets ...)

X-Ray Dog (Movie-Trailer meets Soundsampler) http://www.x-raydogmusic.com/whatsnew.htm Cool


... and  SanSeverino  (Boheme meets Django Reinhardt) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Sanseverino ^^



Edited by @thehop - November 14 2009 at 16:39
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Muse

Gong (still rocking!)
The Decemberists (say something to prove this wrong and I will break your wrist with my eyes)
Transatlantic (reviving the gods, shall I say?)
 
Trendsetter win!

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Originally posted by Tsevir Leirbag Tsevir Leirbag wrote:

1. Anglagard
2. Opeth
3. Radiohead
4. GY!BE
5. Miriodor
6. Karmakanic
7. Beardfish
8. Cynic
9. Porcupine Tree
10. Nemo
11. Edge of Sanity
12. Decemberists
13. Anekdoten
14. Ayreon
15. Rouge Ciel
 
There's a couple of bands in this list that you all forgot! Tongue


There's some good artists here, but i would not include Nemo and Karamakanic in the category of the most original an unique bands. I adore these two but Nemo have taken on the school of some other neo-prog band and Karmakanic is a complement of Flower Kings.
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Porcupine Tree (and Radiohead and Mr Bungle) are 80s bands Tongue



Shoddy tapes of hucksters blowing raspberry noises into a machine does not an album make. Face it, these are 90s bands.
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