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The Sleepwalker 
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 Posted: November 14 2009 at 06:45 |
Opeth - Combines death metal with 70's prog, which works out really well. The combination of growls, heavy riffs and acoustic parts is really great. Tool - Creates their own sound by having 4 very innovative band members. All the instruments (and vox) are played in a way you've never heard before. TMV - I don't enjoy them at all, but what I've heard from them does sound unique. Cynic - Combines the almost poppy sounding vocals with growls and very technical music. Atheist - Combines very technical death metal with jazz and latin music, something I've never heard before. Russian Circles - Lots of working towards climaxes and changing from loud to soft. The way the songs on "Enter" sound is absolutely unique, though their later releases are not as original, Radiohead - "Plain" alt-rock in the beginning, but soon turned out to be very innovative. The use of brilliant sound effects and lots of layers on OK Computer and the trip-hop and techno influences on Kid A and Amnesiac are very original. MOTW - The combination of heavy riffs, jazzy parts and instruments like the violin makes this a very interesting band.
I'm sure there are many more, but I haven't really listened to band like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Devin Townsend and Sigur Ros, though they're said to be very innovative too. Also I know some of the bands listed have formed in the 80's, but as far as I know their first release was in the 90's or the new millenium.
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: November 14 2009 at 07:40 |
 Dean wrote:
topofsm wrote:
Dean wrote:
Porcupine Tree (and Radiohead and Mr Bungle) are 80s bands  |
Besides the opinion that they aren't really original.  |
Seriously, how can any band be truly original - every thing builds upon what came before. |
Besides, they use the same notes and only re-arrange them, what a bunch of ... They should do their own stuff! 
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memowakeman
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Posted: November 14 2009 at 10:47 |
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Cabezas de Cera, of course.
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Follow me on twitter @memowakeman
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TheCaptain
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Joined: January 04 2009
Location: Ohio, USA
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Posted: November 14 2009 at 11:44 |
Making an album is not a requirement for being a band.
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Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.
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progger7
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Posted: November 14 2009 at 15:17 |
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since cynic is being mentioned i might as well mention aghora here as well.
and i'm really dissapointed no one has mentioned symphony x.
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Negoba
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Joined: July 24 2008
Location: Big Muddy
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Posted: November 14 2009 at 15:51 |
Symphony X is a band I enjoy, but unique / original....not so much.
Similarly, Aghora is not unique at all...though I like them.
This isn't "List your favorite bands."
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You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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Jake Kobrin
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Posted: November 14 2009 at 15:57 |
Dean wrote:
10. Wolves in the Throne Room
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Not at all. They are near copies of Weakling, who were around long before them. Even they admit it...
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WalterDigsTunes
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Posted: November 14 2009 at 16:13 |
TheCaptain wrote:
Making an album is not a requirement for being a band.
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Its difference between being a cadre of noiseniks and being worthy of even being remembered in the long run.
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snobb
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Posted: November 14 2009 at 17:49 |
the Mars Volta ( No.1 in that list)
Gordian Knot
Opeth ( not my favourite, but important)
Trey Gunn
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Qboyy007
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Joined: September 21 2009
Location: SoCal
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Posted: November 15 2009 at 01:17 |
Blowin Free wrote:
Muse
Transatlantic (reviving the gods, shall I say?)
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I think I just threw up a little bit.....
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BaldFriede
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Posted: November 15 2009 at 02:09 |
Negoba wrote:
Symphony X is a band I enjoy, but unique / original....not so much.
Similarly, Aghora is not unique at all...though I like them.
This isn't "List your favorite bands." |
How do you know I don't favour bands because of their originality? In fact that is one of the main criteria I go by. Why should I enjoy what I have heard a thousand times before? That's why I can't come up with a list of ten.
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JLocke
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Posted: November 15 2009 at 02:20 |
BaldFriede wrote:
Negoba wrote:
Symphony X is a band I enjoy, but unique / original....not so much.
Similarly, Aghora is not unique at all...though I like them.
This isn't "List your favorite bands." |
How do you know I don't favour bands because of their originality? In fact that is one of the main criteria I go by. Why should I enjoy what I have heard a thousand times before? That's why I can't come up with a list of ten.
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I think he was referring to your choice of bands themselves, not how many of them there were.
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progkidjoel
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Posted: November 15 2009 at 02:50 |
Jake Kobrin wrote:
Dean wrote:
10. Wolves in the Throne Room
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Not at all. They are near copies of Weakling, who were around long before them. Even they admit it... |
I haven't heard Weakling, but Wolves In The Throne Room are fantastic. I should've included them in my list.
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JLocke
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Posted: November 15 2009 at 03:10 |
Jake Kobrin wrote:
Dean wrote:
10. Wolves in the Throne Room
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Not at all. They are near copies of Weakling, who were around long before them. Even they admit it...
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Playing devil's advocate, here . . . Tool has often 'admitted' to ripping off King Crimson, yet Robert Fripp says he can't hear the similarity at all. One person's 'truth' is another's 'opinion'.
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TheCaptain
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Posted: November 15 2009 at 12:24 |
WalterDigsTunes wrote:
TheCaptain wrote:
Making an album is not a requirement for being a band.
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Its difference between being a cadre of noiseniks and being worthy of even being remembered in the long run.
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Now you're throwing popularity into the list of requirements for being a band?
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Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.
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Dean
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Posted: November 15 2009 at 12:31 |
I haven't even made a list, I've never really listened to them yet they appear to be at #10 in mine 
It was topofsm's list. 
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What?
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topofsm
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Posted: November 15 2009 at 14:18 |
^Ah well, sorry. I'm not familiar with weakling! Screw me then!
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mosni lamf
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Posted: November 15 2009 at 21:02 |
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Flat Earth Society
Le Silo
Pochakaite Malko
Les Amis au Pakistan
Sigur Ros
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Dirty Three (their album Ocean Songs could best be described as a soundscape evokating the incessant back and forth of waves in the open sea but without any actual wave sound! I can't talk about the other albums as I haven't heard them)
Amarok (Spanish band), based on the samples I've heard
Olive Mess (the medieval inspired lyrics and the soprano voice are more or less my cup of tea but I can't deny the blending of styles is original)
Cyro Baptista
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, based on what little I've heard
I feel a bit reluctant to mention Mr. Bungle as it seems that a growing number of American RIO/Avant bands are drawing influences from them nowadays.
Edited by mosni lamf - November 15 2009 at 21:13
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-Hitler was a vegetarian.
-Bring me coffee or tea.
-Why don't you eat carrots?
-Eat that question.
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: November 16 2009 at 00:24 |
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Oh and how could I forget Don Caballero!
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jampa17
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Location: Guatemala
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Posted: November 16 2009 at 12:51 |
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Just want to ask... which is the so unique thing about Porcupine Tree...??? they are a plain alternative band with long songs with little progressive elements.. it's not better than Oceansize... not even close... I know they are catchy and that's why they have a lot of fans... but is not unique for that... or am I wrong...???
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