The Tech/Extreme Prog metal appreciation

Its just as good as any other genre on the archives. If I feel the need to be blown away with sheer talent and precision...I'll listen to this. This genre has been on my priority list lately with bands that I've discovered the past few months like Spastic Ink, Spiral Architect, Sleep Terror, Unexpect, Canvas Solaris, Blotted Science and Behold...The Arctopus.
Dsyrthmia??? and Continuo Renacer (sp???) impressed me as well.

FruMp wrote: Megadeth and Jarzombek?, hmm hard to see a link...

The one thing that boggles me about this genre is on how to rate it...or think which one is better then which?
I place UnExpect's - In A Flesh Aquarium at the top...5 stars no doubt.

I just listened to Spiral Architect, Aghora, Spastic Ink and Behold the Arctopus (skullgrid..not nano nucleonic,an utter masterpiece ,...all excellent albums...but so hard to choose. They would all fit the 4 star album pool.

It's just so hard to put one over the other, which one sounds better, more technical? ARGHHHH

Just brought Akeldama by The Faceless, on the recommendation from a trusted friend. I don't think I have enjoyed a DM album so much since The Scepter of the Ancients. I see they are on the PM chart, if they get accepted I will be more than willing to add them. 

Jody I will keep an eye for the two aforementioned albums next time I'm out shopping. I really have not listened to a lot of this music since I was attending school.

I would also like to suggest two Canadian bands. Firstly Martyr, all their studio albums are recommended, I think my favourite would be Warp Zone. The second is Augury, they only have one disc out, but it's definitely worth tracking down. There is a sample on the site to listen to: http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=12849.

FruMp wrote: How does everyone here feel about the band Gorguts?, I think it's a bit of a travesty that they were rejected from the archives, they'd fit perfectly in this new genre, they are one of the most technical and avant-garde death metal bands out there.

Certif1ed wrote: FruMp wrote: How does everyone here feel about the band Gorguts?, I think it's a bit of a travesty that they were rejected from the archives, they'd fit perfectly in this new genre, they are one of the most technical and avant-garde death metal bands out there.   Seems like the same kind of thing as technical metal to me - the riffs may be quirky and full of twists - but they're still repeated riffs, and the songs maintain very simple song structures with multi-section bridges. The overall sound is constant and fits into a very tight, easily identifiable narrow spectrum. In this, there's no difference to standard metal - the difference is only in the detail, not the whole.   What I've heard of them is not progressive to my ears - and certainly not avant-garde! John Zorn is avant-garde, as are Spastic Ink, to a lesser degree.

Mmm, which Gorguts album(s) have you heard? Obscura? Just wondering.

Visitor13 wrote: Certif1ed wrote: FruMp wrote: How does everyone here feel about the band Gorguts?, I think it's a bit of a travesty that they were rejected from the archives, they'd fit perfectly in this new genre, they are one of the most technical and avant-garde death metal bands out there.   Seems like the same kind of thing as technical metal to me - the riffs may be quirky and full of twists - but they're still repeated riffs, and the songs maintain very simple song structures with multi-section bridges. The overall sound is constant and fits into a very tight, easily identifiable narrow spectrum. In this, there's no difference to standard metal - the difference is only in the detail, not the whole.   What I've heard of them is not progressive to my ears - and certainly not avant-garde! John Zorn is avant-garde, as are Spastic Ink, to a lesser degree. Mmm, which Gorguts album(s) have you heard? Obscura? Just wondering.

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MikeEnRegalia wrote: jmcdaniel_ee wrote: Between the Buried and Me's album Alaska.  Check out Becoming the Archetype too if you don't know them already: http://www.myspace.com/becomingthearchetype

TheProgtologist wrote: Have you heard Martyr's newest album Feeding the Abscess?I think it is light years ahead of Warp Zone,which is also an excellent album in its own right.

For me, it's probably more a matter of timing. I listened to Warp Zone a lot back in '02/'03, but when Feeding the Abscess rolled around, my tastes in metal were predominately targeted towards doom (and a bit of black). So in turn it didn't grow on me as much as their previous album.