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AtomicCrimsonRush 
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 Posted: April 26 2010 at 06:21 |
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Does anyone here have a top 10 list of best tech extreme metal albums? I have no true idea about this music. I dont like dark metal as a rule but am open to change if theres good stuff out there and no too evil sounding with dark lyrics.
thx in advance..,
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: April 26 2010 at 06:43 |
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sleeper
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Posted: April 26 2010 at 10:43 |
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Damn, I've just seen that Burst split at the end of last year, so it looks like the awsome Lazarus Bird (which IMO is better than 2/3rds of whats on that list you just posted harmonium) will be the bands last album.
I'm off to go listen to Prey on Life, Origio and Lazarus Bird, three amazing albums.
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: April 26 2010 at 10:47 |
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I don't care about that list either, but it's our list, so we should acknowledge it. And it's a good place to start.
I wouldn't bet on that, reunions are today's fashion (and business). |
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sleeper
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Posted: April 26 2010 at 10:57 |
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Oh its a good list a definitely a good place to start with Ex/Tech, but I rate Lazarus Bird very highly.
They have said that its possible but not in the forseeable future.
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avalanchemaster
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Posted: April 26 2010 at 14:32 |
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That Blotted Science album title should NOT read machinations of dimentia, rather it should be spelled Dementia...
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J-Man
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Posted: April 26 2010 at 14:38 |
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Awesome!  |
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J-Man
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Posted: April 26 2010 at 14:42 |
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Here's the holy trinity of tech/extreme prog metal... 1. Edge of Sanity - Crimson (if you don't have this, you haven't lived yet) 2. Opeth - Still Life 3. Death - Symbolic |
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EatThatPhonebook
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Posted: April 26 2010 at 14:52 |
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Well, thanks to the existence of this genre in this site, I probably would have never wanted to listen to bands such as Mastodon or Opeth.
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avalanchemaster
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Posted: April 27 2010 at 01:05 |
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Here are some favorites of mine:
Spiral Architect- A Sceptic's Universe Extol- Synergy Ephel Duath- Pain Necessary To Know Twisted Into Form- Then Comes Affliction To Awaken The Dreamer Martyr- all three of their albums The Dillinger Escape Plan w/ Mike Patton- Irony Is A Dead Scene The Deserts of traun- The Lilac moon Detachment- suspended in stone Depressive Age- Lying In Wait Deathrow- Deception Ignored Dark Lunacy- all Damn The Machine- s/t Cynic- both full lengths (and most likely this new ep) Crom-Tech- all Cosmonaut- Pipebomb Full Of Nails Coroner- all Confessor- Condemned (technical progressive doomy thrash- just brilliant) Collapsar- both Cloudkicker- self released stuff in a Meshuggah vein, but more ambient Capharnaum- Fractured (features Daniel Mongrain of Martyr- killer stuff!) Atrox- all with Monika Edvardson Atrocity- Hallucinations, todessehnsucht Atheist- all Arcturus- all Andromeda- all Anata- all Altered Aeon- Dispiritism Aletheian- Dying Vine Alarum- both Absurd 2 (squared)- ep (extol side project- tech thrash with fretless bass) Drottnar- Welterwerk Ebonylake- On The Eve Of The Grimly Inventive Exivious- s/t Frantic Bleep- Fluctuadmission and The Sense Apparatus Gorguts- everything Gorod- everything Gory Blister- Art Bleeds, Cognitive Sinergy Hectic Patterns- Random Helstar- Nosferatu, A Distant Thunder The Human Abstract- Nocturne Illogicist- The Insight Eye, Subjected Into The Moat- everything Intronaut- Void Ion dissonance- Breathing Is Irrelevant, Solace Kadenzza- both albums Kalisia- Skies (demo) and the latest release Karmakanic- Entering The Spectra Korovakill- Waterhells Le Grand Guignol- The Great Maddening Lethargy- discography Loincloth- Demo Breadwinner- The Burner Lux Occulta- The Mother And The Enemy, My Guardian Anger (they are all worth investigating though) Lye By Mistake- both albums, but moreso Fea Jur, when they dropped the terrible vocals Lykathea Aflame- Elvenefris Meridian- The Seventh Sun Mick Barr- anything- Orthrelm/ Octis/ Ocrilim/ Flying Luttenbachers.. Mind Over Four- Half Way Down (top 100 of all time probably) Mutant- Thy Aeonic Majesty Theory In Practice- all Negativa- demo Neglected Fields- all Orakle- Tourments and Perdition Oxiplegatz- all Pan.Thy.Monium- Khaoohs & Kon-Fus-ion Pavor- Furioso Pessimist- Ke Hvizdam Pestilence- everything but that newest atrocity-of-a-boring waste Phantasmagory- Anamorphosis Of Dreams, Odd Sounds Power Of Omens- Rooms Of Anguish Protest The Hero- both full lengths Prototype- both albums Psychofagist- all Psychotic Waltz- All (fricking brilliant prog metal- the kings!) Psychotogen- the calculus of evil Psyopus- all Psypheria- embrace the mutation Ram-Zet- all Reflux- the illusion of democracy Ron Jarzombek/WatchTower/Blotted Science Scholomance- the immortality Murders, A Treatise On Love Scrambled Defuncts- Souls Despising The God Sculptured- all Serdce- Cyberly, The Alchemy Of Harmony Sieges Even- everything up to The Art Of Navigating By The Stars (and that one meanders a lot) Sikth- both albums Sleep Terror- Probing tranquility Soilwork- The chainheart machine Spastic Ink- both Spawn Of Possession- both Stargazer- the scream that tore the sky Symbyosis- everything Terminal Function- all Thought Industry- everything! (I can't stress this band enough) Tiamat- Wildhoney, A deeper kind of slumber Timescape- strange Today Is The Day- Willpower, In The Eyes Of God (this one has Brann and Bill from Mastodon) Toxik- Think This (best progressive tech thrash album of all time?) Ulcerate- Of fracture and failure Virulence- a conflict scenario VUVR- Pilgrimage Winds- Reflections Of The I Wintersun- s/t Without Face- Astronomicon 7 for 4- all I probably already posted a list before, but someone recently asked for recommendations, and these are pretty unique, I am not one to like Opeth (too repetitious and pretty boring) too much, but you might like them. Some of the highly regarded albums on here are rather tame actually..... |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: June 26 2010 at 19:38 |
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I just found on the internet samples from the new Negura Bunget album. I can't listen to them right now as it's late night here, so I'll post them for your enjoyment (?) From what I read everyone says it's not the same thing anymore, but they sound good. I'm very curious.
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Atomicunderware
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Posted: June 29 2010 at 06:25 |
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The new Negura Bunget is a grower. No, it's not the same, but still very good, and a worthy continuation of their legacy.
I see a lot about Dan Swano in this thread, but haven't read the whole thing. A truly great extreme prog metal band is one of his projects - Pan.Thy.Monium. The album 'Khaooos & Kon-Fus-Ion' is superb. Edit: Just noticed a mention of Pan.Thy.Monium, should be more observant. Interesting discussion regarding Esoteric too. We aren't exactly enamoured with the funeral doom label. When describing our music to people who have no idea of that kind of thing, I usually start with 'Pink Floyd'. Given that early Floyd, Crimson etc is probably the common denominator amongst all our influences, I suppose 'prog' will always be a part of the sound in one way or another. Long songs, orchestral arrangements, odd timings - all elements of prog, all elements of our music.
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Froghead
--- Esoteric - www.bereft.co.uk Pantheist - www.pantheist.co.uk |
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lucas
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Such a long list and no Voivod
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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avalanchemaster
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Posted: June 29 2010 at 10:37 |
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you're right, Voivod should be in there. I would say Nothingface is their crowning achievement.... most proggy, most technical.... my fave... but I like everything they have done except for the last two or three... It's just not the same without Piggy. I am saddened that I never saw them with him... OR... even got a chance to see them with Daniel Mongrain of Martyr on guitars!!!!
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lucas
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Posted: June 29 2010 at 10:53 |
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all Voivod's recorded material up to 'Infini' feature Piggy on guitar. And I love their last two albums 'Quatorze' (as it should be spelled
 ) and 'Infini', more rock than metal but very enjoyable. Also, the Eric Forrest era is very good and should be of interest to fans of tech/extreme prog metal, especially Negatron.
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avalanchemaster
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Posted: June 29 2010 at 11:41 |
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I know they "had" Piggy, but only in spirit, as those were pre-recorded demo tracks.... he really wasn't there to finetune the tunes.... that's what I mean.
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UMUR
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Posted: June 29 2010 at 13:03 |
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I see you mention Condemned by Confessor in the list. I´ve been listening to that one a lot this last week. I´ve actually written a review for Metal Music Archives ( http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/) of that album, just haven´t posted it yet.
!!! I just realized that Confessor is not on PA!!! I´ve added them to the Prog metal chart for evaluation.
Here´s my review if anyone should be interested ( oh and don´t get bothered by the html tags if they show):
<B>Confessor</B> - <i>Condemned</i>
<i>Condemned</i> is the debut full-length studio album by American doom metal act <B>Confessor</B>. The album was released in October 1991 by <B>Earache Records</B>. The original album contained 9 tracks but there´s a Japanese version available with 3 additional bonus tracks.
The music on the album is a very unusual kind of doom metal. First of all the tempo isn´t snail tempo slow. It´s still brick heavy music but the tempo is mostly kept in slow- to mid pace. Secondly the music is quite technical compared to most other releases in the genre. Especially the drumming stands out as very busy and skillfully played, but the rest of the music is also rather intricate. Calling the music on <i>Condemned</i> progressive or technical doom metal wouldn´t be far off the mark. To top it all off there´s the distinct high pitched vocal delivery by <B>Scott Jeffreys</B>. He is the kind of singer that I usually associate with progressive rock/ metal. I´m reminded a bit of <B>Cedric Bixler-Zavala</B> from <B>The Mars Volta</B>. While <B>Scott Jeffreys</B> is a skilled vocalist, his vocal lines are kind of non-melodic and sometimes even close to atonal to my ears, and it will be a challenge to some, if they can digest them. If a bit more melody and variation had been put into the vocals, this album could have been even greater than it already is. Another unusual feature on a doom metal album is that the songs are not especially long. Most are about 4 minutes long but that´s only a good thing IMO. There´s not a dull moment in sight. <B>Confessor</B> are not the kind of band that play their riffs on repeat for several minutes. On the other hand some might miss gloomy atmosphere and slow building majestic doom climaxes. The music on <i>Condemned</i> has a more desperate sound to it instead. Many of the riffs on the album are thrash metal inspired but the drums make sure the pace is kept slow enough for this to be called a doom metal album.
The production lacks a bit of warmth if you ask me, but it´s still powerful and suits the music well.
<i>Condemned</i> is one of the most unique doom metal albums out there. Not only because the music on the album is unusually technical for the genre but also because of the distinct high pitched vocal delivery by <B>Scott Jeffreys</B>. If you want to challenge yourself to some technical/ progressive doom metal, <i>Condemned</i> is a great place to start. A 4 star rating is fully deserved. Just beware that <B>Confessor</B> are sure to be an aquired taste.
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Repner
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I've seen a lot of Dan Swano get mentioned. I've been getting into his music over the past year, and I really love the Moontower album, as well as Edge Of Sanity and his brothers project Pan.Thy.Monium
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: August 09 2010 at 09:53 |
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Dordeduh are finally releasing something.
 Valea Omului Band: DORDEDUH Release Date: 3.9.2010 Tracklist 01. Cumpat 02. Zuh - Cu tunetul muntilor Formats Gatefold 7" EP Album Info These are the first recordings of Dordeduh, the new band of former Negura Bunget members Hupogrammos and Sol Faur. "Valea Omului" is a two-track vinyl single, serving as a precursor to Dordeduh’s debut album scheduled for the end of 2010. The single is going to be released in a noble gatefold format containing an exclusive Dordeduh sticker and is limited to 500 copies. Prophecy Production |
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: August 09 2010 at 10:03 |
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Well theres some lists. I tried Opeth and liked most of that. Very dark though brilliant.
It's amazing too how many metal bands starts with Psy
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Psychofagist
Psychotic Waltz- Psychotogen- Psyopus- Psypheria- Psycroptic others? Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - August 09 2010 at 10:18 |
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