The Tech/Extreme Prog metal appreciation

Dark Angel started out as a thrash band (an excellent one as well) but got more technical as time passed by. The "9 songs, 67 minutes, 254 riffs" album was their last album I think, named "Time Does Not Heal". It's one of the best later thrash albums actually, in my opinion, and it's highly recommended if you like proggy and more technical thrash alà Justice era Metallica or Rust In Piece era Megadeth!

TheProgtologist wrote: This thread and the experimental/post metal thread aren't allowed to slip onto page 2 of this section,it's against forum rules and guidelines.   Check these guys out,they deserve more recognition:   Monogono -   http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3054   There is a streaming sample up on their page.

They're really, really good!  Thanks for the recommendation dude, hearing everything from King Crimson and Return to Forever to Death and BTBAM!

Era V. wrote: TheProgtologist wrote: This thread and the experimental/post metal thread aren't allowed to slip onto page 2 of this section,it's against forum rules and guidelines.   Check these guys out,they deserve more recognition:   Monogono -   http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3054   There is a streaming sample up on their page. They're really, really good!  Thanks for the recommendation dude, hearing everything from King Crimson and Return to Forever to Death and BTBAM!

ProgBagel wrote: http://www.myspace.com/forcesatwork Pretty interesting.

sean wrote: so i just bought between the buried and me's "colors" today. i'm about halfway through and this stuff is really blowing me away. i had high expectations because of all the fanfare about this but this is really great. maybe now i can go back through the older stuff. i didn't like what i had heard from alaska too much before but i think it warrants being checked out.

Edited by TheProgtologist - December 18 2007 at 16:45

TheProgtologist wrote: Era V. wrote: TheProgtologist wrote: This thread and the experimental/post metal thread aren't allowed to slip onto page 2 of this section,it's against forum rules and guidelines.   Check these guys out,they deserve more recognition:   Monogono -   http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3054   There is a streaming sample up on their page. They're really, really good!  Thanks for the recommendation dude, hearing everything from King Crimson and Return to Forever to Death and BTBAM!   It's nice that someone actually took notice of this and checked them out,and I'm glad you liked them.   Their Amuk album is superb.

heyitsthatguy wrote: sean wrote: TheProgtologist wrote: sean wrote: so i just bought between the buried and me's "colors" today. i'm about halfway through and this stuff is really blowing me away. i had high expectations because of all the fanfare about this but this is really great. maybe now i can go back through the older stuff. i didn't like what i had heard from alaska too much before but i think it warrants being checked out.   I would definitely give Alaska a chance.   An interesting BtBaM album is the album of covers called The Anatomy Of.They play quite a few prog tunes,and what is surpising is tunes that you think they would ruin(Queen's "Bicycle Race")they play to perfection.   My favorite cover on the album is their version of Soundgarden's "The Day I Tried to Live".Tommy Rogers sings his a** off on that tune.     i see they do quite the assortment of songs on that album. i really want to hear three of a perfect pair especially. but i will definitely be giving the older stuff a try. i'm looking forward to their tour with dream theater, opeth, and 3. as am I their covers are spot on for the most part actually as for Alaska, I'd listen to as many samples as possible, because while there are some tracks on there I really like (Selkies ranks with their best songs, and Backwards Marathon is really good too) a lot of it is too death-y for me. The Silent Circus other than Mordecai did nothing for me.

sean wrote: somehow this dropped to the second page. can't let that happen again.

Yeah, it's the best topic in appreciations.

Well, my frined burn me colors, and I hated it.

Try Meshuggah guitarist Frederik Thordendal's project Special Defects and the album Sol Niger Within out,you won't be disappointed.