The Tech/Extreme Prog metal appreciation

I never understood what people found so special about Scar Symmetry. Pretty generic melodic Swedish death metal/ metal ( of the most polished kind. Where´s the bite? Where´s the edge?). It´s allright but really! I´ve heard so many band´s playing this style and they don´t really stand out as something special to my ears. Taste is taste of course.

Yep. Anyone interested in technical/ progressive death metal with a unique sound should definitely check out that album.

Yes indeed, can't waid for the Great Misdirect. Only six songs on the album, so it should be in the same format of Colors. Even if they simply rehash Colors it should be excellent.

topofsm wrote: Hate to see this thread get low, but I still have stuff to discuss. I picked up Alaska by BTBAM lately. I haven't seen much discussion on this album, what do most people think of it? I think it's great and has some wonderful melodic parts, though compared to the masterpiece that Colors is it's just alright. Anybody else?

It isn't discussed cos it's 2009 now, lol.
If you ever went to the SMNnew.com forum board, there was a million threads about Alaska, so pretty much everything that could have been said about it has been said really, even if not said at this forum.

Deathspell Omega along with Blut Aus Nord defintly have made some of the best black metal ever. Fans of abstract/avant-garde type black metal should check out Lurker of Chalice's self titled.

Any fans of Pan.Thy.Monium over here? really good band avant-death band fronted by Edge of Sanity's Dan Swano, some really cool and unusal saxophone parts and a wonderful 20 minute epic.


Edited by franticfish - July 27 2009 at 13:51

Jake Kobrin wrote: topofsm wrote: I still need to get more DSO stuff. You do nothing but praise them, so either they're worth at least a listen or you're just a crazy obsessive fanboy, and god knows we have very few of those on this site.   In any event, the progressive/avant-garde black metal genre has been growing on me for quite a while and need more stuff of that kind. Yeah but it's a fairly obscure band to be an obsessed fanboy about so there has to be SOME reason why I gravitate towards this particular group...

It's the fact that they are more obscure (well no longer in the metal underground.... it is sort of trendy to hate them) that makes them that much more attractive to me.  I am an obsessed fanboy of DSO myself... best black metal band in the last 5 years or so.... easily.



On a side note, if anyone is a fan of Gnaw Their Tongues (hopefully you are if you enjoy anything dark musically), you would do well to check out his side-project, De Magia Veterum, a chaotic, raw, technical black metal project that is just killer!

For non-prog metal fans I would purchase their two first before the two latest. There you´ll find most of the Marillion influences that everyone is talking about.

topofsm wrote: I still need to get more DSO stuff. You do nothing but praise them, so either they're worth at least a listen or you're just a crazy obsessive fanboy, and god knows we have very few of those on this site.   In any event, the progressive/avant-garde black metal genre has been growing on me for quite a while and need more stuff of that kind.

Yeah but it's a fairly obscure band to be an obsessed fanboy about so there has to be SOME reason why I gravitate towards this particular group...

Deathspell Omega is great, great atmospherics!

^ Yup!

Holy f*cking sh*t! Last night I listened to Deathspell Omega's Chaining the Katechon for the first time in maybe 6 months. HOLY F*CKING SH*T!!! That piece of music is just... awwwwwwww... it's just... amazing! It was written by God and sponsered by Satan! Why it's not as famous as Mozart's compositions I don't understand because it as the same level if not greater! There's a reason why it has a perfect rating on this site (albiet only two ratings...)!


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Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Chaining the Katechon
2008