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Originally posted by Negoba 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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Muse


Transatlantic (reviving the gods, shall I say?)
 


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the Mars Volta ( No.1 in that list)
Gordian Knot
Opeth ( not my favourite, but important)
Trey Gunn 
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Originally posted by TheCaptain TheCaptain wrote:

Originally posted by WalterDigsTunes WalterDigsTunes wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Porcupine Tree (and Radiohead and Mr Bungle) are 80s bands Tongue



Shoddy tapes of hucksters blowing raspberry noises into a machine does not an album make. Face it, these are 90s bands.


Making an album is not a requirement for being a band.


Its difference between being a cadre of noiseniks and being worthy of even being remembered in the long run.
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10. Wolves in the Throne Room


Not at all. They are near copies of Weakling, who were around long before them. Even they admit it...
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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."
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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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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Originally posted by WalterDigsTunes WalterDigsTunes wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Porcupine Tree (and Radiohead and Mr Bungle) are 80s bands Tongue



Shoddy tapes of hucksters blowing raspberry noises into a machine does not an album make. Face it, these are 90s bands.


Making an album is not a requirement for being a band.
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by topofsm topofsm wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Porcupine Tree (and Radiohead and Mr Bungle) are 80s bands Tongue

 
Besides the opinion that they aren't really original.Tongue
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! Angry
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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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Points: 4373 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2009 at 06:14
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Porcupine Tree (and Radiohead and Mr Bungle) are 80s bands Tongue



Shoddy tapes of hucksters blowing raspberry noises into a machine does not an album make. Face it, these are 90s bands.
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Originally posted by Tsevir Leirbag Tsevir Leirbag wrote:

1. Anglagard
2. Opeth
3. Radiohead
4. GY!BE
5. Miriodor
6. Karmakanic
7. Beardfish
8. Cynic
9. Porcupine Tree
10. Nemo
11. Edge of Sanity
12. Decemberists
13. Anekdoten
14. Ayreon
15. Rouge Ciel
 
There's a couple of bands in this list that you all forgot! Tongue


There's some good artists here, but i would not include Nemo and Karamakanic in the category of the most original an unique bands. I adore these two but Nemo have taken on the school of some other neo-prog band and Karmakanic is a complement of Flower Kings.
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Points: 3144 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2009 at 02:35

Muse

Gong (still rocking!)
The Decemberists (say something to prove this wrong and I will break your wrist with my eyes)
Transatlantic (reviving the gods, shall I say?)
 
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Mörglbl Trio (Rock-Riff meets Happy-Funky-Riff) http://www.myspace.com/morglbl

Panzerballett (Rock-Riff meets Mechanik-Jazz-Riff) http://www.panzerballett.de/Musik.htm

Doctor Nerve (Experiment meets Metalriff / partwise the last two Albums) http://www.doctornerve.org

Pharaoh Overlord (Rockriff meets Repetition / first & second Album) http://vivo.pl/pharaohoverlord

Morte Macabre & Anekdoten & Landberk & Sörskogen etc. (Romantic meets Folk meets Prog meets ...)

X-Ray Dog (Movie-Trailer meets Soundsampler) http://www.x-raydogmusic.com/whatsnew.htm Cool


... and  SanSeverino  (Boheme meets Django Reinhardt) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Sanseverino ^^



Edited by @thehop - November 14 2009 at 16:39
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1. Anglagard
2. Opeth
3. Radiohead
4. GY!BE
5. Miriodor
6. Karmakanic
7. Beardfish
8. Cynic
9. Porcupine Tree
10. Nemo
11. Edge of Sanity
12. Decemberists
13. Anekdoten
14. Ayreon
15. Rouge Ciel
 
There's a couple of bands in this list that you all forgot! Tongue
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2009 at 19:35
Originally posted by topofsm topofsm wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Porcupine Tree (and Radiohead and Mr Bungle) are 80s bands Tongue

 
Besides the opinion that they aren't really original.Tongue
Seriously, how can any band be truly original - every thing builds upon what came before. 
What?
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Points: 1501 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2009 at 19:25
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Sigur Ros
Mr.Bungle
Fantomas
STGM
Zombi
Tool
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Points: 7826 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2009 at 19:11
Originally posted by topofsm topofsm wrote:

^ We may have to agree to disagree, but just taking one element out of a genre doesn't really make someone unique for me. Aside from extended soloes they're pretty standard IMO.
 
And who says they don't show off? "Handful of Nothing" and "Nihil Morari" are really complex and have some killer playing. Of course I'm definitely not as familiar with Pain of Salvation as you.


Well that just comes with being a prog band. You can't be a prog musician without being a little bit of a show-offTongue

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^ We may have to agree to disagree, but just taking one element out of a genre doesn't really make someone unique for me. Aside from extended soloes they're pretty standard IMO.
 
And who says they don't show off? "Handful of Nothing" and "Nihil Morari" are really complex and have some killer playing. Of course I'm definitely not as familiar with Pain of Salvation as you.

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