The Tech/Extreme Prog metal appreciation

My two favourites of the genre are Spastic Ink and Spiral Architect, both of which I only discovered upon joining the forum in December, although I started listening to both of them bands last month. Are there many more humor tech prog bands like Spastic Ink around, but perhaps with a different musical approach anyone could suggest I try out?

Ive been heavily into 'shuggs for several years now, and i never tire of their sound and disorienting (almost hypnotic) feel. Even their production is amazing. I still remember the first time i listened to 'caosphere' and was totally and utterly blown away by it. It felt as though the speakers were shooting shards of glass (no, i was not high...) the guitar tone is unlike any other on that LP     

My favorite Progressive Sub-genre

I opened a thread for this, not knowing there was this thread.

Intricate guitar playing, fast changing rhythms, cool tunes, excellent playing, richness of sound, combined vocal styles (growling and clear) – a recipe for excellence. This is turning out to be a great album.

 

schizoid_man77 wrote: agreed. Your new one isnt too shabby either Jody.

agreed.

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

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

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

Yeah, it's the best topic in appreciations.

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.