The Tech/Extreme Prog metal appreciation

schizoid_man77 wrote: I REALLY wnat skullgrid!   What would you rate it?

i'd probably say 4 or 4.5 out of 5. not perfect, but still amazing. great technical instrumental metal album, and some of the best musicianship i've ever heard. definitely pick it up if you get a chance.

i just picked up unexpect's "in a flesh aquarium" and behold the arctopus's "skullgrid" because i had liked what i heard online. both were great albums, i'm looking forward to finding out more about this new genre and discovering some great bands. 

^^^ I heartily agree with the Psycroptic recommendation. Seem 'em several times live, and they were something to behold. First saw them when I was 'round 15 at a metal festival called Blood lust III, they came on the stage after 'Destroyer 666' and absolutely blew them away. Matt Chalk's vocals floored me, never heard anything like 'em. Still have not picked up their latest album, my spirits were dampened when I heard Matt left the band. There is another band from Tasmania, which sound somewhat similar, but their name is escaping me at the moment, if I remember I will post it hear, they are quite good.   

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Did you ever listen to Behold...the Arctopus debut album? I tend to like that one better.

schizoid_man77 wrote: Bump   I really dont care how heavy the album is, as long as it's not stupid heavy. THanks Frump

Definetely Symobolic...one of the best death metal albums ever made.

Im a tech lover. Some of my favorite tech-metal bands are Meshuggah, Sieges Even, Zero Hour and Watchtower/Spastic Ink.

TheProgtologist wrote: Have you heard Martyr's newest album Feeding the Abscess?I think it is light years ahead of Warp Zone,which is also an excellent album in its own right.

For me, it's probably more a matter of timing. I listened to Warp Zone a lot back in '02/'03, but when Feeding the Abscess rolled around, my tastes in metal were predominately targeted towards doom (and a bit of black). So in turn it didn't grow on me as much as their previous album.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: jmcdaniel_ee wrote: Between the Buried and Me's album Alaska.  Check out Becoming the Archetype too if you don't know them already: http://www.myspace.com/becomingthearchetype

Visitor13 wrote: Certif1ed wrote: FruMp wrote: How does everyone here feel about the band Gorguts?, I think it's a bit of a travesty that they were rejected from the archives, they'd fit perfectly in this new genre, they are one of the most technical and avant-garde death metal bands out there.   Seems like the same kind of thing as technical metal to me - the riffs may be quirky and full of twists - but they're still repeated riffs, and the songs maintain very simple song structures with multi-section bridges. The overall sound is constant and fits into a very tight, easily identifiable narrow spectrum. In this, there's no difference to standard metal - the difference is only in the detail, not the whole.   What I've heard of them is not progressive to my ears - and certainly not avant-garde! John Zorn is avant-garde, as are Spastic Ink, to a lesser degree. Mmm, which Gorguts album(s) have you heard? Obscura? Just wondering.

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