Instrumental Metal

OK... well if you don't know by now, I am a DJ at my college's student radio station, and every semester we do a fund raising drive during which each show has a "special theme" and we take pledge donations from listeners.  So that week I'm going to call my show "Metal vocals suck!  ...an exploration into instrumental metal".  

However, I need some suggestions for good things to play.  I already have all-instrumental bands like Pelican and Red Sparowes lined up, as well as Liquid Tension Experiment, The f**king Champs, Dream Theater (of course), Porcupine Tree, and a couple other possibilities.

So, what other good instrumental metal pieces are there?  I posted this here because I'm open to non-prog metal as well, but I need to stay away from popular commercial bands like Metallica, etc.(this is an independent radio station after all!).  I have a 2 hour show to fill, and I want to make it listenable so I can get as many pledges as possible. 

thanks!

PLANET X - Moonbabies

SPASTIC INK - Ink Complete

KONG - Mute Poet Vocalizer ,Phlegm,Push Comes To Shove,Earmined

MEKONG DELTA - Pictures at an Exhibition

Edited by Kohllapse

Yngwie Malmsteen's first album, 'Rising Force', is pretty amazing stuff.

sweet!  thanks guys, keep 'em coming if you think of more,

I was definitely thinking of using some Spastic Ink, and I knew there had to be some instrumental Maiden somewhere.  Many of these suggestions sound great.  Hopefully I can find them.

I am trying to shy away from solo guitar stuff like malmsteen, Vai and stuff of that nature, but I definitely have plenty of that if I need to use it.

thanks again!

...and add to that Mekong Delta - Night on a Bare Mountain (I believe they've done a fair few recordings of other 19th century works - their album "Classics" is full of them and I think the only MD CD readily available!

Logos wrote: GoldenSpiral wrote: So that week I'm going to call my show "Metal vocals suck!  ...an exploration into instrumental metal". I think your show sucks with that theme .

awww... it's just a joke, guy.  cheer up.  most of the time I play metal that actually has vocals.

but, honestly, it's the complaint I most often hear about metal, and it's often my complaint with certain bands.  It's always "wow, the music's good, but I think I would enjoy this a bit more if the singer would just take it down a notch maybe..."

The Black Mages

The Black Mages II - The Skies Above

Both albums are Final Fantasy songs done by a rock band featuring the composer Nobuo Uetmatsu. Some great stuff here, only two songs with singing on them.

Kohllapse wrote: MEKONG DELTA - Pictures at an Exhibition

 

Good to know somebody else owns a copy of this excellent album. But metal.............................I don't think so, bass lead trio rock surely.