The Tech/Extreme Prog metal appreciation

schizoid_man77 wrote: If 3 were a bit more metal, and a LOT less poppy, they would fit great in this thread.

Agreed, but I think they're a great band nonetheless. I saw them opening for Porcupine Tree and I had never heard of them before, so I was pretty impressed. I hung out with them after the show and they were really cool guys as well. It's always when you meet those types of musicians.
i'm not normally into poppy stuff, but there was just something about three. maybe it was that the singer played almost flamenco, finger style acoustic guitar and they had two drummers and the lead guitarist wore what looked like a jedi robe and had a fan blowing his hair back the whole time. just a lot of real unique show. it sounded like a more technical sort of coheed and cambria to me.

Oh man, I think I gave myself a techaneurysm.  Picked up Blottted Science and Skullgrid on the same day. OUCH!!!

Good to see you are listening to some Continuo Renacer,they are superb.

Edited by TheProgtologist - November 12 2007 at 08:42

Three are really technical Mike, well, the instrumental stuff. Too much pop though, cant really get into them.

I haven't listened to Skullgrid enough, but as of now I still prefer Nano...
Skullgrid wasn't vastly different, but I have only listened to it once! What do I know?!?!

Mmmmmmm... Dilinger!

TheProgtologist wrote: sean wrote: has anyone heard the new dillinger escape plan yet? i've heard the songs they've posted online but i'm not sure yet if i want to buy it, but they've always been one of those bands where the songs grow on me each time i hear it, and i think i've only heard a couple songs of theirs that i've heard the first time and liked quite a bit.    I have,and love it.   It's a little more accessible than their earlier work,but I think Ire Works is a pretty solid album.

i'm surprised that you say it's more accessible, since they said they were going to go to a style more like calculating infinity, but i've only heard two songs, "fix your face" and "black bubblegum". fix your face seemed like typical dillinger fare but i was really surprised by black bubblegum. i liked the eerie feeling it had and greg was using a falsetto, not exactly what you expect from a dillinger song, but still pretty cool. i've read interviews with greg and he says he's really into mogwai and a lot of electronic stuff so maybe that's been more of an influence.

TheProgtologist wrote: sean wrote: has anyone heard the new dillinger escape plan yet? i've heard the songs they've posted online but i'm not sure yet if i want to buy it, but they've always been one of those bands where the songs grow on me each time i hear it, and i think i've only heard a couple songs of theirs that i've heard the first time and liked quite a bit.    I have,and love it.   It's a little more accessible than their earlier work,but I think Ire Works is a pretty solid album.

I agree mostly, it was solid. It wasn't the most spectacular release though, but you can't always expect the most out of a band.

Hmm, some people here seem to have very rigid definitions of what should be labelled prog or otherwise.  I would absolutely call Atheist, Cynic and Aghora prog-metal.  They are far more prog than Dream Theater ever will be.  Sure they have repeated riffs but....so did King Crimson, Rush and Genesis........?  

Maybe there's something I'm missing!

Anyways, yeah, Anata, glad to see them mentioned, saw them in Dublin a couple of years ago on the Composer's tour, very, very good live band.  Much more about the composition side of things then say the straight up technical leanings of Necrophagist for instance, who are essentially just straight death metal with ludicrously virtuoso style solos.

Most progressive Death album is surely Sound Of Perseverance...what an album!  We used to cover Flesh And The Power It Holds - definitely something you need a warm up before attempting! hehe

If you haven't yet heard Gorod I would definitely recommend them, also maybe some Omnium Gatherum...vocals aren't exactly to my taste but some interesting song-writing ideas and style mixes. 

Just added a French band to Tech/Extreme that you guys might want to check out...Gorod.