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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 09:57
if any new band should be included in the archives, it is Exivious.... I just got their debut yesterday in the mail....and well it smokes!  To me it is like a mix between instrumental Cynic and a heavier Holdsworth.... simply stunning.  (Fusion) Metal album of the year for me, without a doubt!

http://www.exivious.net/
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 10:00
Originally posted by faceofdoomness faceofdoomness wrote:

Well, I'm a rather avid fan of the tech/ extreme metal genre as well as experimental/ post metal. But since it seems like this thread is strictly about tech/ extreme metal thread, I'll go ahead and post rather amazing tech/ extreme album that I have been listening to lately.

Ved Buens Ende's Written in Waters: This is such an interesting forgotten masterpiece of avant-garde metal. They only released one album together like many other bands and it is their only masterpiece. Its dark, gloomy, rather sludgey and the crooning vocals aalong with the walls of interesting guitar sounds really make this album cohesive in my opinion. If I could, I would buy a copy of the physical album.

If you have never ever heard of them, I highly recommend this album and band to whoever likes the slower, gloomier and perhaps more abstract side of the tech/ extreme metal. >:{D
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they also had the rehearsals from their short-lived reunion in 2007, the release "those who caress the pale", and "coiled in obscurity".... they are way out of print or only available online, so do a blog search or something, you will find them. Wink  Also, Virus is just as good as VBE, if not better...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 10:13
The new Gorod leaked.

It's amazing.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 12:41
it's pitty Obscura are not liked here Cry . and i see Ved Buens Ende discussion , Written in Waters is very good album. i don't like Virus. Dødheimsgard are fine . Gorod - Process of a New Decline is great, i will get their old albums for sure 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 12:54
Out of all of Carl-Michael's projects, I think Virus is my favorite.  Both Carheart and The Black Flux are fantastic.  Carl's musical sense is so wacky.  Great beer drinking music.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 12:56
Originally posted by avalanchemaster avalanchemaster wrote:

if any new band should be included in the archives, it is Exivious.... I just got their debut yesterday in the mail....and well it smokes!  To me it is like a mix between instrumental Cynic and a heavier Holdsworth.... simply stunning.  (Fusion) Metal album of the year for me, without a doubt!

http://www.exivious.net/
They are already here: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2493. Maybe you could add the new album?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 15:17
Added: http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=23455
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 15:39
Originally posted by Jake Kobrin Jake Kobrin wrote:

Added: http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=23455
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 15:59
There is a french brutal death metal borderline with tech death : Benighted. Their album 'icon' sounds very good. There seems to be a lot of good tech death bands around recently.
 
I am currently listening to Elvenking, a metal band that is somewhat interesting for the fact that they sound like a mix of Helloween, Rhapsody, Apocalypse (swiss thrash metal), Blind Guardian, Mago de Oz, Skyclad. Truly one of those rare metal gems. Their demo 'To oak woods bestowed' (the one I am discovering) is amazing. They would be a good addition to PA.
 
 
 
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 16:07
I have reviewed the Exivious debut.... don't know if I did it justice, and I am obviously pimping the hell out of it, but I feel it deserves the praise I am heaping upon it.... this is a stunner and (easily) leading the pack in tech metal of today (if you ask me)...  Smile
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 16:14
Originally posted by moe_blunts moe_blunts wrote:

Out of all of Carl-Michael's projects, I think Virus is my favorite.  Both Carheart and The Black Flux are fantastic.  Carl's musical sense is so wacky.  Great beer drinking music.
 
Agreed.  If you were to take a look at his myspace page, you would see the wide-ranging, diverse, and exceptional (even recommended!) influences he has.  They all make sense when you throw them in a blender and come out with Virus... one of my all-time favorite metal bands ever!  I think Carheart has the slight edge here over TBF though...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 16:16
Originally posted by angelmk angelmk wrote:

it's pitty Obscura are not liked here Cry . and i see Ved Buens Ende discussion , Written in Waters is very good album. i don't like Virus. Dødheimsgard are fine . Gorod - Process of a New Decline is great, i will get their old albums for sure 
  maybe I am more diverse in my musical taste, but to me, I can't see how one could like VBE and NOT Virus?!!!!!  seems illogical in a way... they are so close on the crooked old family tree of experimental metal. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 17:17
I actually like Virus more than VBE but they both rule. I just got a physical of VBE's Written in Waters which is cool. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 17:53
Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

I am currently listening to Elvenking, a metal band that is somewhat interesting for the fact that they sound like a mix of Helloween, Rhapsody, Apocalypse (swiss thrash metal), Blind Guardian, Mago de Oz, Skyclad. Truly one of those rare metal gems. Their demo 'To oak woods bestowed' (the one I am discovering) is amazing. They would be a good addition to PA.
 
 
 
 


I'm not going to lie... that was pretty awful.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 18:01
Originally posted by Jake Kobrin Jake Kobrin wrote:

I actually like Virus more than VBE but they both rule. I just got a physical of VBE's Written in Waters which is cool. 
 
I have the Candlelight reissue version of Written In Waters.  I love both VBE and Virus.... (as stated Wink )
I think more people need to investigate Fleurety (if they are fans of VBE and Virus).... severely under-rated band!
 
 
all of their stuff is worthwhile, if hard to find... but definitely worth it.  very good stuff!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 18:23
Originally posted by Jake Kobrin Jake Kobrin wrote:

Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

I am currently listening to Elvenking, a metal band that is somewhat interesting for the fact that they sound like a mix of Helloween, Rhapsody, Apocalypse (swiss thrash metal), Blind Guardian, Mago de Oz, Skyclad. Truly one of those rare metal gems. Their demo 'To oak woods bestowed' (the one I am discovering) is amazing. They would be a good addition to PA.
 
 
 
 


I'm not going to lie... that was pretty awful.
 
Yes, I know no cookie monster growls, no blast beasts therefore not the kind of music qualifying for "prog" LOL
 
Maybe with this one I should have more success (it's sort of technical death I believe) :
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 18:28
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 18:32
^
Just discovering sleep terror. It's a damned insane band !
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 18:44
Of course, any cultured person will notice the reference to Füssli's 'nightmare' in the cover artwork :
 
Fichier:John Henry Fuseli - The Nightmare.JPG
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Edited by lucas - May 23 2009 at 18:54
"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2009 at 18:48
just one guy on that CD, Luke Jaeger











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