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Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

I'm so happy you've discovered THought Industry! The debut and the next album are two of my favorite albums (of any genre) of all time! Unique and unlike ANYTHING ever recorded. My only gripe is the production is crap but the music and originality is so excellent that i don't care.

Very nice with this post of yours. I've seen your 5 stars review of Songs for Insects from 2013 and wondered if you still appreciate this album so much - you certainly do! 
Personally, I find the production of it quite good (as I hear it on the 1995 reissue), also considering the often very dense character of the music which is not easy to produce well.


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^out of curiosity, what did you think of my other suggestion, Mind Over Four. The Goddess was one I listened to a lot back in the early 90s with Voivod and Thouht Industry. What I didn't like was that it was only 33 minutes long.
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Originally posted by mathman0806 mathman0806 wrote:

^out of curiosity, what did you think of my other suggestion, Mind Over Four. The Goddess was one I listened to a lot back in the early 90s with Voivod and Thouht Industry. What I didn't like was that it was only 33 minutes long.

Well, the cover art of The Goddess put me of, so I haven't given it any chance yet. I liked some of Half Way Down, but I found it also too derivative which I don't like.
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Originally posted by I prophesy disaster I prophesy disaster wrote:

I'm not sure if my recommendation satisfies your requirements, but a favourite metal album of mine is "Crack the Skye" by Mastodon. They are listed in PA under Tech/Extreme Prog Metal, so I guess that means they do have tracks with growling vocals. On "Crack the Skye", there is only one track with growling vocals. The vocals on the other tracks are not necessarily clean, but they are not growling. I especially love the Sabbathesque sound of a number of their tracks. The two tracks below are highlights for me:

Btw, since you're very fond of Crack the Sky and apparently also fond of The Mercury Tree's Self Similar, I could recomend you Isis' In the Absence of Truth which is Sludgy and have some but more pleasant growling vocals.


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Opeth - Ghost Reveries, if you haven't checkout them out yet.
Baroness - their last or Blue record are a good starting point.
Ihsahn - some great harsh vocals with cool ideas.
Animal as Leaders - great instrumental band.
Thank You Scientist - More close to Mars Volta maybe? They are sometimes prog-metal. Might be too pop though.
Soen - Kinda similar to Tool
Messhuggah - Very heavy with only harsh vocals. They last 2 or 3 albums were great for me - especially The Violent Sleep of Reason, hated the earlier ones, though haha
Dreadnought - With female vocals (also harsh ones), reminds a bit of "classic opeth", but it is more experimental and somewhat loose.
Ok Goodnight - The Fox and the Bird is great, but it is very storytelly and definitely pop in places. It's still ones of my favourites releases of 2023, though. Female vocals as well (some growling in 2 songs)

They are still somewhat Pop, but closer to Mastodon and Riverside instead of Dream Theater or Haken, for example.
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