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Topic: Bands like Caligula's Horse and Karnivool Posted: October 19 2015 at 21:19
I'm a fan of many forms of prog, but have hit a wall in discovering more modern bands. If anyone could let me know some of their great discoveries, it could be extremely helpful.
For a reference some modern bands I'm a fan of are:
Caligulas Horse, Aracne, Karnivool, Fair to Midland, Being, Vola, Agent Fresco, Mercury Tree, Sumer, Whalerider, some Porcupine Tree, and Rishloo.
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Posted: October 20 2015 at 11:43
Amazing how similar our tastes in music are right now. I'm on that same tangent. Caligula's Horse, Vola, Karnivool, and Agent Fresco are all finding regular play for me.
The only things I can think of to suggest along those lines would be Leprous, Circles, Eden Circus, and Skyharbor. The singers for Leprous and Agent Fresco sound similar. Circles, like Caligula's Horse and Karnivool, are also Australian. Though Circles is much heavier than those two bands, they aren't totally far off. Eden Circus mixes a lot of good atmospheric stuff in with some solid "riff rock". Skyharbor's new single is just amazing, but I really enjoyed Guiding Lights.
I Am Giant is another band I've been listening to lately. They're a New Zealand band, whose last album was produced by the guy who has worked on albums for Karnivool, Skyharbor, and Animals as Leaders. I don't consider them a prog band, but I'm excited for their new album, because they have added the singer and guitar player from Exit Ten (a solid British alt-metal band) into the fold. This is their single with the new members:
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Posted: October 20 2015 at 16:02
Holy hell backtothegarden!! How the hell has Exit Ten been off my radar for so long?! Those guys are freakin beastly. I'll also keep an eye out for I Am Giant's new CD. I'm really diggin the Leprous. They're one of those bands that I've heard of and seen around but never really gave a chance, but since you said they sounded like Agent Fresco I finally did, and am glad for it.
Port Noir will definitely get regular ear love time and Dream the Electric Sleep sounds like a solid find.
Thanks everyone! Got some new great bands to binge listen to.
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Posted: October 20 2015 at 16:07
Great calls here! I would also suggest the obvious, HAKEN! And almost every band that played at the Euroblast 11 a couple of says ago. The amount of talent at this small festival was just outstanding....
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Posted: October 20 2015 at 16:08
Have you seen the music video for Port Noir's "Neon"? Such ridiculousness!! Creepy 70's disco dancer on the dance floor alone? f*** yes they'll make a video about it!
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Posted: October 20 2015 at 16:16
glad you like some of the suggestions! nice to see how productive such a little brainstorm of a few people can be :)
haklepola wrote:
Great calls here! I would also suggest the obvious, HAKEN! And almost every band that played at the Euroblast 11 a couple of says ago. The amount of talent at this small festival was just outstanding....
have been there :D it was incredibly awesome! I'll suggest Rishloo to them to invite for next year, this band would fit perfectly and they neeeed to come to europe!
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Posted: October 20 2015 at 16:21
Point Noir is also very good, very interesting.....at the moment I am playing Agent Fresco, a new find for me, very Leprous-like, but there is a lack of a "metal" edge that Leprous has. Album of the week for me is Bloom from Caligula's Horse - what a wonderful album....
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Posted: October 20 2015 at 16:26
Most definitely about Bloom being a wonderful album. It hasn't been released here in America, but soon I'll get my vinyl copy and all will be well. I was skeptical about the change in mood of their style, from gloomy to uplifting, but they somehow pulled it off extremely well.
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Posted: October 20 2015 at 16:32
I have to admit that I prefer Bloom to the Rivers End album but i don't know why. Perhaps Bloom is deeeper somehow, musically richer. It is still growing for me, especially "Daughter of the Mountain" an the incredibly catchy "hit" Turntail.....
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Posted: October 21 2015 at 11:43
I'm listening to the new Caligula's Horse record now. I love the range these guys have - such chunky, kick drum heavy riffs, then seamlessly transitioning to lighter acoustic material. Good stuff.
It's been a good week for discovering music - Port Noir from this thread, Zentraedi and Transience from another thread on this site.
I decided to give the new Nad Sylvan album a shot on Monday, and man, it is good. It's like what Genesis could've sounded like if the 80s didn't happen. Now I'm going to have to check out some of his other work.
tbonson04 - Exit Ten's first album "Remember the Day" is pretty awesome. Some crazy heavy riffs on there, contrasted by those clean vocals. It's a little raw, but so many good ideas on that album. "Technically Alive" is my favorite track from that record. I love gallop/thrash tempo stuff.
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Posted: October 21 2015 at 20:09
I just got my copy a few hours ago and listened through a few times now. You can really hear how much they've matured as band in between just one album. Their playing is tighter and the sound overall is just more varied. It will take a little while to really digest the whole album, but so far its surpassed my expectations.
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Posted: October 23 2015 at 22:16
People often talk about a specifically Australian style of alt-metal/heavy prog, the mainstays of which are said to be Karnivool, Dead Letter Circus, The Butterfly Effect and Cog. I haven't heard much of them aside from Karnivool, but it's probably worth your time.
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Posted: November 12 2015 at 10:19
Wow guys thank you for bringing up Agent Fresco! the new album Destrier has blown me away! it took a while but hell yeah! their songwriting is a lot more epic then their sound is "cheesy" so it totally makes up for the overall very sweet and poppy sound. man! really fine recommendation, thanks :)
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