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Poll Question: Which one of these obscure bands is your favorite?
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    Posted: May 13 2006 at 05:55
Please note: I left out most of the extreme bands like Enslaved, Kayo Dot, Diabolical Masquerade etc.. I'll create a separate poll about these if this one works!
 
There is one simple rule to this poll:
 
You are only allowed to vote if you've at least listened to one sample song by each band!
 
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P.S.: Some of the bands have sample songs in the archives, others are in my database (www.ratingfreak.com). If you cannot find samples, let me know, and I'll post a link!
 
 


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For your extreme Poll : Scar Symmetry ??  Good list.
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Originally posted by glass house glass house wrote:

For your extreme Poll : Scar Symmetry ??  Good list.
 
Thanks! I even had more bands in the poll, but I removed some because a poll with 20+ options is too confusing.
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Power of Omens! without a doubt
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Agalloch, by far.

I was about to start complaining about the lack of quality groups but then I saw your comment about extreme groups being excluded on purpose so yeah. Wink
 
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Definitely Beyond Twilight... All their 3 albums are fantastic, and  their last album "For The Love Of Art And The Making" goes beyond excellence IMO...

 

Yes Mike, really a very good list... There are some other very good bands, which are most of them ;) My other favourites are Adagio, Indukti, Agalloch,  Winds and Power Of Omens...



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Listening to one sample song gives me nothing to judge about the band, leave alone to call it "my favourite". 
 
I have albums of 6 out of 12 listed bands in my collection, plus listened to full albums of Spastic Ink and DGM, so I can't vote here at first place, and at second - none can be called my favourite anyway.
 
However IMO Mekong Delta wins any poll about underground prog-metal.  
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Originally posted by eugene eugene wrote:

Listening to one sample song gives me nothing to judge about the band, leave alone to call it "my favourite". 
 
I have albums of 6 out of 12 listed bands in my collection, plus listened to full albums of Spastic Ink and DGM, so I can't vote here at first place, and at second - none can be called my favourite anyway.
 
However IMO Mekong Delta wins any poll about underground prog-metal.  
 
Usually the sample songs on the bands' websites are representative of their style ... after all, they want to promote their music with these samples. I think they are a reasonable basis for voting in such a poll, which is - after all - just "for fun".
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Would you consider Zero Hour underground? If so I'd say them. But based on the list I'd say Andromeda, although I really like the little that I've heard of Wastefall.
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Zero Hour ... I guess they're underground too. Depends on who you ask!Smile
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To refer to the list

Adagio, Andromeda, Ice Age
(btw I wouldn't say Adagio and Andromeda are underground bands - the other ones are fitting well imo)

other: Vauxdvihl/Payne's Gray/Clockwork/Before Eden/Ricochet/TOC




    

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Agalloch.
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I saw the mention for Zero Hour and I definately would have voted for them.  The Tipton brothers (Jasun and Troy) absoluetely own.  The technical precision these guys can execute is amazing.

From the poll, I'll take Andromeda.  Their second release II=I really impressed me.  Very melodic and intimate album.  Lots of excellent tecnqiue showcased as well.

If Zero Hour is too underground, what does that make Canvas Solaris?

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Wow.....such a hard decision!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Toss up between Indukti,Winds and Wastefall.
 
I would say Indukti,their debut is incredible and I think they have a great future.


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There are quite a lot of other bands that could have been in this poll, my personal favourite (ARK) included. But, from this list, I go for Ice Age without hesitation. Brilliant band.
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Andromeda. I love their atmohphere
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soulrain 21 is one of my favorite albums, my vote is for wastefall
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Originally posted by AtLossForWords AtLossForWords wrote:

From the poll, I'll take Andromeda.  Their second release II=I really impressed me.  Very melodic and intimate album.  Lots of excellent tecnqiue showcased as well.

 
Really? Extension of the Wish impressed me, but II=I didn't strike me at all.
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