Instrumental Metal
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Topic: Instrumental Metal
Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Subject: Instrumental Metal
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 16:22
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OK... well if you don't know by now, I am a DJ at my college's student
radio station, and every semester we do a fund raising drive during
which each show has a "special theme" and we take pledge donations from
listeners. So that week I'm going to call my show "Metal vocals
suck! ...an exploration into instrumental metal". However, I need some suggestions for good things to play. I already have all-instrumental bands like Pelican and Red Sparowes lined up, as well as Liquid Tension Experiment, The f**king Champs, Dream Theater (of course), Porcupine Tree, and a couple other possibilities. So, what other good instrumental metal pieces are there? I posted this here because I'm open to non-prog metal as well, but I need to stay away from popular commercial bands like Metallica, etc.(this is an independent radio station after all!). I have a 2 hour show to fill, and I want to make it listenable so I can get as many pledges as possible. thanks! ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 16:33
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Yngwie Malmsteen's first solo album Rising Force.All instrumental except for 2 tracks.
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 16:45
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Karma to Burn! Second best stoner metal ever, and all instrumental apart from their first record! After Kyuss of course, and I think they have the odd instrumental piece too, but not all that many and the ones that are tend away from metal. An indepedent group who sound like a proggier version of KtB are Biblical Proof of UFOs, on their first record anyway.
Moving away from stoner (!), I think long stretches of Frederik Thorensen(sp?)'s Special Defects is instrumental (and bloody good as well!). Some modern King Crimson is quite metallish and instrumental. I'm sure there must be some instrumental Melvins although I couldn't point to individual songs at all. Mattias Eklund does some instrumental guitar wizardry, when not playing in Freak Kitchen (who aren't instrumental, but do rock!). I'm sure MikeEnRegaliacan point you in the direction of some more "guitar heroes".
Spastic Ink, are of course neccessary, as will Machinations of Dementia be when it's recorded (for now: http://www.spasticink.com/rjsynaptic2.wmv - http://www.spasticink.com/rjsynaptic2.wmv is a demo recording, if you like it it's probably simple enough to extract the audio only, if not I can do it for you).
I hope that's a little to get started with
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 16:50
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Here are some of my favorite instrumental metal albums:
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 16:54
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See!
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 16:56
------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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goose wrote:
Am I that obvious? Posted By: Kohllapse
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 17:02
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PLANET X - Moonbabies SPASTIC INK - Ink Complete KONG - Mute Poet Vocalizer ,Phlegm,Push Comes To Shove,Earmined MEKONG DELTA - Pictures at an Exhibition ------------- 
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 17:18
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Dammit,I can't believe I zoned on Spastic Ink and Derek Sherinian/Planet X!!!!!!! I am slippin. ------------- |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 17:28
| Yngwie Malmsteen's first album, 'Rising Force', is pretty amazing stuff. |
Posted By: Kohllapse
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 17:31
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GORDIAN KNOT DEATH - "Voice of the Soul""Cosmic Sea" -------------
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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 18:17
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sweet! thanks guys, keep 'em coming if you think of more, I was definitely thinking of using some Spastic Ink, and I knew there had to be some instrumental Maiden somewhere. Many of these suggestions sound great. Hopefully I can find them. I am trying to shy away from solo guitar stuff like malmsteen, Vai and stuff of that nature, but I definitely have plenty of that if I need to use it. thanks again! ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 20:33
Heartily seconded
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 20:35
| ...and add to that Mekong Delta - Night on a Bare Mountain (I believe they've done a fair few recordings of other 19th century works - their album "Classics" is full of them and I think the only MD CD readily available! |
Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 07:29
I think your show sucks with that theme  .
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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 08:54
awww... it's just a joke, guy. cheer up.  most of the time I play metal that actually has vocals.but, honestly, it's the complaint I most often hear about metal, and it's often my complaint with certain bands. It's always "wow, the music's good, but I think I would enjoy this a bit more if the singer would just take it down a notch maybe..." ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 11:10
Okay, sorry then - I thought that was your opinion  .
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Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: October 07 2005 at 19:45
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The Black Mages The Black Mages II - The Skies Above |
Posted By: ulver982
Date Posted: October 09 2005 at 22:32
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Abyssos - Wherever the wtiches might fly KILLER black metal instrumental...about 9min long I believe. I know a lot of people can't stand black metal cuz of the vocals..but this has no vocals! enjoy! ------------- Improvement makes straight roads, but the crooked roads without improvement, are roads of genius. Silence is the music of the future. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: October 11 2005 at 13:33
Good to know somebody else owns a copy of this excellent album. But metal.............................I don't think so, bass lead trio rock surely.
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Posted By: geezer
Date Posted: October 11 2005 at 13:54
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Vinnie Moore's debut "Mind's Eye" has to be the best guitar hero album there is. I also used to like the Mekong Delta collection "Classics". |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: October 11 2005 at 14:08
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Check out my samples database ... I just added Marty Friedman, with 5 full songs (Quicktime required). ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: October 11 2005 at 14:20
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And another brilliant example of instrumental metal: Mattias IA Eklundh (also added to my database) ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 08:12
genius |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: October 12 2005 at 08:58
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^ goose: check out the samples from his current album (in my database) ... Smoke on the Water is hilarious! ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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