Personal note ; I listen to every style of music that I know of, so I am sure any of you will find at least one artist you like. Please give all of this music a real listen. Not just a quick thirty second glance. These musicians deserve more.
- Jacub is a genius musician from Poland. He is only seventeen but has one of the most unique sounds I've ever heard. He mixes the now so popular style of djent, with what he calls "magic". All of his stuff just makes me, as I am sure it will make you, feel happy and alive. So please do you self a favor and check his music out.
- Telefon is, in my opinion, the masters of intelligent dance music. Everything they touch is genius. Their music is so surprisingly self-expressive each song is, in its own right, expressive art. So please check these guys out, here is a video.
- Jaga is one of those bands who have a unique sound and it's instantly recognizable. They fuse glitch and jazz music. When they play a show you can feel the emotion, as you will see. Let me say this without ruining my credibility; THEY ARE FUCKING BRILLIANT. Honestly, please check these guys out, at least two songs.
-Swedenborgske Rom, one of the most intense songs I've ever heard
-This is a two part song played live, Day & Another Day
2. Animals as Leaders Experimental, Expressive, Guitar, Progressive + Show Spoiler +
- One of the most amazing guitarists I've ever heard. I saw these guys live a few months ago and almost cried. So much raw passion pours and leaks from their music. It started out as Tosin Abasi's solo project but grew into a sound that is taking over anyone that hears it. Please listen to this. Plus he didn't miss a single note live.
- Periphery is a progressive metal band out of Washington D.C.. With there sound they have already been coined for "creating/popularizing" a genre known as djent. They are soothingly melodic but remain heavy as shit in the process. For you who stray from metal due to the vocals, they have a SINGER, not just a screamer. He has a range up an octave from a regular singer and he is a freak of singing AND screaming. The entire CD is filled with groove, emotional parts, technical riffing, crazy drumming, electronic glitching and innovative harmonies. It's impossible to say enough about these guys, so I'll leave you be to listening.
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YlBiRYByBE
- Brilliance is one step away!
the quality of youtube and myspace do not do them justice, please download their album to sample it, you will WANT to buy it.
nice. i like the animals as leaders. listening to the polish guy now (who lists alan holdsworth) as one of his influences. he of course and frank zappa are paragon legato-style playera and whom all the above guys try to emulate.
EDIT: polish jacob would be much better without all the blast-beatery. why do kids today neglect melodic drumming. i guess it's a drum machine as well.
nice. i like the animals as leaders. listening to the polish guy now (who lists alan holdsworth) as one of his influences. he of course and frank zappa are paragon legato-style player which all these guys emulate.
yeah it's great stuff@
On April 28 2010 19:28 JohnColtrane wrote: this djent stuff is so mud
from wiki:
"Jaga Jazzist Origin Oslo, Norway Genres Jazz Nu-Jazz"
bleh
It's muddy because you are listening to it off of youtube and myspace. Djent can't really be heard with low bitrate or the tone fails.
I knew Jaga Jazzist already. :L I can't quite recall the names of the bands, but there was at least one that makes very similar music to it. I believe it was solo project of one of the members.
I am a huge prog nerd, so I thought I might like Periphery. Or maybe I had hoped. Oh well. There is just so much wrong with their sound, they are trying to do way too much at once. Sometimes it sounded like they were playing two separate songs at once, out of time. Its not that the timing is complex, it is just that it's mathematically wrong.
Then it jumps from a melodic/semi-industrial prog-pop-metal sound to screaming, then back again? .....Really?
On April 28 2010 19:50 dethrawr wrote: Liked Animals as Leaders.
I am a huge prog nerd, so I thought I might like Periphery. Or maybe I had hoped. Oh well. There is just so much wrong with their sound, they are trying to do way too much at once. Sometimes it sounded like they were playing two separate songs at once, out of time. Its not that the timing is complex, it is just that it's mathematically wrong.
Then it jumps from a melodic/semi-industrial prog-pop-metal sound to screaming, then back again? .....Really?
Oh yeah, I forgot, diversity is bad! We should all sound like John Petrucci!'
On April 28 2010 21:59 IntoTheWow wrote: animals as leaders is amazing.
/agreed. I've been bored lately, and tried learning some of their songs... It's fucking hard (not only because of the speed / picking ability, but because (GASP) Tosin uses interesting harmonies and progressions/chords that my fingers aren't as used to forming). This guy is fucking amazing. I love CAFO D:
Honestly, I was expecting to hate every artist on this list (just from past experience with "hey, check this shit out" threads), but there's some seriously good stuff in here. Jacub Zytecki has streaks of sheer brilliance inbetween mediocre filler (and I'm currently listening to all his tracks looking for a favourite), and Animals as Leaders is pretty good. Their soundscapes are awesome.
On April 28 2010 19:50 dethrawr wrote: Liked Animals as Leaders.
I am a huge prog nerd, so I thought I might like Periphery. Or maybe I had hoped. Oh well. There is just so much wrong with their sound, they are trying to do way too much at once. Sometimes it sounded like they were playing two separate songs at once, out of time. Its not that the timing is complex, it is just that it's mathematically wrong.
Then it jumps from a melodic/semi-industrial prog-pop-metal sound to screaming, then back again? .....Really?
Oh yeah, I forgot, diversity is bad! We should all sound like John Petrucci!'
Where the fuck did your hostility come from? Its not that diversity is bad, its that I didn't like your song and I gave reasons why. I love a great deal of diverse music.
FYI, Dream Theater isn't even on my top 5 prog bands list. They only have 3 albums I would bother to listen to nowadays.
;;. Animals as Leaders is the only djent band worth listening to. All others are third rate Meshuggah worshippers, and Meshuggah isn't even good. Thanks for the trip-hop though.
Telefon are slightly hampered by their lyrics and clichéd melodies, but they have a cool sound, excellent production, and well thought out dynamics. Not too shabby.
Jagga Jazzist seem pretty fun, I wouldn't mind seeing them live. Nice tunes.
Animals as Leaders seem ok, though I would prefer less shredding. I guess that's kind of the point though...also, it seems like their songs don't really have a great sense of progression.
Edited my original super obnoxious reply. Apologies for those who read it.
On May 28 2010 11:53 ZZangDreamjOy wrote: ;;. Animals as Leaders is the only djent band worth listening to. All others are third rate Meshuggah worshippers, and Meshuggah isn't even good. Thanks for the trip-hop though.
Not too sure wtf djent is, to me AAL sounds like the best prog metal I've ever heard
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