Ugh Imperium Vorago so good! I love Chimp Spanner hahaha.
Anyways, can't wait to see Periphery again next week, 'tis going to own some face. I would love it if there was a chimp spanner/tesseract/periphery concert :3 maybe a few other bands too though...
New Meshuggah is pretty good, though I don't like it as much as some other bands. Idk. I like stuff more like bands listed above or like The Human Abstract or Friend for a Foe. Still... it's a good album, I just don't know if it's great yet
On March 31 2012 03:38 aike wrote: Ugh Imperium Vorago so good! I love Chimp Spanner hahaha.
Anyways, can't wait to see Periphery again next week, 'tis going to own some face. I would love it if there was a chimp spanner/tesseract/periphery concert :3 maybe a few other bands too though...
New Meshuggah is pretty good, though I don't like it as much as some other bands. Idk. I like stuff more like bands listed above or like The Human Abstract or Friend for a Foe. Still... it's a good album, I just don't know if it's great yet
Damn you lucky! I havent been to a good show in a really long time. And yeah if the 3 of them played in a show together, man that would be insane, although, i have to say, im preety dissapointed with Tesseract right now, I truly hate Elliott's voice, and their next EP is basically just re-hashing their old songs but with a new vocalist, with only a few new tunes, i mean i dont wanna a hater, but seriously Elliott's voice does not suite Tesserract at all IMO.
As for Meshuggah's album, after listening the passed week or two everyday, its growing on me quite a bit. I think its a good follow up to Obzen in the sense that it's a clear progression from that album, alot slower, but clearly the direction their headed is unlike the other bands in the scene IMO. Meshuggah never ceases to amaze me, its just unfortunate that for me, Chaosphere is probably my favorite album of all time, so i dont see them topping that album ever, and no band out there right now will ever top Meshuggah's best days in music writing. And thinking of it, Chaosphere is over 10 years ago, thats insane to think about that its taking bands so long to even try to come remotely close to them over the years. Anways /end Meshuggah rant.
And o shit, got-djent just posted Meshuggahs new music video! what good timing after i spent all that time talking about them rofl.
Awesome thread. I'm really surprised no one has mentioned Uneven Structure yet, such a good band and still under the radar as far as metal goes, but absolutely huge in the djent-scene.
You guys should check out their full length album "Februus". It's mind-blowingly good.
EDIT: One of the guitarists in Uneven Structure has kind of a solo project which goes under the name "Eggeh" Also worth checking out!!
Man Rock band should just not have ghost notes whatsoever, they dont work in a music video game at all, the whole point is to barely hit the snare at all, and just kind of feel it, yet since the game only uses on/off switches it just sounds terrible, yeah im a drummer so that shit pisses me off rofl. cool video tho, cool to see real music in rock band.
On April 02 2012 16:54 deadRa wrote: Awesome thread. I'm really surprised no one has mentioned Uneven Structure yet, such a good band and still under the radar as far as metal goes, but absolutely huge in the djent-scene.
EDIT: One of the guitarists in Uneven Structure has kind of a solo project which goes under the name "Eggeh" Also worth checking out!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40qrlt3pjc4
Im preety sure Uneven Structure has been mentioned before actually, in fact it was in a post i made about the top 20 Albums of last year, i think it got 3rd or something, its amazing for sure. And funny you mentioned that side project, cause heres another from the lead Guitarist if im not mistaken, its beautiful to say the least.
And on the topic of ghost notes i mentioned, Periphery's drummer had a sick session in the middle of SXSW, just him playing drums in the street, the man loves his ghost notes, there all over the place. love it!
Skyharbor - (formally Hydrodjent - indian guitarists project ft. dan tompkins/marty friedman + others)
The Algorithm - jazz infused Djent electronica (720p this or it sounds like shit)
New Jeff Loomis album - so fucking groovy and sick, get it!
Circles - Australian djent progmetal ftw
Haunted Shores ft. elliot coleman - including this to show people elliots vocal range (and I believe when it comes to the studio tesseract could be pretty amazing with him)
Haunted Shores ft. elliot coleman - including this to show people elliots vocal range (and I believe when it comes to the studio tesseract could be pretty amazing with him) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g0bLUItHaw
Yuppers, all great stuff ive been listening too as well, but i disagree about Elliott, i truly hate that mans voice, just my opinion, im sure lots of people like it and all, but i just wish Tesseract would drop vocals all together at this point, and consdering the new "EP" they are releasing this year is just old songs but with Elliots voice, its hard to get excited, specially when Dan's voice was so much better IMO.
On April 13 2012 13:17 aike wrote: Some nice epic chill djents
Oh, Djent may be just the term. I've been hunting for music like Meshuggah calling it "mathcore" for quite a while. It ended up bringing me bands like Battles, Dillinger Escape Plan and Gojira, who certainly make music I enjoy, but nothing quite like the venerable Meshuggah. I'll make sure to listen to these songs when I have better connectivity.
Basically, I want music that is sharp, abrasive, and disturbingly complex, in order to stay interested and focused. Only Meshuggah delivers. (As well as a plethora of electronic musicians like Venetian Snares.)
On April 13 2012 14:03 sapht wrote: Oh, Djent may be just the term. I've been hunting for music like Meshuggah calling it "mathcore" for quite a while. It ended up bringing me bands like Battles, Dillinger Escape Plan and Gojira, who certainly make music I enjoy, but nothing quite like the venerable Meshuggah. I'll make sure to listen to these songs when I have better connectivity.
Basically, I want music that is sharp, abrasive, and disturbingly complex, in order to stay interested and focused. Only Meshuggah delivers. (As well as a plethora of electronic musicians like Venetian Snares.)
Well this thread is the right place to go, if your looking for the really complex stuff, yes Meshuggah is #1 essentially, but some other bands ive found to be almost on par are the following:
and frankly if you havent heard Pi from After the Burial, than you should probly load that up right now.
Hmmm, now that i think about it, preety much every band in this thread is brilliant in some way or another, Meshuggah does have a way of making there songs flow unlike some other bands, but im hooked on every band in here, have like 10Gb of Djent and i listen to it everyday and never get bored. well enjoy friend.
Don't really get this genre. Sounds to me like an excuse to just play some hella hard polyrythmics with no real care for melody, composition or dynamics. Sure it's hard to play, but to my ears it sounds more like a mathematical experiment then music to be honest... Ah well, as long as they are having fun.
On April 13 2012 15:20 p0q wrote: Don't really get this genre. Sounds to me like an excuse to just play some hella hard polyrythmics with no real care for melody, composition or dynamics. Sure it's hard to play, but to my ears it sounds more like a mathematical experiment then music to be honest... Ah well, as long as they are having fun.
1st off, awesome video lol really enjoyed that 2ndly, yo should try listening to some Corelia, or Sithu Aye, they do have some really great melodies, with complex rythms mixed in, some good vocals, and great song structure, just saying, you look hard enough in here and youll see its not all about just being complex for the sake of being complex, theres some real talent in here, not just polyrythms and off beat time signatures, there is some great songwriting as well.
On April 13 2012 15:25 Hollow wrote: lol, that new Meshuggah video clip is so shit. It's like looking at a .gif of them moving for 6 mins +. The song's alright tho.
Yeah its a waste of a music video IMO, and the song itself is one my least favorite from the album as well. Still not sold on Koloss yet, i still find myself going back to Chaosphere everyday.
On April 13 2012 15:20 p0q wrote: Don't really get this genre. Sounds to me like an excuse to just play some hella hard polyrythmics with no real care for melody, composition or dynamics. Sure it's hard to play, but to my ears it sounds more like a mathematical experiment then music to be honest... Ah well, as long as they are having fun.
There is care for melody in some stuff, but djent is definitely more about the rhythmic aspects of music. But it's more than just math, there's a specific sound that djent guitars have (hence where the term came from), and all-in-all it's just very percussive music with lots of grooves more so than melodies.
I mean if you listen to Icarus Lives! by periphery, it's not a math intensive song. 4/4 with just some syncopation and lots of riffage. It's not like they sit down and write out math problems and then play them, they write songs the same way anybody else does, they just try to do it in a more creative, percussive, and groovy way than most music is.
On April 13 2012 15:20 p0q wrote: Don't really get this genre. Sounds to me like an excuse to just play some hella hard polyrythmics with no real care for melody, composition or dynamics. Sure it's hard to play, but to my ears it sounds more like a mathematical experiment then music to be honest... Ah well, as long as they are having fun.
There is care for melody in some stuff, but djent is definitely more about the rhythmic aspects of music. But it's more than just math, there's a specific sound that djent guitars have (hence where the term came from), and all-in-all it's just very percussive music with lots of grooves more so than melodies.
I mean if you listen to Icarus Lives! by periphery, it's not a math intensive song. 4/4 with just some syncopation and lots of riffage. It's not like they sit down and write out math problems and then play them, they write songs the same way anybody else does, they just try to do it in a more creative, percussive, and groovy way than most music is.
Damn! you said it better than i could have for sure, its about how the songs feel more than anything. Love Djent...
On April 13 2012 15:20 p0q wrote: Don't really get this genre. Sounds to me like an excuse to just play some hella hard polyrythmics with no real care for melody, composition or dynamics. Sure it's hard to play, but to my ears it sounds more like a mathematical experiment then music to be honest... Ah well, as long as they are having fun.
1st off, awesome video lol really enjoyed that 2ndly, yo should try listening to some Corelia, or Sithu Aye, they do have some really great melodies, with complex rythms mixed in, some good vocals, and great song structure, just saying, you look hard enough in here and youll see its not all about just being complex for the sake of being complex, theres some real talent in here, not just polyrythms and off beat time signatures, there is some great songwriting as well.
Hm, if that video is djent too. Then i meight have been a bit fast on the trigger (tho i did listen to 10 or so songs from the thread before posting.) That's got lots more melody then any of the others i heard. Albeit it does sound like a completely different genre, sounds like pink floyd meets dream theater... But, he's not playing an 8 string tho ? a normal guitar dropped to F# ? Corelia is a pretty cool mix of new and old school heavy... But again sounds alot more like normal heavy then most of the other things i found in this thread.
On April 13 2012 15:20 p0q wrote: Don't really get this genre. Sounds to me like an excuse to just play some hella hard polyrythmics with no real care for melody, composition or dynamics. Sure it's hard to play, but to my ears it sounds more like a mathematical experiment then music to be honest... Ah well, as long as they are having fun.
There is care for melody in some stuff, but djent is definitely more about the rhythmic aspects of music. But it's more than just math, there's a specific sound that djent guitars have (hence where the term came from), and all-in-all it's just very percussive music with lots of grooves more so than melodies.
I mean if you listen to Icarus Lives! by periphery, it's not a math intensive song. 4/4 with just some syncopation and lots of riffage. It's not like they sit down and write out math problems and then play them, they write songs the same way anybody else does, they just try to do it in a more creative, percussive, and groovy way than most music is.
Listened to the song, interesting tune. But once again that sounds like a completely different genre then most of the others i heard in this thread, sounded more like a "normal" heavy band with more of a rhythmic focus. Maybe this djent thing is a fair bit bigger of a genre then i thought, guess i'll listen to some more music from the thread.
hey im down with that, decent song, gunna see what the rest of the album is like. Also wanted to let people know that the man behind Modern Day Babylon has a full album playthrough on youtube, amazing album if you guys havent heard it yet! The 1st minute alone should sell you on it.