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Chocobo posted:I was just recently introduced to Riverside. Goddamn, how did I go so long before finding them? Out of Myself, Rapid Eye Movement and Second Life Syndrome are amazing, there isn't a single skippable track. Their new album (Shrine of New Generation Slaves) is my second-favorite release of this year. It would be my favorite but Raven also came out this year  I get a serious Collective Soul from this song and I love it even more because of that.
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I caught the Opeth show in Tucson a few days ago, and it was a really really good set. I was a little worried that I would hear the entire Heritage album live yet again, but other than The Devil's Orchard the songs were pretty evenly divided between My Arms Your Hearse through Watershed. They also did a brilliant and hilarious acoustic version of Demon of the Fall.
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I attended to "The Raven that Refused to Sing" live performance on May 18th. It blowed my mind, specially "The Watchmaker", "Luminol" & the encore ("Radioactive Toy"). Makes me really wish for Porcupine Tree to go out touring again 
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Cpt. Spring Types posted:...Leprous... Thanks for this, I hadn't heard of them. I picked up Bilateral and Coal, and I really dig it. The first track on Coal breaks down into some Philip Glass Koyaanisqatsi-esque poo poo that just made my goddamned day.
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Yggdrassil posted:I attended to "The Raven that Refused to Sing" live performance on May 18th. It blowed my mind, specially "The Watchmaker", "Luminol" & the encore ("Radioactive Toy"). Makes me really wish for Porcupine Tree to go out touring again Having only discovered PT post-hiatus, I too wish they'd go on a tour.
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This thread has been a treasure trove of stuff I'd never have otherwise listened to. Leprous' albums Bilateral and Coal are among my new favorites, and Weather Systems by Anathema is a good listen.
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I'll agree that the new Leprous is fantastic. It has a really weird opener but parts of the vocal melody keep popping up throughout the rest of the album, so I see why it's there after a few listen. Ihsahn sounds possessed on Contaminate Me. Another band with a recent release that I'm really enjoying is Jolly's The Audio Guide to Happiness - Part 2. A couple of videos: Firewell, Dust Nation Bleak. I scored a pretty cool concept album out of a $3 bin at a record store the other week: Hero and Heroine by The Strawbs. I'd remembered them as being a band that Rick Wakeman had played keys on, although he is not on this album. Here's the title track, live. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuuCHawtzZc
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TheForgotton posted:I'll agree that the new Leprous is fantastic. It has a really weird opener but parts of the vocal melody keep popping up throughout the rest of the album, so I see why it's there after a few listen. Ihsahn sounds possessed on Contaminate Me. I actually think Foe might be my current favorite on that album. I think it works perfectly as an opener. Not only is it in God's True Time Signature, but the way it morphs from that sparse opening, to the Devin Townsend-esque chorus, to the a capella ending is amazing. And then the transition to the next track works perfectly. Such an impressive album. And yeah, Ihsahn's part on Contaminate Me is so cool. Once it gets to that ending part where he's just doing those death rattle things... goosebumps.
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The new Scale the Summit leaked (it also comes out in 5 days), and it's incredible so far. I'm not usually much for wanky instrumental stuff, but they've really come into their own.
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Since I can't get enough Coal, and have thoroughly listened to the rest of Leprous and Ihsahn's discography, what else can I listen to that's similar (that isn't Mars Volta or Coheed & Cambria because I don't like either of them)?
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:Since I can't get enough Coal, and have thoroughly listened to the rest of Leprous and Ihsahn's discography, what else can I listen to that's similar (that isn't Mars Volta or Coheed & Cambria because I don't like either of them)? Maybe try out The Sham Mirrors by Arcturus. I think it's a great album (albeit with some strange production), and it was the first thing that came to mind. edit: oh man I thought I was in the metal thread. Whatever, it's still awesome. velvet milkman fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Jun 7, 2013 |
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Trees and Squids posted:Maybe try out The Sham Mirrors by Arcturus. I think it's a great album (albeit with some strange production), and it was the first thing that came to mind. Yeah there is a bit of each thread spilling over with this Coal album. Good rec though 
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This might not really be what you're looking for, but a couple of bands that are not really THAT similar, but a little anyway, and also from Norway, are White Willow and Gazpacho. The most recent White Willow album, Terminal Twilight, was regarded as a kind of "sister LP" to Bilateral. It's more relaxed and has more old-school prog sounds (mellotron and flute and such), and a female singer. It's pretty awesome. As for Gazpacho, my favorites from them are Missa Atropos and Tick Tock. Also much more relaxed than Leprous, but very cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezS1y3eJTJE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Tl5itXDwg
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Cpt. Spring Types posted:This might not really be what you're looking for, but a couple of bands that are not really THAT similar, but a little anyway, and also from Norway, are White Willow and Gazpacho. The most recent White Willow album, Terminal Twilight, was regarded as a kind of "sister LP" to Bilateral. It's more relaxed and has more old-school prog sounds (mellotron and flute and such), and a female singer. It's pretty awesome. Cpt. Spring Types, you have good taste. This is basically what I was looking for. I listen to a lot of prog metal / heavier stuff, and am basically looking for a little more of the softer side of Leprous type stuff. I see some Vangelis in the sidebar while watching White Willow, that's cool too.
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quote:Since I can't get enough Coal, and have thoroughly listened to the rest of Leprous and Ihsahn's discography, what else can I listen to that's similar (that isn't Mars Volta or Coheed & Cambria because I don't like either of them)? Riverside. For the love of god listen to Riverside. Start with Second Life Syndrome and Rapid Eye Movement.
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:Since I can't get enough Coal, and have thoroughly listened to the rest of Leprous and Ihsahn's discography, what else can I listen to that's similar (that isn't Mars Volta or Coheed & Cambria because I don't like either of them)? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuG1MkwXUY0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGnygXFLWPI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDKsosOvVmw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFkyrRqzkIQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePF-CcATGLA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBYOgS7USGk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3-NQvRmo3I Vulture Culture fucked around with this message at 13:32 on Jun 7, 2013 |
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If you aren't a super serious person, you should also check Devin Townsend's album Ziltoid the Omniscient. Great tunes and a theme that should put a smile on your face, if you are capable of smiling. Also, thanks Misogynist. I'm checking out Soen now. Chocobo fucked around with this message at 13:43 on Jun 7, 2013 |
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These are great recommendations. I haven't heard Soen, Riverside, or Rishloo, so I've got some homework to do. 
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Now that I've heard every Gazpacho album aside from When Earth Lets Go, I still think Night is their best. Missa Atropos could have been, but it's one of the most front-loaded albums I've ever heard. The last third just drags on uninterestingly and doesn't feel like it even needs to be there at all. She's Awake feels like a proper ending, and if you pretend everything that follows it doesn't exist, you have a fantastic album the length of a Gentle Giant LP. It's so frustrating.
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Am I the only one that's not feeling Coal? I just listened through it and struggled to pay attention.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Am I the only one that's not feeling Coal? I just listened through it and struggled to pay attention.
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Bilateral seems like a stronger album, and is the one I've been recommending to people as a starting point. That said, I do love Coal. I can't find anyone else that sounds quite like Leprous.
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Welp. Ade's June 6 FB comment on his being a member of the 2013 NIN touring band: quote:concerning me being part of the 2013 Nine Inch Nails band:
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I thought it was more a conflict of schedule - he's still going to appear on the NIN album, correct?
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Honestly I bet it was how intense Trent wants to tour that probably did it in. Adrian's not exactly a spring chicken...
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Didnt have much luck in the "identify a song" thread so I thought I'd try here: I was hoping someone would help me identify an album. I dont remember the name of the band, but the album was prog-rock to the best of my recollection, it had a sci-fi theme with several songs dedicated to stories about a "ghost" spaceship whose crew died in some sort of accident. This album was from the 80's I believe (possibly 70's). One of the songs is about another ship being attacked by pirates and the ghost-spaceship coming to their rescue.
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A concept like that certainly sounds like it falls into prog territory. I don't know myself, but if you're interested enough you could go through this list I found in a google search: http://io9.com/5906834/top-100-essential-albums-for-science-fiction-fans
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Thanks for posting this - I really enjoyed going through this list, especially being reminded that Genesis was a really good band at one point.
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I would argue that Genesis was a good band for most of their career. Their pop stuff is mostly good music, even if prog fans are less enthusiastic about it.
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Seventh Arrow posted:I would argue that Genesis was a good band for most of their career. Their pop stuff is mostly good music, even if prog fans are less enthusiastic about it. Collins can write drat popular music. For a band with fairly few albums, and his solo work, he is the absolute Deity of Muzak-in-malls. I thought his interview where he said "you have no idea how many songs I throw out because I could release whole albums of love ballads but I hate being labelled" (paraphrased) was hilarious. If your Banks and Rutherford, you owe your polo ponies to Phil, I feel. Once Phil went, we got Calling All Stations - which I *like*, ok? But nobody was getting rich from that one.
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Rutherford was pretty successful with Mike + The Mechanics to be fair.
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Seventh Arrow posted:I would argue that Genesis was a good band for most of their career. Their pop stuff is mostly good music, even if prog fans are less enthusiastic about it.
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Seventh Arrow posted:A concept like that certainly sounds like it falls into prog territory. I don't know myself, but if you're interested enough you could go through this list I found in a google search: No, it isn't on that list. All I remember is that someone recommended it as background music for playing FTL and I liked the little bit of it I heard on a youtube clip, but can't find it anymore.
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Misogynist posted:If you like that album, I'd recommend checking out Soen, Dredg, Karnivool, Oceansize, Jolly, Rishloo, and Ocean Machine-era Devin Townsend. Kind of a delayed response here, but I wanted to thank you for this post. I've been kind of out of the prog metal loop lately, and I'm really enjoying Jolly. Also, I don't know why I haven't mentioned this album in the thread before now as it's one of the best prog albums of the '90s, but Six by Mansun definitely deserves more recognition among the prog community.  Six is a very eclectic yet cohesive concept album with progressive overtones—released in 1999, on a major label, by a then-popular Britpop band. Aside from spawning one hit single, it was, predictably, a huge flop that basically killed Mansun's career. It's kind of an oversimplification to call it the Britpop Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, but I can't think of a better way to describe its appeal—that's exactly why it's so good. Great melodies, complex song structures, a similar blend of confessional lyrics and offbeat humor, and it's even structured like a vinyl double album. Sample tracks: Six Negative (I think The Mars Volta must have been influenced by this album, as there's a rather strong resemblance to Roulette Dares here.) Cancer (Also—if you get this, don't get the US release of the album as the track order was hosed with, the title track was replaced by the single mix, and two songs were cut entirely.) Rollersnake fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Jun 27, 2013 |
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