I need bands like Spiral Architect!!

[hibernal_dream]

That, plus the samples that I've heard on the Blotted Science myspace page

www.myspace.com/blottedscience

there's also samples on his website...

Wow.... that's some damn nice tunes there

 

[Starman2112]

May have been mentioned, but if your looking for crazy but structured music, the fire is Planet X's new album, Quantum. Not exactly metal-but but plenty of crunchy riffs and jazzy double bass. Very tasteful and technical. I think Derek Sherinian and Virgil Donati showed Rudess and Portnoy up this time around.

Just ordered Paradise Lost... *salivating in anticipation*

 

[goncalo cunha]

"From the past"????? Have you been paying attention?

Hey Devoraz!

Just saw your reply now.

When I mentioned they were from the past, I meant they made their career in the mid/late 80's through early 90's! Then they were quiet for a long, long time!!

And I know all about the band getting together and your site/forum/etc...I'm registered there!!

 

[fusionhead]

I think you would like Twisted Into Form. Close to Spiral Architect as you can get. Anyways sounds like they got there name from Forbidden (old school tech metal).

 

[progmetaldan]

welcome mate! And yeah there's been plenty of discussion about TIF...

 

[sorakrist]

hi all
it is my 1st post in this forum..
I like everything about Spiral Architect and tech metal
I'm from chile, south america
so, in this thread I found new music about other tech metal's bands, and they're so cool!
listen my own page on myspace: www.myspace.com/zydra it's the page about my music band
enjoy

 

[progmetaldan]

welcome sorakrist!

 

[ThoughtLeech]

not sure if they've been mentioned here before, so forgive me if they have... but i've recently found a band from Houston, Texas called Scale the Summit. Instrumental, but similar style: http://www.myspace.com/scalethesummit

Pretty decent in my book.

 

[progmetaldan]

I've heard a small amount of their stuff, seems pretty cool.

 

[Crown of Horns]

Don't forget about Cynic.

NEVER forget about Cynic.

 

[ThoughtLeech]

the guitarist from behold... the arctopus has a project which is pretty unique, i must say. he does all the vocals/instrumentation. it's called direwolf.

http://www.last.fm/music/Direwolf

definitely not for the non-technical crowd. vocals are a little peculiar at times... but i like it

 

[ThoughtLeech]

...then again, i could've looked a couple of threads down and realized that this has been mentioned already. haha... nevermind then!

 

[zacmenta]

Some or all of these have been said, but I was going to suggest:
Twised Into Form
Theory In Practice
Blotted Science/anything with Ron Jarzombek
Sleep Terror

If you dig really technical stuff, then you might like some technical Death Metal; Necrophagist, Psycroptic and Spawn of Possession, among others.

There is also a band called "Between The Buried And Me". Their newest album "Colors" is supposed to be excellent. Their earlier stuff I'm not a big fan of, but they are certainly worth checking out.

 

[progmetaldan]

Anything with Ron Jarzombek rules...

 

[zacmenta]

Hey Sorakrist I checked you guys out.

Really good stuff. Riffs/sections that are quite reminiscent of Spiral Architect, and Dream Theater, but nothing you could call a rip-off. Female vocals as well, which actually work quite well most of the time. Good stuff. Standout songs are "9" and "Das Experiment", in my opinion. I think that if you "need bands like Spiral Architect" then these guys would be worth checking out. Not as technical, but I don't think that works against them at all.

here's the URL again in case you can't be arsed scrolling up: www.myspace.com/zydra

 

[hYpYz]

Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum. I was looking for some information on spiral architect and i ended up over here
Nice to see that members of the band are taking part in forum life

Just checked Scale The Summit<== really good music
i can add Dysrhythmia (i think some guys from behold the arctopus play over there) good tech instrumental music pretty original compositions worth listening.
I think Aghora was mentioned over here already
MCM - Ritual Factory thats really good as well. instrumental music not metal but tech melodic and has a specific atmosphere I just love how the drummer plays with hi hat
Martyr - tech prog metal with good growl

 

[progmetaldan]

welcome mate!

 

[ThoughtLeech]

aye, welcome!

but seeing Aghora mentioned.... i checked them out briefly via lastfm and they didn't appear to be all that technical. is there a certain album/song(s) i should check out?

 

[Shadow X is back]

Immortal Bliss sounds technical enough to me.

 

[EmbraceTheDeath]

Protest the Hero. Really really sounds like Spiral Architect