I Need Some Recomendations...

[Blackwater Demon]

technicly wouldnt everything be considered experimental? I mean most bands (excluding white stripes) try new things with their newest album and try to reach new heights.

 

[My Arms, Your Purse]

ISIS
You'd probably ask the following question

Which album is their best?

and I'd answer:

They're all fantastic, but I recommend you start with Panopticon or Oceanic

 

[Saihtam]

And then I say

No, mister. In The Absence Of Truth is their best album, but there are other good albums aswell.

 

[BlueSky]

technicly wouldnt everything be considered experimental? I mean most bands (excluding white stripes) try new things with their newest album and try to reach new heights.

No.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_music

Wikki isn't a correct source, but this should help clear things up.

 

[Carta's]

And this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_experimental_musicians should help clear things up on Radiohead. No Radiohead or Thom York entries. But, it isn't a correct source. Still, one point on my side.

 

[TEDIUM]

wow, I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Borknagar yet, IMO they're the Opeth of Black Metal. Also try Age of Silence and Sculptured, and although they're more avant-garde than prog, Arcturus is good too. Also, Ulver and Solefald are good avant-garde bands.

 

[BlueSky]

Like they're going to put every band on there for christ sake. Just read the description, and if you've actually heard Radiohead's music try to apply it.

"Extended techniques: Any of a number of methods of performing on a musical instrument that are unique, innovative, and sometimes regarded as improper."

"In a broader sense, it is also used to mean any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is."

"Playing with deliberate disregard for the ordinary musical controls (pitch, duration, volume)."


This is Radiohead

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEKlH7Bl47M&feature=related[/ame]

 

[Carta's]

Sorry, but those criteria are too large. I mean, come on, only fucking Iron Maiden wouldn't be experimental, even Judas Priest made an album with orchestration, and aren't a typical instrument of heavy metal. Does this make them experimental? No way in hell. Radiohead are a good band, certainly better then other acts, but give credit where credit is due, and leave them out of the experimental scene.

 

[BlueSky]

Orchestration isn't typical with heavy metal? Are you f'in kidding me? Man you have no clue what you're talking about. Besides It's not about just one thing it's about a combination of things, and the namely the implantation. I'm done you can think what you want, but you're way off on a number of things.

 

[Carta's]

The stereotypical heavy metal album has orchestration in it? Yeah, British Steel was totally a symphonic album.

The implantation? What about it?

 

[el_serpiente]

How about Arcturus - here is a song from "La Masquerade Infernale"


Devil doll - a piece from Dies Irae, I don't consider it prog but highly recommended:


Ayreon Especially The Human equation:


Enslaved: the new stuff, for example ISA


The another one of my favorite that Isn't prog but more avangarde Elend - Get either The umbersun (just re-issued) or A world in their screams.
A song from The Umbersun:


Hope that you can use some of the above recommendations. I know that some of the music is not considered prog, but what the heck I like them all.

 

[Ozzloaf]

Ok guys, fights over...

I didn't really consider a lot of the bands that I posted before but everyone one of them is on the Prog Archives.

Opeth
Meshuggah
Tool
Porcupine Tree
Atheist
Between the Buried and Me
Ihsahn
Pelican
Russian Circles
Mastodon
Evergrey
Indukti
Orphaned Land
Death
Negura Bunget
Dead Soul Tribe
Ozzy's Black Sabbath (I don't know if they're prog)

 

[My Arms, Your Purse]

Enslaved = amazing

 

[My Arms, Your Purse]

And then I say blablbal

Why the "no mister." when you don't disagree with anything I said? <.<

Oh well

 

[Saihtam]

Because I forgot to write that I recommend to start with In The Absence Of Truth. My fault, mister.

 

[Ozzloaf]

I've known about Arcturus for a little while now and I've actually been trying to find that album... to little success. They don't have it on iTunes either. I'll probably have to order off of Amazon or something.

 

[My Arms, Your Purse]

Because I forgot to write that I recommend to start with In The Absence Of Truth. My fault, mister.

Well if you love Isis I can't really be angry at you, m'dear mister :<

 

[GT2000]

Don't know if these all qualify as prog - maybe more the 'drone' category.. but I think you'll enjoy these

Mammatus - The Coast Explodes *
Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
Maybeshewill - Not for Want of Trying
Oceansize - Frames *
Ufomammut - Idolum *
Shining - Grindstone

* Bonus points

 

[TEDIUM]

I've known about Arcturus for a little while now and I've actually been trying to find that album... to little success. They don't have it on iTunes either. I'll probably have to order off of Amazon or something.

Surely thats the route I'd take; I'd never recommend just finding a torrent like I didn't do.

 

[My Arms, Your Purse]

Surely thats the route I'd take; I'd never recommend just finding a torrent like I didn't do.