List of bandcamp prog metal bands

[espz]

Someone on reddit did a LOT of footwork to make this list:

http://www.reddit.com/r/progmetal/comments/1znqw6/list_of_all_of_the_progressive_metal_bands_that/

Lots of stuff to explore. Thought some people here would be interested.

 

[Harvester]

Very cool. Thanks!

 

[DADRocks]

Thanks for putting this up............Carving Colours has some serious potential....

 

[Mardoch]

Definitely going to check this out when I get back home. Thanks for posting.

 

[zinescene]

Sweet, has anyone taken the time to do this for Power Metal?

 

[Stand Undefeated]

Haha nice, I'm best friends with the singer of Supervoid. Check em out!

 

[Mardoch]

Anup Sastry
Coronado
ForTiori
Intervals
Tetrafusion
The Omega Experiment

Those are the ones I already know and like. The rest I'll invest some time in when I back home. Coronado, FortiorI, and Intervals are all djent and give me very happy feelings. I was listening to Coronado just this afternoon.

 

[Harvester]

There is a ton of djent, various core, and instrumental bands. Bah.

Lithium Dawn has caught my attention so far despite the djent.

 

[zedowns]

There is a ton of djent, various core, and instrumental bands. Bah.

This has made discovering new prog metal bands way too hard lately

 

[AeonicSlumber]

There is a ton of djent, various core, and instrumental bands. Bah.

Are you just not into instrumental stuff?

You might want to give Intervals a try if you like Disperse. It's the same idea - djent but with a smooth singer (he's also the new singer for Raunchy too now) and interesting guitar playing that straddles theatricality without veering off into wank territory.

 

[lane_miller]

Thanks a bunch for sharing this great collection. Well done! Here is one that I particularly like. Carving Colours:

 

[Liquid Tension]

Thanks making the list....

I have the Carving Colors and really like it also...

 

[jhallum]

There is a ton of djent, various core, and instrumental bands. Bah.

According to someone on /r/progmetal, djent and various core bands are more prog than progmetal. Always makes me laugh every time I read it.

 

[AngraRULES]

I like some djent, but there's way too many god-awful bands on this list.

 

[Mardoch]

According to someone on /r/progmetal, djent and various core bands are more prog than progmetal. Always makes me laugh every time I read it.

There is something to that, though. A lot of "progressive" metal these days is nothing more than safe, formulaic, technical metal.

 

[eaeolian]

According to someone on /r/progmetal, djent and various core bands are more prog than progmetal. Always makes me laugh every time I read it.

You should see the justifications for giving djent the "prog metal" name on sevenstring.org. They can be pretty hilarious.

 

[Burke]

Whatever kind of label you want to hang on them - one of the best bands I have discovered through Bandcamp

Shattered Skies


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8mMvjonyeo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w-UtTTMcTY


LOVE these guys

 

[zedowns]

There is something to that, though. A lot of "progressive" metal these days is nothing more than safe, formulaic, technical metal.

Djent is no different, just everyone wants to sound like a melodic Meshuggah instead of Dream Theater.