Metal to impress the music Phd

[Zephyrus]

Classical guitar?

The Shadowthrone!

 

[The Ozzman]

How about Celtic Frost?

 

[Scourge of God]

Gorguts - Obscura would seem viable to me as well.

Any number of the better death and black metal albums would work. It depends entirely on whether his tastes run to virtuoso performance or minimalism, however.

 

[Mort Divine]

I'm thinking Sculptured wouldn't be so bad an idea either.

 

[SouthernTrendkill]

Cryptopsy ftw.

 

[challenge_everything]

I'm thinking Sculptured wouldn't be so bad an idea either.

If you want him to listen to a shitty rock-metal band who thinks that the occasional horn flourish makes it 'jazz metal'.

 

[CF87]

Classical guitar?

The Shadowthrone!

The Shadowthrone is great, but as a guitarist Satyr is not really impressive until Nemesis Divina which is very musically impressive especially 'the conquering: The Dawn Of A New Age'.

 

[Zephyrus]

Spiral Architect?

 

[Mort Divine]

If you want him to listen to a shitty rock-metal band who thinks that the occasional horn flourish makes it 'jazz metal'.

They've never claimed to be 'jazz metal.'

Their uniqueness comes from their composition techniques, which I'm sure a Music PhD could appreciate.

 

[waif]

How about Celtic Frost?

Last time I checked we were talking about stuff with a degree of musicianship

Dark Tranquility - Punish My Heaven - unique, melodic, heavy. Anything off the Gallery will do, but that one is the best.
Behemoth have some pretty intense and technical stuff, Slaves Shall Serve being the fastest. Also maybe Necrophagist.

 

[The Ozzman]

Except Celtic Frost wrote some of the best riffs I've ever heard in metal.

You think Dragonforce is better than Iced Earth. Please do not talk about something lacking a degree of musicianship

 

[Mort Divine]

The Red In The Sky Is Ours is easily the best album mentioned here for the purposes it is going to be used for.

 

[thisisaformicatable]

Opeth

Crimson Massacre

They probably have some stuff worth analyzing, good choice.

Psycroptic

Technical riffs but tend to be really basic in other aspects; really obvious almost singalong choruses, etc.

 

[Triton]

Shroud Of Bereavement

 

[fates warning 666]

yeah i'd go with atg or gorguts, although the sad truth of the matter is that even a music phd would probably prefer opeth and dimmu

 

[Gold]

i'd go with some newer between the buried and me

 

[Valerie]

Necrophagist?

Farmakon maybe, they're like Opeth but the "extreme" parts are way more extreme.

Maybe Death.

 

[nissan]

Martyr (Can)
Ulcerate
Crimson Massacre
Gorguts - Obscura for sure!
Cynic
Cryptopsy is also ok
Pain of Salvation if you want to show him less extreme stuff.

 

[nissan]

Various Akercocke songs would fit.
Maybe Lykathea Aflame
New Born of Osiris is supreme.

But I definitely think Martyr should be your absolute number one choice.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Coroner - Grin.

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