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Prog metal with no clean vox?


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I'm blurring genre lines here because straight prog bores me for the most part.

 

Orphaned Land:

Orphaned Land may not be exactly what you're looking for. They're a blend of progressive and melodic death metal with heavy folk metal leanings. Most of their lyrics are about inspiring unity and harmony between the three Abrahimic faiths (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam).

 

Death:

Death were straight up death metal from Scream Bloody Gore to Spiritual Healing, took on more technical death metal traits with Human and Individual Thought Patterns, then went prog for their last two albums Symbolic and The Sound Of Perseverance. TSOP is in my opinion their heaviest and most progressive album. It's also arguably their best.

 

Absu:

Absu are an interesting American black metal bands. Their lyrics draw heavily on Celtic mythology and they cover a wide range within the BM spectrum ranging from black/thrash with Tara (their crowning achievement to most) to a more progressive sound on Absu and Abzu. I prefer the earlier sound to be honest but the new stuff isn't bad.

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+1 on Death's "Sound Of Perseverance". I love Meshuggah, but the modern-day djent scene leaves me cold. Iceni might have some good recs for you, though. Are you into tech death? Necrophagist and Anata definitely have their proggy moments, and you may get some enjoyment out of Cephalic Carnage. If you go old-school, Atheist's "Unquestionable Presence" is a progressive DM classic from the 90s, and you may like Cynic's "Focus" as well (they do have some melodic vocoded vox), though neither of them sound anything like the bands you mentioned. On the screamy side of things, check out Psyopus, pretty spastic stuff with some impressive guitar work. If an oddly progressive take on black metal sounds appealing, the Thantifaxath album "Sacred White Noise" is a keeper. The only bands I can think of that sound more like what you've mentioned are either instrumental or incorporate clean vocals.

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I don't know, I really enjoy Calculating Infinity and it might fit the bill here, but there's a lot of hardcore in there. Impossible to tell unless the OP comes back around and lets us know what he thinks of what we've posted. I'm just spitballing here.

This is true and I do hope the OP returns.

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With the exception of Meshuggah, I get into none of what I've heard from those bands. Boring modern tech death with varying degrees of deathcore. Certainly wouldn't call any of them "prog". The closest I get to that sound is Necrophagist, Origin's "Echoes Of Decimation", and the very occasional dose of Fallujah or Decrepit Birth. For tech death, I'd rather listen to Anata, Martyr (this would almost definitely appeal to the OP), Pavor, !T.O.O.H.!, or even newer Suffocation.

This post reminds me that I need to go through and lock more dead threads again, so, thanks for that. 

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13 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

With the exception of Meshuggah, I get into none of what I've heard from those bands. Boring modern tech death with varying degrees of deathcore. Certainly wouldn't call any of them "prog". The closest I get to that sound is Necrophagist, Origin's "Echoes Of Decimation", and the very occasional dose of Fallujah or Decrepit Birth. For tech death, I'd rather listen to Anata, Martyr (this would almost definitely appeal to the OP), Pavor, !T.O.O.H.!, or even newer Suffocation.

This post reminds me that I need to go through and lock more dead threads again, so, thanks for that. 

I don't really agree, check out Beyond creation, you must like it if you enjoying necrophagist's songs :)

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2 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Not my thing. I went through a little phase with modern tech death years ago, but I'm very picky anymore. What else do you listen to? 

I love old school metal too and funk, jazz very much ;)

 

Black metal too ofc.

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