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First time I only listened to that one but I went back and listened to a few other tracks. I like some of what they're doing but they're not really the kind of thing I'd go out of my way to listen to. I think I know the track you're on about with the pop ending, that was quite funny.

See now that particular bit of feedback is something I'd typically take as a compliment to the band. Usually whenever someone says 'this band is just totally insane' my first thought is MUST LISTEN IMMEDIATELY. I still have a certain threshold' date=' some of Mike Patton's work is a little too weird for me, but by and large I like odd bands. Just to add to BAN's a bit: Blut Aus Nord's later work is a little more rhythmic but still very interesting and eerie.[/quote'] I meant that the composition doesn't make any sense to me. I like odd bands too and I'm not pissed off if a song doesn't follow a verse/chorus/verse/chorus/verse format but I like to have an overall theme that subsiquent passages expand upon.

Blut aus Nord are unreal! One of my favorite bands through all their changes. Their stuff can be quite mechanical but also so other-worldly. It took me a while to appreciate The Work Which Transforms God propperly, it wasn't until I had gone and listened to some of their more melodic work that I could come back and hear how good it was. I've been listening to 777 Cosmosophy quite a bit since I got it and it's a very visual album for me. On one listen in particular I imagined myself high in the mountains in central asia where Blut aus Nord had built a temple to which wisebeings of alien species would come in their ships, to converse with them and listen to them perform their music. BAN don't really sound like what I'm searching for though, they're too finessed. They are mechanical in a well-oiled precise way whereas what I'm looking for sounds like the machinery is slowly tearing it's self appart. But I could imagine some BAN style bent chords perhaps. As for the other bands you posted: Aborym- They sound decent but don't really grab me. Anaal Nathrakh- Pretty good. Has some of the vibe of the sound I have in mind but is reletively musically different. Anorexia Nervosa- Ok but unexceptional. Asphyx- I like these guys and their sound is a bit like what I'm searching for. I can see what you mean about it sounding like getting run over by a tank. December Wolves- These guys are good, must listen to this album in full. Their sound isn't that close to what I had in mind though.

Perhaps you could spring for a bit of Meshuggah and Fear Factory' date=' although the latter has quicker drums. Duobetic Homonkulus is also a very mechanical-sounding technical death metal group. I've also heard a bit of O.L.D. and I didn't like them at all, but they do indeed sound like machinery and have a raw edge to them as well.[/quote'] O.L.D sound interesting and I must give Fear Factory a proper listen, my cousin was telling me to check them out too. Meshuggah aren't really to my taste though and Duobetic Homonkulus just sound schizophrenic! Thanks for the recomendations.

I'll take that as a small victory. Could you recommend some of those more mechanical sounding bands anyway? They may quench my sound-thirst.

If you could that would be great. I've had this sound in my head for the last month or two but I can't find anything to fit it.

Thanks for the welcomes guys. @Iceni I'm living in galway atm which is around the middle but I used to live in donegal which is up in the north west. I haven't been down to cork (south western part) but I hear it's lovely too.

These guys are one of my favorites. I'd agree with the general consensus that Spirit the Earth Aflame is their finest hour but I'd have the Gathering Wilderness as a close second. I saw them live in 2011 and was quite disappointed. I don't like Alan's(the frontman) stage persona and I thought they played the songs too fast. Add that to the fact that they focused mainly on ttnd matterial which in my book is some of their weaker stuff. But other people seem to think they're great live so make of that what you will. By the way The Gathering Wilderness took me ages to get into but once I did it was well worth it.

Portal would be another point of reference. The best verb to describe the sound I'm thinking of would be grinding; NOT in the grindcore sense.

Hi, I'm looking for a band or bands that have quite a specific sound, one with fast guitar and slow to mid-paced drums and vocals. Basically something that sounds like heavy-duty machinery. Funeral Mist and latter day Marduk are the closest thing I can think of but they're just not quite there. Thanks in advance.

Hi all, I'm DerEinzige, oringinally from scotland but now residing on ireland's west coast. My job allows me a lot of time to surf the internet and so here I am. I hope you will find my activity here, such as it will be, valuable as I hope to find yours. All the best, DerEinzige.