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#1 Shad4k
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[QUOTE="T_P_O"][QUOTE="modestkraut1291"]Isis. reminds me of Indie music but metal.PuddinPant
I second this.

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Isis are post-metal, like Pelican and Jesu. It's like Explosions in the Sky or Mono, only metal. "Indie" can encompass a lot of things, but I think of stuff like Beirut and The Decemberists when I toss that term out. The post-whatever tag helps differentiate things. Oceanic is in my top 5 albums ever. :o
Jesus kid, did you just start listening to metal? Juggernaut140
That's the point, you can't recommend Drudkh or Alcest to someone who's never heard even heard Opeth or Bodom. Edit: Should have read the whole post chain, never mind my third comment.
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#3 Shad4k
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[QUOTE="Cody13_2012"]I really don't want to have to quote any of my guitar magazines and I don't really feel like arguing any more, but Slipknot is considered to be experimental, whether you like it or not. I'm not trying to offend you or anything, but I don't see how soulfly can't be considered experimental unless you've really never listened to their stuff. I'm a very musical person I play guitar, trumpet, and a little on the drums, I think I know my music fairly well.

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hahahahahahahaha WOW. Jesus man. There's nothing wrong with knowing nothing about music, but don't try to argue otherwise unless you have at least a little knowledge to stand on. If Slipknot are "experimental nu-metal" because they use odd tunings, then so be it, but in the broader spectrum of music/metal they're pretty by-the-books. As for Soulfly using tribal instruments and thereby being experimental, folk and classical elements are inherent in most post-80s styles of metal. If Max hitting a bongo makes a band experimental, I'm really curious what your take would be on say, Finntroll or Pagan Reign. When I think "experimental metal" without any other adjectives, Ephel Duath's The Painter's Pallette is always the first thing to come to mind. Everything else I think of has a style kicker. Like, you could call Cephalic Carnage experimental technical death metal, but if you don't like tech death then the 'experimental' tag doesn't mean much. I've noticed mention of Genghis Tron and Arcturus in this thread. That's pretty on the mark. I think what you're really looking for is nu-metalish music that is more creative than what you're accustomed to. The difficulty with nu-metal is that it's so mainstream you've probably heard everything that might fall into that realm. I'm sure you've heard System of a Down for example, and they're the most creative thing to rise from the nu-metal scene. Static-X had something going on their first album too. But let's leave nu-metal behind for a moment and give your ears an actual worthwhile experience. Nothing too obscure. Let's get you to try the bands that got a whole heck of a lot of other metal fans in their early to mid-20s out of the dead end that is nu-metal and into the greater glorious realm of music: If you do nothing or take nothing else out of this thread at all, do this. Buy, order, download, steal, whatever it takes, get yourself a copy of My Arms, Your Hearse by Opeth. Listen to it. Listen to it again. Listen to it until your brain stops hearing the power chords they're used to and realizes that it's goddamn brilliant. Then branch out. Sample a few staples in each genre. Don't necessarily get the most praised/highly regarded albums of each genre, get the ones that are both great and accessible to people unfamiliar with them. In Flames' Colony, Blind Guardian's A Night at the Opera, Children of Bodom's Hatebreeder, Emperor's Prometheus, Equilibrium's Sagas, Finntroll's Nattfodd, Elvenking's Wyrd. Get Eluveitie's Slania too. It's a horrible downward spiral of Reroute proportions, but quite because of that will probably bridge the gap well. Figure out which of these you like most and seek out similar artists. Before you know it you'll be listening to Peste Noire and Sunn O))) musically demonstrate medieval torture and zombie apocalypses, or wondering if you'll ever again enjoy metal without a fiddle.
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#4 Shad4k
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Good bloody question. I went to register here and it said I already have an account, so I went through the password recovery and will find out what my user name is upon clicking Submit. Oh boy oh boy.
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