For fans of metal and rock with more of an open mind

[Arcanetrance]

This is a band I've liked for a long time and this off their new album and its pretty cool. Thought I'd share it with others.

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[Populist_Prole]

1. Interesting

I'd call it refined, "smooth" mellow hard rock. Like the lyrics.

[Arcanetrance]

2. I guess I still refer to them as metal cause of how they started and sounded

when I first started listening to them

[EnviroBat]

3. reminds me a little bit of System of a Down

They get into the operatic song style with the dramatic lyrics. I like it..

[nomorenomore08]

4. Not bad. A little "light" for metal but I kind of like the prog/Middle Eastern aspect.

nt

[Arcanetrance]

5. They have some heavier stuff they started back in the 90s as a death/doom band

[nomorenomore08]

6. Yeah, I was reading up on them on the Metal Archives just now.

You should check out that site sometime if you haven't, it's about as definitive as you can get. They cover everything except nu-metal, glam metal/rock and the more "core"-ish metalcore bands. And those genres don't fit my definition of "metal" anyway.

[Arcanetrance]

7. Been there plenty of times I look for new bands to check out on there

[Demo_Chris]

8. I would listen but that would be piracy

You wouldn't download a CAR would you?

[OriginalGeek]

9. is it a camaro?

cuz i would totally download a camaro. Fuck Lars.

[Arcanetrance]

11. i'm not sure i'd download a camaro maybe jaguar xj220

[OriginalGeek]

15. Either a new Camaro

or a 68 Firebird so I can have one when I'm not a moron 17 year old.



Like I was the first time I had one.

[Arcanetrance]

16. Lol sounds like you did the same thing with your firebird my cousin did

Wound up with a telephone pole as part of the car

[OriginalGeek]

18. Totalled it right into a phone pole

heyyyyyyyyyyy we aren't cousins are we?

[Arcanetrance]

19. That'd be nice the cousin I'm speaking of is a rabid tea bagger

[OriginalGeek]

21. oh lol, nope

all my cousins are pretty liberal. The ones I know, anyway.

[Arcanetrance]

22. Sadly on the side of the family he's on being liberal is an anomaly my mom's side is nutty

When I go to the family things on that side it's me and one other person my great aunt who's liberal

[OriginalGeek]

23. I grew up in a fundamentalist christian household

Because of my mom and step-father.

My real dad's family (of whom I only have my grandpa and my aunt still with us) is liberal and, luckily, I live near both of them. Dad was kinda in the middle but his brother (My late uncle and husband of the one aunt on that side I have left) was radical liberal in his youth and only barely contained radical liberal in his older age. (My dad once told me that if the FBI ever came to ask me anything about my uncle to just clam up. I don't know nuttin. He was apparently pretty active in the 60's early 70s) Needless to say, my uncle was one of my favorite people in the world.

My mom's sister and her husband are two of my other favorite people in the world. I don't get to see them as often as I like but at least I do get to see them occasionally.

ANyway - to get back to the topic, here's more eastern inspired metal:

[Arcanetrance]

24. Reminds me of Melechesh

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[OriginalGeek]

25. Yeah I like them too

they were great at Maryland Death Fest a couple years ago.

I dig the Eastern sounding riffs in all these bands.

[Arcanetrance]

26. The only problem I have with Melechesh is they are very hit and miss with their music

This is another band I like they're more influenced by Dream Theater

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[OriginalGeek]

27. Funny you mention them!

A friend of mine just gave me one of their albums like 2 weeks ago. It's good stuff.


He and I are going to see The Fixx tonight. Which has nothing to do with middle and eastern inspired metal but it's kinda funny how one thing leads to another...

[Arcanetrance]

28. It is amazing that life being as chaotic as it is can find moments of fluidity

[Arcanetrance]

10. No it was put on youtube by their label

Of course you could be sarcatic i'm inebraited currently so unsure

[Demo_Chris]

12. Yes, I was kidding. nt

[Arcanetrance]

13. I'm glad cause i couldn't imagine the issue and being inebriated i take everything as a joke

[CheapShotArtist]

14. Cool beats

[Separation]

17. Reminds me a bit of Dream Theatre

"Pull Me Under"

[Arcanetrance]

20. I love dream theater