4 Songs That Changed My Mind About Metal
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Gotta check out The Red Chord, man.
I’m sure you would like persefone too !
Karnivool is a huge influence for a bunch of these guys as well. And if you like plini and contortionist you would absolutely love David Maxim Micic’s music and piano orchestrations mixed into djent and prog
Just checked out The Contortionist - Trive. Reminded me of these 3 songs: th-cam.com/video/-DuAAmHpGbw/w-d-xo.html
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I'm loving the new camera angles Charles, really going above and beyond!
Animals As Leaders would definitely be right up your ally. Tosin is a master at guitar
Also Polyphia, if you're really into super technical music.
Edit: seems like people here have trouble understanding that recommending a band doesn't mean I'm their biggest Stan and think that they shit gold. Polyphia has interesting music. That's it. You are allowed to not like them or think they are overrated or stale. You do not need to let me know, I don't care.
If you're looking into AAL, definitely also look into T.R.A.M. which is a proper jazz fusion project with Tosin and co.
@@matthammond3563 THIS!
@@GaviLazan 😂 technical guitar for sure but technical “music” 🤨
Also because it's basically Metal if Bach would've written it
I love seeing when non-metal people start loving the metal I've been listening to for years.
There's a whole metal world out there, go free and explore my music lovers 🤘
Any recommendations for people that like sonic variety? I like metal occasionally, but I find that a lot of bands just have one "sound" that they repeat over and over. I get that the point of metal IS the aggression, but I find that I like this aggression more as a flavor than to listen to an entire album of keeping the energy at 11. I also don't like when vocals are ONLY screaming for the same reasons. I like a scream as a sort of release that is built to rather than just being the default.
A bit specific, I know, but I have to imagine I'm not alone in my preferences. For reference, some metal bands I listen to sometimes (that don't fit my request always, I know, which is why I only listen sparingly): Gojira, Deafheaven and Mastodon.
@@jorgemartinez42069 I know what you mean about albums having a consistent sound. I do usually like a lot of the songs on a band's album, but I never listen to 'albums', because I want some sonic variety. If I listen to music for a while, I'll make sure that each song is quite different from the listen, often flipping between metal and non-metal. That said, here's some songs I like which you might enjoy.
Periphery - Reptile
Scar Symmetry - Neohuman
Dark Tranquillity - Misery's Crown
Before The Dawn - Deathstar
Sybreed - A Radiant Daybreak
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@@jorgemartinez42069 well, if you're asking, Leprous is my all-time fav "metal" band because I don't see them being bound by metal's rules (hell, they're even more proggressive rock than anything in the last two albums) I'd reccomend starting with the album Malina. It's no my favorite per se but it's a really good place to start listening and understand the "Leprous Sound"
I’m not even reading your comments… I’m just here to go…
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When it comes to screaming once you view their voice as an instrument it’s art
I guess we will have to agree to disagree.
I mean, I can make a guitar or saxophone make interesting noises by dropping it down a flight of stairs, but that doesn't mean I want those sounds in my music all the time.
But some people might. So you do you.
@@Prophes0r it's a vocal style like any other, say Mongolian throat singing being another, different strokes for different folks, I myself am not into opera, nothing against it just don't really like the vocal style that much
@@lightningmonky7674 I wasn't disagreeing about it being valid. I was disagreeing about appreciating it. If you like it, you do you. For me, it causes the same physical reaction as nails on a chalkboard, which ruins the experience. But there is room enough in the realm of music for everyone.
@@Prophes0r fair enough I can take that without blowing a fuse
@@Prophes0r I would say screaming is far more comparable to playing a guitar through an amplifier with distortion. Throwing it down a flight of stairs would produce a precussion sound, not a specific pitch.
And both in screaming and electric distortion, there's a large number of varieties of it, to suit different tastes. A scream could be a wail from Bruce Dickinson or a growl from George Fisher, guitar distortion could be a clean reverb from the likes of BB King, or it could be djent. Metal has a lot of subgenres (too many in fact, some people make it a full time job to come up with names for genres which encompass like two bands which are *slightly* different from everyone else, after all if there's too many people into your specific musical niche it's not edgy any more) and not every metal fan likes all of them. In fact there's a lot in the whole "extreme metal" world that has far from universal appeal which goes beyond the screaming or the djent. Some people aren't interested in the near total lack of melody or the constant references to mother raping, for example.
The contortionist live sounds exactly like the album. Those guys are amazing.
Saw them in October, it was like a spiritual cleansing. Their live shows are so incredible it’s hard to put in words.
Kinda wish there were more prog metal bands that went into this direction. My chill djent/prog playlist is pretty small rn lol
they are incredible musicians [:
Contortionist, TesseracT and Periphery will always carry the genre for me. Innovation, atmosphere and execution are what define these bands. Like he said, the sound my ears were craving for in the genre
I too saw them live and yes just like the album
I think Opeth might tip you over into "okay, harsh vocals are cool" territory. Listen to their 2005 album Ghost Reveries, if you never have, or one of their newer albums (though Mikael's gotten away from harsh vocals since 2011's Heritage).
+1 for Opeth, Blackwater Park in particular
That's the response I was about the write. Almost word for word xD
I came to the comments to see if anyone mentioned Opeth. Ghost Reveries and Blackwater Park are two of my favorite albums in the entire metal genre, hands down.
Oprah is well recognised as the gateway drug for growls.
"Getting metal band recommendations from Charles Cornell" was definitely not on my bingo card today, but here we are! Thrive freaking slaps man
This is kind of bizarre, but “definitely not on my bingo card today” is a really good phrase that I might begin using. Thanks.
Checking out The Contortionist now, feels like a heavy Explosions in the Sky cross with Deftones.. Glad to be exposed to a band I would of never found on my own.
Blackwater Park by Opeth is a magnificent album from their Death Metal era, and is absolutely a must listen from the Progressive Metal catalogue.
That is such a good fucking album
@@DJ_Mooster Their best album.
@@VidZeen I'm a still life man myself (ignore the pfp)
Muaahhhhhhh
@@VidZeen Hands fucking down their best album
An insanely incredible band is Gojira. Super technical, groovy, unique and heavy! They have such a great balance of everything, They are amazing.
Best!
And melodic.
Yes. Also Lamb of God
Ahhh yes, the classic “this finally clicked for me” reaction to Bleed. What a life-changing moment we’ve all been through 🤘
Bleed is violently artistic. Probably hurt my neck the first time I heard it. Have listened many times since then and don’t plan on stopping. 😊
That "Thrive" song SLAPS so hard
Looking forward to your commentary video heh.
whole album slaps, Language by the Contortionist
If you want another like it, try The Parable from the same album - absolutely RIPS
Shredmaster Scott getting into contortionist????? Please God let it be true
If you like Jazz-influenced metal, you should totally check out the band I play sax in: Rivers of Nihil. We just did a US tour with The Contortionist where they played "Language" and "Exoplanet" in full, and the other bois just did a European run right after. Little darker and more emotional than analytical at most points, but check em out!
Where Owls Know My Name and Home were the songs that got me into RoN, The Void from Which No Sound Escapes being my all time favorite song. You guys are so good!! We really need more sax in metal songs, they give such a unique layer to the music.
Yes
Just want to say thank you for what you've created ! Such a magnificent album(s) that inspired me and pushed me to learn how to play saxophone.
Great albums! Your sax playing takes them to another level. Thanks for being a part of making them!
I saw you guys in Seattle for this tour! You remain one of the most underrated metal bands out there. Thank you for making incredible music!!!
This video allowed me to discover The Contortionist, which was how I first got into metal. From there, I discovered a similar band called TesseracT who have been my favourite band since I found out about them nearly a year ago. Their music has had such an impact on me and on my own composition, and had it not been for this video, that never would have happened. So thank you, please keep making amazing videos. 🤘
So happy to see the Contortionist mentioned. They're wildly underrated.
Language is a masterpiece
i had the pleasure of seeing them live in like 2014 and they KILLED it
They’re probably among my favourite bands of all time, if not my all time favourite.
Absolutely love everything they’ve released. Them, Haken, and Leprous are easily among my top bands of all time.
One of the greats in my book, phenomenal live and super cool to chat with if you find them by the merch booth
I only listen to metal, nothing else. But content creators like you, made me appreciate jazz and even learn some music theory.
czeslaw - i feel exactly the same
I hate when people shove metal music down throat when they say they don't like it...
Personally i think metal is to noisy but i have learned to tolerate it.
Have you heard of Badbadnotgood? They’re a jazz group from Canada that has some cool tunes, I especially like when they feature a vocalist on such songs as Nervous, Time Moves Slow, In Your Eyes.
@@RetiredRobot I'll check them out
Bro, believe me when i say that you're missing a lot. Listen to the Hu, a Mongolian band. They're pretty awesome and a good introduction to Mongolian folk music. Also listen to Death Grips for something more based on rap, they are one of the weirdest bands out there. Also check Clowncore, you ARE going to love them.
I think Tesseract are really underrated. They're really melodic but still have the hard pumping rhythms (still with a 4 backbone), they're really good
So hyped for the new album to come out
Yeah Tessy is where it's at (lol my propic).
I think compositionally Exile is their best written song though some others have more sentimental value to me (Retrospect, Acceptance just to name a couple).
Tesseract needs more love! SO good!
Dystopia is just so good
Amazing (and underappreciated) artists.
Between The Buried And Me. Easily one of the coolest bands who integrate pretty much every genre of music you can imagine at least a little bit, some of their songs just break into jazz tunes halfway through just for the fun of it but it often fits so well, the guitar, drum, synth, and even bass work are on a completely different level. Their album “Colors” is probably one of the most beautiful and complex metal pieces and it is just a masterpiece.
Yes dude! Colors is still my favorite album of all time.
Colors will always be my favourite album of all time, the way each song fits together is **gorgeous**
Colors is my favorite too. I love how they put little Easter eggs of the first Colors throughout Colors 2. Brilliantly done
god i love colors. so good.
Colors is incredible but Parallax II is my favorite. Silent flight parliament is a masterclass on how to end an album.
Leprous, Haken, Caligula's Horse, Opeth have some really cool rythms/compositions that you should definitely check out!
Leprous and Opeth are really cool
I love Caligulas horse! My favorite song is “this city has no empathy (your sentimental lie)” and is what got me into them then Spotify recommended leprous and other bands
Opeths new prog sound is KILLER I love it
Caligula's Horse - Autumn!
Voivod!
Can't recommend Ghost Revieries by Opeth enough. Might be one of the best Prog-metal albums of all time.
Blackwater Park as well, though that one may be a bit harder to get into for someone that's not already super into metal
The Drapery Falls 🤘 and... Pretty much anything since
I see you are a man of culture.
Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
@@yourrealdad9442 I am not super into metal but I will enthusiastically listen to anything by Opeth (heavy or not). I am probably not a typical example though.
The music is superb and Mikael's vocals are pristine, the best quality in both singing and growling, imo.
Like, you may not love post impressionist art in general, but who doesn't appreciate Van Gogh, yeah?
The way you feel The Contortionist is how I wished all my friends who I showed this album would respond. This is my exact reaction to this album. To this day, one of the best metal albums ever
I'm so glad Plini got a mention and a feature. The first time I heard Plini come on at work I had to stop working to figure out what I was listening to. Electric Sunrise released soon after and that album changed my life for sure.
Plini is such a vibe!
Randomly had Plini Selenium Forest suggested by Spotify after playing some other stuff and it swept me off my feet. Plini definitely is one of my go to's for this kinda music
When Plini did the Quad Cortex debut with Pan, For me was the ultimate song on his career (i have quiet a long time withouth listen his music). Man, what a Song.
“Colors” by Between the Buried and Me is a phenomenal album. Lots of influences from several genres (yes, including jazz). I always felt like there is a heavy Bach influence as well.
Colors is such a fun and amazing album!
Colors and Colors II are my favorites. I can’t recommend them enough.
Also Colors II
As far as BTBaM goes Coma Ecliptic is more accessible as a gateway album from non growl prog metal.
Colors is what made me get into them, but I gotta say The Great Misdirect is A BIT better overall
If you're getting into this type of music, you can't avoid TesseracT. They are going to go down in history, I swear.
TesseracT is God Tier omg
Well, maybe their first and most recent album, yeah
Let’s not forget the other band to be birthed from the breakup of Fellsilent, Monuments!
@@Zelemetal Sonder, Polaris, and One are easily their best albums
@@slapmilk9421 so... 3 out of 5?
Dream Theater's "Breaking All Illusions" for the variety of sound and their "Scenes from a Memory" album for beautiful musical motifs servicing an album-spanning murder mystery story.
Korpiklaani for introducing me to folk metal, particularly "Vodka," "Iievan Polkka," and "Pellonpekko."
And some of the best metal is the kind that doesn't take itself too seriously. Dream Evil's jitterbug/swing metal song that rhymes "beast" with "east" **twice**, "H.M.J."
Korpiklaani is one of the best folk-metal bands in my opinion. Most folk-metal bands I hear lean heavily towards black metal (like Moonsorrow) or are more folk than metal (such as Heilung), and Korpiklaani is the only band I’ve heard that is non-blackened folk metal. I know there are other bands that don’t do the “blackened folk metal” sound, but they don’t seem as common.
Since I haven't seen it from anyone else, I've gotta recommend VOLA. They're a progressive metal band that flirts heavily with other genres and absolutely kill it (see Ruby Pool). The stuff you talked about liking in the video made me think of the breakdown on The Same War and the chorus on Starburn, both from their first album. I love what they do with rhythm and harmony, and their unique sound!
So happy to see Plini and The Contortionist AND Periphery here! Thank You Scientist, Devin Townsend, Polyphia, TesseracT, VOLA, Twelve Foot Ninja, Intervals, Opeth, Gojira, so many more examples of complex musicianship of progressive metal subtypes.
Just commenting so I can find this list later.
Throw sithu aye, his split ep with plini is phenomenol, starsystems, widek, and scale the summit on that list.
Arch Echo!
Leprous, Haken, David Maxim Micic, Chon, The Fall of Troy, The Dear Hunter
vola is incredible
TesseracT is one of those bands like the Contortionist that has those huge flourishes that make you go. 😮
My favorite album is Polaris.
phat recommend for TesseracT
I'd also add Whitecube and Musicformessier into those must listens. Mega proggy, mega spacey.
I got into polymeter with TesseracT before anything else and came to the comment section to namedrop them
Polaris is a fucking masterpiece.
Nocturne is one of those songs that I will never skip.
Opeth is a progressive metal band that started as death metal. At this point, they’re making very interesting music, with many jazz notes mixed with metal. If you listen, I’d suggest “The Baying of the Hounds.”
Lol "jazz notes"
@@merk-vc4kp…was probably a wee bit high when I wrote that.
Technically, they are only death metal because of Akerfeldt's growls. Everything else is just a bunch of mixes.
If you know the basics of the metal genres you'll notice they always have been inspired by folk music (all the 3 and 6 in the time signatures, the acoustic guitars and some piano passages), and mainly by black metal (the reason why they are the self proclaimed "most evil band" of the world).
I'm refereing to their early early era (see Orchid).
I've been in love with Jinjer in the metal realm these last few years. I love their odd signatures and frequent time changes. Their vocalist is phenomenal as well. I like Pisces, Vortex, I Speak Astronomy, among others.
Vortex is one of my favorite. Jinjer is very fun to listen to.
Wallflower absolutely slaps n all
The Art of Dying by Gojira. The album it's on re-introduced me to my love of metal. The 'deathgrowls' on the album are a bit more my taste than some of the other metal vocal styles.
The intro to the song art of dying is still one of my all time favorites
Yeah. Same.
Album is "The Way of All Flesh".
For anyone who's curious. This, "Terra Incognita", and "Magma" are my top 3 favorite Gojira albums.
Gojira is definitely one of the best out there.
Honestly, most of Gojira's stuff is just so tastefully unique
Charles needs a few Opeth chord progressions in his life. 😃
sure thing lol
I don't like Opeth
@@nebula_M42 I loved that
This guy needs to check out Car Bomb. Their drummer has a strong jazz background and they draw inspiration from different jazz techniques he uses as part of his warmup and practice to write songs with strange time signatures that grooves in a way you didn't think was possible.
Car bomb absolutely slappppps
Dude, Lights Out? Forget about it.
good ol elliot hoffman
@@jaredbrooks7219completely.
Instrumental prog metal is some of my favourite music. Just to name a few plini, animals as leaders, I built the sky, intervals, polyphia. All really incredible bands
Check out Arch Echo if you haven't already. Also Mestis (solo project of Javier Reyes from Animals as Leaders)
Polyphia is more of a wannabe trap metal band without the terrible untrained screaming of an adolescent.
I really recommend checking out Thank You Scientist. They’ve got this wonderful fusion of jazz, metal, and so many other genres that makes their songs so catchy and compelling. Despite being pretty quirky sometimes, they’re actually really accessible for those trying to get into metal. Plus Tom Monda is an absolutely AMAZING guitarist, even for a genre with as much stiff competition as progressive metal. Everyone involved in this band is so talented.
Also love seeing all these recommendations for Haken and Caligula’s Horse, they’re fantastic as well!
Yeeessss. So happy to see Thank You Scientist mentioned. Super underrated band.
@@The_Lunatic_Fringe89 Absolutely! Even if Charles doesn’t see this comment I hope other people will check them out
I came down to these here comments to make the same comment. I'm glad someone beat me to it! Thank You Scientist are so good, a mix of progressive rock, progressive metal, and jazz fusion that sounds so, so good
+1! It's sooo good
I love the contortionist. Also:
Leprous, Animals as Leaders, TesseracT, Devin Townsend, Plini, Haken, Periphery, Intervals, Polyphia, Karnivool, ...
The harmonies in these are all so good, the rhythm, melodies, it's so satisfying.
*I really would love it if you took a listen to Nighttime Disguise by Leprous.*
As for introductory songs from this list I say sprite by devin townsend, cockroach king by haken, plini is a free for all.
Edit: also harlequin forest by opeth is an amazing journey to listen to (the whole ghost reveries album is amazing).
@@MetroidChild Yeah I love haken, but generally it's not the band I recommend to newbies. It's an acquired taste, a bit out there. I love the Mountain, but Affinity might be more of a mainstream-like entrypoint I would say.
@@barmetler I was thinking from the eyes of a jazz musician like our boy Charles, the leap is way smaller than for someone who doesn't listen to either metal or jazz.
@@MetroidChild true true, understanding music theory and appreciating harmonies and the such is probably sufficient
don’t forget chon 😍
+1 for Car Bomb. Check out Meta first imo. When he was talking about nodding along and losing the downbeat, one of my favourite memories of live music is seeing Car Bomb play and watching a whole crowd nodding their heads, losing the downbeat, and simultaneously realising they were lost and trying to catch up.
Heavily reccomend Vildhjarta, their music feels like a next step in the evolution of the style that Meshuggah brought us. Absolutely insane band with crazy use of time and melodies.
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Buster Odeholms rhythmic imagination is next level and so inspiring
You should definitely check out Haken. Tons of jazz influence in their music, but as a prog band they pull from lots of different sources.
Also love seeing some of my favorite bands throughout this video!
+1 for Haken. My song pick would be Veil
Absolutely cannot recommend Haken enough!
That's right. Haken is awesome.
Also, Richard Henshall's solo album The Cocoon.
The first song of theirs I ever heard was Initiate. Later I heard Invasion and it blew me away.
Steven Wilson with Porcupine Tree is my go to for odd times and mental rhythms. Prog storytelling at its finest. The drummer Gavin Harrison is one of the best in the business 👌
Language is such a beautiful album, it got me into The Contortionist as a whole project and to this day still holds up as well as it did the day it released to my ear. Excellent taste.
I’m super happy you did a video on these guys! Ive know of these guys for years, played A show with them in Madison and went to multiple show and they are one of the few bands that not only sound flawless on stage but are really nice dudes, I can’t wait till they come out with some new tunes
A bit of a hard one, but I would recommend Opeth. The riffing in, especially their first 5 or so albums is utterly unmatched. And the melodic components of some of their later albums are just totally unique and utterly beautiful.
I really think you should check out Tesseract! I genuinely think Acle Kahney is a musical genius, his work writing long form songs that sound cohesive and then doing that over the span of an album is just mind boggling and you’d love it!
Altered State is one of my favorite albums ever released
It's so gratifying to watch this video, as an avid listener and lover of The Contortionist, Plini, Scar Symmetry and so many other great musical geniuses that wholely go unnoticed in today's musical climate, hearing your praise of my favorite musicians and songs is doing amazing things for my self esteem lol thank you for the content! Please keep it coming.
As someone trying to learn the piano this channel continually inspires me.
Your passion and enthusiasm for music is so wholesome and infectious. I'm so excited I found this channel.
Tool, Haken and Opeth are definately some of my favourites. And i just added the Contortionist to that list. Awesome stuff.
Contortionist is amazing! Definitely check out their album Clairvoyant, and give yourself the opportunity to listen to it front to back with headphones.
Opeth is still one of my favorite bands of all time ❤️
I'm curious if you've ever given porcupine tree or any of Steven Wilson's other projects a listen? I feel like it might fit your style
You gotta add some Ne obliviscaris, persefone, Slice the cake, and nero di marte to that list
Haven't seen it listed yet, but Devin Townsend is an absolute god-send of a musician! Massive compositions, prog beyond belief, and even some humour to boot. Can't go wrong with "Hevy Devy"!
fully agreed! Though his crazy-prolific catalogue does need some curation for the best moments
The secrets of the universe are between the buns.
@@chasebalcziunas4289 but I can't haz the cheeseburger guys, I'm a vegimatarian
I AM SO OMNISCIENT. IF THERE WERE
TO BE TWO OMNISCIENCES, I WOULD BE BOTH.
Came to say this exactly. It's complicated to choose where to start, I guess it depends on the goal.
Deconstruction is definitely among the proggiest as an album in general. Epicloud might be a bit more digestible while still being heavy as hell, the epicness of it all making it mich more emotionally engaging.
Even some SYL things would be fitting though, "Almost Again" really feels like the stepping stone from SYL to DTB and DTP, which I think also makes it super interesting to check out.
It's a complicated thing to approach due to the stylistic breadth of everything that beautiful canuck lunatic has done. I'd imagine a few months of listening and building a feeling for what he's doing before actually making a video about him. Though just some thoughts on Ziltoid or Z² would also be awesome. 😄
Language is one of my favorite front to back albums. So expansive! Appreciate the way you’re able to articulate why I like the album so much.
A tune you should check out is Straws Pulled at Random by Meshuggah. It starts really heavy and complex, with the lyrics talking about the uncontrollability of life and inevitability of death but in the end of the song it goes into a really beautiful, melodic jazzy solo that gives a much more optimistic end to it all. Masterful track.
I cannot recommend Opeth enough. They’re not as advanced on the side of technicality but their song writing is so compelling
yes sir favorite band
One of the best bands ever that no one on radio talks about enough...
Don't forget Dream Theater, one of the bands that influenced their prog era
@@grwheeler1982 dude i'm so glad i saw your comment. I just added a few of their songs on Spotify and plan to explore their catelogue. they remind me a little of Corpsegrinder's side group Paths of Possession.
Absolutely. Especially when it comes to harmonics... "Mikael Akerfeldt never plays a boring chord" is a common phrase here :)
David Maxim Micic definitely deserves a shout out, so much going on in his music and I would love to see you react and pick it apart
To add another Djent "forerunner" with a ton of interesting musicality going on, you should also check out Sikth
Don't forget Destiny Potato! Great stuff from David Maxim Micic in that band.
David is amazing, I think Charles would enjoy his music writing, particularly in his track "Smile"
"Daydreamers" is easily one of the best songs period
Where Is Now is a beautiful song of his. I almost cried when I heard it the first time
Thank you for introducing me to the contortionist “thrive” !!!I’ve been playing it over and over since watching this video, a truly brilliant song
Love your enthusiasm about The Contortionist. I've loved this band and especially this album for years. I regularly listen to Language over and over again.
"Metal" musicians have been, am and will be S tier musicians. The modern metal musician is insane in both the mechanics of playing the instrument, theory, music production, tones, conveying ideas. I'm so in awe of so many musicians in the modern metal world and I can't wait for what the future brings us. I LOVE the fact that EDM elemnts is making it's way into metal.
Keep up the great content Charles.
You can’t even imagine the smile that came to my face when the first song you called out was Thrive by The Contortionist. This is probably my favorite song by probably my favorite band and I’ve never heard anyone else call it out by name. Great video dude!!
This albums is brilliant. Prob my fav if all-time 👌🏽
Been listening to language for well over 5 years and it's never gotten old
If you're looking for interesting harmony then Opeth would be a good recommendation. Just listen to the beginning of Blackwater Park and hear one of the most expressive 4 chord progressions i've heard in my life.
I went to see Tesseract in Austin in like 2016. I was new to the genre. The Contortionist opened for them and it was amazing - i was entranced the entire time. Really love them!
I remember when I first enrolled into a music school, and there were so many elitists who wouldn't listen to metal.. When us metal musicians would listen to everything, so many people couldn't get past the heavy sound or vocal style. It's great when people finally open up and give every genre a chance.. There are high chances that you'll love it. For me the genres that took me a long while to get into were country and rap.. But now I find myself listening to artists from both genres because there's musical aspects that draw me in. For Jazz it makes more sense, since you're going from complex to complex. I've always been inspired by Orchestral soundtracks, and when I write music I always want to emulate that with more aggression and distortion.
My primary genre is metal, particularly metalcore, by leaps and bounds, but I've always enjoyed jazz and while growing up I had a strong distaste for classical, I've grown to love it just as much as jazz, all for the same reasons I love metal so much. But those are really the only genres I can truly enjoy and find joy in listening to. I haven't really tried folk and similar genres to be fair, so there's likely some musical complexity there that I'd enjoy, but most other genres I don't really care for, and I CANNOT get into country and especially rap/hip-hop. Popular as they might be, I've found nothing that excites the musician within me and I find the lyrics to be generally very distasteful.
@@ThatBeTheQuestion You're a metalhead yet you're calling Country lyrics distasteful? Okay screamo...
@@ThatBeTheQuestion Dunno about country music, it all sounds whiny and self-obsessed to me, but in terms of hip-hop could be you're listening to all the wrong things. I'd recommend artists like A Tribe called Quest, Mos Def, Common, Black Thought, Queen Latifah and the like, and I'm not even that much into hip-hop. I'm a grunge/metal person myself but there are some truly amazing stuff put out by hip-hop artists. Danger Mouse's new album is frigging amazing, and Mos Def's Black on Both Sides is one of my fav albums.
@@coastaku1954 Go on, make your point if you have one...
@@skaldlouiscyphre2453 Metal is all just screaming death and murder
I'm the inverse as you. I started out full on metal, then discovered Pat Metheney and Alan Holdsworth, and then jazz became a full time obsession for me. The crossover happening between the genres these days is everything I've ever wanted in music.
Same here. Became tired of all these youtuber guitarists and bands too. Obsessed with Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery, George Van Eps, and Pat Martino. I don't think I'll come back.
This is the best video on the internet I've seen in a while! Absolutely loved you diving into the harmony stuff
Animals as leaders - tooth and claw
Tesseract - nocturne
Haken - 1985
Between the buried and me - extremophile elite
Karnivool - Goliath
Leprous - nighttime disguise
Yaaaas Goliath, I wish the ending was 4 times as long.
You have good taste my friend
could easily add Ne Obliviscaris - And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope
@@masestero imo painters of the tempest is their best song ever but also it's harder to get into, so yeah Listen to aPFtK or Forget not
So weird, I literally just recommended Haken too lol. That switch midway is insane
To Charles or anyone else having a similar music journey, my personal reccomendations are Intervals and Thank You Scientist!
thank you scientist are so good
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tricks I do not know
Megan: "Hotter"
Hopi: "Sweeter"
Joonie: "Cooler"
Yoongi: "Butter
So with toy and his tricks, do not read it to him that he writes well mamon there are only to laugh for a while and not be sad and stressed because of the hard life that
is lived today.
Köz karaş: '' Taŋ kaldım ''
Erinder: '' Sezimdüü ''
Jılmayuu: '' Tattuuraak ''
Dene: '' Muzdak ''
Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis.
Aç köz arstan
Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon.
Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu wins taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. '' Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt '' dep oylodu arstan.
Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu. # 垃圾
They are one of the best concerts, you can not go but just seeing them from the screen, I know it was surprising
💗❤️💌💘
Second for Thank You Scientist. Such a good band.
Also love Coheed and Cambria - not really metal but gotta mention them.
Intervals is great!
came here to say thank you scientist
So glad to see someone get as hyped about the contortionist as I do. I love the direction they went with Language. Then they did language: rediscovered which was such a phenomenal take on an acoustic reinterpretation of some of their songs.
Great vid. I share your enthusiasm. Love it.
My band actually played with The Contortionist several times before they got signed. So much fun.
This is an obvious choice for a recommendation, but I really suggest you check out Thank You Scientist. They’re one of my favorite bands. They combine prog metal and jazz fusion in a way that just works so well
YES YES YES PLEASE
I want him to cover this band more than anything in the world. He would absolutely fall in love with Mr. Invisible and the rest of their amazing songs, god I want this so badly please charles listen to this band.
I'm so happy to see someone else appreciating Plini. Discovered him a year ago, and I'm fully invested.
I'll throw in some suggestions for Dream Theater and Opeth as great bands to check out
Always love when someone doesn't know dream theater and giving them homework to blow their minds. Such a talented band
@@Ysidoroh I watched a guy react to Change of Seasons for the first time, and it reminded me of rhe first time I heard them. Chills
Came straight to comments like 15 seconds in to make sure Plini was mentioned here or in the video lol
Got into him a couple years ago and he's my favorite artist ....bar none.
Since you're into metal now, I would highly recommend Scar Symmetry. Brutal and super cool progressive metal. Impressive singer who both growled and sang, heard they had to replace him with 2 singers.
and absent for almost a decade as us fans earnestly wait for part 2 of The Singularity
Christian Alvestam left the band in 2008, thats almost 15 years ago :D
Per Nilsson is one of the most impressive guitarists today. I can just listen to him jam out for hours.
geez these four songs are absolutely my favorites! It's so good to find people who appreciate these music
I'd really love to see you look into Polyphia because I think you'd really get a kick out of them!
Absolutely! Polyphia is phenomenal
Polyphia isn’t very good in my opinion
Completely agree
@@realobama1100 do you mean not good based on their talent or your preference/liking of their songs?
meh
Loved the video! One of my biggest influences is Dream Theater. Mike Portnoy made a breakdown video of the changing time signatures of Dance of Eternity. It really shows how intricate prog metal can get.
*Only for fans over 18 years old* girl in perfect BODY G BUNNYGIRLSS.SITE ❤️ cup milk god & perfect erotic body constriction god Toro face transcendent beautiful sister like a famous model
tricks I do not know
Megan: "Hotter"
Hopi: "Sweeter"
Joonie: "Cooler"
Yoongi: "Butter
So with toy and his tricks, do not read it to him that he writes well mamon there are only to laugh for a while and not be sad and stressed because of the hard life that
is lived today.
Köz karaş: '' Taŋ kaldım ''
Erinder: '' Sezimdüü ''
Jılmayuu: '' Tattuuraak ''
Dene: '' Muzdak ''
Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis.
Aç köz arstan
Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon.
Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu wins taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. '' Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt '' dep oylodu arstan.
Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu. # 垃圾
They are one of the best concerts, you can not go but just seeing them from the screen, I know it was surprising
💗❤️💌💘
Devin Townsend, Twelve Foot Ninja, Karnivool, TesseracT (particularly their Altered State album, much jazz), Steven Wilson, Opeth, Animals as Leaders, Tool, Monuments, Intervals, Anup Sastry, Skyharbor... I could be here all night rattling off amazing proggy/metaly/djenty bands or artists in the same realm as Periphery, The Contortionist, and Plini, . It's probably the most diverse, 'fusioned' sub-genres I'm aware of, and easily my favorite kind of music. It's really a fantastic thing, too, because there's a seemingly never-ending supply of new material to sink one's teeth into.
Great video Charles :)
As a metal head I really enjoyed seeing you enjoy the music in that realms and rave about it - really helps as well as I am always hoping to catch some new ears to some of the genres extensions, and this video really helped me dissect what it might be that catch a jazz lovers attention, or where people might be coming from.
My Favorite is Haken. There’s a ton of the Djent influence but also a ton of jazz influence, with some interjections of straight up jazz in their songs. They play a lot of insanely cool melodies, fast scales, and arpeggiated figures that are incredibly technical while being incredibly beautiful. I couldn’t recommend them enough!
I’ve only listened to The Mountain, that album blew my mind a few times and I’ve been meaning to listen to more. Been a big Tool fan for many years and no other band compares imho but Haken’s legit
Highly recommend Between the Buried and Me. Every member is so technically skilled, and they mix all sorts of different styles together. Super prog, super metal. Dope stuff
@@meatsticktwinkie5508 colors 2 is pretty good too
@@meatsticktwinkie5508 I hope you saw them last year because they played two entire sets. One was a 20 year anniversary set and the other was the great misdirect in it’s entirety
@@metalmanny666 saw them at the Masquerade in ATL. Changed my appreciation for live concerts.
@@jaredponder4149 I know, right?! I had the same appreciation when I saw Demons & Wizards in 2019 and iced earth a few times
We were all packed up and literally about to leave to play an opening set for BTBAM, and got word the show was cancelled because the other bands singer was sick. Other band was Comeback Kid, who I had never even heard of at that time. Such a massive disappointment... especially because BTBAM was that bands biggest influence.
Not even sure if their second record was out yet, but it was definitely before Alaska.
I was so excited to see The Contortionist on this list. They are super underrated. Exoplanet (on the heavier side) is one of my favorite albums
Subscribed !!! Love your descriptions
I would recommend Leprous - The Sky Is Red. There are really good live performance and drum playthrough videos! I just personally love Leprous' songs, and think you might enjoy some of them too.
I listen recently to the album and that song is amazing.
Vouch
Yess, Their album Aphelion is one of my absolute favorites
I also like their latest album, Aphelion
Hey Charles, you could totally make this a series. Having people send you a playlist to try and convince you of the appeal of certain genres that you wouldn't otherwise listen to. I think that would be really cool.
I second this!!
Listening to you explain music makes me appreciate music ... thanks charles
Glad I stumbled upon this video. These artists are amazing.
"In Contact" by Caligula's Horse is a 10/10 prog album. Really melodic, amazing harmonies and a brilliant fantasy story behind the lyrics that make me feel like I'm in another world. Nothing compares
Rise radiant is also such a banger album
Let me add another vote for In Contact! That album is so special!
This! Their last two albums have been fantastic.
+1. In Contact has been my favourite prog metal album since I got it.
My favorite album by them is Bloom... but the last 3 albums they've released are all phenomenal.
You got me hooked on The Contortionist. I had never heard them before, but this is right up my alley. “Language” has become one of my favorite albums. Thank you.
Did you get to catch them on this last tour? The madlads have been playing Language and Exoplanet all the way through back to back. Absolutely insane.
Check out clairvoyant! It’s actually supposed to be a sequel to language but much darker. There’s actually a story tying the two together
@@themightymcb7310 I didn’t get the chance to see them unfortunately. Would love to see one day.
@@MrDaedra language is an amazing album . I would recommend checking g out their 1st 2 albums Exoplanet and Intrinsic
Check out “The Back of My Mind” by Artificial Language too. I personally know the drummer and he’s very influenced by The Contortionist.
Just by the way you talk about music I'm fascinated with this content, so happy I can subscribe to this
This was a really cool thing to watch, and thank you (and the commenters below) for cluing me into a bunch of new bands! One I didn't see mentioned in my brief scroll downwards, even if it's more rock than metal: Porcupine Tree. Baroness is also well worth a look, as is Thrice, especially with their post-hardcore origins bringing a different twist to the post/prog scene. Gojira was mentioned below and is amazing. You also have the absolute musical insanity that is Converge, which will probably be interesting to you (unlike me, who am entirely overwhelmed by their music!). And maybe Karnivool, and Torche?
I strongly recommend VOLA. Amazing clean vocal harmonies with some awesome heavy, technical guitar riffs
Cannot recommend Thank You Scientist enough. “Stranger Heads Prevail” is a fantastic album, and “Maps of Non-Existent Places” is up there as well.
I really like Terraformer and Maps. I still need to connect with Stranger Heads, but still agree it's a fantastic album
Gotta second this one
Even after years of listening to weird, crazy metal stuff, when I first heard Psychopomp, I was SHOOK. Stranger heads is a masterpiece from front to back, IMO
I absolutely love "A Wolf in Cheap Clothing", it's one of my favorite songs
Terraformer is unreal. Each song on there (except for maybe the title track) is a contender for my favourite track of all time, period. If I had to choose, it would probably be Everyday Ghosts...
6:09 always gives me chills
I've been a Contortionist fan for over a decade and I still get chills from this album... And Clairvoyant.
@@JMGMusic Ever since I heard Flourish I was hooked, but Language is easily my favorite of theirs. I really tried with Clairvoyant, but aside from 2 or 3 songs it just wasn't my cup of tea.
what you said about the vocals on bleed, everything about meshuggah is incredible but i think the vocals are probably my favorite simply for the fact that he's not just singing stuff above the instruments, he's using his vocals rythmically so the vocals and instruments feel like one complete soup of awesomeness
Love plini, haken, dream theater, Animals as leaders, all amazing stuff
The harmonies on Language are truly unmatched. It’s jaw-dropping stuff, even 8 years later. I can’t think of another metal record with such a cohesive, careful craft of gorgeous harmony, melded with mind-melting production and guitar riffs. Not to mention the rhythmic structures being just complex enough to be interesting, but never too insane to put off more casual listeners
I had never listened to the Contortionist before until I saw them open for Between the Buried and Me on their Colors tour, fall of 2017. In my opinion, they stole the show. I went home and listened to Language, and immediately fell in love. I remember thinking, okay, this album starts out strong, but there will be a dud sooner or later. But it just kept getting better and better as the album went on. It will always be one of my favorite albums of all time.
I would like to say as a non music theory, self taught guitarist and fairly new metal head, as it were; Charles and some of you here have been putting into practical terms, why I fucking love all these bands and the genres and sub-genres that encompass their music, and that's pretty wild.
Between the Buried and Me and Cryptopsy are very heavy metal with Jazz infuence... both incredible bands
You are such an inspiration for all kinds of music! Greetings from Germany !
Charles, you've gotta check out Haken, I think you'd love them! Richard Henshall's solo album from 2019 is also a banger.
ayo i'm scared charles is gonna get an aneurysm from listening to the ridiculous shit in Celestial Elixir
Agreed!
Cockroach King is my favorite from them
Haken has written some of the most creative compositions in Progressive Metal since Dream Theater gave rise to what we consider the genre today, and I am absolutely in love with a whole lot of what they have done.
@@ryer9646 at this point in time Haken is well ahead of Dream Theater, and I got into prog with DT
I recommend everything combining rock and jazz( fusion, math rock, etc). You should definitely check Polyphia, Covet, and even things from Ichika Nito in general, but specifically Ichikoro!
Yes, absolutely yes! I was about to recommend Polyphia🤘😊 Ichika Nito is spectacular as well. I'll check out Covet, as I hadn't heard about them yet 😅
YESSSSS HE DID PROG METAL WAIT TILL HE SEES MIDWEST EMO THE TRUE MATH GENRE
I live for the day I hear he never meant riff on this channel
got so psyched when the contortionist came up as your first song, they were also one of my introductory metal bands that opened me up to the genre and they’re one of my favorites. they cite pat metheny as one of their influences and you can hear it everywhere in their music.
The a>c>eflat progression in Thrive sounds SUPER French Impressionist. Like Debussy, Satie, maybe a tiny bit Faure or Poulenc.
Opeth - Ghost of Perdition has the most insane Jazz Metal fill ever. From the same album Baying of the Hounds is metal taken to the sublime.
glad to see musicians appreciating different genres they're not familiar with
Based on these songs, you might like Protest the Hero. Check out their song Tandem, some of their timing is crazy but they always seem to resolve with a huge uplifting section that brings you out of it feeling great. :)
What an awesome video. As a metal lover who mostly professionally plays jazz, you really solidified some things that I had not really thought of. The relationship between modern progressive metal, metal core, djent, and jazz is really cool.