Bands people don't seem to know about.
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Actually... as far as I know Nightcore is not an actual band. I love it but from what I have been told, it's just taking a song and speeding it up, mixing it up a bit, and giving it alot of bass. All the songs I have heard by them, well over 30 because I think its awesome, already exist. They've just been mixed by random people and labeled 'Nightcore'mParadox said:
I could be wrong but I think thats what it is.
This thread seems to imply that people not hearing of a band is a strange and incomprehensible concept. Unless a band has a mainstream prescence, why would anyone other than fans of that genre know about them? At best, some folks may have had chance encounters by way of Guitar Hero.
Really though, I don't expect anyone other than metal fans to have heard of the bands I listen to such as Candlemass or Kreator, much less the more obscure ones like Artillery or Gorefest. And that's before I get down to the REALLY obscure ones.
Really though, I don't expect anyone other than metal fans to have heard of the bands I listen to such as Candlemass or Kreator, much less the more obscure ones like Artillery or Gorefest. And that's before I get down to the REALLY obscure ones.
I have heard of too many bands in this thread. I guess that means my path to being a music-obsessed misanthrope is complete? Shit. Oh well.
For other likeminded people:
Rico was a Scottish industrial/triphop crossover act from Scotland. Most famous for doing the song 'Crazier' with Gary Numan. It feels weird that their first album was over 10 years ago now, bloody hell. Anyway, it was one bloke and then a live band, really. They stopped making music, I think, and now nobody remembers them at all.
Viva Machine released one album, in 2009, and then split up. It's bloody brilliant, give it a listen. I had the pleasure of playing with them on their last tour, they were really nice guys to boot and me and the lead singer reminisced about old NES videogame music, which is always the sign of a good bloke. They did a weird mix of Biffy Clyro, The Automatic, with a bit of Queens of the Stone Age, all with a shitload of vocal harmonies.
I still haven't got over Aereogramme breaking up. They were fucking amazing and pretty damn unique to boot. If you're interested after seeing this check them out of youtube to hear the variety of what they did. I suppose they were best described as a vocal post-rock band. Saw them live a couple of times, they had a habit of setting up a drum kit onstage whilst playing, which the lead singer would then play in tandem with the other drummer. Bloody mental, but brilliant band.
Autolux are amazing and deserve their new album to be heard. Good luck getting it if you're in the UK though. Awesome shoegaze pop band.
Right, I think that's enough youtube vids for now. Also check out Engineers (another shoegaze band but an entirely different sound to Autolux), Fony (an emo/post hardcore band with some amazing songs like Satire For The World), Queen Adreena (super awesome goth punk rock), Nude (German breakbeat/d'n'b), Serafin (mad british rock band), Sneaker Pimps (downtempo/trip-hop band that went through many transitions before becoming IAMX), Sol Seppy (beautiful singer/songwriter stuff similar to Sparklehorse), Union of Knives (Massive Attack/Radiohead-esque electronica), Vex Red (electronic rock that kind of sounds like nu metal if it was intelligent and used quiet/loud dynamics), and Youthmovies/Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies (mad prog/post rock band from Oxford).
And breathe...yeah check them out. I've only met a few people who have known about some of these bands.
For other likeminded people:
Rico was a Scottish industrial/triphop crossover act from Scotland. Most famous for doing the song 'Crazier' with Gary Numan. It feels weird that their first album was over 10 years ago now, bloody hell. Anyway, it was one bloke and then a live band, really. They stopped making music, I think, and now nobody remembers them at all.
Viva Machine released one album, in 2009, and then split up. It's bloody brilliant, give it a listen. I had the pleasure of playing with them on their last tour, they were really nice guys to boot and me and the lead singer reminisced about old NES videogame music, which is always the sign of a good bloke. They did a weird mix of Biffy Clyro, The Automatic, with a bit of Queens of the Stone Age, all with a shitload of vocal harmonies.
I still haven't got over Aereogramme breaking up. They were fucking amazing and pretty damn unique to boot. If you're interested after seeing this check them out of youtube to hear the variety of what they did. I suppose they were best described as a vocal post-rock band. Saw them live a couple of times, they had a habit of setting up a drum kit onstage whilst playing, which the lead singer would then play in tandem with the other drummer. Bloody mental, but brilliant band.
Autolux are amazing and deserve their new album to be heard. Good luck getting it if you're in the UK though. Awesome shoegaze pop band.
Right, I think that's enough youtube vids for now. Also check out Engineers (another shoegaze band but an entirely different sound to Autolux), Fony (an emo/post hardcore band with some amazing songs like Satire For The World), Queen Adreena (super awesome goth punk rock), Nude (German breakbeat/d'n'b), Serafin (mad british rock band), Sneaker Pimps (downtempo/trip-hop band that went through many transitions before becoming IAMX), Sol Seppy (beautiful singer/songwriter stuff similar to Sparklehorse), Union of Knives (Massive Attack/Radiohead-esque electronica), Vex Red (electronic rock that kind of sounds like nu metal if it was intelligent and used quiet/loud dynamics), and Youthmovies/Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies (mad prog/post rock band from Oxford).
And breathe...yeah check them out. I've only met a few people who have known about some of these bands.
Kaizers Orchestra
The Bird and the Bee
Land Of Talk
Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton
Beardfish
Of course this is based off what my friends know but I only chose the most unknown otherwise I could go on for ages.
Land Of Talk
Of course this is based off what my friends know but I only chose the most unknown otherwise I could go on for ages.
Up until month ago here I'd have said Birds of tokyo, but with their new album they're gaining alot of momentum.
Anyways.... Ataxia, Rolo Tomassi, Protest the hero, and Om.
Those are my 5.
Anyways.... Ataxia, Rolo Tomassi, Protest the hero, and Om.
Those are my 5.
I have to list Faunts. I'm sure a lot of you have heard their M4, Part II at the end of Mass Effect, but I don't think many keep up with the rest of their stuff, even if they only have two actual albums and an EP. I could be wrong, but I don't see very many people mention them.
There's also a band named Kyte that I'm starting to get into. I've recently realized that I'm partial to shoegaze rock.
There's also a band named Kyte that I'm starting to get into. I've recently realized that I'm partial to shoegaze rock.
In most cases the people I talk to don't know who the Decemberists or Flogging Molly are. Its kind of weird that they don't know about The Decemberists seeing as they are from my area.
Consider yourself surprised then. I enjoy their stuff.darthzew said:
Here's a few:
Panama Kings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIva-fQb07c
Max Raptor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t4_bXoL8Uw
I Am Arrows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMqLKwLdHC8
Bedouin Soundclash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y3Gyb7huSM
Faunts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gISlB1IdUjI
The Deceived
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VYOmzhcETA&p=DF11A0C2C3D9FA33&playnext=1&index=32
I'm not normally the angry type, but I currently wish to swear at you an obscene number of times in as many languages as possible.FortheLegion said:
RUNNING WILD ARE THE ORIGINAL AND THE BEST PIRATE METAL BAND EVER.
They were only doing it TWO FREAKING DECADES before Alestorm, kthx.
Learn yourself, boy: http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=306