Track_ShovelOct 12

Metal on the inside, business on the outside

https://slrpnk.net/post/28766762

Show threadtheparadoxOct 13

I love working with instrumental metal, typically prog or “djenty” stuff, in the background. Sometimes a bit of post-rock.

I was surprised how many of us there are. A lot of “professionals” I know listen to metal. Engineers, developers, IT folks. It will randomly come up and everyone will say something along the lines of “Oh, really, you too?”

Been listening to a lot of Their Dogs Were Astronauts recently. In the interest of sharing my personal favorites bands to work to, because I found a number of them from random mentions in forums:
Their Dogs Were Astronauts (mostly instrumental)
Wide Eyes (mostly instrumental)
Caligula’s Horse (instrumental only tracks available)
Polyphia (mostly instrumental) Protest The Hero (instrumental only tracks available)
TesseracT (instrumental only tracks available)
Apocalyptica (started covering Metallica as cellos quartet instrumentals, now has a number of original songs with guest vocalists)
Collapse Under The Empire (post rock, mostly instrumental)
Parhelia (post rock, mostly instrumental)
Opeth (occasional instrumental tracks, started as death metal, evolved into more prog metal)

Their Dogs Were Astronauts

Their Dogs Were Astronauts is an Instrumental Progressive Metal project from Austria.

Their Dogs Were Astronauts
Show threadUniversalBasicJusticeOct 13

Arch Echo

Behold…the Arctopus

Blotted Science

CHON

Cloudkicker

Covet

Haunted Shores

Intervals

Mestís

Also; I think mentioning Protest the Hero in the context of instrumental music does a HUGE disservice to Rody Walker’s vocal talents and lyrics. However as a guitar nerd and PtH fan I approve of their inclusion.

Show threadSkullgridOct 13
Behold the Arctopus mentioned!
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Show threadUniversalBasicJusticeOct 13
Hehehe I knew that would draw you out. Where’s your riffs?
Show threadSkullgrid
on my exteral drive, I’ve been busy :(
Oct 13 at 12:12pmWeb
Show threadUniversalBasicJusticeOct 13

Totally valid, no rush. My guitar whispered to me a bit yesterday but its been a few weeks so I stuck to warming up rather than pushing for tempo.

I’ve mostly been working on Black Dahlia Murder’s Statutory Ape and Protest the Hero’s The Dissentience in terms of full songs. A few scattered PtH riffs off Palimpsest; intro to Sun of Nothing and the sweeps at the end of Selkies by BTBAM to round things out.

Haven’t written anything in years, just working on my chops.