You want more? I've got plenty, including this instrumental post-metal stuff:

Post-metal ala Rosetta from Oklahoma City...

One of my favorite bands in the genre are Three Steps To The Ocean, an Italian instrumental post-metal band. They just released an new album!!

I couldn't find a youtube vid but this is some pretty good post/sludge/stoner instrumental music...you can check it out and download for FREE here...

http://viciousscully.bandcamp.com/album/vices

Written by tea[m]ster on 29.02.2012 at 04:17

Post-metal ala Rosetta from Oklahoma City...

Good stuff! Three Steps To The Ocean as well!

Check out Vaura, sorry no link but an incredible new album.

Written by LordFezzington on 13.02.2012 at 00:58

Morne - Excellent post/sludge from the US. Asylum (their latest) was one of my favourite records last year:

This is nice!

A one-man band from San Jose, California playing excellent ambiant, electronica...very cool
You can download album for FREE here: http://thesunaesthetic.bandcamp.com/

Written by Sleestak on 02.03.2012 at 16:41

Check out Vaura, sorry no link but an incredible new album.

I checked this out. Alot going on in the music. The band members are the who-is-who of advantgarde metal!

I need a few more samples to see if I like it...

Post-metal with saxophones! Sounds weird I know but give this a listen, you might change your mind.

Experimental, atmospheric, post-rock band from Denmark. They have been around a while and just released a new album:

Written by Sleestak on 05.03.2012 at 03:34

Glad that I'm not the only one who digs them

Instrumental post-metal, good sound and atmosphere

Tool-esque sounding post-metal , highly recommended

Download for free here: http://carthasy.bandcamp.com/

Written by tea[m]ster on 08.03.2012 at 21:46

Tool-esque sounding post-metal , highly recommended

Download for free here: http://carthasy.bandcamp.com/

Whats up with australia and karnivool/toolesque sounding bands. Good shit though.

Written by Spirit Molecule on 09.03.2012 at 08:33

Written by tea[m]ster on 08.03.2012 at 21:46

Tool-esque sounding post-metal , highly recommended

Download for free here: http://carthasy.bandcamp.com/

Whats up with australia and karnivool/toolesque sounding bands. Good shit though.

Haha Karnivool are from the same town as us, mate! They're good dudes. You're right, though, there's a good post-metal/experimental/whatever scene in Australia, and Perth in particular, and the vool guys (along with Cog) deserve a lot of credit for getting it started. A few other Australian bands you might like if you dig our stuff :
Cog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n1q7yugTqM
Dead Letter Circus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnrvBHDZjzE&feature=relmfu
Tangled Thoughts of Leaving: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iok2b-JuegQ
Sydonia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_5afEnyMrE
Thanks for the kind words!
Cheers
Lindsay
Carthasy

Written by Distreaction on 09.03.2012 at 13:22

Haha Karnivool are from the same town as us, mate! They're good dudes. You're right, though, there's a good post-metal/experimental/whatever scene in Australia, and Perth in particular, and the vool guys (along with Cog) deserve a lot of credit for getting it started. A few other Australian bands you might like if you dig our stuff :
Cog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n1q7yugTqM
Dead Letter Circus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnrvBHDZjzE&feature=relmfu
Tangled Thoughts of Leaving: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iok2b-JuegQ
Sydonia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_5afEnyMrE
Thanks for the kind words!
Cheers
Lindsay
Carthasy

Thats cool, thanks for the reccos, I've only heard Cog from that list, will check the rest out. I definitely dug your EP, had your bandcamp open for most of the day, good job on it!
Karnivool are great, I was quite bummed that I missed them when they played in India last year, heard it was an awesome gig. I guess one of the reasons I love Karnivool is the epic bass tone as well, Jon's tone is so awesome, wish I could get something half that good

Written by Spirit Molecule on 09.03.2012 at 08:33

Whats up with australia and karnivool/toolesque sounding bands. Good shit though.

I hadn't realized the coincidence. I checked out Karnivool, cool sound. I will try Cog next.

Written by tea[m]ster on 10.03.2012 at 01:51

I hadn't realized the coincidence. I checked out Karnivool, cool sound. I will try Cog next.

I think you might like these guys

http://amplifier.bandcamp.com/album/amplifier

Not relevant to the thread, well neither was karnivool (?) but still some great music.

Written by tea[m]ster on 01.03.2012 at 01:03

One of my favorite bands in the genre are Three Steps To The Ocean, an Italian instrumental post-metal band. They just released an new album!!

They were actually my first ever Post-metal band, them and A Cold Dead Body. I still have to listen to this

Written by Spirit Molecule on 10.03.2012 at 10:09

Not relevant to the thread, well neither was karnivool (?) but still some great music.

I think Karnivool have post-metal influence (by accident?) as well as Tool so those "types" of bands may have a place in this thread!

Written by InnerSelf on 10.03.2012 at 10:18

They were actually my first ever Post-metal band, them and A Cold Dead Body. I still have to listen to this

Sweet! Someone else here actually enjoys them! I think I'm gonna ask Troy Killjoy to add them, I think they deserve it.

Since the project's beginning and end, the creators have continued on in such bands as 27, ANODYNE, ISIS, and RED SPAROWES ( I quoted that )
They had a new release in 2011 too!

Written by Distreaction on 09.03.2012 at 13:22

Cheers
Lindsay
Carthasy

These doods are from Australia too and have a really nice EP out. The video sounds like shit but I wonder if you know them too?

Written by tea[m]ster on 10.03.2012 at 18:52

I think I'm gonna ask Troy Killjoy to add them, I think they deserve it.

Definitely !

Judging from the titles of the songs on the album it looks like an instrumental prog/post-rock/metal concept album! Hmmm...liking

Kinda "spacey" instrumental post-metal...good quality. You can get it for FREE on their bandcamp page.

http://roguesounds.bandcamp.com/album/jupiter-and-beyond-the-infinite

What's "post metal?" Is it like "Heavy Prog Rock?"

Written by Branzig on 15.03.2012 at 00:15

What's "post metal?" Is it like "Heavy Prog Rock?"

No, not really.

The term is rather ambigious. It's usually synonymous to "atmospheric sludge metal" and means a blend of post-rock, metal and possibly a bit of hardcore punk (Converge and stuff). Some of the roots might be traced to industrial (especially through Godflesh). Vocals are usually not in a central role.

Godflesh and Neurosis are two very important prototypes, but it was probably Isis, Pelican and Cult of Luna who popularized and crystallized the sound.

I suppose the long and complex song structures, meandering instrumental sections and stuff could be linked to progressive, but in terms of genre genealogy there's no connection traditional prog rock/metal.

But atmospheric sludge is not all that's called post-metal, which is what makes the label so problematic. If you check the MS Awards category, it's full of completely different bands with very little connecting them to "post-metal." But furthermore, bands like Tool and Jesu are sometimes called post-metal, and that's probably closer to the truth. Yet neither of them (or Godflesh for that matter) really fit into the "atmosludge" model.