Animals As Leaders .... theyr Great

I don't listen to progressive metal, but I'll second the Liquid Tension Experiment.

Long Distance Calling might be exactly what you're looking for. It's kind of... ehhhh, prog metal or "post-rock". Highly enjoyable though! They've opened for Opeth before, great show, man.

Gordian Knot is a progressive jazz metal group with former Cynic musiscian. Other band is Blotted Science progressive death metal with former Watchtower musician.

I apologize if this has been mentioned before. Good progressive/post-rock stuff from 2010:

Check out my solo EP album. Most of the songs are instrumental prog metal.
Enjoy:
http://apotheosis666.bandcamp.com/

Ars Nova: Keyboard driven prog metal sort of.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJhZdxRPnjE&feature=related

If nobody has mentioned it yet, Step in Fluid is an awesome, jazzy, groovy, and kind of progressive instrumental band. Sex in ear pussy.

You can also try the band Inner Quest

Blotted Science and Spastik Ink will both leave your cerebrum in pieces.

Awsome stuff.

Hi, we're not a major act (yet) but if you want good, powerful, melodic instrumental prog music check us out. You can find us on itunes, Amazon or at www.redbazar.co.uk

Ive been into Animals as Leaders and Chimp Spanner as of late

Toundra is another excellent band :

Here's a great band I found the other day by the name of "Save Us From The Archon".
Slightly djenty (but not overly so), and really technical.
Oh and the album is available for free (legally).

Hey man, great to see someone else looking for instrumental prog bands! It's such a fine style of metal - You can put it on and feel challenged, moved and intrigued - but still focus on other things because the showmanship of a frontman is not there to get in the way. It's about the music man! haha.

Here's a group you may just enjoy! Hope this is the kind of thing you're looking for

http://kettlespider.bandcamp.com

I found a couple of progressive metal instrumental projects on here yesterday in the suggestions page, they aren't well known and are very fresh and new

Mendel:
https://www.facebook.com/Mendelian <--- one guy that writes all the music and plays it all himself I think, doesn't disclose anything like location or anything

Angel Vivaldi:
http://www.myspace.com/angelvivaldi <--- Neoclassical Instrumental Metal, probably one of the best things I have came across in a while

Written by DavidBurns on 09.08.2012 at 22:57

Doesn't disclose anything like location or anything

Actually, I think the guy lives somewhere in Holland. Not 100% sure though.

Guessin' this has already been said but anyway, Scale the Summit are a great band. Here's 'Glacial Planet' off their 'Carving Desert Canyons' album:

Written by [user id=124301] on 10.08.2012 at 02:22

Written by DavidBurns on 09.08.2012 at 22:57

Doesn't disclose anything like location or anything

Actually, I think the guy lives somewhere in Holland. Not 100% sure though.

Yeah that's just guessing from looking through his page though

Written by [user id=122079] on 10.08.2012 at 03:00

Guessin' this has already been said but anyway, Scale the Summit are a great band

Agreed!

Check this out:

SPECIAL PROVIDENCE (instrumental progressive fusion metal)

one of the most well-known and appriciated progressive jazzrock group in the central/eastern european market with their virtuoso, yet easily digestable style. Having an approach, by putting music as a priority over virtosistic individualisim, allows the band to represent a unique music, a mixture of the modern jazz, progressive-rock-metal, electronic styles in a new light. They are undoubtable a band highly recommended, with their huge dynamic stagepresonce and aura for any listerner to digest.

Below the link you can hear their brand new album and a recently realased videoclip:

http://soundcloud.com/specialprovidence/sets/soul-alert-2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s8ZseWBt-8&feature=g-all-u



www.facebook.com/SpecialProvidence
www.myspace.com/specialprovidencehu
www.youtube.com/specialprovidence

Great thread, I went through to check out some of the bands and to see if I could offer some input.

Already mentioned that I knew of:

Animals As Leaders - great band, now with two albums and a single.
Blotted Science: Awesome stuff, I don't know how they do it.
Indukti: someone mentioned this band....they are worth mentioning again. There are a couple songs with vocals but they are mostly instrumental. Amazing stuff with some Jazz influence on their second album (track: The Ninth Wave)

The only instrumental band I haven't seen mentioned is, Irepress, Check out their first two albums Samus Octology (favorite tracks: Pah No and June Ipper) and Sol Eye Sea I (favorite tracks: Entanglement and Cyette Phiur)

Irepress is great indeed

Written by baldur on 08.10.2012 at 22:24

Irepress is great indeed

they aren't prog! wrong thread brother!

I cant describe what kind of music they play, but it sure is progressive. listen to samus octology

Written by baldur on 09.10.2012 at 22:28

I cant describe what kind of music they play, but it sure is progressive. listen to samus octology

Not to get in a flame war here, I have always respected your musical tastes Baldur - we have the same likes - I just feel Irepress is more 'post' than "prog". Regardless, an excellent band indeed.

Yeah lets just agree that they are awesome


i dont know if "Don Caballero" fits the metal term but they do some fucked up instrumental stuff.. gotta check them out

Try "Angel Vivaldi". They play a great instrumental prog / djent. They've been recently added to MetalStorm.

I second Blotted Science

Howdy!

Here is one nice instrumental song live from band called Virtuocity... not sure do they exist anymore but I'm big fan!

http://youtu.be/8nx5zcPtqg0

Song is "Northern Twilight Sympony"!

Rooooock,
VTS