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.
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.
I’m also a fan, I just didn’t want to go too nuts with my list because I needed to get to sleep! I’ll check out the rest.
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.
Agreed. I honestly mentioned PtH just to mention them and they do have deluxe albums with instrumental only versions which I really appreciate. I often can’t work to their music because my brain fills in their vocals for me, which is sometimes too distracting.
I’m also a huge fan of Opeth, Caligula’s Horse, and TesseracT with vocals but I haven’t ingrained every track’s lyrics in my brain like I have PtH.
CHON, Covet and Mestís are pretty laid back and so fucking excellent.
Cloudkicker has been around for a long ass time; early-mid 00’s on Myspace. One of the progenitors of the ‘bedroom guitarist’ project, although he toured with Intronaut as his backing band awhile back.
Arctopus and Blotted Science are fucking weird and I love them.
I often can’t work to their music because my brain fills in their vocals for me, which is sometimes too distracting.
Can relate 100%. I have audio processing oddities that make understanding lyrics difficult. With how many times I’ve listened to their albums (1500 times in a row for Palimpsest! I’ve got the Last.FM receipts for it, even) I know the lyrics mostly by heart. Instead of my brain being distracted trying to comprehend it gets distracted trying to sing along. Thus, instrumental for getting work done.
Also I can’t keep my boys Between the Buried and Me out of this post any longer. Suuuuuuuuch a fucking band. The new album rules, too!
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.
A few more;
Alluvial
An Endless Sporadic (Guitar Hero fans know)
Scale the Summit (but only the first couple albums - Carving Desert Canyons specifically)
TRAM (Tosin Abasi plays jazz)
Teramobil (GREAT introduction to my favorite modern bassist, Dominic LaPointe)
Trioscapes (Between the Buried and Men’s bassist Dan plays jazz)
Behold the Arctopus mentioned!
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Hehehe I knew that would draw you out. Where’s your riffs?
on my exteral drive, I’ve been busy :(
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.
I’m also a fan, I just didn’t want to go too nuts with my list because I needed to get to sleep! I’ll check out the rest.
Agreed. I honestly mentioned PtH just to mention them and they do have deluxe albums with instrumental only versions which I really appreciate. I often can’t work to their music because my brain fills in their vocals for me, which is sometimes too distracting.
I’m also a huge fan of Opeth, Caligula’s Horse, and TesseracT with vocals but I haven’t ingrained every track’s lyrics in my brain like I have PtH.
CHON, Covet and Mestís are pretty laid back and so fucking excellent.
Cloudkicker has been around for a long ass time; early-mid 00’s on Myspace. One of the progenitors of the ‘bedroom guitarist’ project, although he toured with Intronaut as his backing band awhile back.
Arctopus and Blotted Science are fucking weird and I love them.
Can relate 100%. I have audio processing oddities that make understanding lyrics difficult. With how many times I’ve listened to their albums (1500 times in a row for Palimpsest! I’ve got the Last.FM receipts for it, even) I know the lyrics mostly by heart. Instead of my brain being distracted trying to comprehend it gets distracted trying to sing along. Thus, instrumental for getting work done.
Also I can’t keep my boys Between the Buried and Me out of this post any longer. Suuuuuuuuch a fucking band. The new album rules, too!
Lol, my partner loves BTBAM. I was going to mention them as well.