Companion Market:
My musical taste has stagnated over time, and I've been having a hard time finding new music that I like. Can Manifold help?
You can suggest either a song, an album, or a band. If you suggest a band, please also suggest a song/album alongside it so I know where to start.
My musical taste is quite specific. I love progressive rock and metal, as well as some regular rock/metal, and occasionally some Jazz Fusion or even classical. In terms of vibes, I like music that is complex, more on the experimental side, usually with sadder vibes but not necessarily. Feel free to suggest something out of my comfort zone, but take into account that you will have a lower chance of success. Here are some of my favorite bands, in no particular order:
Progressive Metal:
Between The Buried and Me
Haken
Dream Theater
Leprous
Caligula's horse
Opeth (both old and new)
Progressive Rock:
Pink Floyd
Gentle Giant
King Crimson
Porcupine Tree
Phideaux
Spock's Beard
Other Rock/Metal:
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Avenged Sevenfold
Blind Guardian
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jazz:
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Hiromi Uehara
Requirements for entry:
I haven’t already listened to it.
Max 4 suggestions per person, though if you suggest something and I’ve already listened to it, I’ll let you know in the comments and you can suggest again.
Prize Structure:
15x 50M for each song I end up liking
10x 200M for each album (or >20 min musical piece) I end up liking (does not have to be explicitly suggested, I might decide to listen to an entire album rather than a song)
2x grand prize of 3000M for a suggestion that ends up with me having a new favorite band
Bonus multiplier:
1.5x multiplier for anything outside of my comfort zone that I end up liking (comfort zone evaluated subjectively)
Additional Prizes might be added at my discretion
I'll create a parallel market about what band ends up as my favorite. Note that this market will have slightly different criteria, with only the single favorite band winning that market. I’ll answer questions in the comments about my taste, so feel free to AMA.
If a band that you were going to suggest has already been suggested, please add a comment below that to suggest other albums songs. Up to 3 prizes can be awarded per band
Related questions
We've got some overlaps, Leprous is my favourite out of the bands you've listed. They're awesome.
I think you'd like the album Altered State by Tesseract. Prog metal with clean male vocals, catchy, a bit djenty. Pretty balanced and approachable IMHO, I really like it.
You mentioned Opeth. Maybe my favourite melodic death metal is Be'lakor, you might check out their album Stone's Reach (first three tracks are really good IMHO).
More melodeath: Amorphis, maybe try the album Queen of Time. My favourite song off it is probably The Golden Elk, but the opening track The Bee seems to be more popular. The whole album is great (as are their others). They do a mix of clean vocals and deep growling. Rhythms are pretty simple though.
May or may not be your thing, but have you listened to Animals as Leaders? Complex stuff with no vocals, not really sure how to describe it. Djenty prog stuff with complex rhythms, a bit jazzy. Maybe try their self-titled album first if you want to check them out, the song CAFO
I'll stick to four as recommended, but let me know if you want some more, there are some other adjacent genres you might like, would like to try some for the "outside your comfort zone" challenge!
My suggestions:
"Dead can dance - The carnival is over" a very sombre but beautiful piece. They have many other great songs too, with a particular style. (This one, apperantly, has a very weird video on youtube)
"Ēriks Ešenvalds - Lux Aeterna" a choir piece by a Latvian composer. My choirs personal favourite. (Spotify link with a good rendition. Im not sure of the recordings on youtube)
"Tribe society - Kings" an old time favourite of mine. Super basic, but cool nonetheless. (Youtube link)
"Emīls Dārziņš and Rainis - Lauztās priedes" this is a Latvian choir song. Im not betting on any mana for this, just wanted to add it here :D (Spotify link) I can try to translate it, but I think you can understand what it means from music alone. Also, if you are interested Latvian song and dance festival recording of this song, where I too participated.
You probably know Placebo already, but here is a popular song https://youtu.be/BLmypIo-wFY and a less popular one https://youtu.be/4nOVFDLtdyY
Not a big listener of metal, but this song is roughly in line with the metal-ness of Between The Buried and Me:
Adjust Rain - Traumatic Syndrome (Lenboxx Remix)
Caligula's horse - The stormchaser reminded me of this song:
len - Chata
Blind Guardian seems to have some celtic elements so here is a japanese-flavored celtic:
Rigël Theatre - Lurie
"Fela with Ginger Baker Live" by Fela Kuti
A classic, recommended because of the jamminess of some of these bands (well, mostly just Gizz)
"Planeta Fome" by Elza Spares
Elza's in her 80s, and was quite the samba star in Brazil way back when. Age has made her voice coarser, and she's changed her style to adapt to it, as this is a rock fusion album. Probably my strongest rec.
"Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables" or "Plastic Surgery Disasters" by the Dead Kennedy's
These two records have made it impossible for me to get into any other hardcore punk (I've tried). I aspire to be this funny.
"Captain Beyond" by Captain Beyond
I gotta do one deep cut. Wonderful hard psych from the early seventies.
Lesser known album:
VAST - Visual Audio Sensory Theater - 1998 (Experimental Electronic Rock)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66WbImnIl9M
Live performance:
Donna Missal - Keep Lying - 2019 (Blues/Rock)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KljpG6dVz00
Bonus - favorite game soundtrack:
Rebel Galaxy - 2015 (Gothic Country/Swamp Rock)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBAYW0WGKtE&list=PLhPt7n-ALrSBmuDzX2zNqa2fKU0kgxN6n&index=1
The album Ink Complete (1997) by Spastic Ink. Complex polyrhythms, very un-danceable progressive metal. For one song, listen to That 178 Thing.
The album Nostril (2010) by Igorrr. Fast, semi-electronic genre jumping progressive metal/opera/baroque/breakcore. For one song, listen to Tendon.
The album Universal Sprache (2009) by Vladimir Bozar 'N' Ze Sheraf Orkestär (found on Spotify by searching Valdimir instead of Vladimir). French genre jumping prog metallish weird stuff. For one song, listen to RSS Master (linked above).
The album Differance (2012) by Jambinai. South Korean post-rock with metal influences and some traditional instruments. For one song, listen to Time of Extinction. They have some more abrasive songs, but this one is a safer bet.
If you find yourself liking piano— I also highly recommend Keith Jarrett’s album the Koln Concert. (It has real pathos and anguish as compared with Winston’s happier, lighter style.)