Most Technical Music Youve Ever Listen To (instrumental, metal, great songs)

Muzak · 10-10-2006, 08:59 PM

I have heard Rhapsody to be technical (cant confirm, I only have one album and it had some decent solos).

breakingbenfan13 · 10-10-2006, 09:21 PM

Yeha i'd say there pretty technical, Alexi Starpoli must take up half of the tracks when there recording with all his orchestral work, oh and the orchestra themselves.

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Dream Theater, as downright horrible as their music is, even I the greatest DT hater of em all can admit that these guys have talent, even if they don't know how to use it.

I really dont get crap like this

boo boo · 10-10-2006, 09:53 PM

If they had a good songwriter, then god forbid they are perfectly able to play good music, and play it flawlessly, as long as they don't try to wank it up, of course.

They clearly are talented musicians, anyone who denies that is a fool.

ma2003 · 10-12-2006, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Anyway, bands/artists that are worthy of being mentioned here.

Dragonforce, even though I dispise them.
King Crimson, pretty much everyone who has ever been in the band is technical pwnage, except Boz Burrell, who only played on one Crimson album.
Return To Forever.
Weather Report.
Bela Fleck And The Fleckstones.
Dixie Dregs.
Yes.
Symphony X.
Yngwie Malmsteen, no comment.
Rush.
Meshuggah.
Deep Purple.
Iron Maiden.
Racer X.
Shawn Lane.
Miles Davis, duh.
Colonal Claypools Bucket Of Bernie Brains... Great name huh?
Jeff Beck.
Steve Vai.
Marty Fieldman.
Terry Bozzio.
Mr Bungle.
Stu Hamm.
P-Funk.
Steve Morse Band.
Billy Sheenan.
Danny Carry.
ELP.
Michael Manring.
Frank Zappa and everyone who has ever played with Frank Zappa at some point in time.
Camel.
Gong.
Alan Holdsworth.
Pat Metheny.
Tony Levin Band.
Genesis.
Dream Theater, as downright horrible as their music is, even I the greatest DT hater of em all can admit that these guys have talent, even if they don't know how to use it.

...Am I forgetting anyone?... Oh yeah, an endless sea of prog, metal and fusion bands that I wont bother to name.

You forgot Cacophony and Jason Becker? They might sound like pure wankage, but they have great melody in the shred department and great technicality. (Speed Metal Symphony ftw)

boo boo · 10-12-2006, 04:20 AM

"An endless sea of prog, metal and fusion bands I won't bother to name"

I realised I left out a lot of people, but posts have character limits, m'kay?

riseagainstrocks · 10-13-2006, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Dragonforce, even though I dispise them.

Techicality isn't based on speed. I can play Dragonforce on the piano. It's a very basic chord progression simply played fast. I like Dragonforce but they are no where near a "technical" band

Muzak · 10-13-2006, 04:26 PM

They still are more technical than a lot of other bands. They can sweep, finger tap, and do many other techniques. Of course there are those who do it better, but I would still consider their use of them pretty skillful. They certainly have simple solos on a chord progression level but on an overall level, its hard to say that the solos are nothing. Plus their use of other instruments together in their instrumental bridges ( and keyboard and bass solos). They might be overrated to most, but I stand by the statement that they are technical.

boo boo · 10-13-2006, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by riseagainstrocks

Techicality isn't based on speed. I can play Dragonforce on the piano. It's a very basic chord progression simply played fast. I like Dragonforce but they are no where near a "technical" band

Speed is a part of technicality, though it's far from being very important.

Saying they are not technical at all is a bit much, you don't always have to play very complex chords/scales to be technical, as precision is just as important.

beat yr own KID · 10-14-2006, 10:48 AM

Estradasphere
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
King Crimson
Yes (70's)

rsnjeff · 10-14-2006, 10:32 PM

All 3 three pages of you people are missing one of the most technical bands to ever grace the human ear!!

Between the Buried and Me

Trust me pick up Alaska and find out why.

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10-10-2006, 08:59 PM	#21 (permalink)
Muzak Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,050	I have heard Rhapsody to be technical (cant confirm, I only have one album and it had some decent solos).

10-13-2006, 04:26 PM	#27 (permalink)
Muzak Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,050	They still are more technical than a lot of other bands. They can sweep, finger tap, and do many other techniques. Of course there are those who do it better, but I would still consider their use of them pretty skillful. They certainly have simple solos on a chord progression level but on an overall level, its hard to say that the solos are nothing. Plus their use of other instruments together in their instrumental bridges ( and keyboard and bass solos). They might be overrated to most, but I stand by the statement that they are technical.

10-14-2006, 10:32 PM	#30 (permalink)
rsnjeff Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 56	All 3 three pages of you people are missing one of the most technical bands to ever grace the human ear!! Between the Buried and Me Trust me pick up Alaska and find out why.