Here's my introspective, emo contribution to this thread (this guy was cool way long ago):
This song still sends chills down my spine...
back in high school i went through my "noise" phase. these guys are technical as fuck, but unless you're a jazz musician or a massochist...
these guys, you realize, are all the more impressive when you see that they actually have a live VIOLA player and it's all craftmanshipy:
the Chiefs also dabble with techno...and bless them for doing so, who's going to complain about this awesomeness:
Here's the intro to Opeth's "Black Water Park" album, which is the epitome of non-cheesey prog goodness:
part 1
part2
I am a closet jazz freak...i love jazz. i also enjoy the technical side of music. if you like jazz and metal you will no doubt enjoy this...you will notice order emerges from chaos, so cool:
meshuggah...meet the DEP...or something. more noise stuff:
I FUCKING HATE CALIFORNIA EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHER SINGS ABOUT IT. But...this is one of Mike Pattons best efforts...we have some beach boys vibes coming through:
On a fuck California note...I'm going to give props to a local band, local to Illinois! (die california, die!):
local h also puts on a mean live show, they're 2 of the hardest working guys you will ever see live.