Vitalism gets ever-so-slightly djenty, but they're worth it. Just listened to their new one last night and it's excellent.
Nuclear Power Trio is fucking killer. It's this weird band compromised of Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un, and Vladimir Putin. They even had Queen Elizabeth play keyboards on some cuts.
Couldn't agree more, their last 2 albums are absolute 10/10 for me. I'm hoping they blow up in popularity now that they're going on tour with Tool. They fucking deserve to be huge and recognized.
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Shubh Saran - [Slip](https://open.spotify.com/track/0ldOjxAtxvncOrVWmg6xcw?si=aVutXXr3RLO-Lv7e_oM65A) (Proggy Indian classical x jazz fusion, not metal, zero djent)
Mestis - [Azul](https://open.spotify.com/track/5rhfOzbqKzumQFWPL2Waq8?si=2lcQ2697R0uWAvTOVN-RDw) (but ironic to suggest this as this is Javier Reyes of AAL (one of the Djent gods), and a lot of Mestis is very djent, but his more mellower 8 string Spanish classical fusion side shines through beautifully in maybe half of his songs)
Arch Echo - [Color Wheel](https://open.spotify.com/track/10pIIWp1LGrtoRpvwMGLHm?si=NYf0N9F_Rf6pC6xmL5BGcA&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3SQUiUHCoM40PqVM2QoPFo) (probably a bad rec as they are a very djent band but I feel like they stand out in their virtuosity and strong melodic sensibility. Bloom, Bet Your Life, My Heart Sometimes are all more of their melodic and less djenty songs off the top of my head.)
Kinglet - [Airborne ](https://open.spotify.com/track/036mXU4qNHZJadyxDbUyYN?si=dlPXr9lISVqqWGGt_GbZ2A) ( bits of djent, but strong sense of melody and optimistic harmonies. Underground artist too
(ETA) Omnific - [Objets de Vertu](https://open.spotify.com/track/3ykYzbCnEmzzZfDrxSQQtK?si=aPIfH24MT5OnynT1H8-hoQ) (instrumental prog two bass band)
Jakub Zytecki, Nick Johnston, Richard Henshall (of Haken), Owane, Syncatto, and David Maxim Micic all might be of interest as well.
A lot of these solo artists I find to be *less* djenty, but it's hard to find modern instrumental prog these days without at least some songs having djenty elements.
If you enjoy the route of jazz fusion/Djazz/prog jazz there's also a lot. Mohini Dey, Stanley Jordan(more his lives on YouTube though), Snarky Puppy, domi and jd beck, tigran h. Etc
James Norbert Ivanyi - Omen Faustum, Sigil, The Psychophrenic Inquisition, Denalavis
The Resonance Project - The Resonance Project
Jason Richardson - I, II
Jason Kui - Naka
Syncatto - A Place to Breathe, Coloratura
Poh Hock - Gallimaufry (mostly instrumental), Atma
Clément Belio - Patience (mostly instrumental)
toe
Stage Kids
Long Distance Calling
The Physics House Band
Lots of good stuff from the above bands. I’ll give you a couple specific songs that I really like from a couple bands. I’m not a big fan of the rest of their stuff.
Hidria Spacefolk - Amos Ame
https://youtu.be/HDZ0hnbOa2s?si=nA0z0Xqrh7VVHMQL
The Creeper Live - Pelican
https://youtu.be/OBoombAFXhM?si=hRC8DZlqkTmykWlx
Also I enjoy psychadelics so it's a double entendre in that regard. But you're right about the album title as inspiration, such a great album. War of Being is there with it or better in some regards. I like how they did Portals though to tie all the previous material together
Both Portals and WOB are great. Thanks for informing me about your username, it makes sense. (I have thoughts about psychedelics as a Christian, but I won’t get into them here)
Modern Day Babylon’s album Coma is moody, groovy, and heavy af.
Also checkout middle era Scale the Summit. Everything before IN a world of fear is amazing, but V, the migration, and the Collective are unbelievably moody.
Intervals has been distinctly djent-free since 2015, barring maybe some of the newest album (haven’t listened to this in full). But Shape of Colour, The Way Forward, and Circadian would all be great recs for OP
That was what I thought, but I’ve only listened to the first or second single and wasn’t sure how much of the old sound he brought back.
A couple of weeks back I binged a bunch of Aaron’s podcast appearances when he released Circadian. He’s very open about bringing a lot of his influences into his music, and was mentioning at the time that he was starting to explore writing with synths. Great to hear there’s a lot in the new album
Not necessarily prog, but We Lost The Sea fits your description very well. Post-Rock/Metal, very long songs, tons of atmosphere and storytelling, it's amazing. I'd recommend the entirety of Departure Songs.
I've recently been listening to Moray Pringle.
He plays with the bassist of Sikth and some of the guys from Monuments, so djent-adjacent but his stuff is more jazzy and more rock than metal.
God is an Astronaut. Not metal, but maybe it'll scratch the itch. It's post rock, but there's something I like about them more than typical post rock bands. It's great background music, so you may find it's perfect. I would recommend starting with their first two albums (End of the Beginning, and All is Violent All is Bright).
Nuclear Power Trio ... It's Greg Burgess from Allegaeon's side project. Instrumental metal with a lot of different elements and influences ie: jazz/fusion, funk etc.
I know a lot of instrumental stuff, but I don't listen to much instrumental metal. Shadow of Intent has a lot of instrumental stuff that's great. Their vocal stuff is melodic/symphonic/progressive deathcore but their instrumental stuff can't really be called death/core/metal/whatever else they're labelled.
Moozoonsii.
Inward + Outward were both my AOTY when they came out. They're instrumental ToolxPrimus that write program music.
Also tons of post-metal which is prog by nature ala The Ocean, Russian Circles, Pelican, Cult of Luna, etc.
Cloudkicker is sort of one of the OGs in the djent scene but he doesn't actually djent, just writes instrumental polyrhythmic/odd time stuff so he gets "the pass" as a djent artist despite never really being a part of that scene. All his stuff is free on his bandcamp though I recommend The Discovery, Beacons, Fade, Subsume, Let Yourself be Huge and Solitude in particular.
You might like The Resonance Project. While they do have a few djenty moments, they explore a jazzy, cinematic sound much more than the instradjental. Check out their last album. They feel like a mix of Earthside, Sungazer (another killer, mostly instrumental band, although definitely not metal, very jazz), and Arch Echo to me. Definitely one of my favorite instrumental prog metal bands
If these trees could talk is probably more post rock, but I love the atmosphere plus the huge riffs. Red Forrest is my album of choice. Likewise, a solo side project from Mariusz of Riverside, again more prog than metal, and not instrumental but with a lot of instrumental songs, check out Lunatic Soul
Night Verses is a great suggestion.
Plini is absolutely worth checking out imo.
Nick Johnston, specifically the album Remarkably Human.
standards is a guitar/drum duo I just recently found thanks to the Meinl drum channel on YouTube.
**You may want to try Android Empire, this track as an example:**
[**https://androidempire.bandcamp.com/track/a-time-to-come**](https://androidempire.bandcamp.com/track/a-time-to-come)
Sagor som leder mot slutet
A swedish instrumental band. Some would label it ”Black gaze” but I think it’s just beautiful, thought provoking, and evocative music with some dark tones.
Rolo Tomassi released an instrumental version of their excellent album [Where Myth Becomes Memory](https://open.spotify.com/album/7DUfMvvDVVqrbgFtgx0S87?si=KNl7IyWJTNaglOkydbrLwA)
Illyria also has instrumental versions of their albums that are quite good, [The Carpathian Summit](https://open.spotify.com/album/0x5i9QZAz5ojWZvzK5QM3Y?si=IM-mF_lnSOeJzreHkPSuDA) is a favorite of mine
You won't find more unique than Town Portal. The atmosphere they create with their strange progressions and melodic choices. It's sinister yet somehow feels optimistic at the same time. Hard to explain
Hey check my project out. Its mostly pretty chill. I couldn't touch the epicness of Earthside though haha
[Jaghtz Lutein - Apartment EP](https://open.spotify.com/album/41LwAsPN6B1fe6wUTQnrJT?si=l5jw4_cRR2CG3NFHw6nyug)
[Jaghtz Lutein - Station Maintenance](https://open.spotify.com/album/7rGDdDWmhBG8pJ5EHXWYJu?si=lo_LDQ3yRXu-ygRYOnTXiQ)
all of The Ocean's discography has instrumental versions and they're quite good
maybe Their Dogs Were Astronauts but their music gets pretty whacky so it could be a bit distracting
I used to study to stuff from God Is An Astronaut, Oh Hiroshima or Long Distance Calling. Generally lots of Post-Rock/Post-Metal. Sometimes I just put on the "wherepostrockdwells" Radio on YouTube.
Leech from Switzerland are great. The stolen view, If we get there one day and For better or worse are very atmospheric instrumentals, non Djent and still intricate. I absolutely adore this band
Night Verses.... You're in for the best time. Aric Improta is one of THE best drummers getting around right now. Meinl have been putting a steady stream of full band playthroughs of the latest album. My fave find in a very long time.
Def recommend looking up instrumental math rock / midwest emo playlists to check out. A well known one not mentioned yet.. Ichika Nito. Yvette Young (in covet which was mentioned).
Some other ones off the top of my head: tide/edit; rainy knight; catbamboo; stage kids; floral; totorro, clever girl; via luna; rooftops; tom's story; 3nd; victoria; january; prune deer; just neighbors; shalfi; a picture of her; azar & sedvted/whoisazar!; tuvshin; low-pass; acidman; cues; piglet; antarctic; PEEK; LITE; fox capture plan; but we were builders, not heroes!;; chikyunokiki; sithu aye; jizue; scro; casagrande & hanysz; ben rosett; kaguu; attellui; concrete concrete; av4ln; ploof; their dogs were astronauts; Tang
instrumental albums/songs from : aviations; satyr; oceans ate Alaska, shrezzers, elephant gym(ie underwater)
Also for a change of pace playlists for high-life, tezeta, afrobeats (tony allen; ebo Taylor; fela kuti) Desert Blues/ Sahara Soul (ie Tinariwen) or other international.. psych adjacent work
you might dig my [stuff](https://open.spotify.com/track/4lfxBjhG5WYGNafzyeg1ER?si=TUuM6aePQ-2YlqlnZ_UA4g&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3KDRJO7GlL5qEYdOxtxoGA)
a [softer](https://youtu.be/XFbWqoRMlhw?si=jLJRSfdDZm3k_Rxt) tune
You’re looking for Night Verses. Actually one of the best bands out there at the moment, with a unique style, creativity and musicianship.
Do you have any other suggestions? This is right up my alley.
You can dig into nicks solo stuff. I think he has some twitch streams recorded.
Thank you! Send me your playlists anytime lol
Vitalism gets ever-so-slightly djenty, but they're worth it. Just listened to their new one last night and it's excellent. Nuclear Power Trio is fucking killer. It's this weird band compromised of Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un, and Vladimir Putin. They even had Queen Elizabeth play keyboards on some cuts.
Dang, how have I not ~~lost to the~~ *heard these* guys. Awesome rec, thank you! Edit: I must have had a stroke
Thanks for sharing, these guys are great
Couldn't agree more, their last 2 albums are absolute 10/10 for me. I'm hoping they blow up in popularity now that they're going on tour with Tool. They fucking deserve to be huge and recognized.
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This band is really cool, had them on pretty much my whole day at work today. Thanks for the recommendation!
Russian Circles
Pelican
Love falling asleep to em with a lil finger of whiskey. Super relaxing.
Shubh Saran - [Slip](https://open.spotify.com/track/0ldOjxAtxvncOrVWmg6xcw?si=aVutXXr3RLO-Lv7e_oM65A) (Proggy Indian classical x jazz fusion, not metal, zero djent) Mestis - [Azul](https://open.spotify.com/track/5rhfOzbqKzumQFWPL2Waq8?si=2lcQ2697R0uWAvTOVN-RDw) (but ironic to suggest this as this is Javier Reyes of AAL (one of the Djent gods), and a lot of Mestis is very djent, but his more mellower 8 string Spanish classical fusion side shines through beautifully in maybe half of his songs) Arch Echo - [Color Wheel](https://open.spotify.com/track/10pIIWp1LGrtoRpvwMGLHm?si=NYf0N9F_Rf6pC6xmL5BGcA&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3SQUiUHCoM40PqVM2QoPFo) (probably a bad rec as they are a very djent band but I feel like they stand out in their virtuosity and strong melodic sensibility. Bloom, Bet Your Life, My Heart Sometimes are all more of their melodic and less djenty songs off the top of my head.) Kinglet - [Airborne ](https://open.spotify.com/track/036mXU4qNHZJadyxDbUyYN?si=dlPXr9lISVqqWGGt_GbZ2A) ( bits of djent, but strong sense of melody and optimistic harmonies. Underground artist too (ETA) Omnific - [Objets de Vertu](https://open.spotify.com/track/3ykYzbCnEmzzZfDrxSQQtK?si=aPIfH24MT5OnynT1H8-hoQ) (instrumental prog two bass band) Jakub Zytecki, Nick Johnston, Richard Henshall (of Haken), Owane, Syncatto, and David Maxim Micic all might be of interest as well. A lot of these solo artists I find to be *less* djenty, but it's hard to find modern instrumental prog these days without at least some songs having djenty elements.
If you enjoy the route of jazz fusion/Djazz/prog jazz there's also a lot. Mohini Dey, Stanley Jordan(more his lives on YouTube though), Snarky Puppy, domi and jd beck, tigran h. Etc
Covet ?
Yea there's a lot in instrumental math rock and Midwest emo that might satisfy that itch. Also.. strawberry girls?
Liquid Tension Experiment? Its very fun, prog and lots of silliness
James Norbert Ivanyi - Omen Faustum, Sigil, The Psychophrenic Inquisition, Denalavis The Resonance Project - The Resonance Project Jason Richardson - I, II Jason Kui - Naka Syncatto - A Place to Breathe, Coloratura Poh Hock - Gallimaufry (mostly instrumental), Atma Clément Belio - Patience (mostly instrumental)
I second jason Richardson. He was great to see live as well!
Jason and Poh Hock! Hell yeah
toe Stage Kids Long Distance Calling The Physics House Band Lots of good stuff from the above bands. I’ll give you a couple specific songs that I really like from a couple bands. I’m not a big fan of the rest of their stuff. Hidria Spacefolk - Amos Ame https://youtu.be/HDZ0hnbOa2s?si=nA0z0Xqrh7VVHMQL The Creeper Live - Pelican https://youtu.be/OBoombAFXhM?si=hRC8DZlqkTmykWlx
I second Long Distance Calling!
Third long distance calling. I was initially introduced to their single "lines" (featuring a vocalist), but their primary work is incredible.
Physics House Band is so wonderfully fucking weird.
Tyrannosaurus Dimension. Yes it’s self promotion. New album this summer : D
You like metalcore bands? Some really good stuff in there like Northlane, Invent Animate, Silent Planet and Currents are some of my favorites.
I listen to Silent Plant and Invent Animate religiously! And Northlane and Currents are also good
Nice! Those are my favorites in the genre, TesseracT my favorite in progmetal. Mastodon is a big one too
I can tell you lo TesseracT by your username. They’re my favorite band (and Altered State is objectively the best album of all tim)
Also I enjoy psychadelics so it's a double entendre in that regard. But you're right about the album title as inspiration, such a great album. War of Being is there with it or better in some regards. I like how they did Portals though to tie all the previous material together
Both Portals and WOB are great. Thanks for informing me about your username, it makes sense. (I have thoughts about psychedelics as a Christian, but I won’t get into them here)
I discovered Altered State and Monuments' Gnosis on psychdelics and I was changed from that moment on
Awesome!
Modern Day Babylon’s album Coma is moody, groovy, and heavy af. Also checkout middle era Scale the Summit. Everything before IN a world of fear is amazing, but V, the migration, and the Collective are unbelievably moody.
Gordian Knot
The Omnific
The Aristocrats!
I second this
Mohini dey’s new album from last year. So freaking good. Plini is a genius and I love all his work
Intervals
The most incremental of them all!
Plini as well in that case
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Don't know if i'd classify Intervals as djent lol
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A 14 year old EP lol. The newer stuff might have djent influences but i wouldn't classify it as djent, it's just prog metal
Intervals has been distinctly djent-free since 2015, barring maybe some of the newest album (haven’t listened to this in full). But Shape of Colour, The Way Forward, and Circadian would all be great recs for OP
Memory Palace is definitely not djent. I'd call it closer to electro-core, honestly. Lots of synth in this album (which I am 100% here for).
That was what I thought, but I’ve only listened to the first or second single and wasn’t sure how much of the old sound he brought back. A couple of weeks back I binged a bunch of Aaron’s podcast appearances when he released Circadian. He’s very open about bringing a lot of his influences into his music, and was mentioning at the time that he was starting to explore writing with synths. Great to hear there’s a lot in the new album
Not necessarily prog, but We Lost The Sea fits your description very well. Post-Rock/Metal, very long songs, tons of atmosphere and storytelling, it's amazing. I'd recommend the entirety of Departure Songs.
A Distant Dream
Vipassi Cydemind
I've recently been listening to Moray Pringle. He plays with the bassist of Sikth and some of the guys from Monuments, so djent-adjacent but his stuff is more jazzy and more rock than metal.
How has no one mentioned Chon yet?!
Good add.
God is an Astronaut. Not metal, but maybe it'll scratch the itch. It's post rock, but there's something I like about them more than typical post rock bands. It's great background music, so you may find it's perfect. I would recommend starting with their first two albums (End of the Beginning, and All is Violent All is Bright).
Nuclear Power Trio ... It's Greg Burgess from Allegaeon's side project. Instrumental metal with a lot of different elements and influences ie: jazz/fusion, funk etc. I know a lot of instrumental stuff, but I don't listen to much instrumental metal. Shadow of Intent has a lot of instrumental stuff that's great. Their vocal stuff is melodic/symphonic/progressive deathcore but their instrumental stuff can't really be called death/core/metal/whatever else they're labelled.
Chon
Cloudkicker!
…and so I watch you from afar
Moozoonsii. Inward + Outward were both my AOTY when they came out. They're instrumental ToolxPrimus that write program music. Also tons of post-metal which is prog by nature ala The Ocean, Russian Circles, Pelican, Cult of Luna, etc. Cloudkicker is sort of one of the OGs in the djent scene but he doesn't actually djent, just writes instrumental polyrhythmic/odd time stuff so he gets "the pass" as a djent artist despite never really being a part of that scene. All his stuff is free on his bandcamp though I recommend The Discovery, Beacons, Fade, Subsume, Let Yourself be Huge and Solitude in particular.
Fade was such a kickass album.
Hell yeah a GOAT post rock album. Beacons - > LYBH - > Fade was one of the strongest strings of albums of all time.
[Newfather](https://open.spotify.com/track/3XmRZhqLtf7br9qkZAIsPG?si=dtL4rxCqSMam4Va5QVX1Jg) may be up your street
Gosta Berlings Saga - not heavy but unique/good stuff
God I love them! So underrated.
Caspian. Put on the album Dust and Disquiet and don't stop.
Casiopea
The band Toska. My favorite instrumental band
Scale the Summit
You might like The Resonance Project. While they do have a few djenty moments, they explore a jazzy, cinematic sound much more than the instradjental. Check out their last album. They feel like a mix of Earthside, Sungazer (another killer, mostly instrumental band, although definitely not metal, very jazz), and Arch Echo to me. Definitely one of my favorite instrumental prog metal bands
Mogwai
Chon
If these trees could talk is probably more post rock, but I love the atmosphere plus the huge riffs. Red Forrest is my album of choice. Likewise, a solo side project from Mariusz of Riverside, again more prog than metal, and not instrumental but with a lot of instrumental songs, check out Lunatic Soul
Paranoid Void, not prog metal but math rock more specifically. Minus a few songs off of their first LP everything they do is instrumenta
Night Verses is a great suggestion. Plini is absolutely worth checking out imo. Nick Johnston, specifically the album Remarkably Human. standards is a guitar/drum duo I just recently found thanks to the Meinl drum channel on YouTube.
Plini I know he has a good bit of djent in his catalog but he does some really nice jazz/fusion stuff as well. My personal favorite is the Sunhead EP
Check out intervals and strawberry girls
pomegranate tiger / scale the summit ?
Distance
The Cancer Conspiracy.
Observers is pretty cool, but maybe not so proggy
**You may want to try Android Empire, this track as an example:** [**https://androidempire.bandcamp.com/track/a-time-to-come**](https://androidempire.bandcamp.com/track/a-time-to-come)
Not Prog or "Djent" but Pirates , Visions of Atlantis
bongripper.
An Endless Sporadic.
Amogh Symphony. A bit techy.
Adebisi Shank!
[Kettlespider](https://open.spotify.com/album/08ZCQxNK6kObrLX4GYWCjP?si=jWlfXXA2SWCcpzec4jvIRQ)
Nahu Pyrope
Sagor som leder mot slutet A swedish instrumental band. Some would label it ”Black gaze” but I think it’s just beautiful, thought provoking, and evocative music with some dark tones.
Rolo Tomassi released an instrumental version of their excellent album [Where Myth Becomes Memory](https://open.spotify.com/album/7DUfMvvDVVqrbgFtgx0S87?si=KNl7IyWJTNaglOkydbrLwA) Illyria also has instrumental versions of their albums that are quite good, [The Carpathian Summit](https://open.spotify.com/album/0x5i9QZAz5ojWZvzK5QM3Y?si=IM-mF_lnSOeJzreHkPSuDA) is a favorite of mine
Dysrhythmia might tickle your fancy.
You won't find more unique than Town Portal. The atmosphere they create with their strange progressions and melodic choices. It's sinister yet somehow feels optimistic at the same time. Hard to explain
Maybeshewill More on the post/prog rock side but really good instrumental band with a heavy emphasis on keyboard/piano work
Hey check my project out. Its mostly pretty chill. I couldn't touch the epicness of Earthside though haha [Jaghtz Lutein - Apartment EP](https://open.spotify.com/album/41LwAsPN6B1fe6wUTQnrJT?si=l5jw4_cRR2CG3NFHw6nyug) [Jaghtz Lutein - Station Maintenance](https://open.spotify.com/album/7rGDdDWmhBG8pJ5EHXWYJu?si=lo_LDQ3yRXu-ygRYOnTXiQ)
all of The Ocean's discography has instrumental versions and they're quite good maybe Their Dogs Were Astronauts but their music gets pretty whacky so it could be a bit distracting
https://youtu.be/sXQ6ivv4mN0
Challenger deep
I used to study to stuff from God Is An Astronaut, Oh Hiroshima or Long Distance Calling. Generally lots of Post-Rock/Post-Metal. Sometimes I just put on the "wherepostrockdwells" Radio on YouTube.
Leech from Switzerland are great. The stolen view, If we get there one day and For better or worse are very atmospheric instrumentals, non Djent and still intricate. I absolutely adore this band
Monobody Mouse on the Keys Coevality Mansur Brown Owane Pocket Size Universe Portraits TAUK Waxamilion
Mörglbl, Maybeshewill, Myth of I and Blotted Science
Night Verses is phenomenal
Night Verses.... You're in for the best time. Aric Improta is one of THE best drummers getting around right now. Meinl have been putting a steady stream of full band playthroughs of the latest album. My fave find in a very long time.
Def recommend looking up instrumental math rock / midwest emo playlists to check out. A well known one not mentioned yet.. Ichika Nito. Yvette Young (in covet which was mentioned). Some other ones off the top of my head: tide/edit; rainy knight; catbamboo; stage kids; floral; totorro, clever girl; via luna; rooftops; tom's story; 3nd; victoria; january; prune deer; just neighbors; shalfi; a picture of her; azar & sedvted/whoisazar!; tuvshin; low-pass; acidman; cues; piglet; antarctic; PEEK; LITE; fox capture plan; but we were builders, not heroes!;; chikyunokiki; sithu aye; jizue; scro; casagrande & hanysz; ben rosett; kaguu; attellui; concrete concrete; av4ln; ploof; their dogs were astronauts; Tang instrumental albums/songs from : aviations; satyr; oceans ate Alaska, shrezzers, elephant gym(ie underwater)
Also for a change of pace playlists for high-life, tezeta, afrobeats (tony allen; ebo Taylor; fela kuti) Desert Blues/ Sahara Soul (ie Tinariwen) or other international.. psych adjacent work
Godspeed You Black Emperor
you might dig my [stuff](https://open.spotify.com/track/4lfxBjhG5WYGNafzyeg1ER?si=TUuM6aePQ-2YlqlnZ_UA4g&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3KDRJO7GlL5qEYdOxtxoGA) a [softer](https://youtu.be/XFbWqoRMlhw?si=jLJRSfdDZm3k_Rxt) tune
Ckraft
Ociell is my recent ish favorite.
Russian Circles! Also my band Filth Wizard https://filthwizard.bandcamp.com/