Help-Bands similar to Meshuggah

Hey, Can you guys help me on my metal quest?

I like only a few kinds of metal bands. Heavy 'bassy' sound that is louder than the guitars. No silly speed metal (no offense.) I hate melodramatic crap (Cradle of Filth).

Something most similar to the Meshuggah sound. Any ideas?

Gorguts springs to mind. But on the minus side Gorguts always springs to my mind.

And these don't really sound like Meshuggah but if you want a really bassy heavy sound, can't go wrong with Electric Wizard

@God, Gojira sounds awesome! I really like that sound. I'm gonna check out their albums on Amazon. Electric Wizard sounded pretty interesting too. Almost like Sabbath.

@Garb, Hmm Gorguts sounds hmmm. I think I'll need to listen to it a few times, the lack of a central rhythmic theme drew me away, I'll have to give it another chance.

Originally Posted by Pra

@God, Gojira sounds awesome! I really like that sound. I'm gonna check out their albums on Amazon. Electric Wizard sounded pretty interesting too. Almost like Sabbath.

@Garb, Hmm Gorguts sounds hmmm. I think I'll need to listen to it a few times, the lack of a central rhythmic theme drew me away, I'll have to give it another chance.

I think this review says it all:

Rarely do a band somehow manage to embody a genre whilst also defying it and giving it the finger. Gorguts kinda sound like Robert Fripp teamed up with some avant-garde musicians who have been listening to too much free jazz and decided to record a death metal album. Gorguts are death metal (or at least tech death). The growled/barked vocals are there, as are the heavy guitars, technical riffs and blast beats. Yet at the same time, there's no death metal out there that sounds like this.

Obscura is, for lack of a better word, disgusting. It's horrible to listen to. Aurally it's completely crushing. Aesthetically its dissonance sounds like metal being scratched. Conventional melody is nowhere to be heard. And it is inTENSE. The mood and atmosphere of this music is blistering the way death metal should be yet so rarely is. Obscura is just hedious. But it's like a car crash on the other side of the road. You know you're not meant to enjoy it, yet somehow you can't turn away. There's something so visceral about it that your curiousity gets the better of you. Everytime I listen to Obscura I keep trying to figure out why I like listening to it. All I know is that I do. The music gives me butterflies in my stomach and gives me the chills. I've never had that from a death metal album before, even ones I like more than this one (of which there are very few).

There is no tech death album like Obscura. Any openminded fan of heavy, dissonant and intense music needs this album.

Maybe Fear Factory ?

Damn I was going to mention Gojira! Favourite metal band ever.

Try these



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@Mind, Fear Factory sounded really good. I'll check out that album.

@Godfrey, I really liked Coprofago's sound. I'll definitely check them out.

@ Garb, Hmm, I'm not sure if I'm ready for complete dissonance. But they're recommended highly by you, so I will give them another chance.
You and Nihil always have more esoteric tastes than I do, but I always end up liking your picks after a while.

Fear Factory sounded really good. I'll check out that album.

That Album is their masterpiece and of course all songs are not like that there's a few excelent semi or full ballads



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Fear Factory is an excellent choice as well. Christploitation is just divine

Originally Posted by Godfrey I of Leuven

Fear Factory is an excellent choice as well. Christploitation is just divine

Mechanize in general is a very good album.