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"Obscure - But Brilliant - Bands ..."

You know the ones.
I'm sure everyone has a band they love that most people have never heard of before.

Spread the word. Let's all feel special together.

I'll start off with Dredg
I'm also really bad at describing music, so bear with me. Polar

Bloody fantastic, by all accounts.
Their first album was quite hard, grunge-type - but their second, El Cielo is much more melodic and simply wonderful.

The album is themed around sleep paralysis, so expect a few weird choones about with divine lyrics. The songs can send you to sleep one minute, make you want to jump around the next - verying widely in styles, but everything fits together perfectly and is wonderful for that connection.

Most good. Buy.

You go.

Led Zeppelin.

Blue Eagle wrote:
> Funeral For A Friend (maybe not so unknown)

Considering getting their album

> Hot Hot Heat

Bandages blah blah blah...

> Billy Talent

Poor.

> Yellowcard

Typical Aerican punk

> Hell is for Heroes

Decent 'background' music

gamezfreak wrote:
> A Perfect Circle.

Here are a few of the lesser known bands that i listen to;
Funeral For A Friend (maybe not so unknown)
Hot Hot Heat
Billy Talent
Yellowcard
Hell is for Heroes
and a couple more that i cant remember...

Obscure but brilliant bands:

Full System Purge- One of the best industrial bands I have ever listened to- kind of like a lighter Sonic Youth with imaginitive lyrics. Now sadly split up.

Diamond Head- Not well known out of heavy metal circles, but one of the most underrated bands of the 1980s, with a great guitarist in Brian Tatler. Very big influence on Metallica.

A Perfect Circle.

Go listen.

(Mer De Noms and Thirteenth Step are both awesome)

Well, I don't know about bands, but I'll give you a few MP3 which need a download or 6.

57 - Biffy Clyro
Tropical Iceland - Fiery Furances
Formed a Band - Art brut.

That's al;l for now.

You know the ones.
I'm sure everyone has a band they love that most people have never heard of before.

Spread the word. Let's all feel special together.

I'll start off with Dredg
I'm also really bad at describing music, so bear with me. Polar

Bloody fantastic, by all accounts.
Their first album was quite hard, grunge-type - but their second, El Cielo is much more melodic and simply wonderful.

The album is themed around sleep paralysis, so expect a few weird choones about with divine lyrics. The songs can send you to sleep one minute, make you want to jump around the next - verying widely in styles, but everything fits together perfectly and is wonderful for that connection.

Most good. Buy.

You go.