ineed a good band that doesnt sound like everything else?

Question

i love queen dragonforce and the who. the sad thing is i cant find any other bands that i like :( that is where you come in i need a good band that doent soundlike a cheep metalica knock off or a slipknot wanna be. i tryed metal to no avale and i even stooped to rap but nothing hits the spot. please help!

Answer 1

Ajattara
Amon Amarth
Arch Enemy
Children of Bodom
Dark Tranquillity
Deathstars
Fear Factory
Finntroll
Gothminister
Heaven Shall Burn
In Flames
Kalmah
Lacuna Coil
Lamb Of god
Malmonde
Mercenary
Mnemic
MyGrain
Nevermore
Norther
Opeth
Poisonblack
Rammstein
Sepultura
Sinergy
Sirenia
Soilwork
Soulfly
SuidAkrA
Threat Signal
Trivium
Turmion Katilot

their all good
theyr all metal, but range from melodic death, industrial, gothic, symphonic, etc

Answer 2

Right up my alley!

I enjoy both Queen and the Who. There are some classic rock bands you can tune in to that sound completely different form most others and then there are the more modern bands that have drawn their styles form those classic bands. Overall, I'd say go towards "Progressive Rock" to really hear a unique style lacking in most bands.

Yes - is an incredible bunch of musicians. Try listening to "Round About" and "Seen all good people" and you'll hear the immediate difference.

Jethro Tull - is also a unique classic rock band with its roots in folk, blues and classical. "Aqualung" is the hit everyone knows but some other good ones such as "Thick as a Brick" and "Songs from the Wood" are much more unique.

Styx - "Come Sail Away" is always the song people identify this band with. Most of their hit songs are enjoyable but I find myself blasting "Mr Roboto" the most.

And now... for the best all around "classic" band that still records and tours to this very day... RUSH. If you only listen to one band in your entire life, THIS is the one to listen to. There's never a single flaw to their musicianship, they're only 3 members strong but have an incredible complexity and range of styles. And they've been around since 1974, selling Gold and/or Platinum albums with each release up to their latest in 2004.

Their 70's songs lean towards epic length (20 minutes), science fiction based themes. Their 80's style toned down a bit and introduced more electronic sounds (keyboards). Their 90's style removed keyboards and leaned towards a more raw guitar driven sound. Their current works follow the in the same footsteps.

For a sampling of styles, listen to "2112" (1976) and "A farewell to Kings" (1977), "Spirit of Radio" (1980), "Red Sector A" (1984), "Dreamline" (1991), "Driven" (1996) and either "Ghost Rider" or "One Little Victory" (2002).

If you want to vary it a bit and go for harder styles, you can try Queensryche, Dream Theater (or my personal favorite in this area) Symphony X. They all get their styles form classic bands but have a heavier sound.

With the Holidays here already, you can also give the Trans Siberian Orchestra a listen. Think of it as Hard Rock meets Classical meets Broadway performing a variety of strangely unique Christmas tunes.

Answer 3

Snow Patrol, Neverending White Lights, OneRepublic, This Day and Age, Aqualung, As Tall As Lions, Mae, Waking Ashland, The Sound of Animals Fighting, Circa Survive, Brightwood, Dredg, Imogen Heap, Jimmy Eat World, Terminal, and Thirteen Senses are bands that i really like. I think the sound unique and different, but not everyone likes this music.

Answer 4

I'm one of the most metal guys I know, and I like the same artists as you. If you like dragonforce try Dream Theater(get pull me under, all of octavarium) Sonata Arctica(THe end of this chapter) Shadow Warriors( Dragonforce sideproject) Power Quest( DF sideproject) and Demoniac(Df sideproject). Also try Dio, Deep purple, Wintersun, Dimmu Borgir, Conquest, 3 Inches of Blood, Black Label Society, The Offspring, Pink Floyd, Cream, and others. Hope this helps.

Answer 5

The Vibrators
45 Grave
The Stray Cats
The Meteors
The Cramps
X-Ray Spex
these bands all have a very specific sounds to them
enjoy =]

Answer 6

Megadeth Anthrax (extraordinarily until eventually now 'ninety one) Black Sabbath Deep purple Judas Preist Rainbow skinny Lizzy Uriah Heep Ted Nugent testomony Pantera (reckoning on the music) Iced Earth (somewhat)

Answer 7

Try the Pixies, from the late 80's. They're kind of like The Who, not sound wise but neither are too serious and they still know how to rock. I always wondered why they weren't bigger than they were.

Answer 8

Secret Machines. Check them out at thesecretmachines.com. I'm telling you, these guys are amazing and are the real deal. They're on tour now so see if they're coming by you. I saw the show, which was the first of their's I've been too, and it was excellent!

Answer 9

Dirty Sweet from San Diego.CA
they play at the Viper Room in L.A a lot

Answer 10

The Seeds (one of the first punk bands)
Poets of the Fall