Instrumental Metal

[Deception]

i am a metal fan, but ive never really liked The hardcore screaming and groaning that came with it, so ive gone and searched for Instrumental metal, because the epic instruments are what i like to listen to

Bands like Blotted science


and such

[Steele]

Blotted Science is AMAZING. They have Necrophagist's old drummer (which is a good band, actually- not a lot of gutteral vocals, very good instrumentally) and Alex Webster from Cannibal Corpse on bass Checked out their new EP that came out a few months ago?

Anyway... there are no bands really like Blotted Science, but I know a lot of really good, technical/prog metal instrumental bands that have their own unique sound but fall in the same category as Blotted Science (although really, Blotted Science is instrumental death metal... but close enough >.>) but they're not as heavy as Blotted Science, since Blotted Science is basically prog/tech death metal... with no vocals.

Some bands being:
-Animals As Leaders (My favorite progressive/space-metal/jazz/fusion/electronic/djent band. THE best. And they're colorful. :p)
-Between The Buried And Me (Well... there's vocals here. BUT. He sings normal too. BUT! Their 5th album, Alaska, had a special bonus CD that had their songs instrumental, so a whole album of theirs is instrumental, aside from the fact that they already have some instrumentals in prev. albums and in the Alaska album itself.)
-Else
-Gru (Similar to AAL; more space-metal-y, though.)
-Liquid Tension Experiment (Has members from the prog metal band, Dream Theater... without the vocals, = YES. I prefer their second album since its heavier.)
-Lost Among Us (This is a small, local band someplace that I happened to stumble upon on the Minecraft forums. They're pretty good. Their first/debut album went out just a few days ago, and its free and they're letting anyone download it until sometime in February- check out their facebook page to see where they have it.)

And their best songs, respectively:

-Animals As Leaders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqYPhe18Wjs
(The beginning is... weird, trust me, but a minute in the song gets better, especially the light/solo parts.)

-BtBaM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vARJseGYUOg
(The solo that starts at 4:45 is probably one of the most amazing solos I've heard. BtBaM is one of those few bands that make me want to pick up the guitar- an instrument that I see much more boring than the bass or drums)

-Else
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut7wbELOn4E

-Gru
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3skzTposZU
(Only band that is similar to Animals As Leaders. Even then, Gru isn't that jazzy, nor electronic, but very... "space metal"-y, like AAL)

-Liquid Tension Experiment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R54CtOOH3Qg

-Lost Among Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXrWLEgbRJk


Edit: Scale The Summit, An Endless Sporadic, and Bulb are also good instrumental bands/projects. Don't have time to put a lot of info on them but if you have time youtube them.

[Deception]

Blotted Science is AMAZING. They have Necrophagist's old drummer (which is a good band, actually- not a lot of gutteral vocals, very good instrumentally) and Alex Webster from Cannibal Corpse on bass Checked out their new EP that came out a few months ago?

Anyway... there are no bands really like Blotted Science, but I know a lot of really good, technical/prog metal instrumental bands that have their own unique sound but fall in the same category as Blotted Science (although really, Blotted Science is instrumental death metal... but close enough >.>) but they're not as heavy as Blotted Science, since Blotted Science is basically prog/tech death metal... with no vocals.

Some bands being:
-Animals As Leaders (My favorite progressive/space-metal/jazz/fusion/electronic/djent band. THE best. And they're colorful. :p)
-Between The Buried And Me (Well... there's vocals here. BUT. He sings normal too. BUT! Their 5th album, Alaska, had a special bonus CD that had their songs instrumental, so a whole album of theirs is instrumental, aside from the fact that they already have some instrumentals in prev. albums and in the Alaska album itself.)
-Else
-Gru (Similar to AAL; more space-metal-y, though.)
-Liquid Tension Experiment (Has members from the prog metal band, Dream Theater... without the vocals, = YES. I prefer their second album since its heavier.)
-Lost Among Us (This is a small, local band someplace that I happened to stumble upon on the Minecraft forums. They're pretty good. Their first/debut album went out just a few days ago, and its free and they're letting anyone download it until sometime in February- check out their facebook page to see where they have it.)

And their best songs, respectively:

-Animals As Leaders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqYPhe18Wjs
(The beginning is... weird, trust me, but a minute in the song gets better, especially the light/solo parts.)

-BtBaM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vARJseGYUOg
(The solo that starts at 4:45 is probably one of the most amazing solos I've heard. BtBaM is one of those few bands that make me want to pick up the guitar- an instrument that I see much more boring than the bass or drums)

-Else
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut7wbELOn4E

-Gru
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3skzTposZU
(Only band that is similar to Animals As Leaders. Even then, Gru isn't that jazzy, nor electronic, but very... "space metal"-y, like AAL)

-Liquid Tension Experiment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R54CtOOH3Qg

-Lost Among Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXrWLEgbRJk


Edit: Scale The Summit, An Endless Sporadic, and Bulb are also good instrumental bands/projects. Don't have time to put a lot of info on them but if you have time youtube them.

very nice, this is the kind of stuff im looking for thanks.

also i just discovered a wild metal dubstep O_O

[Dougizzle]

Dragon Force? for great instrumental with the not so metal vocals?
Also Turisas are 'battle metal' very good for getting motivated before doing somthing

[Mozric]

I'll second Animals as Leaders as neat instrumental metal.

My advice, though, would be to try to enjoy the hardcore vocals. Some are just plain bad, but there is a sublimity to some vocals.

I'd recommend Opeth. Here's a metal song with no metal vocals:

[Architech]

screaming isn't metal, it's crap.

genres you should consider are fantasy or hair metal. Dragonforce is a reasonable example. They're not great...but decent instrumental and more lilted vocals

[Salag]

Screaming can be a part of metal and, whilst I'm not a fan of a lot of it, there are some songs that are better for having some.

Anyway, I mainly came on here to give a thumbs up for this thread! It's been a while since I've found some new bands that I like and I got a whole bunch from here Thanks!

Though I wasn't a fan of that metal dubstep song...

[kirkpicard]

Iron Maiden has some very good instrumentals.

TRansylvania
The Ides of March
Genghis Khan
lost for words

[Architech]

Iron Maiden has some very good instrumentals.

while a good first post, I suppose....perhaps resurrecting a thread from months ago is not terribly useful