Well the only band i can think of at the moment that people may overlook is
Volbeat-danish country metal.
Heres a good example
Volbeat-danish country metal.
Heres a good example
Bands that get overlooked
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I am the resident Maynard groupie. Puscifer A Perfect Circle and Tool need to be known around the world.
OT:
We are the Fallen
Lacuna Coil-in the US
Within Temptation-Ditto
DevilDriver
OT:
We are the Fallen
Lacuna Coil-in the US
Within Temptation-Ditto
DevilDriver
Sybreed, sweet fsm they are awesome, I found them randomly about 2 months ago and have been hooked, yet I know absolutely know one who listens to them and I never hear them mentioned, fustrating!The Maddest March Hare said:
Enslaved, holy crap, one of the most under rated and overlooked bands EVER, they are absolutely insane yet they get passed over by almost everyone. Severe injustice.Assassin Xaero said:
Personally I think there is no overlooked band more than Gojira, you kind of have to get them, but once you do, holy fuck they will blow your mind. Between The Buried And Me are criminally over looked too, both are fantastic bands.
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Seriously though, Gojira, you are missing out, seriously. Best metal band in years.
Damn. My entire town loves Shpongle, and coincidentally devours said substances at a freakish rateunoleian said:
You guys need Mr. Bungle. Imagine crazy circus metal, with a little bit of polka.
Yay music industry guy in a music thread.
I find it bizarre what many people here consider "overlooked" music, but I admit that I have a somewhat jaundiced view of these things, so I won't single anyone out because that would be mean. Threads like this are good though, it'll broaden a few horizons a little bit I guess.
Keep in mind, forum friends, that some stuff is overlooked for a reason. Part of my job is kind of like a "professional overlooker" and when some nonsense music comes into the office that I really think the world is better off without (which I assure you is the vast majority of it), it goes straight into the "we'll deal with that at some unspecified future date when nothing good is happening" cupboard. If you've ever wondered why your favourite semi-obscure bands never reach past a certain peak in popularity, it's probably because not as many people actually like that stuff as you might think. Or, maybe one really important person doesn't like that stuff. Or maybe important people think the music is okay but someone in the band did something to make themselves not liked by someone else who was given the task of handling their business (boy, it sure pays to be nice to people who work for you in this industry). There are plenty of ways for someone in the industry to stop progress from happening for an up-and-coming artist. Some of the "obscure" bands listed in this thread have had things like this happen to them multiple times for various reasons (not naming names).
I find it bizarre what many people here consider "overlooked" music, but I admit that I have a somewhat jaundiced view of these things, so I won't single anyone out because that would be mean. Threads like this are good though, it'll broaden a few horizons a little bit I guess.
Keep in mind, forum friends, that some stuff is overlooked for a reason. Part of my job is kind of like a "professional overlooker" and when some nonsense music comes into the office that I really think the world is better off without (which I assure you is the vast majority of it), it goes straight into the "we'll deal with that at some unspecified future date when nothing good is happening" cupboard. If you've ever wondered why your favourite semi-obscure bands never reach past a certain peak in popularity, it's probably because not as many people actually like that stuff as you might think. Or, maybe one really important person doesn't like that stuff. Or maybe important people think the music is okay but someone in the band did something to make themselves not liked by someone else who was given the task of handling their business (boy, it sure pays to be nice to people who work for you in this industry). There are plenty of ways for someone in the industry to stop progress from happening for an up-and-coming artist. Some of the "obscure" bands listed in this thread have had things like this happen to them multiple times for various reasons (not naming names).
Overlooked... Mirrorthrone, they (or really he, its just one guy) got a song in brutal legend, So Frail. That cd is great (gangrene), the other 2 not quite as good. Opeth, very well known but overlooked a lot because of the dedication it takes to listen to one of their cds, especially their older stuff. Not really music you just put on to listen to. Someone mentioned Cynic and i may agree to some extent. Most progmetal fans that lean toward the extreme death side (away from the styles of dreamtheater and their ilk), know of and love Cynic, and many declare Focus to be the best album in progmetal period. But outside of them, i havent seen many people who are aware of them. Vektor is another fairly obscure and overlooked band. They were lumped in with the other retro thrash revival garbage bands, but they play a very different style of thrash from the slayer/metallica/testament crap you heard a lot of. It's more like Death and atheist, with voivod inspired scifi lyrics, with some prog elements thrown in. Black Future is a crazy good album.
Frank Zappa, he gets passed off a as a dude who wrote funny strange songs, when he wrote intense, rhythmically challenging music, not just for his band, but for orchestras, plus he wrote jazz and classical music. Also, most of his guitar solos were improvised.
