Rossomahaar

Symphonic Black Metal from Russia. Rossomahaar is sprawling, dark and epic, reminds me of playing Doom when I was younger (oh who am I kidding, I still play it).  They formed in 1995, when "Lazar (guitars) and Vlad (drums, vocals) started off working on few compositions which could be reckoned to the genre of Black Metal stylistically.  Both musicians simultaneously played in Moscow’s dark metal act Stonehenge, which was considered top-priority then, and therefore Rossomahaar’s rehearsals took place quite rarely, to say the least."

They have a large amount of genres mixed together, from Thrash, Black Metal, Death Metal and even... Jazz?

Ragnaroek 2014:



Bloodred Utopia:

Behold... The Arctopus

"Behold... The Arctopus is an Instrumental Experimental Metal band from Brooklyn, New York, United States." One person writes that they are "the absolute extremes of technical and rhythmic complexity", which might be true... but its still listenable. It isn't so beyond normality that it becomes white noise.  Yes, its complex, but its not like some "Speedcore" that ramps beyond 300bpm to make it a mess of... well... noise.  Besides, some of the song titles suggest they are not taking themselves seriously beyond musical skill.

Canada:



You Will Be Reincarnated As An Imperial Space Attack Turtle:



Thanks to thenitefalls for reminding me of Avant-Garde Metal with the Unexpect post.

Obscura

"Obscura was founded in 2002 by Steffen Kummerer. The band was named after the Gorguts album Obscura. They are signed to Relapse Records. Obscura continue to create their vision of the future of extreme metal - a symbiosis of death, thrash and black metal merged with progressive elements and technical as well as compositional demand."

The vocals are fairly clean, still Death Metal, but not like gravel-gargling Grindcore or the even more insane Pornogrind. (um, yes. This is a real thing. Maybe I will post some... someday.) Off on a tangent there, but anyway... Obscura is pretty awesome. What I really like is the "cosmic" feel to it and the amazing layered tracks without losing focus.

The Anticosmic Overload:



Septuagint:



New album, Omnivium, out very soon!

Mastodon - Colony of Birchmen (Music Video)

Another music video for you guys this (very early) morning. A great band and another favorite of mine is Mastodon! "Mastodon is an American metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1999. [They have expanded] their musical borders from early raw sludge riffs to later psychedelic multi-layered songs, yet maintaining progressive style with unusual time signatures and odd instrumentation."
"[This] is Mastodon's first single to reach the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, reaching #33. It was also nominated for a Grammy for "Best Metal Performance", but lost to Slayer's Eyes of the Insane (a great band to lose to though, Slayer is legendary)."

"The song's title is a homage to the Genesis song The Colony of Slippermen."
Colony of Birchmen:



See you guys later! What are some of your favorite bands? I am interested in expanding my Trance (and Metal too, but don't need as much help with that) knowledge so please share what you have and like. Let me know in the comments. Thanks!