Their style really is very unique. Almost impossible to pigeon-hole them. And the singer is simply incredible - his range (not only vocal but style) is like nothing I've heard before. Here's a few off their first album proper - they were spotted by Serj Tankian and signed to his label Serjical Strike for their first one.

This almost has an air of English Folkiness about it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrLF8N7nhhg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLeDvvQRANw

It's not as heavy as the later album Arrows & Anchors from which Amarillo Sleeps on Pillow originates. This is the opener off that one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyCqbCvYDm8

yes,yes,yes, that earlier stuff is very my bag.love it.the vocals are more reminiscent of maynard keegan but that's never a bad thing.fking lovely find.i'm on board

sorry mate, missed this post in my previous excitement!! very,very good.i can't put my finger on exactly why aussie bands have a certain something....i shouldn't, but i fkin loved mammal...before they split....there is such a unique energy to it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PmhHPFgcwk


and the greatest aussie rock band of them all....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bByWXYgGRJk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt_ueRkcvII

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlYAgbIDCDY&fea...

I was nodding along to "Pissed off and Mad About It" a while back. Good stuff. Singer makes Russ Anderson look slim! Hopefully we're finally starting to exit the whole "metalcore by numbers" vocal era and get back to bands where character is more important than note perfect technique and the singers aren't afraid to be themselves.

Oh, and Tuscaneer, I think it was Hydrodjent/Skyharbor I introduced you to?

Here's another that Tuscaneer won't like.

Like a pissed off Cult of Luna and something new to me today; which is nice.

Adrift - Fury Roof

Sludge+Hardcore I guess, good album.

Oh, and I'm sure Tesseract were mentioned on Radio 2 this afternoon..

Liking that as well buddy. I've tried to get into Tesseract before but as I think I've already said, I struggle with that proggy/djent stuff a bit. I love the the technical side of it, and enjoy it a bit but I just can't listen too long. I don't think I've heard the Elliot Coleman stuff though before. Cracking voice.

Having hammered Fair To Midland's "Fables from a Mayfly - What I Tell You Three Times Is True" over the past few days, my copies of their later album Arrows & Anchors has arrived. As has Dead Letter Circus's debut album "This is the Warning".

I'm still working through my first listen to the latter, but so far it's an astounding work. The energy it has is incredible. Here's one I think you might like - it builds. Monumentally.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa006bKfo9M

Little bit of new(ish) NOFX :-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOna3A0gHkU

New album out on the 10th

Just listened to the new A Forest of Stars album, another good one although the vocals can get a bit annoying. Nice instrumentation, reminiscent of Agalloch, MDB, Drudkh, Katatonia at times. Keep on managing to miss them live unfortunately.

This might be the most easy listening track for this thread (more or less an instrumental), one of my favourites from the album.

A Forest of Stars - Left Behind As Static

i've seen these guys a couple of times. they are great.

Had Witchsorrow on heavy rotation of late, especially Den of Serpents

Not sure if I've posted them already, but fans of Sleep will probably appreciate Belzebong