Halcyon

Pastures (2011)
Bandcamp 

Extremely talented one man jazz metal fusion band from Australia.  Reminds me in many ways of Jakub Żytecki. Awesome "background to life" music.

Jakub Żytecki

Demos 2010
RGhost 


Incredible musician from Poland, his music is a woven blend of jazz and metal styles. The music feels godlike and divine, the guitarist's talent is just off the charts. He seems to be rather unheard off, I hope he plans to release more music but I believe this is all there is, but it is more than enough to start with. The production quality is amazing considering its only a demo.

Myspace

Depths

Pizza Party EP (2012)
Bandcamp 

Shout out to I Just Got This Blog Goin' for finding this, awesome djent style instrumental band that incorporates hardcore style. Mg favorite track is the second one entitled "USG Ishimura."   Name your price!

Cold Night For Alligators

Singular Patterns (2012)
Bandcamp 

Cold Night For Alligators is a brutal djent style band that will often surprise you with unexpected experimentation. There's even a part with heavy guitar riffs backed by ambient dub experimentation. These guys deserve some love, so check them out and spread this album to your friends!

The Faceless

Autotheism (2012)
Mediafire 

New Faceless dropped today! I will be seeing this band tomorrow along with a few others at the Summer Slaughter, I'll be sure to let you know how it goes.

*Concert was raw, if you get the chance go see this band, and any other band that was on the Summer Slaughter tour, or is it the Summer's Laughter?

Bend the Sky

Origins (2012)
 Bandcamp

A symphony orchestra of metal, guaranteed to make your head bang on first listen. This album was just released this month for a pay as you go price on bandcamp.

The Faceless

Planetary Duality (2008)
 Mediafire

 Akeldama (2006)
Rapidshare

High probability of melting your face off, The Faceless are playing on this year's Summer Slaughter Tour and plan to release a new album on August 14th, one day before the Detroit show. Here we have their two previous releases, see you at The Slaughter!

Save Us From the Archon

How Terrible, the Undergrowth's Jaws That Tangle (2012)
Mediafire

Saw a blog post describe this band as similar to Chon so I had to check them out. After listening through it once I can see this is an album I am going to have to come back to again. This is the band's debut album and they killed it! Glad to see this scene is growing, get this album!

Periphery

Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012)
Zippyshare 

This band's got talent, no matter how you look at it. Each song is filled with so much variation, from  danceable train rides to bone crushing heaviness. I think Spencer's vocals have found their place in the band, many times reaching epic levels. The lyrical content is filled with powerful and motivational messages; that's what's going to stick to me.

Periphery - Make Total Destroy

Newest single of the upcoming Periphery album!

Cyclamen

Senjyu (2010)
Mediafire 

Japanese djent??? Well okay, I have yet to give it a listen as I just downloaded like four hundred albums in the last hour but I swear I'll get back to this and write at least a little something.

Periphery

 












Periphery (Instrumental) (2010)
Mediafire 

Periphery (2010)

Mediafire

Icarus EP (2011)
Mediafire 


With the recent announcement of one of my favorite band's new album releases, I gathered links for their entire discography here. I would suggest getting all three of these, I love the original self-titled with vocals but I do love jamming to the instrumental version as well. Be dazzled by distortion, be bombarded by bass beats, and jitter bug to jent! Periphery! Love that shit!

New Album News

Bulb

Best of Bulb (2009)
Mediafire 

The best of Bulb! A heavy heavy heavy project by Misha Mansoor, frontman of Periphery. Some of the songs found on this collection can be found remastered on Periphery's albums. Djent djent djent.

Volumes

Via (2011)
Mediafire 

24192

This project, given the title name 24192,  is a one man piece from mother Russia. Other than that, I know nothing about the guy except that his music is awesome! Seriously if you want to experience some original progressive metal that falls on its own unique end of the spectrum, then I would highly suggest checking out this guy's music. Heavy djent influences, fast paced, with a strangely unique electronic mix. This band is a genre in itself, I will be looking out for any new information I can get on this guy but for now I'm only left with questions.  Animals as Leaders fans will enjoy this.

4 song demos  - Mediafire

On Wings of Wax

Pseudo (2011)

 The Escape (2011)

So I was on facebook one day and the little sidebar with the advertisements said, "Do you like Cloudkicker?" And I thought to myself, "Why yes, I do like Cloudkicker."  So I clicked it and discovered "On Wings of Wax." This band pronounced Cloudkicker as one of their biggest influences, so you should check them out! Progressive metal with a djent style, mixed with layers of ambience.

They're giving these two albums away at "name your price" value, just follow this link to their Bandcamp.

Structures

All of the Above EP (2010)
Mediafire 

Divided By (2011)
Mediafire


Mmmmmm Structures, a talented Canadian band playing a Meshuggah influenced style of metal with pounding breakdowns and bouncing riffs.

Chimp Spanner

 

At the Dream's Edge (2010)

Mediafire 

 Imperium Vorago (2005)

Megaupload 

One man project by Paul Ortiz, good math metal similar to that of Cloudkicker with an almost 80's feel. 

Veil of Maya

 

All Things Set Aside (2006)

Mediafire

The Common Man's Collapse (2008)
Mediafire 

 [id] (2010)
Mediafire 

Technical death metal band from Chicago. Posted them up because I may very likely be seeing them in concert this fall with After the Burial and Within the Ruins.

Cloudkicker

Beacons (2010)
Mediafire

 

The Discovery (2008)

 

The Map Is Not the Territory EP (2008)

 

Pormanteau EP (2009)

  ]]][[[   (2010)

Bandcamp

If I had to describe this I'd say its music to fight a war too. Great metal/djent instrumentals. They push it way up and then bring it all the way back down. All these albums are available on Bandcamp for free

Push It Way Up!