Bands You Think Are Under-Rated?

[Arteriorrhexis]

I know they've been mentioned already but Anata. They are the absolute perfect example of a band that is amazing but absolutely unknown. The Conductors Departure is definitely one of the best albums of the genre.
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+1
Anata is great.

 

[TheMasterplan]

Insomnium!

You're god damn right:

 

[JohnIce]

When I think underrated, I think of popular bands that are better than they're given credit for. For example, I'd say Bon Jovi are underrated. In order to be underrated, people have to know about you. That's why I wouldn't say for example Pain of Salvation are underrated, because they're just underknown. Someone said to me that Shawn Lane was underrated, that's ridiculous, everyone who's heard him knows he's awesome, so he's not underrated.

Also, I think Dream Theater are musically underrated, but technically overrated. Mike Portnoy isn't a very dynamic drummer, but he's one of the most creative. I guess DT are more "misunderstood" than anything else.

I don't listen to Nickelback, but I'd say they are underrated. KISS are underrated.

 

[B36arin]

The Haunted is the first band that springs to mind. Somebody has mentioned Nevermore, I wouldn't call them underrated. Almost everybody that I know that has actually heard a few songs loves them, and righty so.

 

[SerratedSkies]

Mors Principium Est
Gorod
Insomnium
The Haunted
Veil of Maya

Five of my favorite bands, and they all don't get enough credit.

 

[liamh]

Pain of salvation
Coheed & Cambria
Trauma

 

[yingmin]

When I think underrated, I think of popular bands that are better than they're given credit for. For example, I'd say Bon Jovi are underrated. In order to be underrated, people have to know about you. That's why I wouldn't say for example Pain of Salvation are underrated, because they're just underknown. Someone said to me that Shawn Lane was underrated, that's ridiculous, everyone who's heard him knows he's awesome, so he's not underrated.

Exactly what I've been saying all along. In order to be UNDER-rated, you have to be "rated" in the first place.

 

[lucasreis]

Exactly what I've been saying all along. In order to be UNDER-rated, you have to be "rated" in the first place.

I guess the term underrated is misused and taken for "unknown" and "deserving of more media attention" or whatever...

 

[svart]

In-Quest:


Cilice:


Divinity:

 

[phaeded0ut]

Have to agree, Marillion (and Fish for that matter) are both highly underrated. Both groups garner an entire audience singing along with every song and have a very dedicated following. Both Fish and Steve H. have quite a bit of talent in crowd control respectively, too.

I'd also add Stephen Kent, Susheela Raman and Azam Ali (who is getting a little more exposure due to her work on films). Again, an issue of involving the crowd a bit more in their respective music and an insane amount of talent each.

Allan Holdsworth, Tony Levin, Trey Gunn, Don Schiff, Bob Culbertson and Steve Adelson also come to mind very quickly. (This group may end up being given the label of "musicians' musician.)

Way back when, I'd have added Peter Gabriel especially with the amount of work he's put into WOMAD and other similiar projects/programs through the years and thankfully more and more artists are able to say, "thank you, Peter" as they themselves get more radio play (often times in their own respective countries). "In Your Eyes," "Shock the Monkey" and "Sledgehammer" are hardly all of what he was/is capable of doing...

Another pair of fairly famous people that should be mentioned as being under-rated are Les Claypool, and Victor Wooten, both of whom have been maligned for being "sloppy" more often than not by their respective detractors (and yes, sometimes they both were). The flip-side of this is that when they respectively get very serious and are playing covers of someone "important" (Miles Davis in the case of Les and Charles Mingus in the case of Vic) they are respectively impressive players. Both of them with their own respective music is quite a bit more light-hearted.

 

[Bumskull]

Symphony X
IQ

 

[signalgrey]

Pain of salvation
Coheed & Cambria
Trauma

Coheed?.....talk about overrated....Rush-tonalities for the MTV generation.

Cave In
Grails
High on Fire

 

[Wiz]

This is an awesome thread and I learned about a hundred new bands from it Thank you all.

 

[tbird11]

-Psycroptic.
-Synthetic Breed.
Some good australian talent to check out.

 

[OnImpulse]

DUDE!

Shaman


ULVER!!


aaaaand Arcturus


and of course devin townsend. but he seems pretty popular on this thread already XD

 

[heineken_fretwalker]

Cilice:

I fucking love Cilice! I adore their mix of djent and Mike Patton-esque vocals. It really gets my dick hard!

 

[sol niger 333]

Vision of Disorder

 

[brock22]

Amazon's Daily Deal is offering a FREE metal/rock sampler here w/ stuff from Stratovarius, Deep Purple, Dio, Alice Cooper...all semi-underrated bands that I'm loving right now. Theres nothing to lose cuz these 10 tracks are free and you can just trash em if you dont want em, so enjoy guys

 

[Triple-J]

Vision of Disorder

+100 to this V.O.D are true innovators and highly underrated.

 

[-TheWickerMan-]

gorod
gory blister
iniquity
aeon of horus
the revenge project
negura bunget
akroma
gorguts
nervecell
depresy
led astray