Most original metal band?

[engage757]

Not sure if you consider this metal, but I have seen some progressive rock bands in here. Tool. Isis. Yob.

 

[Equivoke]

Neurosis
Meshuggah
Gorguts (Obscura onward mostly)
Tool
Behold The Arctopus
Psyopus
Malignancy/Defeated Sanity/Wormed (maybe not THE MOST but the most in their genre)
Sikth
Orgone
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Unexpect
Deathspell Omega
Orgone
!T.O.O.H.!
Blotted Science

The bands that come to mind

 

[Brodessa]

Between the Buried and Me manages to do something sweet with every album they create. I'm yet to find a band with a sound quite as great as theirs. \m/

 

[8Fingers]

 

[Brill]

Soen - Savia - YouTube

 

[bhakan]

Soen - Savia - YouTube

I like Soen, but they sound extremely similar to Tool to me. I wouldn't put them as all that original.

Cynic is one that comes to mind. I was on a Cynic kick recently and when I searched for more things similar there was really no band that sounded like them.

 

[DarkRain93]

Type O Negative ._.

 

[BoredomKills]

Veil of Maya has my vote. Definitely not the most original band out there, but damn I love me some VoM technicality.

 

[Don Vito]

Speaking of Veil of Maya, I'm listening to Cynic right now. They've already been mentioned, but WHAT WERE THESE GUYS SMOKING IN 1993.

 

[sawtoothscream]

Circa survive and dance gavin dance are the two that come to mind. very original sounding

 

[sawtoothscream]

Between the Buried and Me manages to do something sweet with every album they create. I'm yet to find a band with a sound quite as great as theirs. \m/

they seriously write the sickest stuff and there sweeps and alt picking is so so smooth sounding. Everything about that band is just tight. I dont know how you find that many amazing musicians in one band.

 

[Adam Of Angels]

I don't know if they're the most original, but nobody does Opeth like Opeth.

 

[JosephAOI]

Twelve Foot Ninja, f@GGotz

 

[Bigfan]

Veil of Maya has my vote. Definitely not the most original band out there

 

[sawtoothscream]

Circa survive and dance gavin dance are the two that come to mind. very original sounding

ignore this one, they are not metal. still very oringal amazing music though

 

[sawtoothscream]

The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza.

tony Danza is awsome. My friend use to book bands and he booked them to play. there performance was awesome.

 

[jonajon91]

I was listening to Psyopus the other day and was throughly impressed by their approach, but I guess they aren't very active right now. I haven't really come across modern bands doing anything really revolutionary...

Psyopus are freaking amazing!! ... if you are into that kind of thing ... i'm not ... ,but I respect them.
I have never come across anyone so good with rhythm as their bassist.

 

[GSingleton]

Gojira and Periphery for sure.

They just have their own unique sound and riffage.

 

[Floppystrings]

1992

 

[protest]

The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza.

Honestly I never listened to anything beyond their first album, but it sounded just like Dillinger.

I'd say (and these probably have been mentioned):

Blue Cheer
Motorhead
Iron Maiden
Death
At the Gates
Fear Factory
Tool
Rage Against the Machine
Candiria
Botch
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Opeth
Protest the Hero
Mr. Bungle
Animals as Leaders
Between the Buried an Me
Ron Jarzombek