The Contortionist Megathread

[habicore_5150]

The new Within The Ruins album is pretty damn awesome too.

it is, Molotov Solution plays Dropped G (recorded Harbringer with 6 strings in Dropped G), dunno if they switched to 7s now

anyways, moving back
to the guy who said something about The Contortionist being like a heavier BTBAM, guessing i wasnt the only one who had a small BTBAM comparison going

after hearing Exoplanet, i thought the Contortionist was like BTBAM being abducted by aliens

 

[JoshuaLogan]

I hear the BTBAM influence in the melodic, proggy sections, but not in the rhythm... the rhythmic stuff is more Meshuggah worship all the way... although a bit on the slow side most of the time.

The influences I hear are Sikth (especially in the beginning of Flourish), Meshuggah (most of the rhythmic stuff), BTBAM/Cynic (melodic, proggy leads), and various post-rock bands (a lot of the clean, ambient sections could come straight from a band like Explosions in the Sky or Godspeed You Black Emperor)

 

[JeffFromMtl]

Been listening to this non-stop in my car. It keeps getting better. So far, the stand-out for me is Contact. What a track!

 

[gordonbombay]

This cd combines two of my favorite things, down tuned metal and space. How can you go wrong. I loved the addition of the transmission from contact. I love metal has a dreamy, progish bent. They even described the final 3 songs as a single piece that sonically depicted a journey into space to another planet. So awesome.

What is their gear set up looking like?

 

[MrMcSick]

Just got this. I love parts like the huge chords and lead melody at the end of Contact.

 

[Mexi]

i can see aliens digging this

 

[Ryan666213]

Here is the whole set

Vessel


Exoplanet II


Primal Directive


Oscillator


Contact


It was an incredible show! Check it out

 

[ittoa666]

I wonder if their singer likes tommy rogers? Anyway, good stuff.

 

[TasmanSam]

thanks for the vids! fucking love these guys

 

[Meinrad]

Awesome performance! Thanks for sharing videos

 

[Triple7]

I can't wait to see these guys live, the performance looks ridiculous!

 

[hxcdeathcore]

Well I saw the Contortionist a few hours ago and it was a great show. They played every song perfectly and it was an amazing show. I was right in front of them and managed to remember some of the gear they had. If anybodies interested..

-Both guitarist and bassist had ibanez guitars and basses, not sure what model. 5 string bass and I think they used 7 and 6 strings.
-bassist had a rack and I couldn't see anything in it but the ampeg 8x10

-One guitarist had a Carvin V3 through a mesa rectifier cab, he was on the far side so I couldn't see his pedalboard

-Other guitarist had a triple rectifier through a mesa rectifier cab. Pedals I can remember are
-ISP decimator
-some sort of wah
-Boss TU3
-Ibanez ts9
-Some chorus pedal(most likely boss)
-Boss Equalizer
-more boss pedals(are they endorsed?)

Yeah thats all I can remember. They put on a great show only thing I disliked is they didn't play Flourish but oh well.

 

[vanhalen83]

Gah, I've been freaking out about wanting to learn their stuff because i thought they started rockin 8 strings. To whomever said that their EP is in drop A, I thank you, my life is complete.

 

[musikizlife]

yeah man, if you look at their studio footage on youtube, i'm pretty sure i saw 6 string ibanez S series.

Absolutely in my top 3 bands right now
cant get enough of exoplanet

 

[oNATEo]

anybody listen to these guys?
if so how about recommend some bands
i probubly havent heard like them.

some technical progressive metal.

peace friends

 

[TheDjentlman]

Some bands that might catch your interest might be : Volumes, Adaliah, Your Memorial, Animals as Leaders, Periphery, and Structures. Hope you enjoy these bands as much as I!

 

[Empryrean]

The Faceless, if you haven't heard them already.
Obscura, Within the Ruins, and as mentioned above, Animals as Leaders

welcome to ss.org man

 

[kevyp12]

elitist, btbam, veil of maya, born of osiris, after the burial, beneath the massacre, fleshwrought, the human abstract, permillisecond, sumatra, thy art is murder

 

[ThePinealGland]

Within the Ruins definitely. Same tuning, but faster paced and more shreddy instead of atmospheric like The Contortionist. Both bands are awesome though.

 

[Cure for optimism]

PAINTED IN EXILE, all shall perish, and conducting from the grave