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#1  Edited By heavymtlhead

What is the one band that you listen to that no one else seems to know about? Mine is a metal band called Cage which combines power and thrash metal and is pretty awesome. They just put out a new album which Im loving and I feel awesome for knowing about them when very few people do.

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#2  Edited By ieatlions

She's themorning and thenight is a pretty obscure band that very few people i know have heard of.

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#3  Edited By marc

Donnie Dumphy!!
 
 http://donniedumphy.com/#videoPlayer

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#4  Edited By dipstick

Between the Buried and Me
 
Although I did see a guy at work today with a BTBAM shirt :D
 
 
 
Also,no one I know listens to Rush (their loss)

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#5  Edited By r3b3lr0b0t

Sulek has some great stuff (visuals are great 2). 
 
  

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#6  Edited By dethfish

I actually wrote a blog about a week ago talking about an obscure band I like. It probably isn't the MOST obscure band I like but it's up there.

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#7  Edited By Yummylee

Mr Bungle, and they had good reason for not being so well known since there constant switching of genres mid-song was far from mainstream. 
''My ass is on fire'' so memorably insane xP
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#8  Edited By Feanor

Blink 182

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#9  Edited By marc

Awesomeness, especially if you are from or have been to Newfoundland (NEW-FIN-LAND) 

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#10  Edited By r3b3lr0b0t
@marc said:
" Awesomeness, especially if you are from or have been to Newfoundland (NEW-FIN-LAND) 
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This is terrible haha
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@r3b3lr0b0t: yes, but it is an awesome terrible. It's all done by a local feller where I live. Definitely more for the Newfie's, although he is gaining a bigger following throughout Canada. The guy is a fucking laugh.
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#12  Edited By Mr_JPeps

  www.icometoshanghai.com   

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There's a band called "Impending Doom", they are a christian death metal band (no joke). As first I laughed but actually if you dig death metal or grindcore music, they're not that bad. 
 
Here's their single "Nailed. Dead. Risen". And no I haven't got a fucking clue what the lyrics are either.

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#14  Edited By r3b3lr0b0t
@Mr_JPeps:  
 
Dude that's awesome!!!!  
 
Local band?
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#15  Edited By zkilla

SCREAM MY NAME check out they're myspace look it up as screammynamemex
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#16  Edited By heavymtlhead
@jonnyboy:
surprisingly enough, I've actually heard of this band. a friend of mine whose into death metal told me about them and i too laughed.
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#17  Edited By AgentJ

Probably Cauterize. 

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#18  Edited By Black_Raven

Lately I've been listen to a band called "Pavor" which is an unsigned technical death metal band from Germany, for the most part I'm not really into death metal but there's something different about this particular band.
 
A lot of you probably wont like the vocals but I recommend you listen to the whole song regardless.
 

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#19  Edited By buzz_clik
@Abyssfull said:

" Mr Bungle, and they had good reason for not being so well known since there constant switching of genres mid-song was far from mainstream. ''My ass is on fire'' so memorably insane xP "

Loved 'em, and My Ass is On Fire is probably my fave tune - the bit in the middle where the syncopated drums kick in and the siren sounds is skill. But if you want super obscure, you should check out the myriad side projects all the members of Mr B got into (some good, some terrible). I assume you've caught up with Secret Chiefs 3? It's one of the more commercial and palatable bands to come from that crew.
 
EDIT: Oh, and a couple of (sadly defunct) bands I loved were a couple of Aussie units, ScaryMother and Pulling Face. Both only released one album before vanishing, but what albums they were.
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#20  Edited By jonnyboy

Just thought of this one, DJ Format "3 Feet Deep" with MC Abdominal. This isn't his best song but I'll post this video cos I think Giant Bomb is gonna dig it. Spot the references. Enjoy......

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#21  Edited By JJOR64

Dethklok.
 
 

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#22  Edited By marc

Blue Rodeo is a great band I listen to a lot. They're a Canadian band, not sure if they are well knowsn at all in the ates or not, but they;ve been around for a long time. Love to see some of their songs show up on Rock Band, actually.
 
 

  
 
 
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#23  Edited By Toxin066

Not a lot of people seem to know about Alestorm. Been trying to bring it to light though. There's a serious lack of Speed Scottish Pirate themed metal.
 
 

 
  
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#24  Edited By Red

Rogue Wave is probably my favorite band, and no one knows who they are.

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@Toxin066 said:

" Not a lot of people seem to know about Alestorm. Been trying to bring it to light though. There's a serious lack of Speed Scottish Pirate themed metal.
 
 

 
  
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Fuck YES!
 
I love me some Alestorm.
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#26  Edited By Yummylee
@buzz_clik:
Eerr nope, I only came across Mr Bungle like 4 years back when I was just doing some casual research into the beast that is Mike Patton. So not really versed in the group itself all that much....besides having all the albums downloaded i mean xD
And cheerz for the recommendations i'll definatley give them a listen.
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#27  Edited By Akeldama

my band

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#28  Edited By WitchHunter_Z
@Toxin066: Alestorm are awesome! Everyone I know just thinks 'That's really cheesy' but thats the whole point of it.
 
Most obscure I know is probably Van Canto, a strange band that only uses vocals and drums to cover metal songs; it's odd and doesn't usually turn out very well but it's interesting to hear how they do it and often quite comical.
 
Embedding disabled but their cover of Metallica's Battery.
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#29  Edited By nicolenomicon
@heavymtlhead said:
"

What is the one band that you listen to that no one else seems to know about? Mine is a metal band called Cage which combines power and thrash metal and is pretty awesome. They just put out a new album which Im loving and I feel awesome for knowing about them when very few people do.

"

The Nightjars, Ok and Soul Coughing. And all the ones you've listed guys. Because I just learned them now! 
 
EDIT: Strangely no one I know seems to know who Gary Numan is, which is odd.
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#30  Edited By Black_Rose

Probably Tribal Chair , PureQ&A or Tokami.

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#31  Edited By buzz_clik
@SL33TBL1ND: I just assume that everybody knows who Gary Numan is. If not, I'm feeling a touch old.
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@Red said:
" Rogue Wave is probably my favorite band, and no one knows who they are. "
I totally know who Rogue Wave are and they are great, especially their work on the Stubbs the Zombie soundtrack. 
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#33  Edited By dethfish

That band I mentioned earlier actually said on Twitter to check out this lesser known band. They sound awesome too. Oh, and don't click that unless you like metal.

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#34  Edited By Druminator

I know they're not unknown but they are both obscure and amazing bands.

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#35  Edited By Red
@Milkman: Yeah, their cover of Everyday is pretty freaking awesome. 
  
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#36  Edited By W0lfbl1tzers
@r3b3lr0b0t said:
" @Mr_JPeps:   Dude that's awesome!!!!   Local band? "
Robert Ashley's Band. That whole album is epic. Especially the songs written and sung by Ashley himself.
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#37  Edited By momentarylogic

I always feel I am not being obscure enough with music, but here I go: 
 
The Red House Painters 
 
I pick them because, well... I figured that they didn't sell too many CDs when they were around, but enough to warrant reissues a few years back. 
 
When I purchased their self-titled cd, the one that has a rollercoaster (aka rollercoaster album), I had to order it from a specialty shop when it went discontinued. 
  
  

 
 
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#38  Edited By nicolenomicon
@buzz_clik:
My favourite song by him is probably Down in the Park live version. Gotta love that synth!
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#39  Edited By StaticFalconar

September Mourning, they don't even have an album out yet.

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#40  Edited By Disengage
@Dipstick said:
" Between the Buried and Me  Although I did see a guy at work today with a BTBAM shirt :D    Also,no one I know listens to Rush (their loss) "
 
...Apparently you've never been to Toronto.
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#41  Edited By MrKlorox
Gorod still seems to be fairly unknown. Much more so than the well-spread BTBAM.
 
They're a tech/prog (often baroque sounding) death metal band from France. Currently my favorite in the scene; albeit a little more variety per-song would have absolutely helped . Not saying that being slapped in the face for four minutes isn't nice; but being face-slapped, kicked in the nuts, having ones head slammed in a car door, and then curb-stomped within the same timeframe is a much better scenario. Guy on right is composer.
 
  Willowtip sells all their albums and shirts for cheap with free shipping. Process of a New Decline is the best $10 USD I've ever spent on a new cd.
 
And Blotted Science (an instrumental "extreme-tech" metal band) and its prodigy Ron Jarzombek still seem fairly unknown even in the metal scene. Better videos are available; lead guitarist is Ron.
  
Music composed by a single person tends to sound more cohesive than group projects.
 
As a Texan, I love Southern groove metal such as Pantera. If you have any similar suggestions, please don't hesitate to float a few my way. Please no Lamb of God, thanks.
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#42  Edited By Damian

I'm very much out of the loop on any underground stuff past and present. But I fell on a Zygote live show once, and liked these Toronto boys a lot. 
 
  

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@jonnyboy: I don't know MC Abdominal very well, but D-sisive is fucking awesome, his album, let the children die is one of my favorites this year. 
 
I'd say Orange orange 
http://www.myspace.com/orangeorangeduo
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#44  Edited By MrKlorox
@r3b3lr0b0t said:

Sulek has some great stuff

Did somebody say Sulik? Grampy-bone say no.
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#45  Edited By fenixrevolution

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones I suppose, out of everything I listen to, very few people ever recognize them.

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#46  Edited By gidoff

Midnight Brown!!!

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#47  Edited By AhmadMetallic
@Feanor said:
" Blink 182 "
hahahaha xD
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#48  Edited By Jothel

Sausage i guess

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#49  Edited By Ghostin

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool.
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#50  Edited By GreggD

Johnny Dangerous.