The Ocean

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So these guys call themselves a "collective" They hail from Germany and are a metal band that combine a few different genres. They go from ambient stuff to Tool type of stuff to more metal sounding material all within a song. Mix of clean vocals and metal style vocals. This article goes over the themes of the new album and has the new song called "The Grand Inquisitor II: Roots and Locusts." The guitar work is absolutely phenomenal on this song.

http://stereogum.com/541012/the-ocean-the-grand-inquisitor-ii-roots-locusts-stereogum-premiere/franchises/haunting-the-chapel/

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For those of you who liked the above song, the entire album is now streaming on MetalSucks here http://www.metalsucks.net/2010/11/01/exclusive-premiere-stream-the-oceans-anthropocentric-in-full/

I know prog metal isnt huge around here but each one of these songs is incredibly interesting. They take a lot of twists and turns but always manage to settle into a groove at the same time.