Artur Nowak wrote:
I was driving Ken Vandermak when he was in my hometown, to play with DKV. We were waiting for Hamid Drake to go out from the hotel, I was playing System of a Down in the car. It's good music when you like speeding. Ken told me "if you like this, you have to try Meshuggah, you will love it". I did. I don't "love" it, but I must admit, it's advanced and complex. The only "boring" thing is pretty flat level of "emotion", it's like most metal groups - headbanging all the time. In this particular aspect, it's opposite to jazz.
The 'flat level of emotion' is why I don't like a most complex metal. Back when I was a metal musician I considered Atheist, Cynic, and to a lesser extent, Death, the pinnacles of that particular genre. Nothing I've heard so far comes close, as far as being _both_ advanced and emotionally involving. I'm open to suggestions, however. Anyone? TIA, mikah