I need more tunes like this

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My favorite band is Tool obviously, but man Karnivool is a close second. I love killer prog rock grooves like this. What other bands should I look into?

 
Well thank you for turning me on to those guys! love it. . I just went on a youtube rampage after reading your post and came across Rishloo and Soen which I loved both of them and they have a huge variety of music. . Of course there's Perfect Circle, and Opeth too for Tool-influences. You probably want more Tool-Sounding stuff, but I LOVE Danny Carey's fusion band VOLTO!

Eric
 
Ive liked these guys for a long time!
 
Not bad at all.... Been a long time since I clicked anything "Karnivool" so this was a nice reminder... Ya, it's got some goodness to it for sure - it's different - different is good.

It's way better than "typical".
 
Huge Tool fan here. Can’t wait for there new album. Well...yeah I guess I can since we don’t have a choice lol. I’ll have to check these guys out.
 
I found these guys the other day on Spotify. They're pretty good.

Traverser

 
If you like bands like TOOL you might also like to check out Ashes Divide, Leprous, Cog, The Butterfly Effect, 10 Years, Mastodon and Porcupine Tree.
 
I’ve always like Pagans Mind for progressive stuff. The guitar and bass player are insane. Guitar player uses 5150II amps and his tone is awesome.

I chose a live clip to show that they don’t only sound good on the albums. First solo starts at 6:25 I really like the lead tone.

 
^^^^ That's a bit too Dream Theater for me. Talented for sure, but compared to Karnivool, not really in the same bucket. I guess I gravitate to stuff that's more modern and dark and has more of a groove.

 
Sound Awake is my favorite album to come out in the last decade. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) there aren't many other bands that do it like them. There are a pile of bands from the last ambient/djent type genre but most of them are pretty stale to me and don't have the depth, intrigue or songwriting abilities of Karnivool. No fancy gear-they used Peaveys, Marshall JCM800s/900s and Boss GT3 floorboards and the tones are perfect for what they do.

Tesseract is probably the only other band that does the Tool/Karnivool thing for me but they're a distant third place and maybe a bit more similar to Periphery. They definitely have the Karnivool vibe going on at times though. Check out the album Polaris and the most recent, Sonder.






BTW, the latest A Perfect Circle album is solid and I've heard that Rishloo have a good Tool vibe going but I haven't really given them a chance yet.
 
glassjaw7":161z6n3y said:
Sound Awake is my favorite album to come out in the last decade. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) there aren't many other bands that do it like them. There are a pile of bands from the last ambient/djent type genre but most of them are pretty stale to me and don't have the depth, intrigue or songwriting abilities of Karnivool. No fancy gear-they used Peaveys, Marshall JCM800s/900s and Boss GT3 floorboards and the tones are perfect for what they do.

Tesseract is probably the only other band that does the Tool/Karnivool thing for me but they're a distant third place and maybe a bit more similar to Periphery. They definitely have the Karnivool vibe going on at times though. Check out the album Polaris and the most recent, Sonder.






BTW, the latest A Perfect Circle album is solid and I've heard that Rishloo have a good Tool vibe going but I haven't really given them a chance yet.
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Listening now. First song (King): Good groove. Definitely reminds me of Karnivool. Vocals are interesting. Not liking the screaming at first, but it's not as bad as some other bands and at least it's got some melody. The quieter parts kind of remind of Puscifer in a way. Overall, I will give this band a chance. Thanks for the recommendation!

Second song (Tourniquet): Another Puscifer kind of vibe at first. I like it. More singing/melody than King. The end reminds me of All I Know, by Karnivool. I dig the groove.

Looked into Rishloo. Listening to the song, "Feathergun in the Garden of the Sun." Melody reminds me of Guster. Guitar work sounds like Tool. Composition is like a heavy Queen or maybe some Muse. This is cool. Looked into their album Living as Ghosts with Buildings as Teeth and it sounds like Mars Volta and Queen and Bowie and a bit of Tool had a mutant love child.

Glassjaw7 is my hero lol
 
FourT6and2":2341m40d said:
glassjaw7":2341m40d said:
Sound Awake is my favorite album to come out in the last decade. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) there aren't many other bands that do it like them. There are a pile of bands from the last ambient/djent type genre but most of them are pretty stale to me and don't have the depth, intrigue or songwriting abilities of Karnivool. No fancy gear-they used Peaveys, Marshall JCM800s/900s and Boss GT3 floorboards and the tones are perfect for what they do.

Tesseract is probably the only other band that does the Tool/Karnivool thing for me but they're a distant third place and maybe a bit more similar to Periphery. They definitely have the Karnivool vibe going on at times though. Check out the album Polaris and the most recent, Sonder.






BTW, the latest A Perfect Circle album is solid and I've heard that Rishloo have a good Tool vibe going but I haven't really given them a chance yet.
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Listening now. First song (King): Good groove. Definitely reminds me of Karnivool. Vocals are interesting. Not liking the screaming at first, but it's not as bad as some other bands and at least it's got some melody. The quieter parts kind of remind of Puscifer in a way. Overall, I will give this band a chance. Thanks for the recommendation!

Second song (Tourniquet): Another Puscifer kind of vibe at first. I like it. More singing/melody than King. The end reminds me of All I Know, by Karnivool. I dig the groove.

Looked into Rishloo. Listening to the song, "Feathergun in the Garden of the Sun." Melody reminds me of Guster. Guitar work sounds like Tool. Composition is like a heavy Queen or maybe some Muse. This is cool. Looked into their album Living as Ghosts with Buildings as Teeth and it sounds like Mars Volta and Queen and Bowie and a bit of Tool had a mutant love child.

Glassjaw7 is my hero lol
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You might dig this:



It's got some similarities to Karnivool, but maybe with a little less of the Tool vibe. They are a little more on the rock than metal side, IMO. I prefer Karnivool, but I saw these guys in Minneapolis recently and it was a pretty good show.

Hopefully we see the new Karnivool album SOON.

[50 edits later... Some of Leprous older stuff might be a bit heavier. I'm only familiar with their newer stuff. Skipping through some stuff on YouTube though it sounds heavier, while still sounding like what they do now. Comments seem to suggest Tall Poppy Syndrome and Bilateral as their best albums.]
 
feintguitarist":2p3ye8ed said:
You might dig this:



It's got some similarities to Karnivool, but maybe with a little less of the Tool vibe. They are a little more on the rock than metal side, IMO. I prefer Karnivool, but I saw these guys in Minneapolis recently and it was a pretty good show.

Hopefully we see the new Karnivool album SOON.

[50 edits later... Some of Leprous older stuff might be a bit heavier. I'm only familiar with their newer stuff. Skipping through some stuff on YouTube though it sounds heavier, while still sounding like what they do now. Comments seem to suggest Tall Poppy Syndrome and Bilateral as their best albums.]
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Yeah, this good too. Three new bands thanks to this thread, thanks!
 
There are two more bands of similar style that come to mind when I think about Karnivool:

GOJIRA (France)

and

DEAD LETTER CIRCUS (Australia)
 
I absolutely love the first two Karnivool discs and absolutely hate the 3rd. Saw them live on the Sound Awake tour and they sounded as good as the discs.
 
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