Top Instrumental and Post-Rock Bands

[Bleekill]

I would say my top bands would be Grails, Mono and Pelican.

Grails really caught my attention this past year. Everything they have done is great, I love how they use so many different instruments. They change up middle eastern influences to blues to Latin, it's all over the place. For the softer side I would say Mono is the best there is. The orchestra on the new album is beautiful. Pelican doesn't really fit the post rock label they tend to get. They kind of have their own blend of riffs and atmosphere, I guess they will just get the Post-Metal label. They ruled live with Isis, just caught them last week. I'm loving the Geometry of Murder cover from Earth. Speaking of Earth I guess we can list Drone bands, it's closely related in some cases.

[Ventriloquist]

There's already a Post Rock thread.

[Meatplow]

does Electronic Music count because arguably the computer is an instrument

[bringonthebreakdown]

Russian Circles owns all three of the mentioned OP bands.`other than maybe pelican

[Bleekill]

I disagree, Grails is much more interesting to me and Russian Circles. I'm talking about instrumental rock meatplow.

Which brings me to mention the Bakerton Group. El Rojo is a great album for the summer.

[horseypie]

sigur ros
sigur ros
sigur ros

[Moon Flavor]

3nd is the best instrumental (not quite) post rock band out there. I recommend you all check out their mini-album View From Here as it's superb.

As far as actual post-rock goes, my favorites are Yndi Halda, 65daysofstatic and Caspian. It's a very subjective genre though and everybody seems to have their own favorites.

And in terms of instrumental rock that's not post-rock at all, Natsumen>every band out there

[SlightlyEpic]

Adebisi Shank!

[Moon Flavor]

hate that band

[SlightlyEpic]

Seriously? Why? It's so fun.

[Txus]

My favorite would be Godspeed You! Black Emperor but I don't see them as post rock that much tbh

so then I have to agree with Grails, the band is outsantding.

Thank god no one has said EITS yet.

[SKUDstorm]

best band is definitely EITS

[Ventriloquist]

Crippled Black Phoenix, Red Sparowes, GY!BE/A Silver mt. Zion, 65daysofstatic, God is an Astronaut, Mono, Mogwai, This Will Destroy You, The Non

These are the best post-rock bands I can think of. My favorite is Crippled Black Phoenix.

[SKUDstorm]

sweek is a really great post-rock band

[horseypie]

i could never get into EITS or G!YBE at all. probably the only other post rock band ive listened to and enjoyed would be mono.
but for me sigur ros is the best bar none

[Jaundice]

gtfo with all this post rock and focus on top instrumentals.

cluster is one of the greatest bands of all time amirite?

[Ventriloquist]

Way too many good instrumental bands. Needs a separate thread. I think it already exists.

[static]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Mono
Ef
Sigur Ros

[jrowa001]

Scale the Summit are a pretty good up and coming instrumental band

[imperialblackness]

Scale the Summit is not post rock in the slightest though.

I really like Grails and Pelican

[hismajestythepope]

all about red sparowes, yndi halda, giants, and sigur ros

[imperialblackness]

Red Sparowes is good

[Txus]

they are ****ing excellent live

[RetiredAt21]

www.myspace.com/shemovedthroughthefair

[Bleekill]

Behold the Arctopus is pretty cool. Instrumental Metal, really technical.

[jrowa001]

Scale the Summit is not post rock in the slightest though.



didnt say they were, and i just went by the thread name since its top instrumental and post-rock. not just post-rock

[Shattered_Future]

I saw Mono when they played one of 2 dates in the US with an orchestra. Maybe it was an off night, or maybe it was because I was worried about my girlfriend who wasn't feeling well, but for whatever reason they were really bad. It also could have been they were turned up to the point that you couldn't distinguish anything, and that it was entirely static.

[MBS]

mono is pretty good, i like aphasia and explosions in the sky

forgot to mention mogwai and god is an astronaut

[McP3000]

i think mogwai and GIAA are both pretty meh

[Bleekill]

I would love to see Mono live. Mogwai is pretty good. I still need to get that newest album.

[McP3000]

its very boring

[Waverider]

First post here, so I'll state my bias that I lean towards postrock with a stoner/psych edge to it. I can't say that the bigger names of isis, Pelican Grails or others top the list for me lately. Top 5 post albums for me in the last year+ are:

Black Math Horseman - Wyllt (CA - produced by Kyuss' Scott Reeder)

Ahkmed - Distance (from Australia, on Elektrohasch)

Creature With The Atom Brain - I Am The Golden Gate Bridge (Belgium - I haven't heard their new one, Transylvannia)

Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound - When Sweet Sleep Returned (CA - I actually like their earlier 2 albums, the s/t and Erkanoplan, better)

My Sleeping Karma - Satya (Germany - maybe more psych/prog than post, but such a beautiful album. Anotrher Elektrohasch release, the label run by Stefan of Colour Haze).

[G_Mac07]

sleepmakeswaves.

Great instrumental Post Rock. They have their EP and demo available for free on their website. Worth checking out.

http://www.sleepmakeswaves.com/

[jrowa001]

yeah sleepmakeswaves are amazing

[FattyKnee]

sigur ros

[Moon Flavor]

3nd

Oh yeah that band is really good I agree everyone here should download their **** and see for themselves

[feav233]

i love the genre

[imperialblackness]

anybody know where I can find some 3nd? I cant find any links

[burtonbassist_101]

instrumental - liquid tension experiment. fo sho.

[blahsunghoon]

These bands are pretty good too: pg.lost, Moonlit Sailor, toe, 65daysofstatic, and This Will Destroy You

[MBS]

seconding this will destroy you

[feav233]

seconding this will destroy you

this will destroy you is awesome

[feav233]

instrumental - liquid tension experiment. fo sho.

acid rain is the ****

[Meatplow]

moved the last page or so of posts here to the original Post Rock thread, please post there

http://sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=472132&page=159