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| Nerd Music Recs for Nerds
The more time I spend on Sput the more I come to own the fact that my primary music tastes are mostly characteristic of nerds across the spectrum. If you too embrace your musical dweebness, give some of these a listen. I tried to shout out albums that are generally underappreciated on this site, sorting is chronological by year. | 1 | | Kolya Kolya
2001 | emocore
Recommended tracks: Escape Artist, Astronaut, Idaho
FFO: At the Drive-In | 2 | | The Letters Organize Dead Rhythm Machine
2005 | somewhere between hxcore and post-hxcore
Recommended tracks: Dressed Up in Gatwick, They Call It Rock N Roll (And Other Lies)
FFO: Refused | 3 | | Arktida Сквозь Столетия
2011 | power/symphonic metal
Recommended tracks: Pechal', Pozovi menya
FFO: Nightwish | 4 | | Johnny Booth Connections
2012 | hx/metalcore
Recommended tracks: Mr. Grey, Ink and Sky, To Samo, From Samo
FFO: People who listened to Firsthand Accounts but haven't checked the whole discog | 5 | | Arise In Stability The Future That Amnesiac Draws
2012 | Melodeath/BTBAM-core
Recommended tracks: Maverick's Wind, The Future that Amnesiac Draws, Reflection, Study, and Result of Perversion
FFO: The Black Dahlia Murder/Heavier BTBAM | 6 | | GoGo Penguin v2.0
2014 | contemporary jazz-electronica
Recommend tracks: To Drown in You, Hopopono
FFO: jazz and IDM | 7 | | Hungry Lights The Awry Ascent
2015 | experimental one-man progcore
Recommended tracks: An Outset in the Sea, The Fence, Umber Tower
FFO: Mr. Bungle maybe? Tired comparison tbh if you like prog metal you might like this | 8 | | Mammal Hands Floa
2016 | contemporary jazz
Recommended tracks: Quiet Fire, Hourglass, Kudu
FFO: Portico Quartet, if that's helpful | 9 | | Jack The Joker Mors Volta
2016 | djent prog
Recommended tracks: V, Brutal Behavior
FFO: SiKth, also for Lusophiles looking for Brazilian metal | 10 | | Fluous Thing for Think
2016 | instrumental prog rock
Recommended tracks: King Wasabi, Toada
FFO: Chon | 11 | | Organ Freeman Respect My Art
2017 | funky jazz
Recommended tracks: The Green Green Grapes, Putin and I Get Along Fantastic, Fly You Fools!
FFO: Kyoto Jazz Massive, Snarky Puppy if you need a more household name | 12 | | Ingurgitating Oblivion Vision Wallows In Symphonies Of Light
2017 | tech death
Recommended tracks: Amid the Offal, Abide with Me
FFO: Death | 13 | | Nyu. Flux
2018 | instrumental prog rock
Recommended tracks: Rude, Stormy, Sapphire
FFO: Chon | 14 | | Stellar Circuits Ways We Haunt
2018 | prog metal
Recommended tracks: The Polar Dream, Fell Under a Spell, Ways We Haunt
FFO: A Perfect Circle, Deftones | 15 | | Black Matter Device Modern Frenetics
2018 | TDEP/Car Bomb/Number 12-core
Recommended tracks: Presto Manifesto, Jenga Fever, Ricky Simmons
FFO: TDEP, Car Bomb, lol | 16 | | Adrift Pure
2019 | blackened post-metal
Recommended tracks: Pure, The Call
FFO: Mastodon? Idk, if you like sick music you'll dig this | 17 | | Ibrahim Maalouf S3NS
2019 | commercial jazz
Recommended tracks: any except T2 which has an unintentionally disturbing audio recording of a baby's laughter for way too long
FFO: Dizzy Gillespie | 18 | | Sunstrife SOL
2019 | instrumental mathy prog rock
Recommended tracks: Tallgeese, 198x
FFO: Chon, Covet | 19 | | Tacet Flourish
2019 | instrumental prog rock/metal
Recommended tracks: Beta Male, Eschaton
FFO: Chon, early Polyphia, Paysage d'Hiver (jk) | 20 | | The Bad Plus Activate Infinity
2019 | jazz
Recommended tracks: Avail, The Red Door, Undersea Reflection
FFO: Really any jazz trio | 21 | | Kenta Shimakawa Glimpse
2019 | jazzy prog metal
Recommended tracks: Oiseau, Ambivalence (either version)
FFO: Angel Vivaldi? Your local jazz street busker?? | 22 | | ichika I
2019 | pop/math rock
Recommended tracks: the whole shebang
FFO: jpop | 23 | | Omega District The Machine Destiny
2019 | prog death
Recommended tracks: The Garden of Light, The Cerebral Link, Atmospheric Blight
FFO: Fallujah | 24 | | Pilori (FRA) À Nos Morts
2020 | blackened crust death sludge-core
Recommended tracks: Roi des Rats, Lorsque Viendra la Nuit, Divine Comedie
FFO: folks who plug albums they've reviewed within the past week | 25 | | Justice For The Damned Pain Is Power
2020 | hxcore/deathcore but good
Recommended tracks: Pain is Power, Machine of War, No Peace at the Feet of Your Master (if you like breakdowns)
FFO: Whitechapel, anyone who can tolerate a little actually decent deathcore | 26 | | Niklas Paschburg Svalbard
2020 | jazzy ambient
Recommended tracks: it's ambient music just put it on
FFO: ambient study/work music | 27 | | Nord (FRA) The Only Way To Reach The Surface
2020 | mathy post-metal
Recommended tracks: listen to the whole album. My sleeper hit of 2020
FFO: Fall of Troy's there, maaaaybe Cult of Luna | 28 | | Dyssidia Costly Signals
2020 | Opeth/DT prog metal
Recommended tracks: The Gutted Stag, Infinitesimal, Hope's Remorseful Retreat
FFO: Opeth or Dream Theater. Shocker, huh? | 29 | | Here's to Now Mindfulness
2020 | post-hardcore
Recommended tracks: Rose Gold, Retrograde
FFO: DGD, kinda | 30 | | Alarum Circle's End
2020 | prog-death jazz fusion (yup)
Recommended tracks: Delta, Syzygy, Sand
FFO: Atheist | 31 | | Devil's Den Barbed New Religion
2020 | trad hxcore
Recommended tracks: It's a 16 minute album.
FFO: you probably know if you like hardcore or not by now | |
Joeman82
07.29.20 | 1 is baller so I’ll defo check out a few of these that peak my interest, thanks! | ChoccyPhilly
07.29.20 | Huh, really nice list man | CygnusX1
07.29.20 | Dope, def going to check out a few on here | Dewinged
07.29.20 | Hell yes for Adrift, they are homies. Incredible band live too. | Ziggity
07.30.20 | 30 was pretty solid from what I remember, need to rejam soon. | FR33L0RD
07.30.20 | That is a strange list name & awesome list content. Bookmarked.
Any music not mainstream in their genre will qualify, imo.
Thats make me a nerds. back in highschool, a part of my personality was nerd, other parts not at all. Years later, its still the case.
So, indeed, embrace your nerdiness part of your persona.
Have a great day & stay safe guys | Jots
07.30.20 | I got u
https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=192764&memberid=1052549 | bludngorevidal
07.30.20 | @Joe: shout me if you find anything you like!
@Choccy: huh, thanks
@Cyg: gracias, same comment as Joe
@Dewi: would love to catch them live some day in the distant future. Adrift are unbelievably slept on around these parts
@Zig: ikr, totally expected the record to suck based on the cover but Alarum were a pleasant surprise
@Free: it's the preponderance of progressive music on this list/in my listening library that defines my personal nerddom. definitely not an aspect i'm trying to fight or work against in anyway
@Jots: seems like a proper nerd | SteakByrnes
07.30.20 | "FFO: People who listened to Firsthand Accounts but haven't checked the whole discog"
I'm being attacked | Titan
07.30.20 | list needs some pre 1985 Rush | bludngorevidal
07.30.20 | @Steak: peeped your ratings and it appears you enjoyed Firsthand Accounts. Connections should be right up your alley!
@Titan: this is a list for nerds, not geeks | Titan
07.30.20 | nerds end up getting the pussy and the geeks don't
yes? | bludngorevidal
07.30.20 | there's a lid for every pot, T | Titan
07.31.20 | Indeed there is! | LettuceInAmbers
08.20.20 | after picking six of them that sound very interesting I stopped, because it will take me weeks to get through these alone. Thanks for the, in my opinion, rather unconventional composition. | MillionDead
08.20.20 | Definitely an interesting list. Gonna skim it at some point. | bloodshy
08.20.20 | Fresh list is fresh. | bludngorevidal
08.22.20 | thanx folx | ArsMoriendi
08.22.20 | Ooooooooooooooooooooo | parksungjoon
04.20.23 | https://rateyourmusic.com/list/Amzer/%E2%98%85-%E2%98%85-%E2%98%85-rym-cred-%E2%98%85-%E2%98%85-%E2%98%85/
here you go buddy |
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