Instrumental

Whirl

Been listening to alot of instrumental songs lately
which mainly include

In Flames - acoustic medley
In Flames - Man made god
Dream Theater - Stream of conciousness
etc

just wondering if anyone could give any other recommendations.
i listen to wide vareity of music so fire away with any type of instrumental song

Jim

The Clash - The Cool Out

Doctor J

Metallica - Orion
Cliff's bit in the middle always sends a shiver down my spine

Cynic - Textures
Death - Cosmic Sea
Judas Priest - The Hellion
Black Sabbath - Fluff
Rush - YYZ


anything by Ohm and Mahavishnu Orchestra too

Pugsley

In Flames certainly do have some amasing instrumentals, Man Made God being a favourite of mine, others worth checking out:

In Flames - Wayfarer
In Flames - Timeless
In Flames - Dreamspace
Morbid Angel - Desolate Ways
Dimmu Borgir - Glittertind (odd worrying scream from Chigarth[sp?] now and then, but more or less an instrumental, a class one too)
Dimmu Borgir - Det Nye Ricket (bit of talking in norwiegan[sp?], but yet again, more or less, and also class)
Gran Tourismo 2 soundrack - Blueline Instrumental
Gran Tourismo 2 soundtrack - Moon over the Castle
Nightwish - Crimson Tide and the Deep Blue Sea
Shadows Fall - Lead me Home (possably the best instrumental ever)
Shadows Fall - Prelude to Disaster
Sinergy - Pulsations
Arcturus - Ad Astra

Well I think thats most of them that havent been mentioned

A great instrumentral band band worth checking out are Apocalyptica, just 4 Chelloists doing some great metal covers, their own stuff is superb too, check out 'hope' which was done by them, great stuff, as is 'Until it Sleeps', 2 instrumental songs no music collection should be without.

edit: almost forgot these:
Blind Guardian - Gandalfs Rebirth
Blind Guardian - Lucifers Heritage

John

Pugsley wrote:

A great instrumentral band band worth checking out are Apocalyptica, just 4 Chelloists doing some great metal covers, their own stuff is superb too, check out 'hope' which was done by them, great stuff, as is 'Until it Sleeps', 2 instrumental songs no music collection should be without.

I was in Poland last year and I flicked on MTV to see Britney Spears, I left it on as background noise and the next video that came on was Apocalyptica. Can't remember what song it was, it was an old school Metallica one anyway (I think maybe Master...).

There's a good Irish instrumental band called the Jimmy Cake, try their Dublin Gone, Everybody Dead album. Also, in a similar vein, Godspeed You! Black Emperor are damn fine epic instrumentalists. Mogwai have their moments. Autechre are really good (not rock music, weird electronica, similar but different to Aphex Twin). For something nice and relaxing try any collaboration between Stehpane Grappelli and Oscar Peterson, makes you think you're sitting in a café in Paris and life couldn't be better.

feylya

Don't forget most Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen songs. Especially Blackstar by Malmsteen!

Karl Hungus

Some great ones been mentioned so far, but I think I have to add Sonata Arctica - Revontulet.
Great song that.

Crucifix

For more from Dream Theater check out: Overture 1928, Ytse Jam, Hell's Kitchen, Erotomania.
Someone mention Metallica's Orion, but Call of the Ktulu is also a nice one.

It wasn't me!

Satriani or Vai-Anything of theirs really.

cournioni

Opeth - Ending Credits
Opeth - Patterns in the Ivy
At The Gates - The Flames of the End
Morbid Angel - Desolate Ways (Pure class!)
Any of the In Flames instrumentals
Iced Earth - Transylvania

Baggio

How goes it,
,the lads here.. willl all start whinging at me.. ( sorry lads!),,but anyway I have to list some special instrumentals here...and by the way only *in my humble opinion* great bands do instrumentals,,their musicianship has to carry it live aswell as in the studio,,,but anyway here's a few:

Rush :
La Villa Strangiato
YYZ
Leave That Thing Alone
Wheres My Thing
Limbo
Overture 2112
Xanadu..*most of that track is instrumental !*
Hemisphere's - Prelude


Jethro Tull:
The Whistler *special edition 25 years etc*
Elegy
Thick As A Brick.*many instrumental passages*
Bouree live * A Little Light Music*
Cheerio *special edition 25 years etc *

Horslips:
Fantasia (My Lagan Love)
Exiles
King Of The Fairies *live*
Furniture *live alomost an instrumental!*

well there ya go..some crackers I think,,maybe others won't like em but their all great musical pieces,,the louder the better!,,,

ciao' amigo'........Baggio................

Lemming

Doctor J wrote:

Metallica - Orion
Cliff's bit in the middle always sends a shiver down my spine

Amen!!

Everytime I hear cliff's bass interlude at the tempo change in Orion, I am able to remove myself from time and return to a memory I have from when I was 16, and on tour with my orchestra around Germany & Italy.

We were on a double-decker tour bus, I was sitting upstairs on the left by a window, and woke up at about 5.30am (circa sunrise), pulled back the curtain and was met with my first view of the black forest in Germany, shrouded in mis in the morning sun-rise with the tree-tops sticking above the mist.....

all to the sound of Cliff's interlude.


You're all overlooking Hendrix' "Star Spangled Banner", possibly THE defining anthem of the 60's

Scratch Acid

Mr. Bungle - Chemical Marriage

Unless these count as lyrics:

"To chi chi koa kohg
To chi chi koa kohg

Mehnimm mehnimm
Manna mayou
Mehnimm Mehnimm
Manau
Manna mayou
Manaaauugh...

OoooooOOOooooOOOoooooo...

Wayaye a aye aye AY aye Ay aye aye a a
Wayaye a aye aye AY aye Eh ay a aye

Mehnimm mehnimm
Manna mayou
Mehnimm Mehnimm
Manau
Manna mayou
Manaaauugh...

OoooooOOOooooOOOoooooo...

Wh wht wh wh wh
Whi wh wht wh h
Hh ho ha ha hooh

Tpatda toomph

mm.h.m.mao.h.u.m

To chi chi koa kohg
To chi chi koa kohg"


That's all.

Waltons

I was shown in the direction of Godspeed You Black Emperor! through the wonders of the song 'Moya' by a friend on IRC one night and have been thankful since. To this day, it remains one of my GYBE tracks.
Also I'd recommend the Jimi Hendrix version of House of the Rising Sun, Eleven Blue Egyptians by Jason Becker for that krezy shredding, Bron Y Aur by Zeppelin, and to finish off:

Wipeout - Surfaris
Surf Rider - The Lively Ones
Miserlou - Dick Dale

You might hate some, but give em a try anyway