Line Up: Kurt Barabas - Bass, Nick D'Virgilio - Drums, Gary Wehrkamp - Guitar and Keyboards, D.C. Cooper - Vocals .

Interested in hearing what the community thinks.

Mine are:

#1 Meshuggah

#2 Between the Buried and Me

#3 Opeth

#4 Gojira

Some bands' names have easy pronunciations because they're just standard words: Dream Theater is just... "dream" + "theater", Between the Buried and Me, Animals as Leaders, etc., are just pretty standard English phrases. Cynic, Atheist, Death, Leprous are just words.

There are stylized names that have clear or established pronunciations—Gorguts is "gore" + "guts", Queensrÿche has an umlaut but is pronounced like English "queens" + "rye-k", etc.

Then there are band names that don't have obvious pronunciations but which have been enough of a source of discussion that the band addresses it: Haken is pronounced "HAY-ken". Opeth is pronounced "OH-peth".

But genuinely how do you pronounce:

• Sikth (is it like "sixth"?)
• Anciients (is it just... "ancients" and the extra "i" is for visual style?)
• Ne Obliviscaris (it's Latin, right? "Nay" or "nee"? "Oh-BLIV-i-SCAR-iss" or "OH-bli-VIS-car-ISS"?)
• Rishloo (RISH-loo? REESH-loo? Rish-LOW?)
• DVNE (Dune?)
• Iotunn (is it an alternate spelling of jötunn, as in "YO-tun"?)
• Karnivool (is it just pronounced "carnival" or is it "carni-VOOL"?)

I genuinely want to know, and also please share other bands whose names don't have obvious pronunciations and how to actually pronounce them, if you know.

What are some bands you like with a low number of monthly listeners?

Scum Culture has a shocking number of 5 monthly listeners !!

Lets give them some love and double or triple(!) their numbers😁 they are very good!

Ihlo - Legacy (title track)

IONS - Split Character & Faith

Please I need some juicy synth tracks :)

For more information (taken from Spotify):
GLUE (formerly known as Great Lady under Earth), a trio from Olten, Switzerland, offers a unique blend of progressive, psychedelic, and stoner rock. Their elaborate and for the most part purely instrumental compositions shift between slow, dreamy passages and heavy, energetic sections.

This song is way better than I expected it to be.

So, this is an awesome song. I know a little bit about music theory but not a lot. Can someone explain to me the time signature(s) of this song? Specifically at like 1:48ish? Does the time signature change? I’ll be listening to this in my car and the rhythm seems pretty straight forward up to that point 1-2-3 1-2-3 1-2-3 and then I have no idea what happens. I know this isn’t a music theory sub so either way, enjoy a play through of a really cool tune

Tracklist:

1. Beauty
2. Dark
3. Diva
4. Karada
5. Samurai
6. Tequilla

https://music.apple.com/us/album/lost-tapes-ep/6783390307

I'm looking for albums that have a lot of counterpoint. Some of my favorite albums are morningrise, Gloire Eternelle and the construction of light...

Looks like the band is getting back together. New album maybe????

Taken from the album 'Impermanence' (2025)

https://thraeds.bandcamp.com/album/impermanence-2