I’ll be honest, I’ve never heard of this band. I’d never heard of this song. It was recommended to me by youtube while I was putting together videos for Metal March. Man, I’m glad I clicked on this. I can’t say it exactly makes me to check out the rest of their catalogue, but holy…

This is a really fun djent tune, so I thought I’d share. This is not a band I’m intimately familiar with, but I stumbled upon this song a while back and really enjoyed the hell out of it. The playing is super clean all around, the melodies are fun, and it has just enough of…

Between the Buried and Me is a really difficult band to quantify. Is it metal? Is it prog rock? Is it just heavy rock? At various times, it can be all 3 at the same time. BTBAM, as they’re often abbreviated, are known for very long compositions. The one I’ve linked here is a 17…

Trivium has an old-school metal feel to me. The vocals are newer-style and more modern, and the drummer is definitely modern, but the sound of the tracks is overall more of a throwback. I think a lot of it has to do with the sound of the guitars. They have a very classic sounding fuzz…

It wouldn’t be Metal March without a Killswitch, now, would it? I was first turned onto this band in 2005 by my then roommate, who included this track on a mix CD he gave me to ease my drives to work. The most distinctive thing about this band has always been, to me, the soaring…

Guitarist Tosin Abasi is one of the top guitarists on the planet right now, and Animals as Leaders is his band. The compositions are tight and insane, with nutty syncopated rhythms, breakneck speed, complex chord progressions, and lighting picking speed. Abasi has a soaring guitar tone that’s a blast to listen to, reminiscent of something…

What is there to say about Meshuggah? They’re the fathers and innovators of what the kids today jokingly call the “non-exist” DJENT genre. They’re known for their insane polyrhythms, and for good reason. The level of rhythmic complexity in these songs is ridiculous. I’m a pretty damn good musician, and it can take me a…

Here we go. One more. Bulb is Misha Mansoor’s original solo project, with him playing the instruments and tracking the drums. It was him posting these compositions on online forums that first garnered him attention as a composer, technical musician, and producer. There isn’t much to say about this one, but it’s a beautiful song,…

We’re back with another Misha band today: Haunted Shores. The style of this band is a little more aggressive, and it’s awesome. We got absolutely rapid fire picking throughout the song, and the shredding is enjoyable the entire way. For a guy who never took any lessons and is completely self taught, Misha has sick…

Periphery is one of several bands created by Misha Mansoor, one of the greatest metal guitarists alive right now. We’ll definitely be hitting some of his other projects in this Metal March series. This was the first Periphery song I ever heard, and I was immediately hooked. Screaming guitars, beautiful riffs, top notch musicianship, and…