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03-01-2005, 05:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: San Francisco, CA (finally!) | | | what exactly is 'math metal'?
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I've heard the term before, but dont know what it's about. Can someone give me some examples? |
03-01-2005, 05:52 PM
| | | | I'm confused about it too... I've heard that Dillenger Escape Plan is math metal, as well as Everytime I Die.
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03-01-2005, 05:55 PM
| | | | Maybe it's metal for the purpose of education?
Sorry. Cheesy, but I couldn't resist.
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03-01-2005, 06:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago, Illinois | | | I've only heard Tool classified as "mathcore."
Dunno any others, though... |
03-01-2005, 06:31 PM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | | as far as i can tell, its when the guitar, bass and drum play in different time signatures, like the guitar is in 3/4 the bass is in 18/2 and the bass drum is 4/4, etc and it all somehow is supposed to fit...its too smart for me! |
03-01-2005, 06:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Indianapolis, IN | | | complicated time sigs and intense changes. More technically profecient metal. |
03-01-2005, 06:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Canada & USA | | My buddy's old band called themselves a "mathcore" band. They were a hardcore punk band named "Isolate the Radical".  |
03-01-2005, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by PunkerTrav My buddy's old band called themselves a "mathcore" band. They were a hardcore punk band named "Isolate the Radical". |  Holy crap. That is too funny.
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03-01-2005, 07:26 PM
| | | Aha.. I love hearing of fellow math geeks.  |
03-01-2005, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by hyperlitem complicated time sigs and intense changes. More technically profecient metal. | More or less. |
03-01-2005, 07:54 PM
| | | | My brother was in a math rock band and this is how he described it to me. "It's when you count how many times you do everything. Play one part 4 times, then the next 5 for example." So I don't think it's because of complicated time signatures. Especially because I've never heard a dilinger escape plan time sig. that wasn't 4/4. But I could be wrong. |
03-01-2005, 08:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Isle of Lucy | | | I'm not sure I've heard the term "math metal" before, but I have heard the term "mathletes."
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03-01-2005, 10:31 PM
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03-02-2005, 07:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: new jersey | | | math rock/math metal
is **** like cave in, dillenger is kind of mathy, but etid is defintely just tight girls pants wearing faggotry.
if you wanna hear some good ****.
cave in, beyond hypothermia. thats math metal.
or, anything that goes, chugga chugga wee wee, chuga wee wee, chugga chugga chugga wee, chugga, wee wee, chugga chugga, wee wee wee wee |
03-02-2005, 09:31 AM
|  | Working on his world citizenship... | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Colonies | | How can you have a math-metal thread without mentioning Meshuggah? They're the masters. Amazingly dextrous playing, intense polyrhythms, weird time signatures... bloody great. 
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03-02-2005, 09:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Austin, TX | | | It's when a band gets together, but are collectively too stupid to play the same riff at the same time.
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03-02-2005, 09:50 AM
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03-02-2005, 11:56 AM
|  | Now With More Metal! Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Harte fjord, CT | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Brendan It's when a band gets together, but are collectively too stupid to play the same riff at the same time. | I thought that was jazz?  |
03-03-2005, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by WillPlay4Food I thought that was jazz? | They're cousins.
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03-03-2005, 12:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | I think all genres need to be included. Iron Maiden is the best History Metal band of all time. And on the basis of songs like 46&2, Tool is Science metal. I consider some King Crimson stuff Arts & Crafts metal.
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