Have your face melted recently like I have? Who was it?

I saw these guys last night:

Motherboar- Croctosquatch - YouTube


I'm a total pop wuss, but this was pretty great. The bassist and drummer are brothers, tight as hell. Both guitarists playing explorers, very heavy. Woke up with a rock and roll headache.

 

Dude...Best. Video. Ever.

 

Animals as leaders..are melting my face as i type this.

 

It's been a long time. She was a blonde I met in Wisconsin. She was not a musician, but she really knew how to play a tune.

 

Face melted and bashed in
Meshuggah - Rational Gaze (remastered) - YouTube

Face transcended

 

Face melting? Iny going with Mike Flores from origin. Lately I've been digging on that stuff. The tune "the appalling"... Oh my, the craziest arpeggios

 

Melted my face, my brain, my heart, and my soul. In that order.

 

Lotus grayrigg @ ramshead 2011 - YouTubeI could (and have) listened to Lotus all day

 

Amazing Album, especially "The Temple of Syrinx" The entire album is such an experience also.

 

I usually think of "face melting" only happening at live shows. In that respect, I'd say Mogwai does a good job of that at their concerts. I'll be seeing them in NYC in June, for my third face-melt at the hands of those Scottish gents!

*Note: The closest they get to approximating a face-melt in a recording is the song "Like Herod". You gotta wait for it, though, as it's a couple minutes in.

 

I saw Consider the Source on Saturday night. It melted my face, which really made things ugly since my mind had already been blown. My face hardened back up yesterday but then I started thinking about the show and it melted again.
Seriously, those guys are insane. John Ferrara on bass. Look 'em up on Youtube if you've never heard of them, and if they play in your town, go see it.

 

I have my face melted by a good classical performance, or by a jazz legend ( I saw Chick Corea recently, he is another league ), or by the band Carbonized, otherwise I'm just really impress by what a band or solo artist can come up with.

Carbonized - The Voice of the Slained Pig - YouTube
Carbonized - Spacecraft - YouTube
Carbonized - Whip Me Darling - YouTube

 

My favorite face melting bassline is from a relatively unknown band, and to further the face melting, he had to post him playing it on youtube and make me feel even about my playing.

Beyond Creation - Bass Video - Omnipresent Perception - YouTube

More face melting from Erlend Caspersen this time, and again, he posted it on youtube to make me feel bad:
Spawn of Possession - Where angels go demons follow - YouTube

And to make things worse, Erlend hasn't actually practiced outside of tours/recording for the past 5 years, and the whole of the album was recorded almost entirely while sight reading.

 

I saw Meshuggah at House of Blues Downtown Disney (it's really HOB Anaheim, but let's be honest...it's in the middle of Downtown Disney) this past Friday night and I have come to the conclusion that Meshuggah is one the great bands ever. Experiencing them live feels like traveling to a different world. Their music is so inHuman, it's surreal. If you ever see them live and allow them to take you on their journey, you will find that your brain will melt and you will understand Meshuggah's music like you never did before. No other band has this same effect on me when I see them live. Meshuggah possesses the strength and drive of a bulldozer and if you're not paying attention, you'll be flattened and left behind.

 

Live it's as good or better, two drummers.