bands i listen to a lot lately
- Tesseract (Polaris is my fave)
- Polyphia (Remember That You Will Die is my fave)
- Between the Buried and Me ("The Parallax II" and "Coma Ecliptic" especially)
- The Contortionist ("Language" [2015] i am completely obsessed with this album rn)
- Animals as Leaders (hard to pick a favorite here. i'm shocked that i love this band considering bass guitar is my favorite instrument and they don't have one, but whatever lol)
bands i've liked but don't listen to as much lately
- Dream Theater (i was obsessed with them for a long time. Metropolis pt.2 is their high point imo)
- Symphony X (mostly Paradise Lost)
- Opeth (mostly Watershed)
- Meshuggah (mostly just Bleed lol)
- Leprous (mostly Bilateral)
- Devin Townsend (especially Epicloud & Transcendence)
- David Maxim Micic (Bilo 3.0 is an incredible album... look up the song "Smile" if you've never heard it. the vocalist is great)
- Nevermore (god i absolutely adored this band. im still fucked up that Warrel Dane died. Jeff Loomis is a god tier guitarist and songwriter)
- Coheed and Cambria (ok more like prog rock than prog metal probably, but The Afterman albums are really good imo. i like some of the older stuff too.)
- Architects ("For Those That Wish To Exist")
- Mercenary ("The Hours that Remain" especially and "Redefine Me")
bands i'm exploring
- Haken (i recently bought both Virus & Vector)
- Caligula's Horse (recently bought "Bloom")

yesssss... yessss