Instrumental Metal Essentials

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Instrumental music can rev you up or chill you out. That goes double for instrumental metal: In the absence of vocals, artists explore dynamic extremes and stretch the emotional boundaries of their chosen genres. For proficient virtuosic shredders such as Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen, or the adventurous progressive-rock band Animals As Leaders, such unfettered exploration helps explain why they’re so beloved and admired. The same goes for sprawling post-rock acts such as the cinematic Godspeed You! Black Emperor and the more aggressive Pelican, who push heavy music to dramatic new heights. But for bands that normally have vocalists, instrumental metal offers a chance to embrace a different side. Thrash legends Metallica sculpted an epic worthy of Greek mythology with “The Call of Ktulu,” while theatrical hard rockers Ghost, thundering drone metal icons Sunn O))), and alternative rockers Faith No More have offered satisfying sonic detours without saying a word.
Def Leppard
Switch 625
Def Leppard
High 'N' Dry (Remastered)
Ghost
Imperium
Ghost
IMPERA
Metallica
Orion
Metallica
Master of Puppets (Deluxe Box Set)
Animals As Leaders
Red Miso
Animals As Leaders
Parrhesia
Cameron Graves
Sons of Creation (Live)
Cameron Graves
Live from the Seven Spheres
Death Angel
The Ultra-Violence
Death Angel
The Ultra-Violence
Mastodon
Elephant Man
Mastodon
Remission
Steve Vai
Zeus in Chains
Steve Vai
Inviolate
There's A Light
Dark Clouds Behind, Bright Skies Ahead
There's A Light
For What May I Hope? For What Must We Hope?
Buckethead
Soothsayer (dedicated to Aunt Suzie)
Buckethead
Crime Slunk Scene
Haunted Shores
Perpetual Windburn
Haunted Shores
Void
Mick Gordon
Rip & Tear
Mick Gordon
Doom (Original Game Soundtrack)
Allegaeon
Concerto in Dm (feat. Christina Sandsengen)
Allegaeon
Concerto in Dm - Single
John 5 & The Creatures
For I Have Sinned
John 5 & The Creatures
Sinner
Black Sabbath
Rat Salad
Black Sabbath
Paranoid
Iron Maiden
Transylvania
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden (Remastered)
Navian
Breeze
Navian
Cosmos
TesseracT
Deception - Concealing Fate, Pt. 2
TesseracT
One (Instrumental)
Tribulation
Lethe
Tribulation
Where the Gloom Becomes Sound
Cloudkicker
Dysphoria
Cloudkicker
The Discovery
King Diamond
Cremation
King Diamond
Conspiracy
Cacophony
Speed Metal Symphony (feat. Jason Becker and Marty Friedman)
Cacophony
Speed Metal Symphony
Death
Voice of the Soul
Death
The Sound of Perseverance (Reissue)
Faith No More
Woodpecker from Mars
Faith No More
The Real Thing
Megadeth
Into the Lungs of Hell
Megadeth
So Far, So Good... So What! (Remastered)
Apocalyptica
The Symphony of Extremes
Apocalyptica
The Symphony of Extremes - Single
Plini
Electric Sunrise
Plini
Handmade Cities
Manowar
Sting of the Bumblebee
Manowar
Kings of Metal
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Anthem for No State, Pt. III
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Luciferian Towers
Opeth
Epilogue
Opeth
My Arms, Your Hearse
Ghost
Miasma
Ghost
Prequelle
Sannhet
Revisionist
Sannhet
Revisionist
Polyphia
Nasty (feat. Jason Richardson)
Polyphia
New Levels New Devils
Animals As Leaders
Physical Education
Animals As Leaders
The Joy of Motion
Candlemass
Into the Unfathomed Tower
Candlemass
Tales of Creation
Toundra
Lilim
Toundra
(III)
In Flames
The Jester's Dance
In Flames
The Jester Race (Black Ash-Inheritance Version)
Earthless
Uluru Rock
Earthless
From the Ages
Syberia
Rogue Hunt
Syberia
Seeds of Change
KRANE
Eidos
KRANE
Eidos - EP
Reb Beach
Black Magic (2020)
Reb Beach
A View from the Inside
Yngwie Malmsteen
Trilogy Suite Op: 5
Yngwie Malmsteen
Trilogy
Pelican
Midnight and Mescaline
Pelican
Nighttime Stories
Scale the Summit
Atlas Novus
Scale the Summit
The Migration
Metallica
The Call of Ktulu
Metallica
Ride the Lightning (Remastered)
Ayreon
Progressive Waves (feat. Troy Donockly, Keith Emerson & Jordan Rudess)
Ayreon
The Theory of Everything
Russian Circles
Arluck
Russian Circles
Blood Year
Tony MacAlpine
Tears of Sahara
Tony MacAlpine
Maximum Security
Steve Vai
For the Love of God
Steve Vai
Passion and Warfare
Blotted Science
Synaptic Plasticity
Blotted Science
The Machinations of Dementia
Caspian
Wildblood
Caspian
On Circles
Intervals
Sure Shot
Intervals
The Shape of Colour
Sithu Aye
Set Course for Andromeda!!!
Sithu Aye
Set Course for Andromeda
Dysrhythmia
Seal / Breaker / Void
Dysrhythmia
Barriers & Passages
Tribulation
Själaflykt
Tribulation
The Children of the Night
Paul Gilbert
Fuzz Universe
Paul Gilbert
Fuzz Universe
If These Trees Could Talk
Solstice
If These Trees Could Talk
The Bones of a Dying World
Bongripper
Satan
Bongripper
Satan Worshipping Doom
Sunn O)))
Troubled Air
Sunn O)))
Life Metal
Jason Becker
Altitudes
Jason Becker
Perpetual Burn
Sammy Boller
Path of the Heart
Sammy Boller
Path of the Heart - Single
Earth
Datura's Crimson Veils
Earth
Full upon Her Burning Lips
Polyphia
O.D.
Polyphia
New Levels New Devils
God Is an Astronaut
All Is Violent, All Is Bright
God Is an Astronaut
All Is Violent, All Is Bright (Remastered)
Ghost
Genesis
Ghost
Opus Eponymous
Plini
I'll Tell You Someday
Plini
Impulse Voices
Iron Maiden
Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) [2015 Remastered Version]
Iron Maiden
Powerslave (2015 Remastered Edition)
Metallica
(Anesthesia)—Pulling Teeth
Metallica
Kill 'Em All (Remastered)
TesseracT
Of Mind - Nocturne (Instrumental)
TesseracT
Altered State (Deluxe Edition)
Red Sparowes
In Illusions Of Order
Red Sparowes
The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer
Animals As Leaders
The Problem of Other Minds
Animals As Leaders
Parrhesia
This Will Destroy You
The World Is Our
This Will Destroy You
Young Mountain
Yngwie Malmsteen
Blitzkrieg
Yngwie Malmsteen
Instrumental Best Album
Meniscus
Doom
Meniscus
Refractions
Tribulation
Nightbound (instrumental demo)
Tribulation
Nightbound - Single
Apocalyptica
Fade To Black
Apocalyptica
Inquisition Symphony
Omega Massif
Im Karst
Omega Massif
Karpatia
Marty Friedman
Whiteworm
Marty Friedman
Wall of Sound
Animals As Leaders
Arithmophobia
Animals As Leaders
The Madness of Many
Savatage
Mozart and Madness
Savatage
Dead Winter Dead
Year of No Light
Perséphone II
Year of No Light
Ausserwelt
Anvil
March of the Crabs
Anvil
Metal On Metal
Vinnie Moore
Saved by a Miracle
Vinnie Moore
Mind's Eye
Trivium
The Crusade
Trivium
The Crusade
Tigran Hamasyan
Vortex (feat. Tosin Abasi)
Tigran Hamasyan
The Call Within
Sammy Boller
Ritual Lights
Sammy Boller
Ritual Lights - Single
Joe Satriani
Surfing with the Alien
Joe Satriani
Surfing with the Alien
Russian Circles
Vorel
Russian Circles
Guidance
Red Sparowes
Alone and Unaware, the Landscape Was Transformed In Front of Our Eyes
Red Sparowes
At the Soundless Dawn
John Petrucci
Terminal Velocity
John Petrucci
Terminal Velocity
Sepultura
Iceberg Dances
Sepultura
Machine Messiah
Metallica
To Live Is to Die
Metallica
...And Justice for All (Remastered)
S.O.D.
March of the S.O.D.
S.O.D.
Speak English or Die (30th Anniversary Edition)
Testament
Catacombs
Testament
Titans of Creation
Enforcer
City Lights
Enforcer
Into the Night
God Is an Astronaut
Burial
God Is an Astronaut
Ghost Tapes #10
If These Trees Could Talk
From Roots to Needles
If These Trees Could Talk
Above the Earth, Below the Sky
Liquid Tension Experiment
Universal Mind
Liquid Tension Experiment
Liquid Tension Experiment
Scale the Summit
The Winged Bull
Scale the Summit
V
Tides From Nebula
Ghost Horses
Tides From Nebula
From Voodoo to Zen
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