15 Unsigned Metal Bands You Need to Hear Now

12. The Advent Equation

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The Lowdown: Opeth's Mexican brother. There's no getting around it, The Advent Equation sound like Opeth. Classic, still metal, Still Life and Black Water Park Opeth, not nowadays full on 70s prog Heritage Opeth. Their current 2013 album, Limitless Life Reflections was even mixed by Jens Bogren, a name synonymous with Opeth. Svelte, smooth progressive metal with equal parts death metal and soft textures, clean vocals and rangy, multi-hued songs make for arguably the best Opeth clone I have heard in some years. And I have heard a few.

RIYL: Opeth, Daylight Dies, Opeth, Katatonia, Opeth.
 
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