Ok RF, I finally found some time to share with you (and sapphire) some of the bands that I have discovered over the last few years that are as close to Tool's genre as I have discovered thus far. Always open to discover more new bands that are similar though, even though I'm a child of the 70's.
You may already know of some or all of these bands, but just in case you haven't I believe it would be worth your time to check them out. All these bands are progressive metal with the exception of the last one.
The last band I discovered a couple of years ago are Riverside, they are from Warsaw, Poland, but vocals are in English. This goes as well for the other European bands where English is not their primary language. This is their first CD ( I believe they have 6 +.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zrbhzjo6O0
Everygrey. These guys are from Sweden. This is concept CD about a dude who has been or believes he has been abducted by aliens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Un8njF52fk
Porcupine Tree( from England). Steve Wilson leader of band is a completely self-taught musician and engineer has a least a dozen CDs out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dvxBm0YjlI
OSI: This US band is just a studio band comprised of members from other prog metal groups. They have out 4 studio albums out. Personally I can't get enough of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iZdJNH3Z1o
This is just a sampling of what I listen too. You can go down the YouTube rabbit hole to find other bands from these links, unless of course you already know of them.
This last band 16 Horse Power is so far from what I typically listen too. But there is just something that I really like about their sound. Woven Hand is the singer/leaders other band. I listen to them all the time, also.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-vpAn15-vE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9ab8Wp65go
Enjoy, unless, like I said you already know of these bands.
