[Always With Me, Always With You](https://youtu.be/VI57QHL6ge0) by Joe Satriani
You honestly can't go wrong with most of his discography, especially Surfing with the Alien
excellent, thank you for the recommendation!! having an entire artist discography to look at is PERFECT. also, "The Elephants of Mars" is one of the most epic album titles I've seen in a long time.
You should get into Post-Rock if you're looking for more like this. The entire genre is sparce/no vocals and mostly instrumentation.
Yanqui U.X.O. by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Rock Dream by Boris With Merzbow
The Winter Ray by Natural Snow Buildings (there's a few minutes of vocals ~2 hours into the album, but it's literally 98% instrumentation)
Tocsin by Year of No Light
Departure Songs by We Lost the Sea (there's a ~2-3 min vocal sample at the end of the fourth song, but, again, it's almost entirely instrumentation)
Being There by Yellow Swans
Moenai Hai by The Gerogerigegege
You may want to look at some movie soundtracks. You might like the soundtrack for the 2017 movie *American Made.*
The 2021 movie *Cruella* has some good pieces, like "Surveillance" and "Goodbye Estella," probably more.
Some other tracks that come to mind:
-Ninja Tracks: Uppercut
-Acherontic Dawn: It All Ends
-VG Dragon: How We Roll
-Fill Tilt: Shakedown
-Queens Road: Hanging Tough
-Really Slow Motion: Gender
-Kari Sigurdsson: A Boy and His Cat, Reanimated, Desolate World
-The Hit House: Incandescence
-Phantom Power: Pumped
-Posthouse Tuomi: Retaliation
-Nick Tzios: Mechanized
Gothic Storm: Steam Fury
-Cavendish Music: The Human Equation
-Robert Slump: Monstrosity, Unleash the War Machine
-The main theme from the movie *Fletch*
Some albums:
The soundtrack for *Mad Max: Fury Road*
The soundtrack for the movie *The Adjustment Bureau.*
And an album called *Morrow Forge* from a group called Soundcritters.
Link Wray - Rumble https://youtu.be/ucTg6rZJCu4?si=bB-sgjW5X0Bj9n6K
Link Wray - Apache https://youtu.be/8qjxwzIdZWI?si=yfym7jNfT1URaTLU
Link Wray - White Lightning https://youtu.be/v\_XFDAJmE5w?si=DdJjKs3TZPJ6yDyw
Polyphia might be a band you want to get into. Great instrumental rock band. [Playing God](https://youtu.be/Z5NoQg8LdDk?si=8hUkMB2s_wcPmdfr) is a good introduction.
Epica - The Classical Conspiracy
This live album is instrumental in combining classical songs (with a full orchestra) with symphonic metal and also some of their own.
I have a Spotify playlist called 'Instrumentals: Rock, Pop, Electronic, and Themes'
[https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7rl2285ibEiIXZbA51NvHa?si=c7a5f73538d6430a](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7rl2285ibEiIXZbA51NvHa?si=c7a5f73538d6430a)
155 songs. I has most of the well known instrumental hits from 1960s onwards, some TV theme songs, and the rest is either songs from mostly instrumental albums, or just the odd instrumental song from artists who usually have songs with words.
My taste is more on the rock side, but a mix of commercial rock and alternative rock, as are the electronic songs
If you want to 'instrumentalise' your favourite songs, there's free online AI websites/apps that can strip vocals from songs.
[Always With Me, Always With You](https://youtu.be/VI57QHL6ge0) by Joe Satriani You honestly can't go wrong with most of his discography, especially Surfing with the Alien
excellent, thank you for the recommendation!! having an entire artist discography to look at is PERFECT. also, "The Elephants of Mars" is one of the most epic album titles I've seen in a long time.
Polyphia
You should check out Asterism from Japan. Most of their discography is instrumental rock wizardry. Same for the band D_Drive, also Japanese.
check out Young Team by Mogwai. one of the best post rock albums
You should get into Post-Rock if you're looking for more like this. The entire genre is sparce/no vocals and mostly instrumentation. Yanqui U.X.O. by Godspeed You! Black Emperor Rock Dream by Boris With Merzbow The Winter Ray by Natural Snow Buildings (there's a few minutes of vocals ~2 hours into the album, but it's literally 98% instrumentation) Tocsin by Year of No Light Departure Songs by We Lost the Sea (there's a ~2-3 min vocal sample at the end of the fourth song, but, again, it's almost entirely instrumentation) Being There by Yellow Swans Moenai Hai by The Gerogerigegege
You may want to look at some movie soundtracks. You might like the soundtrack for the 2017 movie *American Made.* The 2021 movie *Cruella* has some good pieces, like "Surveillance" and "Goodbye Estella," probably more. Some other tracks that come to mind: -Ninja Tracks: Uppercut -Acherontic Dawn: It All Ends -VG Dragon: How We Roll -Fill Tilt: Shakedown -Queens Road: Hanging Tough -Really Slow Motion: Gender -Kari Sigurdsson: A Boy and His Cat, Reanimated, Desolate World -The Hit House: Incandescence -Phantom Power: Pumped -Posthouse Tuomi: Retaliation -Nick Tzios: Mechanized Gothic Storm: Steam Fury -Cavendish Music: The Human Equation -Robert Slump: Monstrosity, Unleash the War Machine -The main theme from the movie *Fletch* Some albums: The soundtrack for *Mad Max: Fury Road* The soundtrack for the movie *The Adjustment Bureau.* And an album called *Morrow Forge* from a group called Soundcritters.
Link Wray - Rumble https://youtu.be/ucTg6rZJCu4?si=bB-sgjW5X0Bj9n6K Link Wray - Apache https://youtu.be/8qjxwzIdZWI?si=yfym7jNfT1URaTLU Link Wray - White Lightning https://youtu.be/v\_XFDAJmE5w?si=DdJjKs3TZPJ6yDyw
Polyphia might be a band you want to get into. Great instrumental rock band. [Playing God](https://youtu.be/Z5NoQg8LdDk?si=8hUkMB2s_wcPmdfr) is a good introduction.
Mega Cat
Rush - YYZ, La Villa Strangiato
Stiff Little Fingers- Go For It https://open.spotify.com/track/155UtSHi7avJXXAVnXpHwG?si=V0yjaLLJQM2c0o6AT8NdFw
Epica - The Classical Conspiracy This live album is instrumental in combining classical songs (with a full orchestra) with symphonic metal and also some of their own.
Metallica - Orion or The Call of Ktulu or Anesthesia, Pulling Teeth any of those three should work
I have a Spotify playlist called 'Instrumentals: Rock, Pop, Electronic, and Themes' [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7rl2285ibEiIXZbA51NvHa?si=c7a5f73538d6430a](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7rl2285ibEiIXZbA51NvHa?si=c7a5f73538d6430a) 155 songs. I has most of the well known instrumental hits from 1960s onwards, some TV theme songs, and the rest is either songs from mostly instrumental albums, or just the odd instrumental song from artists who usually have songs with words. My taste is more on the rock side, but a mix of commercial rock and alternative rock, as are the electronic songs If you want to 'instrumentalise' your favourite songs, there's free online AI websites/apps that can strip vocals from songs.
Your hand in mine - explosions in the sky Ocean - John butler