Not really sure where to post this question, but thought I might, here: did pitchshifter pre-date dubstep by like over a decade? Every time I hear dubstep, I think back to their www.pitchshifter.com album:
I mean, I realize the beats are more dnb than substep, but all that radical pitchbending on the synthesizer work just sort of defined the sound for me.
PS I never get tired of this album, despite the fact that the vocals border on nu-metal. It was pre-nu-metal, so I make the association that nu-metal sounds like pitchshifter more than pitchshifter sounds like nu-metal. It's why I chose an instrumental track from the album. But it otherwise fucking rawks. If you think you can get over the vocals, it's worth listening. It's a weird cross of metal, punk, industrial, and dnb. "Please, Sir", "Genius", and "Microwave", in particular, are exemplary. Another (the only other) instrumental: